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 | |||||
| Pos | Team | Club | Pos | Team | Club | |
| 1 | Moshego Molemane | HTS Witbank | 1 | Johannes Makoua | All 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 | ||
| Pos | Team | Club |
| 1 | Team Delta Gaming | All Stars |
Dota 2
| Male – Premier | ||
| Pos | Team | Club |
| 1 | 5 Randoms | Tuks Mindsport Club |
| Male – Schools | ||
| Pos | Team | Club |
| 1 | PR0NHS | Northcliff 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
StarCraft 2
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Ultimate Street Fighter 4
| Female – Premier | Male – Premier | |||||
| Pos | Team | Club | Pos | Team | Club | |
| 1 | Lucille Brown | HGH | 1 | Lejend Muir | All Stars | |
StarCraft 2
| Female – Premier | Male – Premier | ||||||
| Pos | Team | Club | Pos | Team | Club | ||
| 1 | Dana Coleman |
| 1 | Rowan Hammond | TUKS | ||
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
| Female – Premier | Male – Premier | |||||
| Pos | Team | Club | Pos | Team | Club | |
| 1 | Morizane Boyes | HTS Witbank | 1 | Baber Abbas | Tekken Arena | |
| Male – Premier |
| Pos | Team | Club | |
| 1 | Herman Pretorius |
|
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 | |||||
| Pos | Team | Club | Pos | Team | Club | |
| 1 | Elisha Retief | Old Edwardian WC | 1 | Erasmus Burger | TUKS | |
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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