MSSA Celebrates Its Women Who Have Earned Protea Colours.

Gabriela Isaacs who is the only South African to earn silver at an IESF World Championships.

The quote by Ayn Rand, "The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who is going to stop me." epitomizes all  the women that have earned Protea Colours and represented South Africa in international competition.

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

Also read:

• The new national team selection criteria.

• 2019 Calendar of Events
• MSSA's 2019 Western Cape Provincial Championships - 23 & 24 March 2019

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 - Jack

3- 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 - Jack

3-  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.

Jiblet (6) picks up the dreadball

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. 

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

Best Bridge Camera 2019: 10 Cameras That Pack Huge Zoom Lenses - Ars Technica

Best bridge camera 2019: 10 cameras that pack huge zoom lenses

Build A Kick Butt $1000 Computer This May 2013

This PC Build is so awesome, it looks cool, is small, bright and a great bang for your buck - and for only $1000. You will be able to play any games you want maxed out at 1920x1080 with good FPS.

The processor included is the infamous Intel 3570K, ready to be overclocked and when paired with this Radeon HD 7950 BOOST Graphics Card, there will be no looking back.

This build includes a compact Mini ITX motherboard with built in WiFi and Bluetooth that will fit very nicely into the included Orange BitFenix Mini ITX Prodigy PC case.

Take a look below, all the hardware is linked and ready to go!

Original Build Source: http://newbcomputerbuild.com/gaming-pc-builds-of-the-month-2/gaming-pc-builds-may-2013/#1000-may-2013-pc-build

	Hardware Link
Estimated Price:	$ 989.55
Processor	Intel Core i5-3570K Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 4 Core LGA 1155 – BX80637I53570KPrice: $209.99
Cooler	*none – as it pushes this build over budget, however I would recommend the Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler – especially before you start overclocking the heck out of your Intel 3570K Processor.
Motherboard	Gigabyte LGA 1155 DDR3 1600 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Motherboard GA-Z77N-WIFIPrice: $114.99
Graphics Card	PowerColor AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 BOOST STATE DVI/HDMI/2Mini DisplayPort PCI-Express Video Card AX7950 3GBD5-2DHV4Price:$299.99
RAM	Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit for Core i3, i5, i7 and Platforms SDRAM CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9Price: $59.98
Hard Drive	WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache – WD10EZEXPrice: $66.64
SSD	*none – check the additions / alternatives section below for options!
Power Supply	Corsair Professional Series  HX 750 Watt ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Gold (HX750)Price: $129.99
Computer Case	BitFenix OOXKO-RP Prodigy Mini-ITX Computer Case w/ USB 3.0 (Orange)Price: $89.98
Optical Drive	Samsung 24x SATA DVD¡ARW Internal Drive without Software, Black SH-224BB/BEBEPrice: $17.99