World Game Cup 20114th 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 2011Console 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 2011Console 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 2011Console 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 &
RegulationsAfter 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 YEAR1/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.
[size=150]Please don't hesitate to come
& visit the Casual Area![/size]
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 2011After 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
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