Sad to hear, I hope new and fatter cables will make online gaming possible from all over Africa soon. As a frequent East Africa visitor the internet connectivity has gotten tremendously better in a few years only, but I wouldn't dream of even trying to log in on battlenet from there. Gl&hf to PandaTank who almost did the impossible!

Sleepy_General

South Africa8 Posts

January 14 2014 21:34 GMT

#24

While the ping is tough to permanently practice on, its definitely not unplayable to Europe. Online qualifiers would obviously be quite challenging though. I doubt that Australians trying to qualify on different servers to SEA have it much better. The biggest challenge (in my opinion) is the lack of support, teams or LAN events to attend without making an overseas trip. He really was trying to do it by himself.

Sad to see such a pioneer go. I tried to follow his career when I could.
GL in the future!!

Drake

Germany6146 Posts

January 14 2014 21:51 GMT

#25

sad, the only good player africa ever had
the pride of a whole continent is gone

Bjarne

Germany192 Posts

January 14 2014 22:16 GMT

#26

Thanks Panda for giving African E-Sport a Face.

And most important: YOUR NAME WAS AWESOME!

Keep that Nick for whatever you do....=) .... GL!

Mortal

2943 Posts

January 14 2014 22:24 GMT

#27

never really heard of him or anything he ever did/competed in. although considering geography, can't blame him.

GTR

51683 Posts

January 14 2014 23:49 GMT

#28

He was really talented, but what stopped him moving to mainland Europe to play full-time if ping was such a big issue?

NeThZOR

South Africa7387 Posts

January 14 2014 23:58 GMT

#29

Before CMStorm personally sponsored him, he had to pay for every trip to events. Moving to Europe would have been a drastic move, considering how weak the South African Rand is to the other main currencies.

yawnoC

United States3704 Posts

January 15 2014 02:32 GMT

#30

GL to whatever he decides to do next. I really like watching him play and was pulling for him hard last year to get into challenger. Came close so many times just never made it in

lopido

Canada245 Posts

January 15 2014 02:56 GMT

#31

first time hearing about this guy.
so actually i dont care if he retires or not.

Lambertus

South Africa989 Posts

January 15 2014 05:54 GMT

#32

Thank you for representing your Country and showing what it can mean to follow your dreams! :-)

Also Good Games overall!

Regarding the other discussion coming up: Ping is allright, but the Scene is very small over here, that presents a bigger problem in itself. The guys are more into the FPS-Games and Dota around here...
(And guys, please, South Africa is one of the countries with the most acceptable infrastructure in Africa, its not like we all livei n huts or something :-D )

Lambertus

South Africa989 Posts

January 15 2014 05:54 GMT

#33

On January 15 2014 11:56 lopido wrote:
first time hearing about this guy.
so actually i dont care if he retires or not.

At least you did care enough to make a post ;-)

TargA

Norway204 Posts

January 15 2014 06:01 GMT

#34

On January 15 2014 08:49 GTR wrote:
He was really talented, but what stopped him moving to mainland Europe to play full-time if ping was such a big issue?

He needed a work visa which is very hard to get and quite expensive.

AlternativeEgo

Sweden17309 Posts

January 15 2014 06:26 GMT

#35

Qualifier and pool boy extraordinaire. Be well.

Marcinko

South Africa1014 Posts

January 15 2014 11:21 GMT

#36

Was wondering why he wasn't really playing ladder that often the last month or so. Sad day in South African eSports. Now we need another South-African to cheer for. But like he said being a pro-gamer in this country is very hard. For 1 euro we have to pay R14.80, now imagine what travel cost is like.

GL HF in what ever your future plans are.

LeeDawg

United States1306 Posts

January 15 2014 11:28 GMT

#37

maybe he'll go back to dota?

lessQQmorePEWPEW

Jamaica921 Posts

January 15 2014 12:15 GMT

#38

Plenty more to come. I've been saying this all along, blizz needs to change whoever is managing the sc2. rorate kim to another game and get some new blood in else its only further downhill from here.

Leke

Brazil22 Posts

January 15 2014 12:20 GMT

#39

Who is PandaTank.....
these foreign guys never were a progamer... let's go pay attention on Proleague, Code A and Code S.

AlternativeEgo

Sweden17309 Posts

January 15 2014 12:25 GMT

#40

On January 15 2014 21:15 lessQQmorePEWPEW wrote:
Plenty more to come. I've been saying this all along, blizz needs to change whoever is managing the sc2. rorate kim to another game and get some new blood in else its only further downhill from here.

So what do you think that they should have done for this South African player? Fix the internet and charter planes?