Slhoka
Smash Lord
The ESA series has always been the most well-known European tournament series, always gathering many top European players in France. Ever since 2010, and ESA4, we haven't had a major event in the series. But this time, it was back, and some great players like Armada, Over, Ice, Leffen or Fuzzyness (among others) joined the top French players for this event.
With 63 people from 6 different countries, it was the largest tournament in France since ESA4 in 2010, the current French scene having a lot of small events, but no big ones.
Various facts (spoilers here, but after all, you're in a results thread)
- Armada is now the most titled player of the ESA series, with 3 wins and one third place. He was previously tied with Amsah, who had 2 wins and 2 second places.
- Armada hasn't lost a single set at the ESA series since his loss to CaptainJack in losers finals of ESA2, in early 2008. This time, his Peach has been on her last stock only once, versus Cyr's Samus (to be confirmed)
- Many revenges happened at this tournament, and Fuzzyness was involved in many of them : he lost to Baxon in pools and beat him in the bracket, but then beat Ice in winners' before losing to him in losers' finals. And he and leffen won 3-4 versus Armada and Ice in doubles winners finals, before losing 4-0 both grand finals sets.
- The players from Lyon, usually considered to be one of the strongest city in the French smash community, all lost pretty early in singles. On the opposite, old-timers Doraki and Bunwa (previously known as Benoit) both placed fairly well in singles, and also performed decently in teams.
- Cyr finally manages to outplace every other French player! Sadly, he does that at a tournament with great European players in attendance, and doesn't win it.
- Aether keeps surprising everyone: 5th at the two last major French tournaments, he reaches an encouraging 9th place. Not bad for a Link player from a city with only a few smashers.
Videos
Videos are being uploaded on LeFrenchMelee, France's Melee community Youtube channel, and a Smashboards thread will be available soon.
Results
Out of curiosity, I checked how far everyone went in the bracket according to their seeds in pools. I coloured the names to show it.
Placed first in pools
Placed second in pools
Placed third in pools
Placed fourth in pools
Singles :
63 players : 8 pools of 7 or 8, top 4 advancing to a 32-man bracket
Bracket
1. Armada
2. Ice
3. Fuzzyness
4. OverTriforce
5. Cyr
5. leffen
7. Android
7. VanityAngel
9. Aether
9. Doraki
9. Tekk
9. Bunwa
13. porc
13. Salepâte
13. Trinity
13. Mahie
17. Aska
17. Feca-Link
17. *Zen
17. Baxon
17. Mrik
17. Wuschl
17. Phyr
17. Samplay
25. X-17
25. Qlex
25. Fauster Fayk
25. Slhoka
25. Willy
25. Kurogane
25. Charlon
25. Baker
---End of the bracket---
33. Styx
33. Metalfox
33. JiM
33. Leon
33. SaiX
33. CM
33. Jam
33. Roxas
41. Fays
41. Shloub
41. Nedved
41. BSeed
41. Alex21
41. Gorn
41. Meo
41. Hiryuu
49. Meljin
49. Qual
49. Redjilfox
49. Datto
49. Tenebron
49. Latouffe
49. 8=Mono=D
49. Joanna Dark
57. Sky
57. Maynstorm
57. DraKuLa666
57. Kens
57. Kipkovsky
57. Gobe
57. Seya
Pools
Doubles :
19 teams, no pools
Bracket
1. AR ICE (Armada + Ice) + / +
2. Fuzzyness + Leffen +
3. Les Super Wagons (porc + Salepâte) +
4. Willy + Tekk +
5. Baxon Angel (Baxon + Vanity Angel) +
5. Bunwa + Doraki +
7. Phyr + SaiX +
7. La fessée powershieldropée (Aska + Charlon) +
9. CM + Aether :random:+
9. FausSeeD du Nord (Cyr + Slhoka) + / +
9. Cyrka du Sud (Fauster Fayk + BSeeD) +
9. Kanker lekker (Mahie + Fays) :random:+
13. Baltimore du 59 (Samplay + X-17) +:
13. JiM + MetalFox +
13. Meljin + *Zen :random:+
13. Fécalorik (Feca-Link + Mrik) +
17. Sky + TNB (Sky + Tenebron) +
17. Seya + Shloub (Seya + Shloub) +
17. NedD (Nedved + Joanna Dark) +