Tekken 7 Rankings

Shaun Claudio Lopes (North West University) has set himself up as the front-runner in the Tekken 7 esports title.

With the announcement by International Esports Federation (IESF) that Tekken 7 shall be played at its 12th World Championships - Eilat - in November 2020, it is expected that their will be frantic activity in the game title as players jostle for position in order to be selected for MSSA's Protea Team.

Ever since Vittorio Puissa represented Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) in 2011 in IESF's Worls Championships, MSSA has always submitted a full team to such world championships in every single year that the Tekken game title was held. 

Since 2012, three females have represented South Africa in Tekken at IESF World Championships, being:  Lyrene Kűhn, Morizane Boyes, and Charlize Seremak.
It should be noted that all MSSA Regional, Provincial, and National Championships, as well as online championships and online leagues count towards selection to the national team.

Being selected to represent South Africa at IESF's World Championships is the highest honour that an esports athlete in South Africa can earn. Such player is awarded the much coveted Protea Colours - thhe same as in any other sport, and the experience of being thrust among the world's best is of legends.

The current South African rankings foor the Tekken 7 esports title is as follows:

Pos	Name of Player	year	Club	Points
1	Shaun Claudio Lopes	19	North West University - Vaal	145.8
2	Mhlengi Nkosi	19	North West University - Vaal	141.7
3	Sean Mfuna	19	North West University - Vaal	129.2
4	Pieter Oelefse	19	HTS Sasolburg	114.4
5	Baber Abbas	19	Knights Mind Sports	114.4
6	Michael Janse van Rensburg	19	HTS Sasolburg	114.4
7	Wernich 'PANDA' Botha	19	JCS Academy	114.4
8	Lerato Thapedi	19	Masters of Mind Sports	114.4
9	Chiney Wallace	18	HTS Sasolburg	114.4
10	Brian Lin	18	Masters of Mind Sports	114.4
11	Marchelle van Niekerk	18	HTS Sasolburg	114.4
12	Joost Loftus	18	Masters of Mind Sports	114.4
13	Yu-Hsien Lin	18	North West University - Vaal	114.4
14	Mpho Ntsala	18	Fakkel School of Skills	114.4
15	Pieter Lourens	18	BNKR	114.4
16	Armand Botha	18	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	114.4
17	Fanie Nel	18	HTS Tom Naudé	114.4
18	Luan Joubert	18	Hoerskool General Hertzog	114.4
19	Nadine Swart	18	HTS Witbank	114.4
20	Reinder v Wyk	18	JCS Academy	114.4
21	Lehlohondo Moloi	18	North West University - Vaal	114.4
22	Jan Hendrik Van Aswegen	18	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	114.4
23	Waldo Joubert	18	BNKR	114.4
24	Leighton Howells	18	Cambridge High School	114.4
25	Kopano Majeko	18	Curro Klerksdorp	114.4
26	Leonard Loftus	18	Masters of Mind Sports	114.4
27	Darnell Fynn	18	Empangeni High School	114.4
28	Junior Mpembe	18	Fakkel School of Skills	114.4
29	Liam Murdoch	18	Hoerskool General Hertzog	114.4
30	James Griffiths	18	HTS Witbank	114.4
31	Luan Stoltz	18	Hoerskool General Hertzog	114.4
32	Amo Mojapelo	18	HTS Tom Naudé	114.4
33	Dean Jooste	18	Fakkel School of Skills	114.4
34	Leoné Loftus	18	Fakkel School of Skills	114.4
35	Benniel Botha	18	Fakkel School of Skills	114.4
36	Cilliers Swanepoel	19	Curro Klerksdorp	114.1
37	Gawie Fick	18	Fakkel School of Skills	114.1
38	Chaz Keefer	18	HTS Tom Naudé	114
39	Ian Halgreen	18	Empangeni High School	114
40	Charlize Seremak	19	ZAG Academy	113.7
41	Neo Mankwe	18	Fakkel School of Skills	113.6
42	Leran Shahriar	18	Northcliff High School	113.5
43	Kyle Graham	18	Fakkel School of Skills	111.9
44	Pieter van der Merwe	18	JCS Academy	111.4
45	Hennie Small	18	Fakkel School of Skills	110
46	Jayden Gopalkista	18	Hoerskool General Hertzog	110
47	Surprise Mafuma	19	North West University - Vaal	110
48	Boyi Mantso	18	Fakkel School of Skills	109.5
49	Justin Brown	18	Northcliff High School	109.5
50	Kade Ortner	18	Northcliff High School	109.5
51	Cole Manley	18	HTS Tom Naudé	108.8
52	Micaela Hodgkinson	18	JCS Academy	107
53	Costa Kinguae	18	HTS Sasolburg	105.9
54	Kristen Cockeran	18	Fakkel School of Skills	105.3
55	Coenraad Oosthuizen	18	HTS Tom Naudé	104.5
56	Unathi Nzimande	18	Empangeni High School	104.5
57	Chiney Wallace	19	HTS Sasolburg	104.5
58	Jeremy Seremak	19	HTS Sasolburg	103.3
59	Jonathan Brown	19	Team Playbell	100
60	Mhlengi Nkosi	19	North West University - Vaal	95
61	Dwayne van Niekerk	18	Fakkel School of Skills	95
62	Natalie Swanepoel	18	Fakkel School of Skills	95
63	Raken Belayet	18	Curro Klerksdorp	95
64	Bokamoso Smith	19	HTS Sasolburg	95
65	Jodie-Ray Nelson	18	Empangeni High School	90.3
66	Kokeletso Molepo	18	HTS Tom Naudé	90.3
67	Sean Mehlo	18	Northcliff High School	90.3

