The only STEAM user in Antarctica is an electronic engineering student who plays Dark Souls and The Witcher.
Looking at the platform’s global activity map on Steam, VidaExtra realized that there was someone who had logged in to play on Valve’s platform from Antarctica. So after some questioning, they managed to contact him for an interview. This is Rodrigo Forneron, an electronics engineering student who works on the staff of the Belgrano II Antarctic base.
A scientific complex created in 1979 by the Argentine government, located 1,300 kilometers from the geographic South Pole. The place where he ended up after participating in a public competition for engineers, students, electronics and systems specialists opened by the IAA (Argentine Antarctic Institute). “After registration, they communicate to talk to all the participants, telling them what the future experience will be, and at the end they determine the date of the exam, which takes the basic concepts of each specialty,” this gamer tells him. VidaExtra.
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And after going through several stages of the process, Rodrigo says that “we are starting psychophysiological studies, consisting of several clinical and psychiatric studies. Finally, one last psychological study needs to be conducted, this time at the National Antarctic Administration. Once all of these are completed, you will be given final approval and all that remains is to wait for your sailing date.”
The only Steam player in Antarctica.
To combat loneliness in these extreme conditions of Antarctica, Rodrigo’s hobby is to spend several hours playing Steam games on his laptop, he said. “I time myself a lot, but I dedicate two hours a day to it. Initially, I brought downloaded games that could be played offline due to the Internet connection, since on this basis everything is relatively poor and limited at times,” he says.
And this leads him to claim that he is the only one using Steam in Antarctica, as he comments that “out of the base staff, the only one is my lab partner. He brought an Xbox Series X and his Game Pass works.” “
“But I’m the only one on Steam,” he emphasizes.
And the games installed are said to be the Dark Souls saga, Fallout, The Witcher, Project Zomboid and Valheim because, as mentioned, the Internet connection does not allow you to enjoy online experiences. “The lab has a little more throughput than the rest of the base due to data priority. Internet access is difficult. There are days when it flies and others when it doesn’t even send messages. WhatsApp. And they are trying. to limit applications. You can watch a YouTube video from time to time, but that’s all to get an idea.”
Finally, he says that after his case was reported on the same site, his college classmates in Argentina sent him a note joking about what he was actually doing in Antarctica.
“Look at this guy, he says he works and spends his time playing,” they told him.
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