CS2 players mock open letter calling for default female skins ValveThe Counter-Strike 2 community has targeted an open letter to Valve asking for female representation in the game. The Astralis women\u2019s Counter-Strike 2 team has released an open letter to Valve calling for the introduction of female default agents in the game. CS2 currently only has one model for those who don\u2019t have cosmetics, which is a man in a balaclava. Multiple multiplayer titles in the modern age have customizable characters where players can select between gender and race, or random default skins that swap between different genders and races. Counter-Strike 2, which is an updated version of the Counter-Strike franchise that has run for decades, does not have that level of customization. The letter said that the players do not feel represented in the game, and it would benefit Valve to add female default agents. \u201cWe believe women would start playing the game if there were default free female agents, and at least those of us playing now would feel more welcome,\u201d the letter said. CS2 players mock open letter to Valve The community around the game and esport have not taken to the open letter kindly, mocking the players for asking Valve to do such a thing. \u201cOptimizing the game and fixing the cheating problem is how you bring in more players, I have never heard anyone say \u201cI don\u2019t play CS because there\u2019s no default female agents,\u201d one CS2 content creator said. Others joked that the letter \u201cassumed\u201d the default skin\u2019s gender, and also pointed them toward the cosmetic store tab. \u201cSo if you actually go to Steam and then click market you can purchase female agents from there,\u201d one long-time player said. So if you actually go to steam and then click market you can purchase female agents from there \u2014 miteww | BUYING SKINS (@mitewwCS) February 28, 2024 Some in the community have come to defend the letter, with one of the community\u2019s most prominent insiders, neL, weighing in. \u201cYes, I think Valve have more important things to do in CS. But women agents don\u2019t change the game, I don\u2019t understand why people are mad at girls wanting some representation. Half of Valorant agents are women and everything is fine. It won\u2019t change our lives, grow up,\u201d neL said. Whether Valve will take action has yet to be seen. The company competes with games like Valorant, Call of Duty, and Overwatch, which all have a wide range of diverse casts for players to choose from in-game. However, Valve has historically turned a blind eye to player suggestions and has a unique management structure for these kinds of decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CS2 players mock open letter calling for default female skins ValveThe Counter-Strike 2 community has targeted an open letter to Valve asking for female representation in the game. The Astralis women\u2019s Counter-Strike 2 team has released an open letter to Valve calling for the introduction of female default agents in the game. CS2 currently only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}