- Mar Mar 16, 2010 1:12 am
#50761
Hola !
ESA4 has been announced, you'll find all the details in the post below !
The smashboards thread is here, don't hesitate to post there to rise the hype.
As for the date, it's 99% confirmed, the last percent coming in the next few days
ESA4 has been announced, you'll find all the details in the post below !
The smashboards thread is here, don't hesitate to post there to rise the hype.
As for the date, it's 99% confirmed, the last percent coming in the next few days
EPITA SMASH ARENA 4
June 26 and 27, 2010 - Paris, France
Since 2007, an edition of the Epita Smash Arena series has taken the spot of the big winter/spring european smash tournament. This year... it won't happen. Instead, ESA4 will be the kick-off even of Europe's smash summer.
With such a date, we hope that most players from many countries should be be done with school or university and will be able to attend this event !
THE VENUE
Epita
66 rue Guy Moquet
94800 Villejuif
France
For those who may not be familiar with the ESA series, the tournament will take place once again in the computer science school EPITA, located in Villejuif near Paris.
We have the possibility to have a whole floor of the school for the tournament, which allows us to provide housing at the venue during the tournament.
You can find it on a map here. (Use streetview and search for the big blue building, it’s the venue !)
Details as well as some pictures will be posted later.
THE HOSTS
The tournament will be run by SSBUP, the association of French Smash Players, and Cycom, a gaming association of EPITA students. SSBUP will take care of the tournament itself, while Cycom will take care of logistics and pretty much everything besides the tournament itself.
The event will be under the direction of 3 main directors :
- Lithium, president of Cycom
- Slhoka, president of SSBUP
- Poilon, host and link between the Smash scene and Cycom/EPITA
Events
Epita Smash Arena 4 will feature the following events :Details about those events will come later.
- Singles tournament
- Doubles tournament
- Regional Crews (according to the foreign attendance)
Equipment
The hosts of the Epita Smash Arena series have always valued the amount of setups to ensure most players can get as many friendlies as they want.
Usually, our formula is :
1 TV = 4 players
Which means that if we reach the 256 player limit, our aim wille be to have at least 64 setups. While we cannot garantee that in advance, we always managed to have more than 1 TV per 4 attendants in the previous editions (even though it didn't work so well for ESA2 as many remember), and we don't want that to change.
Registration
Registration isn't opened yet, and will take place as usual on Cycom's website. This thread will be updated as soon as registration opens.
Due to venue size and time contraints, the event will be limited to 256 attendants.
Entry Fees and cash prize
Entry Fees
Singles tournament : 10€
Doubles tournament : 10€ per player
Venue fee : 10€
Regional crews : a decent amount of pride :p
Total : 30€
Cash Prizes
See the entry fee above : for both teams and singles, the pot size will be equal to the amount of players times 10.
The division of the money isn't set yet, but the top 6 (at least) should get money.
Schedule
Saturday : Smash
Sunday : Smash
This schedule isn't final and we should be able to provide some more details later :p
Ruleset
Note : Please remember that this ruleset is tentative : some changes may be made before the tournament.
General Rules
Set Format
- No items
- 4 stocks
- Time limit : 8 mn
- Ties are broken by remaining lives, then percentage. If both criteria are tied, then a one-stock match with the same characters on the same stage will be played.
- No stage may be used twice in a single set if the counter-picking player has already won on that stage, unless the opponent agrees to use the stage again. (Dave's Stupid Rule)
- If the counterpicking player takes too much time to chose his counterpick stage, the tournament organizer can (at his own discretion) force him to pick random. (Pamaro's Stupid Rule)
- Controller Mods, Glitches (IC Freeze Glitch, Mewtwo Soul Stunner, etc), and tactics used to stall a match (wall-bombing, rising pound), are banned.
- Stage striking, advance slobs picks and double blind picks will be used for stage and character selection (see Set procedure below)
- Wobbling is banned
- Meta Knight is banned
Set procedure
- The stage of the first game is chosen randomly or through stage striking. If both players agree to choose it randomly, random will be used, but if one player wants to use stage striking, then stage striking will be used.
