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ASUS 2010 MSSA South African National LAN Championships - 4 & 5 September 2010

Written by Ryan van den Bergh

Friday, 13 August 2010 00:00

The ASUS 2010 MSSA South African National LAN Championships shall be held in the Bozzoli Hall, University of the Witwatersrand on 4 & 5 September 2010. The closing date for entries is 29 August 2010.

This championship affords gamers the unique opportunity of seeing just who is the best in the country as well as allowing gamers to earn their Provincial and National colours.

In order to participate, gamers must be registered with a member club.

Championship Details:

Venue: Bozzoli Hall, University of the Witwatersrand
Date: 4th & 5th September 2010
Fees: R64.00 Registration 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. 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: mssa.cgboc@mssa-cgboc.org.

The following Periods may be played in the ASUS 2010 MSSA South African National LAN Championships:

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

The schedule of the ASUS 2010 MSSA South African National LAN Championships is:

SATURDAY:

Time	Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	Quake

09H00	Round 1 Starts	Round 1 Starts	Round 1 Starts
09H45	Round 2 Starts	Round 1 Continues	Round 1 Continues
10H30	Round 3 Starts	Round 2 Starts	Round 2 Starts
11H15	Round 4 Starts	Round 2 Continues	Round 2 Continues
12H00	Round 5 Starts	Round 3 Starts	Round 3 Starts
12H45		Round 3 Continues	Round 3 Continues
13H00	LUNCH

Time	Guitar Hero 5 (Xbox360)	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (continued)	Quake (continued)
14H00	Round 1 Starts	Round 4 Starts	Round 4 Starts
14H45	Round 2 Starts	Round 4 Continues	Round 4 Continues
15H30	Round 3 Starts	Round 5 Starts	Round 5 Starts
16H15	Round 4 Starts	Round 5 Continues	Round 5 Continues
17H00	Round 5 Starts
18H00	Awards Ceremony
19H00	Doors Close

SUNDAY:

Time	Warcraft III: Defense of the Ancients	CounterStrike 1.6	FIFA '10 (PS3)

09H00	Round 1 Starts	Round 1 Starts	Round 1 Starts
09H45	Round 1 Continues	Round 1 Continues	Round 2 Starts
10H30	Round 2 Starts	Round 2 Starts	Round 3 Starts
11H15	Round 2 Continues	Round 2 Continues	Round 4 Starts
12H00	Round 3 Starts	Round 3 Starts	Round 5 Starts
12H45	Round 3 Continues	Round 3 Continues
13H00	LUNCH

Time	Warcraft III: Defense of the Ancients (continued)	CounterStrike 1.6 (continued)
14H00	Round 4 Starts	Round 4 Starts
14H45	Round 4 Continues	Round 4 Continues
15H30	Round 5 Starts	Round 5 Starts
16H15	Round 5 Continues	Round 5 Continues
18H00	Awards Ceremony
19H00	Doors Close

The following Medals may be awarded at the ASUS 2010 MSSA South African National LAN Championships:

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.
UNDER 24:Medals shall be awarded to the first three players who are under 24 years of age and are not scholars, 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.

Colours and National Team Trials:

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.

To assist in the registration process, Mind Sports South Africa's volunteers have developed a new Championship Manager. The system provides the following functionality:

Users can create an account to protect their confidential personal details
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.
Each User can enter a Registered Player or a Team of Registered Players into a specific Championship.

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
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).

KEVIN ROCKS!

