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ASUS sponsors MSSA's eSports LANS and Interschool league

Written by Ryan van den Bergh
Friday, 07 May 2010 12:55
ASUS and Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) have just finalised a sponsorship agreement that is hoped will take eSports gaming in South Africa to new heights. ASUS is a leading company in the new digital era, with a broad product portfolio that includes notebooks, netbooks, motherboards, graphics cards, displays, desktop PCs, servers, wireless solutions, mobile phones and networking devices. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today’s home and office users. ASUS won 3,268 awards in 2009, and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with the Eee PC™. With a global staff of more than 10,000 and a world-class R&D design team, the company’s revenue for 2009 was US$7.5 billion. ASUS ranks among BusinessWeek’s InfoTech 100, and has been on the listing for 12 consecutive years. The MSSA, is an affiliate of the South African Confederation of Sport and Olympic Committee. And is the National Federation of eSports. The sponsorship ensures that ASUS is recognised as the headline sponsor of all of MSSA’s Provincial and National Championships for 2010, as well as being the headline sponsor of the MSSA’s 2010 Interschool league. Through the sponsorship, the MSSA is able to roll-out its provincial LAN championships to more provinces, as well as to initiate the first ever official eSports interschool league in South Africa. The School League is an exciting development which aims at the creation of new talent and the improvement of the awareness of eSports as an officially recognised sport. For more information, please contact: Gabriel Malan ASUSTeK South Africa Sales & Marketing Group Marketing Manager E-Mail : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Mobile : +27 82 370 7226 Tel : +27 (11) 783 5450 ext. 203 Fax : +27 86 648 1671 Web : www.asus.com or 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: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it URL: http://www.mindsportssa.freeservers.com/ 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. The MSSA is responsible for the good governance and promotion of Board games (such as Backgammon, Diplomacy, Checkers, Draughts, Morabaraba, etc), eSports (whether they are played on ‘cell phones, Sony® PSP’s, personal computers or similar), and Historical figure games (also known as wargames).

2011 All Africa Games

Written by Ryan van den Bergh
Sunday, 25 April 2010 17:09
Dear Gamer The MSSA has begun talks with the Local Organising Committee to have both Morabaraba and eSports included as a demonstration event at the 2011 All African Games to be held in Maputo, Mozambique. Regards 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: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it URL: http://www.mindsportssa.freeservers.com/ 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. The MSSA is responsible for the good governance and promotion of Board games (such as Backgammon, Diplomacy, Checkers, Draughts, Morabaraba, etc), eSports (whether they are played on ‘cell phones, Sony® PSP’s, personal computers or similar), and Historical figure games (also known as wargames).

Mayhem April Gaming Event

Written by Ryan van den Bergh
Tuesday, 06 April 2010 14:38
Next Mayhem Gaming Event: 24 April Venue: Casa Dos Poveiros Hall Dayan Ave Dayan Glen Boksburg Event start: 2010/04/24 08:00 Event end: 2010/04/25 06:00 Entry fee: R60 All Ages All MSSA registered players welcome ! For more info check out www.mayhem.co.za

2010 IeSF Grand Final Titles

Written by Ryan van den Bergh
Friday, 16 April 2010 13:02
Dear Gamer Please note that so far the IeSF has announced two of the titles to be played at the 2010 IeSF Grand Final. The two titles so announced are: FIFA Online 2, and WarCraft III. As more information becomes available, the MSSA shall advise you accordingly. Best regards 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: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it URL: http://www.mindsportssa.freeservers.com/ 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. The MSSA is responsible for the good governance and promotion of Board games (such as Backgammon, Diplomacy, Checkers, Draughts, Morabaraba, etc), eSports (whether they are played on ‘cell phones, Sony® PSP’s, personal computers or similar), and Historical figure games (also known as wargames).

MSSA 2010 Gauteng eSports Championships Results

Written by Ryan van den Bergh

Monday, 05 April 2010 14:02

The MSSA Gauteng eSports Championships were held at Northcliff High School, Johannesburg, on 3 & 4 April 2010.

The school had previously hosted the 2009 MSSA SA National LAN Championships and once again proved why it is such a good venue.

Special thanks must also be extended to Mayhem and The Lair who provided their much needed technical expertise, and were a major contributing factor to making the event the success that it was.

The umpiring was done by: Ryan van den Bergh (Chief Umpire), David Vannucci, and Clint Smythe, who all worked hard to make the event a success.

