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 week’s Profiled features local Call of Duty stalwart Lithium. In the last five years he has featured regularly in a variety of competitions and placed top three on more occasions than not. Since his days with Team Astra, he is now representing one of South Africa’s best known MGO’s Bravado Gaming. We get to know the player a little…
It might have come as a surprise to South African esports fans earlier in the year when ESL announced their African CS:GO Championship. Why would the world’s largest and oldest professional esports company be interested in our tiny competitive scene? Future potential growth would be an obvious answer. The other key thing to understand is the African part of the…
The VS Gaming Championships South African Dota2 tier 1 MGOs have been making major changes to their Dota2 rosters during the annual roster shuffle period. Since VS Gaming Masters tournaments have concluded for 2017, many MGOs are now focused on strengthening their Dota2 teams. At the same time the VS Gaming Championships at rAge beckon for tier 2 teams. The following…
It has not been a particularly busy week in the local scene (except for the usual drama and saltiness that you can rather go and find on social media), but here is what you may have missed and the things you shouldn’t miss in South African gaming and esports. Zombiegamer: Profiled: Vegeta ZA ACGL: Top 5 Plays of the Month |…
A Who’s Who Guide to Navigating South African CS:GO I’m doing this as much for the benefit of you, our valued reader, as for Sargon and Zombie Dredd. Why, you ask? They’re cretinous Counter-Strike noobs. Ignorant in the ways of the flame and the flashbang. Philistines unaware of the great feats of skill and the sheer brilliance of the Sonics…
The MSSA: What good governance of local esports looks like It’s been a fairly busy week if you’re either a fan of or involved with South African esports. Yesterday the MSSA released a news article (which was also linked via their official Facebook page) titled, “Mind Sports South Africa never takes selection for a national team lightly.” You can read…
I’m going to be pretty straight with you here. When it comes to CSGO I know pretty much nothing about the game. I mean, if I’m honest, I played CS 1.6 over a decade ago. I therefore have about as much understanding of the game as a casual player might, so it’s not completely over my head. I enjoy watching…