World game cup 2010

Rules of the solo tournament.


Tournament :
Soulcalibur IV Solo / Main Event

Dates et hours :

Saturday 6th march 2010 – 3 p.m to 8 p.m
qualifications to « best 64 » :
- 2 winning matches
- 4 qualifies per pools

Sunday 7th march 2010 – 11 a.m to 3 p.m
winner looser brackets from « best 64 » to « best 8 » :
- 2 winning matches

Sunday 7th march 2010 – 3 p.m to 6 p.m
« Best 8 » on main stage.
- 2 winning matches
- 3 winning matches for the finals.

General rules for Soulcalibur IV:
- buttons configuration allowed.
- Pad or Stick allowed, adaptators allowed.
- Unique character announced at the registration table.
- Star Wars characters forbidden.
- Algol forbidden.
- Bonus characters forbidden.
- Customs characters forbidden.
- Random stage select.
- Star Wars stages forbidden.
- Side choice by chance.

Specific rules for the solo tournament:

- 32 seeded players spread within 16 pools by the organisation.
- seeded players classified from the best to the worst (1 à 32).
- spreading of the seeded players regarding to nationalities.
- 2 seeded players by pools.
- Egalitarian spreading system of seeded players. Ex : Pool 1 seeded players N°1 + N°32, Pool 2 seeded players N°2 + N°31, Pool 3 seeded players N°3 + N°30.... Pool 16 seeded players N°16 + N°17 etc.
- all other players draw lots at the registration table.

yes, if it is selected by random, you must do it again

some of the bans are kind of bonkers ... even though i don't like star wars in the game either (although i love the movies) there's no true reason to ban the characters, let alone the stages ...

sorry, just had to say my peace, i kno how the french community feels about it ...

anywho, looks like it's bad news for Serge o.O

also, what does this mean? I must be retarded cuz i'm not sure I get it ->"Unique character announced at the registration table" .... does that mean I have to announce each character I intend on using before the tourney begins?

I undertand your point.

But we have those rules for many reasons since our early tournaments.

All the french have to adapt when they came in USA for EVO, now those are the rules of this tournament.

Now, about reasons, it is absolutely not about beeing broken or not. We don't forbid them because of that.
The fact is just that they are considered here like "bonus chars" and, as the other bonus chars, have NOTHING to do in this game, or I mean, in serious tournaments...

In SC2 console version, bonus chars as Link or Spawn were forbidden for the same reasons...

We play Soulcalibur, not Star Wars Calibur. It is more a question of point of view, and this is our vision about the game.

Anyway, I don't know a lot of very good players who use them in a tournament anyway... (except Oofmatic)

Nevertheless, they will be allowed in the side tournament on Soulcalibur 3vs3, 2 days before the main Event. It is a minor tournament, so to have fun, it will be ok...



also, what does this mean? I must be retarded cuz i'm not sure I get it ->"Unique character announced at the registration table" .... does that mean I have to announce each character I intend on using before the tourney begins?

>>> it means that you have to announce your UNIQUE character when you register for the tournament. Yes, you won't be able to change your character in the tournament.

All the tournaments in the World Game Cup have this rule : Unique character (like Tougeki in Japan). This is to prevent people from using counter char strategies... So be sure you choose wisely ^^

I thought it was a preference thing for the French using one character as opposed to other countries. I didn't know u had a ruling set in stone that binds u to one character only in a singles tournament. That's lame is u ask me (no offense intended).

asenka: fair enough, doesn't make any difference to me, i don't use SW chars or like SW stages anyway ... ur house, ur rules ... also thanks for clearing up the unique char thing, that's pretty interestin actually, thnx

SU: ur hair's on fire

I thought it was a preference thing for the French using one character as opposed to other countries. I didn't know u had a ruling set in stone that binds u to one character only in a singles tournament. That's lame is u ask me (no offense intended).

>>> It is not a preference for the french players. Believe me, all the french players prefer to have the oppurtunity to change characters in a tournament. They don't really like the unique char rule in fact...

There is not either a rule set in stone that forces us to do like this.

But, we have organized tournaments and soulcalibur tournaments for 10 years now, and we spent a lot of time to think about the best rules for this competition. Nevertheless, we don't think only about players wishes for a tourney, otherwise, we will have first to 10 in every rounds ^^... No, we try to settle the most appropriate rules for a world tournament. And we came to a conclusion that the postion of the Super Battle Opera in Japan was the best : unique char. With that, as I said, we avoid counter char like... hum... taking a pad to play Hilde if you are in danger ^^ ??? We also avoid in SFIV someone that would take Sagat in second to destroy the other one etc.

Well, if you consider this rule, not only as a player, but as the best way to have the most quality competition on this game, you may notice that this is not so bad...

Nuez: Lizardman fell of a roof and died.

Asenka: It's cool as it doesn't matter to me realistically. I run my main Kilik 100% at majors anyway shedding every last drop of blood I have to and Cannes is the major so I will be there to game like I do at every major. So the ruling does not effect. As far as the moral issues for the ruling go I see your point and it makes sense especially with an event of this magnitude.

Thanks a lot for your understanding.

As I said before, just note as well that on the 3rd and 4th of march, we will hold some kind of minors tournaments on soulcalibur IV, like a preparation for the main event.
Those little events will have specific rules, and I guess we will allow character change and Star Wars chars for fun !

Kind of interesting rule, ok for me...i think its a good way to get some really high quality matches, cause everybody is going to work hard for all the specific matchups...no switching to Algol against Taki and co :P

SU: I just cried a little

on a side-note, i didn't realize how popular KoF seems to be in France! maybe there will be some KoFXII?! wewt!!! can't wait for this ish ...

to NYC: maybe we should organize from now and look into shit that may make the whole thing a little easier on our wallets ... i'm talking about group and/or seasonal deals and similar crap ... check out NYC thread for details ... starting research this week =)

If you like KOF, you will like this event ! The best players from japan will be there to compete with the best europeans and korean players !