Also read:

• Ensuring gender equity in esports.
• MSSA celebrates its women who have earned Protea Colours.
• Why schools and universities should invest in esports.
• How school clubs affiliate for the 2020 season.
• The various events held by Mind Sports South Africa.
• Why schools and universities should invest in esports
• New National Team Selection Criteria
• Selecting the national Protea teams for Mind Sports South Africa.
• The road to Eilat
• IESF announces first three titles for 12th World Championships
• Esports: MSSA's 24th Western Cape Provincial Championships - 28 and 29 March 2020.

So Far Behind...

   I haven't talked about so many gaming things happening in my life the last few weeks.

  First, I went to DesotoCon, in Kansas, back at the end of July. I started a blog post about it and will finish it, I promise. It's even going to be back dated so it will appear before this one. Not many (any?) photos from it though. Well, a few, I think.

  The next week I went to Indianapolis for GenCon. Met a lot of great people, hung out with some friends from Thread Raiders, Saving Throw Show, and Dragons and Things (best Pathfinder liveplay stream, Fridays at 6:00 Pacific on Twitch). Bought a bunch of stuff. Again, it deserves it's own post and I will work on that. A few more photos there.

   I've also released the first product from Goblyn Head Press on DriveThruRPG. It's a supplement designed for D&D 5e called Sacred Sites. It was written by Eli Arndt, who you ugys have seen me mention before around here. Nine different places you can encounter the sacred or profane. It has sold a few copies already and it's only been up about a week. Very excited about that. Probably deserves it's own post, too.

  And we've gotten a few more sessions of Starfinder in. Kicked one guy out of our group, got another new player. Still sitting at three players so if anyone wants to join us in Santa Fe, TX (in Galveston County, on the mainland)...

   And I painted a few minis. Not much. I really need to get to work on the Pledge or I am screwed.

   Oh, two new display cases came in and I got one put together. Detolf from IKEA.

   And I have been drawing more maps on my Wacom tablet. So that's getting me closer to done with another Goblyn Head project.

   All in all, I guess I have been busy. Just not very good at reporting. I'll try to get caught up on all of that the next few days.

Out In The Shadows: Dark Mod 2.07 Released

The hide-and-seek simulator The Dark Mod (TDM) has had a new release as of last week. For those who don't remember, TDM is a Doom 3 mod-gone-standalone that aims to recreate a similar game experience to that of Looking Glass Studio's Thief series. It is known amongst both stealth game aficionados and free software enthusiasts as a project of exceptional quality, with a dedicated community of content creators. The latest release 2.07 focuses on stability and performance.

Since we last reported on this amazing project, the game has progressed leaps and bounds both in content and quality. The extensive loading times and performance irks that plagued the initial standalone releases, from the project's early emancipation from Doom 3 game asset and codebase requirements, are now mostly a thing of the past, and are set to be improved even further, as multi-core support has finally been added to the engine (albeit as an experimental feature). Future updates will bring the game to OpenGL 3.3, transferring processing power from the CPU to the GPU.

On the graphics department, the implementation of advanced shadow maps promise near real-life shadow behavior. Improved antialiasing will generally upgrade looks for those with more powerful machines.

The release has also seen the addition of more Creative Commons licensed assets (under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) and map modules, which are free to use in either TDM fan missions or in any other mod or game project. Many fan missions are available under the same license, with incoming releases almost every month. They can be downloaded through the in-game GUI or by accessing the mission portal.

For further information you can access the full changelog here.

Code License: GPLv3
Assets License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

This post was retrieved from freegamer.blogspot.com.