Slhoka
Smash Lord
EPITA SMASH ARENA 4
June 26 and 27, 2010 - Paris, France
↑ Actually not true, it takes place in Villejuif, near Paris
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 !
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 !
CURRENT IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The venue has been confirmed to open on Friday, 20:00 ! Now's the time to book and confirm you'll attend !
Questions regarding housing must be sent to Slhoka (see "Housing" in this post)
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.
You can find it on a map here. (Use streetview and search for the big blue building, it’s the venue !)
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.
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 :
- Singles tournament
- Doubles tournament
- Regional Crews (according to the foreign attendance)
Things like the bracket size and pool repartition will be announced later, when we'll have a fairly accurate idea of how many players will attend this tournament.
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
Registrations opened on Cycom's website : http://www.cycom.org/event/informations/22/en/
First you have to register on the website (or login if you already registered for another ESA), then you have to register for the tournament.
If you already registered on the website and can't remember the password you entered, just register with another nickname making sure I can guess who you are.
Do not pay attention to the schedule, it's the one from last year. It should be something similar, though.
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
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
Friday
- 20:00 : Venue opens. We'll be installing setups and stuff, so you may not be able to play right after arriving if you come around 20:00, but at least you will have somewhere to stay.
- During the night : Freeplay at will. I also consider organizing a free Low tier tournament if I'm not too busy with other aspects of the tournament.
- ??:?? : Tournaments
- 00:00 : Tournaments stop (that's the theory, though, we may ask you to play a bit longer if the tournament is late).
- ??:?? : Tournaments
- 19:00/20:00 : Venue closes.
We haven't decided wether we'll play singles or doubles first. This choice will mainly depend of the number of attendants.
Ruleset
Note : Please remember that this ruleset is tentative : some changes may occur 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
- 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 .
Stages
Starters
- Final Destination
- Dream Land 64
- Fountain of Dreams (banned for teams)
- Battlefield
- Yoshi's Story
Counterpick
- Pokémon Stadium (starter for teams)
All other stages are banned.
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.
If you need to be housed before or after the tournament, PM me with informations about your trip :
- Date of arrival (and hour if possible)
- Date of departure (and hour if possible)
- Number of people needing housing
- Where you'll arrive/leave (to pick you up if we can)
- Any useful information
Please try to arrive on friday and leave on Sunday or Monday. I know for sure it's more interesting to come early and/or leave later to get cheaper plane/train tickets, spend more time with other smashers and/or visit Paris, but it makes housing way harder. So if you can avoid needing housing for more than one night, please do it.
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, train or bus regardless of where you come from.
Once you are in or near Paris, the public transportation network will allow you to travel more efficiently than with a car.
Airports
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.
Train
- Coming from the North of Paris : Gare du Nord
- Coming from the UK : Gare Saint-Lazare
- Coming from the East of Paris : Gare de l'Est
- Coming from Switzerland or Italy : Gare de Lyon
- Coming from Spain : Gare Montparnasse
Once you are in one of these stations, you'll have no trouble going to the venue with the subway.
Bus
There are two Eurolines bus stations in Paris :
- Coming from Spain and Portugal : Paris Charenton
- Coming from everywhere else : Paris Gallieni
Once you are in one of these stations, you'll have no trouble going to the venue with the subway.
Travels in Paris
For all your travels in or near Paris, I advise you to use one of these websites :
Transilien.com (available in english and spanish)
RATP.fr (available in many languages)
Directions to the venue
The venue is located near the métro station "Villejuif - Paul Vaillant-Couturier", on line 7
When you arrive at the station, you may want to use this map and/or the following instructions : map.
- Get out of the subway and take the "Avenue Paul Vaillant-Couturier (D61)", and use the sidewalk on the right of the street. It will make things easier later.
- When you arrive to the first crossroad, the "Avenue Paul Vaillant-Couturier (D61)" will turn a bit. Keep following it.
- Stay on the "Avenue Paul Vaillant-Couturier (D61)" until you cross the "Rue Guy Môquet" on the right of the street.
- Take the "Rue Guy Môquet" until you reach the number 66.
- You're there ! The venue is the big blue building !
Various Costs
Compared to many european public transportation systems, transport is rather expensive around Paris.
- Orly to Paris by RER (commuter train) 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 ? =p)
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 IM accounts.
You can also send me a mail at : slhoka.kureria@gmail.com
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 !