This will be the third consecutive qualifier in South Africa, of which all three have been won by Bravado Gaming. The competition taking place at Rush is a qualifier for the Electronic Sports World Cup which will see one South African team qualify to represent our country against some of the best teams in the world. It’s an easy game to understand, but has depth and skill which will amaze you upon further investigation. There are an array of guns and maps, but every single one has the same premise mentioned above. The same winning condition applies for the Terrorists – they can plant the bomb and explode one of the bombsites, or eliminate the enemy team. They can do this in one of two ways – defuse the bomb or completely eliminate the Terrorist team by shooting them. The object of the game is that the Terrorists needs to bomb one of two locations and the Counter-Terrorists need to stop them. Counter-Strike: Global OffensiveĬounter-Strike: Global Offensive is a team esport with two teams of five going head to head in a first-person shooter format.

Street Fighter has a rich culture and is one of the most popular fighting games on the circuit. The purpose is to beat up your opponent to a point where you knock them out. The game is easy enough to understand, but has some extreme depth when it comes to characters in the games, their combinations, their attacks, and each player’s ability also make for an extremely exciting esport. Street Fighter V is a fighting game where you also play 1v1 against another player and the objective is to beat them up. Energy Esports, one of the more prominent teams in the country, expanded into FIFA last year by picking up two players – Riaasat Ebrahim and Mohamed Diop Last year at rAge we saw a FIFA tournament which was one of the main attractions at the event and offered up some ripe talent in the FIFA communities. This is perhaps one of the easier games to understand.įIFA in South Africa is growing rapidly among the competitive scenes.

The game is shortened and plays out like a regular football match with two halves, stoppage time and even penalty shootouts should you not score. It can be an international team, or Manchester United (the most popular pick, obviously) unless you’re Gavin and prefer losing/playing as Liverpool. FIFA and Street FighterįIFA, a game based off Football, is a 1v1 game where each player takes control of their favourite football team. Just imagine a traditional sporting event that features football, rugby, boxing and athletics – yup, this is pretty much the local Olympics of esports. That’s true, off the top of my head I can name about ten, but luckily for you Rush is going to feature Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends, Street Fighter V and FIFA. One problem might be that there are just too many competitive games. Esports is still relatively fresh, and there are a number of people who have yet to truly grasp the concept and excitement of competitive gaming. It’s all about esports and aims to shed some light on the growing industry in South Africa. Rush, a new expo brought to you by the people behind South Africa’s biggest gaming expo, rAge along with Omen by HP. The editorial and content is entirely created in-house, unless otherwise specified.

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