An English school teacher was mistaken for a famous professional esports player and ended up becoming a part of one of the biggest gaming communities in the world. By day, Emily Perkins, 39, is a secondary school science teacher at Bosworth Academy in Desford and Countesthorpe Academy in Countesthorpe. But now in the evenings when she isn’t marking, Perkins can be found online streaming herself playing League of Legends (LoL) to the world.

A name that has been shouted in arenas by tens of thousands of fans and is known by millions more worldwide. After eight years and almost 600 games, it's also a name that is synonymous with Fnatic.

There’s a revolution happening inside Fnatic and it is being led by Top Laner Gabriël "Bwipo" Rau and Support player Zdravets "Hylissang" Galabov. These two are the core of the team and the crucial ingredients in Fnatic's turnaround.

There were a lot of really hard arguments and discussions which went on from when I was 14 until I was 17 and actually went pro. It took a lot of self-passion to blur out their goal for me, I made sure I stuck to what I wanted.

Despite widespread popularity, there is still a common misconception that no women play FIFA and -- worse yet -- that they shouldn't be competing in esports tournaments.

“I've done team management, I've done community, I've done content, I casted for a large portion of the EU LCS, I'm very fortunate to have picked up a lot of tools along my career. The transition from broadcast to looking at something else was a case of asking myself 'ok, what else is a passion of mine, where I can use as many of these transferable skills as possible?'”

Riot Games Russia released a statement which says the roster had an “unacceptable level of competitiveness in a closed league” as Vaevictus failed to win a single game in both the Spring and Summer Splits last year.