All esports athletes have strong likes and dislikes, gamers always want their favourite esports titles to be given preferential treatment.
In order to make the process more objective and reduce the influence of any one member club and/or individual, Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) has a policy in place in order to ensure that there is a due process as well as a fair system in place in order to ensure that the correct titles are selected.
However, it should be noted that MSSA currently only selects 10 titles to be played at Provincial and National Championships.
Priority is given to the esports titles that are played at IESF's World Championships and Global Esports Federation's Global Esports Games (GEG) in order to assist MSSA deliver a national team.
Even though only 10 titles are so selected, that does not mean that the other titles cannot be held at MSSA events.
However, it should be noted that any approved title may be played at an official MSSA Regional Championships. In fact, it is at such Regional Championships that the popularity of various esports titles is tested in order to evaluate whether such titles should, in future, be included in MSSA's Provincial and National Championships.
The full rules on how titles are selected are as follows:
Schedule 3: SELECTION OF TITLES FOR PROVINCIAL AND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
- The periods (titles) selected shall be decided upon by the Annual General Meeting.
- Not more than ten (10) titles shall be selected every year from nominations received.
- The titles played at the most recent IESF World Championships shall automatically be selected.
- The remaining titles may then be selected.
- Should IESF introduce new titles into its World Championships which have not been selected by MSSA, then the least popular game in its genre (excluding titles that are being played at IESF’s World Championships) shall immediately fall away in favour of the new title.
- The popularity of a period (title) shall be based on attendance at MSSA events.
- Should IESF introduce new titles into its World Championships which have not been selected by MSSA, and no MSSA event have been held in such period (title) then the Board of Control shall decide which period (title) falls away in such genre (excluding titles that are being played at IESF’s World Championships).
- Should IESF introduce new titles into its World Championships which have not been selected by MSSA, and there are no other periods (titles) within its genre, then the least popular game (excluding titles that are being played at IESF’s World Championships) shall immediately fall away in favour of the new title.
- For any period to be nominated, such period (title) shall have been played at any two Regional Events at which there were at least three teams per event.
All proposals for titles must be submitted to MSSA by 1 November 2022 for inclusion in the Agenda for the 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM).
Additional reading:
- 2022 Calendar of Events
- 2023 Calendar of Events
- Affiliation: Private Clubs
- Affiliation - School
- Annual General Meeting: Make your voice heard - get your nomination in.
- Awards: Nominations required by 31 August 2022 for MSSA's Management Board Awards.'
- Competition: Revamp of livery - submit your design,
- Events: National Team Trials for U20 efootball and Street Fighter V esports teams - 8 October 2022
- IDF: MSO Grand Prix 2022
- IESF: African Regional Championships
- IESF: All revved up and ready to go.
- IESF: Bali Confirmed as Host of the 2022 World Esports Championships Finals
- IESF: Charl triumphs at the South African Qualifiers for the MONACO SIM RACING WORLD CUP 2022
- IESF: IESF advises the prize money distribution for Bali 2022
- IESF: IESF TO HOST CSGO EVENT FOR FEMALES.
- IESF: MSSA officially enters Protea Team
- IESF: Six Game Titles for IESF's 2022 World Esports Championships
- IESF: South Africa to take on Namibia in PUBGM
- International events: And they are off...
- International events: Excitement builds before selection of SA esports team to compete in Russia.
- international events: MSSA invited to send U20 esports team to Malawi.
- International events: MSSA selects its SA Student team to journey to Russia
- International events: Serbia posts its best team.
- International events: South Africa to battle against Serbia and Russia
- International events: Team Esports SA has landed.
- International events: The return of Team Esports South Africa
- International event: Trip to Malawi...
- Ladder: Clash Royale
- National Team Trials: 30 July 2022
- Notices: Calling all volunteers
- Notices - Advertise your club
- Notices: Learners may play for both private and school clubs
- Notices: MSSA advises of its affiliation and registration fees for the 2022/2023 season.
- Notices: Selecting esports titles to be played in MSSA Provincial and National Championships
- Notices: Student DOTA and CSGO teams off to Moscow, Russia with1,500,000 Rubles at stake.
- Notices: The Student's Representative
- Notices: To host events in 2023.
- Notices - Transfer season
- NWU Online School league: R65,000.00 in prizes for esports league
- NWU Online School league: Distribution of prizes to overall winners for 2022 NWU Online School League
- NWU Online School League: For the first time, female learners shall earn pize money for esports.
- Nwu Online School League: Reallocation of prize money to the FIFA esports title.
- NWU Online School League: Six esports titles to receive share of R65,000.00 in 2022 NWU Online School League.
- NWU Online School League: Start of MSSA's NWU Online School League delayed to 1 August 2022.
- NWU Online School League: Top school to earn a boost to its esport programme.
- Prize money: How MSSA treats prize-money.
- Protea Colours: Qualifying for Protea Colours
- Rankings: South Africa's Top Ten esports schools
- Rankings: South Africa's Top Ten Premier Esports Clubs
- Results: 2022 Online Western Cape Championships
- Results: Combined Online Provincial Championships for Schools
- Results: Results: Gauteng Provincial Championships
- Results: Tshwarelo Tshwane of Montanus Primary School earns National Primary School Colours for Primary School
- Titles: With immediate effect.
- Titles - esports: High School Championships
- Titles - esports: Premier Championships
- Titles - esports: Student Championships
