I'm heading back to Europe after a few days break back home in South Africa. Why am I heading back? For the top 8 playoffs for Overwatch Contenders Europe Season 1 2018. If you've been living under a rock - I'm currently the desk host for the competition and spent the last 5 weeks in the Ukraine hosting the group stages. Now that we have a…
Bravado Gaming has announced a CSGO Academy team and it is none other than the successful South African all female team Finesse. I've been following these ladies since they formed. They went on to win the 2017 Valkyrie Challenge. Very often I'm approached to speak on behalf of female gamers in the community. I always say the same thing - if you want to speak to…
It is my last week in the Ukraine before I get a week break back home in South Africa. It has been a rad experience but I'm keen to get some African sun on my face. We're leading up to the final week of Contenders but also my last few "off" days here, so you know it is going to drag considerably. Which is why I'm…
On January 30th, Call of Duty: World War 2 received its first DLC pack titled "The Resistance DLC Pack 1". The Call of Duty World Leauge (CWL) then announced on February 6th that they will be adding DLC Map Valkyrie to their map rotation effective February 20th. Now that's cool and all, but I thought there was a bigger conversation to be had here. Do we…
Last year I desperately wanted to showcase girl gaming in South Africa. I had this crazy mad idea that I handed over to Mettlestate. They asked Evetech for a venue, spent a stack of their own cash and made it happen. The Valkyrie Challenge is one of my proudest accomplishments to date. But they decided to not stop there. While I enjoyed a break in December,…
Oh here's a surprise: there's a female CSGO team heading to China for WESG AND there is a female CSGO player heading to China to play Hearthstone too! Wait what? Let's rewind a bit to earlier this year when the Valkyrie Challenge happened. All female CSGO challenge, prize money, Esports etc. You can read about that here. I'm the first to argue that males and females…
My name is Sam, though I'm also known as Tech Girl and this is my little space on the internet. My friends and I share our love for all things gaming, geek and gadgets here. I'm a South African Esports host and content creator. Links to all my various platforms are here on the blog. I'm a giant nerd, own far too many pairs of Converse and secretly wish I could be one of the X-Men!
