Showing posts with label Rocket League. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rocket League. Show all posts

Tuesday, 1 November 2022

Three titles proposed for acceptance at MSSA's AGM.

 

 
MSSA's 2022 AGM will decide on including Assetto Corsa Competizione, Clash of Clans, and Rocket League into all Provincial and National Championships.

At every Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) member clubs decide on the esports game titles that will be played at all Provincial and National Championships.

So far three esports titles have been proposed being:

  • Assetto Corsa Competizione,
  • Clash of Clans, and
  • Rocket League

Priority is given to the esports titles that are played at World Championship level in order to assist MSSA deliver a national team.

It is therefore in every athlete's interest that every paid-up member club attends MSSA's AGM and helps decide on which titles are accepted. The correct choice of game titles will further develop esports as a sport as well as help the development of esports at every level albeit at grassroot level all the way through to professional competition.

However, it should be noted that any approved title may be played at an official MSSA Regional Championships with Board approval.

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Saturday, 17 April 2021

The WFH League is back for Season 3!


Following on from the success of the competition last year, Esports Insider is proud to announce the return of the WFH League for a third season.

Co-operated by ESI and Platform, the ‘corporate’ esports competition sees colleagues team up and go head-to-head against other companies in a multi-game tournament series.

This year, however, the event is expanding even further with WFH League Season 3 featuring three campaigns - Spring, Autumn, Winter - across 2021. The first of which will take place online from May 10th - 30th.

For our Spring event, three tournaments will take place as companies put their pride on the line (kind of) in Rocket League (3v3), CS:GO Wingman (2v2), and Brawlhalla (2v2).

Eight teams will compete in each tournament for prizes and the chance to gain WFH League eternal glory. In past seasons, the likes of Razer, Noblechairs, and G-Science have provided prizes for the event.

In a joint statement by WFH League’s Co-founders, Esport Insider Managing Director, Sam Cooke, and Platform COO, Nicolo Portunato, the duo commented: “We are extremely excited to announce the return of WFH League for its third season. After a successful 2020, we have upped the stakes by adding three seasonal events this year for Season 3 and we cannot wait to see everything unfold on May 10th!

Last year we very much found our feet and made significant improvements from Season 1 to Season 2, which was nicely reflected in the viewership on Twitch. We really appreciated the support of the industry and community, indeed all those involved in making it happen, and we can’t wait to kick off our third season, especially since in the Autumn it’ll include our first IRL edition at Platform in London.”

As in previous editions, WFH League has partnered with UK-based charity SpecialEffect in order to raise even more money for a good cause. Over the last two seasons, all those involved with the WFH League helped to raise over £3,500.

Tom Donegan from SpecialEffect said: “The WFH League was one of the highlights of 2020 and we’re delighted to be the charity partner again in 2021. Gamers raising money to support their fellow gamers, while having a laugh at the same time – it doesn’t get much better than that!”

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Saturday, 3 March 2018

Rocket League - Registered Players who qualified at 'Gauteng' for National Team Trials.

Northcliff High School in action at the recent MSSA's 36th Gauteng Provincial Championships.
2018 has seen the introduction of the esports title Rocket League into all Mind Sports South Africa's senior provincial and national championships.
Rocket League is a vehicular soccer video game developed and published by Psyonix. The game was first released for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 (PS4) in July 2015. 
Described as "soccer, but with rocket-powered cars", Rocket League has one to four players assigned to each of the two teams, using rocket-powered vehicles to hit a ball into their opponent's goal and score points over the course of a match. The game includes single-player and multiplayer modes which can be played both locally and online, including cross-platform play between the PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows versions, as well as cross-play between Xbox One, Switch, and Windows versions. 
Rocket League saw over six million sales and 40 million players by the beginning of 2018. Rocket League has also been adopted as an esport.

Three players in  MSSA's 36th Gauteng Provincial Championships all earned their berths in MSSA's 2018 National Team Trials.


The criteria to qualify for such trials all Registered Players that win a Regional Championship shall earn an invitation to National Team Trials.

Also, all Registered Players that score within the top 20% or top three places, whichever is greater, in a specific Period at a Provincial or National Championship shall earn an invitation to National Team Trials.

It should be remembered that members of the current Protea Squad automatically earn a berth at the National Team Trials (NTT) should they have met their obligations in terms of participation at MSSA events.

The Registered Players that earned such an invite for the Rocket League esports title are:


Name of playerClubPeriodProvince
Nathan WoottonNorthcliff High SchoolRocket LeagueGauteng
Mishaan ParbhooNorthcliff High SchoolRocket LeagueGauteng
Cameron NaidooNorthcliff High SchoolRocket LeagueGauteng
Other Registered Players that have earned a berth at MSSA's 2018 National Team Trials (NTT) are:



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Thursday, 19 October 2017

Proposals for esports titles are rolling in.


Schools remain the foundation of growth and development.
On 16 October 2017, MSSA posted an article that it will be reviewing the esports titles at its Annual General Meeting.

Member clubs have already started to submit titles that they would like to see played at Provincial and National Championships.

 Some of the proposals are for Overwatch, Rocket League and Quake Live.

The process that must be  followed to nominate esports titles is very simple, and is open to every fully-paid-up member club, being:
  • Member clubs must submit their proposals to MSSA on or before 1 November 2017,
  • All the proposals are then put on the agenda  which is sent out to the member clubs at least 21 days before MSSA's AGM on 3 December  2017, and
  • All member clubs vote on the proposals.
Of course preference is always given to:
  • Esports titles played at IeSF World Championships,
  • Esports titles that are well supported by the membership during the previous year,
  • Esports titles which have been proven to be popular at Regional Championship  level, and
  • Esports titles which MSSA's Council believes will be beneficial to promote.
Of course there is always a cost associated to holding championships, and with MSSA being a non-profit association, MSSA is always aware that every rand counts. Thus the titles chosen also need to  be financially viable if not having a strong  development nature attached thereto.

Member clubs are therefore welcome to submit their proposals to mindsportssa@iafrica.com.
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