CS: GO - It is no pretence as team 'The Pretenders' ease into being ranked in the top ten in South Africa.

'The Pretenders' (from left: Joshua Saunders, Thulani Sishi (Captain), Damond Osborn, Ethan Mills and Adeem Mansoor) were overall victors in the CS:GO competition on Day Two of the Durban Gaming Expo. The individual team members also earned their eThekwini Senior Regional Colours.

At MSSA's eThekwini Regional Championships hosted by the Old Edwardian Mind Sports Club (OEMSC) at the Durban Gaming Expo on 6 July 2018, Thulani Sishi lead his team 'The Pretenders' to a convincing win over all opponents who dared to face him and his few, but merry, band.

The victories which team 'The Pretenders' has catapulted the team into the top ten teams in the country, making it the highest ranked KwaZulu Natalian team.

Team 'The Pretenders' 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 Counter-Strike: GO is as follows:

Pos	Name of Player	year	Club	Points
1	SOUTHERN5	18	SOUTHERN5	540.5
2	TcR CS:GO	18	Taccor Gaming	491.8
3	Genx Carpe Noctem	18	Generation X	344.6
4	RISINSons	18	Helpmekaar Kollege	299.7
5	Team Yolo	18	NW Mindsports	295.5
6	Alerion	18	Parklands College	292.1
7	opT	18	NW Mindsports	266.1
8	Cherry Lip Gloss	18	NW Mindsports	237.4
9	Monnas ‘A’	18	Monument High School	225
10	The Pretenders	18	eThekwini Regional	225
11	HackStack	18	Paul Roos Gimnasium	218
12	Limbro's A	18	Fragcon	207.9
13	Choke 9	18	Empangeni High School	195.1
14	Awoken	17	Hoërskool Wonderboom	191.1
15	Cedar House	17	Cedar House	191.1
16	Cryptid Claws	17	Hoërskool Wonderboom	191.1
17	DELTA	17	All Stars	191.1
18	Empangeni: csgo	17	Empangeni High School	191.1
19	eSpera	17	DF MALAN	191.1
20	flikadawist	16	DF Malan	191.1
21	GenX Frostwolf	17	Generation X	191.1
22	Hoërskool Lichtenburg	17	Hoërskool Lichtenburg	191.1
23	Insidious	17	Intensity Esports	191.1
24	Limitles	17	Hoërskool Wonderboom	191.1
25	MC GO 1	17	Maritzburg College	191.1
26	Phantom Troupe l Branden	16	Fairmont High School	191.1
27	PORAXYSM	16	ALL STAR	191.1
28	Pride	17	Parktown Boys	191.1
29	PRO	17	People Really Organised	191.1
30	QUANTM	17	Curro Klerksdorp	191.1
31	Soviet UZ	17	Midstream College	191.1
32	Spartans A	17	SAHETI	191.1
33	TERA| Qube	16	Anteria	191.1
34	VOID	16	St John's College	191.1
35	VXP BlaZe	17	VexxedPhoenix	191.1
36	VxP Knights	16	VexxedPhoenix	191.1
37	WBHS	17	Westville Boys	191.1
38	GHS CS:GO 1sts	18	Grey High School	181.5
39	Deity	18	Paul Roos Gimnasium	177.3
40	Delta 2	17	All Stars	172.7
41	PreZtige	18	eThekwini Regional	168.8
42	Xillir8	16	All Stars	165
43	Abstract	18	Paul Roos Gimnasium	162
44	Team Sidious	18	Team Sidious	158.2
45	ZAG Fearless	18	ZAG	156.2
46	Wolfpack	17	KMSC	150
47	Cyrex	18	Vereeniging Gimnasium	145.8
48	GWH CSGO	17	Glenwood House	143.5
49	PFU	16	Fairmont High School	140.1
50	VxP CSGO	17	VXP	140
51	Outcast	17	Intensity Esports	139.8
52	iE.Revival	17	IntenSity E-Sports	135
53	District_Zero	18	Protea Heights Academy	125.1
54	Cyrex	18	Vereeniging Gimnasium	122.6
55	Gents	17	Knights Mind Sports Club	119.7
56	Spartans B	17	SAHETI	114.7
57	MC GO 2	17	Maritzburg College	112.5
58	Orion	18	eThekwini Regional	112.5
59	Voltaic	18	Paul Roos Gimnasium	111.3
60	All Stars	16	ALL STAR	100
61	HGH	16	Hoerskool Generaal Hertzog	100
62	GOTU	18	Hoerskool General Hertzog	100
63	PRONHS	18	Northcliff High	93.5
64	PEPPS	17	PEPPS	85
65	G3NTS	18	Northcliff High	82.8
66	MoMS	17	Masters of Mind Sports	80
67	Northwood CSGO	17	Northwood High School	75
68	Raptors	17	BNKR	75
69	The Nerd Herd	17	Glenwood House	75
70	VGR146	16	Lofdal	75
71	Team Palace	18	Knights Mind Sports Club	75
72	Boneles	18	Northwood High School	75
73	Monnas ‘B’	18	Monument High School	75
74	PG16	18	Parklands College	73.3
75	K1lljoy5	16	BNKR	67.5
76	Tesseract	17	Jeppe Boys	63.7
77	Limbro's B	18	Fragcon	63.2
78	Maritzburg College	16	Maritzburg College	56.3
79	Winter Wolfes	17	Hoërskool Wonderboom	56.3
80	No Scopes	18	eThekwini Regional	56.3

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