This past weekend saw something a little unique and something perhaps never before achieved in South Africa. On one day, three cities hosted Call of Duty console LAN tournaments, with each seeing their winners walking off with cash and XP towards their ACGL seasonal ranking.

In Cape Town we partnered with MWEB GameZone to ensure the ten registered teams could play in comfort for the day. Johannesburg saw The Nexus play the consummate host to eight teams, while the four Port Elizabeth teams were hosted at Game On and facilitated by Plan-G.

All the tournaments saw the teams battle through a group phase into an elimination bracket, ensuring a pretty grueling day to ensure you could claim venue championship.

The top placed teams received cash prizes which were based on a sliding scale dependent on the number of entries per venue.

SOME STATS

  • Three Cities
  • 22 Teams
  • 62 Matches Played
  • R6,000 in cash handed out

It was a great start to what will be just the first of many we plan to rollout in conjunction with our venue and operating partners, with varying titles each month. In March, you can expect FIFA 18 and fighting to feature in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban and Port Elizabeth.

We would like to thank all the players, spectators, crew and partners that helped make the series of events a success. Without the support and belief, we would not have been able to pull it off.

SCHEDULE

Keep the next few dates open now:

23 – 25 March – FIFA 18 and Injustice 2 (PE Only) â€“ 2K XP

  • Hosted at the ConFUZE Expo via Plan-G
  • Registrations Open: 26 February

31 March – FIFA 18 and Injustice 2  â€“ 2K XP

  • Confirmed Operators: ACGL, The Nexus and Geek Patrol
  • Registrations Open: 26 February

7 April – Call of Duty  (4v4) – 2K XP

  • Confirmed Operators: ACGL, The Nexus, Plan-G and Geek Patrol
  • Registrations Open:  5 March

Also, don't forget that 24 and 25 February, we will be hosting AfrEsports at GrandWest. Up for grabs is R30,000 in the Call of Duty tournament and R10,000 in the FIFA 18 tournament.

The Cape Town finals were streamed live by Die_Dellas and co-casted by HoldenZA.

As the photos from the events become available, we will link them for you here.

EXPANSION OF THE MINORS

We will also be opening the opportunity to other LAN organizers to partner with us to ensure XP rewards at affiliated events. Interested tournament operators can email their request in to us for further discussion.

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