Written by Ryan van den Bergh
Sunday, 08 August 2010 00:00
The air was electric at the Fountain Court at Sandton City on Saturday, 7 August 2010 as the contestants arrived at the 2010 WCG National Team Trials as sponsored by SAMSUNG. The eight players who had qualified during the year through the MSSA’s Provincial LAN Championships were all chomping at the bit. It was clear that nothing would have kept the finalists from competing! The eight finalists present were: Free State: Ryno Gildenhuys (2010 ASUS Free State Champion) Quintin Sweetman Gauteng: Sebastian Collins (2010 ASUS Gauteng Champion) Kevin Doran KwaZulu Natal: Werner Buter Nialle Momsen (2010 ASUS KwaZulu Natal Champion) Western Cape: Dominic Brummer Gage Ridley (2010 ASUS Western Cape Champion) Not only were the eight players excited to be at the Trials, they were all fully practiced and ready to take on their counterparts from all over South Africa. The WCG song list had previously been circulated to the finalists to ensure that the gamers would be at their best – and they were… It was expected that the only thing that would really differentiate the gamers from each other was nothing more than Big Match Temperament (BMT). The Trials were done as a Round Robin where each finalist played against every other finalist under the most grueling of circumstances and while thousands of shoppers looked on in awe at the skill exhibited by each and every finalist. Between SAMSUNG and MAYHEM, a quality network and electrical service was provided during the entire Trials which allowed the finalists to be at the top of their game. Right from the word go, the Trials were hotly contested between the players from the Western Cape and from Gauteng. However, a much improved Kevin Doran rocked the floor and the audience while he demolished all his opponents one-by-one. His skill could not be matched as he played his way into first place to win the Trials and to earn his place at the WORLD CYBER GAMES (WCG) in Los Angeles later this year. Special thanks must go to all who helped to make this year’s Trials such a special and successful event (yes, you know who you are), but in particular: Bryan Murdoch Michelle Marder Donald Mullany Ryan van den Bergh Photographs of the event can be found on Mind Sports South Africa's facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/mindsportssa 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 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).
Last Updated ( Monday, 16 August 2010 16:01 )

MegaROM ASUS Starcraft 2 Launch

Written by Ryan van den Bergh
Sunday, 01 August 2010 00:00
Dear Gamer For some photographs of the absolutely awesome Megarom ASUS Starcraft 2 launch, please go to http://www.facebook.com/mindsportsssa The ASUS machines on show were spectacular, the games were fantastic, and the prizes well were outstanding! All one can really say is a huge thanks to Megarom, ASUS, and Razor for their continued, and much appreciated support for eSports.

REMINDER: WORLD CYBER GAMES TRIALS

Written by Ryan van den Bergh

Thursday, 05 August 2010 00:00

Don't forget that the 8 finalists from the MSSA Provincial LAN Championships will meet on 7 August 2010 at the Fountain Court, Sandton City from 9H00 to 14H30 to determine who will be selected to go to the WCG finals in Los Angeles in the USA.

Photographs of the event will be posted on Mind Sports South Africa's facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/mindsportssa

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

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

WORLD CYBER GAMES TRIALS

Written by Ryan van den Bergh

Friday, 30 July 2010 00:00

Due to the fact that in 2010 rAge is on the same weekend as the World Cyber Games (WCG), Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) together with SAMSUNG have developed an alternative method for determining how the player to be selected for the championship will be chosen.

SAMSUNG together with the MSSA held the qualifiers for the event at each and every Provincial LAN Championships.

Instead of, as in the past, all gamers having to save up their hard earned money and trek to a central location, the trials were held in Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Durban and Cape Town

The 8 finalists from the MSSA Provincial LAN Championships will meet on 7 August 2010 at the Fountain Court, Sandton City for the final trials. It is at such Trials where the winning player will earn his position to officially represent South Africa.

Also, because of all the ground-work that was done last year, the MSSA will have met the criteria to apply for Protea Colours which will be awarded to the gamer selected to represent South Africa at the WCG Grand Final Event in Los Angeles.

This will the first time that Protea Colours may be awarded to a player for the GUITAR HERO™ game.

Thus, after the completion of all the Provincial LAN Championships, the following gamers have qualified for the National Team Trials to select the player who shall be awarded Protea Colours and who shall attend the World Cyber Games to be held in Los Angeles in the USA.

Thus the following individuals are invited to participate in the Trials:

GUITAR HERO™

Dominic Brummer (Cape Town) The Lair
Kevin Doran (Gauteng Championships) Knights Mind Sports Club
Sebastian Collins (Gauteng Championships) Knights Mind Sports Club
Ryno Gildenhuys (Free State Championships) Knights Mind Sports Club
Nialle Dean Momsen (KwaZulu Natal) KZN Gaming
Peter Deon Mybergh (KwaZulu Natal) KZN Gaming
Gage Ridley (Cape Town) The Lair
Quinton Sweetman (Free State Championships) Knights Mind Sports Club

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