Saturday 30 September 2017

Revised rankings for CounterStrike: GO

Limbro's A from Polokwane.
MSSA's 1st Capricorn Regional Championships hosted by HTS Tom Naudé in Polokwane on 30 September 2017 saw some interesting results.

The winners of the CounterStrike: GO esports title, Limro's A (of Fragcon), demolished all of their opponents to take a flawless victory.

The previously unranked team, consisting of Tiaan Viljoen, Ruan Kruger, Zedrigh Olivier, Javier Pena Varona, and Keanu Santoyo, thus won the championships rather comfortably and in the process became the first team to ever be awarded Capricorn Regional Colours for esports.

Such too was Limbro's A's standard of play, that as a result of their flawless victory, the team moved from being unranked to being ranked 23rd in the country.

The revised rankings for CounterStrike: GO are thus:

PosName of PlayeryearClubPoints
1VXP BlaZe17VexxedPhoenix942
2Soviet UZ17Midstream College932.3
3PRO17People Really Organised540.7
4WBHS17Westville Boys501.6
5TERA| Qube16Anteria389.1
6Hoërskool Lichtenburg17Hoërskool Lichtenburg376.6
7Empangeni: csgo17Empangeni High School353.8
8Insidious17Intensity Esports351
9VOID16St John's College349.4
10DELTA17All Stars335.3
11eSpera17DF MALAN318.9
12Spartans A17SAHETI315.8
13QUANTM17Curro Klerksdorp314.3
14VxP Knights16VexxedPhoenix303.7
15GenX Frostwolf17Generation X293.8
16PORAXYSM16ALL STAR285
17VIGILANTES15TV270
18flikadawist16DF Malan260
19MC GO 117Maritzburg College245.3
20Cryptid Claws17Hoërskool Wonderboom244.1
21Limitles17Hoërskool Wonderboom233.6
22Awoken17Hoërskool Wonderboom203.5
23Limbro's A17Fragcon200
24Rondebosch Boys High15Rondebosch Boys High200
25Phantom Troupe l Branden16Fairmont High School197.6
26Pride17Parktown Boys192.1
27Cedar House17Cedar House191.1
28PG – 1815Parklands College181.2
29District_Zero17Protea Heights Academy179.3
30Delta 217All Stars172.7
31Xillir816All Stars165
32Wolfpack17KMSC150
33GWH CSGO17Glenwood House143.5
34PRONHS17Northcliff High141.1
35PFU16Fairmont High School140.1
36Outcast17Intensity Esports139.8
37iE.Revival17IntenSity E-Sports135
38Fairmont High School15Fairmont High School125
39SPEARR15St John's College120
40Gents17Knights Mind Sports Club119.7
41Limbro's B17Fragcon115
42Spartans B17SAHETI114.7
43MC GO 217Maritzburg College112.5
44PBHS red15Pretoria Boys112.5
45All Stars16ALL STAR100
46HGH16Hoerskool Generaal Hertzog100
47LAGSTEPS15BNKR85
48PEPPS17PEPPS85
49PG1616Parklands College84.4
50Northwood CSGO17Northwood High School75
51Raptors17BNKR75
52The Nerd Herd17Glenwood House75
53VGR14616Lofdal75
54K1lljoy516BNKR67.5
55Tesseract17Jeppe Boys63.7
56Maritzburg College16Maritzburg College56.3
57PBHS white15Pretoria Boys56.3
58Winter Wolfes17Hoërskool Wonderboom56.3


Other rankings are:

Friday 29 September 2017

Closing date for clubs to bid to host events.

A MSSA provincial championship in full swing.
All clubs that are fully-paid-up and affiliated to Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) have the opportunity to host official provincial and national championships.

The closing date for such bids is 1 November 2017, and must be directed to mindsportssa@iafrica.com.


The ability for clubs to host is part of MSSA's policy of developing and strengthening member clubs.

By hosting events, member clubs are able to gain much needed publicity and ensure that their members are afforded the opportunity of participating in MSSA provincial and national LAN championships.

Any club within a province may bid to host a provincial LAN championship, whereas any club may bid to host a national LAN championships.

The proposed calendar of events for 2018 may be found at: https://esportscommentator.blogspot.co.za/2017/08/proposed-calendar-of-events-for-2018.html

The rules for the hosting of National and Provincial events is covered by the regulations.

The rules are:

10.12 HOSTING OF MSSA CHAMPIONSHIPS
            10.12.1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
a. Members within such province may offer to host, through a bid, any such championship.
b. The decision to which club the hosting of such event is awarded shall be made by the Management Board.
c. The host club shall sign an SLA.
d. The Management Board may decide to host such championship itself. Should such decision be made and bids have been received, the Management Board shall advise all members of the reasons therefore.
e. Every effort shall be made by the host to hold such championship in a venue that is easily accessible to both Players and members of the public.
f. Should a member wish to host such a championship in a municipality that is not defined as a city, then the following rules apply:
g. The member may host such championship if there are at least three (3) clubs in such municipality, or
h. The member may host such championship if at least three (3) clubs submit their entries together with such bid.
10.12.2 PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
a. Members within such province may offer to host, through a bid, any such championship.
b. The decision to which club the hosting of such event is awarded shall be made by the Management Board.
c. The host club shall sign an SLA.
d. The Management Board may decide to host such championship itself. Should such decision be made and bids have been received, the Management Board shall advise all members of the reasons therefore.
e. Every effort shall be made by the host to hold such championship in a venue that is easily accessible to both Players and members of the public.
f. Should a member wish to host such a championship in a municipality that is not defined as a city, then the following rules apply:
g. The member may host such championship if there are at least three (3) clubs in such municipality, or
h. The member may host such championship if at least three (3) clubs submit their entries together with such bid.

The importance of Continental Confederations.

IeSF and AESF board members at the General Assembly Meeting of Asian E-Sports Federation
At the moment there are only two properly constituted continental confederations. The two such confederations are the Asian E-Sports Federation (AESF) and the Confederation of African Esports (CAES).

Although AESF is by far the largest confederation in both number of states affiliated and number of gamers registered, both are equally important in terms of the work done.

The confederations have a vital role in  terms  of promoting the growth of esports in all countries and regulating important events like continental championships.

The continental confederations are also vital in representing the interests of their members with IeSF, government and the like.

Wednesday 27 September 2017

World Draughts Federation announces its Calendar for 2018.

The Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames (FMJDWorld Draughts Federation) is the international body uniting national draughts federations. It was founded in 1947 by four Federations: France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.
Currently, the FMJD has more than 50 national federation members. Recently the FMJD has become a member of the GAISF and strives for Olympic recognition. The FMJD memberships is part of a more general movement toward integration of Mind Sports in the regular sports arena, a development that, in the vision of the FMJD, is to be lauded.
The FMJD is member of the:
General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF), and

International Mind Sports Association (IMSA)

The Calendar on the left only deals with the world championships for draughts, being the 10 x 10 variant.

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) offers draughts at all of its Provincial and National Championships.