With yesterday’s VS Gaming Qualifiers drawing to a close for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, there have been a few surprises to say the very least. The Qualifiers determined which teams will be part of the Masters and Premier Divisions respectively. To plagiarise (read directly copy) my esteemed and rather diminutive colleague Chris “Sargon” House, here is how the competition format worked.…
2018 has barely started and already competitive South African Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players are right back in the fray. The African Qualifiers for WESG Season Two are upon us! Why is this WESG Qualifier important? The team that wins the South African leg of the qualifier will be booking their place at the World Electronics Sports Games (WESG) World Finals.…
The ESEA Season 26 Open Grand Final for South Africa was contested last Thursday night between serial finalists Bravado Gaming and debut finalists Big 5 Esports. Let’s take a closer look at what transpired going into the final and in the match itself. The lead up for Big 5 Esports Big 5 beat Energy eSports 2-1 in a closely contested…
The ESEA Season 26 Grand Final will be beamed all over the world tonight, courtesy of the fine folk from Mettlestate. First, a retrospective of the Semi Finals that predicated this Final, followed by a preview of the final. The Semi Finals in Review Bravado Gaming vs Goliath Gaming: 2 – 0 The first map was Cobblestone, and on Goliath’s…
The first of the ESEA South Africa Season 26 Semi Finals are coming your way later tonight. What happened last week after my Quarter Final preview article? What can we look forward to in the Semi Finals? Read on. The Quarter Finals in review Goliath Gaming vs Exdee Gaming: 2 – 0 After a flurry of force buys on either…
The group stages of ESEA South Africa Season 26 have come to a close. As expected, South Africa’s top two, Energy eSports and Bravado Gaming are neck and neck with each other at the top of the log. Energy took the top spot due to winning against Bravado earlier in the competition. The playoffs will be running for the next…
This past week has been somewhat unusual for me. First I went to a Dota 2 event, which seems quite mad for a hardcore CS:GO caster and fan like myself. Then I accepted a rather gracious invitation from Sam “Tech Girl” Wright to the Nintendo Splatoon 2 Splatfest at the Nintendo Store in Sandton City, Johannesburg. It was competitive. I…
I took a few hours out of my busy schedule on Saturday to stop by Mettlestate’s #JoinTheLegion Dota 2 event at Evetech Studios. If I’m really honest though, this was the more realistic scenario: I tore myself away from my latest obsession Forza 7 for just long enough so that the severe withdrawal shakes weren’t too noticeable to others in…
Africa’s largest gaming event, the annual rAge Expo, is upon us yet again. A veritable gaming paradise awaits both casual gamers and hardcore esports fans alike within the Galaxy of Geek housed in the Ticketpro Dome located in northern Johannesburg. Known last year as the Telkom Digital Gaming League Masters Finals, now rebranded as VS Gaming Masters, this year’s tournament…
Damage Control (DC) are the gatekeepers to the top tier of South African Counter-Strike. While they were a highly decorated, multiple LAN winning team in previous versions of the game, a second tournament win has been elusive in CS:GO. Their last and only title in CS:GO was by beating Bravado at the IS Invitational in 2013 – SA CS:GO’s first…