Closing date for entries for MSSA's Inter-School League.

There are over 60 schools affiliated to Mind Sports South Africa.

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA), the largest membership based organisation for gaming in South Africa has just revealed the closing date for entries for its annual online Inter-School League.

The league started back in 2010 thanks to the input and support of ASUS, and since then has continued to grow in popularity.

Today, there are no less than 64 schools affiliated to MSSA and those that participate in the online school league offer there learners the opportunity of playing in the only official school league in the country.

By playing in the official school league, learners are able to earn:

• Medals for finishing in the first three places in the various game titles, and
• School Provincial Colours, and
• A berth in the 2020 MSSA National Team Trials.

Over the years, the league has been refined to accommodate the wishes of the membership. As such the league has been split into leagues that accommodate both the three and four school terms.

The entry fee is R34.00 per player.

The entry dates are as follows:

League	Entry date	Starting date
Inter-School League	1 July 2019	19 July 2019

The titles to be played are:

• Clash Royale
• CounterStrike: GO
• DotA 2
• FIFA '19
• HearthStone
• League of Legends
• Paladins 
• PES mobile
• StreetFighter V

In keeping with Mind Sport South Africa's policies re development programmes, entries are free and gratis to registered players who are unable to afford to enter such championships should the member club formally request assistance. Such applications must be directed to the MSSA at: e-mail: mindsportscorrespondence@gmail.com 

Players who are registered with any school may participate.

Players are reminded that the majority choice of rules as at the closing date for entries shall be used.

Entry fees can be deposited directly into Mind Sports South Africa's account, held at ABSA Bank, account number, 90 4766 7676. 

No entries shall be accepted without MSSA having received proof of payment.

All entries must be entered onto the entry form that may be downloaded from https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VEYdTjmTj6FvqNDftSz9QdAYsiOiRaaI7EUY_rKxDUI/edit#gid=0

The following Medals may be awarded at MSSA's 2019 Annual Inter-School League:

• HIGH SCHOOL (FEMALE): Medals shall be awarded to the first three high school scholars.
• PRIMARY SCHOOL (FEMALE): Medals shall be awarded to the first three high school scholars.
• HIGH SCHOOL (MALE): Medals shall be awarded to the first three high school scholars.
• PRIMARY SCHOOL (MALE): Medals shall be awarded to the first three high school scholars.

Colours and National Team Trials:

• Provincial Colours: All Players who win all of their Matches at MSSA's 2019 Annual Inter-School League will earn Provincial Colours.
• Provincial Colours: All Players who score within the top 50% in a specific Period at a Provincial Championship, and who also score within the top 50% at MSSA's 2019 Annual Inter-School League in the same period and in the same year, shall earn Provincial Colours.
• National Team Trials: All Players that score within the top 20% or top three places, whichever is greater, in a specific Period at a Provincial or National Championship will be eligible for selection for the National Squad. 

Also read:

• Ensuring gender equity in esports.
• MSSA celebrates its women who have earned Protea Colours.
• Why schools and universities should invest in esports.
• New National Team Selection Criteria
• 2019 Calendar of Events
• Important notice: MSSA drops the esports title 'Fortnite' from its provincial and national events.

2019 On-line Provincial Esports Championships - 20 April 2019

Over the years, most of the people selected to represent South Africa in the Protea Esports Team have participated in the Online Provincial Championships.

The MSSA is proud to announce that it shall host the 2019 On-line Provincial Championships, which will offer local players the opportunity to qualify for selection to the national squad.

The 2019 On-line Provincial Championships is the second last senior provincial event prior to the start of the selection process.

The championship shall be held on 20 April 2019.

Game titles to be played are:

