MSSA includes ActiVision's Call of Duty Mobile.

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) is always aware of the everchanging esports landscape, and noting that there is more and more emphasis on mobile (cell 'phone) gaming due to the ever increasing popularity of such, MSSA has boldly, deliberately, and enthusiastically embraced the esports title of Call of Duty Mobile.

Such a bold move by MSSA will allow a national Protea Team to be selected for such title in 2022. The squads will be in male, female and junior divisions.

At MSSA's National Online Championships, the COD Mobile teams, of five players each, will battle vit out in a Swiss style championship. Should a team win all of its rounds, such a team will automatically earn itself National Federation Colours.

Teams shall too earn official South african rankings which shall be used in 2022 to determine the seedings of teams in all MSSA , and MSSA accredited, events.

Full details of MSSA's 34th SA National Championships may be found on https://esportscommentator.blogspot.com/2021/11/mssas-south-african-national-online.html

Winners of MSSA's 34th S A National Championships.

Anneka Lourens (Hoërskool Klerksdorp) not only won her section, but also earned National  Federation Colours in doing so.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) held its 36th South African National Championships for esports as an online event, and its Figure gaming as a physical event. Esports was only played on  5 December 2020, while the Figure Gaming (wargames) event was held at the Old Edwardian Society on 5 & 6 December 2020. 

The SA National Championships for Board Gaming shall be held at the Old Edwardian Society on 12 December 2020.

MSSA's SA National Championships is the last event of the year, and is without doubt, the most important championships on the South African calendar as any player wishing to qualify for selection to the South African National Squad, from which the South African National Protea Team, shall be selected must participate at such SA National Championships. Of course there are exceptions in certain cases, but in such cases, MSSA must be contacted prior to the event. 

Having run for 34 continuous years, MSSA's SA National Championships is breaking records, and is the oldest and most well established championship for the games offered by MSSA. However, not all the various disciplines have been played for the full 34 years. Wargames heads the bill at having been played at all 34 National Championships, with Board games (in the form of Morabaraba) having been included in 1996. Shortly thereafter, in 1997, checkers made its debut. It was only in 2005, even though MSSA had been running Provincial Esports events since 1998, that Esports made its way into the SA National Championships.

Despite the pedigree of the other disciplines, it is now esports that contributes the largest amount of participants, and has more games (periods) being hosted than any other discipline.

Even with esports only having been represented at MSSA's SA National Championships since 2005, it makes the esports portion possibly the oldest continuously running esports national championships in the world!

Nine (9) games (periods) were played, of which one (1) was a wargame, and the remaining eight (8) were esports titles.

It must also be stressed that only titles that are played at SA National Championships, qualify to have teams selected that will earn Protea Colours. There are exceptions to the rule, but they are exceptions...

The championship was hard fought, and the standard exhibited showed a marked improvement over previous years.

Eighteen (18) players earned National Federation Colours. National Federation Colours are automatically awarded to all Registered Players that win all their games at the SA National Championships.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Title	Name of player/team	Club	Colours awarded
Ancients Figure Gaming - Premier	Colin Webster	Old Edwardian Mind Sports Club
Ancients Figure Gaming - High Schools	Elwyn Jones	Old Edwardian Mind Sports Club
Ancients Figure Gaming -Handicaps	Greg Laycock	Old Edwardian Mind Sports Club
Clash Royale - Premier	Willie van Rensburg	Hoërskool Klerksdorp
Clash Royale - High Schools	Henco Volschenk	Hoërskool Klerksdorp
Clash Royale - Female	Anneke Lourens	Hoërskool Klerksdorp	National Colours
Counter-Strike: GO	ZAG CS:GO	ZAG Academy	National Colours
DotA 2 - Premier	GoochSons	ZAG Academy	National Colours
HearthStone - Premier	Aidan Vorster	ZAG Academy
	Kyle Vorster	ZAG Academy
Paladins - Premier	BooImplode	Boo Games	National Colours
PES - Premier	Naeem Thomas	PES Society
Street Fighter V- Premier	Theunis van der Merwe	Hoërskool Klerksdorp	National Colours
Tekken 7 - Premier	Jonathan Brown	Team PlayBell	National Colours

