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

29 September 2016
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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” Chalonerwho 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.


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