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#SMKC24 Registrations are open!

Registrations for #SMKC24 are open!


We are pleased to announce that registrations for the 2024 Super Mario Kart Championship are now open!


This year, the championship will take place again in Vernon (France) from 20 to 24 August in collaboration with the association GANAM, the FFSMK and the IASMK
To participate in the championship, the price will be 35€ per day participated (2 x meals included), and 20€ for accompanying persons (meals included). Thank you to the accompanying to please register also so that we can count the meals to anticipate.


The GANAM association will also request a participation of 5 € to cover the organization costs and ensure the sustainability of the event.


The closing ceremony will be free, only 10 € will be asked for the lunch on Saturday.
Or, a price of:
- 155€ for the entire championship (35€ x4 + 10€ + 5€)
- 95€ for the accompanying price (20€ x4 + 10€ + 5€)

(If payment is made before June 15)


As every year, places are limited to 64 players maximum, you can register now on the FFSMK website (http://www.ffsmk.org/?task=register). Once you have registered, you will receive an email with payment instructions adapted to your participation days. We invite you not to delay too much to pay your registration fees because an increase will be made beyond:

15 May: 5€ extra to the organization costs of 5€ so a total of 10€

15 June: 15 € extra to the organization costs of 5€ so a total of 20€

15 July: 35 € extra to the organization costs of 5€ so a total of 40€

1 August: 75 € extra to the organization costs of 5€ so a total of 80€


Attention any cancellations will no longer be possible to avoid abuse.
Please don’t forget your Personal SNES controller as we don’t have much to lend.
In terms of organisation, there will be:

- Tuesday: The Time Trial

- Wednesday: Battle Mode

- Thursday: Match Race

- Friday: Grand Prix

- Saturday: Awards + Free play

 

However, we recommend that you arrive on Monday evening, in order not to miss the opening lunch on Tuesday at 1pm. Meals are included in the registration fee and include breakfast, lunch and dinner. Drinks (soft and/ or alcoholic) will not be included in the package, and will be managed independently by each player, a refreshment bar will be present on site. In order to suit all budgets, we do not book accommodation (hotels, cottages, AirBnB, guest rooms...) but there are many options available in Vernon and its surroundings. The championship remains open to spectators free of charge. Please contact us if you have any questions, May the best controller win and the party begin!

Rejemy

Written by Rejemy   - 2024-03-03 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (0)
Registrations for #SMKC23 are open !

We are delighted to announce that the registrations for the Super Mario Kart Championship 2023 are now open!
This year, the championships will be held in Vernon (France) between August 28th and September 2nd in collaboration with association GANAM.


To participate the the championships the price will be 35€ per day (food included) and 20€ for spectator, meals are included. Thanks to spectators willing to take the benefit of the meals to register so that the number of meals to prepare can be anticipated.


This year the Trophy Ceremony day will only cost 20€.
GANAM association will also ask for a 5€ participation to cover organisation cost and ensure durability of the event.
So a total of :
- 165 Euros for the whole event as a "player" (35€ x4 + 20€ + 5€)
- 105 Euros for the whole event as a "spectator" (20€ x5 + 5€)
(if the payment of the registration fees is done before June 15th, see below for more details)


Like every year, the maximum number of participants will be limited to 64 players/day. You can now register on smk championships website (http://www.ffsmk.org/?task=register). Once the registration form filled, you'll receive an automatic email with the payment instructions and the total fees you have to pay. The amount of this fee will increase the later you register, as late registrations incur a lot of extra burden for the organizing team:
15 juin : 2 Euros/day added

15 juillet : 5 Euros/day added

1er août : 8 Euros/day added


If possible thanks to bring any SNES/SMK hardware you can. It is also highly recommended to bring your own SNES pad as it is not guarantee we will be able to lend you one.
The agenda will be as follows:
- Tuesday 29th:  Time Trial
- Wednesday 30th:  Battle Mode
- Thursday 31st: Match Race
- Friday September 1st: Grand Prix 150cc
- Saturday 2nd: Trophy Ceremony + Concert "Ptits Jésus Voyageurs" (Rejemy Music band)
We recommend you to come on Monday evening so that you don't miss the Opening ceremony lunch on Tuesday at 1pm.

