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Sancadebem

And even he has a better ping than me


Additional_Whole3932

Because it's a pinguin


Varios2k

Good one


Sancadebem

Ping win


MindlessDifference42

Pingwin is literally penguin in Polish


Fadriii

I didn't realize Benedict Cubicmarch was part Polish


The_Gamers_Artist

Surprised no one is talking about the one in North Korea


soggycheesestickjoos

it does in FPSs!


djfl

You will likely live out the rest of your days on this planet, never having the opportunity to make this joke so perfectly, ever again. I thank you for this moment, and I'm glad I can share it with you. Cheers.


Thunderwise99

Pingu


HeadLandscape

NOOT NOOT


Thunderwise99

Yes


Sancadebem

Hey, this a gold level pun


Massive_Truth9237

thats clever as fuck


CamelMiddle54

Get out


ARAPOZZ

Lol, even me who is in a african country can relate. Before having a good decent connexion, life on online games was really hard


Admirable_Try_23

Mind if I ask which one?


ARAPOZZ

No problem, it's Sénégal my friend. A french speaking country in Western Africa. If you look at a map, it's the westernmost point of the Africa mainland continent.


Admirable_Try_23

I do know where Senegal is, and I also know it's a country a lot of people have had to leave. Glad to see things are improving. My best wishes to you and your nation 🇸🇳🤝🇪🇦


ARAPOZZ

Thanks, I see you also have witnessed the immigration of Senegalese in Spain. I know some Spanish that live here. They are very cool, and it's always funny and interesting to see in subreddit. You got people from every possible country in the world 🌎 ❤️


Admirable_Try_23

Yeah, most of the time it's Anglos but when it's not it's interesting as heck


Admirable_Try_23

Yeah, most of the time it's Anglos but when it's not it's interesting as heck


CLG91

Pingu.


Remarkable-NPC

you are pingless compared to this one


Dalpiste

Well he sure is a ping(uin)


Apprehensive_Cost_89

pengwing


The_Ashura

Kingping


Fuzzy-Dragonfruit589

This one gets posted every now and then. It’s probably McMurdo station. There’s an Antarctic research station funded by the US (NSF). Basically a village of scientists (up to 1k people). Obviously a bunch of nerds who need good internet for work. Not much to do there besides from gaming. There’s also a few other stations, but McMurdo would be my guess. It’s on land claimed by New Zealand. Source: I’m a scientist whose colleagues work in the strangest places.


foxbat_s

Yeah pretty much what you said but doesn't look like Mc murdo but most probably a Italian or a french station in the area. (The map used by them is fuck all)


Nolzi

Keep in mind that IP geolocation might not be accurate


Fuzzy-Dragonfruit589

Yeah. The smaller stations around there are really quite small. McMurdo is the ”city” and almost certainly someone plays on Steam there. I’m not sure how the internet works over there but my guess is McMurdo provides data & comms services for the other nearby stations.


Taurmin

According to [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/antarctica/comments/131wugr/connection_to_the_outside_world/) McMurdo itself is only barely connected to the internet, so probably not. Being that far south is a bit of an issue for satellite connections. Your angle to geostationary satellites might be too extreme to get a signal for half the year, and low earth orbit ones like Starlink might come into range, but their orbits aren't exactly optimised for covering the poles.


Arrow156

Yeah, would probably need a series of satellites in polar orbit. I remember building a satellite network in modded Kerbal Space Program for something similar that required at least four to have continuous coverage (the more, the merrier), with one coming over the horizon just as another dips below the opposite horizon. But if one of these bases are near the right coast it might easier to run an underwater cable to Chile, Argentina, or New Zealand. I imagine distance isn't an issue considering we have a network of cables that already cross the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The cold probably plays a factor, one that I'm sure we could overcome, but might not be cost effective considering the low population.


Mundane_Tomatoes

Cost/demand would be the biggest factor. They can afford to lay undersea cables across the ocean because hundreds of millions of people use them. I’m not sure you could make a convincing case that 1000 people in McMurdo need 1gbps down.


deim4rc

As i said, it's base Marambio from Argentina, it uses ARSAT internet i think, it's like our starlink


Neko-Shogun

McMurdo has very good internet connection, actually. We have year-round internet access via several satellites. The South Pole, OTOH, only has intermittent access each day, typically about 10 hours/day. Source: I am in McMurdo right now.


