Alasdair Donaldson Takes South Africa out of the Group Stages for Tekken

Huge excitement for South Africa as the Protea Tekken player, Alasdair Donaldson, makes it out of the group stages and into the knockout rounds.

Tomorrow Alasdair will take on the Philippines in an attempt to secure his spot in the quarter finals! With all to play for, tomorrow's match is sure to be an exciting display of skill. There's a lot on the line for all the players and we're expecting nothing short of sweat and determination.

Alasdair is well know in the local scene for his dedication to the game and his outright skillful way in which he plays. Tomorrow Alasdair will attempt to make history! Philippines had an amazing group stage result crushing all their opponents and not dropping a single game. They are most definitely a force to be reckoned with! It will be no easy task for the South African, Alasdair, to overcome his foe.

Already making it through the group stages is a huge achievement but Alasdair has no intention of settling with that. It is going to be a fight to the bitter end with the adrenaline rushing and the hearts pounding.

The competition is fierce and the pride is high but with so much at stake you can be sure that there will be no quarter given and every fight will break a sweat! The South Africans are standing behind Alasdair in what can only be classed as a true family in the spirit of everything that is eSports!

WCA 2016 promotes e-sports in China

South Africa's Thomas Brown opening the WCA2016

The World Cyber Arena 2016 (WCA2016) China and APAC Pro Qualifiers Season 1 (S1) finals took place at the China National Tennis Center in Beijing on May 21.

Fifty-seven players in teams from China, Australia, South Korea, Malaysia and Philippines won in the six official games, including CS:GO, Hearthstone, Dota II, StarCraftII, Warcraft 3, and COS, have advanced to WCA2016 global finals that will be held in Yinchuan, capital of northwestern China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region this December.

The event was opened by Thomas Brown (from All Stars Club, Witbank, South Africa) who is the first South African to referee an international eSports event on foreign soil.

The WCA, held by Yinchuan government and Yinchuan International Game Investment Co Ltd, is an international e-sports event that has been held thrice. Under the slogan "Hero's Arena, Player's Dreamland", it is committed to promoting the developments of e-sports events and the sector and attracting more people to participate in e-sports.

China's e-sports sector has boomed in recent years under positive policy and social environment. The number of e-sports users has reached 124 million and the output value of the e-sports sector has reached 27 billion yuan by the end of 2015, and the overall market of e-sports in China is expected to exceed 50 billion yuan in the future, according to the 2015 China e-sports Game Analysis Report released by iResearch, a Chinese consultancy company.

According to WCA spokesman Li Yanfei, the E-Sports industry has a large amount of enthusiastic young fans that should not be underestimated.

As the titled sponsor of WCA2016, Lesports of LeEco Holdings Co, enters the field to create an e-sport ecosystem, Lei Zhenjian, founder and Chief Executive said with the government's positive promotion and capital pouring into the sector, e-sports is rapidly rising in China.

"The standards and business model of e-sports still needs to mature. And as a young sector, e-sports has diverse possibilities in its profitability," said Lei.