Anyway, just a little summary of the tournaments planning, you will notice the minors event for Soulcalibur IV before the main event and, also, all the KOF tournaments (KOF XII is on friday) :

Wednesday 3rd march 2010:

Aside tournaments:
- Soulcalibur 4
- Street fighter 4
- Hokuto no ken
- Super street fighter 2 hd remix
- King of fighters 98

Thursday 4th march 2010:

Aside tournaments:
- Soulcalibur IV Team 3vs3
- Guilty Gear XX Accent Core
- Street Fighter III Third Strike
- Capcom vs SNK 2
- Tekken VI 3vs3
- The King Of Fighters XI

Friday 5th march 2010:

Main event tournament:
- Soulcalibur IV – Team 5vs5

Aside tournaments:
- Street Fighter IV
- BlazBlue
- The King Of Fighters XII

Saturday 6th march 2010:

Special Event:
- Soulcalibur IV World Team Cup

Main Event tournaments:
- Soulcalibur IV Solo Part 1 – qualification
- The King Of Fighters 2002 UM Part 1 – qualification
- Tekken VI Solo
- Guilty Gear XX Accent Core 3vs3

Sunday 7th march 2010:

Main Event tournaments:
- Soulcalibur IV Solo Part 2 – winner looser brackets
- The King Of Fighters 2002 UM Part 2 – winner brackets
- Street Fighter IV 2vs2
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National Teams confirmed for the world team cup :

Germany
Italia
Spain
Switzerland
Belgium
UK
USA
France

Then, a team World is on his way with players like Belial, Omega, Kura, Oofmatic etc. But we are waiting for confirmation.

More countries will attend, but we post only when 100% sure. I'll update this list in the coming mounths.

Well, this will also make a lot of various players for the solo tournament ^^

Rules of the Team Tournament 5vs5 and the world team cup !

The first event is opened to every teams, from any countries... The second one is only for the national teams.


TOURNAMENT :
Soulcalibur IV Team 5vs5 / Main Event

Dates and hours :

Friday 5th march – 3 pm to 6 pm
qualification pools and direct elimination ‘til « Best 4 » :
- 1 winning encounter
- 2 qualified team by pools

6 pm to 8 pm
"Best 4" on main stage :
- 1 winning encounter until the end of the tournament

Specific rules of team tournament

- opened for all teams that can mix all nationalities.
- 5 players minimum by team, 8 players maximum. Only 5 players take part to an encounter
- Before each encounter, the team selector has to announce to the referee the passing order of its players, and the 5 incumbents among his team which can hold 8 players maximum. So there can be 3 players that don’t play. The passing order and the selection of the 5 incumbents can change before each encounter but not during the encounter.
- Only the referee knows the passing order and the 5 incumbents of each team before the encounter. Those elements must remain secret for the opponent team; it will discover them during the encounter.
- An encounter is playing on a relay/survival mode: the 1st player of team A faces the 1st player of team B in one winning match (1st to 3 winning rounds). If he wins, he’ll face the second player of the opponent team, and keep playing ‘til he loses. If he loses, then the second player of his team takes his place. The 1st team which eliminates the 5 players of the opponent team wins the encounter
- 2 same characters in a team are not allowed. The characters are chosen before the beginning of the tournament and can’t be changed during the tournament.

General rules for the soulcablibur IV tournaments:

- buttons configurations allowed.
- Pad or Stick allowed, adaptators allowed.
- Unique character announced at the registration table.
- Star Wars characters forbidden.
- Algol forbidden.
- Bonus characters forbidden.
- Customs characters forbidden
- random stage select
- Star Wars stages forbidden.
- Side choice by chance


Rules of the World Team Cup (a little bit different) :

Tournament:
Soulcalibur IV World Team Cup 5vs5

Dates and Hours:

Saturday 6th march – 11 am to 1 pm
direct elimination ‘til « Best 8 »:
- 1 winning encounter

1 pm to 4 pm
"Best 8" on main stage:
- 1 winning encounter ‘til the end of the tournament

Specific rules of team tournament

- only for national selections. One team by country registered.
- 5 players minimum by team, 8 players maximum. Only 5 players take part to an encounter
- Before each encounter, the team selector has to announce to the referee the passing order of its players, and the 5 incumbents among his team which can hold 8 players maximum. So there can be 3 players that don’t play. The passing order and the selection of the 5 incumbents can change before each encounter but not during the encounter.
- Only the referee knows the passing order and the 5 incumbents of each team before the encounter. Those elements must remain secret for the opponent team; it will discover them during the encounter.
- An encounter is playing on a relay/survival mode: the 1st player of team A faces the 1st player of team B in one winning match (1st to 3 winning rounds). If he wins, he’ll face the second player of the opponent team, and keep playing ‘til he loses. If he loses, then the second player of his team takes his place. The 1st team which eliminates the 5 players of the opponent team wins the encounter
- 2 same characters in a team are not allowed. The characters are chosen before the beginning of the tournament and can’t be changed during the tournament.

General rules for the soulcablibur IV tournaments:

- buttons configurations allowed.
- Pad or Stick allowed, adaptators allowed.
- Unique character announced at the registration table.
- Star Wars characters forbidden.
- Algol forbidden.
- Bonus characters forbidden.
- Customs characters forbidden
- random stage select
- Star Wars stages forbidden.
- Side choice by chance

they scared

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Lol, that will not be the case in SCIV and there were just 3 Xs at the time one night and one Ivy, not 5 Xs :)