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Tournament:Epita Smash Arena

Epita Smash Arena
Dates April 7th-8th, 2007
Venue EPITA
Address/City 66 rue Guy Moquet
Villejuif, France France
Attendance 90+
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners Netherlands Amsah 1v1
Netherlands Amsah & France JD 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s) Poilon
Assisted by SSBUP
Housing Parisian players/venue

The Epita Smash Arena was a French Melee tournament held in April 2007 by Poilon and the SSBUP, held within the Epita school. Epita Smash Arena was well-received by most smashers who attended the event, due to its excellent organization compared to previous tournaments; some players even considered it to be the best European tournament in competitive Melee history. This extreme popularity led its sequel, Epita Smash Arena 2, to receive 231 entrants, making it the largest Melee tournament ever hosted in Europe at that time. Reception to this tournament, however, was not as positive as the initial installment. Three more "sequels" to the event were later hosted, though none attained the number of entrants as the first Epita Smash Arena or its immediate successor.

Events and rulesEdit

ESA featured 2 main Smash tournaments:

  • Saturday: Singles
  • Sunday: Doubles

A crew battle pitting France against the Netherlands was also held.

RulesEdit

SinglesEdit

  • No items.
  • 4 stocks.
  • Stages allowed: Final Destination, Dream Land 64, Pokémon Stadium, Yoshi's Story, and Fountain of Dreams.
  • Pools were best of 3.
  • Results of pools determined the seeding of the bracket.
  • Double Elimination Bracket was best of 3 for the beginning of the bracket.
  • The rest of the bracket was best of 5.
  • Finals were best of 7.
  • Double blind pick was possible for the first match of a set.
  • The stage for the first match of a set was random between Final Destination, Dream Land 64, and Pokémon Stadium.
  • After the first match, loser picks the stage, then winner picks character, then loser picks character.
  • Stalling was completely forbidden.

DoublesEdit

  • No items.
  • 4 stocks.
  • Stages allowed : Final Destination, Dream Land 64, Pokémon Stadium, and Yoshi's Story. No other stage is allowed.
  • Double Elimination Bracket was best of 3 for the beginning of the bracket.
  • The rest of the bracket was best of 5.
  • The stage for the first match of a set was random between Final Destination, Dream Land 64, and Pokémon Stadium.
  • After the first match, losers pick the stage, then winners pick characters, then losers pick characters.
  • Life stealing was allowed.
  • Team attack was ON.

ResultsEdit

The exact results were lost, as well as the bracket. The only info remaining is the following ranking.

SinglesEdit

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Amsah  
2nd   Clemj  
3rd   Faab  
4th   Nnja  
5th   Doraki  
5th   Poilon  
7th   Makenshi  
7th   JDFrance  
9th   NGCXX   
9th   Koh
9th   Agony  
9th   Aska  
13th   Zgetto  
13th   Intart  
13th   niam  
13th   Ryuker  
17th   Adam   
17th   Seb33300  
17th   Fatality-CC  
17th   Vargas
17th   Kurisu  
17th   Darkluigi
17th   Saviour  
17th   CM
25th Gabz
25th   Baxon  
25th   Infernum
25th   pq3000
25th   Qlex  
25th   Marc   
25th   4ever
25th   Shadow
33rd   Leon  
33rd   Slhoka  
33rd   Venom
33rd   Vincs
33rd Puma
33rd Zoto
33rd Quentin
33rd Waxon
33rd Drako
33rd   bGin
33rd SETTLERMAN6
33rd   Gorn  
33rd   sat
33rd Nardine
33rd   Lguy  
33rd   bossofsmash