SATURDAY:
Time	Paladins PC/PS4	FIFA’19	HearthStone	Ultimate Street Fighter V	Clash Royal	Counter Strike	League of Legends (LoL)	Dota 2	TEKKEN 7
09H00	Round 1 Starts	Round 1 Starts	Round 1 Starts	Round 1 Starts	Round 1 Starts	Round 1 Starts	Round 1 Starts	Round 1 Starts	Round 1 Starts
09H45	Round 1 Continues	Round 1 Continues	Round 1 Continues	Round 1 Continues	Round 1 Continues	Round 1 Continues	Round 1 Continues	Round 1 Continues	Round 1 Continues
10H30	Round 2 Starts	Round 2 Starts	Round 2 Starts	Round 2 Starts	Round 2 Starts	Round 2 Starts	Round 2 Starts	Round 2 Starts	Round 2 Starts
11H15	Round 2 Continues	Round 2 Continues	Round 2 Continues	Round 2 Continues	Round 2 Continues	Round 2 Continues	Round 2 Continues	Round 2 Continues	Round 2 Continues
12H00	Round 3 Starts	Round 3 Starts	Round 3 Starts	Round 3 Starts	Round 3 Starts	Round 3 Starts	Round 3 Starts	Round 3 Starts	Round 3 Starts
12H45	Round 3 Continues	Round 3 Continues	Round 3 Continues	Round 3 Continues	Round 3 Continues	Round 3 Continues	Round 3 Continues	Round 3 Continues	Round 3 Continues
13H00	LUNCH
Time	Paladins (continued)	FIFA’19 (continued)	HearthStone (continued)	Ultimate Street Fighter V (continued	Clash Royal (continued)	Counter Strike (continued)	LoL (continued)	Dota 2 (continued)	TEKKEN 7 (continued)
14H00	Round 4 Starts	Round 4 Starts	Round 4 Starts	Round 4 Starts	Round 4 Starts	Round 4 Starts	Round 4 Starts	Round 4 Starts	Round 4 Starts
14H45	Round 4 Continues	Round 4 Continues	Round 4 Continues	Round 4 Continues	Round 4 Continues	Round 4 Continues	Round 4 Continues	Round 4 Continues	Round 4 Continues
15H30	Round 5 Starts	Round 5 Starts	Round 5 Starts	Round 5 Starts	Round 5 Starts	Round 5 Starts	Round 5 Starts	Round 5 Starts	Round 5 Starts
16H15	Round 5 Continues	Round 5 Continues	Round 5 Continues	Round 5 Continues	Round 5 Continues	Round 5 Continues	Round 5 Continues	Round 5 Continues	Round 5 Continues

Tournament Structure:

As per the MSSA's rules, being:

• If less than six teams, the championship shall be a Round Robin Championship

• If 6 to 10 teams enter the championship there shall be four rounds as played to the Swiss System

• If 11 or more teams enter the championship there shall be five rounds as played to the Swiss System

Eligibility:

• Any team consisting of players who are Registered Players affiliated to a MSSA member club may enter.

Entry fee:

• Entry is R34.00 per Registered Player.

• Only fully-paid-up Registered Players may participate in this event.

Entries:

• Entries need to be submitted on or before 16 April 2019.

• The entry form may be downloaded from: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EN7RpKgB8_ZvHGZvTkkJVsx7gKj1p2yv3p9SDzE3RNI/edit#gid=287696184 and submitted to mindsportscorrespondence@gmail.com

Medals:

Medals shall be handed over to winners at the next MSSA LAN that they attend. 

      MALE:

• PREMIER: Medals shall be awarded to the first three teams.

• UNDER 24: Medals shall be awarded to the first three teams that have not won a Premier medal and which are comprised entirely of students currently registered at any officially recognised University.

• SCHOLARS: Medals shall be awarded to the first three teams of learners currently registered at any officially recognised school, provided they have not received any Premier medals. 

        FEMALE:

• PREMIER: Medals shall be awarded to the first three teams.

• UNDER 24: Medals shall be awarded to the first three teams that have not won a Premier medal and which are comprised entirely of students currently registered at any officially recognised University.

• SCHOLARS: Medals shall be awarded to the first three teams of learners currently registered at any officially recognised school, provided they have not received any Premier medals.

Colours:

• Protea Colours: Only Players that are selected to represent South Africa in International Championships may earn National Colours if the Protea Colours Board's criteria are met.

• National Colours: All Players that win all of their Matches at a National Championship will earn National Colours.

• Provincial Colours: All Players that win all of their Matches at a Provincial Championship will earn Provincial Colours. All Players who score within the top 50% in a specific Period at a Provincial Championship, and who also score within the top 50% at a National Championship in the same period and in the same year, will earn Provincial Colours.

General:

• The championship shall be played on: 20 April 2019

• The first round will start at 09H00. Players shall be given 60 minutes to complete each round.

• The championship is accredited as being of the same status as a provincial championship. 

• The championship shall be used for the awarding of provincial colours;

• The championship shall be used for the awarding of medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in Premier, Under 24, and School categories;

• The championship shall be used for the ability to qualify for National Team Squad.

• All medals shall be awarded to the recipients at a MSSA LAN championships.

Umpires:

• Umpires may only be contacted over Skype on the day of competition. Any communication not on the Skype channel shall be entered into.

Entries:

• All clubs must enter their teams via the Google Drive.

• Payment shall be effected before start of play.

Ladder:

• For games to count for the National Ladder, teams must advise the Umpires before the start of each match.

Shout casting:

• MSSA shall decide who may shout-cast the games.

• Anybody wishing to be appointed as a Shout-Caster must apply in writing tomindsportssa@iafrica.com

Also read:

• Why schools and universities should invest in esports.
• New National Team Selection Criteria
• 2019 Calendar of Events

Paul Roos Gimnasium heads the rankings.

