{"id":90269,"date":"2016-04-25T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T05:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=90269"},"modified":"2016-04-25T07:10:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T05:10:01","slug":"south-african-pro-gamers-expand-into-new-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/90269-south-african-pro-gamers-expand-into-new-territory","title":{"rendered":"South African pro gamers expand into new territory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Energy eSports, one of South Africa&#8217;s largest gaming clans, has announced that it will be adding FIFA and Hearthstone to its roster.<\/p>\n<p>The clan, which in the past primarily focused on MOBA&#8217;s, CS:GO and Call of Duty, announced the news on its <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/energyesports.co.za\/index.php\/teams\/\" target=\"_blank\">official website.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With growing interest in eSports in South Africa, Energy eSports have decided to expand their reach into both FIFA and Hearthstone, welcoming four new players to Energy eSports camp.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our main goal is creating opportunities for up and coming gamers, offering the best support to ensure they maintain their form and continue to strive in their respective titles.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition, the clan introduced several new members to its roster, including national Hearthstone player Dale \u201cPand3m0nia\u201d Pon and three FIFA players &#8211; Abubakr \u201cAbu\u201d Akhalwaya, Sattar Hoosen, and Shuaib \u201cShubi\u201d Hassen.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out the new players&#8217; individual profiles <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/energyesports.co.za\/index.php\/2016\/04\/22\/energy-welcomes-fifa-and-hearthstone\/#\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The growth of eSports clans in our country can only be seen as a good thing, despite a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/88251-how-much-money-south-africas-best-gamers-really-make.html\" target=\"_blank\">relatively small market.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard not to attribute Energy&#8217;s move to the upcoming DGL season starting on 25 April.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to What to watch on Netflix and ShowMax this weekend\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/90129-what-to-watch-on-netflix-and-showmax-this-weekend-4.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">What to watch on Netflix and ShowMax this weekend<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Here is why people really play mobile games\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/mobile\/89047-here-is-why-people-really-play-mobile-games.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Here is why people really play mobile games<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Awesome gaming deals this week\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/89999-awesome-gaming-deals-this-week-2.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Awesome gaming deals this week<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a professional clan in South Africa sometimes means expanding into unknown territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"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":[31,987,11962,10610,2163],"class_list":["post-90269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-active","tag-fifa","tag-hearthstone","tag-pro-gamer","tag-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90269","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\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90275,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90269\/revisions\/90275"}],"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=90269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}