Also read:

• MSSA elections allow change and growth.
• MSSA remains a dynamic institution.
• Preventing dominance by any one club.
• Advantages of affiliation
• Calendar of  Events: 2020
• Upcoming events: South African National Board Games Championships - 12 December 2020.
• Affiliation: Schools
• Affiliation: Private clubs
• Esports titles selected: MSSA's School Championships.
• Esports titles selected: MSSA's Premier Championships.
• Results of MSSA's 10th Annual Online Championships for High Schools
• Results of MSSA's Western Cape Online Provincial Championships.
• Results: MSSA's 11th Provincial Online Championships
• Results: Gauteng Online Provincial Championships.
  
• Test Match results: South African Protea DotA 2 team rises triumphant.
• Test Match results: DOTA2: South Africa vs Azerbaijan
• New National Team Selection Criteria
• Selecting the national Protea teams for Mind Sports South Africa.

Reminder: Entry date for SA Nationals - 8 November 2019

Wargames, esports and boardgames are all on offer at MSSA's 2019 South African National Championships.

All Registered Players are reminded that MSSA's South African National Provincial Championships are an open championship. 

It is such S A National Championships (SAN) where the national titles are awarded, and where the final positions for the SA Ladders are decided.

However, more importantly, it is at the SA Nationals where it is decided in which periods (game titles) South Africa will officially compete in international competition.

MSSA may only select Protea Teams for periods which are played at the SA National Championships. It is through such system that MSSA is able to give control to the very athletes that it serves to be the deciding factor. There is, however, an exception for new periods (game titles) that are accepted during the year for inclusion in a World Championships.

You may contact MSSA at mindsportscorrespondence@gmail.com

Details are as follows:

• Board gaming: https://esportscommentator.blogspot.com/2019/09/south-african-national-board-gaming.html
• Esports: https://esportscommentator.blogspot.com/2019/09/south-african-national-lan.html
• Wargaming: https://esportscommentator.blogspot.com/2019/09/south-african-national-wargames.html

Hosting Club: Fakkel School

Venue: Fakkel School, 20 Jan Smuts Ave., Sasolburg
Date: 7 & 8 December 2019

Entries: All entries must be entered onto the club's Google  Drive before or on 8 November 2019. Clubs must use the entry form on Google Drive to enter their teams/players. The entry form can be found on https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_ERR6815uVjSMu4t5KkRxYqGJ_AA88kkz31qRgksASc/edit#gid=287696184. The entry form must be downloaded completed and e-mailed to mindsportscorrespondence@gmail.com.

Accommodation: To assist all member clubs, Fakkel School of Skills shall be providing accommodation as follows:

• Bed with no bedding - R140,00
• Breakfast - R75,00
• Dinner - R90,00

To book, please e-mail Amanda (who is most helpful) at hostel@fakkelskool.co.za as soon as possible. In such e-mail it must be stated the number of men, and the number of women that require accommodation.Please telephone the school to see if there is accommodation available at (016) 976 0470.

Also read: 

• Closing date for booking accommodation at Fakkel School of Skills for SA Nationals in December 2019.
• Events for July until December 2019
• New National Team Selection Criteria
• Why schools and universities should invest in esports.
• National Federation Colours
• Earning Provincial Colours at S A National Championships.
• Any Registered Player may enter MSSA's S A National Championships.
• 2020 Calendar of Events

Reminder: Entry date for SA Nationals - 8 November 2019

Wargames, esports and boardgames are all on offer at MSSA's 2019 South African National Championships.

All Registered Players are reminded that MSSA's South African National Provincial Championships are an open championship. 

It is such S A National Championships (SAN) where the national titles are awarded, and where the final positions for the SA Ladders are decided.

However, more importantly, it is at the SA Nationals where it is decided in which periods (game titles) South Africa will officially compete in international competition.

