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29 September 2016

The Telkom Digital Gaming League tournament line-up and broadcasting talent for Masters Final at rAge Expo 2016

The finals of the Telkom Digital Gaming League Masters tournament kicks off in just over a week with the first set of matches taking place on Friday, 7 October at the rAge expo. The Masters Finals will see two tournaments; both Counter Strike and Dota 2 will be played during the expo, with the eight Multi Gaming Organisations (MGOs) that are taking part fielding different teams for the two games.

The teams from each of the eight MGOs will be competing for South Africa’s largest Esports cash prize pool in history – R1 million.

While Paul “Redeye” Chaloner, one of the world’s foremost Esports shoutcasters, will be on stage hosting the Masters, he will be joined by several well-known, local Esports commentators for the weekend. Here are the details:

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)

The line-up for the weekend’s games are as follows:

CSGO

Dota 2

For 2016, the MGOs competing at Masters level are:

All games will be streamed live on: https://www.youtube.com/c/TelkomGaming/live.

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. Terms and Conditions apply.

For further enquiries, please contact:

Pynee Chetty
Senior Specialist: Media Relations
Group Communication
Tel:+27 12 642 1716
Mobile: +27 81 389 7874
Email: chettpr2@telkom.co.za

 OR

Leigh-Ann Francis
Specialist: Media Relations
Group Communication
Tel: +27 12 642 1728
Mobile: +27 81 391 4780
Email: francilm@telkom.co.za

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