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 (责任编辑：case drop)
