There is no doubt that games prepare you for life. Only a fool would not take the life lessons from games such as Chess, Checkers, Morabaraba, StarCraft, Counter-Strike, etc. and not apply them to their own lives.

For example, the short-term victory, although always tempting is not the one that will lead to a long-term success.

Often the gamer who goes for the short-term victory will find himself/herself hemmed in by his/her opponent and denied that all elusive final victory.

Of course the skill is in being able to identify between the two. Often gamers cannot see the difference, so for some, some gamers are always denied victory.

The long-game is often the hardest and often involves the losing of many smaller battles, which, in the long term are actually irrelevant.

In the same way, the MSSA is playing the long-game in regard to the promotion and development of e-Sports.

There could be many short-term advantages that the MSSA could take, but such short-term advantages do little for the long-term growth and development of e-Sports.

That is why the MSSA partnered with ASUS. Both organizations share the same long-term vision of e-Sports becoming one of the major sports in South Africa.

The ASUS Inter school League is just one of the long-term objectives. Through the Inter school league the following goals will be realized:

- More people will be introduced to e-Sports
- More gamers will be introduced to competitive gaming
- e-Sports will become far more mainstream
- There will be a greater degree of interaction between gamers
- There will be a broader coverage of e-Sports in the media

There is no doubt that the inter school league will develop from year to year and will lead to many positive outcomes for e-Sports and gamers in general.