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The invisible man is speaking again

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The infamous, and totally anonymous, Matatheni Mosotho of the eSports blog is posting again. It’s been a while since Mr Mosotho has graced us with his particular brand of commentary (read: garbage) but he has decided to throw his weight into the Rize issue and weirdly,  is once again attempting to defend these notorious MSSA test matches.

Let’s start with the first one.. how this RiZe debacle happened and how it wouldn’t have happened if the MSSA had been handling it. For once I have to fully agree with the man, this would never have happened if the MSSA was in control as there would be no way the MLG would have accepted their archaic and delusional rule set so we wouldn’t have had a single South African at the tournament.

Not that I’m supporting the despicable RiZe team, which had better be disbanded when they return to the UK.

But what really got my attention was the article where Mosotho attempts to once again explain what a test match is..

Voldemort starts off by stating

“There still seem to be people who seem to be battling with the concept, in that they presume that national federations have to be part of a government department,

Aargh!”

and then states

“It is like hitting your head against a brick wall.”

I share your feeling here. It’s like talking to a vortex of intelligence knowing that the logic will never penetrate. But let’s humour the author for a bit and see what he thinks is a test match.

“But what then makes an official international test match?
The answer is simply, affiliation to the international federation and compliance with the rules.”

“With the MSSA affiliated to the IeSF, any match that meets the criteria of a test match as laid down by the IeSF is an official test match.
If the International Federation says it is so, then it is so!”

He blabbers on about government not being allowed to meddle in sport in a rather pathetic attempt to muddy the waters. So let’s go straight to the heart of the matter.

The MSSA is sanctioned by the government, via SASCOC, to promote eSports in South Africa. They often refer to the constitution of SASCOC as to why they have so many rules and regulations and that they have to abide by the SASCOC constitution and rules.

So why don’t we take a look at what SASCOC  thinks is a test match and the one thing our anonymous friend has right is that it’s truly simple:

“test match”-means a contest in sport between national teams of two or more nations, held in terms of the rules and regulations of the international controlling body of such sport.”

Done.. so we have the IeSF who MSSA feels is the international body. We have a local national team thanks to the MSSA. But wait, there is one more piece of this requirement:

The other team is meant to be a national team as well.. well that’s easy enough right? Well no actually.

We previously contacted the Mexican government to find out who chooses their national eSports side and we were told

“Dear Gavin,

Thank you for your email and interest in Mexico. With regards to your enquiry about eSports in Mexico we unfortunately do not have any department or government office in Mexico that deal with this activity since is a private leisure matter.

If you send us more details about your specific enquiry we might be able to give you some advice.

Kind regards,”

Now since Mexico does not view it as a sport and has not given anyone the mandate to approve a national team they are not a national team (we’ll ignore that most of them weren’t even Mexican shall we?). This got us actually doing our jobs and we contacted Romania, Israel, Poland and Sweden and are still not able to find any organisation that has been granted the mandate to create national eSport teams.

So an international body of sorts organising matches between the MSSA’s chosen team and some other random team is about as official as me calling myself the President of Lazygameria and expecting the UN to take notice of me.

But hey let’s not stop here since the clear logic of the above doesn’t seem to be able to seep through the vortex in his skull.

Let’s ask The Oxford English Dictionary what a test match is

“An international cricket or rugby match, typically one of a series, played between teams representing two different countries:”

Makes you think doesn’t it? When was the last time you heard of a test match in tennis, football, golf, swimming or any other sport.

The only reason the MSSA continues this idiocy of calling these games test matches is so that they can honestly fool themselves into thinking they are as remotely as important to SASCOC and the country as SARU and Cricket South Africa.

They are making a mockery of our industry in South Africa and Mosotho isn’t helping at all. Now I wonder if Mosotho will come out from behind his keyboard and reveal himself to the world?

Lying behind a pseudonym is no different than lying in person. Remember you need to actually back up stuff you post on your blog if you are going to pretend it’s accurate. But unfortunately Mr Mosotho only allows moderated comments on his blog.. something that may just come back and bite him in the ass.