Regarding food, meals are included in the registration fees. (breakfast/lunch/dinner)
Beverages (with or without alcohol) will not be included and will have to be handled independantly by each player. A refreshment area will be available in the venue.
For the sleeping part, organizing team will not book anything. However there are multiple possibilities in Vernon and its surroundings (Hotels/AirBnB/gites/...).


The championship will remain open and free for spectators (but no meals will be included). The concert by "Les Ptits Jesus Voyageurs" will also be free.
Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any question or doubt.
Good Luck everyone!


Rejemy, Adrien et Isabelle

 

 
Written by Rejemy   - 2023-05-03 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (0)
Super Mario Kart Championship 2022: Register!

Registration for #SMKC22 is now open!

Just like last year, the event costs are 15 Euros per day, including the ceremony + free play day (Saturday 27). Saturday tickets are mandatory if you participate in more than 2 modes (people are actually expected to pick up their medals and prizes).
Optionally you can also sign up for a restaurant quality lunch + dinner for 15 Euros per day, thanks to our very generous sponsor (and community member) Lars! Note that Saturday there will only be a lunch (7.50 Euros).
Finally, IASMK will charge a fee to cover organizational costs and benefit the future sustainability of these events. The amount of this fee will increase the later you register, as late registrations incur a lot of extra burden on the organizing team:
- by May 15: 5€
- by June 15: 10€
- by July 15: 20€
- by August 1: 40€
- after August 1: 80€ (please note that we cannot guarantee that it will be possible to accommodate your registration, even if there are still spots available)
Once you have submitted the Google Registration form you will get an email from the organization with an invoice + payment details. We encourage but do not require you to handle payment as soon as you've registered, so make sure to register as early as you can!

In addition to this, we have reserved the full "Boutique hotel" right next door to the EGA, at a discounted price of 50€ per person per night (including Monday night but excluding Saturday night, which is not available to us). There are only 24 spots available (10 doubles and 1 quad), and will be given out first come, first serve. If you don't have a roommate, we'll arrange groups for you. If you're not interested in this option (or space has run out), you can check out the Avifauna hotel, which is cheaper but further away. There are also a limited number of spots available at local karters' houses, with priority given to players coming from outside the Netherlands.

Some typical examples of a CDM package:
#Full event without food deal: 15(x5) + 5 = 80€
#Full event with food deal: 30(x4) + 22.50 + 5 = 147.50€
#Full event with food deal and hotel (including Monday night): 50(x5) + 30(x4) + 22.50 + 5 = 397.50€
#Single day ticket: 15 + 5 = 20€
#Single day ticket with food: 30 + 5 = 35€
#Spectating all days with food deal: 15(*4) + 7.50 + 5 = 72.50€

If you are bringing any extra people, please have them fill in the registration form too. Especially if they want to make use of the food package (lunch + dinner) of De Beren or they want to stay at the Boutique hotel.

Please let us know via the form what day / time you will arrive. We strongly encourage people to arrive Monday evening (especially those traveling from abroad), because the event is projected to start with an opening lunch at 13:00 (TT is projected to start at 16:00). Please also inform us if you can bring any equipment (SNES set-up + SMK + TVs) and finally if you require any assistance in finding a place to sleep.

The event agenda can be found here: http://www.ffsmk.org/?task=agenda

The event rules can be found here: http://www.ffsmk.org/?task=rules

Join the discord channel dedicated to the championship to share with community members and challenge your rivals! https://discord.gg/kVrFzn3Srn

The registration form can be found here:
https://forms.gle/9aX7qorkVchNWQM9A

We have all been looking forward to experiencing a "full" SMK Championship again, let's all enjoy and celebrate the community and its favorite game!

Written by Lafungo   - 2022-04-11 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (0)
Super Mario Kart European Championships 2021: Register!

This summer the SMK Championship are making a return (17th-21st of August 2021)!  

We are proud to announce that registrations for #CDESMK2021 are open!  

