Esports South Africa, and other games : African Regional Championships – Day 2

MSSA’s predictions are so far holding true. Egypt, and Morocco (now joined by Algeria) are dominating the field of play even with the ping disadvantage due to the server being hosted in Nigeria.

In online games, “ping” refers to the delay (latency) between your device and the game server.

• Measured in milliseconds (ms)
• Lower ping = smoother gameplay
• High ping = lag or delay in your actions being registered

Bad ping in gaming—typically anything above 100 ms—can significantly affect your experience. 

Thus, although Somalia, Mauritius and Madagascar  are not in the top five, these countries must be commended for their high standard of play as they are battling with the worst ping compared to many of the other contenders.

It is therefore surprising to see the lacklustre performance of Ghana and Nigeria considering that their ping is very low as compared to the majority of other participating nations. See https://esportscommentator.blogspot.com/2025/07/south-africa-takes-to-field-in-pubgm-on.html

Johan van Breda, National Team Manager, stated, “The team is performing  as expected, and although we are besting many African countries, there is still much to do in order to reach the international standard.”