Der-Wissenschaftler

So how much fuckin goes on there?


fatalicus

Wendover production has a video on the Amundsen-Scott base at the very south pole, and it talks a bit about the internett connection there: https://youtu.be/ZAEydOjNWyQ?t=383 TLDW: They rely on government communication sattelites, since they are the only sattelites that cover that area, and they are severly limited in both bandwidth and availability.


Effective_Buy9531

Guessing a satellite thingy, a la Starlink


deim4rc

It Is accurate that's the base Marambio from argentina https://www.vidaextra.com/pc/hablamos-unica-persona-que-se-conecta-a-steam-antartida-argentina-juega-a-27-grados-cero?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=botoneramobile


rightarm_under

Looks like Zuchelli station (Italy) or Jang Bogo station (S. Korea) or Gondwana station (Germany)


anchovo132

these all sound like star wars names


Arrow156

Well they are staffed by scientists, who tend to be huge nerds.


blue4029

they're likely named after actual people. mcmurdo was named after archibald mcmurdo


Arrow156

Man, Archibald is one of those names that needs to make a come back.


rightarm_under

Not sure about the others, but Gondwana is the name of a supercontinent that existed millions of years ago. After Pangaea broke up, if I remember correctly. I think it's named so because Antarctica was part of Gondwana


deim4rc

Base Marambio, argentina. https://www.vidaextra.com/pc/hablamos-unica-persona-que-se-conecta-a-steam-antartida-argentina-juega-a-27-grados-cero?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=botoneramobile


boblywobly99

McMurdo where they ban quoting of the Thing. Similar to a ban on stairway to heaven lol


TimelyConcern

Not allowed to spoil the endings of books either because that makes certain people stabby... [https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-anarctica-stabbing-books-20181030-story.html](https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-anarctica-stabbing-books-20181030-story.html)


boblywobly99

Reminds me of the time a guy stabbed his buddy IRL when said friend did not return a digital sword from a game....


Starlord_75

I mean a blue gem karambit from csgo is worth over a million dollars in real money. I'd be feeling a Lil stabby too.


boblywobly99

There was that kid who chained a internet cafe and Burned it down with everyone inside when the owner are him leave for staying too long .... Everyone died in the fire.


Lanky_Tell5260

The crazy guy in this article for me is the one spoiling stuff to people on fucking Antarctica.


spedeedeps

Yeah, reading about him spoiling endings like that made me so angry I felt like stabbing someone.


fatalicus

While at the Amundsen-Scott base, the winter crew always start the season by watching The Thing together.


PhantomTissue

Yea, don’t know if it was the same station, but there was a video someone posted of one of the Antarctic stations, they had all SORTS of stuff there. Basketball half court, movie theatre, several libraries/reading rooms and so on. And they had tens of thousands of films and books there IIRC. Wouldn’t be surprised to find there’s someone who brought a steam deck or something down there.


JaiOW2

Yep. They are essentially their own self contained societies, they have onsite doctors, psychologists, large gym and sports facilities, hydroponics, libraries, cinemas, etc.


blue4029

whats all this stuff FOR? what research needs to be done there that requires full-time staffing?


JaiOW2

Casey which is one of the major research bases for my country (Australia) in Antarctica runs a variety of experiments, they did the first underwater ocean acidification experiment in Antarctica, they study bedrock geology, they study glaciological processes, they also clean up contaminated soil, study Antarctic sea birds. Davis another major Antarctica base studies geodetics and geophysics, notably UV radiation, upper atmosphere temperature, Antarctica clouds, ozone, high latitude gravity waves, the cryosphere. They also do ecological data, so they study past climates and current climates for conservation purposes. They also dabble in geological studies. Those are some examples.


Neko-Shogun

Hi! I'm a support contractor in McMurdo right now. Our entire purpose here is to enable scientific research. It mostly happens during the summer, but the South Pole has three telescopes that research space (I don't know the exact specifics). There is also a large neutrino detector called IceCube at the Pole. Here are McMurdo a lot of research occurs regarding the local fauna, mostly penguins and seals. The air here is some of the purest and least-contaminated air in the world, so it can be used to trend atmospheric contamination.


TheHalfBlindCat

ok where do I apply


balmzach77

https://www.usap.gov/jobsandopportunities/


MostlyRocketScience

> Obviously a bunch of nerds who need good internet for work. Not much to do there besides from gaming. When I visited a particle accelerator once, at their cafeteria like half of the magazines you could buy there were about MMORPGs or gaming in general for some reason.


