Through hard work, dedication and sheer perseverance, Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) has carved a solid reputation for eSports both internationally and at home in South Africa. eSports in South Africa has grown from being a mere activity to being a fully-fledged-accredited-sport for which players may earn Regional, Provincial, and/or Protea Colours. Thus eSports is now accredited at every level as a sport.

MSSA once again has selected a team that will sally forth to do battle on foreign fields and represent South Africa against the best that other nations have to offer.

This year the International eSports Federation (IeSF) World Championships is being hosted in the heart of eSports, that is, Seoul, South Korea from 2 – 5 December.

The game titles in which the MWEB South African Protea eSports Team will compete are League of Legends®, StarCraft II®, and HearthStone®.

MSSA is particularly proud of its League of Legends (LoL) Team. The team is well known in South African competitive circles, and the members of the team have all been in the various winning teams that have won at the various Provincial and National Championships as held by MSSA. The team, captained by the ever efficient Maryke 'Ykie' Kennard of TuksMindsports is bound to make the other teams sit up and take notice as once again South Africa builds on its solid reputation.

The full team is as follows:

Name, Position, Club, Residence

Maryke 'Ykie' Kennard, Team Captain & LoL, TuksMindsports, Pretoria

Nathan 'StatiC' Anderson, StarCraft player, Knights Mind Sports, Betty's Bay

Wynand ' ViViD' Meiring, HearthStone Player, BerZerK Gaming, Pretoria

Taylor 'elis' Rose, LoL player, Knights Mind Sports, Cape Town

Matthew 'Feno' Smith, LoL player, Knights Mind Sports, Cape Town

Vasudev 'Paga' Stringer, LoL player, TuksMindsports, Centurion

Cameron 'SexyB' Tilley, LoL player, TuksMindsports, Hatfield

Johan Uys, Coach, TuksMindsports, Pretoria

Ryan Boyes, Manager, BNKR Gaming, Witbank

TuksMindsport would like to congratulate the members who were chosen and wish them all the best in the upcoming tournament.