One year ago, six esports organizations assembled at Kenyatta University to compete in a premier FIFA esports competition run and organized by Ace Pro Gaming.

The competition opened up arguably a hot topic in the FIFA community in Kenya. The e-Lig series enabled the growth and development of Esports teams helping the sports franchise develop much deeper in the esports ecosystem in Kenya.

Arguably the biggest game in Kenya, FIFA boasts of a huge following accounting to 95% of the game played in every game lounge located in Nairobi. The FIFA competitive market has also seen a huge jump in numbers of entries as casual gamers continue to transition from the day to day casuals to going up against competitors.

The e-Lig saw players get tournament experiences and new competition from players who they do not face regularly.

ONLINE EXPERIENCE

The e-Lig series was set to kick off this year after the 2019 trial dubbed Season Zero but was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The series is set to have its online division kick off this month as we commence on building our local FIFA scene.

With the Tekken 7 Savanna Fight Night (SFN) ongoing, the FIFA competition will bring our roster of competitions to two with plans to add the Mortal Kombat community into our online division.

We look forward to having a great competition of FIFA while engaging Kenya’s biggest esports community.

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“You issued the challenge, and now you have it”

Robert “T-Vet PokerFace” Mathu’s statement during Fight Night Two is all the competitive series is all about. You called me out, here I am, let’s get going. Kaffi “Ghost” issued a challenge to DVK and for sure he got it. The challenges are the foundation of the competition. Challenging anyone registered in the SFN online battles is also a challenge to self, the competition also automatically makes you challenge yourself.

The Savanna Fight Nights (SFN), happening bi-monthly continues to showcase Kenya’s Tekken and Esports community. The online battles are a package game mechanics, fun, style of play, character knowledge, and the most important thing, the community.

So, what about challenges, what are they?

“I called you out, itabidi you show up and battle”

So far, twelve registered players from the Tekken254 Circuit, two weekends in the month, a live stream, and lots of fun. The challenges are made to ease the understanding of the game within the Kenyan Tekken community, build rivalries, and maintain competitiveness after the Offline League got suspended.

Issuing Challenges

With four-fight schedules on the roster, any player can issue a challenge to anyone registered for the competitive battles. The challenges are issued immediately after the end of any SFN Battles with a deadline on the Wednesday leading to the next Savanna Fight Night. The challenges always have an undercard fight which is played in a First-to-Three sets format while the main card fight features the First-to-Five format.

Challenges which feature players ranked in the top five positions always head down to the community to voting for which Fight will feature in the main card fight of the given Night.

Winning and losing

If a lower-ranked player beats his opponent during any challenge, he or she takes up the rank spot of the loser and at the same time pushes players below them by one place. Take an example DVK v. Ghost fight last weekend.

DVK v. Ghost

So, DVK accepted the challenge from Ghost, what does this mean?

This simply means, DVK, ranked second in the SFN fought against Ghost (ranked 12^th) during the Fight Night undercard fight (First-to-3 sets). DVK had to respond to the challenge but had he lost; he would fall to 12^th place leaving space for Ghost to jump 11 places up to the second position.

The challenges offer the SFN and the Tekken254 community a competitive edge like no other. The community continues to showcase its strength and growth since its inception. The beauty about these challenges is the individual players’ character knowledge, the competitive format and the stakes of each Fight. The fact that we get to watch Kenya’s best Tekken players go head to head in a competition which is selected by themselves. Giving the players a chance to choose their opponents also gives it a good friendly rivalry in the community plus all the fun that comes with it.

The SFN heads to its third night next weekend (10^th July) with only one out four fights scheduled.

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After a mouth-watering clash between Frost and Xstar just a week ago, we head into the second Fight Night showdown next week (26^th, June) with four more fights slated on the card.

The second Fight Night will see Mickey, Xstar, Battousai, Darktempest and Nixx Fury get back to the schedule while DVK and PokerFace get their inaugural fights in the SFN.

