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Why you have to register for the Mortal Kombat tournament

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One of the best video game memories I have is back in the days of Quake 1 where I played for Damage Clan for a while and went on an amateur tour of South Africa playing in Internet cafes and getting stupidly drunk while pretending to be training.

That time in my life peaked when someone organised a massive Quake tournament that was held in Sandton City. There was a big projector, shoutcasters, massive stands for spectators to watch on and, then in the pit all the competitors. I did okay and got through a few rounds and then watched as one of our clan mates continued and won the entire thing to win some awesome prizes.

It really felt like gaming had finally made it into the mainstream and things were looking up for our industry. After that I got married, moved overseas and had kids before getting back into gaming around the time the Xbox was released.

I have a point, hold on,

So once I was back into gaming and loving it, I once against started to look at the industry properly and saw that it was going pretty well. AGASA was doing pretty well with their tournaments and the scene felt alive outside of the pure hardcore. I joined up with a few other gamers who played for fun in a clan call The Evil Alpacas. We played in the AGASA league and either even though we mainly just messed around we did pretty well and had a lot of fun.

While most of the guys weren’t interested in going any further, and I didn’t have the skill, I found it all quite intriguing so I continued following the scene for a while watching teams like Hi-5 and Capital Punishment do extremely well. AGASA managed to organise sponsorship from EA and continued playing their finals at rAge on an annual basis.

And then they affiliated with the MSSA so we could start earning Protea colours for gaming, which was one of the most exciting times for the industry. We could finally be recognised as eSports athletes  and things were good. But that was before we knew how hard it was to work with the MSSA, it took less than a year before the trouble started with tournaments now badly organised and ending up with the MSSA announcing that AGASA had been dissolved and they would be taking over all the leagues. At the same time AGASA said they weren’t dissolving but just leaving the MSSA.

And since then there has been a constant fight between gamers and the MSSA which has simply ostracised level-headed gamers in the country. Anyone who tries to organise tournaments and leagues get harassed and generally just leaves to do something elsewhere. The sponsors have left in droves as it doesn’t do anything healthy for their brand.

So the point, finally right?

Warner Bros international has put a metric ton of cash behind making Mortal Kombat an eSports title and are now hosting titles in most major countries in the world. You can literally play a videogame and win a trip to Paris to play in the world finals with a prize pool of $100 000.

You don’t need to jump through a million hoops, you don’t need to fill in a ton of documents and pledge allegiance to anything. All you need to do is register as a player, or a spectator, and then rock up on the day. There are tournaments being held in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town and even if you don’t think you’ve got much chance of winning it will show that you support the local gaming industry and you can win spot prizes… while spending a few hours with other gamers.

Come on, you know you want to.

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Last Updated: April 8, 2015

47 Comments

  1. Admiral Chief

    April 8, 2015 at 14:09

    I can do with a metric ton of cash

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      April 8, 2015 at 14:10

      • Guild

        April 8, 2015 at 14:11

        Off to buy bread i see

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          April 8, 2015 at 14:11

          Yeah, the rest is on the way.

          Reply

      • Admiral Chief

        April 8, 2015 at 14:12

        Still, a metric ton of than will pay my credit card off at least

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        • Hammersteyn

          April 8, 2015 at 14:13

          *that
          *Dances like a madman

          Reply

          • Admiral Chief

            April 8, 2015 at 14:13

            Bwahahaha, finally, I blame emotional trauma and a mind splitting headache

          • Hammersteyn

            April 8, 2015 at 14:13

            Shame man, I’d buy you a beer if I could.

          • Admiral Chief

            April 8, 2015 at 14:14

            I know you would, you are awesome like that

          • Hammersteyn

            April 8, 2015 at 14:15

            XD

  2. Guild

    April 8, 2015 at 14:10

    I’m looking forward to this tournament. I think it’ll get a lot more registrations than they can handle but I hope it all goes well

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  3. Kensei Seraph

    April 8, 2015 at 14:12

    So when and where is this tournament being held anyway?

    Reply

    • Guild

      April 8, 2015 at 14:15

      You being serious? I thought you read the articles?

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief

        April 8, 2015 at 14:15

        You being serious? You think he reads the articles?

