From SU|DarkTempest in Cape Town, AlphaPlay|Mickey to represent the Kenyan community in a TWT Masters event in Dubai, UAE this weekend.

The Tekken254 Community this weekend will be represented by the defending champion Mickey as he takes to the stage in Dubai during the RoXnRoll TWT Masters Tournament. The tournament will be Mickeys highest level offline test.

AP|Mickey will play in Pool 8 starting with MisterMabrouk in the Winners Qualifying round one stage with the winner going up against South Korean young player FATE esports team member Ulsan who just won the FATE: Global Masters Invitational. The tournament will be played in a double-elimination format from each of the eight Pools with top two from each qualifying for the Top 16 stage scheduled for Saturday.

Mickey will be representing a wider community-based in Kenya that has seen immense growth from player participation, community growth, and a well-organized competition called the Tekken254 Circuit that has so far run for three seasons and preparing for its fourth instalment next year.

Mickey has managed to scoop all the championships since the circuit’s inception showing his skill and understanding of the game. He has positioned himself as the best Tekken player in the region. The RoXnRoll 2019 tournament is a big stage for him going up against the well-known Tekken gods in the Tour competition.

We wish Mickey all the best in his POOL 8 set of matches today.

Follow @AceProGaming_Ke for more details, results and announcements.

It is the year 2017, the first-ever Tekken 7 tournament held by Tekken-Two-Five-Four and Ace Pro Gaming. Mickey has just won his first-ever organized tournament, Davy came 2^nd place while Solomon “Shoryuken” finished third.

This tournament was held in a place common to many people especially the youth, situated in Nairobi’s Central Business District area is a gaming lounge called Tric Gaming Café.

Walk into Commonwealth Tower, go to the sixth floor and witness an experience a normal gaming lobby with 55inch screens and play station consoles. On the side, you will get a snack corner that serves light snacks and drinks. Tric Gaming has continued to hold a huge number of visitors daily playing casually.

Leave Tric Gaming then head to Kenya Cinema and you will be welcomed at Score Gaming lounge that also houses some of the best and up and coming FIFA players in the regions. The gaming lounges have been in existence with a model that heavily focused on casual play only.

What’s Next?

Gaming lounges are slowly positioning themselves as performing centers and gyms for Esport players in Kenya. They have the right model to steer, grow and sign a lot of players from various backgrounds. These lounges have the right revenue and business model to sign players that would be competing in various tournaments and leagues across the nation. Let us take a look at Horizon Gaming which sent in a team to compete during the inaugural inter-University competition held during the first quarter of this year.

In any normal sports, performance centers and local gyms are key to the growth of a competitive edge. The esports landscape in Kenya holds a powerful resource from these great gaming lounges.

As we continue to grow and develop our local leagues and series, we hope to see players competitiveness grow and develop further.

The Fighting Game Community in Kenya will see a new circuit set to unite both Mortal Kombat 11 and Tekken 7 during next year’s schedule.

Dubbed as the Savannah FGC Circuit, the series of tournaments will see an eight-month Circuit played over 6 regular monthly qualifiers and a final tournament held in a date to be communicated.

The fighting game community in Kenya is strong and in need of serious organization and we believe that the Savannah FGC Circuit will further grow and develop the community better.

Having gone for three seasons, the Tekken 254 Circuit has not only shown growth of Esports in Kenya and the wider Eastern African region but also developed competitiveness in our players. The Tekken254 Community boasts of a group that can be a force in the African region. This was seen during the CapeTown Showdown where Simba Ultimate player DarkTempest lifted the Kenyan flag high by finishing third place.

The Tekken254 Circuit will have both divisions (Premier-Challenger) in the previously used format united to form one huge league during the 2020 schedule. The addition of Mortal Kombat 11 as a part of the Savanna FGC seeks to place Kenya as a highly competitive region, especially in the Fighting Game scene.

Follow our social media pages for new information regarding The 2020 Savanna FGC Circuit.

The Tekken254 Circuit gears up for its fourth instalment set to kick off in January next year. The circuit, running for the past two years has seen growth in participating numbers, game knowledge and most especially the community bond. The Circuit moves into its 2020 schedule with more Esports Organizations signing players that compete in the Circuit.

Esports Organizations

Many ask, what are Esports Organizations? Well, they are easily understood as teams. These are a group of likeminded persons who band up to form a team that specializes in one or multiple title games.

Just as in any traditional sports, Esports are also inviting both professional and semi-pro players to compete in various leagues, series and circuit in the case of Kenya. These Organizations sign players to represent them in many tournaments organized in the region.

The Tekken254 Circuit in its current will now see up to seven organizations representing close to 15 players heading into season four. The representations by these Organizations are just but a start to help different Tekken enthusiasts to compete in the upcoming circuit. In due time, when these organizations set a great model for raising revenue, the players will be able to receive salaries or wages based on their contracts.

Below are some of Esports Organizations set to feature in the upcoming Tekken254 Circuit season four.

1. XiT Woundz (QueenArrow)
2. AlphaPlay (Mickey)
3. MeTa Clan (Lord Vega & Furious Monkey)
4. T-Vets (Chuma Mzee, Battousai, Poker Face, and Nick Fury)
5. Watchmen (DVK & Priest)
6. Rampage Corps (Shoryuken)
7. Simba Ultimate (DarkTempest)

Esports Organizations will not only help stabilize the Circuit through the representation of various players helping them enter given tournaments and the Circuit but will further professionalize the industry easily.