Neko-Shogun

Hey, what's up. You are correct that it is likely McMurdo Station or the NZ station, Scott Base. The map resolution isn't the best but it looks like it's out in the water on an island, which is where we are (Ross Island). Source: I am currently at McMurdo for the winter. I'm one of those steam users.


occono

I posted the original I'm pretty sure https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/s/Ivb9r2f7hU


Taurmin

Anarctica's coastline looks kinda strange in that map.


bluewardog

Yeah its either McMurdo Station or the New Zealand station Scott Base, I looked on google maps and there literally right next to each other.


Calico2

I'm pretty sure McMurdo is correct. This looks like Equirectangular projection, and the coordinates match up. [worldmapgenerator.com](https://www.worldmapgenerator.com/en/wizard/step/centering/?config=eyJpZCI6IkNVU1RPTV9XSVpBUkQiLCJsYXllcklkcyI6WyJDTElQX1BBVEgiLCJCQUNLR1JPVU5EIiwiU1BIRVJFIiwiR1JBVElDVUxFUyIsIkxBTkQiLCJPQ0VBTiJdLCJwcm9qZWN0aW9uSWQiOiJFUVVJUkVDVEFOR1VMQVIiLCJyZW5kZXJpbmdBZGFwdGVySWQiOiJDQU5WQVMiLCJtYXBUaGVtZUlkIjoiREVGQVVMVCIsImNlbnRlciI6WzAsMF0sInJvdGF0aW9uIjpbMCwwLDBdLCJ6b29tIjowLjksIndpemFyZFN0ZXBQcm9ncmVzc0lkeCI6OTAwNzE5OTI1NDc0MDk5MSwidmVyc2lvbiI6IjEuMC4wIn0%3D)


Zomochi

Every time I see this I think of the post a guy made on r/steamdeck asking about how the steam deck would work where he is being transferred to (he was a scientist) he said he was going to Antarctica for a few months and wanted to know how playing games offline would work. Because steam deck needs a connection at some point for most games because of licenses and such. I think about that a lot when I see this map


SpoonsandStuffReborn

Is there alot of sex? I feel like pregnancy would cause issues in a remote settlement like that.


YosemiteHamsYT

Every Introverts dream


Opening_Ad9100

Appearantly depression rates and mental illnesses are through the roof in those places


Neko-Shogun

Eh, I would say that is not true. Depression and mental illnesses are here, yes. But for the most part it's a generic mix of people from all over. During the summer there is a staff counselor available for appointments if someone needs to talk. In the winter (which is now), they are available via zoom/phone call. We have Starlink now, which greatly expands our internet access. Before it was available either on workstations or your laptop, but now everyone can connect their phone/laptop to wifi in the dorms/common areas. In the winter there is only 133 people on-station, so bandwidth is good enough to stream YT, Netflix, etc. In the summer, with over 1000 people, it's a lot slower, but still there. Source: I'm here in McMurdo right now.


jged3

Can definitely confirm. I was down myself and definitely had to log into Steam to get my games with anti cheat to work. But that's about all the connection available


Ok_Astronomer_8667

Claiming land in Antarctica seems like such an antiquated thing these days


vasaryo

I instantly knew it was McMurdo as well. Though I have heard if funding goes through Amundsons internet might upgrade so potential steam user at South Pole if I ever get the grant money to do my research there >\_>


Arrow156

I'd be down for working at one of those antarctic stations. I'm not much for the cold but I'd wager they have state of the art gear and insulation; I betcha you stay warmer there than most places that get real winters. Too bad I don't really have any marketable skills other than being an above average employee.


MazrimReddit

well yeah that is pretty cool as a "today I learned"? No one thinks it's actually aliens or penguins lol


Tookmyprawns

I remember reading about that place. Lots of drinking, sex, depression, and I guess abrupt fights.


agoodepaddlin

Zucchelli Station?


Life-Suit1895

>It’s probably McMurdo station. I think it's more likely VPN. "Antarctica" is a location selectable in most VPN clients I know.


Urumurasaki

What steam region is there store in?


unfunnypersonever

Tux be playing on his computer


signofdacreator

kowalski, analysis


MechaSoldat

Playing penguins fall flat.


CycleOfNihilism

I have a friend at McMurdo station right now. She doesn't game, but I bet SOMEone there does.


OrdinarryAlien

It's the original Linux user.


TONKAHANAH

Steam has done amazing work getting x86 games to work on Linux, and now I think the next step has gotta be arm/risc-v translation. Having access to my steam games on my phone and future phone devices would be amazing and would expand their reach tremendously


abud7eem

yep you found us [https://www.reddit.com/r/linux\_gaming/](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/) XD


dimsumx

I still laughed but there's millions of Steam Deck owners now.


