The first day of competition saw CALL OF DUTY 4, and WARCRAFT III being played.

COD 4

There were not the amount of entries that the MSSA had at either the Gauteng or Free State Championships. However, all the players enjoyed the championship and gave it all they had.

The results were:

WARCRAFT III

The WarCraft III section is growing in leaps and bounds. With every entrant aware that the MSSA will be sending a team of two players to the 2010 IeSF Grand Final in South Korea in September 2010, gamers are eager to qualify for trials in order to earn a place in the team.

The trip to the 2010 IeSF Grand Challenge has all accommodation and travel paid for.

Not unexpectedly the competition was fiercely contested by all the participants who knew exactly what they were playing for - a place in the National Team Trials, and a chance to earn Protea Colours!

Matthew Putter, a member of Fatality, demolished all of his competition and thereby won the championship and earned himself Provincial Colours in the process.

The full results are:

Gaming resumed on Sunday at 9H00.

The games that were played on the Sunday were GUITAR HERO, and FIFA.

GUITAR HERO

By now everyone should know that the GUITAR HERO competition at the ASUS sponsored MSSA provincial LAN championships are qualifying rounds for the WORLD CYBER GAMES (WCG). SAMSUNG is the sponsor of this part of the competition and has undertaken to bring up the top two players from each and every provincial championship to play in the Qualifying Finals to be held in Sandton on 7 August 2010. MEGAROM also sponsored the event through the loaning of equipment to ensure that the event was a success.

After a fiercely contested championship, the following players emerged as the medal earners:

Again, the MSSA officials were pleasantly surprised by the number of learners that attended the event. Not only that, but gamers came from as far away as Kuruman, Kimberley and Pretoria to participate in the event.  

FIFA 10

Gamers who entered were duly advised that they could win a spot in the National Team Trials. The MSSA will be sending two players to represent South Africa at the 2010 IeSF Grand Finals in South Korea.

The final results are:

PROVINCIAL COLOURS

It is always satisfying to award provincial colours to deserving gamers. The colours are not awarded lightly and are awarded only when gamers meet the following criteria, and are always awarded on residency: 

• Win all of their games at a Provincial Championships, and/or
• Finish in the top 20% of gamers at both a Provincial and National LAN Championships.

It therefore gives me great pleasure to announce that the following gamers have earned their Senior Provincial Colours at the KwaZulu Natal Championships:

Of special note, it should be mentioned that Ryno Gidenhuys earned both his School Provincial Colours and his Senior Provincial Colours in the same event – well done Ryno!

Tyrrell Shaw too makes history to be the first gamer to earn his Senior Provincial Colours for the Northern Cape – a worthy achievement indeed!

Readers can view the photographs from the event on http://www.facebook.com/mindsportssa?ref=ts

Issued by:

Colin Webster
President
Mind Sports South Africa
P O Box 19275
FISHER'S HILL
1408
Tel: 011 828 4994
Fax: 086 672 1911
Cell: 073 593 9451
e-mail: mindsportssa@iafrica.com
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URL: http://www.mssa-cgboc.org/ (eSports Gaming site)
URL: http://www.facebook.com/mindsportssa?ref=ts

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) is an affiliate of the South African Confederation of Sport and Olympic Committee.

MSSA is sponsored by:

• Venue: Edgemead High School, Cape Town
• Date: 17th & 18th July 2010
• Fees:  
• R65.00 Registeration fee - if not already registered
• R50.00 per Registered Player per Period
• Entry:  To enter please go to the MSSA's Championship Manager.
• Rules and Regulations: All Rules and Regulations pertaining to eSports are available from here. Players are strongly advised to familiarise themselves with the LAN League Bylaws and all Period Specific Rules.The Period Specific Rules will be released by the MSSA eSports Board of Control shortly. If any Player wishes to provide advice regarding the drafting of the Period Specific Rules they are encouraged to contact the eSBoC who will take all comments into account: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• FIFA'10 (PS3)
• Guitar Hero 5 (Xbox360)
• Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
• Warcraft III: Defense of the Ancients
• CounterStrike 1.6
• Quake 3

• PREMIER: Medals shall be awarded to the first three players who are registered players.
• SCHOLARS: Medals shall be awarded to the first three high school scholars, provided they have not received any Premier medals.
• UNIVERSITY:Medals shall be awarded to the first three players who are currently registered at any officially recognised University, provided the players have not received any Premier Medals.
• WOMEN: A Medal will be awarded to the first woman player who did not receive any other medal.

• Provincial Colours: All Players that win all of their Matches at a Provincial Championship will earn Provincial Colours. All Players who score within the top 50% in a specific Period at a Provincial Championship, and who also score within the top 50% at a National Championship in the same period and in the same year, will earn Provincial Colours.
• National Team Trials: All Players that score within the top 20% or top three places, whichever is greater, in a specific Period at a Provincial or National Championship will earn an invitation to National Team Trials. National Team Trials shall be held in the event that a National Team must be selected to represent South Africa when competing in such Period in an International Championship.

1. Users can create an account to protect their confidential personal details
2. Each User can register one or more Players with MSSA (This is useful for those Team Managers/Captains who wish to register all the Players in their Team). Player registration must be completed annually and enables those players to be allowed to compete in MSSA Championships - such Players are referred to as Registered Players.
3. Each User can enter a Registered Player or a Team of Registered Players into a specific Championship.