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South African gamers, there’s a new community just for you

There are countless gaming forums for players to visit, but hardly any with a South African focus. Two weeks ago a new one was created in the form /r/SouthAfricanGaming.

The /r/ in front of the name there signifies that this is a subreddit, a small part of Reddit. For those unfamiliar with Reddit’s structures, a subreddit is created, controlled and moderated by regular users. This means that /r/SouthAfricanGaming is run by and for its community.

The creator and moderator of the subreddit, Ryan Gray, explains why he created the forum:

There is only one reason I started this subreddit. To give South Africans a voice. Right now the gaming landscape in South Africa is growing and its growing fast but we still have some developers and publishers that don’t acknowledge our existence. I want this subreddit to be a platform to make a fuss when a developer such as Blizzard doesn’t give us the servers we need. We are currently in a vicious cycle at the moment. Where the community is expanding but the the demand is being straight up ignored. Then when asked publishers and developers say “there is no interest”. To this I say build it and they will come. This is why I believe this subreddit needs to exist. A unified voice. Last year I posted in /r/Gaming about this plight and the post got of 3 000 upvotes and I was guilded 3 times. The average gamer overseas gets it so why can’t developers. Just to understand the magnitude of gaming in South Africa i always use rAge as an example. Every year it gets bigger and better.

If you want to be part of this community, all you need to do is sign up for Reddit and subscribe to /r/SouthAfricanGaming.

The sub was created recently, so it is suitably small. We’re already part of it and would love to see you there.

If Reddit isn’t your speed, check out the SA Gamer forums or even our forums to discuss everything tech in this country.

[Image – Adapted from Gizmodo]

 

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