Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA), an affiliate of the South African Confederation of Sport and Olympic Committee, has announced the South African squad which will represent the country at the 2012 International e-Sport Federation (IeSF) World Championship.
The 2012 IeSF event will be held in Cheon-an City, South Korea from the 4th to 8th of October 2012, and the MSSA will be sending a team for both StarCraft II and TEKKEN consisting of one male and one female for both games.
Speaking about the 26 qualifying rounds leading up to squad selection, MSSA president Colin Webster said “Never before has the MSSA seen such a high standard of play. Every single participant played with skill and exhibited all of the traits of a true champion.”
Gigabyte has come on board as the official sponsor of the 2012 South African Protea Team.
The Protea Team for IeSF 2012 follows:
| Name of Athlete | Event | Club |
| Robert ‘PandaTank’ Botha | StarCraft II | PolarFluke |
| Gabriela ‘Gabybear’ Isaacs | StarCraft II | SAHETI School |
| Lyrene ‘Legato’ Küne | Tekken Tag 2 Tournament | Knights Mind Sports Club |
| Vittorio ‘HotShot’ Puissa | Tekken Tag 2 Tournament | HS DOJO |
Prize Money
The prize money at the IeSF in 2012 is:
A.V.A.: total of KRW 20,000,000
- 1st place: KRW 10,000,000
- 2nd place: KRW 6,000,000
- 3rd place: KRW 4,000,000
Tekken: total of KRW 5,000,000
- 1st place: KRW 2,500,000
- 2nd place: KRW 1,500,000
- 3rd place: KRW 1,000,000
Starcraft2: total of KRW 5,000,000
- 1st place: KRW 2,500,000
- 2nd place: KRW 1,500,000
- 3rd place: KRW 1,000,000
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IT does But these okes get flown to Korea get their stay paid for so it will total about 30K PP just on travel
IF you look at it that way then they are getting better prizes 😀