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ASUS 2010 MSSA KWAZULU NATAL PROVINCIAL LAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - 3 & 4 JULY 2010

Written by Ryan van den Bergh

Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:00

Dear Gamer

Please note that due to the fact that the ASUS 2010 MSSA KwaZulu Natal LAN Championships to be held at Crawford College, Umhlanga on 3 & 4 July 2010 includes the WCG qualifying event for GUITAR HERO. The closing date for entries is 27 June 2010.

As mentioned in previous press releases, the players who finish in 1st and 2nd place will each receive a berth at the final qualifying event to be held on 7 August 2010 at Sandton City courtesy of SAMSUNG.

Championship Details:

Venue: Crawford College, Umhlanga
Date: 3rd & 4th 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

The following Periods may be played in the ASUS 2010 MSSA Free State 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 KwaZulu Natal LAN Championships is located here.

The following Medals may be awarded at the MSSA's 2010 KwaZulu Natal 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 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: 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 is sponsored by:

Players who haqve qualified for FIFA and WARCRAFT III National Team Trials

Written by Ryan van den Bergh

Wednesday, 16 June 2010 00:00

With time marching on, the list of players who have qualified for the National Team Trials to select the team the Protea Team that shall attend the 2010 IeSF Grand Finals in September this year.

The team shall consist of two players who shall compete in the game of FIFA, and two players who shall compete in the game of WarCraft III.

In terms of the MSSA’s regulations, the defending team members of the national team are invited to participate in the Trials by virtue of their experience and standard of play.

Thus with the ASUS sponsored Gauteng and Free State Provincial LAN Championships, and the MSSA Online Championships, the following gamers have qualified for the Trials:

FIFA™

Nseula Chilikhuma (Johannesburg) Northcliff High School
Suliman Chotia (Johannesburg) University of Johannesburg
Marius Lamprecht (Bloemfontein) ESWAT Club
Thembinbosi Lobe (Bloemfontein) Greys College
Ruben de Freitas (Johannesburg) Knights Mind Sports Club – defending national team member
Xola Magwaza (Johannesburg) Knights Mind Sports Club – defending national team member
Manesh Nankoo (Bloemfontein) ESWAT Club
Naeem Williams (Johannesburg) Northcliff High School

WARCRAFT III™

Stephen Bester (Johannesburg) Northcliff High School
Nicolas Havenga (Johannesburg) Knights Mind Sports Club
Hendri Lombard (Bloemfontein) Fichardpark Hoer Skool
Andries Myburgh (Bloemfontein) ESWAT Club
Mornĕ Naude (Bloemfontein) ESWAT Club
Flipi Poggenpoel (Cape Town) Knights Mind Sports Club
Caleb Ridley (Cape Town) Knights Mind Sports Club
Samuel Scott (Cape Town) Knights Mind Sports Club
Richard Aldum Smart (Pretoria) Pretoria Boys High School

With time running out, gamers still have the following events in which they can qualify for team trials:

3 July 2010 – ASUS 2010 MSSA KwaZulu Natal Championships – Durban
3 July 2010 – ASUS 2010 MSSA Eastern Cape Championships – Port Elizabeth
17 July 2010 – ASUS 2010 MSSA Western Cape Championships – Cape Town
4 September 2010 - ASUS 2010 MSSA S.A. National Championships – Johannesburg

RESULTS: ASUS 2010 MSSA Free State LAN Championships

Written by Ryan van den Bergh

Saturday, 12 June 2010 16:02

With carguards waving us into the parking lot on a very fresh Saturday morning, we arrived at the venue in Bloemfontein for the ASUS 2010 MSSA Free State LAN Championships that were held on the 5th and 6th of June 2010.

The hall was abuzz with gamers, many of whom were attending their first LAN ever.

Immediately we noticed the helpfulness of the gamers in Bloemfontein as the older more experienced gamers sat down with the first-timers and helped them to set up their machines.

Under Frans Brewis’ commanding presence, the show got on the road and the gamers settled down for the first day of competition.

