| Epita Smash Arena | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 7th-8th, 2007 |
| Venue | EPITA |
| Address/City | 66 rue Guy Moquet Villejuif, France 
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| Attendance | 90+ |
| Results | |
 winners
|
 Amsah 1v1 Amsah & JD 2v2
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| Staff | |
| Assisted by | SSBUP |
| Housing | Parisian players/venue |
The Epita Smash Arena was a tournament presented in April 2007 in France by Poilon and the SSBUP, held within the Epita school.
Events and rules
ESA featured 2 main Smash tournaments:
- Saturday: Singles
- Sunday: Teams
A crew battle pitting France against the Netherlands was also held.
Rules
Singles
- 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.
Doubles
- 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.
Results
Sadly, the exact results were lost, as well as the bracket. The only info remaining is the following ranking.
Singles
1: Amsah 
2: ClemJ 
3: Faab
4: Nnja
5: Doraki 
5: Poilon 
7: Makenshi 
7: JD
9: NGCXX 
9: Intart
9: Agony
9: Aska
13: Zgetto
13: Koh
13: niam 
13: Ryuker
17: Adam
17: Seb33300 
17: CC 
17: Vargas
17: Kurisu
17: Darkluigi
17: Savior
17: CM
25: Gabz
25: Baxon
25: Infernum
25: pq3000
25: Qlex 
25: Marc
25: 4ever
25: Shadow
33: Leon 
33: Slhoka
33: Venom
33: Vincs
33: Puma
33: Zoto
33: Quentin
33: Waxon
33: Drako
33: bGin
33: SETTLERMAN6
33: Gorn
33: sat
33: Nardine
33: Lguy
33: bossofsmash
Reception
ESA was well-received by most smashers who attending the event, due to its excellent organization compared to previous tournaments; some players even consider ESA as the best European tournament in competitive Melee history. This extreme popularity caused its sequel, Epita Smash Arena 2, to receive 231 entrants, making it the largest Melee tournament ever hosted in Europe. 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 ESA or its immediate successor.