Paul Roos Gimnasium's Esports team at MSSA's 2018 National Team Trials.

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) shall hold its annual On-line Inter-school Provincial Championships on 9 February 2019. 2019 will see the championship being held for its consecutive 8th year. The championship is tribute to MSSA's commitment to growing esports as a true sport at school level as well as proof of the success of such programme.

The championship in 2018 involved more schools than ever before. The schools represented seven provinces, and many of the top private and public schools participated.

Every year more-and more schools affiliate to MSSA, and many predict that within the next four years, the school online championship shall involve more schools than any other sport.

The Online Schools Championships is the breeding ground for the National Protea Teams, and the schools' championships allows athletes to qualify for the selection process. It should be noted that only officially accredited MSSA events allow athletes to qualify for the selection process.

MSSA believes that the Online School Championships remains an important foundation phase to the development of esports as a whole. MSSA is too of the opinion that the winning winning teams and players will go on to rattle the 'cages' and successfully challenge the 'status quo' of the senior teams which will ultimately provide the competition needed for South African gaming to improve upon its average standard.

The full list of rankings of school teams for the Counter-Strike: GO esports period is as follows:

Pos	Name of Team	year	School	Points
1	PRG B (previously 'Hackstack')	18	Paul Roos Gimnasium	182.5
2	PRG A (previously 'Deity')	18	Paul Roos Gimnasium	182.5
3	PRG C	18	Paul Roos Gimnasium	182.5
4	Bishops CSGO 1ST team	18	Bishops College	182.5
5	Hoërskool Lichtenburg	18	Hoërskool Lichtenburg	182.5
6	Sample text	18	Bishops College	182.5
7	GHS CS:GO 1sts	18	Grey High School	182.5
8	Cyrex	18	Vereeniging Gimnasium	182.5
9	Soviet UnicornZ	18	Midstream College	182.5
10	District_Zero	18	Protea Heights Academy	182.5
11	Northwood CSGO	18	Northwood High	182.5
12	Westerford High School	18	Westerford High School	182.5
13	Semper Fi	18	Oakhill College	182.5
14	Choke 9	18	Empangeni High School	182.5
15	Cedar House	17	Cedar House	182.5
16	Cryptid Claws	17	Hoërskool Wonderboom	182.5
17	Curro Kld (Qantum)	17	Curro Klerksdorp	182.5
18	Limitless	17	Hoërskool Wonderboom	182.5
19	PG 18	17	Parklands College	182.5
20	Potchefstroom Gimnasium	17	Potchefstroom Gimnasium	182.5
21	Pr0NHS & Girls	17	Northcliff High School	182.5
22	PRIDE	17	Parktown Boys	182.5
23	RBHS CSGO A	17	Rondebosch Boys	182.5
24	Spartans	17	SAHETI	182.5
25	Spartans B	17	SAHETI	182.5
26	The Nerd Herd	17	Glenwood House	182.5
27	iBUYCEREALi	18	Hoërskool Wonderboom	182.5
28	Monnas B	18	HS Monument	178.1
29	AFP	17	Hoërskool Wonderboom	175.5
30	Monnas A	18	HS Monument	165.8
31	MC CS 1	17	Maritzburg College	162.8
32	GHS CS:GO 2nds	18	Grey High School	154.8
33	RISING SONS	18	Helpmekaar	151.8
34	PR0NHS	18	Northcliff High School	150.9
35	EHS CSGO	18	Empangeni High School	149.8
36	Awoken	17	Hoërskool Wonderboom	140.8
37	MHS Esports	18	Milnerton High School	139.6
38	Oakhill	17	Oakhill	133.1
39	Pr0NHS2	18	Northcliff High School	107
40	T.I.O	18	Oakhill College	103.5
41	Raptors HTS	17	HTS Witbank	102.9
42	Mr.Poject	16	Oakhill	100
43	SJC Carry+4Flashes	16	St John's	100
44	Team espera	16	DF Malan	100
45	SETTING SONS	18	Helpmekaar	95
46	RBHS CSGO B	17	Rondebosch Boys	92.2
47	Tesseract	17	Jeppe High School for Boys	89.5
48	Ice Wolves	17	Hoërskool Wonderboom	79.5
49	rbcs-go	18	Richard's Bay Christian School	75
50	MC GO2	17	Maritzburg College	71.3
51	HTS	17	HTS Witbank	69.9
52	GWH CSGO	17	Glenwood House	64.5
53	RatedGG	18	Hoërskool Wonderboom	64
54	Hoërskool Warmbad	18	Hoërskool Warmbad	56.3

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
• The new national team selection criteria.
• Why schools and universities should invest in esports.