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1st International between South Africa and Namibia
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by Colin Webster
The MSSA (Mind Sports South Africa) has always been concerned with growing eSports in South Africa, as well as helping other African states to further develop. It is hoped that as soon as there are enough African countries with recognized National Federations that the IeSF will be able to effectively apply to have e-Sports included in
“MSSA's COD 4 team L – R Jo-Ash Rajcoomer, Daniel Grundlingh, Peter Myburgh, Nialle Momsen”
the All African Games. Once e-Sports is accepted into the All African Games, the importance of eSports will be evident for all to see. Thus, the MSSA, in partnership with the
Namibian Electronic Sports Association (NESA), decided to hold an official test match between Namibia and South Africa at the largest e-Sports competition in Namibia – NAMLAN - to be held on 12 December 2010 in Windhoek, Namibia. This is the first time that a South African national e-Sports team had ever travelled to Namibia. Consequently, both sides were wary of what to expect and of the standard of play that they would encounter. The Namibian organizers, Brendan Ihmig and Kai Eysselein, did everything humanly possible to make the event a success. The test match was held in COD 4 and FIFA 10 and both federations
selected official teams to represent their respective countries. Even though South Africa won the test match, the result was not nearly as important as the fact that the event was held. It is now an established fact that the governments of both South Africa and Namibia recognize e-Sports as fullyfledged sports and that international test matches between different countries are not only possible, but are also necessary, in terms of the long-term-development of e-Sports as a sport.
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