Thursday, 31 May 2018

Valhalla's team 'Valkyrie' leads the South African ranking.


Angelique Ramos - captain of team 'Valkyrie'.
The growth of esports among females is continuing unabated.

However, few of MSSA's member clubs have done as much in this division as what Valhalla has done.

It is through the hard work of the club that new opportunities are given on a daily basis.

Team 'Valkyrie', though consists of no less than three members of the 2017 Protea Team, being, Jade Klein, Angelique Ramos, and Amone Bekker.

Under Angelique's skillful captaincy, 'Valkyrie' has established itself to be the top female League of Legends team in the country.The latest rankings shall be used at MSSA's 15th Free State Championships which is to be played on 23 & 24 June 2018.

The rankings for the League of Legends esports title are:



PosName of PlayeryearClubPoints
1Valkyrie18Valhalla198.5
2Oathbreakers17Valhalla145
3Valerie18Valhalla127.5
4Valerian18Valhalla124
5Valor18Valhalla118
6Vanilla18Valhalla97.5
7Valerie18Valhalla90
8Vayel18Valhalla90

Other official rankings produced by MSSA are as follows:

Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Counter-Strike: GO - Players who qualified for National Team Trials at MSSA's Mpumalanga Championships.

2017 Protea Team member, Leander van Schalkwyk (Taccor Gaming), lead his team to a well deserved victory.
At MSSA's 17th Mpumalanga Championships, Leander van Schalkwyk (Taccor Gaming) lead his team to a well deserved victory.

It was also most encouraging to see that both Helpmekaar College and 
Hoerskool General Hertzog also finished in the medals. Such schools finishing in the top three shows that esports in South Africa is alive and well and that the future for esports looks very bright indeed.


With Counter-Strike: GO having been announced to be an official title at IESF's 10th World Championships - Koahsuing City, Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) shall select a Counter-Strike: GO team to attend such IESF World championships as well as to endeavour to arrange test matches with other National Federations in order to further develop the standard of play in South Africa. It is through such test matches that the Protea Esports Team has played against countries like Romania, Namibia, and Mexico.

Thus at MSSA's 17th Mpumalanga Championships a further fifteen (15) registered players qualified for MSSA's National Team Trials (NTT) to be held on 2 & 3 June 2018.

All entries for MSSA's National Team Trials (NTT) to be held on 2 & 3 June 2018 must be entered by the club on its Google Drive page.

Those that have qualified for the 
Counter-Strike: GO
 esports title are:
# Name of player Club Period/title Province
1 Emile Cilliers Helpmekaar Counter-Strike: GO Gauteng
2 Keanu du plessis Helpmekaar Counter-Strike: GO Gauteng
3 Ockie van Wyk Helpmekaar Counter-Strike: GO Gauteng
4 Emile Prowse Helpmekaar Counter-Strike: GO Gauteng
5 Christiaan Botes Helpmekaar Counter-Strike: GO Gauteng
6 Murdock Hoerskool General Hertzog Counter-Strike: GO Mpumalanga
7 Joubert Hoerskool General Hertzog Counter-Strike: GO Mpumalanga
8 Griffith Hoerskool General Hertzog Counter-Strike: GO Mpumalanga
9 Combrink Hoerskool General Hertzog Counter-Strike: GO Mpumalanga
10 Coetzee Hoerskool General Hertzog Counter-Strike: GO Mpumalanga
11 Leander van Schalkwyk Taccor Gaming Counter-Strike: GO Gauteng
12 Andries Jacobs Taccor Gaming Counter-Strike: GO Mpumalanga
13 Zeybrand Lombaard Taccor Gaming Counter-Strike: GO Gauteng
14 Eddie Viljoen Taccor Gaming Counter-Strike: GO Mpumalanga
15 Jaco Croukamp Taccor Gaming Counter-Strike: GO Gauteng

Registered Players that have earned a berth at MSSA's 2018 National Team Trials (NTT) are:



The final lists are:

Team 'Goon Squad' ascends to the top of MSSA's rankings for the League of Legends esports title.

Brett Whitehead (a member of MSSA's 2017 Protea Esports Team), helping to power VexxedPhoenix to the top.
Taking into account Mind Sports South Africa's Online Provincial Championships, and MSSA's 17th Mpumalanga Championships, MSSA has produced its latest rankings for the League of Legends esports title.

Even though 'Good Gaming LoL' (Good Gaming) comfortably won MSSA's Online Provincial Championships, and MiricleWhipp (Helpmekaar College) comfortably won MSSA's 17th Mpumalanga Championships Team 'VxP Goon Squad' (VexxedPhoenix) ascended into pole-position in South Africa's official rankings.

The rankings shall be used at MSSA's 15th Free State Championships which is to be played on 23 & 24 June 2018.

The rankings for the League of Legends esports title are:


PosName of PlayeryearClubPoints
1VxP Goon Squad18VexxedPhoenix287.3
2Genx Nightwalkers18Generation X283.6
3St Stithians18St Stithians216.7
4Good Gaming LoL18Good Gaming208.4
5Yenex18THS Tom NaudƩ200.6
6Valkyrie18Valhalla198.5
7Genx Prominance17Generation X188.1
8HS Parys18HSP180.1
9Tuks 118Tuks Mind Sports Club170.3
10White Rabbit Gaming16White Rabbit Gaming145
11Team Vapor16Sasolburg High145
12St Conrads16Curro Klerksdorp145
13Oathbreakers17Valhalla145
14Liquad unknown17Non members145
15Limbros A17FRAGCON145
16Legion of Shadows17We are Legion145
17Gryphons16Knights Mind Sports Club145
18Fuzz Logic16VexxedPhoenix145
19Fuga Dracones17Hoƫrskool Wonderboom145
20Eternal17VexxedPhoenix145
21Dark Phoenix17VexxedPhoenix145
22MoMs17Masters of Mind Sports142.2
23The Lunar Squad18Empangeni High School138.2
24Team Glc18Grantleigh134.7
25PR0NHS18Northcliff High131.1
26Pride17Parktown Boys128.5
27STS 116St Stithians125
28Silver and Friends16WOERIES124.5
29Valerian18Valhalla124
30WBHS/LoL17Westville Boys120
31Team Try Hard18FRAGCON118.9
32Valor18Valhalla118
33Dota 4 Lyf16Northcliff High113.4
34Eternals18Paul Roos Gimnasium105.7
35MiricleWhipp18Helpmekaar105
36GHS LoL18Eastern Cape103.6
379th Phanax17THS Tom NaudƩ102
38Virtual Desire Gaming17Hoƫrskool Wonderboom100
39Team Elusium17Hoƫrskool Wonderboom100
40lofdal16Lofdal100
41Empangeni lol17Empangeni High School100
42Northwood highschool18Northwood highschool100
43GWH LoL17Glenwood House99.9
44Genx Checkmate17Generation X98
45CCS Shadow Hunters16Crawford Sandton97.5
46Vanilla18Valhalla97.5
47Dark Phoenix17Generation X95.3
48Valerie18Valhalla90
49Vayel18Valhalla90
50fantacy storm17HTS/HGH80
51Death Squad17THS Tom NaudƩ76.5
52BISH16BISH75
53K1IIJOYS16Hoƫrskool Generaal Hertzog45

Other official rankings produced by MSSA are as follows: