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Girl Gamer Africa Challenge second qualifier opens up 19 May 2021 - 10:24 By Wessel Minnie The tournament playoffs are scheduled to take place later this month, on 22 and 23 May 2021. Image: Supplied
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South African tournament organizer Monarch has announced that the second qualifier for the Girl Gamer Africa Challenge has now opened up. Female CS:GO teams shouldn t miss out on this amazing opportunity from Monarch, Girl Gamer, Astro Gaming and Logitech. Here are the important details you need to know about.
Girl Gamer Africa Challenge details
First off, you can register for the tournament by heading on over to the official Girl Gamer website. Registration for the second qualifier closes on 14 May 2021, so don t miss out on your chance to join this CS:GO tournament. While registration is free, the tournament features a prize pool of $5,000 USD, which, at the current Dollar to Rand exchange rate, is rou
HenryG parts ways with Cloud9 as the Colossus falls 12 April 2021 - 14:54 By Wessel Minnie Cloud9, an esports organization with teams participating in League of Legends, Overwatch, Rocket League, CS:GO, Fortnite and Smash. Image: Supplied
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Late last month it was announced that Cloud9 have put their CS:GO division on hold. The organization placed all the current players on the bench and left the scene for now. There is an intention to return after the COVID-19 pandemic. For those who don t know, the Cloud9 Colossus roster had some dismal performances and definitely didn t live up to the hype built by Henry
Two South Africans qualify for FIFAe Club World Cup 2021 27 January 2021 - 07:08 By Clint O Shea The FIFA eWorld Cup, formerly known as the FIFA Interactive World Cup (FIWC), is an eSports tournament held by FIFA and its presenting partner EA Sports. Image: Supplied
Two South African FIFA 21 players have qualified for the FIFAe Club World Cup 2021 finals. The Goliath Gaming pairing of Julio Bianchi and Kaylan Moodley became the first South Africans to achieve this feat.
The pair will now prepare to compete online from 24 to 28 February against three other teams in the Zone 3 finals. The Zone 3 region is only open to African and Middle Eastern teams. On the line in the region s final is $32,000 (almost half a million Rand at the time of writing).
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The entire Sinister5 CS:GO roster ranges from ages 21 to 23, and they do have quite a lot of experience in the squad. If the first three nicknames on the list sound very familiar together, that s because JumpOLot, scheeR and Chappy played together at Vexxed Pheonix back in 2017.
The aim of the new squad is to become one of the top four teams in South Africa. We contacted Sinister5 for a quote on their newly-acquired CS:GO team.
Sinister5 explains: What we can say about the new team is, that we once again bet on passion and unity. We expect great chemistry between these players and we aim for the top 4.