Friday, March 29, 2019
MSSA Celebrates Its Women Who Have Earned Protea Colours.
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| Gabriela Isaacs who is the only South African to earn silver at an IESF World Championships. |
All of the women who have served in a national team have been responsible, and contributed, to the radical transformation of Mind Sports South Africa.
MSSA today, as a result, is a very different organisation, to what it was even just three years ago.
MSSA today is an organisation that has gender equity on its Management Board and is, in my opinion, the only gaming organisation in the world that actively endeavours to to promote gender equity in its teams.
Mind Sports South Africa, thus, is the only country to have female representation in its national team at IESF's World Championships every year since 2012.
In wargames and Morabaraba, MSSA's commitment to promoting women goes back even further.
However, there is no time for MSSA to rest on its laurels as there is still much, much more work to be done.
The full list of women who have earned Protea Colours is as follows:
| Year | Name | Club | Period | Event |
| 2018 | Charlize Seremak | HTS Sasolburg | Tekken 7 | Online Test Matches |
| Marisa van der Westhuizen | ZAG Academy | Counter-Strike: GO | Online & IESF 10th World Championships – Busan | |
| Nicole Rootman | ZAG Academy | Counter-Strike: GO | Online & IESF 10th World Championships – Busan | |
| Alora Ann Liebenberg | ZAG Academy | Counter-Strike: GO | Online & IESF 10th World Championships – Busan | |
| Lelane Soldin | ZAG Academy | Counter-Strike: GO | Online & IESF 10th World Championships – Busan | |
| Amanda Pakade | Knights Mind Sports Club | President | IESF 10th World Championships – Busan | |
| 2017 | Simone Beck | Valhalla | League of Legends | Online Test Matches |
| Angelique Ramos | Valhalla | League of Legends | Online Test Matches | |
| Jade Klein | Valhalla | League of Legends | Online Test Matches | |
| Leana Jackson | Valhalla | League of Legends | Online Test Matches | |
| Amone Bekker | Valhalla | League of Legends | Online Test Matches | |
| Esmari Swart | Intensity Esports | Counter-Strike: GO | Online & IESF 9th World Championships – Busan | |
| Marisa van der Westhuizen | Intensity Esports | Counter-Strike: GO | Online Test Matches | |
| 2016 | Maryke Kennard | Tuks Mind Sports Club | League of Legends | IESF's 8th World Championships – Jakarta |
| Joline Bico | BNKR | FIFA '16 | Test Match – South Africa versus Ghana | |
| 2015 | Maryke Kennard | Tuks Mind Sports Club | League of Legends | IESF's 7th World Championships – Seoul |
| Elishia Retief | Old Edwardian Wargames Club | Ancients | IWF's 12th World Championships – Mbabane | |
| 2014 | Yolande Williams | Deviation Gaming | StarCraft II | IESF's 6th World Championships – Baku |
| Morizane Boyes | BNKR | Tekken Tag Tournament II | IESF's 6th World Championships – Baku | |
| Elishia Retief | Old Edwardian Wargames Club | Ancients | IWF's 12th World Championships – Mbabane | |
| 2013 | Lyrene Kűhn | Knights Mind Sports Club | Tekken Tag Tournament II | IESF's 5th World Championships – Bucharest |
| Yolande Williams | Deviation Gaming | StarCraft II | IESF's 5th World Championships – Bucharest | |
| 2012 | Gabriela Isaacs | SAHETI | StarCraft II | IeSF's 4th World Championships – Cheonan |
| Lyrene Kűhn | Knights Mind Sports Club | Tekken Tag Tournament II | IESF's 4th World Championships – Cheonan | |
| Sindiswa Mfamana | Knights Mind Sports Club | Morabaraba | 4th Traditional World Games (TAFISA) - Siauliai (Lithuania) | |
| 2011 | Ginny Daly | Knights Mind Sports Club | Manager | LG World Texting Championships – New York |
| Olivia Burton | Knights Mind Sports Club | Texting | LG World Texting Championships – New York | |
| 2010 | Michelle Marder | Knights Mind Sports Club | Manager | World Cyber Games – Los Angeles |
| Kgothatso Moerane | Knights Mind Sports Club | Texting | LG World Texting Championships – New York | |
| Natalie Witoslawski | Knights Mind Sports Club | Texting | LG World Texting Championships – New York | |
| 2008 | Teresa Chen | Maritzburg Girls | Morabaraba | IWF's 8th World Championships – Palapye |
| 2007 | Bernice Ligault | Old Edwardian Wargames Club | Ancients | IWF's 7th World Championships – Port Elizabeth |
| Sindiswa Mfamana | University of Johannesburg | Morabaraba | IWF's 7th World Championships – Port Elizabeth | |
| 2006 | Bernice Ligault | Old Edwardian Wargames Club | Ancients | IWF's 6th World Championships – Athens |
| Liesl Harmse | Algoa wargames Group | Ancients | IWF's 7th World Championships – Athens | |
| 2005 | Bernice Ligault | Old Edwardian Wargames Club | Ancients | IWF's 5th World Championships – Melbourne |
| Joann Stathoussis | Peninsula Wargames Group | Manager | IWF's 5th World Championships – Melbourne | |
| 1997 | Sylvia Webster | Old Edwardian Wargames Club | Morabaraba | 2nd Traditional World Games (TAFISA) - Bangkok |
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Dreadball - MajArc Dreadball League Final
Dreadball - MajArc Dreadball league final
Welcome sports fans to the exciting final of the MajArc league Cup Final, legions of fans are gathered in force to see these two top teams battle it out on the Dreadball arena.
