Showing posts with label gaming. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 10 March 2026

Important Official Announcement!


With IESF going to make the announcement apropos WEC26 only in mid March 2026, MSSA is unable to hold its National Team Trials on 14 March 2026.

The National Team Trials for IESF's WEC26 will thus be moved to 25 April 2026.

Two events will be squeezed in to ensure that all athletes have a chance to qualify for the National Team Trials that will be used to select the Protea Team that will officially represent South Africa at IESF's WEC26.

  • 14  March 2026 - 15th Provincial Online Championships
  • 18 April 2026 - 6th KWAZULU NATAL Online Championships
  • 25 April 2026 - National Team Trials for titles to be played at IESF
The Board is still set to decide upon the date for the other titles. In

All member clubs and athletes are reminded that teams are only chosen if there is at least participation from four (4) provinces during the year.

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Saturday, 7 March 2026

Streaming of MSSA's 6th Gauteng Online Championships - 7 March 2026


Waylander Gaming LIVE is streaming MSSA's Western Cape Online Championships for the MLBB esports title for MSSA and will bring you all the action and excitement of the Championship for the Mobile Legends Bang Bang Esports title as they battle each and every opponent.


📅 7 March 2026

⏰ From 10:00 AM

📺 LIVE on Waylander Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZb7qTT7YJU

The streamed matches are:

Match 1: 10H00

Evil Inc vs Void Esports

Match 2: 11H00

Empire Asylum vs Void Girls Esports

Match 3: 12H30

Evil Inc vs Equilibrium

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Saturday, 28 February 2026

Streaming of MSSA's Western Cape Online Championships - 28 February 2026


Waylander Gaming LIVE is streaming MSSA's Western Cape Online Championships for the MLBB esports title for MSSA and will bring you all the action and excitement of the Championship for the Mobile Legends Bang Bang Esports title as they battle each and every opponent.

📅 24 January 2026

⏰ From 10:00 AM

📺 LIVE on Waylander Gaming: https://youtube.com/live/28UrxsQq6ss?feature=share

The list of contestants are:

  • Re:Nabjutsu 
  • Boah Oh Woah 
  • Pandora's Code Red 
  • Equilibrium 
  • Evil Incorporated 
  • Void eSports 
  • Void Girls eSports 
  • Empire Asylum
  • Seraphs
  • The Roedaan Reapers

The streamed matches are:

Match 1: 10H00

Evil Inc vs Void Esports

Match 2: 11H00

Equilibrium vs Void

Match 3: 12H30

Boah oh Woah vs RENABJUTSU

Match 4: 13H30

Boah oh Woah vs Evil Inc

Match 5: 15:00

RENABJUTSU vs Equilibrium

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Tuesday, 21 May 2024

National Sports Authority recognises GESF as sole E-Sports governing body in Ghana

Under GeSF President, Igor Boumekpo, GeSF now has official; accreditation.

The National Sports Authority has officially recognized the eSports Federation, Ghana as a governing body for E-Sports in Ghana.

Following thorough evaluation and compliance with registration criteria, the Federation has been granted authority over electronic gaming sports within the country by the NSA.

In a meeting held in February between the federation's President, Igor Boumekpo, and NSA officials, discussions centered on the federation's role in autonomously regulating and overseeing all esports-related activities in Ghana. The recent approval solidifies this arrangement.

This decision by the NSA is poised to significantly impact the esports community in Ghana and, by extension, the broader gaming community across Africa.

Over the years, eSports Federation, Ghana has spearheaded various gaming competitions and events in Ghana and the African continent. Notable among these are the Warm Up ESports Festival in collaboration with 3Sports and the annual Orange eSports events since 2018.

This year, the federation organized the NFL Fan Zone event in  Accra, coinciding with the NFL Africa Touchdown, which saw the participation of dignitaries such as the Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.

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Friday, 14 April 2023

Does prize money for Esports fall under the Gambling Act?


Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA)  is the world's oldest national federation for esports having been founded in 1985 and is the custodian for all esports in South Africa.

