Pretenders to the throne: DGE Day Two CS:GO results

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 earned their eThekwini Senior Regional Colours.

BARRY DU PLESSIS

The CS:GO esports competition as played on Day Two of MSSA's 1st eThekwini Regional Championships as hosted by the Old Edwardian Mind Sports Club at the Durban Gaming Expo (DGE) ended with The Pretenders as the last team standing.

The Durban-based team was made up of core members Thulani Sishi (captain), Damond Osborn and Joshua Saunders, with Adam Mansoor and Ethan Mills brought in as substitutes for the competition. The three core members’ years of training together was apparent, and their coordination and well-matched skills saw them competing as a real team.

“We found it quite easy going throughout the day,” said Sishi, “but it got tough at the end.”

Sishi and Osborn have gamed together for 10 years, and together run multi-gaming organisation Big 5 Esports. Saunders began gaming regularly with the pair three years ago. Their most recent competition was at Rush in Pretoria at the end of June, where they placed third in the CS:GO competition.

At DGE the team walked away with prizes of:

• an Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop  
• three MSI Thunderstorm aluminium gaming mousepads
• a Redragon NemeanLion Combo, and
• five Predator Caps.

All five team members were awarded their eThekwini Senior Regional  Colours by Johan van Breda,  the new National Team Manager of Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA).

RESULTS

Premier
1st: The Pretenders (and eThekwini Senior Regional Colours): Joshua Saunders, Thulani Sishi, Damond Osborn, Adeem Mansoor and Ethan Mills)
2nd: Preztige
3rd: Orion

The Pretenders (from left: Joshua Saunders, Damond Osborn, Adeem Mansoor, Thulani Sishi (Captain) and Ethan Mills) with their prizes of an Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop, three MSI Thunderstorm aluminium gaming mousepads, a Redragon NemeanLion Combo, and five Predator caps.

Preztige (from left: Muhammad Khan, Anthony-John Osborne, Haron Martins and Brandon Hitmann) placed second in the CS:GO competition on Day Two of the Durban Gaming Expo.

Orion (from left: Max, Steven van der Schyff, Douglas Hendricks, Devan Conradie, and Dylin Niewoudt) placed third in the CS:GO competition on Day Two of the Durban Gaming Expo.