Entries to championships - April 2021

The 2021 year is full swing.

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) has ensured that no gamer will be left behind, and together with its member clubs will put on a number of championships that may cover more titles than ever before through its Derby, Regional Championships, Provincial Championships, National Championships, and Inter-Regional and  Inter-Provincial Test Matches.

The next three events are:

Event	Date of Event	Date of Entry	Venue
Provincial Online Student Championships - 10 April 2021	10 April 2021	8 April 2021	On-line
2021 Online Provincial Championships - 17 April 2021	17 April 2021	15 April 2021	On-line
Combined Online Provincial Championships for Schools - 24 April 2021	24 April 2021	21 April 2021	On-line

Also read:

• Affiliation: Schools
• Affiliation: Private clubs
• Affiliation: Advantages of affiliation
• Calendar of  Events: 2021
• Colours: Regional Colours
• Entry Dates: All championships
• Esports titles selected: MSSA's High School Championships.
• Esports titles selected: MSSA's Student Championships
• Esports titles selected: MSSA's Premier Championships.
• Events: Provincial Online Student Championships - 10 April 2021
  
• Events: 2021 On-line Provincial Championships - 17 April 2021
• Events: Combined Online Provincial Championships for Schools - 24 April 2021
• Ladder: National Ladder Champions
• Notices: MSSA's new Players' Representative - Jessie Joubert (ZAG Academy
• Notices: Lenel Human makes history.
• Notices: Sahil Ebrahim of PES Society elected as MSSA's Western Cape Provincial Director.
• Notices: Derby events
• Notices: Derby events -the way forward.
• Notices: Publishing your club news.
• Notices: Transfer season
• Notices: Learners may play for both private and school clubs.
• Notices: Calling all those wishing to serve as Selectors to volunteer
• Notices: The various events held by Mind Sports South Africa.
• Rankings: Clash Royale
• Rankings: Morabaraba
• Rankings: Pro Evolution Soccer (PES)
• Selection: New National Team Selection Criteria
• Selection: Selecting the national Protea teams for Mind Sports South Africa.
• Test Match results: South African Protea DotA 2 team rises triumphant.
• Test Match results: DOTA2: South Africa vs Azerbaijan
• Trailblazers: Michelle Marder

Possible esports titles to be played in MSSA's 2020 events.

MSSA President, Amanda Pakade, with 2018 SA National Tekken 7 Champion, Charlize Seremak (HTS Sasolburg).

It is always a hot topic when esports titles are being discussed and agreed upon at Mind Sports South Africa's Annual General Meeting.

Even though MSSA has always given ample notice of the rules on how the esports titles are selected, there are always one or two member club delegates who state that they were unaware of the process.

So what is the process?

The process for selecting esports titles for provincial and national championships is that any club may nominate additional titles as long as such titles shall have been played at any two Regional Events at which there were at least three teams per event. MSSA will only ever select at most 10 esports titles per annum per type of championship.

Bearing in mind the above criteria, as well as the schedule of esports  titles played in MSSA's 2019 events (below), it will immediately become apparent that currently MSSA only has 7 titles selected for Student provincial and national championships, and only has 9 titles selected for High School provincial and national championships.

Thus an additional three (3) titles may be selected for Student provincial and national championships, and another one (1) title may be selected for High School provincial and national championships.

Any member club wishing to nominate its favourite esports title for consideration must therefore make the nomination of such title by 1 November 2019 (so that the nomination can be included on the agenda) and ensure that such title has been played at least two (2) Regional Championships.

The titles that were played in 2019, and will automatically be nominated are:  

Premier Provincial and National Championships		Student provincial and national championships.		High School provincial and national championships.
Game titles		Game titles		Game titles
Clash Royal		Call of Duty Black Ops 4		Clash Royal
Counter-Strike: GO		Counter-Strike: GO		Counter-Strike: GO
DotA 2		DotA 2		DotA 2
FIFA’20		FIFA’20		FIFA’20
HearthStone		League of Legends (LoL)		Hearthstone
League of Legends (LoL)		Paladins		League of Legends (LoL)
Paladins		TEKKEN 7		Paladins
Pro Evolution Soccer (PES)				Pro Evolution Soccer (PES)
Street Fighter V				Street Fighter V
TEKKEN 7

Also read:

• Entry fees for Provincial and National Championships for the period 1 November 2019 to 31 October 2020.
• MSSA advises of its affiliation and registration fees for the 2019/2020 season.
• MSSA elections allow change and growth.
• Amanda Pakade is elected in for a 3 year term as MSSA President.
• Freedom of association.
• MSSA benefits all member clubs.
• MSSA's Elected Office-Bearers for 2019.
• Preventing dominance by any one club.
• MSSA amends rules for hosting Regional Championships.

Vote on which game title you want to see played in 2019.

Registered Players are invited to have their say.

Even though Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) takes direction from its member clubs, MSSA still believes that it is important to listen directly to its players.

For such reason, the Players' Representative is directly elected by Registered Players (please see: The position of MSSA's Players' Representative is up for election at the 2018 SA National Championships.) in order to ensure that the member clubs truly represent the interests of their Registered Players, and to ensure that MSSA's Management Board also represents the wishes of the Registered Players.

It is for such reason that MSSA is also polling Registered Players for the choice of esports game titles to be played at the various levels of championships.

Thus there is a poll for the Premier, Student, and High School Championships and Leagues.

The polls may be found at:

• Premier: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MSSAeSports/
• Student: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1301596313316883/
• High School: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1676447775912809/

Only ten game titles shall be selected, so have your say.