- Both players choose their characters, then the game is playerd. A referee can be use to ensure no player counterpicks another on the first game. (Double Blind Pick)
- After the first game, the loser announces his counterpick stage.
- The winner of the first game then picks his character.
- The loser of the first game choses his character, and the game is played.
- If the set isn't complete after the game, steps 3-5 are repeated until completion of the set.
Team specific rules
- Friendly fire is on
- A player can request the pause function to be turned off.
- Life stealing is allowed
Pools
- All general rules apply.
- Sets will be best of 3
- The player ranking within the pool will be decided upon the following criteria :
- Won/Lost set ratio
- Won/Lost individual games ratio
- Head to head results
Brackets
Stages
- All general rules apply.
- The first round(s) of the bracket will be best of 3, then best of 5 will be used, until winners' finals, losers' finals and grand finals where best of 7 will be used .
Starters
Counterpick
- Final Destination
- Dream Land 64
- Fountain of Dreams (banned for teams)
- Battlefield
- Yoshi's Story
All other stages are banned.
- Pokémon Stadium (starter for teams)
Food & Housing
Housing
Since ESA4 is a 2 days event, we will try to house as many players as possible on sunday evening. The tournament doesn't officially start before saturday morning, but we may be able to have the venue open on Friday night, so you can be housed there. However, ESA2 proved that housing everyone just isn’t possible for events of such scope. Therefore, we’ll give priority to those who come from far.
We’ll do our best to motivate Parisians players to host people, and we’ll make a list of people able to house other players and contact info but it will be up to you to contact these players. If the attendance grows so much that we can’t be sure to house everyone, we’ll try to get some deals with an hotel.
On Saturday night, anybody who paid for it will sleep in a separate sleeping room, where you'll be able to put your bags and jackets during the day. This night should be the only one you will spend in the venue, unless we have the venue on Friday night.
We won't give you anything but space for the night, so you better bring your sleeping bag, sleeping pad, pillow, teddy bear or whatever else you'll need.
Food
Unfortunately, food isn't comprised in the entry fee. However, Cycom will have a stand where they'll sell food and drinks. You can also buy something outside of the venue.
Travel Informations
Paris is pretty easy to reach by plane or train depending from where you come from.
The closest airports are Paris-Orly (ORY) and Roissy-Charles de Gaulle (CDG). From those airports, you can easily reach Paris in less than an hour with a commuter train.
Another airport is Beauvais-Tillé (BVA). This one is a bit far from Paris but you can get cheap flights from other places in Europe if you travel with Ryanair. From there, you'll need 1h30 to arrive in Paris.
Detailed directions to the venue
From Orly
Once in the airport and free to go, follow the signs "Trains to Paris" and take the RER B direction Paris. To go to Epita, stop at the station "Denfert Rochereau" and follow the connexion to "Ligne 6 direction Nation". Stop at "Place d'Italie" and follow the connexion to "Ligne 7 direction Villejuif - Ivry". When you take the train, make sure it indicates both on the train itself and in the air on an electronic board that this train goes to "Villejuif" and NOT "Ivry". You may want to ask people, "Villejuif?" pointing at the train, they'll answer "oui" or "non". Once you boarded the train, wait for the station "Villejuif Paul-Vaillant Couturier" and get off. Now you just need to walk for 5 minutes looking for the Epita school. Turn right after the Ford building right outside the metro station. You should see a "Franprix" (a chain of cheap stores), a Chinese restaurant and then a little place with a Bakery at the angle. Take the big street to the right (you should see a lot of mess with a new building growing... that's the street). Go straight forward and turn right after you've seen the hospital on your right. Again, go straight for a few minutes and you should see what looks like a school on your left. here you are !
Here is a map of the way from the metro station to the venue. Google's dumb and tells you to walk right in the center of the road, but don't worry, sidewalk do exist in France too.
From Charles de Gaulle
Once in the Airport, follow the signs "Trains to Paris", you may have to take a (free) bus to switch to another terminal. Take any train going to Paris and stop at the station "Denfert Rochereau". For the rest, it's the same as when you come from Orly.
