Thursday, 15 September 2022

Serbia posts its best team.

Members of MSSA's Student Team Esports South Africa acclimatizing to the Yota arena.

Mind Sports South Africa's (MSSA) Student Team Esports South Africa has a daunting task at the Open Esports University Games to be played in the Yota Arena, Moscow Russia from 15 to 17 September 2022.

The Serbian team boasts of athletes that represent   the leading universities in Serbia and includes students from IT to Medicine. The Serbian athletes are both experienced and accomplished and are without doubt the cream of Serbian esports athletes.

MSSA's Student Team Esports South Africa may lack the international experience as found in its opponents, but the team's enthusiasm, will to succeed and wish to represent South africa to the best of their abilities means that Serbia has a fight on their hands.

On September 17, we are going to the Grand Final of the competition in Yota Arena. In addition to tense matches and the long-awaited results of the tournament, the audience will have a bright opening ceremony, contests, gaming zones and a rich entertainment program. Admission is free, but pre-registration is required. Take your place in the hall: https://bit.ly/3KIeK2J

The Serbian team is:

MSSA's Student Team Esports South Africa is as follows:

Esports titleName of player
Counter-Strike: GO
Joshua Chapman
Simon Zandstra  (Captain)
Sebastian Pelaez
Robert Butler
Armand Pierre van der Colf
DotA
Christian Uys
Lennard Koekemoer
Nathan Beck
Suhail Khan (Captain)
Tameer Chicktay

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Wednesday, 14 September 2022

Team Esports SA has landed.

An enthusiatic MSSA Student Team Esports South Africa at Moscow International Airport.

After a day of journeying, Mind Sports South Africa's Student Team Esports South Africa has completed the journey from South Africa to Russia.

In mid afternoon, MSSA's Student Team Esports SA landed at Moscow International Airport and was met by Russian Esports Federation's advisor to ReSF President, Mr. Constantine Surkont.

MSSA's Student Team Esports SA visibly showed no signs of travel weariness and quickly moved off to their lodgings to ready themselves for the gruelling schedule that lies ahead.

The team is bivouacked in the modern Park Tower hotel which is known for its services for tourists, businessmen, sportsmen, youth, school children and families will be home to the South African Students Esports Team while in Russia. The hotel boasts of every amenity and is famous for its breakfasts...

The Event program for the event isas follows:

September 14 – arrival day
September 15 – media day
September 16 – first day of competitions
September 17 – second day of competitions
September 18 – departure day

With a total of 3,000,000.00 rubles at stake, the competition is going to be tough, and the young South African team is going to have to fight for every point.

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And they are off...

Flanked by Team Manager, Johan van Breda (left) and MSSA President, Colin Webster, the CSGO team, Joshua Chapman, Simon Zandstra, Robert Butler, Sebastian Pelaez, and Armand van der Colf, intend to represent SA with pride and distinction.

Resplendent in their livery, Mind Sports South Africa's (MSSA) Student Team Esports South Africa departed OR Tambo at 19H00 for Moscow, Russia.

The team is to participate in the Open Esports University Games to be played in the Yota Arena, Moscow Russia from 15 to 17 September 2022.

MSSA's Student Team Esports South Africa was selected within all due process and procedure to create the student team. The selection process  was open to all students at all South African Tertiary level institutions whether they be University, Colleges, and TVET's.

The event shall have a glittering opening ceremony, as well as contests, gaming zones and a rich entertainment program. Admission is free, but pre-registration is required via the link: https://bit.ly/3KIeK2J is essential.

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:

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Tuesday, 6 September 2022

Make your voice heard - get your nomination in.

According to MSSA President, Colin Webster, MSSA's constitution allows for greater upward mobility than any other South African National Federation.

Only Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) runs accredited, and official, regional, provincial, and national championships and leagues.

Serving on Mind Sports South Africa's Management Board is not for the faint-hearted as there are many tough, and some unpopular, decisions to be made on a continuous basis.