Just as in the e-Lig University Series, the competition saw six Organizations franchised on the University they came from. Six Universities competed in the inaugural trial season at the beginning of the year and are set to go for a showdown soon. Franchising Esports organizations based on Universities further grow competition and increases rivalry among these institutions.

We look forward to seeing these Organizations compete in tournaments and we wish them all the best in their endeavours.

Be sure to follow us on our socials for more news and announcements regarding our planned phase of leagues and tournaments.

The Tekken254 Circuit came to a close a few weekends ago. The finals held at the Junction Mall saw AlphaPlay| Mickey being crowned season 3 champ after taking down Simba Ultimate player DarkTempest in a one sided final. Mickey has cemented himself as the best player in the Kenyan region and has not shown any sign of slowing down anytime soon.

The Circuit saw major changes to its format with increased Qualifiers that run from January and ended in July to capping the premier division to only 24 players and introducing an amateur division that has helped many new players have ease of entry plus gain extra knowledge from the senior players that have played since 2017 tournament. The Tekken254 Circuit organizers are set to make few changes to the circuit that will be communicated later. Partnering with Ace Apparels, we take a look back at this year’s Qualifier Tournaments.

QUALIFIERS

Qualifier One

• AlphaPlay |Mickey
• Simba Ultimate| DarkTempest
• MoM| Frost

Qualifier Two

• AlphaPlay| Mickey
• WTCH|DVK
• MoM| Frost

Qualifier Three

• AlphaPlay| Mickey
• MoM| Frost
• WTCH|DVK

Qualifier Four

• AlphaPlay| Mickey
• MoM| Frost
• WTCH|DVK

Qualifier Five

• AlphaPlay| Mickey
• MoM| Frost
• Furious Monkey

Qualifier Six

• AlphaPlay| Mickey
• WTCH| DVK
• MoM| Frost

The Circuit qualifiers were heavily dominated and bodied by the trio of Mickey, Frost and DVK who are all signed to different organizations basing their operations in the developing Esports scene in Nairobi.

The circuit qualifiers were aimed at creating a highly competitive series that had players compete for a top16 finish by the end of the July. The qualifiers also helped many players increase practice and share a lot of mechanics of the game with each other.

CIRCUIT FINALS

After Q6, all roads went to the Junction Mall for the Circuit Finals where surprise performances were witnessed from DarkTempest storming the finals, DVK finishing 9^th place, RobbyM$ great performance and not forgetting Masters of Mayhem player Frost.

The circuit finals had AlphaPlay organization player Mickey “obviously” take the season three championship after handing Simba Ultimate player DarkTempest a beating in the final. Masters of Mayhem finished third place.

All eyes are currently on the TWT African expansion tournament set to be held in Cape Town next month. We wish all the Kenyan players set to fly down south all the best. Victory awaits you.

TEKKEN254 COMMUNITY

From Ace Pro Gaming and Tekken254, we would like to say thank you to the whole Kenyan Tekken community, creating your time to come for tournaments, practice you put up, THANK YOU.

Details about the 2020 season will be availed soon as registration open. Follow us on social media for updates.

The Tekken254 Circuit season three came to a close this past weekend with
Qualifier 6 staged at K1 KlubHouse. The Qualifier saw Mickey win the grand final besting DVK in the grand final.

The tournament also marked the end of the circuit qualifiers that have run from January in a 6 part series and ended this month. The circuit format set up a 16 slot final tournament dubbed the Savanna Majors that will see the best 16 players go at each other in the Circuit finals.

After 6 Qualifiers, the following below have qualified for Kenya’s Tekken Circuit Finals.

1. Mickey
2. DVK
3. MoM|Frost
4. SU|DarkTempest
5. Xstar
6. Pri3st
7. Tony
8. Furious Monkey
9. Lord Vega
10. OverHaul|In4red
11. RobbyM$
12. T-Vets|Nick Fury
13. T-Vets|Battousai
14. Stanley Styler
15. T-Vets|PokerFace
16. RMP|Shoryuken

Season Three saw great improvement from many players competing, notably Furious Monkey who finished 5^th with (30-18 SW-L record). Improving from 12^th place in season two to finishing 5^th this season shows a really good improvement. Furious Monkey is joined by Masters of Mayhem player Frost who finished 2^nd place with 135points. Frost has reached the grand final on three occasions (Qualifiers 3, 4 and 5).

Lord Vega has shown a decline in performance finishing 9^th this season with his best being Qualifier 1 where he finished 4^th. Simba Ultimate player DarkTempest finished overall 6^th securing his slot for the Tekken254 Circuit Finals. Using Katarina Alves, DarkTempest comes in as a favourite contender for this season’s final.

We will have to wait a few weeks to see who will win the Tekken254 Circuit finals. Follow our social media pages for updates about the upcoming Circuit finals.

Michael “Mickey” Muhoro bags his 6th consecutive Qualifier after beating DVK in the final. Mickey cruised past Pool A with a 5-0 set win record.

Mickey has won all Qualifiers this season not dropping any set throughout the series. He finishes this season with maximum points (144pts) and books a sit-in Kenya’s fighting gaming event (Savanna Majors).

Mickey continues to dominate Kenya’s Tekken scene with 3 /3 seasons wins dropping only one set during the second Season to DVK in an event held at Kenya Cultural Centre.

With the Cape Town event set for September this year, we look forward to seeing the Kenyan flag flown high with Mickey being one of our representatives.

Congratulations Mickey