The CSRA FGC (Central Savannah River Area Fighting Game Community) is a small not-for-profit company I helped create in June of 2021. It is a small volunteer-based business run out of Augusta, GA with the expressed purpose of organizing, running, and livestreaming eSports tournaments local to the Augusta area, particularly focusing on fighting games such as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Guilty Gear Strive, Street Fighter V and others.

CSRA FGC came about after a conversation with some local competitive gaming groups. When COVID-19 hit our city in 2020, a lot of the local venues and scenes that allowed us to host eSports tournaments were forced to shut down or close their doors to larger parties. Our local fighting game scene had also never had a sense of cohesion or consistency-- it was made up of several smaller factions with little pop-up events here and there. Games that were being played were often separated from each other instead of being held in the same venue. The people running them never stayed around long, and often ran into disagreements with others on how to run things.

That's when we got to thinking, what if we just made our own company? We would have complete control on where and when tournaments would be held, what games would be played there, and how these events would be advertised and ran.