Scheduled Fights

1. DVK v. Ghost

They will be making their inaugural fight feature for the night. Ghost as the challenger seeks to dethrone WTCH_DVK from the second spot just behind the Tekken254 Circuit champ Mickey.

2. Xstar v. Battousai

Coming from a win against Frost last week, Xstar continues to send a message to the top players in the SFN rank table. Xstar will be going head to head against Battousai who suffered a loss against Mickey last weekend.

3. Mickey v. PokerFace

After beating Battousai, Mickey is set to meet another T-Vet member by the name of PokerFace next weekend. Coming from a 3-1 win against Battousai last weekend against Battousai, Mickey goes into FN2 to defend his number one rank.

4. Darktempest v. Nixx Fury

From dominating the set against Harem Shoryu, Darktempest is back but this time against Nixx Fury who is one rank below him.

Savanna Fight Night

This is our online Tekken 7 competition series played in a lineal system based on ranks. Registered players were ranked using the W-L record from the suspended Tekken254 season 4 Circuit (www.tekken254.co.ke). Fight Night seeks to continue building the Kenyan Tekken 7 presence with an intense and entertaining competitive series played from home.

Savanna Fight Night 2

June 26^th, 2020

1900hrs (EAT)

The e-Lig Series will enter its new season with a new division set to tap into the vast competitive FIFA market in Kenya. Introducing the Xbox competitive division as part of our Series brings into the competition a new edge of competition. The series season zero featured the most popular console in Kenya, the PS4 and we got a taste of Kenya’s top University-based players to compete.

The new division furthermore grows our initiative to tap and develop new competitive communities in Kenya. The Xbox Division competition will feature in the e-Lig Series season which is set to be officially announced soon.

Stay Safe.

For Frost and Mickey, the Tekken254 Circuit has always been their ground for showcasing a portion of their talent. The Circuit, currently in its fourth season, has seen a lot of changes not just from the management side but player side too. Every player has improved tremendously making the competition stiffer and more entertaining to watch.

AP_MICKEY

The USIU Psychology student is well known for his great knowledge of the Tekken 7 game within the Kenyan Tekken community. The current Kenyan league champion has played in all 17 tournaments winning a total of 128 Sets and losing in only 4. He boasts of a record carrying 16 tournaments and losing one to the person he will be facing in the Fight Night opener, Frost.

The humble kid has also represented Kenya in one of the Tekken World Tour Masters Event that was held in Dubai last year, a low-key move in the Kenyan Sports industry. Mickey managed a joint-65^th position finish in a loaded tournament that attracted top class Tekken7 players such as Knee, Fergus, LowHigh, Ulsan and other Tekken greats.

MoM_FROST

Hardworking, humble and hungry, this is the only way we can describe him. The 20-year-old player signed to Nairobi’s up and coming Esports Organization Masters of Mayhem continues to improve in every tournament he enters. He has managed to improve his Set Wins in every season to pushing himself to a regular top-three finish alongside Mickey and DVK. He has so far participated in 15 Tekken254 sanctioned tournaments winning 80 Sets while dropping 37.

FIGHT NIGHT OPENER

The Fight Night series seeks to showcase Kenya’s growing Esports scene with a great Tekken 7 competition played by our very own Community players. The Fight Night series will have the privilege to be opened by the two players currently sitting in position one and two of the Tekken254 Circuit standings.

Follow @AceProGaming_Ke and @itstekken254 for more information regarding the Savanna Fight Night.

Tekken254 action resumes after a long break due to the suspension of our offline division operations (Tekken254 Circuit) caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement by the Savanna FGC Organizers detailed an online competition dubbed the Fight Night seeking to grow and improve our Online division. The online division was first run in 2019 under the name Iron Fist Fridays hosted by Davy Kamanzi attracting 20 members of the community.