With the development of esports in South Africa, there are more-and-more private operators wanting to start their own competitions. Many of these private operators do not want to seek official accreditation in order to avoid regulatory bodies and the law.

eSports are not governed by gambling legislation and therefore a licence from the provincial gambling boards is not required should events be accredited by MSSA. v

If the event meets the requirements for an eSport event, then the event would be governed by the eSport regulator.

Online gaming has gained significant momentum in South Africa. There are dedicated leagues that host local competitions where entrants pay fees (similar to the Registration Fees) and compete for the opportunity to win cash prizes. 

Online gaming on a competitive level is considered an eSport. The recognition of eSports in South Africa has taken great strides by MSSA. In this way, competitive and online gaming is regulated in terms of sporting regulation and not under gambling laws. 

In the 2013 White Paper on Sport and Recreation for the Republic of South Africa (White Paper), the definition of sport in a development context includes a broad and inclusive spectrum of activities which people of all ages and abilities can participate. 

In 2008, the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Sport for the Development and Peace defined sport, for the purposes of development, as “all forms of physical activity that contribute to physical fitness, mental wellbeing and social interaction, such as play, recreation, organised or competitive sport, and indigenous sports and games”.

Fortunately, Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) (the official organisation with the rights to give out South African colours to eSports teams at a national and provincial level) makes a clear provision for the recognition of eSports in their constitutional document. eSports are recognised as sports and are, as such, regulated in terms of sporting legislation and not gambling legislation.

Thus, it is MSSA's opinion that in order to avoid approaching a gambling regulator, a private operator needs to have its event registered as an accredited eSport event. 

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Sunday, 19 June 2022

ESFI’s National qualifiers to select Indian team for 14th World Esports Championships kicks off on Saturday 18 June 2022

The NESC are being conducted for CS:GO & Tekken7; team to competein IESF's 14th World Esports Championships.

The national qualification tournament - National Esports Championships (NESC 2022), to select the Indian esports contingent for the 14th edition of the International Esports Federation’s (IESF) World Esports Championship to be held in Bali, Indonesia, will begin on Saturday 18 June 2022.

The qualification tournament will be conducted under the aegis of the Esports Federation of India (ESFI).

The NESC’22 will be conducted online with the top athletes from across the country competing and showcasing their skills and strategies.

The qualifiers will be played in a double-elimination format and shall be concluded by June 20. This year’s World Esports Championship shall be held in Bali from November 27 to Dec 7 and will boast of massive prize pool of USD 500,000.00 (~Rs 4 crore).

CS:GO will see participation of 16 teams competing with veteran team consist of Ritesh Sarda (Captain), Hrishikesh Shenoy, Anshul Ajay Adarkar, Shuvajyoti Chakraborty, Harsh Jain & Ninad Ramesh Sonare), which won the last NESC2022 for 13th WEC, Eilat.

On the other hand, single-player title Tekken7 will witness participation of total 37 players, including top stars Hitesh Khorwal, winner of last NESC2022 (for 13 th WEC, Eilat) and Rohit Jain winner of NESC2022 (for WSL2021) and Abhinav Tejan, who is the veteran of Tekken India.

As Esports is getting popular across India, Wasfi Bilal, Shakir Khan and Arsalan Nabi Wani from Kashmir are also participating in the national qualifiers and Wasfi Bilal aka Yoshikiller719 is also amongst the top Tekken7 esports athletes of the country and will look to seal this year’s WEC berth.

“We will now proceed with the tournaments witnessing top esports athletes giving cut throat challenges in different categories to make it successfully to the WEC. It will be a gruelling event as the players will have to showcase their best strategy, skills and presence of mind, upon with the pressure to make the cut to be part of the Indian contingent for WEC’22. It will be an action packed and edge of the seat thrilling tournament for sure.” said Lokesh Suji, Director of Esports Federation of India and Vice President of the Asian Esports Federation.

The DOTA team, comprising of veteran athletes like Moin Ejaz (captain), Krish, Abhishek, Ketan and Darshan, which qualified for the 2022 Asian Games, will be part of Team India for the 14 th  World Esports Championships.

With regards to PES2022, the recent update of PES/eFOOTBALL still does not have an option to hold online championship; given the situation, ESFI is evaluating to organise a physical event that may be held in Delhi/Mumbai. The dates and venue for the qualifiers will be announced soon.

