On 29 February the Astralis Counter-Strike womens' team released an open letter to developer Valve, asking for the game to include female skins as a default option in the game. The letter was signed by all five roster members and spearheaded by team rifler Josefine Jensen, and made the basic point that "there should be as many free female agents as free male agents." The default skins for all players in CS2 are male and, while the game does include female agents, those are all paid-for skins.
The reaction to this was "mixed" in Jensen's words "but I'm happy that we took the initiative." Last week Astralis, the esports giant they play for and winner of four Counter-Strike Majors over its history, decided it might be a good idea to get on-board too.
