ESB @ Japan Touch #13, Get the Triple Crown!

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On December 3rd & 4th 2011 the GODS of Street Fighter will land in Lyon for the ESB.
There, they will battle to decide who is the best at:

SUPER STREET FIGHTER 2X: GRAND MASTER CHALLENGE
STREET FIGHTER III: 3RD STRIKE
SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV: ARCADE EDITION

And don’t forget this competition is about being the best at ALL 3 GAMES!!!
ESB is a major sized team 2on2 arcade tournament taking place in Lyon at the Japan Touch japanimation convention, the largest Geek Culture event of the region, hosted at the Double Mixte. This 5000m² venue shelters all the important events of France’s second largest city (2h away from Paris), and 800m² of it are solely dedicated to the ESB area.
This area will contain 25 arcade cabinets with the three main games in competition. 25 machines available to competitors during the two days of the event for freeplay/casuals.
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A large retro & console booth with a lot of other daily tournaments on great games like:
- SEGA SATURN Bomberman > x10 Multiplayer Battle
- Mario Kart SNES
- The King of Fighters XIII (with 4 Xbox360 setups)
- And many more…
SO ARE YOU GOOD ENOUGH TO PLAY IT “ARCADE STYLE”?

1st Trailer

2nd Trailer



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ESB

A 100% Arcade Tournament
100% of the inscription fees = 100% Cash-Prize
HUGE 2500€ Max* Cash-Prize
2X 2V2 Tourney > 520€ Max*
1st 400€ / 2nd 100€ / 3rd 20€
3.3 2V2 Tourney > 520 € Max*
1st 400€ / 2nd 100€ / 3rd 20€
4AE 2V2 Tourney > 1020€ Max*
1st 800€ / 2nd 200€ / 3rd 20€
Bonus > 500€ Max* for the Best players of the 3 tourneys
*Cash-Prize Maximum determined by the maximum number of entrants

Schedule
2X > Saturday December 3rd 2011 from 11AM to 3PM (CET)
3.3 > Saturday December 3rd 2011 from 3.30AM to 7PM (CET)
4AE > Sunday December 4th 2011 from 11AM to 7PM (CET)
ONLY ONE TOURNAMENT TAKING PLACE AT A GIVEN TIME

Triple Tie Tournament -- T3
- Separated Tournaments: tournaments never overlap each other
- Possibility to change team members from one tournament to the next
- Each player will cumulate his/her own points
- The best 2 players of all 3 tournaments will gain a bonus Max* 500€ + cool goodies
- Unique Trophies never before seen at a tournament (just remember the God of FIGHT ones and think bigger & better…)

Tournament Unfolding
All tournaments are played in 2V2 survival style:
Pools are played in Battle Royale style, only the 1st goes on to the final bracket
Then as in any double elimination bracket, you get two lives and the finalists of both the Winners’ & Losers’ Finals will meet for the Grand Finale for a fight to the finish

Point Cumulation

If 16 pools
Winning Team = 10 points
Finalist Team = 9 points
Losers’ Finalist = 8 points
Losers’ 1/2 Finalist = 6 points
Losers’ 1/4 Finalist = 5 points
Losers’ 1/8 Finalist = 4 points
Losers’ 1/16 Finalist = 3 points
Losers’ 1/32 Finalist = 2 points
Pools = 1 point

If 8 pools
Winning Team = 8 points
Finalist Team = 7 points
Losers’ Finalist = 6 points
Losers’ 1/2 Finalist = 4 points
Losers’ 1/4 Finalist = 3 points
Losers’ 1/8 Finalist = 2 points
Pools = 1 point

If 4 pools
Winning Team = 6 points
Finalist Team = 5 points
Losers’ Finalist = 4 points
Losers’ 1/2 Finalist = 2 points
Pools = 1 point
The more teams there are, the more points there are to win.

A Pro Organization
> VS Dojo & Gamespirit, organized many arcade tournaments: including the WGC Arcade Area, the Stunfest Arcade Area, the Japan Expo Tougeki Qualifiers…

Meet the Players
Some of the Best European Players will be there, including ORF (UK), Wolmar (FR), Spinalblood (IT) and Bob Sagat (NL)
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eLive.pro|MOV (JP), the Best 3.3 Player in the World

A real LIVE Show
Watch the Boxing style show, with smoke & party lights
Tournaments commentated by Ken Bogard & streamed by Maho
All the matches will be recorded and made available on video sharing websites

DJ Animation
Square Tune Magician, the Best French Chip Tune Producer & DJ will “Raise the Rufus”!

Event Powered by:
Gamespirit, VS Dojo, eLive.pro, Qanba & Pixel Empire, @Japan Touch