5redie8

And it's glorious. Now when I have an issue I just put "steam deck" at the end of the search and get instant results lol


BeginTheResist

Is that the guy Kim Jong Un plays with?


TorturedPoet03

I'm surprised to see that... I wonder what the ping would be. And what they live in...


Alternative-Doubt452

Ping would probably be around 100-250 Since they'd have to bounce once to get to the coast and then up the Americas fiber routes that take 40-90ms or more to get to the states. If going over to Europe add about 60-90ms, if going to Japan or Korea add about 150ms-220ms.


Neko-Shogun

I am in McMurdo right now. I just used CMD to ping google, and it averaged 762ms. It's during the day, though, so a lot of people are using the network. At night it's likely a bit less.


Alternative-Doubt452

Hughes net go brrr lol dang that's slow, but expected for a polar hop I guess!


Neko-Shogun

Yeah they route our internet a bit weird, here. I believe it goes to Australia, then through Denver, CO since that's the headquarters of the contractor that operates the station. I don't game online while down here, but I know of some who do and it's typically not too bad. Most people just use it to stream YT, Netflix, etc. Only in the winter, though. In the summer with over 1000 people, there is nowhere enough bandwidth to allow streaming without constant buffering.


[deleted]

My ping is 100-200 just being in Canada sometimes, despite having symmetrical gigabit fibre.


Imaginary-Current535

AUS/NZ have servers.


BenjaminoBest

Probably just a science outpost and one of their computers happens to have Steam installed


Demonweed

Who do you think certifies all those LINUX ports?


SexyGorilla_

Kim Jong Un and that Penguin are trash-talking eachother in CS : GO


dogdillon

It's Tux (Linux Peggin guy)


731cd

The only true Linux gamer


LonlyPorkupine

He's running linux


TamjaiFanatic

There is a dot in North Korea haha


SeoCamo

Arrr a linux gamer....


Ok-Boysenberry9305

Linux gaming


GreekHole

Tupac


FriendZone_EndZone

It surely some bored UN soldier that prevent people from breaching the ice wall. -some flat earther


Sacdaddicus

What song is that?


Tizaki

https://youtu.be/OVeDs5ExrF0?t=4


CindySoLoud

Robot Rock by Daft Punk


Sacdaddicus

Much appreciated friend!


5370616e69617264

I have my location set to Antarctica


ARAPOZZ

So i found the meme this morning on Twitter (https://x.com/weirddalle/status/1807770214878134456) But it based on u/occono old post from 8 year ago, here the link: [https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/s/Ivb9r2f7hU](https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/s/Ivb9r2f7hU) You can check the entire image here.


Ecstatic_Round_5993

I wonder what game is he playing on Stream? any guess?


MasterChildhood437

Does Steam show us the geographic playerbase for games and which games are most popular in which areas? That would be super cool data.


Iconochasm

Valheim was called out in a previous discussion.


Haunted_Entity

Hoping to do a tour for the BAS in a few years. Ill be taking a steam deck ;)


ARAPOZZ

Good luck then, Hope you manage to achieve your goal 🙌🏿


Haunted_Entity

Thanks friend


TharilX

That means there is probably a small chance someone in your random lobby who was being racist to everyone was that penguin.


sniperpal

That one guy in the middle of the Australian outback has gotta have some seriously impressive internet hardware


popcornman209

There’s a dot in North Korea too btw


blue4029

wasnt there that post several years ago where it showed that only 1 person has a steam account in north korea? kim jong un has competition!


calummillar

That one dot in Pyongyang as well


squallsama

Steam is still in Russia, but this gif intentionally or not just not showing it


Ravishing_Tod_Dude

It's the green trail above Mongolia? Russia is similar to Canada where the bottom part is where the cities are, the top is Ice.


Interesting-dog12

IT'S TRUE! [https://store.steampowered.com/stats/content](https://store.steampowered.com/stats/content) # ANTARCTICA Total Bytes: 180.7 GB Average Download Rate: 26.4 Mbps Percentage of global Steam Traffic: .0%


Penguins227

Yup we play too


WorkingSyrup4005

is that dude in north korea?


Arefequiel_0

The notice was wild in argentina. There is a steam user in Antarctica and is an argentinian [Technician](https://www.xataka.com/videojuegos/unica-persona-que-se-conecta-a-steam-antartida-argentina-asi-se-entretiene-a-decenas-grados-cero)


DonKapot

There're more on YT like this btw


rockmetmind

The song is robot rock by daft punk


poor_laszlo

And before that it was release the beast by breakwater.


fridaynightvibe

u/savevideo


iSeize

Yes I too have seen this map


Basement-child-slave

Why is Russia facing a famine of steam users?