Teams: Bloomoon Patriorx
Home
1- Bad Wokka - Guard (Captain)
2- Skarpa - Jack3- Neep -Jack
4- Gusto -Guard
5- Boff - Guard
6- Jiblet - Jack (starting sub)7- Kreepa - Jack (starting sub)
8- Slit - Jack
Teams: Stark Industries 56er's
Away
1- Bradley Jones - Guard
2- Luke Ted - Jack3- E.W Sparkish -Jack
4- Zack Kidd -Striker (Captain)
5- Harry Horner - Jack (starting sub)6- Fernando Cervesa - Striker (starting sub)
7- Alex Aphra-Smith - Striker
8- Max Behn- Guard
Home side starts the game.
The dreadball fires onto into play, bounces off the back wall and lands deep in the home side of the field.
Boff (5) wastes no time and slams into Luke Ted (2) knocking him prone.
Gusto (4) Slams into Zack kidd (4) the captain is straight away put in the injury zone for three rounds.
Skarpa (2) fumbles the ball, play passes to the 56er's
Luke Ted got up and slammed back into Boff but bounces off harmlessly
The Jack, Harry Horner enters play from the Substitute zone,
Alex Aphra -Smith sprinted and picked up the dreadball, flicked and added a showboating point to the score, The home fans were not impressed by the theatrics.
Play continues
The ork team captain Bad Wokka (1) slams into the human guard Max Behn (8) who stands his ground.
Gusto (4) knocked E.W.Sparkish (3) to the floor with a powerful slam.
Boff followed Gusto's example and smashed the human guard Bradley Jones (1) leaving him out for three rounds. The crowd were not pleased by this brutal act of savagery.
After picking up the dreadball, Slit(8) evades both Luke Ted and Fernado Cervesa
Boff continues his rampage and delivers a crushing blow to Cevesa in the scoring zone. He was met by jeer's from both sides of fans, Boff doesn't seem to be a fan favourite.
By the this point four team stark players in injury zone.
Max (8) made a slamming tackle against Bad Wokka, the Ork team captain who holds firm.
Slit(8) picked up the ball and threw the ball successfully into the scoring zone. The score is level at zero again.
Harry Horner slams Neep (3) knocking him into the injury board.
Luke Ted (2) bit off more than he could chew. and was beaten off by the ork guard Boff.
Harry Horner picks up the dreadball.
Bad Wokka injured by Max Behn (8) after a prolonged duel.
Gutso tackles Ted for a one round injury
Boff smashes dreadball holder Harry Horner, the dreadball slipping from his grasp as he hit the tiled floor.
Slit grabs the loose Dreadball and scores a four point throw.
The fans begin to warm up as the action heats up.
Zack Kidd sprints from the substitute zone and swiftly fires off for a quick two point. narrowing the orc's lead.
Bad Wokka runs out of substitute zone and then lands a slam on Alex (7)
Gusto slams and pushes E.W.Sparkish back.
Boff slams in to Sparkish too only to just push him back.
Max Behn lays a poor slam on Jiblet who evades with ease
Bradley Jones attempts the same and the Jiblet isn't so lucky this time and gets knocked out for one round. The ball bounces away towards Zack Kidd
Zack Kidd throws a long shot that misses and the ball bounces. Fans enjoyed the quick action of the shot.
The Dreadball in the scoring zone after Zack Kidd's miss.
.In a captain to captain clash Bad Wokka smashes into Zack Kidd and crippling him for three rounds , effectively throwing him out of the rest of the game. the fans go wild at the drama unfolding. The Orcs maintain their 2-0 lead
Neep (3) runs to the dreadball but it's metallic smooth surface proves to much to hold and it slipped from his grasp.
Max Behn lays a desperate slam on the orc team captain Bad Wokka who is out for three rounds and ends his game too.
Fernado Cervesa sprints into play from the substitute zone.
Fernado Cervesa sprints into play from the substitute zone.
Neep (3) picks up the ball and throws a poor pass to Kreepa (7) who fumbles the ball and it drops into the tile in front of him.
