Map of ESOC members

DivineFire · Post by **DivineFire** » 30 Oct 2015, 10:03

Indeed, some nice cottages among other things.

Mr. Pecksniff · Post by **Mr. Pecksniff** » 30 Oct 2015, 10:21

ivan wrote:
shaolinstar wrote:@ivan
I didnt know you were a gardener. I might hire you.
As unlikely as it sounds Im actually an immigrant here lol.

Wait, people immigrate to Mexico?

Mr_Bramboy · Post by **Mr_Bramboy** » 30 Oct 2015, 10:26

jerom wrote:
gibson wrote:I wish people wouldnt troll it though on the map?
many of them were good trolls though, especially the marco one.

What about the fp one? :clint:

Metis · Post by **Metis** » 30 Oct 2015, 10:30

yemshi wrote:Seems like Africa is dead.
@zbola

Most of Africa has no Internet, or political problems that would preclude using it for someone doing something so frivolous as gaming. I''ve seen only two posters from Africa in the past ten years. One was a guy from Egypt who was trying to keep a computer working in the heat and sand and another was a systems admin from South Africa. Looking up the stats shows that only 9% of Internet users are from Africa, even though that continent holds a billion people.

Edit: See the charts below for a pictorial representation of my statement.

Mr. Pecksniff · Post by **Mr. Pecksniff** » 30 Oct 2015, 10:46

metis wrote:
yemshi wrote:Seems like Africa is dead.
@zbola
Most of Africa has no political problems that would preclude using it for someone doing something so frivolous as gaming.

You heard it here first, guys.

yurashic · Post by **yurashic** » 30 Oct 2015, 10:54

sunimirio wrote:@yurashic I really wanna visit Lenjingrad

Nice, it is indeed a beautiful city with a lot of places of interest.

thebritish · Post by **thebritish** » 30 Oct 2015, 11:30

jerom wrote:I actually love this thread. Amazing idea!

Have you ever been in the Balkan?

Metis · Post by **Metis** » 30 Oct 2015, 11:36

frycookofdoom wrote:
metis wrote:"Moesbar aka frycookofdoom, quote manipulation:

Most of Africa has no political problems that would preclude using it for someone doing something so frivolous as gaming.

Original statement

Most of Africa has no Internet, or political problems that would preclude using it for someone doing something so frivolous as gaming.
You heard it here first, guys.

Nice misquote. Here, let me present my statement in pictures for you to better understand.

[img style="max-width:100%'" alt="" src="https://qzprod.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/internet-users-per-100-people-map-worldwide.png?w=940"]

[img style="max-width:100%'" alt="" src="http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/files/2014/10/internet-access-africa.png"]

[img alt=" " src="http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/sa97/ch13/map1.jpg[/img]

krichk · Post by **krichk** » 30 Oct 2015, 11:38

thebritish wrote:
jerom wrote:I actually love this thread. Amazing idea!
Have you ever been in the Balkan?

[img]http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/legomessageboards/images/5/51/House-of-cards-but-why.gif/revision/latest?cb=20150203023508[/img]

thebritish · Post by **thebritish** » 30 Oct 2015, 11:43

krichk wrote:
thebritish wrote:Have you ever been in the Balkan?
[img]http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/legomessageboards/images/5/51/House-of-cards-but-why.gif/revision/latest?cb=20150203023508[/img]

I am just curious to know. :thumbsup:

Metis · Post by **Metis** » 30 Oct 2015, 11:47

Well, I've never been to Spain
But I kinda like the music

Well, I've never been to England
But I kinda like the Beatles

Well, I've never been to heaven
But I've been to Oklahoma

In Oklahoma, not Arizona
What does it matter?

[video src="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1uSxhFcJn4"][/video]

Mr. Pecksniff · Post by **Mr. Pecksniff** » 30 Oct 2015, 12:04

metis wrote:
frycookofdoom wrote:You heard it here first, guys.
Nice misquote. Here, let me present my statement in pictures for you to better understand.

[img]https://qzprod.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/internet-users-per-100-people-map-worldwide.png?w=940[/img]

[img style="max-width:100%'" src="http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/files/2014/10/internet-access-africa.png" alt=""]

[img alt=" " src="http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/sa97/ch13/map1.jpg[/img]

Sorry, in addition to being mentally retarded, I also happen to be color-blind. Itll take more than some vague graphs and illustrations to convince me of your specious views.

sunimirio · Post by **sunimirio** » 30 Oct 2015, 12:42

yurashic wrote:
sunimirio wrote:@yurashic I really wanna visit Lenjingrad
Nice, it is indeed a beautiful city with a lot of places of interest.

I love history so that is my main reason why i would like to visit it

Y??!

stevelance · Post by **stevelance** » 30 Oct 2015, 13:58

metis wrote:This might be interesting, consider me "marked."

You''ve been considered "marked" !

Metis · Post by **Metis** » 30 Oct 2015, 19:59

I just found another guy from Africa!

http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/ ... ost3682295

Sgt_ROFLCopter · Post by **Sgt_ROFLCopter** » 31 Oct 2015, 05:59

Well, if 9% of people on the internet are from Africa it shouldn't be too hard to find one. Maybe most people don't feel the need to mention whether or not they are from Africa in any given post.

I'll mention that I am, in fact, not from Africa as is, apparently, tradition.

Metis · Post by **Metis** » 31 Oct 2015, 06:55

Another reason why people from Africa may not game a lot online is evidenced from the bandwidth that the guy from South Africa reported. At his workplace he was getting 1.08 Mbps download speeds and at his home he was getting speeds of only 384 kbps.

Sgt_ROFLCopter · Post by **Sgt_ROFLCopter** » 31 Oct 2015, 07:54

This is probably the #1 reason to be glad you don't live in Africa.

Good ol Ivan · Post by **Good ol Ivan** » 31 Oct 2015, 10:22

9% sounds like a lot for Africa.
I would say its about 1% - and could be less.

Metis · Post by **Metis** » 31 Oct 2015, 13:32

Speaking of Africa, when I was in graduate school I got a call from there. I thought someone was just playing a joke on me when they said that Richard Leaky was on the phone, but it turned out that he'd heard of a presentation I'd given on database management and wanted to know if he could send his assistant down from the US college she was attending to examine our system. Years later, I was up in Chicago visiting the Field Museum with my old undergraduate roommate, who was from that area. I noticed a display about Olduvai Gorge and told him this anecdote. He asked me the woman's name as his wife's college roommate had been from Kenya too. When I told him her name he said, "That was my wife's college roommate!"

momuuu · Post by **momuuu** » 31 Oct 2015, 16:37

Northen Africa, South africa, Kenia and some other countries are pretty well developed. Not sure if 9% is like facebook data, or overall internet data.

Metis · Post by **Metis** » 01 Nov 2015, 13:23

Internet penetration in Africa is growing more than that of any other continent, which makes sense as the other continents are mostly "developed" whereas Africa is still mostly "undeveloped."

http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm

Good ol Ivan · Post by **Good ol Ivan** » 04 Nov 2015, 04:59

bump!

fightinfrenchman · Post by **fightinfrenchman** » 04 Nov 2015, 05:10

ivan wrote:bump!

proceed with caution

noissance · Post by **noissance** » 04 Nov 2015, 05:11

I don't trust google at all, google knows many personal things about me already.

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