MSSA may only select Protea Teams for periods which are played at the SA National Championships. It is through such system that MSSA is able to give control to the very athletes that it serves to be the deciding factor. There is, however, an exception for new periods (game titles) that are accepted during the year for inclusion in a World Championships.

You may contact MSSA at mindsportscorrespondence@gmail.com

Details are as follows:

• Board gaming: https://esportscommentator.blogspot.com/2019/09/south-african-national-board-gaming.html
• Esports: https://esportscommentator.blogspot.com/2019/09/south-african-national-lan.html
• Wargaming: https://esportscommentator.blogspot.com/2019/09/south-african-national-wargames.html

Hosting Club: Fakkel School

Venue: Fakkel School, 20 Jan Smuts Ave., Sasolburg
Date: 7 & 8 December 2019

Entries: All entries must be entered onto the club's Google  Drive before or on 8 November 2019. Clubs must use the entry form on Google Drive to enter their teams/players. The entry form can be found on https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_ERR6815uVjSMu4t5KkRxYqGJ_AA88kkz31qRgksASc/edit#gid=287696184. The entry form must be downloaded completed and e-mailed to mindsportscorrespondence@gmail.com.

Also read: 

• Events for July until December 2019
• New National Team Selection Criteria
• Why schools and universities should invest in esports.
• National Federation Colours
• Earning Provincial Colours at S A National Championships.
• Any Registered Player may enter MSSA's S A National Championships.
• 2020 Calendar of Events

Baber 'Tekken Guru' Abbas is back at the top.

Baber 'Tekken Guru' Abbas (Knights Mind Sports Club) at MSSA's 2018 South African National Championships .

Baber Abbas has participated in many of Mind Sports South Africa's championships over the years. It was therefore not surprising to see Baber at MSSA's annual South African National Championships held on 2 December 2018.

As usual, Baber was only there to contest the Tekken 7 esports period, and contest it he did.

None could stand up to Baber as he waltzed through all of his opposition. Baber won all 5 of the rounds of the Swiss System Championship which left him on a perfect score. As such, Baber walked away with first place as well as South African National Federation Colours.

All of his opponents expressed the view that they had learnt much from having played him, and Baber was quick tto give advice to his opponents. It is Baber's opinion that in order for him to improve, he has to help his opponents improve as they will then be able to push him harder so that he can reach even greater heights.

Baber's results have thus placed him at the top of the rankings, and have made him the man to beat.

However, it is extremely exciting that Chiney Wallace (HTS Sasolburg) who won the female division is now ranked in 5th place overall. 

The full ranking is as follows:

