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fans but could thout on the african continent and is our big question the strain or questions do you want to ask experts you can jump into the comments section and you too can be part of this discussion but 1st let me give you a little taste of what it's like to be in the sports tournament we join the 2018 fee for. global sirius in the playoffs that game has already begun. for every player that you could sort of have like. i don't feel pressured to bring it on show me what you've got i think i can beat you that's the side you should try and get in your. are pretty serious rude howards that is not brazen right xai this feeling right now it's take a look at this seriously reply to each of us was a good friend would have to dig that wire out of your nads early i was just sad

i'll take power and douglas joining us today to talk about sports on the african continent there what happened in that game. good morning guys yeah a gave me goose bumps once again playing against a 2 time world champion. sponsored oakley one of the biggest names in freefall you study. were among the audience you know came in just like you saw the african flag are there for people who don't know who in sports going well introduce yourself tell them what you. so good evening from south africa i'm a 23 year old. georgia player or a multi gaming organization in south africa called game and i specialize in a game called thief itself football as some people know when i start the simulator ok and that's what i saw you folks get sad reality douglas welcome to the stranger

introduce yourself tell us all what. good morning. everyone my name is douglas to get on a monday but i think it's for championship which is our focus for me is what league we run tournaments across and for african countries on the internet in untrusted to see how we can bring i don't if a sports player sport like them and also we got them done to be professional players happy to be happy to have you have a sound introduce yourself. so my name is sam i'm from south africa and i'm an east port shop koster which basically means i get to talk about players like junior who is being way too modest he's probably one of the biggest fee for players in africa right now so i'm going to say that because that's my job as a comment said it's a harp players like to yeah. so let's start with some basics for people who had a new to

a small so new to the concept of sports kind of growing on the african continent where they could play as a mortise the state of all sports right now so i think for mcconnell and for talking about africa as a continent to say we have the good players i think that's probably good players in the lots of places heidar are just because the continents are big i know a lot of being credible south african players i nor the most phenomenal fighting games plays in kenya as well so where all this play is all over the consonants i just think we're at the point where the richest of the world hasn't noticed it so when you mention ways e-sports right now in africa we know it's yeah it's starting to get bigger we're starting to see players like judy. in the world but i feel like the race the world doesn't even know that we're here they should be scared because when i praise cam we're going to take all the prize money. his love and his head of douglas what is the flavor that comes from the continent that we're not seeing in

europe asian players are phenomenal because they are way ahead of the rest of the world but what is it is coming from kenya nigeria south africa egypt what are you playing. africa how the mix of just a family by brand mix of cultures across the continent i think that is what we bring to the table in is but the dynamic team the competitiveness and you know just a lot of the sport of the world in a limited sense but we love sports or the traditional and what we've seen from running our tournament 29000 is you know the people who are lucky for the people outside in games and also now you know also racing simulation racing is something that is growing strongly for example in the past year started with 3 of our tech and street fighter and last year even with a pandemic you know we were able to expand into 3 for tech and again mobile and

and league of legends so we are a mix. of the t.v. but also not all this. or display or also growing professionally within the specific love or title that is our. what i loved in that little clip that we played there was just before hand and south last as the commentators are is this guy has won south africa wasn't even expecting to be bitten by south africa is this thing that is your secret weapon that the secret sauce is that players internationally i'm not expecting them to build their players from south africa and there are nigeria and you kind of creep up on. yeah on the bus and i can agree with you on that i've watched that clip over and over and i listen to a commentary just like you mention and i'm not just going to that game i knew i had

no page on me or know i had the whole globes or the whole continent support obviously not just product to come but all my fellow africans supporting me and i felt no place you know coming up against the biggest name scene in the world and obviously there was no audio expectation from my side but more from this side and i just went into it with ease and now they're like 2 minutes and i didn't expect me to do to be that they miss world champion and i think there's so many incredibly talented players in freefall especially is wrong that i can speak. out of the experience from you know like it's like egypt i they go senegal south africa as well and kenya as well so i yeah it's all about getting the opportunity having the critical infrastructure that you. at 1st and you know and just being able to to get ourselves to do a platform or to a level to do to get to the international states and i'm under essential we have

ability rapid talent to have become a nation and education to compete like we've shown on and on previous occasions in multiple games you know like counter-strike as well and and it can and study. exit so it's all about getting out in proving ourselves we're in wind up you know. so i'm saying this put your head on and it's incredible that you know during this professional and that this is grown into a job and this is only of the last 4 or 5 yes for instance 1st of all set the scene what are you doing what would you say of round into this torn about. so right there i'm actually just having the best time because my job is kind of cool i have no pressure i mean i do i'm on live i'm alive during the brokaw so this particular picture was taken in berlin in germany in 2019 i got to work on the pipe the europe which was the biggest league in europe of the based pipe g.t.

