



May 17-18

Noisy-le-Grand, France ​

TL;DR information :

Spoiler

May 17-18 (confirmed)

Near Paris, France

Up to 256 players !

Qualifier for MLG Anaheim !



Great venue, with a giant screen in a conference hall to watch finals

8 games (and maybe more)

The Red Yoshi Donation Drive : 300€ out of 600€ needed





Shloub : €10

Akuma : €10

Jakob (don't know the smash tag) : €25

Kaushal (don't know the smash tag) : €25

Darkyoshimoshi : €10

Matthew (don't know the smash tag) : US$ 4

BSeeD : €25

Slhoka : €50

Jugglyguy : $20

Yami : €20

Jesse (don't know the smash tag) : US$ 6,90

SolidBack : €10

Trevor (don't know the smash tag) : CAD$ 5

Acrumus : €100

Maxattack : €20

LawyerDog : €15

Chris (don't know the smash tag) : €20

Current Total (with paypal fees removed) : €345 out of 600

How will it work ?

What if the goal isn’t reached?

I’m attending RoF3, why should I donate?

I cannot attend RoF3, why should I donate?

Any question ?

Line up

Dead Or Alive 5 Ultimate

Injustice : God are among us

King Of Fighters XIII

SoulCalibur 5

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3

Ultra Street Fighter IV

Blazblue ChronoPhantasma

Jojo Bizarre Adventure All Star Battle

Killer Instinct

Project M

Street Fighter 3.3 Online Edition

Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown

When ?

May 17-18, 2014

Where ?

The venue

Who ?

The singles tournament entrants limit is set to 256 players. The team tournament has no limit (yet).

The hosts

Event format

Equipment

Registration

Entry fees

Entry fees

Prizes

Schedule

Ruleset

Food, housing

Food

Housing

Travel information

Airports

Train

Coming from the North of Paris : Gare du Nord

Coming from the UK : Gare Saint-Lazare

Coming from the East of Paris : Gare de l'Est

Coming from Switzerland or Italy : Gare de Lyon

Coming from Spain : Gare Montparnasse

Bus

Coming from Spain and Portugal : Paris Charenton

Coming from everywhere else : Paris Gallieni

Travels in Paris

Directions to the venue

Various Costs

Useful information

When you buy a RER ticket, once you get in Paris, you can use it as a metro ticket, no need to pay 1.60€ extra. Same for the way back, buy your RER ticket, use it for the metro and then for the RER.

Overall, you can just ask for a ticket to your destination, and you'll be given one ticket allowing to do that, regardless of the number of changes.

In Paris, when you are caught in the metro or bus without a valid ticket, you'll have to pay a 40€ fine (or some simillar amount). Controls are not so frequent, but keep that in mind if you don't want too much extra costs (right Spaniards ? =p)

The venue is located 500 m away from the RER Station on the A line. From there, a trip to Paris takes 20 mn and costs 4,20€.

