A few weeks ago I was asked to appear on a documentary that was being done for a very different audience. The documentary was going to be a feature on Gaming and Esports for a South African audience.... but a South African audience I don't really chat to very much: a much older generation who aren't really familiar with gaming and esports. The producers wanted me…
Last week I tweeted out a press release from Telkom VS Gaming around their plans for esports in 2020. Before I share that tweet it is important to keep in mind that for years (like, lots of them), VS Gaming (once known as the Telkom Digital Gaming League or Telkom DGL) was the main proponent of esports in South Africa. Their yearly online leagues catered to…
So if you're a PUBG fan by now you've likely heard the news that the European League (PEL) as we knew it in 2019 is no more. I'm interested to see how PUBG goes from here. Many of the bigger organisations have dropped their rosters. For that many teams to drop out, is kind of concerning. I've recently started following an esports journalist on Twitter, Adam…
For the past few months I've spent some time chatting to friends in the South African Gaming and Esports industry and tossing ideas around. My biggest frustration, personally, was that in my line of work I have the incredible opportunity to come across amazing stories and smaller scenes doing rad stuff, but I'm not always able to share it all on the platforms available to me.…
I work in esports. Granted most of my work involves swinging a mic on stage and not really dealing with the nuts and bolts of how things work behind the scenes, but I think starting out in the extremely tiny and relatively new scene that is South African Esports means I've had slightly more involvement in the behind the scenes stuff. For the most part, South…
Buckle up, this is going to be a long post. Earlier this year, Blizzard announced that any country that could field a committee and team could compete in the 2019 Overwatch World Cup, which was held at Blizzcon this past weekend. I was nominated and voted in by the South African Overwatch community as General Manager. I've written numerous posts before regarding the journey to this…
My name is Sam, though I'm also known as Tech Girl. I'm an esports host and shoutcaster. I work around the world on rad esports competitions. I've worked on PUBG Europe League, Overwatch Contenders and a bunch of fun Nintendo Europe events. I also create content around tech, gaming and esports. Links to all my various platforms are here on the blog. You can find out more in the about section (you'll also find ways to contact me there). I'm a giant nerd and secretly wish I could be one of the X-Men!