It is during these times when Board members have to stand up and be counted, times when you know that it is the right decision, albeit not a popular one. It all comes down to ethics.

Even bearing all the above in mind, the work is done gleefully by a core of volunteers who seek no reward other than seeing the various disciplines and games grow, and watch the athletes attain their full potential.

Every club may nominate athletes for the Board, and since retiring officers are not automatically made eligible for re-election, even retiring officers need to be nominated by a member club in good standing, if the following criteria are met:
  • A member club has nominated the Registered Player on the prescribed form, and
  • The Nomination Form has been submitted to MSSA on or before 1 November 2022, and
  • The Registered Player is fully-paid-up for the 2022/2023 year as at the date of nomination, and
  • The club nominating the Registered Player has paid its affiliation fees for the 2022/2023 season on or before 1 November 2022.
However it should be noted that only athletes who meet the following criteria may be elected on to the Management Board:
  1. Have served a full term on the Management Board, or
  2. Have served a full term as Provincial Director (2 year terms), or
  3. Have served two full terms as Regional Director (1 year term), or
  4. Have served two full terms on a Board of Control (1 year term), or
  5. Have earned at least ten (10) Protea caps, or
  6. Have served three years on the club committee of which they are currently a member.
All elections are done on a staggered basis, so, although the Management Board consists of 18 members, only 6 positions may be contested at the 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM). The system of doing the elections on a staggered basis allows MSSA to have a greater degree of stability as the entire Management Board is not able to be elected at any one time which preserves MSSA's continuity and knowledge base.

The positions available on MSSA's Management Board are all 3 year terms and are:
  1. Two Executive Officer
  2. Disabled Gamers' Representative
  3. Legal Advisor (only a qualified lawyer may hold this position)
  4. Students' Representative (only a student registered at a SA Tertiary institution may hoold this position)
  5. Computer Gaming Representative

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Friday, 2 September 2022

IESF advises the prize money distribution for Bali 2022


Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA ) has been a member of International Esports Federation (IESF) since 2009. IESF has announced a total prize pool of $500,000 to be awarded at the upcoming 14th WE Championships Finals, taking place in Bali, Indonesia from 27 November to 9 December. The WE Championships prize pool has seen an unprecedented increase in just one year, from $55,000 in 2021 to $500,000 this year. 

Mind Sports South Africa's (MSSA) President, Colin Webster (also Past President of IESF) stated, "This is a welcome development which is the fruit of many years of hard work by successive IESF Boards. The increase in prize money will further enable the growth of esports as a mainstream sport and is greatly welcomed by MSSA."


"However," Webster continued, "MSSA will continue to lobby for parity for prize money for females."


The WE Championships remains the sole international Esports event where athletes compete by representing their countries. Bali was awarded hosting rights in September 2021 and was handed over the hosting duties during a special ceremony following the 2021 WE Championships Finals in Eilat, Israel, which united the World Esports Family for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.

The total prize money and distribution thereof, is as follows:

PC GAME TITLES: 

Counter-Strike: GO (CSGO)             1st - $50,000 // 2nd - $30,000 // 3rd $20,000 

DOTA 2                                         1st - $50,000 // 2nd - $30,000 // 3rd $20,000 

MOBILE GAME TITLES: 

MOBILE LEGENDS Bang Bang        1st - $50,000 // 2nd - $30,000 // 3rd $20,000 

PUBG MOBILE                                  1st - $50,000 // 2nd - $30,000 // 3rd $20,000 

SINGLE GAME TITLES: 

eFOOTBALL                                      1st- $12,000 //   2nd - $8,000   // 3rd - $5,000

TEKKEN                                      1st - $12,000 //   2nd - $8,000   // 3rd - $5,000

CSGO FEMALE                     1st - $20,000  // 2nd - $15,000 // 3rd - $10,000 // 4th - $5,000

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