By Édouard Dufour, Adsum newspaper
Valcartier, Quebec — Stéphanie Harvey – known as “missharvey” by the international video gaming community – is a five-time world champion in the Counter-Strike shooter video game. In July 2019, she was at 2nd Canadian Division Support Base Valcartier to learn how to shoot with real weapons.
Ms. Harvey is a video game designer at Ubisoft Montréal, as well as being a prominent professional player on social media. She is followed by 116,000 people on Twitch alone, a platform where live video games can be watched.
During her visit on July 18, Ms. Harvey was accompanied by four members of 1e Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment. After donning Army battle dress, the young woman was driven to the training areas where she was able to test her shooting skills. She was able to learn how to use the C6, C8 and C9 machine guns. She also tested a 9mm Browning pistol and a C14 Timberwolf sniper rifle.
With a smile on her face, while being very attentive to the instructions of the military, Ms. Harvey practiced for nearly an hour under a blazing sun. She compared this rather physical experience to her workouts in the gym.
This incursion into the military world was not the first for the professional player. A few weeks previous, she parachuted with the Canadian Armed Forces Parachute Team, the Skyhawks at 3 Wing Bagotville. She then emphasized the similarity between the teamwork of the military and that of professional video game players.
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