PRIDE sees off Jeppe Boys in CS: GO

Jeppe Boys ready for action.

The Parktown Boys CS: GO team which plays under the name of 'PRIDE' recently took to the field against Jeppe Boys in MSSA's CounterStrike: GO Ladder.

The match was played on the de_Dust II map.

However the Parktown Boys esports Team dominated the match and although the team from Jeppe played their hearts out, Jeppe was unable stop the onslaught.

The final result was Parktown Boys 16 to Jeppe Boys 10.

The current CounterStrike: GO rankings are as follows:

CounterStrike: GO – Schools					CounterStrike: GO – Senior
Pos	Name of Player	year	Club		Pos	Name of Player	year	Club
1	Team espera	16	DF Malan		1	WRG	15	White Rabbit Gaming
2	RBHS CSGO A	16	Rondebosch Boys		2	TERA| Qube	16	Anteria
3	PG 18	16	Parklands College		3	VOID	16	St Johns
4	PR0NHS	16	Northcliff High School		4	PORAXYSM	16	ALL STAR
5	Rondebosch	15	Rondebosch Boys High		5	VIGILANTES	15	TV
6	Fairmont [Psykotik Gaming]	14	FH		6	flikadawist	16	DF Malan
7	2nd Team	15	Fairmont High School		7	DELTA	15	All Stars
8	SJC SPEARR	15	St John's College		8	Rondebosch Boys High	15	RBHS
9	PRIDE	16	Parktown Boys		9	Phantom Troupe l Branden	16	Fairmont
10	Spartans	16	SAHETI		10	PG – 18	15	Parklands
11	SJC Carry+4Flashes	16	St John's		11	Pride	16	Parktown Boys
12	Crawford Sandton [CCSReaperz]	14	CS		12	QUANTM	16	St Conrads
13	Pr0NHS	15	Northcliff High School		13	PFU	16	Fairmont
14	St John's Entity	14	SJC		14	Fairmont High School	15	Fairmont
15	HTS	15	HTS Witbank		15	SPEARR	15	St Johns
16	PG18	15	Parklands College		16	Tesseract	16	Jeppe Boys
17	PG 16	16	Parklands College		17	PBHS red	15	Pretoria Boys
18	LHG1	15	King David High School		18	HGH	16	Hoerskool Generaal Hertzog
19	RBHS CSGO B	16	Rondebosch Boys		19	All Stars	16	ALL STAR
20	Brandcliff House [Customer Support]	14	BC		20	PRONHS	15	Northcliff High
21	Mr.Poject	16	Oakhill		21	LAGSTEPS	15	BNKR
22	J4WZ	15	Crawford College Sandton		22	PG16	16	Parklands
23	Pandamonium	15	Crawford College Sandton		23	VGR146	16	Lofdal
24	Nemises	15	Helpmekaar College		24	PBHS white	15	Pretoria Boys
25	Spartans	15	SAHETI		25	Maritzburg College	16	Maritzburg College
26	OU812_WEH	15	St Alban's College
27	Hyde Park High School	15	Hyde Park High School
28	SJC Underdogs	15	St John's College
29	St Alban's College	14	SAC
30	Reddam House Waterfall Estate [#REKT]	14	RHW
31	St John's Trust me We Are Good At Something	14	SJC
32	HTS Witbank	14	HTS
33	Linkside High	16	Linkside High
34	SJC Secrecy	15	St John's College
35	Tesseract	16	Jeppe Boys
36	EyEZ	15	Helpmekaar College
37	Midstream College [Midstream Reapers]	14	MidC
38	Hoerskool Generaal Hertzog	14	HGH
39	1st Team	15	Fairmont High School
40	MC CS 1	16	Maritzburg College
41	Sacred Heart	16	Sacred Heart

Does pride, not money, spur growth in esports?

MSSA's 2015 Protea eSports Team

As prize money for esports (or egames) continues to rise,  the question of whether it is pride or prize-money that is king in the growth of the game becomes more and more pertinent.

However, this is not a problem that  only affects esports.

Indeed, all sports have  been through this - even the Olympics.

When the Olympic  movement started, there were those who wanted professionals to compete in such games.

However, it was the will of those who only wanted amateurs to compete that  held sway.

Only after the retirement of IOC President Avery Brundage in 1972, were the Olympic amateurism rules steadily relaxed, until being completely abandoned in the 1990s.

Even in the 2016 Summer Olympics, professional boxers were allowed to compete in boxing, though amateur fight rules are still used for the tournament.

As far as I recall the last amateur team to participate in the FIFA World Cup was in Argentina in1978.

Thus the fight between pride and money is indeed a long one, and is as old as the concept  of organised sport itself.

Thus while some seemingly good-hearted individuals  want to see egames move towards only being pride, I feel that such a move is totally misguided.

IeSF also fully understands where eSports has been, and where it is going. As a result IeSF skillfully combines the best of both pride and money to create a sustainable future.   

One cannot turn back the clock, and all sporting bodies have to move forward, and stay in line with the societies that they represent. There has to be a compromise between pride and money as it is extremely difficult for amateurs to deliver the same results as those produced by professionals.

Even the Olympic movement knows that!