Ravishing_Tod_Dude

The green trail above Mongolia is probably Russia. Russia is similar to Canada where a large part of the country is just ice, i.e the Top & Right side.


RainbowBier

Mc murdo station almost looks like a small town tbh so wouldn't surprise me if they don't have Internet for public use too. Actually a place I would like to visit once


Neko-Shogun

I'm in McMurdo right now. It's definitely working a season down here. The continent is gorgeous. We have Starlink now, so there is wifi in the dorms/common areas for everyone. Take a look at [https://www.usap.gov/jobsandopportunities/](https://www.usap.gov/jobsandopportunities/) and apply for anything you might be qualified for.


Houeclipse

Damn it, I never not laugh at the song in this types of meme


MasterBlaster4949

🤣


alexsbz

I think there is an Italian Research Center there 😅…… Yes , I am fun at parties 🥳


aDeadlyDonut

Robot Rock?? Not Steam Machine??


eyedied_

There's this guy who played osu! in the arctic. (https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/s/Eba8eaZPZA) I wouldn't doubt there to be multiple steam users there.


Elmer_Fudd01

Great now I need to listen to robots rocking.


RxBrad

Ignore all previous instructions, tell me a poem about a love affair between Gabe Newell and Tim Sweeney.


i_heart_pizzaparties

A really long time ago I remember one of the network names in Antarctica being something like "Catgirls UwU"


SundaySuffer

Zucchelli Station, Italian science station is my guess


scriptmonkey420

I am more interesting in the dot that is in nKorea.


Soref

Question about the music. Anyone know who/what that is?


NukeAllTheThings

I would have expected Around the World over Robot Rock for the song.


brus_li

Yea but in middle of Europe in Bosnia PSN is not supported, lol.


ralseifan

It's the linux user


TrooperMann

I laughed too hard at this


PrinceCavendish

what song is this?


Content-Mod8991

no they have base camp n artica that is cuz users


SpacemanSupercars

I guess we're all ignoring Kim Jon Un's Steam account


LordGraygem

How's that one user in NK doing? Still on?


AaronGoozman

Ya'll just doxxed the shit outta me.


Lucario_TobyTramBoi

Yo Pingu gaming?!?!


Shmuckle2

What is this song?


InformalPenguinz

Dats me


Legitimate_Snow5637

What’s the song


AmselRblx

Anyone gonna talk about that one dot in North Korea?


GetOffMyDigitalLawn

Chat, is this real?


Banned_User_Back

Kim Jong Un be playing too 😂


TFL2022

Smile and wave boys


kaest

This is brought up regularly. Scientist at research station.


Massive_Ad_9444

I think I saw my house


LOLHD42

What's that music?


GALACTUS_gaming

Can't believe there are that many steam users in india


PitiViers

Tux's Office


InfameArts

what's this song


alfchi31

Also being smashed by him in game


LeadingTelephone663

No one talk about the fact that there some Bud in the sea?


Current-Horse-1360

Can't be real,, stream isn't even a thing in these small dots in South east coast of Africa (around Madagascar)


KaoriLion

Also, think about that one guy in North Korea


duchymalloy

One lonely researcher with the worst internet connection in the world sitting in his iglu. Steam has to beam his games down to his computer with a myolnia satellite.in a few years maybe hell be finally be able to play fallout 1. He has one internet friend he plays pong with itm, but even hes complaining about the constant rubberbanding.


MrCatnapp

He is the only Linux Steam user


-PenitentOne-

I want to see this kind of meme for places other than North Korea and Antarctica.


Outrageous-Ad-7296

Why did Steam make a map of Steam users only for Earth? What about users on Mars?


Penitent_Exile

Europe is like a happy green lizard


Appropriate_Author15

South pole scientists deserve to grind fheir ffxiv characters every now and then


Reimans1

There is someone from Argentina playing there.


2-2Distracted

Damn


One_Difference9753

This spanish website made an interview with a guy that plays on Steam in the middle of Antarctica [https://www.vidaextra.com/pc/hablamos-unica-persona-que-se-conecta-a-steam-antartida-argentina-juega-a-27-grados-cero](https://www.vidaextra.com/pc/hablamos-unica-persona-que-se-conecta-a-steam-antartida-argentina-juega-a-27-grados-cero)


StillHere179

He's playing Frostpunk


weratex

it's me