{"id":88255,"date":"2016-04-27T23:30:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T21:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=88255"},"modified":"2016-04-27T23:36:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T21:36:06","slug":"the-future-of-competitive-gaming-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/88255-the-future-of-competitive-gaming-in-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"The future of competitive gaming in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s competitive gaming scene is getting bigger all the time, but there is a long way to go to reach international standards. This is word from South African eSports team manager Ryan Boyes.<\/p>\n<p>Boyes told MyGaming that, like elsewhere in the world, it is important to have the right structures in place to develop eSports in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth the federation and local players need to work together to achieve success. It is like this in other countries, and takes gaming to a professional level when everyone is on the same page,\u201d said Boyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope to see events get larger every year, and to one day have a team that we can all stand behind and be proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Projects to grow competitive gaming in South Africa<\/h3>\n<p>Boyes said that the MSSA has held tournaments in various provinces in South Africa to promote competitive gaming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tournaments are meant for professionals and amateurs. The idea is to build relationships, and help each other improve,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also push hard for our high school event, as the belief to grow the gamers from a young age will help set the foundation for competitive gamers down the line.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on gaming<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Greatest games of the 80s\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/88073-greatest-games-of-the-80s.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Greatest games of the 80s<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Best ADSL ISP accounts for gaming\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/87900-best-adsl-isp-accounts-for-gaming.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Best ADSL ISP accounts for gaming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to 5 platformers worth taking the leap for\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/89253-5-platformers-worth-taking-the-leap-for.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">5 platformers worth taking the leap for<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s competitive gaming scene is getting bigger all the time, but there is a long way to go to reach international standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":89695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[289,21,2070,17807],"class_list":["post-88255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-competitive-gaming","tag-headline","tag-mssa","tag-ryan-boyes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89917,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88255\/revisions\/89917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}