A total of six titles were catered for, and it was more than encouraging to see the number of scholars that had entered.

CALL OF DUTY 4

With very little surprise, the 2009 South African National Champions, ESWAT from Bloemfontein, romped home to a convincing win. Not only is the ESWAT team highly competitive, but the team remains one of the most friendly and helpful teams to grace South African gaming. After matches, ESWAT took time to help their opposing teams to pass on gaming advice.

DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS (DotA)

Club AZN, which consisted of several gamers who were part of the 2009 South African National Champions, immediately took charge of the championship. None of the other teams were able to resist the onslaught of Club AZN who simply demolished all of their opposition. By winning all of their games, Club AZN automatically earn Provincial colours.

FIFA'10 (PS3)

The popular EA game FIFA'10 received a number of entries from both schools and universities. Entries were boosted with the entry of national team player, Xola Magwaza, who had represented South Africa at the 2009 IeSF Challenge in December 2009 in South Korea. The mere presence of Xola, meant that this was a championship that was going to be hotly contested as Xola had no intention of conceeding a point, while the other gamers wanted to prove just how good they were.

In a surprise move, Naeem Williams, scored an impressive 5-2 victory over Xola Magwaza. The victory ensured Naeem of taking the title. Again, Naeem showed just how much Northcliff High School is becoming a dominant force in eSports.

GUITAR HERO 5 (Xbox360)

A new star is born! Kevin Doran who came second at the 2009 MSSA SA National LAN Championships, took the 2010 MSSA Gauteng Championships by storm. Kevin beat all of his opponents to just show how good he really is in order to take the title, Gauteng Provincial Colours, and Gauteng High School Provincial Colours.

We all look forward to see a show-down between Kevin Doran and 2009 SA National Champion, Mark Dennison.

QUAKE

2007 South African National Champion, Mitchell Tasic made a succesful return to competitive gaming. In 2007, Mitchell won all of his games at the SA National Championships to automatically earn himself National Federation Colours. The 2010 Gauteng Championships was no different as Mitchell waltzed through all of his opposition to win all his games, and to earn the title of Gauteng Champion as well as earn his Gauteng Provincial Colours.

WARCRAFT III: THE FROZEN THRONE

With the inclusion of the WarCraft III title in the 2009 IeSF Challenge, there is a resurgence of interest in this game among competitive gamers.

The majority of gamers participating in WarCraft III were scholars. This indeed bodes well for the future of the game as scholars are without doubt the future of competitive gaming iun South Africa.

The WarCraft III championship proved to be quite exciting, but Stehen Bester emerged as a clear winner, winning all of his games to take the title, Gauteng Provincial Colours, and Gauteng High School Provincial Colours.

Stephen is obviously the man to watch!

Players must please remember that all players that have finished in the top three of a Premier event have earned a place in any National Team Trials for the senior team.

A special vote of thanks must be extended to all who played and made the event to be so utterly enjoyable.

The results for the periods is as follows:

	CALL OF DUTY 4 - PREMIER
	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	ESWAT.COD4	ESWAT	10
2	VintaGe	Knights Mind Sports Club	8
3	Brick-BRK	Northcliff High School Mind Sports Club	6

	CALL OF DUTY 4 - University
	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Wits War	Wits University Wargames Club	4

	CALL OF DUTY 4 - High School
	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Bionic Gaming	Northcliff High School Mind Sports Club	6
2	DeadZone	DeadZone Gaming	4
3	Noobz	Northcliff High School Mind Sports Club	2

	DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS (DotA) - PREMIER
	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Clan AZN	Knights Mind Sports Club	6
2	GoO	Northcliff High School Mind Sports Club	4
3	Detroyed in Seconds	Northcliff High School Mind Sports Club	2

	DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS (DotA) - High Schools
	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Noobz	Northcliff High School Mind Sports Club	0

	FIFA 10 - Premier
	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Naeem 'Nemo' Williams	Northcliff High School Mind Sports Club	9
2	Xola 'Xollence' Magwaza	Knights Mind Sports Club	8
3	Suliman 'Suli' Chotia	University of Johannesburg	7

	FIFA 10 - University
	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Willem 'Vel10' kapemba	Wits University Wargames Club	6
2	Nawaaf 'Firefly' Fakier	Knights Mind Sports Club	4
3	Thapelo 'thapelo' Montong	Wits University Wargames Club	2

