DotA 2: Team 'Clan Bacon' streaks into third place in the national rankings.

Clan Bacon (Barend Botes, Juan van der Merwe, Pat van der Merwe, Jacques Westley, and Bennie Olivier) were the DOTA 2 competition winners on Day Three of the Durban Gaming Expo.

At MSSA's eThekwini Regional Championships hosted by the Old Edwardian Mind Sports Club (OEMSC) at the Durban Gaming Expo on 7 July 2018, Team 'Clan Bacon' was 'sizzling' and cooked-up a convincing win over all opponents who dared to face this ever so hot team.

The victories which team 'Clan Bacon' has catapulted the team into being ranked third in the country, making it the highest ranked KwaZulu Natalian team.

The members of team 'Clan Bacon' are the first ever recipients of official eThekwini Regional Colours for DotA 2.

Team  'Clan Bacon' now stands poised to challenge all those who stand between it and the top.

The full list of South Africa's official rankings for the esports title of DotA 2 is as follows:

Pos	Name of Player	year	Club	Points
1	D[M]	18	NW Mindsports	179.1
2	Magna	18	Hoërskool Zwartkop	178.8
3	Clan Bacon	18	eThekwini Regionals	157
4	Parklands	18	Parklands College	155.7
5	Schoeman	18	Paul Roos Gimnasium	147.8
6	Quantum	18	Curro Klerksdorp	147.8
7	Sinister5 (17)	17	Sinister5	146.8
8	Sp4rt4ns	17	SAHETI	146.8
9	Maritzburg College	16	Maritzburg College	146.8
10	PotM Bottom	17	PotM Bottom	146.8
11	TribalGaming	16	Fairmont High School	146.8
12	KWAKKIE DOTES	16	Tuks Mind Sports Club	146.8
13	We Took a Tower!	16	Wits Wargames Club	146.8
14	WYSIWYG	17	Jeppe Boys High School	146.8
15	Broken alliance	16	Fairmont High School	146.8
16	PR0NHS	17	Northcliff High School	146.8
17	Mr Project	16	Oakhill College	146.8
18	WBHS/DOTA	17	Westville Boys	142.1
19	Team YOLO	18	NW Mindsports	138.4
20	MC DOTA	17	Maritzburg College	135.7
21	The Fluffies	18	Westville Boys High School	130.9
22	Iron Branch	18	eThekwini Regionals	130.2
23	Conquest	18	Paul Roos Gimnasium	128.5
24	Northwood DOTA	18	Northwood High School	127.1
25	Cheeky Nandos with the Lads	18	eThekwini Regionals	122.9
26	Grey High Gaming	17	Grey Highschool	120
27	Kappa Knights	16	Fairmont High School	111.6
28	Titans	17	VexxedPhoenix	110.7
29	APTWE	16	Tuks Mind Sports Club	105
30	Team Craig	16	Northcliff High School	97.1
31	Flaming Bunnies	16	Fairmont High School	95
32	[PRIDE]	17	Parktown Boys' High School	92.5
33	PORAXYSM	16	All Stars	90
34	HSP Legends	18	Hoërskool Parys	86.4
35	ESBF	18	NW Mindsports	85.4
36	Team Cider	18	eThekwini Regionals	80
37	HELION	17	Uplands College	75.5
38	SJC Eagles	18	ST John's College	75

Other official rankings produced by MSSA are as follows:

• Senior Ancients Wargames
• Senior Checkers
• Senior CounterStrike: GO
• Senior DotA 2
• Senior FIFA '18
• Senior HearthStone
• Senior Injustice 2
• Senior League of Legends (female)
• Senior League of Legends
• Senior Morabaraba
• Senior Mortal Kombat X
• Senior Pro Evolution Soccer (PES)
• Senior StarCraft II
• Senior Street Fighter V
• Senior Tekken 7 (female)
• Senior Tekken 7
• Schools CounterStrike: GO
• Schools DotA 2
• Schools FIFA
• Schools HearthStone
• Schools League of Legends