Pos	Name of Player	year	Club	Points
1	Baber Abbas	18	Knights Mind Sports Club	161.1
2	Pieter Oelefse	18	HTS Sasolburg	153.8
3	Jeremy Seremak	18	HTS Sasolburg	142.5
4	Michael Janse van Rensburg	18	HTS Sasolburg	141.2
5	Chiney Wallace	18	HTS Sasolburg	115.7
6	Brian Lin	18	Masters of Mind Sports	114.4
7	Marchelle van Niekerk	18	HTS Sasolburg	114.4
8	Joost Loftus	18	Masters of Mind Sports	114.4
9	Yu-Hsien Lin	18	North West University - Vaal	114.4
10	Mpho Ntsala	18	Fakkel School of Skills	114.4
11	Alasdair Donaldson	17	VexxedPhoenix	114.4
12	Christopher Fenton	17	JCS Academy	114.4
13	Pieter Lourens	18	BNKR	114.4
14	Armand Botha	18	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	114.4
15	Mxolisi Lukhele	17	Amplified Rebellion	114.4
16	Fanie Nel	18	HTS Tom Naudé	114.4
17	Sekele Komape	17	HTS Tom Naudé	114.4
18	Luan Joubert	18	Hoerskool General Hertzog	114.4
19	Nadine Swart	18	HTS Witbank	114.4
20	Cilliers Swanepoel	18	Curro Klerksdorp	114.4
21	Reinder v Wyk	18	JCS Academy	114.4
22	Lehlohondo Moloi	18	North West University - Vaal	114.4
23	Paulosi Makhuba	17	Fakkel School of Skills	114.4
24	Hlani Khaile	17	HTS Sasolburg	114.4
25	Dewald Gerber	17	HTS Witbank	114.4
26	Jan Hendrik Van Aswegen	18	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	114.4
27	Waldo Joubert	18	BNKR	114.4
28	George Griffiths	17	HTS Witbank	114.4
29	Leighton Howells	18	Cambridge High School	114.4
30	Kopano Majeko	18	Curro Klerksdorp	114.4
31	Leonard Loftus	18	Masters of Mind Sports	114.4
32	Darnell Fynn	18	Empangeni High School	114.4
33	Junior Mpembe	18	Fakkel School of Skills	114.4
34	Ewan van Eden	17	HTS Sasolburg	114.4
35	Darryl Bruce- Smith	17	HTS Sasolburg	114.4
36	Tetelo Mphahele	17	HTS Tom Naudé	114.4
37	Simoné Otto	17	HTS Tom Naudé	114.4
38	Kaitlyn Creighton	17	Master of Mind Sports	114.4
39	Liam Murdoch	18	Hoerskool General Hertzog	114.4
40	Tsedisi Thwala	17	JCS Academy	114.4
41	James Griffiths	18	HTS Witbank	114.4
42	Thabiso Mosia	17	Fakkel School of Skills	114.4
43	Sune van de Merwe	17	HTS Witbank	114.4
44	Luan Stoltz	18	Hoerskool General Hertzog	114.4
45	Jualine van Rooyen	17	JCS Academy	114.4
46	Titus Loyiso	17	Fakkel School of Skills	114.4
47	Wernich 'PANDA' Botha	18	JCS Academy	114.4
48	Amo Mojapelo	18	HTS Tom Naudé	114.4
49	Mhlengi Nkosi	18	North West University - Vaal	114.4
50	Alastair Williams	17	JCS Academy	114.4
51	Dean Jooste	18	Fakkel School of Skills	114.4
52	Leoné Loftus	18	Fakkel School of Skills	114.4
53	Benniel Botha	18	Fakkel School of Skills	114.4
54	Angelique Taljaard	17	HTS Witbank	114.4
55	Austin Lee	17	Northcliff High School	114.4
56	Beon Bronkhorst	17	JCS Academy	114.4
57	Bradley Niewoudt	17	Masters of Mind Sports	114.4
58	Bruce Burke	17	JCS Academy	114.4
59	Carl McNeil	17	Cape Town Mind Sports	114.4
60	Connor Chaplin	17	Northcliff High School	114.4
61	Doreen Els	17	Teutonic Knights Mind Sports Club	114.4
62	Duncan Correira	17	JCS Academy	114.4
63	Gordon McCormack	17	JCS Academy	114.4
64	Harkus Crause	17	JCS Academy	114.4
65	Hugo Venter	17	Fakkel School of Skills	114.4
66	Jacques Rossouw	17	Fakkel School of Skills	114.4
67	Jada Whitaker	17	HTS Tom Naudé	114.4
68	Jonathan Schneider	17	Non member	114.4
69	Keanu De Waal	17	HTS Tom Naudé	114.4
70	Mark Morobane	17	Curro Klerksdorp	114.4
71	Molepa Magashoa	17	Non member	114.4
