Its not so bad i think. I mean for a foreigner coming in you can go touring nicely and visit the country over 3 years then move back home.

Also with polarfluke working on the local sc2 scene and soon other stuff you can also enjoy competitive gaming to a degree :D.

One thing i rate you should do is get involved with the local guys. We mostly know each other and some hang out with each other so would be nice to help you out coming into a new country.

Lambertus

South Africa966 Posts

December 13 2011 22:06 GMT

#23

@ frontliner2
We dont have children yet, so plenty of free time ;-P maybe be even will stay for six years, depends from some things but is totally possible

@ phANT1m

That sounds great! But heres the thing : I will live and work in Springbok...thats like what we call in Germany the a** of the world, at least it seems to me... :D but in general it sounds nice and i would love to get in contact with the scene over there

phANT1m

South Africa535 Posts

December 14 2011 18:17 GMT

#24

@Lambertus feel free to message me about anything in S.A and will try and help you out. Hope to see you in local scene soon. :D.

0ceangam3r

United States203 Posts

December 14 2011 19:06 GMT

#25

i believe there was a starcraft ii event in south africa this past year - i remember seeing pics of it, i could be wrong.

Arachne

South Africa426 Posts

December 14 2011 20:21 GMT

#26

Oh. Yes. There was a lan tournament for it. Hosted by the Do Gaming League.

Was fun

.

Otherwise, ye, polarfluke tournaments, but just to clarify, they are still held on the EU server.

Edit: Oops, forgot about the Real Gaming Event

dUTtrOACh

Canada2339 Posts

December 14 2011 20:46 GMT

#27

Former South African here. Haven't lived there for years but about the culture there, you've pretty much got African cultures and Western European (similar to Germany tbh) culture rolled into one. You'll notice almost immediately that despite the number of languages people over there speak, they also pretty much all speak English. Just be yourself and don't take shit from anyone and you'll probably blend right in.

phANT1m

South Africa535 Posts

December 15 2011 04:14 GMT

#28

there was 2. 1 major and 1 smaller one.

The major one was Do Gaming LAn at rAge 2011. Had all of the best local players and that. (sadly my cameraman said that sound in videos were bad so never upload them, i need get a nicer camera next time).

The minor one was Real Gaming Lan which i did a series of interviews at. You can catch it on youtube.com/polarfluke i think.

But the coming year will have a whole lot more from what i have been hearing.

Lambertus

South Africa966 Posts

December 15 2011 09:35 GMT

#29

That sounds great!

Lets see how soon I get some Internet over there...I will stay in CT for 3 months to learn Afrikaans and better my english, then move to Springbok. Lets see how it is there...so probably I will only be capable of enter Starcraft 2 in SA in May again.
How fast are they to get the new connections going?

Arachne

South Africa426 Posts

December 15 2011 10:10 GMT

#30

Not very...

Friendly reminders don't go wrong often tho.

It all depends on the number of connections in your area, how jacked up that telkom office is, and if your local switchboard (gone blank on the real word... the box where all the connections are connected to) can support ADSL, and whether or not your accomodation has the right line avaliable.

Lambertus

South Africa966 Posts

December 15 2011 15:20 GMT

#31

ah...good times ahead :-D

IronWolf

South Africa315 Posts

December 15 2011 16:20 GMT

#32

You will have a great time here!. I'm from Cape Town. You will find decent enough internet throughout the country. Its not 20Mbps fast but its fine for SC2.

Another option other than telephone copper is 3G/HSPA+. These networks are on par with the rest of the world. Our mobile operators have networks capable of running at 21Mpbs and plan to expand to LTE (70Mpbs) over the next 2yrs. A word of caution here though: Springbok is not a major city (not rural by any means) but just check if the area you are staying in has 3G/HSPA coverage before getting a dongle.

Weather is freaking fantastic over there...probably like 30deg cel on average. We get the odd day of rain/wind in CT though but it doesnt matter when you playing SC2 :D

Lambertus

South Africa966 Posts

December 15 2011 23:12 GMT

#33

Thanks inforsomechop for the extra info!

Hopefully I will have time enough to handle everything right over there

Lambertus

South Africa966 Posts

December 16 2011 07:53 GMT

#34

So you would suggest that WLAN/Wi-Fi is an Alternative?

inbox24

Australia344 Posts

December 16 2011 10:59 GMT

#35

What line of work will you be doing in South Africa?

Lambertus

South Africa966 Posts

December 17 2011 08:36 GMT

#36

@inbox24
I will work as a Reverend for the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of South Africa in the rural Area of Springbok / Steinkopf for at least three years :-) Its sort of an Exchange Program from the Churches.

Arachne

South Africa426 Posts

December 17 2011 08:50 GMT

#37

I was not expecting that... :O

Good luck

P.S If you have time, read Shades by M. Poland.

. Its about a priest who comes from England to a farmstead outside Grahamstown in the late 1800's if i'm not mistaken (its been a while since I read it). It is/was a Matric setwork at one stage.