	FIFA 10 - High Schools
	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Taylor Daniel	Northcliff High School Mind Sports Club	5
2	Nseula 'Chili' Chilikhuma	Northcliff High School Mind Sports Club	2	23
3	Kosta 'kd2_pao' Degiannis	Knights Mind Sports Club	2	18

	GUITAR HERO 5 - Premier
	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Kevin 'MrMakrelli' Doran	Knights Mind Sports Club	6
2	Sebastian 'Seblat5ch' Collins	Knights Mind Sports Club	4
3	Ian 'LoRdMuK' White	Northcliff High School Mind Sports Club	2

	GUITAR HERO 5 - High Schools
	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Chris 'Dr.ZoidKiller' Lombaard	Northcliff High School Mind Sports Club	0

	QUAKE - Premier
	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Mitchell 'Szarko' Tasic	Knights Mind Sports Club	4
2	Ian 'iTR' Robertson	ESWAT	2
3	Sarai 'Asakusa' Pahla	Knights Mind Sports Club	0

	WARCRAFT III: THE FROZEN THRONE - Premier
	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Stephen 'FL@PJ4CK' Bester	Northcliff High School Mind Sports Club	10
2	Nicolas 'Wizardfire' Havenga	Knights Mind Sports Club	8
3	Richard Aldum 'Dreadnought' Smart	Pretoria Boys High School	6

	WARCRAFT III: THE FROZEN THRONE - Womens Award
	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Sarai 'Asakusa' Pahla	Knights Mind Sports Club	0

	WARCRAFT III: THE FROZEN THRONE - High Schools
	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Brendan 'Senai' Cox	Pretoria Boys High School	6
2	Christopher 'Setsinaise' Swan	Pretoria Boys High School	4
3	Rudi 'DarkWingZ' Boshoff	Pretoria Boys High School	2

	WARCRAFT III: THE FROZEN THRONE - High Schools
	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Brendan 'Senai' Cox	Pretoria Boys High School	6
2	Christopher 'Setsinaise' Swan	Pretoria Boys High School	4
3	Rudi 'DarkWingZ' Boshoff	Pretoria Boys High School	2

	COLOURS
	Name	Club	Colours	Province
	Kevin 'MrMakrelli' Doran	Knights Mind Sports Club	Provincial	GP
	Mitchell 'Szarko' Tasic	Knights Mind Sports Club	Provincial	GP
	Stephen 'FL@PJ4CK' Bester	Northcliff High School Mind Sports Club	Provincial	GP
	Dean 'ch0c' Papas	ESWAT	Provincial	GP
	Frans 'Kougom' Brewis	ESWAT	Provincial	FS
	Ian 'iTR' Robertson	ESWAT	Provincial	GP
	Jandre 'MaKMuR' van Vuuren	ESWAT	Provincial	FS
	Riaan 'sQuall' Latsky	ESWAT	Provincial	FS
	Mei-Kin 'Wind' Leung	Knights Mind Sports Club	Provincial	GP
	Eric 'ElemenT' Chang	Knights Mind Sports Club	Provincial	GP
	Jack 'Birdwin' Xu	Knights Mind Sports Club	Provincial	GP
	Loui 'remix11' Hsu	Knights Mind Sports Club	Provincial	GP
	Wesley 'AzN_MytH' Chang	Knights Mind Sports Club	Provincial	GP
	Mei-Kin 'Wind' Leung	Knights Mind Sports Club	Student	GP
	Eric 'ElemenT' Chang	Knights Mind Sports Club	Student	GP
	Jack 'Birdwin' Xu	Knights Mind Sports Club	Student	GP
	Loui 'remix11' Hsu	Knights Mind Sports Club	Student	GP
	Wesley 'AzN_MytH' Chang	Knights Mind Sports Club	High School	GP
	Stephen 'FL@PJ4CK' Bester	Northcliff High School Mind Sports Club	High School	GP
	Kevin 'MrMakrelli' Doran	Knights Mind Sports Club	High School	GP

Photographs of the event can be found on www.facebook.com/mindsportssa

Issued by:

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: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
URL: http://www.mindsportssa.freeservers.com/
URL: http://www.mssa-cgboc.org/ (eSports Gaming site)
URL: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mind-Sports-South-Africa-MSSA/146018324007?ref=ts (Facebook)

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

The MSSA is responsible for the good governance and promotion of Board games (such as Backgammon, Diplomacy, Checkers, Draughts, Morabaraba, etc), eSports (whether they are played on ‘cell phones, Sony® PSP’s, personal computers or similar), and Historical figure games (also known as wargames).

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