Over the last few months there has been an influx of new Team Fortress 2 players in South Africa, this has been the trend in the relaxed, less serious form of the game, known to most as pubs. This has become a huge problem for the competitive side of TF2 as not alot if not any of them have tried to get themselves into the competitive side of Team Fortress 2 and start new clans. We do tend to see a decent amount of new guys playing in pickups, but still this is not helping the competitive community in any way. 

The existing Clans in Team Fortress 2 are all lead by players that have experience from when Team Fortress 2 first hit South Africa. In an attempt to try and give a boost to the Team Fortress 2 competitive scene miNt Gaming and Equilibrium.TF2 have teamed up with IS Gaming to host a 1v1 Soldier competition. The main objective is to get all those new players that enjoy playing on the public servers to be more involved with the competitive side of the Team Fortress 2 community. This will not only help nurture young talent, but will also help players looking to join a team be more recognised whilst showing everyone how much fun Team Fortress 2 can really be if players are committed. This competition will be free to enter and will have no prize at the end, but players will be able to gauge their skill compared to other Team Fortress 2 players in South Africa. I think we owe it to ourselves to show other gamers that Team Fortress 2 is not just a comic strip, but more a complete game that requires great skill and a lot of dedication and time to get good at. 
 
Below is all the information you will need to read in order to take part in the competition. There are a limited amount of spots available so don't leave it to the last second to register. 
 
Competition details 
 
Type: Team Fortress 2 - 1v1 Soldier competition 
 
Registration open: Monday 3rd August - 20:00 
 
Registration close: Sunday 23rd August - 20:00 
 
Spots available: 50 
 
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Player Details 
 
General competition information: link  
 
Registration: link  
 
Ruleset: link  
 
Website registration: link . *ensure all your details are filled out correctly.

MPLD will be hosting a Call of Duty 4 competition at their June lan. The details can be seen here. Further details and bookings for the lan can be made at www.mpld.co.za.

IS Admin Team

After a short tournament with some very strong competition the clan that emerged victorious was none other than Team Bravado.

They took a huge lead in the tournament on Thursday evening whilst playing ZeroLimit. Bravado won both maps without contest and moved up in the tournament standings with 6 points. Neither DC or ZeroLimit acquired any points on Thursday.

Saturday morning was the true clash of the titans. Bravado faced Damage Control and everyone knew that the winner of this match would determine the outcome of the tournament. A colossal battle was fought on the maps of de_nuke and de_dust2 but bravado did not stand back for the South African gaming legends, easily taking the first map and then dealing the killing blow on the second map. This victory assured Bravado their five seats against the PMS girls.

The defeat against Bravado broke the Damage Control spirits and ZeroLimit didn’t think twice to use this as an advantage. ZeroLimit beat their titanic rivals and this placed them in the second place with 6 points.

First Matches between Bravado and ZeroLimit.

Match 1: de_nuke
16 Bravado vs ZeroLimit 9

Match2: de_inferno
16 Bravado vs ZeroLimit 5

Tournament Standings:
Bravado – 2 Played - 6 Points
Damage Control – 0 Played - 0 Points
ZeroLimit – 2 Played – 0 Points

Next Matches: Saturday 11:00 Bravado vs Damage Control

The game is Counter Strike 1.6 and there is space for 32 teams to battle it out for the right to play against PMS in South Africa at the end of November 2008.