72	Moloti Magashoa	17	Non member	114.4
73	Morizané Boyes	17	BNKR	114.4
74	Paula Loftus	17	Masters of Mind Sports	114.4
75	Pheello Maphumane	17	Fakkel School of Skills	114.4
76	Phoenix Janse van Vuuren	17	Fakkel School of Skills	114.4
77	Robyn Gertzen	17	Teutonic Knights Mind Sports Club	114.4
78	Ronin Brookes	17	Sasolburg High School	114.4
79	Ruan Hoffman	17	JCS Academy	114.4
80	Ryan Gathita	17	Curro Klerksdorp	114.4
81	Rynhardt Engelbrecht	17	Fakkel School of Skills	114.4
82	Tertius Nel	17	HTS Witbank	114.4
83	Tshepo Matitwane	17	Fakkel School of Skills	114.4
84	Yadav Maharaj	17	Maritzburg College	114.4
85	Gawie Fick	18	Fakkel School of Skills	114.1
86	Aidan Chaplin	17	Northcliff High School	114.1
87	Chaz Keefer	18	HTS Tom Naudé	114
88	Ian Halgreen	18	Empangeni High School	114
89	Neo Mankwe	18	Fakkel School of Skills	113.6
90	Leran Shahriar	18	Northcliff High School	113.5
91	Jarred Smith	17	JCS Academy	112.8
92	Kyle Graham	18	Fakkel School of Skills	111.9
93	Pieter van der Merwe	18	JCS Academy	111.4
94	Khanyisa Sibanda	17	JCS Academy	111
95	Ruben v d Merwe	17	HTS Witbank	110.2
96	Hennie Small	18	Fakkel School of Skills	110
97	Jayden Gopalkista	18	Hoerskool General Hertzog	110
98	Keagan Gunkel	17	Maritzburg College	110
99	Merice Ferreira	17	JCS Academy	109.9
100	Boyi Mantso	18	Fakkel School of Skills	109.5
101	Justin Brown	18	Northcliff High School	109.5
102	Kade Ortner	18	Northcliff High School	109.5
103	Cole Manley	18	HTS Tom Naudé	108.8
104	Micaela Hodgkinson	18	JCS Academy	107
105	Mpumi Madeou	17	Curro Klerksdorp	106.1
106	Charlize Seremak	18	HTS Sasolburg	106
107	Costa Kinguae	18	HTS Sasolburg	105.9
108	Kristen Cockeran	18	Fakkel School of Skills	105.3
109	Deon Robbertse	17	North West University - Vaal	104.8
110	Quinton Massey	17	JCS Academy	104.8
111	Coenraad Oosthuizen	18	HTS Tom Naudé	104.5
112	Kerwinn Harischancke	17	Maritzburg College	104.5
113	Unathi Nzimande	18	Empangeni High School	104.5
114	Wynand Janse van Rensburg	17	JCS Academy	104.5
115	Franco Janse van Rensburg	17	Masters of Mind Sports	104
116	Xavier Ferreira	17	JCS Academy	101.3
117	Brandon Merrington	17	Maritzburg College	99.8
118	Joel van Wyk	17	All Stars	99.3
119	Cale Barry	17	Uplands College	98.8
120	Durandt van Dyk	17	JCS Academy	96.2
121	Berginkgosi Lukhele	17	Amplified Rebellion	95
122	Dwayne van Niekerk	18	Fakkel School of Skills	95
123	Martin Dippenaar	17	HTS Sasolburg	95
124	Natalie Swanepoel	18	Fakkel School of Skills	95
125	Raken Belayet	18	Curro Klerksdorp	95
126	Jodie-Ray Nelson	18	Empangeni High School	90.3
127	Kokeletso Molepo	18	HTS Tom Naudé	90.3
128	Sean Mehlo	18	Northcliff High School	90.3
129	Bradley Duckham	17	Maritzburg College	85.8

Other official rankings produced by MSSA are as follows:

• Senior Ancients Wargames
• Senior Checkers
• Senior CounterStrike: GO
• Senior DotA 2
• Senior FIFA '18
• Senior HearthStone
• Senior Injustice 2
• Senior League of Legends (female)
• Senior League of Legends
• Senior Morabaraba
• Senior Mortal Kombat X
• Senior Pro Evolution Soccer (PES)
• Senior StarCraft II
• Senior Street Fighter V
• Senior Tekken 7 (female)
• Senior Tekken 7
• Schools CounterStrike: GO
• Schools DotA 2
• Schools FIFA
• Schools HearthStone
• Schools League of Legends

Also read:

• All the winners of MSSA's 2018 S A National Championships