MSSA To Host Guitar Hero Qualifiers For World Cyber Games

We received an Email from Colin Webster, boss man of MSSA (coz we’re just so connected) revealing the following.

This year 2010 rAge and the World Cyber Games fall on the same weekend. That’s why MSSA (for those of you who don’t know :Mind Sports South Africa) together with SAMSUNG have come up with a new method to select how a competitor will to go through to the championship.

SAMSUNG along with MSSA will host qualifiers for the WCG at all the Provincial LAN Championships.

This means you, yes you the gamer will save some of that hard earned cash that would have been spent on flying, driving, kayaking to a certain location for the qualifiers. Since the Gauteng Provincial Championships have already been held the 1st and 2nd place from there have already qualified for the final play-offs which decide team selection for the WCG.

Trials will be held in:

-Bloemfontein

-Port Elizabeth

-Durban

-Cape Town

The dates are not know at the at the present time. We will let you know when we know.

As mentioned earlier this means South African Gamers will be able to compete for less than it would cost them in the past.

SAMSUNG have then also committed themselves to bringing the top two GUITAR HERO’s from Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth, Durban and Cape Town to participate in the final play-offs to be held in Sandton City on 7 August 2010.

This means that the top 2 from each event will go to the Final Play-offs to select a team for the WCG.

Another great thing is due to what every MSSA did last year, MSSA will have met the criteria to apply for Protea Colours. That means that the gamer that goes through to represent South Africa will get Protea Colours.

This is the first time anyone will get Protea Colours for Guitar Hero.

Hmmm could be interesting. I still can’t get my mind around the fact that Guitar Hero is played competitively. What are your thoughts? Will you be trying out? Will you save money?