From Beauvais
You have to take a bus to the central station of Beauvais, then take a train to Paris, then you arrive in Gare St Lazare. From there, you have tons of ways to get to "Ligne 7 Villejuif Paul-Vaillant Couturier". You may take "Ligne 14 direction Olympiades", stop at "Ch‚telet" and follow the connexion to "Ligne 7 direction Villejuif - Ivry". For the rest, read the Orly way.
By Train
- The Eurostar
The Eurostar train departs from London at Waterloo station. You will have to go through customs and show IDs. You arrive at Gare du Nord. Follow the signs for metro "Ligne 5 direction Place d'Italie". Get off the train at the last station, Place d'Italie. For the rest, read the Orly way.
- Other trains
If you come from Belgium or The Netherlands, you will arrive at Gare du Nord. So the same itinerary as the Eurostar one just above.
If you come from Switzerland or Italy, you will arrive at Gare de Lyon (yes, this is a train station in Paris, a big one !). From there, you can walk to "Gare d'Austerlitz" and take metro "Ligne 5 direction Place d'Italie". For the rest, refer to the Eurostar's explanation.
By Bus
I don't know any other company than Eurolines but I believe most busses stop at two main bus terminals.
- La Défense
La Défense is a huge bus station (and an economical center). When you arrive with Eurolines, You have to follow the metro signs and walk through a long pedestrian-only tunnel. Take metro "Ligne 1 direction Ch‚teau de Vincennes". Take the connexion at station "Louvre" and follow metro "Ligne 7 direction Villejuif-Ivry". When you board the metro for this connexion, make sure you take a metro going to "Villejuif" and NOT "Ivry". For the rest, refer to the Orly explanation.
- Gallieni
From Gallieni, follow metro "Ligne 3 direction Pont de Levallois Bécon" and stop at station "République". Follow the connexion to "Ligne 5 direction Place d'Italie" and get off at the last stop. For the rest, refer to the Orly explanation.
Various Costs
- Orly to Paris by RER costs 6.40€ euros One way.
- Charles de Gaulle to Paris by RER costs 8.20€ euros One way.
- Beauvais train station to Paris Gare du Nord costs 11.70€ euros One way.
- A single metro/bus/tramway ticket costs 1.60€ euros.
- A pack of 10 metro/bus/tramway ticket costs 11.10€ euros. (I advise you to buy that if you're a group and planning to visit Paris a bit).
- When you buy a RER ticket, once you get in Paris, you can use it as a metro ticket, no need to pay 1.60€ extra. Same for the way back, buy your RER ticket, use it for the metro and then for the RER.
Useful information
In Paris, when you are caught in the metro or bus without a valid ticket, you'll have to pay a 40€ fine (or some simillar amount). Controls are not so frequent, but keep that in mind if you don't want too much extra costs (right Spaniards ? ^^')
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Bring Your Own Controller !!! This rule applies here aswell. And keep your things with you, one never knows.
- If you plan to use a Wavebird, please notify us in advance. We’ll only accept 16 Wavebird users to avoid interferences.
- For the general well-being of everyone, no one can justify throwing something on the floor. There will be enough trash cans all around the venue.
- Drinking alcohol in the venue will be completely forbidden.
- Drugs under any form will be forbidden.
- Any player breaking these rules will be excluded from the event without any refunding.
- The tournament will be run by Slhoka with tio tournament organizer.
- Results will be posted here and in SWF's Results section and as well on All is Brawl.
Contact
Slhoka
Check my profile for emails, msn, and every way of contacting me before the tournament.
During your trip : my phone number is : +33 6 82 12 30 84
I'll add someone else so you can call someone if I'm not available.
Not Smash-related interests
The tournament will not take place in Paris, but so close it is pretty much the same. And while Paris is a city where I wouldn't wish anyone to live, it's an extremely beautiful city which will make happy those of you who enjoy tourism, especially in late June as the wheather should be really good.
If you plan to attend the tournament and want some information about great places to visit, don't hesitate to ask.
Well, hopefully, see you in Paris !
thanks for the info slhoka
