内容摘要：The South African organization Mettlestate has just announced a one million Rand, which is around $7

The South African organization Mettlestate has just announced a one million Rand, which is around $76,000, the largest single biggest prize of its kind in the country.

Partnering with Twitch, Mettlestate will try to close the gap between the local and global scenes with a 24 team tournament, twelve of which will be invited and twelve of which can register on the organization's website, here, on a first come, first serve basis.

As an introduction to the season, two of the biggest names in South Africa, Bravado and Energy, played a show match which ended with the latter team winning two of the three maps played, and taking the ~$3,800 winner takes all prize.

The online league will end with a LAN final which will take place in Johannesburg, at the Mettlestate studios, where the top eight teams will face-off on May 4-7. The format, teams invited, and prize distribution will be announced at a further date.

The invited teams are:

Damage Control	xTc
Veneration	Mythic
puLse	White Rabbit
FlipSid3 Africa	Bravado
Aperture	Energy
Ventus	exdee

Damage Control Riaan 'stYle' van NiekerkJannie 'Hellhound' van NiekerkTyrone 'Explicit' LautreChristopher 'Apocalypse' LautreHarry 'inciN' Apostoleris Bravado #43 Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAran 'Sonic' GroesbeekRhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongJohnny 'JT' Theodosiou Energy Dominic 'Domsterr' SampaioJan 'takbok' TheronStefan 'Nefan' SmitTrevor 'kanii' MorleyRieghardt 'flexeeee' Romatzki Ventus Marc 'hatch' Du PreezCourtney 'hypeR' Ferguson puLse Liam 'Lichl0rd' WebsterMatthew 'ThE_KruciFieR' RaeNelson 'Kaspar0v' CamargoQuinten 'AbSyN' Weening Aperture Jean 'kustoM' HerbstRichard 'maniaq' Ellis BrownHadlee 'Konvict' SmithKevin 'Light' Kruger FlipSid3 Africa Dean 'HackeM' SeyfriedJames 'zerOchaNce' WijnbergAshton 'Golz' MullerRikus 'ZipZip' KlueDean 'massacRe' Davids xTc Carlo 'pnd' FarinhaAidan 'SandpitTurtle' NellChris 'Viking' de WittJohan 'xiN' WillemseMark 'Spazz' Jebens White Rabbit Thulani 'LighteRTZ' SishiNicholas 'CiNNe' FarrantSean 'PuFFy' HedenskogAngelo 'adr3nalin' OlevanoEden 'Hulkies' de Allende Veneration Brad 'BaNaNaZz' AltonaDillon 'uNreal' JostTiaan 'Tiaantije' RheederJacques 'KenpacHi' AucampSean 'Jacked' Aucamp