Steam lets you track gamers’ activity on a global map – and while most of the developed world is lit up with thousands of bright lights, North Korea has a lone star. It disappeared the other day, causing a stir online.
It is known that there is no Internet in the DPRK – instead, a local internal network is used. However, for ten years on the Steam activity map, some hero continued to play in North Korea: the Valve service displays an activity point if traffic has come from this place in the last seven days. And the other day it disappeared.
On reddit, players are speculating on who this daredevil might be:
Guys, don’t panic. Comrade Kim is upgrading his battle station with the new 5090.
100% this is some son of a Russian diplomat playing CS straight from the embassy.
The guy just grew up and is no longer interested in playing.
Before netizens had time to really get scared for the fate of the loner, his star began to shine again. You can sleep peacefully – the only gamer in North Korea continues his virtual battles.