Scots pro gamer from Glasgow up for major award for sustainable gaming plan

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A law student who is living in Glasgow has been selected by a massive international beauty brand as one of their boundary-breaking innovators nominated for an award for pushing international 'green gaming.' Jade Mcintyre, originally from Ayr, will be in with a chance to win 30,000 Euros to fund her new greener gaming initiative, a massive dream to help make gaming more sustainable in the YSL Beauty Push The Boundaries contest.

The first step would see gamers, professionals and those in it just for fun, asked to donate old or unused equipment, which would then be refurbished and passed on to less fortunate kids who would otherwise miss out on their first steps into a potential career, or just years of fun, in gaming.Jade said: “I want to figure out a way to help gaming creators and gaming companies become more sustainable.

I believe there is a way to recycle and reuse equipment more than we do already. As a gamer and creator, I know how much equipment I go through and have nowhere to put it once i’m done with it and often times it’s not usable enough for the average person.“This is where we come in and we refurbish this equipment and then get it into the hands of those who are underprivileged, in the hope that this allows them the opportunity to get more involved in the space and potentially push them into related careers.

Or just gives them an escape, which is sometimes even more important.”Jade was approached by an agency running the campaign for YSL and jumped at the chance, as she had wanted to kick off an initiative to make gaming more sustainable but needed funding.“I was scouted so they got in touch out of the blue, which was amazing.