The Indian contingent, selected based on their performances in the NESC2022, will take part in the World Esports Championships Regional Qualifiers, for which dates will be announced soon by the IESF. The Regional Qualifiers will be organised along with other continental federations.

ESFI continued its partnership with Artsmith-Concepts & Visions which will extend its support as the communication partner. The National Esports Championships will be streamed live semifinal onwards on ESFI’s official YouTube channel as well as on the Facebook page.

ENDS

About Esports Federation of India:

The Esports Federation of India (ESFI) is a full member of International Esports Federation (IESF), Global Esports Federation (GEF) and Asian Esports Federation (AESF). ESFI participated in Asian Games 2018, where Tirth Mehta got India’s first bronze in esports (demonstration title).

To promote, encourage, organise, educate, train and control Esports in India and to provide facilities for training in Esports, build and sustain the Esports eco-system in India, not limiting to providing, conceptualising, opening, managing, running, developing, facilitating, and promoting all areas of Esports and to provide all other possible and related form of Esports.

For more information, contact:

Agency (Artsmith.in) - Kumar Gaurav | kumar@artsmith.in | 9910364754


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Sunday, 21 November 2021

SAF. Enforces affiliates...

Ms. Amanda Pakade (MSSA President) is of the opinion that mobile gaming is about to show great growth.

With Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) having committed itself to the long-term development and promotion of mobile gaming, many more clubs are affiliating to MSSA.

MSSA is of the belief and opinion that mobile gaming will become more-and-more popular in the coming months and years.

With MSSA advocating this opinion, the Bredasdorp esports club, SAF.Enforces, under the chairmanship of Charles Black has affiliated to MSSA. 

The club is strongly invested in Call of Duty Mobile (CODM) and sees itself as a contender to the position of national champion.

MSSA is confident that MSSA and SAF.Enforces will have a long and fruitfull relationship.

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Saturday, 20 November 2021

'Ice Trolls Gaming' has affiliated to MSSA.


With Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) having announced that it shall be hosting Call of Duty Mobile (CODM), a number of clans have taken on more formal organisational structures in order to affiliate to MSSA.

One such club is the Port Elizabeth based Ice Trolls Gaming. Under the chairmansip of Werner Human, the club has every intention of being crowned as the SA National Champions.

The lure of earning Provincial, National, and Protea Colours has seemingly captured the minds of their athletes.

Ms. Amanda Pakade (MSSA President) stated, "Again athletes are seeing the advantages of being a member of MSSA. MSSA welcomes Artic Trolls Gaming into membership and hopes that both will have a long and fruitfull relationship".

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Sunday, 22 August 2021

Get paid to train gamers.

Kingfisher's initiative will take South Africa's gaming to new heights.

In many aspects South Africa is well ahead of the curve in gaming, and in others woefully behind. 

South Africa has produced world champions in wargames, morabaraba, and checkers, as well as having produced sterling results in esports. However the results have been spasmodic at best and have largely relied on the efforts of interested volunteers and dedicated athletes who have put their own time, efforts, and resoures into the mix.

There is now a truly exciting development that will change the way in which trainers and athletes are prepared for high level competition.

Kingfisher Gaming is establishing South Africa's first, if not the first in the world, High Performance Centre (HPC) for gaming in which both trainers and athletes will be paid.

Salaries will be between R15,000.00 to R20,000.00 per month for trainers.

The job will entail the following:

  1. Learning the games we suggest backwards and forwards with all of the nuances.
  2. Being able to teach those games to our less experienced employees and ultimately elevate them to the level of trainers.
  3. Create YouTube channels around playing the games and teaching the games.


Kingfisher will provide:


  1. Any of the equipment necessary for streaming, playing and training.
  2. All of the space necessary.
  3. A great space to play and jam.


You should be a die hard gamer and be looking for the opportunity to make money playing games and being fully passionate about it.


The initiative will be start off with games similar to Hearthstone.


Please submit a CV of your gaming experience.

The application may be found on: https://kfmed.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=49

Applications must be submitted by the close of business on Friday, 27 August 2021.