Smash-unrelated interests

Updates and Stream

Miscellaneous

Massage stand

Contact

A Japanese player in Europe? It’s been a while! Last time it happened was back in 2008, for ESA2, the largest tournament ever in Europe. After that, Japanese players travelling abroad preferred to go to the USA.For Japanese player aMSa,in front of their own scene.r… the red Yoshi could be quite the challenge for all those players, and a guaranteed show for every spectator! Not to mention a face-off between the Japanese aMSa… and dutch legend Amsah!As for players coming to RoF3, this is alsoNow, everything comes at a cost, and. Plane tickets are currently a bit under, a pretty good price for such a trip, but nevertheless more than what aMSa can afford at the moment.That’s why we are asking for the community’s participation: with many players from everywhere in Europe expected at Republic of Fighters,(as of 04/24, 11:53 Paris time)I (Slhoka, RoF3’s main TO) will gather the money until it reached completion.Send your donations to my Paypal account: slhokainscriptions@gmail.com You get your money back, of course!It is too early to guarantee that aMSa will be able to play games with every single person participating to the donation drive (we don’t really want to attach him in front of the TV and make him play until he dies of exhaustion). But still,You’ll see a great show with hype sets between aMSa and all the best Europeans! Do not forget that the amazing Salty Playground team will be at RoF 3, which means a high-quality stream that you will enjoy for sure.Make sure to ask us at lefrenchmelee@gmail.com or on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeFrenchMelee ! Smashboards PM to Slhoka are also welcome !The Republic of Fighters is back ! After a first edition with Melee in July ending with an absolutely crazy set between Over and Ice, this multi-games event series is partnering again with LeFrenchMelee, the French Melee players association to host a new and larger tournament.But there's a twist.This time, we have been selected as the European qualifier of the MLG 2014 Grassroots Program. That's right. Players placing in the top 64 will earn seeding points for the finals in Anaheim.A gathering of all the French fighting games communities, Republic of Fighters 3 will feature:All games will feature a singles event and a team events (3 on 3 for all games except Melee, 2 vs 2).However, you cannot register for more for two singles events and one team event.Additionaly, quite a few other games will be featured in the freeplay area :Please note that these games (most notably Project M) may become official events included among the tournaments.The venue will open on Saturday morning at 10am and will close at 10:30pm that same evening. On Sunday, the venue will open at 10am and close at 9pm.Noisy-le-Grand, France.This city isn't far from Paris and easy to reach with the public transportation system.ESIEE ParisThe venue is the hf.lan venue. It is an engineer school, and a huge one that is ! While at hf.lan, we're using the canteen, this time we will be using the gym, which is much larger with 1500 m².We will also have the conference hall on Sunday. With more than 400 seats; a giant screen and a scene, this room is one of the reasons for hf.lan's success, and should be on par with the hype of the event. You can see more pictures of the venue in the photo albums of hf.lan 4 and hf.lan 3.While the Republic of Fighters staff will take care of logistics and general organization, each tournament will be managed by its respective community. For Melee, it means that the tournament directors will be LeFrenchMelee's president Slhoka (not confirmed yet) and vice-president BSeeD. We can also rely on several other staff members.This tournament's format will be similar to major US events.For both Singles and Doubles, the format has not been decided yet, but bracket pools are likely to be used. Most sets will be best of 3.Our aim is one setup for every 4 or 5 players. For 256 players, it would mean a number of setups between 50 and 64. In addition to helping the tournament run faster, it would allow everyone to find free TVs for friendlies whenever they want.Registration is already open, and takes place on the Republic of Fighters website.It is mandatory to register before the event. There will not be any registration at the door.Venue fee : 15€Singles tournament : 10€Doubles tournament : 5€ per playerPlease note that buying a team pass is enough for your whole team. If you buy one, your teammate doesn't need to buy another one.Pot repartition hasn't been decided yet.Detailed schedule isn't known yet. However, both Singles and Doubles will be played on both Saturday and Sunday : do not take an early plane if you don't want to miss the finals.A complete ruleset will be uploaded soon.Regarding stages, Battlefield, Dreamland 64, Final Destination, Fountain of Dreams and Yoshi's Story will be starters. Pokémon Stadium will be a counterpick.You will be able to buy snacks and drinks at the event. Otherwise, there are several food options near the venue.The venue closes at night. While a few Parisians might be able to house you, the most convenient solution is to book a room in the nearby hotels.Two of them are located less than 5 minutes away from the venue : The F1 Hotel costs ≈30€/night for 3 persons, and the Ibis one costs ≈65€/night/2 or 3 persons. It isYou can see other hotels here.Please note that being housed by a Parisian smasher is not necessarily the best option : a return ticket to Paris is 8,40€, and it takes at least 25 mn each way.If you need housing before or after the tournament, Parisian smashers may be able to help you. However, with two of the main Parisian smashers proving housing now living abroad, being housed by a smasher will be quite difficult. Please contact Slhoka if you need housing (see Contact section), but do not expect to find a place.Paris is pretty easy to reach by plane, train or bus regardless of where you come from.Once you are in or near Paris, the public transportation network will allow you to travel more efficiently than with a car.The closest airports areand. From those airports, you can easily reach Paris in less than an hour with a commuter train, and it will cost between 15€ and 20€ return.Another airport isThis one is a bit far from Paris but you can get cheap flights from other places in Europe if you travel with Ryanair. From there, you'll need 1h30 to arrive in Paris with a shuttle which will cost you 30€ return.Once you are in one of these stations, you'll have no trouble going to the venue with the subway.There are two Eurolines bus stations in Paris :Once you are in one of these stations, you'll have no trouble going to the venue with the subway.. Going there costs about 8€ return.The tournament will not take place in Paris, but so close it is pretty much the same. Paris is a beautiful and very lively city, and sightseeing can be great there. If you plan to attend the tournament and want some information about great places to visit, make sure to contact me.The streaming team hasn't been chosen yet, but you should be able to follow it on MLG.tv. More information coming soon.We will also make Twitter updates on LeFrenchMelee, the french community's Twitter account.At hf.lans, you may have seen Ostéo-gaming, and trainee osteopath with a passion for e-sports. He's currently writing his master's thesis about the ways to help players perform better while staying healthy. You ca see him here taking care of porc, one of the top French Falco players. He will be at RoF3, helping you recover from tense sets !Send your questions to lefrenchmelee@gmail.com , or to the TOs Slhoka and BSeeD. For questions regarding other games than smash, please contact the RoF staff : hazu@basgrospoing.fr