Tuesday 28 February 2017

21st NORTH WEST Championships - 25 & 26 March 2017

White Rabbit Gaming in action at MSSA's 2016 North West Championships.
Registrations are open for MSSA's 2017 North West Provincial LAN Championships.

MSSA's 2017 North West Provincial LAN Championships is part of the process of selecting the 2017 Protea eSports team that will attend IeSF's 9th IeSF World Championships.

MSSA remains absolutely committed to sending teams to all future IeSF World Championships.

Not only will MSSA send teams to the World Championships, but MSSA will also continue with participating in the ever popular International On-line Test Matches.

Registrations will close on the 20 March 2017

Players who wish to compete in any of MSSA's Championships are advised to complete their annual registration forms so that they may registered as Registered Players as soon as possible. Please note that MSSA's financial year starts on 1 November, so all players need to re-register if they intend to participate in MSSA's 2017 North West Provincial LAN Championships.

All entries must be done by the member club on the Google Drive document.

Late entries will only be accepted in exceptional circumstances.

All gamers are reminded that MSSA's 2017 North West Provincial LAN Championships are an open championship. In other words any registered player is entitled to enter the championship – no matter where they live, or their category of membership. If you have any queries, please contact MSSA.

Championship Details
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Hosting Club
: Curro Klerksdorp, 22 Elm street, Klerksdorp.
Venue
Curro Klerksdorp, 22 Elm street, Klerksdorp.
Date25 & 26 March 2017
Entry Fees: R60.00 per Registered Player per Period
Computers: Bring your own. Please ensure that all game updates are done prior to arrival.
Schedule: The LAN Schedule for all 2017 is:

SATURDAY
TimeStarCraft IIPES (Pro Evolution Soccer)League of Legends (LoL)Hearthstone
Ultimate Street Fighter V
Counter Strike GO
09H00Round 1 StartsRound 1 StartsRound 1 StartsRound 1 StartsRound 1 StartsRound 1 Starts
09H45Round 2 StartsRound 1 ContinuesRound 1 ContinuesRound 1 ContinuesRound 2 StartsRound 1 Continues
10H30Round 3 StartsRound 2 StartsRound 2 StartsRound 2 StartsRound 3 StartsRound 2 Starts
11H15Round 4 StartsRound 2 ContinuesRound 2 ContinuesRound 2 ContinuesRound 4 StartsRound 2 Continues
12H00Round 5 StartsRound 3 StartsRound 3 StartsRound 3 StartsRound 5 StartsRound 3 Starts
12H45
Round 3 Continues
Round3 Continues
Round 3 Continues
13H00LUNCH
TimeTEKKEN TTIIPES (continued)LoL (continued)Hearthstone (continued)
Counter Strike GO (continued)
14H00Round 1 StartsRound 4 StartsRound 4 StartsRound 4 Starts
Round 4 Starts
14H45Round 2 StartsRound 4 ContinuesRound 4 ContinuesRound 4 Continues
Round 4 Continues
15H30Round 3 StartsRound 5 StartsRound 5 StartsRound 5 Starts
Round 5 Starts
16H15Round 4 StartsRound 5 ContinuesRound 5 ContinuesRound 5 Continues
Round 5 Continues
17H00Round 5 Starts




18H00Awards Ceremony
19H00Doors Close
SUNDAY:
TimeDotA 2VainGloryFIFA '16Mortal Kombat X
09H00Round 1 StartsRound 1 StartsRound 1 StartsRound 1 Starts
09H45Round 1 ContinuesRound 1 ContinuesRound 1 ContinuesRound 1 Continues
10H30Round 2 StartsRound 2 StartsRound 2 StartsRound 2 Starts
11H15Round 2 ContinuesRound 2 ContinuesRound 2 ContinuesRound 2 Continues
12H00Round 3 StartsRound 3 StartsRound 3 StartsRound 3 Starts
12H45Round 3 ContinuesRound 3 ContinuesRound 3 ContinuesRound 3 Continues
13H00LUNCH


TimeDotA 2 (continued)
FIFA '16 (continued)Mortal Kombat X (continued)
14H00Round 4 StartsRound 4 StartsRound 4 StartsRound 4 Starts
14H45Round 4 ContinuesRound 4 ContinuesRound 4 ContinuesRound 4 Continues
15H30Round 5 StartsRound 5 StartsRound 5 StartsRound 5 Starts
16H15Round 5 ContinuesRound 5 ContinuesRound 5 ContinuesRound 5 Continues
17H00



18H00Awards Ceremony
19H00Doors Close

Rules and Regulations: All Rules and Regulations pertaining to eSports are available from MSSA. 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.

