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Monday, 29 August 2022

MSSA selects its SA Student team to journey to Russia

Johan van Breda will be managing South Africa's Student Esports Team.

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) has accepted an invite from the Russian Esports Federation to enter its SA Student DotA and Counter-Strike: GO teams into a four way test match to be played in the Yota Arena, Moscow Russia from 15 to 17 September 2022.

There will be a total prize fund of 1,500,000 Rubles, which equates to ZAR422,927.33, per game title.

The prize fund is broken down as follows:

1st place ­– 800 000 rubles
2nd place – 400 000 rubles
3rd place – 200 000 rubles
4th place – 100 000 rubles

Since there are only four countries participating, the other four are, Russia, Serbia, and Kazakhstan, it means that all the teams are guaranteed of walking away with a healthy purse.

The trials for the team to journey to Moscow were held at MSSA's annual North West Online Championships. With students from six (6) institutions of higher learning fighting for a place in the team, the standard of play was of the highest standard.

As soon as the championship was over, MSSA swung into action and selected its National Student Esports teams for the Counter-Strike: GO and DotA titles.

The team selected is as follows:

Esports titleName of playerInstitution of higher learning
Counter-Strike: GO
Joshua ChapmanUniversity of Cape Town (UCT)
Simon ZandstraUniversity of Stellenbosch (MATIES)
Sebastian PelaezUniversity of Cape Town (UCT)
Robert ButlerUniversity of Cape Town (UCT)
Armand Pierre van der ColfUniversity of Pretoria (TUKS)
DotA
Christian UysUniversity of Stellenbosch (MATIES)
Lennard KoekemoerUniversity of Pretoria (TUKS)
Nathan BeckUniversity of Pretoria (TUKS)
Suhail KhanUniversity of Pretoria (TUKS)
Tameer ChicktaySWPS Uniwersytet

The team shall be managed by veteran Team Manager - Johan van Breda.

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Thursday, 25 August 2022

Fighting for a share of ZAR844,000.00.



While not every University, like Wits, NWU, Tuks, and Maties, have esports clubs properly affiliated to Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) a number of students are concerned that they miss out on the massive opportunity offered in respect of representing South Africa in Moscow against Russia, Serbia, and Kazakhstan.

To recap, there is prize money of 1,500,000 Rubles, which equates to ZAR422,927.33, per game title.

The prize fund is broken down as follows:

1st place ­– 800 000 Rubles

2nd place – 400 000 Rubles

3rd place – 200 000 Rubles

4th place – 100 000 Rubles

To ensure maximum participation, where a student is not a member of a tertiary institution club affiliated to MSSA, such Registered Player may play for his/her own club.

Should a player not be a Registered Player affiliated to a member club, and still want to try to be selected at MSSA's North West Online Esports Championships to be held on 27 August 2022, all such athlete need do is:

It is incredibly easy to constitute a club and to affiliate.

MSSA shall assist every applicant every part of the way, but time is of the essence, and all such applications must be submitted by 17H00 on Friday, 25 August 2022.

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  • Notices: Student DOTA and CSGO teams off to Moscow, Russia with1,500,000 Rubles at stake.
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    SA Student DOTA and CSGO teams off to Moscow, Russia with 3,000,000 Rubles at stake.

    The venue at which 3,000,000 Rubles will be on offer - as well as national pride!

    Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) has just received a request from the Russian Esports Federation to enter its Student DotA and Counter-Strike: GO teams into a four way test match to be played in the Yota Arena, Moscow Russia from 15 to 17 September 2022.

    There will be a total prize fund of 1,500,000 Rubles, which equates to ZAR422,927.33, per game title.

    The prize fund is broken down as follows:

    1st place ­– 800 000 rubles

    2nd place – 400 000 rubles

    3rd place – 200 000 rubles

    4th place – 100 000 rubles

    Since there are only four countries participating, the other four are, Russia, Serbia, and Kazakhstan, it means that all the teams are guaranteed of walking away with a healthy purse.

    The fully funded team shall only be selected from players who are currently registered at a South African institution of higher education, and

    Such team shall be selected at MSSA's North West Online Esports Championships to be held on 27 August 2022,

    For further information, please contact MSSA at mindsportscorrespondence@gmail.com

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    Thursday, 3 October 2013

    Broken promises!

    I have just seen on the DGL website that Danil “Dendi” Ishutin is no longer coming out to rAge.


    I was amazed to see how quite everybody is on the matter.


    No outrage, no despair – nothing!


    Makes me wonder if anybody out there even reads the Do Gaming page any more.


    But more importantly, it shows how unfairly a very small group of gamers treat the MSSA.


    Since 2005, as the MSSA claims, they have sent a team every year overseas except for 2008 when the MSSA brought the mighty SK Gaming DotA and CounterStrike teams to South Africa. See http://www.sk-gaming.com/video/58117-Loda_vs_the_giraffe for Loda's romantic adventure with a giraffe.



    The 'community' was up in arms over the MSSA's decision as many gamers (very short-sightedly) felt that the money should be spent on prize money rather than bringing the SK heavy-weights to South Africa.


    I feel the MSSA did the right thing.


    Bearing in mind that the MSSA is a private association that is sponsored by companies, and does not generate profits of its own from trading, you can only realise how difficult it must be for the MSSA.


    Yet, the MSSA has never once reneged on a promise to either send a team overseas, or to bring a team here.


    Yet still, a very small cadre of discontents complain.


    But what the Dendi affair does tell me is that it is not so easy to bring players here or to send them over there.


    The fact that the MSSA consistently does it on a shoe-string budget tells me that the MSSA has the will, the drive and the commitment.



    (The photo of SK comes off the MSSA's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.147780669007.140362.146018324007&type=3 )
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