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

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:

GUITAR HERO 5 - Premier

	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Ryno Gildenhuys	ESWAT	4
2	Quintin Sweetman	ESWAT	2
3	Theo Strydom	ESWAT	0

COD 4

Even though the MSSA had received 18 entries, due to some last minute cancellations and the inability, no matter how hard everyone tried, to get some of the younger gamers machines ready, only 14 teams actually could take part.

What was really exciting was that there were learners from five different schools who participated in this event.

ESWAT’s main team dominated the event from start to finish, and even without having Frans Brewis to captain them, still managed to win all their games to not only win the event, but to also earn a re-award of provincial colours.

The results were:

CALL OF DUTY 4 - PREMIER

	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	ESWAT	ESWAT	10
2	RRV	ESWAT	8
3	Prisoners with Girlfriends	ESWAT	6

CALL OF DUTY 4 - Under 24

	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	L2P (Learn 2 Play)	ESWAT	6

CALL OF DUTY 4 - High School

	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	POW	Fichardpark Hoer Skool	6
2	BTF	Fichardpark Hoer Skool	4
3	Sannies 1	Sand du Plessis Hoer Skool	2

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!

Mornĕ Naude rose to the occasion. Mornĕ simply demolished all of his competition and thereby won the championship and earned himself Provincial Colours in the process.

The full results are:

WARCRAFT III: THE FROZEN THRONE - Premier

	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Morne Naude	ESWAT	10
2	Hendri Lombard	Fichardpark Hoer Skool	8
3	Andries Myburgh	ESWAT	6

WARCRAFT III: THE FROZEN THRONE - High Schools

	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Franco Knight	ESWAT	6
2	Christo Smith	ESWAT	4
2	Marko Botha	ESWAT	2

Gaming resumed on Sunday at 9H00.

The games that were played on the Sunday were COUNTERSTRIKE 1.6, DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS (DotA), and FIFA.

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.

COUNTERSTRIKE 1.6

The CounterStrike 1.6 event had five teams participate which meant that the event was played to a round-robin system in which each team, played against every other team.

The team “Eternal Conflict” immediately stamped their authority on the championship. However, “Prisoners with Girlfriends”, and what nice girlfriends, were not going to let “Eternal Conflict” have it all their own way.

When the two teams were drawn against each other, it was clear that this was going to be the match that would decide the Championship. “Eternal Conflict” proved to be just to strong, and thoroughly trounced the would-be challengers to ensure their position as the Free State Champions and to earn Provincial Colours by winning all their games.

The final results are:

COUNTERSTRIKE 1.6 - PREMIER

	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Eternal Conflict	ESWAT	8
2	Prisoners with Girlfriends	ESWAT	6
3	LOL	ESWAT	4

COUNTERSTRIKE 1.6 - High School

	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	FAGS	Fichardpark Hoer Skool	0

DotA

The tried and tested DotA was also played in Bloemfontein.

The team “GHOST” immediately took charge and dominated the event. Not since SK Gaming attended the 2008 African Continental Championships in Johannesburg (hosted by the MSSA) did anyone see such a display of skill.

“GHOST” were thus rightfully crowned as the Free State Champions and were also duly awarded Provincial Colours for having won all their games.

The final results are:

DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS (DotA) - PREMIER

	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	GHOST	ESWAT	6
2	LOL	ESWAT	4
3	NOOBS R US	ESWAT	2

DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS (DotA) - High Schools

	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Fichardpark Hoer Skool	Fichardpark Hoer Skool	0

FIFA 10

With a healthy entry for EA’s title FIFA 10, the Free State Championship was guaranteed of some firce competition. However, once the gamers discovered that their was a trip on the line to South Korea to the 2010 IeSF Grand Final, the knives were drawn. Every competitor gave it all that they could in order to win a spot in the National Team Trials.

