Saturday 6 June 2015

Results: MSSA's MWEB 2015 Mpumalanga LAN Championships - 23 & 24 May 2015

Once again HTS Witbank hosted the MSSA's MWEB Mpumalanga Championships. Even though there was a problem with the venue, the club still did a sterling job by hosting the event at the BNKR Gaming Lounge, cnr of Duncan and Mandela Streets, Witbank. 

Again, the Mpumulanga championships showed a net increase in the number of gamers. However the growth in the number of gamers at the championships would not have been possible without the herculean efforts of Morizane Boyes, and Louis Brown.

The support being given by the schools is proving to be the back-bone of the MSSA  and is the most important part of the MSSA's development programmes.

The support given by MWEB again proved to be invaluable to the MSSA, and as a result of such support members were able to enjoy the benefits of participating in an official LAN championship. It is through the official championships that gamers are able to qualify for colours and for national team trials. In other words, the official championships form part of a year year  long qualification process for gamers to  prove their worth in order to be selected to finally, and officially, represent South Africa in international competition.

Whereas in 2014 there were six member clubs from two provinces which contested the championships, in 2015, it was most pleasing to see eleven clubs from two different provinces contesting the championships.

At the championships, the Tuks Mindsport Club again dominated the League of Legends and Dota 2 events. An old favourite Baber Abbass dominated the console fighting game titles of Tekken and USF4.

Special mention must be made of Kyle Turnbull. Kyle went on to further cement his dominance in the game of FIFA '15© by trouncing all opponents at the Mpumalanga Championships by once again winning all of his games at the Provincial Championships to again automatically earn himself Provincial Colours.

The winners of the different titles are:

BOARD GAMES 

Morabaraba

Female – Premier
Male – Premier
PosTeamClub
PosTeamClub
1Moshego MolemaneHTS Witbank
1Johannes MakouaAll Stars

eSPORTS 
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Male - PS4
Pos Team Club
1 Pr0NHS NCLF

Male – XBOX
Pos Team Club
1 Apex Gaming SA BNKR

COUNTERSTRIKE GO

Male – Premier
PosTeamClub
1Team Delta GamingAll Stars

Dota 2

Male – Premier 
PosTeamClub
15 RandomsTuks Mindsport Club

Male – Schools
PosTeamClub
1PR0NHSNorthcliff High School

FIFA '15

Male – PS3
Female – PS3
Pos Player Club
Pos Player Club
1 Kyle Turnbull HTS
1 Joline Pico HTS

Hearthstone

Male
Pos Player Club
1 Francois Mouton TUKS

League of legends

Male
Female
Pos Team Club
Pos Team Club
1 TMSC 1st team TUKS
1 TMSC 2nd Team TUKS

OSU
Female – Premier
Male – Premier
PosTeamClub
PosTeamClub
1Lucille BrownHGH
1Lejend MuirAll Stars

StarCraft 2
Female – Premier
Male – Premier
PosTeamClub
PosTeamClub
1Dana Coleman
HTS Witbank

1Rowan HammondTUKS

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Female – Premier
Male – Premier
PosTeamClub
PosTeamClub
1Morizane BoyesHTS Witbank
 1Baber AbbasTekken Arena

Male – Premier                                                                 
PosTeamClub
1Herman Pretorius
HTS Witbank

Ultimate Street Fighter 4

Male
Pos Player Club
1 Baber Abbas Tekken Arena

Male - High School
Pos Player Club
1 Filipe Baptista HTS Witbank

FIGURE GAMES 
Ancients

Female – Premier
Male – Premier
PosTeamClub
PosTeamClub
1Elisha RetiefOld Edwardian WC
1Erasmus BurgerTUKS


In total, 41 gamers earned the right to wear Provincial Colours. A further 17 students were awarded Student provincial Colours and 10 learners were awarded High School Provincial Colours.

The MWEB championships too saw a total of 95 gamers qualify for National Team Trials. With so many gamers qualifying for trials, there is no doubt that the MSSA will have sufficient teams in order to select teams to represent South Africa.

Photographs can be found on https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153829913459008.1073741907.146018324007&type=3

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