Please be so kind as to not mention the events around our current legal proceedings in the comments as this articles has absolutely nothing to do with the affidavit and court documents submitted to us. We here at Lazygamer strongly support everyone’s constitutional right to freedom of expression.

Last Updated: March 28, 2014

61 Comments

  1. Admiral Chief of Auraxis

    March 28, 2014 at 14:15

    • El Capitan del Blade

      March 28, 2014 at 14:17

      “Is That racist, until someone can prove otherwise, I’m just gonna assume that’s racist”

      Reply

      • Rince

        March 28, 2014 at 14:18

        Eh?

        Reply

        • El Capitan del Blade

          March 28, 2014 at 14:19

          Dat Sock puppet…. o_O

          Reply

          • Rince

            March 28, 2014 at 14:20

            Well, if you look at the context it fits perfectly actually.

          • El Capitan del Blade

            March 28, 2014 at 14:22

            It does, the “quote” above is from some internet video, something about “300” and everything wrong with it…. 😛

          • Rince

            March 28, 2014 at 14:23

            Ah, hahahaha My miss 😉

          • Jedi JJ

            March 28, 2014 at 15:01

            This….is….the internet!!!!

          • Admiral Chief of Auraxis

            March 28, 2014 at 14:30

            LOL. actually just the first image I saw when searching Google for “sock puppet”

          • Rince

            March 28, 2014 at 15:08

            Riiiight… 😉

  2. Alien Emperor Trevor

    March 28, 2014 at 14:17

    That header image, what an uncanny resemblance.

    Reply

    • Rince

      March 28, 2014 at 14:17

      I was going to say 😉

      Reply

  3. Kromas

    March 28, 2014 at 14:17

    Lazygameria!

    Reply

    • Rince

      March 28, 2014 at 14:18

      I’m not sure I would vote for Gavin 0-O

      Reply

      • Kromas

        March 28, 2014 at 14:19

        As long as the internet flows like wine I won’t really care who our leader is.

        Reply

        • Rince

          March 28, 2014 at 14:20

          Okay. Like the Netherlands almost did, you have stumped me there.

          Reply

        • El Capitan del Blade

          March 28, 2014 at 14:21

          The Desert Planet, Lazygamakkis, Home of the Internet spice, Gaming news. He Who controls Lazygamakkis controls the spice, and the spice must flow.

          Reply

          • Kromas

            March 28, 2014 at 14:23

            Yeah I don’t wanna go there.
            Dust + PC = Sandworm Rage!

          • Rince

            March 28, 2014 at 14:24

            Master Race Rage? 0-O

          • Kromas

            March 28, 2014 at 14:29

            Try and run a PS1-4 on a desert planet. Pretty sure you are gonna have a bad time. 😛

          • Rince

            March 28, 2014 at 14:30

            Ya, but the Bone would be safe! Because no one would want to take it with BOOM! 😉

          • Kromas

            March 28, 2014 at 14:39

            Actually it would be the most useful out of all platforms. It vibrates so much it could be an alternative replacement for thumpers.

          • Rince

            March 28, 2014 at 14:48

            THIS WIN!

          • Admiral Chief of Auraxis

            March 28, 2014 at 14:58

            I was thinking about how cool a Dune FPS would be…

      • Gavin Mannion

        March 28, 2014 at 14:24

        lol as if I’d let it be a democracy

        Reply

        • Kromas

          March 28, 2014 at 14:30

          I can see the laws being put into place. All who beat the Supreme overlord shall be sent to the Gulag!

          Reply

          • Rince

            March 28, 2014 at 14:31

            Galag?

          • Kromas

            March 28, 2014 at 14:35

            en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag?The Gulag
            was the government agency that administered the main Soviet forced
            labor camp systems during the Stalin era, from the 1930s until the
            1950s.

          • Rince

            March 28, 2014 at 14:36

            Bro, I know, I was playing with Gulag, and GAvin 😛

          • Kromas

            March 28, 2014 at 14:37

            Oh well. Knowledge is half the battle. The other half is stable servers.