suppose you pay pepsi and i chose talking to team a quit which is a very famous organization around the world they have some of the base east coast players they just won the competition as i was interviewing them and having a lot with one of the players because i like to make a couple of jaxtr x. everyone and i've actually got to travel the world doing this job commentating on games talking to play is and i but insert it wasn't something that i'd play and it wasn't something that i saw as a korea i just lived telling the players stories because especially where i'm from in south africa we have the most incredible e-sports players not are any at how good they are in the game but they just have these amazing back stories and they're really fascinating people to talk to i mean you've got to yeah yeah i love talking to him because he's got so many insights and he's played around the world telling those stories is what i get to do and it means i get to talk about my love of video games as well so it's really something that means even if you're not get it video games e-sports of last year so many opportunities korea lies to get to enjoy your

passion and turn your hobby into your job we are getting a lot of enthusiasm guests from al online audience stand behind commenting in just a moment but also we have a lot of enthusiasm from people who are involved in sports around the african continent that have anything that's when the. i can tell you that there has been a lot of interest in these boys in gaming on the continent and there's been little markable rising in south africa over the past 2 or 3 years we've got a professional team they stay in one house all they do is and it is at dewey sports and gaming all the professional league and they compete in offices try to mend our schools see how difficult it is unclear who need the guys these for free to consult to contribute i don't see really considered a route for the industry rooted to go against the guys in comedy i move more toward out on to the jumper to probably end on governance before you go to the awards is one of these thoughts that goes through all of this will come good another go let's

be practical hey what are the biggest challenges for you as a professional sport athlete based in south africa. and i would say firstly for me speaking from my personal experience this rocks probably internet. connection it's very difficult i'm sure many others they have skin that. will feel the same way so especially when the area where i am in south africa you know i don't have the best internet available to me so. often that becomes difficult competing in tournaments and he will cup qualifiers so that's why i signed with a girl i gained you know to give me up life form to succeed basically and to compete with the best of my ability so when i don't compete i would then it down to what government settings i misspoke with a base and now obviously i have it at the sources and it allows me to compete you

know it way out i mean awful i think for south africans it's all about. not having the proper youth and a connection not having all of the necessary equipment and maybe infrastructure like when we come to european teams you know. and american teams as well and asians all these guys are you know in one in one basically in one mile saw in one not boding they're all playing there for the entire you know what all the quitman in for a start big gap to get it just internet you know well so they have that the financial backing are strong yeah so i think that is something really we kind of like how do you play when was the last time you play how you train and yet. so coming i'm also a time student well you're counting so at all about balance writing the 1st $34.00 days i tend to i didn't get that to my studies and then off and on weekends you

know what i did to sunday i will stop playing and and but i've got this thing and you know upbeat are you see so yeah it's all about balance you know what i know it's just i know as a search at that chair. that's a good place a right i'm looking at is how is it is that i was jack size that chad move yet what's special about that jack. oh my goodness look at that that is a chair. shouting shouting mistress tell us about 'd the chat took us through that i guess it. just looks cool right yes look like you'd be in business or in your i ever aware. of all but those gaming shows i read but i think talking about gaming shows and some of the things that you mentioned about some of the struggles inherent african men are in south africa just get like gaming chairs like that cost so much more in specific the incessant $100.00 for

a chair. add more here because we're further away the so is a shipping means we pay more money which means a lot of the equipment we get is somewhat more of a price like 2 years of his players overseas that have all the gear and everything we're paying a premium for it which means a lot of younger players can't necessarily afford the cool gaming that's something that i think a lot of people don't focus on and like jr mentioned as well when he travels overseas or any other player from africa goes overseas the the players in europe and asia and america they are paid salaries to just play games all day and i play is have to be shootings that have to have jobs that they've got to buy a lot of this stuff so it's very difficult to find full time players and i think it's hard when you have to go out to give someone who can spin 8 hours of the day just focusing on playing the games and training versus someone like judy has to study good legs to is struggle with incidents and i think the fact that we can

still guard hits ahead with the base in the world just shows what we'd be able to do if some of those resources were available to african players i want to bring in . a well known a dozen of us fighting and we did well. from east africa from kenya and then as queen she's a legend in the swell as well as she. again about the challenges is i guess is a job the african pets are proud of their staff it's not on the list let's see what she has to say about that. giving as it's a loan. more confidently more clearly since as an introvert i tend to present a clue to me once in the. small i consider to giving 100. 1000000 hasn't been though challenges because one of the african continent in studio one book is. there's

a lot of untapped talent that skin be improved on form on top of that if to the new can be a more welcoming place for people of the world uses and didn't gender identity use in order. to usability to be more than 2 years out of the ticket in change for the better. douglas kenya is just a great hotspot for tech. tech it's feels like you've got all of the raw materials are right there to me not just great responses it's the start it's the entry point of a conversation but we're really talking about how this tech developed on the continent what are the barriers what are the boundaries because we've got young people who have talent now what are they to douglas get. thank you thank you for for this the setting for us in kenya early fortunately no we do have the likes of facebook the likes of google the likes of microsoft you know set up shop here and also when

