World Game Cup 2011, Cannes - France

[kurama_tengu]

World Game Cup 2011

4th Edition �" Palais des Festivals de Cannes

February 25-27, 2011

Our Concept:

Set in the heart of "The Festival International des Jeux" (The International Games Festival), in the world renown "Palais des Festivals de Cannes", The World Game Cup is The World Championship of Fighting Games. A place where the best fighters from all five continents will face each other for three days of fierce competition.

After a 2010 Edition acclaimed by both the press and the public, the World Game Cup is back with an even more fun and spectacular program.


The Official Games in Competition in the 2011 Edition:


CONSOLE TOURNAMENTS
(Only on XBOX 360 systems)

- Blazblue: Continuum Shift - Solo & Team 2vs2
- Marvel Vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds - Solo
- Soulcalibur IV - Solo, Team 3vs3
- Super Street Fighter IV - Solo, Team 3vs3 & Master Series
- Tekken 6 - Solo & Team 2vs2

ARCADE TOURNAMENTS
(Only on arcade cabinets, with our partners Versus Dojo & Games Spirit)

- Guilty Gear XX Accent Core - 2vs2
- Street Fighter III Third Strike - Solo (GOD OF FIGHT FINALS) & Team 2vs2
- Super Street Fighter 2X - Team 2vs2
- Super Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition - Team 3vs3 (TOUGEKI EUROPEAN SPOT)
- The King Of Fighters 2002 UM - Solo
- The King Of Fighters XIII - 2vs2

The World Team Cup 2011:

More than an open tournament, the World Game Cup is an opportunity to witness an incredible show: The first worldwide fighting game competition with national teams!

After a 2010 Edition focusing on Soulcalibur IV (Team France won the tournament!), the World Team Cup is back with one more game:

World Team Cup Super Street Fighter IV
World Team Cup Soulcalibur IV

Note : Competitions reserved to national teams


New in the 2011 Edition:

The World Game Cup village is expanding, with a real arcade zone, a casual play section and a press section.

In the same spirit, the three stages will host various shows:

The «*Main Stage*» for the final stages of the console competitions and the World Team Cup.
The «*Round Stage*» to ensure everyone gets to see the best of the qualification phases of the console tournaments.
The «*Arcade Stage*» for the new arcade tournaments!

And last but not least, our streaming feed will mark the Online first of the World Game Cup, to offer even more entertainment for the public & garner an even larger audience with those who couldn't make the trip.

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Tournaments' Schedule:

Friday February the 25th 2011

Console Zone:

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift - Team 2vs2
Soulcalibur IV - Team 3vs3
Super Street Fighter IV - Team 3vs3
Tekken 6 - Team 2vs2

Super Street Fighter IV - MADCATZ MASTER SERIES

Arcade Zone:

The King of Fighters 2002 Ultimate Match - Solo

Saturday February the 26th 2011

Console Zone:

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift - Solo
Marvel Vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds - Solo
Soulcalibur IV - Solo
Tekken 6 - Solo

World Team Cup of Super Street Fighter IV

Arcade Zone:

Super Street Fighter 2X - Team 2vs2
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition - Team 3vs3 (Tougeki European Qualifiers)

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - God Of FIGHT

Sunday February the 27th 2011

Console Zone:

Super Street Fighter IV - Solo
Marvel Vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds - Solo (finals)
Tekken 6 - Solo (finals)

Arcade Zone:

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core - Team 2vs2
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - Team 2vs2
The King Of Fighters XIII 1.1 - Team 2vs2

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General Rules & Regulations

After many heated discussions, we finally decided to follow the general opinion trend (and the public opinion through the poll you might have seen).

We hesitated a lot with an "updated" version of the EVO rules, but stayed faithful to our French Tradition in the end!

The rules below only apply to the console tournaments (WORLD TEAM CUP tournaments excluded as we already stated in the corresponding sections). The rules & regulations of the arcade tournaments will be announced later this week.

