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Written by Ryan van den Bergh
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Friday, 05 March 2010 18:26 |
The MSSA was indeed fortunate to have Incredible Connection as a sponsor for the 2009 year.
However, due to the fact that Incredible Connection made any sponsorship for 2010 conditional on the MSSA handing its member database over to Incredible Connection, the MSSA felt that it was no longer in the interests of the MSSA or its players to continue with such sponsorship. It must be noted by all readers that in terms of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, and applicable privacy legislation, that no organisation may hand over such database without the consent of the individuals concerned. |
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Registrations Open for 2010 Gauteng Provincial LAN Championship |
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Written by Ryan van den Bergh
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 13:33 |
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Registrations are now open for MSSA's 2010 Gauteng LAN
Championships. Registrations will close on the 21st March 2010 as per
the Calendar. Please note that
no
late registrations shall be accepted. Players who wish to compete in
any of MSSA's Championships in 2010 are advised to complete their
annual registration forms so that they may registered as Registered
Players as soon as possible.
Championship Details:
- Hosting Club: Pr0NHS Northcliff High School
- Venue: Northcliff High School
- Date: 3rd & 4th April 2010
- Entry Fees: R50.00 per Registered Player per Period
- Schedule: The LAN Schedule for all 2010 LAN Championships
will be released by the MSSA eSports Board of
Control shortly and will be available from here.
- 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:
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The following Periods may be played in MSSA's 2010 Gauteng LAN
Championship:
- 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 LIVE
The following Medals may be awarded at the MSSA's 2010 Gauteng LAN
Championship:
- 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.
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
Manger. 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.
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Written by Ryan van den Bergh
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 00:00 |
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Mogen Naidoo of UCT has realised that since
gaming
has become more widespread with the advent of online gameplay bringing more
people into the community, it is necessary to establish a gaming society at the
University of Cape Town.
It
is felt that since gaming has a huge fan base that this provides enough reason
to start one on UCT.
Mr.
Mogen Naidoo believes that this would also allow a growth for the gaming
community in Cape Town. This could also lead to branching to other universities
across South Africa, especially those which already have well established clubs,
such as the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Johannesburg.
It
is hoped that the club will become involved in tournaments,
special events on launch days and basically keep everyone up to date allowing
for more LANS, tournaments and even playing nationally and internationally.
The club aims to cater for all gamers (all games Xbox, PC, PS
etc).
The advantages to this type of club are many, as a recognised club will
received not only financial support from the University, but also support in the
form of venues and technical infrastructure.
Gamers at Wits University and the University of Johannesburg have already
received bursaries as well as university colours for gaming.
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
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SASCOC Athlete's Representative |
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Written by Ryan van den Bergh
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 00:00 |
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Dear Player
SASCOC has requested all national federations to
provide an athlete's representative to sit on its Athletes
Commission.
This is a very important function as not only
does it allow SASCOC to hear directly from the athletes, but is also important
in terms of good governance.
Obviously, the Athletes representative will also
have to sit on the Management Board of his/her respective
federation.
While the MSSA does the necessary Constitutional
changes to make specific provision for such a position, the Management Board
will select a player to so represent the MSSA until the amendments are accepted.
In order to send in your nomination for such a
position, you must:
1. Be a fully-paid-up
player,
2. Have competed in an
international event on behalf of the MSSA, and
3. Have earned National or
Protea Colours in the last eight years.
Nominations must be submitted by 21 February
2010.
The intention is that the Athlete's
Representative will in future be elected directly by registered players.
Best regards
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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Registrations Open for 2010 Provincial Online Championship |
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Written by Ryan van den Bergh
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 15:16 |
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Registrations are now open for MSSA's 2010 Provincial Online
League. Registrations will close on the 29th March 2010 as per the Calendar. Please note that no late registrations shall be accepted. To
assist in the registration process, Mind Sports South Africa's
volunteers have developed a new Championship Manger. Please create an
account and follow the provided instructions. The following Periods may be played in the Championship:
- 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 LIVE
The Period Specific Rules will be released by the MSSA eSports Board of Control shortly and will be located here.
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