This week we get acquainted with “brand spanking new” Ladon e-Sports. The MGO is around two months old but already seem more mature than many more established brands. We chatted with MGO co-owner Christiaan du Plooy to find out more about the birth of the organisation and their plans going forward. Hello. Introduce yourself to the readers. Go on. Hi, my…
As much as we want this to be a weekly conversation with various local clans, players and industry bodies, we find it takes only the dedicated to actually reply. And one such dedicated clan is Calyx Clan who may be pretty new to the local scene, embody a passion that some more established teams can learn from. So let’s all…
Last week we got to know the South African MGO Xtreme Vision Gaming and this week we get better acquainted with one of its owners, Jason van Niekerk. League of Legends and Call of Duty are what make him happy, but not zombies. Like so many others before him, he refuses to become a turncoat against humanity and we have…
This week we get a little (e)xtreme with our profiled feature as we get under the skin of Xtreme Vision Gaming. Celebrating their third anniversary this year, they have already had a some success across multiple titles with a view to expansion and making a further impact in the competitive scene. We chatted with co-owner Jason van Niekerk to find out…
Daniel ‘Pupsky’ Bechus is well known to us. He is one of South Africa’s top Halo players and has represented ViNCO Gaming at the Halo World Championship qualifiers in Germany in 2016. He has even played at the Call of Duty Championship in 2014, making him (at least to our knowledge) the only South African console competitive player to play…
We’ve been north of South African borders before with Kenyan gamer James Karanu but today we stay a little closer to home with Zimbabwean gamer Thomas Phiri. He is also the man working on giving Zimbabwean competitive players a place to start (and ultimately continue) their journey into the world of esports. He founded Esports Zimbabwe (also known as Zimbabwe Mind…
Evolution Esports is a brand new South African MGO founded by Fabio “Artdepartment-” Viveiros. If Fabio’s name seems familiar, he is a Dota 2 player who earlier this year got to play for Sinister5 at the VS Gaming Championship at rAge after the team was not allowed to use three of their regular players. In all likelihood, that first LAN experience…
For this week’s Profiled, we decided to spread our (decaying) wings and look beyond the borders of South Africa. For some time, we’ve been aware of efforts around the continent by others in Ghana, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and more, so when Kenyan James Karanu contacted us asking to feature, we were only happy to oblige. One of the (OK, we’re…
With the proliferation of fibre in the country, streaming is becoming a real career opportunity in South Africa. Of course – like anything – you should expect it to take a lot of hard work and bleeding in the trenches to live the dream, but the possibilities are there. Companies are looking for partners and content generators to sponsor, and…
Today we feature the all-female South African clan called the Vixens. The clan is in a bit of a rebuilding phase and are targeting 2018 as the year they make their mark on the local esports scene. Join us in finding out more about the clan in this week’s Profiled feature. Go on – introduce yourself to the readers. Hi,…