Maybe Mannion does not have the gamers at heart!

I see that Mannion of Lazygamer has had another swipe at the MSSA.


You just have to laugh!


It is now abundantly clear that Mannion does not understand how sports work.


Mannion is under the delusion that sports bodies are run by the different governments...


Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!


If he actually read anything about how sports are run, he would note that the sports bodies do not allow government control and interference.


That is why even the South African government backs off when FIFA tells them not to investigate SAFA.


To put it in a nutshell, the international body is a private association which has as members national federations (which are private associations).


An international test match is when the international body calls it a test match.


It is that simple – even Mannion should understand it!


And then of course, they raise the issue of the MSSA taking legal action against Lazygamer.


On that subject, Mannion on 4 October 2013 states:

“No official legal case was ever put forward”.

So, then what is Mannion's 'beef'?


Is Mannion just jealous that the MSSA is accomplishing things that no-one else can do in South African gaming.

In fact it is quite heartening to see how many gamers expressed their distaste at his article.

Time will tell what Mannion's true ulterior motives are....

I don't think any of them have the gamers at heart at all....

He just babbles!

I had a response from Gavin Mannion where he stated, “I hope you know that I don't care what you think the law is, sources are private so deal with it.” in response to my statement “ "I hope that he knows that since his blog is not a registered newspaper that he cannot provide any protection to his sources."


Wow!


I can now see why Webster asked him to get legal advice.


It obviously wasn't a threat, it was advice.....


Sources for a blog are never private. I cannot believe that one man thinks that he is now above the law.


In fact, Mannion seems to make all sorts of accusations in his blog. If they were true, why does he not list the sources and why does he not take action.


It is my opinion that Mannion has not really sorted out in his own mind where he stands on developing eSports as he also stated, “You dear sir are the problem not the solution. I hope you take over the MSSA in December as you'd provide us with thousands of articles about how badly things are being run and how corrupt the system has become.”


His statement shows that even though he does not much like me, and he mentions me as the problem, yet he WANTS me to take over as it will give him articles.


So, all he wants is to write articles, not to fix anything, just write articles – presumably as long as it sells....


Is this not corrupt behaviour? Is it not corrupt to make a living off what you see as wrong? I think that it may well be.


Mannion too states that the system is corrupt.


Hmm, that is a first, democracy is a corrupt. Lol


Oh, I get it, he would prefer to be seen as the 'community's voice' where he sees and knows all... Surely if he was concerned, he would be advocating people to stand for the positions offered to right the wrongs, not hoping to see it fail.
 

In my opinion Mannion does not truly have any gamer's interests at heart.

Round 5, really, who knew?

So Mr Mannion, you seem to think that you have picked a fight with the MSSA.

Certainly your one headline titled “Quick MSSA Update–Round 5” seems to imply that you are in a fight.

I wonder if anyone has bothered to tell the MSSA?

The reason I say this is because no matter how hard I have searched the internet, I have not found any scathing or vindictive response by the MSSA.

I too looked at what Mr Mannion calls 'legal action'.

Well I hate to disappoint, but it does not even state the intention to start any litigation.

I see that Mr Mannon also claims to have a whole lot of information. I hope that he knows that since his blog is not a registered newspaper that he cannot provide any protection to his sources.

But, this is why I have advocated for years that Colin Webster should no longer be President of the MSSA.

For years he has pursued a concilliatory approach to people who have opposed the very existence of the MSSA for their own ulterior motives.

Webster has openly stated that he would not use the law to enforce the MSSA's rights as being the sole authority in charge of eSports in South Africa. He has openly stated that he would continue to work to get all gamers to see the 'strength' and 'purpose' of the MSSA and get them to cross the 'divide'.


Well, pigs might fly...


For all of Webster's efforts, those who were entrenched in their beliefs still are.

Nothing is going to change those who can not, will not, and dare not, change.

That is why I, for one is ecstatic that this is the last year of Webster's presidency.


It allows the way for the committee to become more representative. This in turn will unlock more finances from government. A truly representative association will also mean that the MSSA will become more aggressive in terms of pushing a number of development programmes as well as allow the MSSA to build up a war-chest to deal with those who do not see the political realities.


There also need to be several changes to the committee. The current rules that stop any one member from dominating the committee has to go.

Webster has continually fought to make sure that the committee did not form cliques, but it is only through cliques that you can have effective management.

That is why I will become a candidate in December.



There will be real change in December, and I will be there!