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The MSSA was faced with doing a venue change just three weeks before the event due to certain connectivity problems being experienced by the host club. Anyone who has ever organised a LAN will know the problems that having to change a venue at short notice pose to the organisers and more importantly the participants. However, the membership rallied, and a new venue was found in the form of HTS Tuine in Pretoria. Special thanks must be extended to the school for accommodating the event, and to all those individuals that made it happen. The school proved itself by having all the requirements to host a successful championships, and thus, the championships were held without a hitch on 29 & 30 March 2014.
The support given by MWEB again proved to be invaluable to the MSSA, and as a result of such support members were able to enjoy the benefits of participating in an official LAN championship. It is through the official championships that gamers are able to qualify for colours and for national team trials. In other words, the official championships form part of a year year long qualification process for gamers to prove their worth in order to be selected to finally, and officially, represent South Africa in international competition.
Nine member clubs from three provinces contested the championships. However, there was not the turnout in female gamers as experienced in North West, but it was pleasing to see the number of mixed female and male teams in the team events. Certainly, compared to 2013, there was a greater number of female participation at the Gauteng championships. Obviously the emphasis that the MSSA is putting on the development of females in gaming is starting to bear fruit. It is hoped that the 2015 championships will see even more female gamers especially now that the MSSA makes provision (in accordance with IeSF rules) to hold competitions in all titles for both female and male teams and/or players.
The championships saw the newly formed Tuks Mind sports Club take the lion's share of the medals, but also saw the Mpumalanga based All Stars Gaming Club assert its dominance in the CounterStrike GO and OSU titles.
The winners of the different titles are:
BOARD GAMES
Checkers
| Male – Premier | ||
| Pos | Team | Club |
| 1 | Lubabalo Kondlo | Dr Niederhoffer Memorial Club |
Morabaraba
| Male – Premier | ||
| Pos | Team | Club |
| 1 | Morne Snyman | Tuks Mind sports Club |
eSPORTS
Call of Duty: Ghosts
| Male – Premier (PC) |
||
| Pos | Team | Club |
| 1 | Team Pink | Tuks Mind Sports Club |
| Male – Premier (PS3) |
||
| Pos | Team | Club |
| 1 | PR0NHS | Northcliff High School |
| Male
– High Schools |
||
| Pos | Team | Club |
| 1 | Woeries | Verwoerd High School |
CounterStrike GO
| Male – Premier | ||
| Pos | Name | Club |
| 1 | Delta 5 Gaming | All Stars |
FIFA '14
| Male – Premier | ||
| Pos | Name | Club |
| 1 | Corbin Duvenhage | Northcliff High School |
League of legends
| Male – Premier | ||
| Pos | Team | Club |
| 1 | Senior Team | Tuks Mind Sports Club |
OSU
| Female – Premier | Male – Premier | |||||
| Pos | Team | Club | Pos | Team | Club | |
| 1 | Lucille Brown | HGH | 1 | Thomas Brown | All Stars | |
StarCraft 2
| Male – Premier | ||
| Pos | Team | Club |
| 1 | Pieter Piek | VnR |
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
| Male – Premier | ||
| Pos | Name | Club |
| Tie 1 | Ruan van Staden | Tuks Mind Sports Club |
| Tie 1 | Brandon van Rensburg | Northcliff High School |
| Tie 1 | William Rawlings | Northcliff High School |
| Male – High Schools |
||
| Pos | Team | Club |
| 1 | Bevan Stukise | Northcliff High School |
FIGURE GAMES
Ancients
| Male – Premier | ||
| Pos | Team | Club |
| 1 | Garth Schoeman | Knights Mind Sports Club |
In total, 23 gamers earned the right to wear Provincial Colours. A further 11 students were awarded Student provincial Colours and 10 learners were awarded High School Provincial Colours. All those that were awarded the various Provincial Colours were immediately given both their certificates and a high quality 195gsm golf shirt to indicate that they had received such colours.
It should also be noted that Lucille Brown was awarded Provincial Colours for OSU. Lucille is the first female to earn provincial colours for the title, and it seems as though she will be most competitive in the game.
The MWEB championships too saw a total of 73 gamers qualify for National Team Trials. With so many gamers qualifying for trials, there is no doubt that the MSSA will have sufficient teams in order to select teams to represent South Africa.
Photographs can be found on https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152714719854008.1073741875.146018324007&type=3
Upcoming events:
12 & 13 April 2014 - Gauteng Schools Championships for Board gaming and Figure gaming
19 April 2014 - MWEB Online Dota 2 Championships
24 & 25 May 2014 - MWEB Mpumulanga Championships
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