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        • Guild

          April 8, 2015 at 14:16

          Me? Serious? Never…..

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          • Admiral Chief

            April 8, 2015 at 14:17

            Indeed, you just break things
            #NEVARRRforget

          • Guild

            April 8, 2015 at 14:17

            XD Goddammit

          • Hammersteyn

            April 8, 2015 at 14:18

            Can’t believe you dropped that on him.

      • Kensei Seraph

        April 8, 2015 at 14:20

        Only some of them and even then I have always struggled to remember names, faces and dates.

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        • Guild

          April 8, 2015 at 14:20

          🙂 You going to enter?

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          • Kensei Seraph

            April 8, 2015 at 14:23

            Nah, I’m not very good at fighting games (although I do enjoy them) and since I originally got into them on a keyboard I’m slightly below average when it comes to using a controller.

  4. Hammersteyn

    April 8, 2015 at 14:13

    • Admiral Chief

      April 8, 2015 at 14:15

      Oh shaddap, you stay like a block away from work, and have no traffic

      Reply

      • Guild

        April 8, 2015 at 14:17

        And he has kak internet as well. He should move.

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          April 8, 2015 at 14:18

          Works well enough when it works, if it works.

          Reply

          • Guild

            April 8, 2015 at 14:18

            So with your last visit to Sunny and bright JHB, when you deciding on moving to the big city?

          • Hammersteyn

            April 8, 2015 at 14:51

            dunno, you need brass balls for the traffic though.

          • Admiral Chief

            April 8, 2015 at 14:54

            Or a bike

      • Hammersteyn

        April 8, 2015 at 14:17

        They opened a creche in my street. Crazy moms everywhere. They park like taxi drivers. I’m stuck for like two minutes in traffic everyday.

        Reply

        • Lord Chaos

          April 8, 2015 at 14:22

          And that only because you look at them?

          Reply

  5. Jonah Cash

    April 8, 2015 at 14:24

    So who got into the Planetside beta?

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    • Admiral Chief

      April 8, 2015 at 14:34

      I hope someone has, I’ve almost been playing for two years

      Reply

      • Jonah Cash

        April 8, 2015 at 14:36

        On PS4 Admiral not on the PC!! Dammit!!

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        • Admiral Chief

          April 8, 2015 at 14:37

          Hehehe, that is why I’m saying, I’ve been having fun for almost two years with this game, it is time that more people experience the war on Auraxis!

          I just cannot imagine sniping with a controller…….

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          • Lord Chaos

            April 8, 2015 at 14:39

            It’s easy. Auto-aim… XD

          • Admiral Chief

            April 8, 2015 at 14:55

            SIES!

          • Jonah Cash

            April 8, 2015 at 14:47

            If I like it on the PS4 I might just join you on the PC… But this way I can try it for free!!

          • Hammersteyn

            April 8, 2015 at 14:52

            It’s also free on PC

          • Jonah Cash

            April 8, 2015 at 14:59

            Oh my word, yes my brain is losing it slowly…

  6. RinceThis

    April 8, 2015 at 14:27

    Thank the gods! It’s been an hour without a Mortal Kombat post, what are you trying to do to us?!

    Reply

    • Kensei Seraph

      April 8, 2015 at 14:28

      Prepare us for what comes after…. the release.

      Reply

    • Lord Chaos

      April 8, 2015 at 14:30

      Was starting to get withdrawal symptoms.

      Reply

  7. Aries

    April 8, 2015 at 14:34

    Do we need to have the game to register, I mean when it comes out

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  8. Ricardo Harvey

    April 8, 2015 at 15:34

    There’s no option to register for cape town, is it fully booked already?

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  9. Brendon Bosch

    April 8, 2015 at 16:39

    Why cant we register to play for CPT?

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  10. Guest

    April 9, 2015 at 02:16

    Some Extra income offers. by gamer. ;

    ?????? http://BigonlineWorkSources.com/Apply/Go

    ????????????????

    Reply

  11. Francois Knoetze

    April 9, 2015 at 08:46

    If I wasn’t broke for 5 months after my wedding I would have considered entering and drive from Mossel Bay to Cape Town.

    Reply

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