Revised rankings for CounterStrike: GO

Limbro's A from Polokwane.

MSSA's 1st Capricorn Regional Championships hosted by HTS Tom Naudé in Polokwane on 30 September 2017 saw some interesting results.

The winners of the CounterStrike: GO esports title, Limro's A (of Fragcon), demolished all of their opponents to take a flawless victory.

The previously unranked team, consisting of Tiaan Viljoen, Ruan Kruger, Zedrigh Olivier, Javier Pena Varona, and Keanu Santoyo, thus won the championships rather comfortably and in the process became the first team to ever be awarded Capricorn Regional Colours for esports.

Such too was Limbro's A's standard of play, that as a result of their flawless victory, the team moved from being unranked to being ranked 23rd in the country.

The revised rankings for CounterStrike: GO are thus:

Pos	Name of Player	year	Club	Points
1	VXP BlaZe	17	VexxedPhoenix	942
2	Soviet UZ	17	Midstream College	932.3
3	PRO	17	People Really Organised	540.7
4	WBHS	17	Westville Boys	501.6
5	TERA| Qube	16	Anteria	389.1
6	Hoërskool Lichtenburg	17	Hoërskool Lichtenburg	376.6
7	Empangeni: csgo	17	Empangeni High School	353.8
8	Insidious	17	Intensity Esports	351
9	VOID	16	St John's College	349.4
10	DELTA	17	All Stars	335.3
11	eSpera	17	DF MALAN	318.9
12	Spartans A	17	SAHETI	315.8
13	QUANTM	17	Curro Klerksdorp	314.3
14	VxP Knights	16	VexxedPhoenix	303.7
15	GenX Frostwolf	17	Generation X	293.8
16	PORAXYSM	16	ALL STAR	285
17	VIGILANTES	15	TV	270
18	flikadawist	16	DF Malan	260
19	MC GO 1	17	Maritzburg College	245.3
20	Cryptid Claws	17	Hoërskool Wonderboom	244.1
21	Limitles	17	Hoërskool Wonderboom	233.6
22	Awoken	17	Hoërskool Wonderboom	203.5
23	Limbro's A	17	Fragcon	200
24	Rondebosch Boys High	15	Rondebosch Boys High	200
25	Phantom Troupe l Branden	16	Fairmont High School	197.6
26	Pride	17	Parktown Boys	192.1
27	Cedar House	17	Cedar House	191.1
28	PG – 18	15	Parklands College	181.2
29	District_Zero	17	Protea Heights Academy	179.3
30	Delta 2	17	All Stars	172.7
31	Xillir8	16	All Stars	165
32	Wolfpack	17	KMSC	150
33	GWH CSGO	17	Glenwood House	143.5
34	PRONHS	17	Northcliff High	141.1
35	PFU	16	Fairmont High School	140.1
36	Outcast	17	Intensity Esports	139.8
37	iE.Revival	17	IntenSity E-Sports	135
38	Fairmont High School	15	Fairmont High School	125
39	SPEARR	15	St John's College	120
40	Gents	17	Knights Mind Sports Club	119.7
41	Limbro's B	17	Fragcon	115
42	Spartans B	17	SAHETI	114.7
43	MC GO 2	17	Maritzburg College	112.5
44	PBHS red	15	Pretoria Boys	112.5
45	All Stars	16	ALL STAR	100
46	HGH	16	Hoerskool Generaal Hertzog	100
47	LAGSTEPS	15	BNKR	85
48	PEPPS	17	PEPPS	85
49	PG16	16	Parklands College	84.4
50	Northwood CSGO	17	Northwood High School	75
51	Raptors	17	BNKR	75
52	The Nerd Herd	17	Glenwood House	75
53	VGR146	16	Lofdal	75
54	K1lljoy5	16	BNKR	67.5
55	Tesseract	17	Jeppe Boys	63.7
56	Maritzburg College	16	Maritzburg College	56.3
57	PBHS white	15	Pretoria Boys	56.3
58	Winter Wolfes	17	Hoërskool Wonderboom	56.3

Other rankings are:

• Senior Ancients Wargames
• Senior CounterStrike: GO
• Senior DotA 2
• Senior FIFA '17
• Senior League of Legends
• Senior Mortal Kombat X
• Senior Pro Evolution Soccer (PES)
• Senior StarCraft II
• Senior Street Fighter V
• Senior Tekken 7
• Schools CounterStrike: GO
• Schools DotA 2
• Schools League of Legends

Closing date for clubs to bid to host events.

