The different types of official competitions.

Only through MSSA's active volunteers do events like the National Schools' Championships take place year-after-year.

It is already well known that Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) is South Africa's largest membership based organisation for gaming, and that MSSA runs over 30 events per annum in over ten esports titles.

That is staggering!

It is even more impressive when you realise that it is done by volunteers and that all income earned is ploughed back into developing and promoting esports.

It it is due to this methodology that MSSA enabled esports to become accredited as a sport and has enabled so many people to become involved in running their own private events.

Even VS Gaming's own Johann von Backström started in MSSA and served as MSSA's Chairperson of the Esports Board of Control.

However, with many of MSSA's championships, for esports, having started as far back as 1998, MSSA offers a wide range of events that are tailored for most gamers no matter where they live in our beloved country.

MSSA, also is the only organisation that runs events throughout the country.

The various events are:

Type of event	Level	Eligibility
School Championships	Provincial LAN	Any gamer who attends a school affiliated to the MSSA
	National LAN	Any gamer who attends a school affiliated to the MSSA
	Inter-school online championships	Schools that are affiliated to the MSSA
	Inter-school Ladder	Schools that are affiliated to the MSSA
Regional Championships	Regional LAN	Any gamer who is registered with an affiliated member club
	Regional Online Ladder	Any gamer who is registered with an affiliated member club
	Inter- regional test matches	Official Regional Teams.
Provincial Championships	Provincial LAN	Any gamer who is registered with an affiliated member club
	Provincial Online Championships	Any gamer who is registered with an affiliated member club
	Provincial Online Ladder	Any gamer who is registered with an affiliated member club
	Inter- provincial test matches	Official Regional Teams.
National Championships	National LAN	Any gamer who is registered with an affiliated member club
	National Online Ladder	Any gamer who is registered with an affiliated member club
National Team Trials	LAN	By invitation only as per the Regulations. Only official MSSA events count as qualifying events
World Championships	International	Protea Team only
Test Matches	International	Protea Team only

Also read:

• What is the role of the Esports Board of Control?