Fernando Cervesa sprints and scoops up the dreadball as the clock counts down to the close of the match, he runs to the centre scoring zone, fires of a shot. Probably the most important of his dreadball career so far.The arena is silent as the dreadball slowly arcs towards the scoring tile. The Dreadball's metallic surface reflects the faces of the crowd, the home fans frozen in looks of horror and the away fans looks of hope. Slowly it descends into the scoring tile. With a blip the dreadball drops into the tile, the scores change 0-2 and the game ends.
The winning shot in the last minutes of the game.
Final Score 0-2
Winner :Stark Industries 56er's
Players viewpoint- first game.
This is my first game of Dreadball and i used the Human team, the game is really quick to pick up and really fast to play, although this game took longer due to taking notes and pictures. So i had no idea how the game would of played out, all the action that happened was totally unplanned and real.
This game is now on my purchase list. There are two full teams in the starter box (humans and orcs) , along with the rules, team rosters, cards and counters. I really want to try out some of the other teams to see how they all work in Dreadball.The Vast Sea Of Worldviews
While total skepticism is entirely refuted by the necessary nature of logical axioms and the truths that follow from them, some skeptics of the self-refuting variety mistakenly claim that knowledge of every distinct worldview and fact is required to have even foundational knowledge. To deny axioms is to affirm them, but I have addressed this contradiction extensively. There is an alternate way to demonstrate the intrinsic errors of total skepticism (legitimate skepticism acknowledges that anything that cannot be logically proven is ultimately unknown). The very nature of reason allows for knowledge of necessary truths even if one is not familiar with every worldview.
I do not need to know exactly what the sum of 32,541 and 78,905 is to know with absolute certainty that the answer is not five. To refute any contrary claims in full, I only need to show that two plus three (like four plus one or five plus zero) is five; this alone proves that adding larger numbers by necessity results in a greater sum. There is always a way to disprove every incorrect mathematical conclusion about which combinations of numbers equal five without resorting to something so simple. Despite this, it is not as if one has to prove that three plus four--or four plus five, five plus six, and so on--does not equal five in order to know that two plus three infallibly amounts to five.
Mathematical truths form only a subset of logical truths. Logical truths, therefore, are far broader than those merely pertaining to numeric values. Proving any logical fact, like proving a specific truth about addition, automatically refutes all possible alternative claims, even if someone is not aware of just how many alternative ideas there are. No one needs to comprehend how many different forms of theism there are, for example, to know with absolute certainty that there is an uncaused cause [1]. Similarly, no one needs to know how many different epistemological frameworks (rationalism, empiricism, sensory empiricism, etc.) there are to know that reason is true by necessity.
Epistemology is far more complex and simplistic than many people realize all at once. Many articles of knowledge are far more difficult to obtain than the average person would like to pretend; simultaneously, many articles of knowledge are also far easier to obtain than is commonly imagined. There is a vast sea of worldviews, but reason provides epistemological solidity due to the absolute certainty it imparts. Refuting a host of philosophical positions is often as simple as proving a basic logical truth. Cling to reason, and a legion of demonstrable truths will never be distant, even if some truths remain unknown or unknowable.
[1]. https://thechristianrationalist.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-uncaused-cause.html
I do not need to know exactly what the sum of 32,541 and 78,905 is to know with absolute certainty that the answer is not five. To refute any contrary claims in full, I only need to show that two plus three (like four plus one or five plus zero) is five; this alone proves that adding larger numbers by necessity results in a greater sum. There is always a way to disprove every incorrect mathematical conclusion about which combinations of numbers equal five without resorting to something so simple. Despite this, it is not as if one has to prove that three plus four--or four plus five, five plus six, and so on--does not equal five in order to know that two plus three infallibly amounts to five.
Mathematical truths form only a subset of logical truths. Logical truths, therefore, are far broader than those merely pertaining to numeric values. Proving any logical fact, like proving a specific truth about addition, automatically refutes all possible alternative claims, even if someone is not aware of just how many alternative ideas there are. No one needs to comprehend how many different forms of theism there are, for example, to know with absolute certainty that there is an uncaused cause [1]. Similarly, no one needs to know how many different epistemological frameworks (rationalism, empiricism, sensory empiricism, etc.) there are to know that reason is true by necessity.
Epistemology is far more complex and simplistic than many people realize all at once. Many articles of knowledge are far more difficult to obtain than the average person would like to pretend; simultaneously, many articles of knowledge are also far easier to obtain than is commonly imagined. There is a vast sea of worldviews, but reason provides epistemological solidity due to the absolute certainty it imparts. Refuting a host of philosophical positions is often as simple as proving a basic logical truth. Cling to reason, and a legion of demonstrable truths will never be distant, even if some truths remain unknown or unknowable.
[1]. https://thechristianrationalist.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-uncaused-cause.html
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