SOLO CONSOLE TOURNAMENTS FORMAT:

For the solo tourneys, the qualifier phase will be played in POOLS, just like last year. It will be pools of 4 or 8 players, according to the size of the tournament:

- Tournament of 32 players: 8 pools of 4 players - 2/3 matches per set - 2 qualifiers per pool.
- Tournament of 64 players: 8 pools of 8 players - 1 match per set - 4 qualifiers per pool.
- Tournament of 128 players: 16 pools of 8 players - 1 match per set - 2 qualifiers per pool.
- Tournament of 256 players: 32 pools of 8 players - 1 match per set - 2 qualifiers per pool.

For each tournament, the exact number of pools & players will be announced at the end of January, when the final number of registered players will be known.

All the qualifier phases of the solo tournaments will be played with double elimination rules:

- 2/3 matches per set until the finals (played in 3/5 sets)


CONSOLE TOURNAMENTS FORMAT FOR THE MASTER SERIES:

- Tournament of MAXIMUM 128 players - Single elimination with sets of 2/3 matches - Finals played in 3/5 sets.
General Rules for the team tournaments of the Main Event:

Team tournaments are played with the "Team Battle Relay" rules:

- Single elimination team sets, during the whole tournament.

- Opened to all teams (teams can mix nationalities)
- 3 players per team
- Before each bout, the two captains play a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors:
>>> The LOSING captain must announce his/her first player. The WINNING captain can then choose who he/she wants to face him/her.
>>> After that the winner of the match stays, and the loser's team can choose who they want to face him/her, and so on...


TEAM CONSOLE TOURNAMENTS FORMAT:

All of Friday's team tourneys will follow the same rules & regulations:

Team tournaments are played with the "Team Battle Relay" rules:

- Single elimination team sets, during the whole tournament.

- Opened to all teams (teams can mix nationalities)
- 3 players per team
- Before each bout, the two captains play a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors:
>>> The LOSING captain must announce his/her first player. The WINNING captain can then choose who he/she wants to face him/her.
>>> After that the winner of the match stays, and the loser's team can choose who they want to face him/her, and so on...

ADDENDUM:

As all registrations will now be made Online, the tournaments will begin earlier in the morning (don't be late!).
As a result, the pools will be drawn in early February (with seeded players).
This draw will affect all the console tournaments : Solo, Team, Master Series and World Team Cup events.

The draw of The World Game Cup tournaments will be filmed & available as an Online Stream on the Website.

Consequently, players will be able to check their pools and competitors (& their characters) before the tournaments!

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Be advised that for all these tournaments, you must come with your own accessories (adapters included). The organization simply won't be able to lend pads, adapters and/or sticks.
The WGC is a BYOC event! (bring your own controller, be it a pad or a stick)
You will of course be allowed to borrow accessories from other players, but it mustn't be a bother or holdup the competition (as you might get disqualified if that's the case).

All game controllers allowing macros/cheats are strictly forbidden, as are the activation of turbo/automatic modes on any allowed controller.

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NEW THIS YEAR

1/The Casual Play Area will be built around 8 to 16 screens. It will be co-run by the SWGA and Games Culture Associations. There, you'll be able to play all the games in competition in the Console Tournaments & some of the games played in the Arcade Tournaments (if a XBOX 360 version exists at the time of the event, like KOF2002 UM, for instance). But you will also find a few neat surprises in the consoles hard drives like MOTW or SSF2 HD REMIX (and more...).
Casual tournaments will be organized throughout the day. These Casual (free) tournaments will spice up your days.

Please don't hesitate to come & visit the Casual Area!

We'd like to thank the SWGA and Games Culture Associations for their support on this year's edition.

2/ Watch the Steam: basgrospoing.fr, the famous fighting games news website will be our partner for the WGC2011. Thanks to them, you'll have access to a continuous flow of fresh news (results, reports, etc.).
What's more, the BGP Team will hug the mike on the stream, spilling a moist flow of fresh editorial nuggets and atmospheric comments, LIVE from the WGC grounds.
And don't forget, the Stream will run non-stop during the three days of competition thanks to the fine people of the GNOUZ CORP!

3/ A Guest of Honor for the World Game Cup 2011
After a 2010 edition dedicated to Capcom fans*, with the presence of star players Daigo, Eïta, Fuudo & Desora, in 2011 it will be Arc System's devotees turn to nerdgasm. Coming for the very fist time in France, Toshimichi Mori from the famous Arc System Works studio will grace us with his presence!
Mr. Mori is the General Director / Producer / Character Designer of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift. He will answer fan questions, present BlazBlue: Continuum Shift in detail, and will also attend an exclusive signing session. And the whole thing will be streamed LIVE!