The final results are:

FIFA 10 - Premier

	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Marius Lamprecht	ESWAT	9
2	Thembinkosi Lobe	Grey College	8
3	Manesh Nankoo	ESWAT	6

FIFA 10 - Under 24

	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Clayton Moodley	ESWAT	5	30
2	Ashwin Nankoo	ESWAT	5	21
3	David Vieira	ESWAT	0

FIFA 10 - High Schools

	Name	Club	Points	Tie-break
1	Keaton Moodley	ESWAT	5

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 Free State Championships:

NAME		GAME	CLUB	PROVINCE
Luvan Blignaut	2	COD 4	ESWAT	FS
Petrus Delport	2	CounterStrike 1.6	ESWAT	FS
Ryno Gidenhuys	2	Guitar Hero	ESWAT	FS
Ivan Jacobs	2	DotA	ESWAT	FS
Wayne Jacobs	2	DotA	ESWAT	FS
Dewald Janse van Vuuren	2	COD 4	ESWAT	FS
Riaan Latsky	2	COD 4	ESWAT	FS
Morne Naude	2	WarCraft III	ESWAT	FS
Francois Nieuwoudt	2	DotA	ESWAT	FS
Ruan Rautenbach	2	DotA	ESWAT	FS
Coenie Rossouw	2	DotA	ESWAT	FS
Jacobus Roux	2	CounterStrike 1.6	ESWAT	FS
Tyrell Shaw	2	CounterStrike 1.6	ESWAT	NC
Wayne Smith	2	CounterStrike 1.6	ESWAT	FS
Niel Spengler	2	CounterStrike 1.6	ESWAT	FS
Stephan Tait	2	COD 4	ESWAT	FS
Wayne Truter	2	COD 4	ESWAT	FS
Jandre van Vuuren	2	COD 4	ESWAT	FS

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!

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).

MSSA is sponsored by:

Last Updated ( Monday, 14 June 2010 13:26 )

SAMSUNG 2010 WCG Trials

Written by Ryan van den Bergh

Monday, 14 June 2010 00:00

With the Gauteng and Free State Provincial Championships now completed, the positions for the remaining berths at the 2010 WCG trials, as sponsored by SAMSUNG, are only open for players who qualify at the following provincial championships:

ASUS 2010 MSSA Eastern Cape Championships to be held in Port Elizabeth on 3 July 2010, and
ASUS 2010 MSSA KwaZulu Natal Championships to be held in Port Elizabeth on 3 July 2010, and the
ASUS 2010 MSSA Western Cape Championships to be held in Cape Town on 17 July 2010.

Each of the above championships will produce two players who will compete in the SAMSUNG 2010 WCG play-offs to be held in Sandton Square. The players who qualify at such events are those who finish in first and second places respectively.

The winner of the play-offs to be held on 7 August 2010 will automatically be chosen to represent South Africa at the 2010 World Cyber Games that shall be held in the USA in September this year.

The gamers who have already qualified for this event are:

Kevin Doran (Gauteng Championships)
Sebastian Collins (Gauteng Championships)
Ryno Gildenhuys (Free State Championships)
Quinton Sweetman (Free State Championships)

All qualifiers are reminded that they must have a valid passport at the date of the WCG play-offs to be eligible for selection.

Rock on!

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: 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 is sponsored by:

ASUS 2010 MSSA FREE STATE PROVINCIAL LAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - 5 & 6 JUNE 2010

Written by Ryan van den Bergh
Tuesday, 01 June 2010 15:56
Dear Gamer Please note that due to the fact that the ASUS 2010 MSSA Free State LAN Championships to be held in Bloemfontein on 5 & 6 June 2010 includes the WCG qualifying event for GUITAR HERO, the closing date for entries has been extended to 31 May 2010. As mentioned in previous press releases, the players who finish in 1st and 2nd place will each receive a berth at the final qualifying event to be held on 7 August 2010 at Sandton City courtesy of SAMSUNG. The following Periods may be played in the ASUS 2010 MSSA Free State 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 Free State LAN Championships is located here. 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: 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 is sponsored by: