Everything you need to know about South Africa’s R1 million gaming tournament

The Telkom DGL Masters finals are set to kick off on 7 October, and will be hosted at rAge Expo 2016 in Johannesburg.

The Masters will consist of two tournaments, one for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and another for Dota 2.

The eight Multi Gaming Organisations taking part in the event will field teams for both games and will compete for a prize pool of R1 million.

All games will be streamed live here.

Below are the MGOs competing in the Telkom DGL Masters Finals:

In addition to the eight biggest MGOs in South Africa, the Telkom DGL Masters tournament will also a number of quality commentators, including the world-famous Paul “Redeye” Chaloner, who will be hosting the event.

Below are the local Esports shoutcasters who will be providing commentary:

CSGO

Barry ‘Anthrax’ Louzada (Desk Host)
Michael ‘Axtremes’ Harmse (Commentator)
Nathaneal ‘BurningRed’ Slabbert (Commentator)
Adam ‘Wham’ Postepski (Commentator)
Matt ‘Haze’ Stott (Commentator)

Dota 2

Nicholas ‘WilsonXXXL’ Marsicano (Desk Host)
Jackie ‘Rainz’ Chung (Analyst)
Devin ‘HellbirD’ Rigotti (Commentator)
Shaun ‘Profeci’ Murrell (Commentator)
Jonathan ‘Jubba’ Simon (Commentator)
Sean ‘Snare’ Rihlamvu (Commentator)

Telkom will also be giving away over 500 5GB FreeMe data vouchers throughout the weekend as well as a lucky draw for a 20GB data voucher. This will be available to visitors to the expo that register on the DGL website.