Many thanks to our partner TRADEWEST (The French Publisher of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift) for organizing this prestigious event!

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Coming Soon: detailed schedule, list of prizes (including cups & goodies) and cash-prizes, which will be announced later with the opening of the registrations and the press release.

Info, Registration, Schedule:
Welcome to The World Game Cup.Com

French Language Website:
WORLD GAME CUP.FR

World Game Cup Forums:
GNOUZ FORUM - International Forum

Videos Archives from the Past Editions:
Welcome to The World Game Cup.Com

Miscellaneous Videos:
Welcome to The World Game Cup.Com

WGC 2010 Press Review:
http://www.gnouz-corporation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=223&t=1162

WGC 2010 Complete Results:
http://console-league.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=483&t=10371

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#WorldGameCup

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152547288091253

Organized by the World Game Cup Association & its partners.
http://www.worldgamecup.fr

Contacts
worldgamecup@gmail.com


REGISTER NOW!!!

[THE ANSWER]

What are the rules and format for the Arcade tournaments? Is it double elimination? 2/3?

[kurama_tengu]

TKO, our Arcade Rep has yet to post the full rules & regulation, but they should be roughly the same as the God of FIGHT rules (except not with local qualifiers, of course):

http://www.worldgamecup.com/articles.php?article=10370

[THE ANSWER]

Welll I'm still a little confused, my main concern is if it's going to be double elimination (winners & losers bracket).

Do I need anything besides my passport to go to France? Visa or something?

[kurama_tengu]

Yes, it indeed will be double elimination.

And here's your info for the (no) Visa:

http://www.francetourism.com/practicalinfo/beforeyougo-entryrequirements.htm

[kurama_tengu]

The Future is Now (or something like that...)

Big News from TKO our Arcade Steward (and proud owner of the VS Dojo, a parisian game center):

"The VS Dojo is proud to announce it's first OCCIDENTAL Exclusivity!!!!!!

(Yes, you guessed it, it's even bigger news than European bragging rights! lol)

KOF 13 Version 1.1 is coming. No more bugs or dirty infinites.

And what's more, I can say for certain that it will be the next KOF at the Tougeki.

All that for the crazy price of �,�50cents/credit (at the VS Dojo Arcade Center, it will be free at the WGC)

Training Time: 7mn (Again VS Dojo rules, It probably will be a bit shorter due to the obvious line...)

Available right now, everyday, on an HD cabinet at the VS Dojo! Go for it!

PS:
For those of you who can't make it during the week, be advised that the
game will also be available every weekend at our colleagues arcade: The Mythik, with
freeplay settings!"

Original announcement (in French) available here: http://console-league.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=497&t=10588

[kurama_tengu]

We've got Extra Huge News for this third news release!

You might have noticed we're distilling the information more slowly this year, but it's just because a little bit of anticipation builds the HYPE more effectively. We've got a lot more extra goodies hidden all around the place, but for now, here's a big 6 part announcement:


1/ The Casual Play Area will be built around 8 to 16 screens. It will be co-run by the SWGA and Games Culture Associations. There, you'll be able to play all the games in competition in the Console Tournaments & some of the games played in the Arcade Tournaments (if a XBOX 360 version exists at the time of the event, like KOF2002 UM, for instance). But you will also find a few neat surprises in the consoles hard drives like MOTW or SSF2 HD REMIX (and more...).
Casual tournaments will be organized throughout the day. These Casual (free) tournaments will spice up your days.

Please don't hesitate to come & visit the Casual Area!

Expect more details with the next website update!

We'd like to thank the SWGA and Games Culture Associations for their support on this year's edition.

2/ basgrospoing.fr, the famous fighting games news website will be our partner for the WGC2011. Thanks to them, you'll have access to a continuous flow of fresh news (results, reports, etc.).
What's more, the BGP Team will hug the mike on the stream, spilling a moist flow of fresh editorial nuggets and atmospheric comments, LIVE from the WGC grounds.
And don't forget, the Stream will run non-stop during the three days of competition thanks to the fine people of the GNOUZ CORP!