          • Rince

            March 28, 2014 at 14:38

            One thing I have always enjoyed is reading 😉 Which is why I am a journalist. Sad that so many people don’t 🙁 I mean, what’s with these ‘games’ anyway thehehe

          • Kromas

            March 28, 2014 at 14:42

            The written word is dead. Long live gaming!

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            March 28, 2014 at 14:42

            NERD!

          • Rince

            March 28, 2014 at 14:52

            Don’t make me retaliate boy! I know too much! TOO MUCH!

          • Admiral Chief of Auraxis

            March 28, 2014 at 14:53

            From our talk, it seems you really do…

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            March 28, 2014 at 14:55

            Bring it, bitch!

          • Dutch Matrix

            March 28, 2014 at 15:02

            Who accused you of journalism? 🙂 Just kidding. Looking forward to your review of The Pirate Fairy!

          • Rince

            March 28, 2014 at 15:04

          • Dutch Matrix

            March 28, 2014 at 15:09

            I will let you know that Dutch Matrix is a Major, Sergeant!

        • Kensei Seraph

          March 28, 2014 at 14:30

          Will there be no digital Vat?

          Reply

    • Mossel

      March 28, 2014 at 15:50

      Lazygamura!

      Best goddam country in the world!

      (said in american hillbilly accent)

      Reply

  4. Hammersteyn

    March 28, 2014 at 14:45

    Esports at the moment

    Reply

  5. Umar hearts Grandia

    March 28, 2014 at 14:52

    So tired of this Phantom Menace’s speeches and arrogant outlook. “Arrgh Oh Em Gee you guys, how can you not know what a free-eekan test match is, arrgh this is like totes stupid!” uhmmm……

    http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/princessaili/gif%20macros/tumblr_m6yqc1Y3zN1r1ox55_zps1483d9c4.gif

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief of Auraxis

      March 28, 2014 at 14:53

      LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL @ “Phantom Menace”

      Reply

    • Rince

      March 28, 2014 at 14:56

      HAHAHAH! Nice!

      Reply

  6. Rags

    March 28, 2014 at 14:55

    Colin really needs medication.

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    • Admiral Chief of Auraxis

      March 28, 2014 at 14:57

      …taken with alcohol

      Reply

      • Dutch Matrix

        March 28, 2014 at 15:03

        His medication is alcohol…

        Reply

  7. Kensei Seraph

    March 28, 2014 at 15:07

    Is it just me or did this article disappear for a while?

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief of Auraxis

      March 28, 2014 at 15:07

      Just you

      Reply

    • Jedi JJ

      March 28, 2014 at 15:09

      You brain rested for a few seconds. Give him some slack man.

      Reply

      • Rince

        March 28, 2014 at 15:16

        Look at you!

        Reply

        • Jedi JJ

          March 28, 2014 at 16:14

          What about me?

          Reply

    • Gavin Mannion

      March 28, 2014 at 15:19

      Totally you…

      Reply

    • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

      March 28, 2014 at 15:27

      Perhaps your blink was not a blink but rather nodding off?

      Reply

  8. Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

    March 28, 2014 at 15:11

    I have nothing nice to say about this phantom blogger guy so I will rather keep quiet

    Reply

  9. Ultimo_Cleric N7

    March 28, 2014 at 15:14

    Douche. No matter who he pretends to be.

    Reply

    • Rince

      March 28, 2014 at 15:17

      That’s the thing, he’s pretending to be no one, can you imagine how fucking insignificant you have to be if pretending to be a no one is more than who you actually are?

      Reply

      • Ultimo_Cleric N7

        March 28, 2014 at 15:29

        Pretty much this.
        Also, commenting on your own son’s achievements pretending to be someone else on FB.

        What a cockroach.

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        • Gavin Mannion

          March 28, 2014 at 15:31

          say what… got a link?

          Reply

          • Ultimo_Cleric N7

            March 28, 2014 at 16:22

            Sorry man, was in the comments section of the articles you had to take off.

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