Saturday 16 January 2016

Now that's dedication!

2009 LG Mobile Gaming Team (Natalie Witoslawski and Kgothatso Moerane from Tuks University)
From the day that the MSSA started in 1985, it was MSSA's intention to get players overseas for the various disciplines for which it is the custodian.

Even as early as 1991, even though the sports moratorium was in place, MSSA tentavely started sending teams to international events. However, when the sports moratorium was lifted in 1994, MSSA started to aggressively send teams overseas for wargames, checkers, draughts, and morabaraba.

However, it was not until 2005 that  MSSA started to send eSports teams overseas as the following schedule will demonstrate:

Date
Event
Games titles
2005
World Cyber Games – South Korea
Mobile games
2006
Asian Championships - Taiwan
BF 2142
2007
World Cyber Games – USA
Red Alert
2008
Continental Championships – Johannesburg, Romania
COD 4, DotA
2009
World Cyber Games – Chendu, China
Guitar Hero
2009
Dreamhack – Denmark
FIFA '09
2009
IeSF Challenge – Taebeck, South Korea
FIFA Online, WarCraft III
2010
Hyundai FIFA '10 International Challenge – South Korea
FIFA Online
2010
Mobile gaming
2010
Hyundai FIFA '10 International Challenge – Busan, South Korea
FIFA Online
2010
IeSF World Championships – Daegu, South Korea
FIFA Online, WarCraft III
2010
World Cyber Games – San Fransisco, USA
Guitar Hero
2010
Test match between Namibia and South Africa – Windhoek
COD 4, FIFA '10
2011
LG Mobile World championships – New York, USA
Mobile gaming
2011
IeSF World Championships – Andong, South Korea
FIFA Online, StarCraft II
2011
IeSMoD World Championships – JeJu, South Korea
Kart, StarCraft II
2012
Nation's Cup – Online International Championships
BF3
2012
IeSF World Championships – Cheonan, South Korea
StarCraft II, Tekken TT II
2013
Nation's Cup – Online International Championships
BF3
2013
South Africa vs Romania Test Match – Johannesburg, South Africa
StarCraft II
2013
South Africa vs Romania Online Test Match – Online
DotA 2
2013
South Africa vs Mexico Online Test Match – Online
DotA 2
2013
Tri-nations between Denmark, Israel, and South Africa - Online
DotA 2
2013
DreamHack - Bucharest, Romania
StarCraft II
2013
IeSF World Championships – Bucharest, Romania
League of Legends, StarCraft II, Tekken TTII
2014
South Africa vs Egypt Online Test Match – Online
DotA 2
2014
South Africa vs Finland Online Test Match – Online
StarCraft II
2014
South Africa vs Finland Online Test Match – Online
DotA 2
2014
South Africa vs Namibia Online Test Match – Online
DotA 2
2014
IeSF World Championships – Baku, Azerbijan
DotA 2, HearthStone, StarCraft II, Tekken Tag Tournament II
2015
South Africa vs Zimbabwe Online Test Match – Online
FIFA '15
2015
South Africa vs Austria Online Test Match – Online
FIFA '15
2015
South Africa vs Israel Online Test Match – Online
League of Legends
2015
EFRAG World Championships - Online
CounterStrike: GO
2015
IeSF World Championships – Seoul, South Korea
League of Legends, HearthStone, StarCraft II,

The sheer amount of man-hours committed to making these events  work is mind-boggling.

Full credit must be  given to those  MSSA volunteers who have  made all these events happen.

Based on the above, 2016 will be an interesting year.

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