3/ Marvel vs Capcom 3 will be an official tournament game at the World Game Cup 2011*

The competition will take place on Saturday February 26. It will be a Solo tourney.

It will be the first big European tournament for the game. And as MvC3 won't have been out for long, the whole lot of you will have a chance to win it ^^.

So please don't hesitate to register: It's Marvel 3 Baby!

As expected, this will cause some minor changes to the schedule, which will be announced soon. Don't panic, it won't be that different and no tournament will be canceled.

The website will be updated within two weeks with all the details of this new tournament.


4/ The KOF XIII tournament is indeed confirmed. The cabinet will be available in the Arcade Area. It will be the version B (1.1) of the game.

Here's a quote by TKO of the Versus Dojo to build up the HYPE:

“Ladies & Gentlemen,


The VS Dojo is proud to announce it's first OCCIDENTAL Exclusivity!!!!!!
Yes, you guessed it, it's even bigger news than European bragging rights!

KOF 13 Version 1.1 is COMING

No more bugs or dirty infinites.
And what's more, I can say for certain that it will be the next KOF at the Tougeki.”

Available everyday, on an HD cabinet, at the WGC thanks to the VS Dojo!

Go for it!

5/ A huge, HUGE announcement is coming for a certain Capcom game. Stay tuned, it's for late December, and you'll appreciate it for sure! (It's our Christmas present ^^)

6/ Online registration will open in about 10 days, but Online payment won't be operational until early December. (We're gonna rush it!)
In the meantime, please visit our Website & our Facebook and Twitter pages

Here you go, updates coming soon... Stay Tuned!


* (subject to the release of the game on February the 8th)

[Mr.KOF]

I am definitely interested in participating in this event for KOF 13, KOF 2k2 um, and SSF4

Please answer these questions.

1.Will the payout be enough to cover my flight and hotel?

2.Regarding the KOF  button layout...will it be  straight across?

[kurama_tengu]

OK.  First: the French community is REALLY interested in having you around for the WGC, the reaction was unanimous: they want to test their level against yours.

1/ The payout for the KOF tourneys should be enough to pay for a good part of your flight & hotel budget (it should amount to about 400�,� minimum total for both 13 & 2k2 UM cash prizes). But the European community is eager to play Money Matches against you (up to 200�,� a pop) AND is willing to sweeten the deal by betting against your victory. At the moment three famous French KOF players are willing to bet 100�,� per head against your victory.
All in All (without possible SSF4 winnings), for now, it's a guaranteed 700�,� payout : 400 + (3x100), excluding the MM.

2/The KOF tournaments will be played on standard French cabs. As you know KOF 13 is played on 6 buttons cabs & offers a button configuration option so this shouldn't be a problem. As for KOF 2k2 UM the French players usually play it in a square configuration, but a bit of rewiring/reset to add a 5th button is no issue if you prefer the straight layout.

[kurama_tengu]

OK, here's the latest: the World Game Cup Organization is offering to pay for your lodging (in the Cannes sponsored hotels/residences famous for their night-time casual tournaments & money matches), leaving only the plane fare at your charge.


This offer will be extended to any top tier player validated by the Euro KOF community.

[Rex Dart]

Damn, that's an amazing deal. I hope lots of people take you up on it.

[THE ANSWER]

OK, here's the latest: the World Game Cup Organization is offering to pay for your lodging (in the Cannes sponsored hotels/residences famous for their night-time casual tournaments & money matches), leaving only the plane fare at your charge.


This offer will be extended to any top tier player validated by the Euro KOF community.

Wow! How do I get on that list?

[kurama_tengu]

By receiving positive feedback on your wish to come to the event. It shouldn't be that long a wait for the players & organization to come to consensus.

Err... Wait & see (I doing just that ^^).

[Kane317]

OK, here's the latest: the World Game Cup Organization is offering to pay for your lodging (in the Cannes sponsored hotels/residences famous for their night-time casual tournaments & money matches), leaving only the plane fare at your charge.


This offer will be extended to any top tier player validated by the Euro KOF community.

Wow! How do I get on that list?

The Answer, Reynald and Mr. KOF should go represent us!  Craziness!

[Nocturnal]

I hope you guys do go. Would be a nice experience and a lot of fun to go. Glad to see the Euro peps keeping SNK games in their line ups still. Good stuff.