Fight Night

The Fight Night will be a bi-monthly competition held online inviting community members of the Tekken254. The Fights will be streamed live on the Tekken254 YouTube channel.

“We seek to improve Kenya’s online competition space with a great community-centric competition seeking to bring together the Tekken254 community and showcasing the competitive Circuit to the masses,” says Ace Pro Gaming director.

MoM_Frost v. Mickey

Arguably the biggest Esport matchup in the Kenyan FGC space will open up the Savanna Fight Night series. Kenya’s best Tekken 7 player will go up against his newest rival and the only player to beat him in a tournament Grand Final, Frost.

The Masters of Mayhem sponsored player Frost will face Mickey in a First To 10 (FT10) matchup on the 22^nd of this month. The matchup will be the opener of the Fight Night series that is set to kick-off two weeks later (5^th and 6^th) with an undercard and main card fight on the roster.

The Fight Night series invites you to watch the best of the best Tekken7 players battle it out from their homes to your screens live on YouTube.

STAY SAFE. 

The next page for Kenya’s Tekken scene is here, the Fight Night series is an online Tekken 7 competition that will be played by members of the Tekken254 community with further plans to invite and play against none-Kenyan Tekken 7 players. The series was initially born in 2018 under the name of Iron Fist Fridays that was hosted by Davy Kamanzi on the Tekken254 Twitch channel.

The Fight Night series will run a bi-monthly live stream on select Fridays and Saturdays with at least two scheduled matchups per day. The Fight Night will see undercard and two main card fights happen during the selected weekends.

ONLINE COMMUNITY

The Tekken254 community has seen immense growth since its inception in 2017. The community, through the Circuit, has seen a growth in numbers and game knowledge over time, this is slowly encouraging and positioning Kenyan esports scene regionally and internationally.

With the government directives suspending public gathering across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Tekken254 Circuit was suspended with most of the Tekken action moving online. The Fight Night seeks to create a platform through which Kenyan Tekken players can connect and compete during night hours.

Follow @AceProGaming_Ke and @itstekken254 for more info regarding Fight Night.

Motorsports fans in Kenya received great news last year when the WRC awarded Kenya a host status for the 2020 WRC Calendar. Kenya is set to host the 8^th leg of the 14 WRC Series stops this year.

Apart from this, Esports and video game lovers, especially motorsport video game in Kenya were further blessed with a trailer of the new WRC game set to drop this year in September featuring a Kenyan stage. The new stage is part of the three new stages announced by the WRC 9 Game developers.

We looked forward to seeing a new challenge in the game.

A community of Fighting Game players competing in an eight-month schedule monthly. A Kenyan community is slowly positioning itself in the African Esports market.

The Savanna Fighting Game Community (FGC) currently has two fighting game titles (Tekken 7 & Mortal Kombat 11). Both of these community members meet periodically to compete in the Savanna Circuit.

THE SAVANNA CIRCUIT (Tekken254 Circuit & The Kenya Kombat Series)

The circuit constitutes an eight-month league schedule with 7 tournaments in total. The Tekken254 Circuit runs the Tekken title game and is in its fourth season while the Kenya Kombat Series (named Rampage Series due to naming rights) is in its first-ever season.

The players are competing for points each tournament with a target to finish top 16 and advance for the Savanna Majors that is scheduled later in the second quarter of the year.

2020 SEASON SCHEDULE

The year kicked off with the Circuit opener in January where MoM_Frost bagged Q1 while back to back to back champion Mickey finished second. This was the first time Mickey failed to bag a qualifier.

Fast forward to the second qualifier, Frost re-ignited his flames and sent Mickey to the losers’ bracket but later fell to DVK in the Winners’ Finals. DVK booked a grand final against Mickey. Mickey proved he is still the best in the community by resetting the bracket and beating DVK (3-0)

The circuit took a break this month and will be back on April 25^th. As organizers, we acknowledge the coronavirus situation in our country and we will be monitoring the situation as we prepare for the third Qualifier.