The following Medals may be awarded at MSSA's 2017 South African National LAN Championships:
  • PREMIER: Medals shall be awarded to the first three players who are registered players.
  • 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.
  • SCHOLARS: Medals shall be awarded to the first three high school scholars, provided they have not received any Premier medals.
  • WOMEN: Women will be awarded medals as per the same basis as above, that is in all three categories.
Colours and National Team Trials:
  • National Colours: All Players that win all of their Matches at a National Championship will earn National Colours.
  • 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. 

The next provincial event is: MSSA's Provincial Online Championships that shall be held on 22 April 2017.

Ian rises to the challenge.

Ian Bezuidenhout (in green shirt) surrounded by MSSA umpires.
Ian Bezuidenhout (of VexxedPhoenix) although only appointed in February 2017 as Gauteng Provincial Director proved that he was more than up to the task of organising MSSA's Gauteng Championships.

As Provincial Director, Ian is also the Tournament Director of all provincial  championships held in Gauteng.

With the support of the umpires and MSSA's Management Board, Ian rose to  the challenge.



Team People Really Organised (PRO) head the rankings.

Team People Really Organised (PRO)
The litmus test of any championship remains the seedings of the various teams.
Seedings are absolutely objective and devoid of all sentiment. The points are determined purely on the actual performance of the team.

As such the seeding points earned are an important measure to clubs to take stock, and this in turn improves competitive nature of the various teams.


Four teams benefitted more than most at the Gauteng Provincial Championships. All four teams entered the championships as unseeded and unranked teams, but through skillful play improved beyond expectation. Such teams are:


Team name
Club Start End
PRO 17 PRO 100 540.7
VXP BlaZe 17 VXP 100 411
Spartans A 17 SAHETI 100 315.8
Midstream College 17 MC 100 259.6

The full rankings after the Gauteng Provincial Championships (as at 25 February 2017) are:


PosName of PlayeryearClubPoints
1PRO17PRO540.7
2VXP BlaZe17VXP411
3TERA| Qube16Anteria389.1
4VOID16St Johns349.4
5Spartans A17SAHETI315.8
6VxP Knights16Vexxed Phoenix303.7
7PORAXYSM16ALL STAR285
8VIGILANTES15TV270
9Delta 217All Stars260.9
10flikadawist16DF Malan260
11Midstream College17Midstream College259.6
12DELTA17All Stars200.7
13Rondebosch Boys High15RBHS200
14Phantom Troupe l Branden16Fairmont197.6
15PG – 1815Parklands181.2
16Cryptid Claws17HSW176.2
17Xillir816All Stars165
18Pride16Parktown Boys159.8
19Wolfpack17KMSC150
20QUANTM16St Conrads150
21PRONHS17Northcliff High141.1
22PFU16Fairmont140.1
23Fairmont High School15Fairmont125
24SPEARR15St Johns120
25Gents17KMSC119.7
26Awoken17HSW116.8
27Spartans B17SAHETI114.7
28PBHS red15Pretoria Boys112.5
29HGH16Hoerskool Generaal Hertzog100
30All Stars16ALL STAR100
31Raptors16BNKR90
32LAGSTEPS15BNKR85
33PG1616Parklands84.4
34VGR14616Lofdal75
35K1lljoy516BNKR67.5
36Tesseract17Jeppe Boys63.7
37PBHS white15Pretoria Boys56.3
38Maritzburg College16Maritzburg College56.3


Other rankings published by MSSA are: