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The Winter Wonderland Stream Away! WIN ALL THE THINGS

I can’t believe the end of 2018 is upon us. It’s starting to feel a lot like the holidays. Being in the Ukraine makes it even more holiday like because everything is covered in snow! It is a real Winter Wonderland. Which also happens to be the name of the seasonal event on Overwatch currently! Winter Wonderland dropped on Tuesday and you can now get into the swing of the holidays with funky new…

The Valkyrie Challenge thank you and girl gaming in South Africa

A few weeks ago you’ll remember I shared with you about the Valkyrie Challenge. Here’s a quick recap for you:

I think that, in order to grow South African Esports, we need to get more teams competing and competing well overseas. We need top 3 finishes. The gap between the top international teams and our local guys is huge. Unless one of the local players is picked up by an overseas team or an…

Book your tickets for the Valkyrie Challenge

I’ve been a busy bee the past few days, putting the final touches on the Valkyrie Challenge – which is an all female Esports invitational I’m planning along with Mettlestate and Evetech. The event is set to take place on 5 August at the Evetech studios in Centurion. The concept is simple:

We’ll open the doors at 1pm and you’ll be able to come through to the studios, jam some games, try out some…

RUSH, RAZER and a really quick life update

This morning was a bit weird for me: I woke up, fired up my laptop and… had no blog posts ready to go. Usually I’d smash out content during the course of the weekend making sure it was ready to go come Monday morning. However, this weekend I didn’t switch my laptop on once. It was actually extremely refreshing to just not be online. I also spent most of my Saturday lazing about on my significant…

3 things you need to know about South African Esports right now

I’m coming off the back of my Mettlestate high. The Samsung Galaxy CSGO Championship was one hell of an experience and I’ll try put that into words at some point soon. For now, here are 3 things you need to know about South African Esports right now in case you’ve been living under a rock or the event from this past weekend caught your fancy.

1 It isn’t just about CSGO

This is a big one for me…

Win tickets to the Samsung Galaxy CSGO Championship final!

I think I’ve harped on about this one for long enough. By now you know exactly what the Samsung Galaxy CSGO Championship is. It is the biggest competition African Esports is yet to see. R1 million (that is about $75 000) prize pool for a single title. The largest we’ve seen on the continent.

I’ve been hosting this competition and handling the Forge (Analytics desk if you’re confused) for two…

3 life lessons I learnt from Esports broadcasting

Let’s put this in to perspective: There is an Esports competition currently under way offering a R1 million prize pool (thanks Samsung). By the time I publish this, or at least shortly after, there will be another one with the same prize pool and a well known name attached (three letters, firs one is E. I asked them to confirm it last night but they haven’t responded which is why I’m not dropping…

The overdue Tech Girl life update

Hello! I promised to do a bit more of these at the beginning of the year when I told you I was quitting my job but I’ve been slacking somewhat.

So here is the incredibly overdue Tech Girl life update:

At the end of January I walked away from full time employment. I’m not going to lie it was a pretty scary time in my life. I was terrified and found myself waking up many a morning at 3am having…