you look around you know just like my colleagues have mentioned about internet connectivity i think we are fortunate to have you know internet ammunitions into kenya you know from that of the world which means that you know we do have access to their economy which to europe at connectivity to china for example but you know with that definitely the question is how do you think this internet even to go to the most rural part of the country with the youth i think now and in addition to connectivity you know access to infrastructure you know the next the playstation or the x. so you know kenya being of course not only turn country you know we do have the benefit of getting people from other countries which means that you know based on exposure you've been able to in our land what other people in other markets are growing. so we would see in there right over east but you know now we do have

communities you know like tekken community you see the community it's a community. and also just you know the question in our people getting into is what's you know now with the cost of data becoming sort of all us through the question of how do people get access to the device and so we do our you know before internet was accessible you know we used to go to a cybercafe else but interestingly this have now turned into gaming which means that you know of about 100 about a dollop you can get access to a play station if one hour and then you know this is where people are practicing but also just a comment on the chair you know it's nice that we're talking about a chair but how to be able to talk about the play station itself or that device or we still have challenges that are on top of the so. play station keep michael example of what it's going to be $500.00 in the u.s. but by the time of the shipping cost and then. you know it probably comes to about

double its supply so there's a lot of that we need to you know overcome so that we can get a fairly good look and clean. would just look at me too much muskets you mentioning cod sears and some of our audience who are online right now are actually playing call of duty as we speak thank you for multitasking appreciate that some of the telling top or are already being tackled this is really inspired a lot of this conversation talking about the potential on the african continent and he is absolutely bullish i'm positive about that have a listen have a look as we continue to make progress on the near term challenges around technology so the availability and affordability of consumer technology and a band with and closing infrastructure gaps we need to have those broader conversations about attracting investments and partnerships and sponsorships so that the east boards vertical industry house and ecosystem to thrive in the talent

is obviously here the audience is obviously here the ability to create ip intimate games and to do all the things around these ports is here why for transfer management is here so we just need a mechanism or several american isms to connect these very talented communities to the rest of the world and you know you've written yet. but. there's. a look now. i've made some some good money out of there you know for very very young style good things that she's whether they're wondering where that is she said to your program i can guarantee you there's so many options like sam mentioned earlier on this rock in east force not just getting so many avenues to explore. i'm just ready at leicester and provided for my family who took over even 3 my my parents lost their jobs basically so we are very honored in

leicester and you know giving something back to them for everything that i'm through i'm going to do a speed round review all because i got some really great responses on each of jonathan says african games are the next big thing what did he say sam i did maybe whip out a dance. what else do we have a sound and given the financial barriers to entry what do you think can be done to bring more people into sports who are going to take that one. where i'm from we can have some more ornaments that that's free to enter that's part of that way and hopefully ones that and any kind of ease or so restrictions will ease us again hopefully we can have more access to your no physical land tournaments again and getting people into enough to compete and give them access to consultation on car was what i want us to buy things and our equipment so we are basically giving everyone free in the introduction into tournament and he sports

this is i would ask is this is a little bit of a push back that was a little bit of this to you very briefly mohammed says i don't think that africa will become a dominating force in the future and he said what dallas. so you watch out. or look around and to but and to but my comment i mean unfortunately when you look at some of the international sports competition and you know unfortunately to do so . but africa is not included and we've seen a case of an adhesive were you know an african example to qualify but then when they. go up there and they are asked you know word who come from and they see up for granted they get disqualified why just because that's a massacre and you know for some who have the means to actually move to europe or more to the u.s. so that they can actually be able to play with their competitors or. watch out we're coming and they're coming with skilled or i do you want to jump in there i

mean i just want to quickly say because i feel like i have to defend those i have traveled around the world i've got to comment on some of the best players and i laughed when you asked you if i made the players that are driving the fancy sports cars and have all the money and i honestly believe if we put our african players in the same position they could take their mine it's hard for the african press because like judo said he needs to help is very he still studying but i honestly think when it comes to the fire and the fighting games we do have players here that are the best in the world and they just need the opportunity to be able to compete with the best in the world were things i wanted to talk about this is what happens a lot in countries that don't have the resources but they have incredible talented young people if they find a work around some creative solutions have a listen to say we have a sports and then we have a sports mobile style have a look have a listen. your other device the means of i'm so hurt in the challenge is about 24

hours where there are 10 mobile giving us the major strategy started out with a mobile game torments which is ours and also we're on the lead of the moment and then the world connected serious step by the lowly sponsored rachel we all saw the official presenting pop out for soaps are all free go really showed up to go the huge potential to deal evil when it comes to response and have for nigeria come in championing the mobile gaming scene especially in west africa check out the 1st mobile ad a long tournament ever held on the continent funking thing your thoughts on the thank you very much appreciate your sadness. right thank you douglas and thank you julio pull stuff we really appreciate your thoughts. i'm signing off now so the next time when the strong take care of that.

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