[Tournament] [25-27/02/11] 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!!!

[Di]

Thanks for posting this. I've made a topic in our tournament section with a link redirecting to this thread.

BTW: Please say hello from me to French Soul Calibur players

[krill]

I'm in!

[kurama_tengu]

Thanks for posting this. I've made a topic in our tournament section with a link redirecting to this thread.

BTW: Please say hello from me to French Soul Calibur players

It's our pleasure to see that there is so many fighting game players around the world ^^.

Malek our SoulCalibur Community Manager will probably show-up sooner or later, but I'll pass the message .

[Di]

Oh yes, please tell him to register here

[KOKOLINO]

TO KTO KURKA JEDZIE NA TEN EVENT

[Velurian_TLT]

jest jeden mały problem jesli chodzi o Tekkenowców.........kto ma przejsciówke do x360 ten może i pojedzie, ale u nas mało kto gra na klocu w T6 a pady się nie nadają...

[Snake]

Dlaczego uważasz, że ten problem dotyczy tylko tekkenowców? ;p

[Frizen]

W SyFa sie gra na stickach, nie myle sie?

[Snake]

Można też grać na padach, tak samo jak w tekkena, lol ;p

Przecież na sticku jest ten sam problem z przejściówką co na padzie, co za różnica?

[Frizen]

Sadzilem, ze sticki sa na USB i pasuja tez bez problemu do xklocka. Ale nvm, nie znam sie na tym.

[Snake]

Chyba nie znasz microsoftu ; D Praktycznie wszystko podłączane do xboxa musi być firmowane znaczkiem M$, inaczej nihuja ;]

[Di]

Kontrolery do PS3 działają na PC, ale nie na X360. Te na konsolę Microsoftu z kolei nie działają ani na PS3 ani na PC. Microsoft bardzo dba o to, żeby do jego konsol podłączano markowy - a zarazem droższy - sprzęt.
Inna sprawa, że przecież pady do PS3 też są pod USB, więc Twoje rozumowanie stick != pad jest bez sensu

[kurama_tengu]

The guys at SRK talk a lot (too much ?) about adapters, here's a thread with the skinny:

http://shoryuken.com/f177/converter-compatibility-thread-181187/#post6304229

I hope this helps ^^.

[kurama_tengu]

The Website has been updated with the dates & rules

Tournaments' Schedule:

Friday February the 25th

Console Zone:

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

Super Street Fighter IV - MASTER SERIES

Arcade Zone:

Super Street Fighter 2X
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core

Saturday February the 26th

Console Zone:

Soulcalibur IV - Solo
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift - Solo
Tekken 6 - Solo

World Team Cup of Super Street Fighter IV

Arcade Zone:

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - God Of FIGHT
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - Team 2vs2

Sunday February the 27th

Console Zone:

Super Street Fighter IV - Solo

World Team Cup of Soulcalibur IV

Arcade Zone:

The King Of Fighters 2002 UM
The King Of Fighters XIII


The detailed schedule is coming soon!

------

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

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.


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...

PLEASE NOTE:

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 a Online Stream on the Website.

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

Good Luck Everyone!