No one calendar of events remains isolated from another.Each calendar is carefully built upon the last, so due care has tobe exercised when planning the next year’s calendar of events so that proper attention can be given to every aspect. The main aspects that require attention are:
• Development,
• International Competition,
• School leagues, and
• Normal Regional, Provincial, and National Championships.
The MSSA is suitably proud of its format and has kept such largely unchanged over the past number of years. Of course there have been minor tweaks from year to year to improve upon the player satisfaction, but all-in-all the system holds true.
Thus the MSSA championships start in February, and with itits process of selecting its team for the 2013 IeSF World Championships. Every month will see a Provincial Championship being held, culminating in the National Championships in December. It is out of this structure that the National Team will be chosen for the 2013 IeSF World Championships.
For the other titles played at these championships that are not supported by the IeSF, the MSSA is making a special effort to ensure that there are events that can be used to further develop the competitive element. Thus the MSSA has entered a Battlefield 3 team into the ClanBase Nation’s Cup.
Not only that, but the MSSA is in communication with the Romanian eSports Federation to hold a on-line test match between each other in Dota 2.
These on-line matches are of special importance to the MSSA as it allows the MSSA to provide international competition for its members at very little cost. Not only that, but the events create further ‘hype’ around eSports and lead to additional media coverage.
With also helping the Universities of North-West and Pretoria establish clubs, the MSSA is committed to a year of hard work. The committee is enthused a ready for all the challenges hat lie before it.It is going to be a good year!