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Sunday, 6 June 2021

Gaming mentally


by Dr Denise Bouah

Esports is not sport! If we were to accept this notion it will mean that you do not need mental skills! Or dare we tread into the realm of it being a sport and maybe against your will acknowledge that you actually need to have a pretty good arsenal of mental skills that you can whip out and use to your advantage? Yes, we know it is a sport. So, my dear athlete, my question to you is this: What does your personal repertoire of mental skills look like? As a competitive athlete, you need to be mentally equipped.

Anytime you attempt to achieve something, mental skills come into play:

Do you know how to enter a zone of optimal focusing and concentration so you can perform your best? How do you re-enter it when you get distracted? What do you do when you feel anxious the night before a big event? How do you curb those negative thoughts that you just might not have what it takes? How well do you cope with a lack of support from those around you? What do you do to maintain a healthy balance in your life - this means your sport is not ruling your life and that you can make time to visit with friends and family, enjoy other activities, be successful in academic studies etc., whilst not feeling guilty for not practicing or performing. It is all a fine art of setting up your life as a competitor in such a way that you can perform to the best of your ability, whilst also maintaining a well balanced life apart from your performance domain.

Fast forward to your next competition game, your game hasn't started yet. It is minutes before it starts and your palms are sweaty, you glanced at the opposition and suddenly you wonder for a brief moment if you will win, you shrug it off and tell yourself that you think you will be fine, your heart is racing, the intensity of your emotions is palpable, you feel nervous and if you are honest maybe ever so slightly anxious. You hope your training will pay off. The game starts.... and suddenly you're in it! Time for action!

This is what we experience as athletes. I am a competitive Chess player who has been representing South Africa since 1998. I know that competing is tough and that preparation can be strenuous and lead to making all sorts of sacrifices to get the required amount of training done. I know that sometimes, things go wrong and that hard work doesn't always pay off when we need it to. We have to dig deep to bounce back. But then I also know the joy when a win is recorded and you can sit back and just take in the moment of a good performance. As athletes, we get to experience it all! The highs, the lows and everything in between. 

Being mentally strong is NOT overrated. Making the decision to grow mentally as you progress in your sport is one of the most important choices you can make. Let's look at just 5 benefits of incorporating mental skills training into your preparation programme:

1. Confidence

Insecurity and doubting one's own ability can hamper performance greatly. It also saps energy and can distract a player from focusing on task related skills. Through mental skills training, a player can learn ways to boost confidence levels and as a result also increase positive thinking and self-talk. This is a crucial skill to have in the heat of the battle.

2. Coping strategies

 Anxiety is a common emotion to experience in the performance domain. I know athletes who have terminated their sport careers due to their negative experiences caused by anxiety. A psychologist can assist players to deal effectively with anxiety and stress. Depression can be a silent companion of an athlete. It is important to deal with this and not be limited in life and performance just because an athlete feels embarrassed to get help. Working with a psychologist is confidential. 

3. Time management

This is an important aspect that can be fine tuned with the help of a mental skills expert. Using time productively during a performance can be a determining factor of the result. If a player is anxious or gets distracted, it can cost the player valuable seconds during critical moments. 

4. Dealing with losses and mistakes

We cannot be part of competitive activities without experiencing losses from time to time. How we deal with them is critical, especially during a competition. This refers to making mistakes during game time. Being angry with ourselves or other teammates will not be helpful for our performances. So it is a good idea to develop strategies to deal with these type of moments and situations. 

5. Balancing life and sport

This is probably the most important skill to develop. We cannot live in a performance zone most of the time. There must be time for relaxation, connecting with others socially (face to face), and making time for other interests as well. Because eSports is sedentary in nature (as is Chess), it is important to be fit and maintain one's general health. Burnout can be prevented and it renews our energy when we step away from the world of performance so we can return with gusto, motivation and renewed enthusiasm.

Performing well is not just about plugging in and giving all we've got.  A successful athlete is one who lives a balanced life, who has the ability to be resilient, fair and on the lookout to grow emotionally through experiences. If you should score yourself on a mental skills scale of 1-10, realistically speaking, would you say that you can give yourself a 10/10 for doing the effort of developing key mental skills necessary for you to perform all-round in your life? If not, you have nothing to lose by investing in your growth as athlete and person. What do you need to take that step? Also read:

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