A MSSA provincial championship in full swing.

All clubs that are fully-paid-up and affiliated to Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) have the opportunity to host official provincial and national championships.

The closing date for such bids is 1 November 2017, and must be directed to mindsportssa@iafrica.com.

The ability for clubs to host is part of MSSA's policy of developing and strengthening member clubs.

By hosting events, member clubs are able to gain much needed publicity and ensure that their members are afforded the opportunity of participating in MSSA provincial and national LAN championships.

Any club within a province may bid to host a provincial LAN championship, whereas any club may bid to host a national LAN championships.

The proposed calendar of events for 2018 may be found at: https://esportscommentator.blogspot.co.za/2017/08/proposed-calendar-of-events-for-2018.html

The rules for the hosting of National and Provincial events is covered by the regulations.

The rules are:

10.12 HOSTING OF MSSA CHAMPIONSHIPS

            10.12.1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

a. Members within such province may offer to host, through a bid, any such championship.

b. The decision to which club the hosting of such event is awarded shall be made by the Management Board.

c. The host club shall sign an SLA.

d. The Management Board may decide to host such championship itself. Should such decision be made and bids have been received, the Management Board shall advise all members of the reasons therefore.

e. Every effort shall be made by the host to hold such championship in a venue that is easily accessible to both Players and members of the public.

f. Should a member wish to host such a championship in a municipality that is not defined as a city, then the following rules apply:

g. The member may host such championship if there are at least three (3) clubs in such municipality, or

h. The member may host such championship if at least three (3) clubs submit their entries together with such bid.

10.12.2 PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

a. Members within such province may offer to host, through a bid, any such championship.

b. The decision to which club the hosting of such event is awarded shall be made by the Management Board.

c. The host club shall sign an SLA.

d. The Management Board may decide to host such championship itself. Should such decision be made and bids have been received, the Management Board shall advise all members of the reasons therefore.

e. Every effort shall be made by the host to hold such championship in a venue that is easily accessible to both Players and members of the public.

f. Should a member wish to host such a championship in a municipality that is not defined as a city, then the following rules apply:

g. The member may host such championship if there are at least three (3) clubs in such municipality, or

h. The member may host such championship if at least three (3) clubs submit their entries together with such bid.

The importance of Continental Confederations.

IeSF and AESF board members at the General Assembly Meeting of Asian E-Sports Federation

At the moment there are only two properly constituted continental confederations. The two such confederations are the Asian E-Sports Federation (AESF) and the Confederation of African Esports (CAES).

Although AESF is by far the largest confederation in both number of states affiliated and number of gamers registered, both are equally important in terms of the work done.

The confederations have a vital role in  terms  of promoting the growth of esports in all countries and regulating important events like continental championships.

The continental confederations are also vital in representing the interests of their members with IeSF, government and the like.

World Draughts Federation announces its Calendar for 2018.

The Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames (FMJD, World Draughts Federation) is the international body uniting national draughts federations. It was founded in 1947 by four Federations: France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.

Currently, the FMJD has more than 50 national federation members. Recently the FMJD has become a member of the GAISF and strives for Olympic recognition. The FMJD memberships is part of a more general movement toward integration of Mind Sports in the regular sports arena, a development that, in the vision of the FMJD, is to be lauded.

The FMJD is member of the:

General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF), and

International Mind Sports Association (IMSA)

The Calendar on the left only deals with the world championships for draughts, being the 10 x 10 variant.

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) offers draughts at all of its Provincial and National Championships.