 

After extensive deliberation, the IASMK has decided that this summer’s SMK tournament, to be held at Alphen Aan Den Rijn's Esports Game Arena, will be labeled a European SMK Championship (CDE). This will be the 2nd European Championship in the history of our event series, after the first CDE was held back in 2008. Due to the global situation and enduring travel restrictions this summer, the possibility of a World Championship (CDM) was never under consideration. However we are very thankful that a sufficient number of European players will be able to attend and have already pre-registered for this event.

 

The event agenda can be found here: http://www.ffsmk.org/?task=agenda 

The event rules can be found here: http://www.ffsmk.org/?task=rules  

Join the discord channel dedicated to the championship to share with community members and challenge your rivals! https://discord.gg/kVrFzn3Srn

 

Note that registration for this event is required. If people are bringing any extras, they also have to register, even if they will not be participating.

We encourage you all to register before August 1st, 2021. The pandemic is still affecting our plans and freedoms in an ever changing way, so we will be lenient with last minute registrations. Registrations will be kept track of via the FFSMK website again (http://www.ffsmk.org/?task=participants).

The registration form can be found here:

https://forms.gle/ZjnumSrs4pjeMivaA

 

The event costs are 15 Euros per day, including the ceremony + free play day (Saturday 21st). Saturday tickets are mandatory if you participate in more than 2 modes (people are actually expected to pick up their medals and prizes). Optionally you can also sign up for a restaurant quality lunch + dinner for 15 Euros per day, thanks to our very generous sponsor (and community member) Lars! Note that Saturday there will only be a lunch (7.50 Euros). Finally, IASMK will charge 5 euros to cover organizational costs and benefit the future sustainability of these events. Once you have submitted the Google Registration form you will get an email from the organization with an invoice + payment details. 

 Some typical examples of a CDE package:

-Full event without food deal: 15(*5) + 5 = 80€

-Full event with food deal: 30(*4) + 22.50 + 5 = 147.50€

-Single day ticket: 15 + 5 = 20€

-Single day ticket with food: 30 + 5 = 35€

-Spectating all days with food deal: 15(*4) + 7.50 + 5 = 72.50€

 

Again, if you are bringing any extra people, please have them fill in the registration form too. Especially if they want to make use of the food package (lunch + dinner) of de Beren.

Please let us know via the form what day / time you will arrive. We strongly encourage people to arrive Monday evening (especially those traveling from abroad), because the event is projected to start with an opening lunch at 13:00 (TT is projected to start at 16:00). Please also inform us if you can bring any equipment (SNES set-up + SMK + TVs) and finally if you require any assistance in finding a place to sleep.

 

We have all been looking forward to experience an SMK Championship again, let’s all enjoy and celebrate the community and its favourite game! 

 

Written by KVD   - 2021-06-14 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (0)
CDM 2020: SAVE THE DATE!

We are happy to announce that the CDM will be held from August 18th to August 22nd!

 

We will post more informations about the venue anytime soon :)

Written by Jarmou   - 2020-01-26 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (1)
CDM 2020: SAVE THE DATE!

We are happy to announce that the CDM will be held from August 18th to August 22nd!

 

We will post more informations about the venue anytime soon :)

Written by Jarmou   - 2020-01-26 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (1)
Summaries and statistics are online!

Hello everybody!

 

General summaries of the Championships are online! The English version was written by Leyla, and the French one by Jarmou, if you are into literary epics!

 

If you're more like a statistics and replay person, all 2019 video,stats and rivalry are available!

 

Enjoy!

Written by Jarmou   - 2019-09-02 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (0)
#SMKC19 is over!

The second edition of the Super Mario Kart Championship in Alphen is over!

Congratulations to Julien "ScouB" Holmière for his fourth consecutive world champion title and silver medals in TT, gold in Battle Mode (the curse is finally broken!), another gold medal in Match Race and bronze in GP!

Congratulations to Sami "the Godfather" Cetin who keeps the second place on the podium this year, with the gold medal in TT, bronze medal in Battle Mode and Match Race, and silver medal in GP!

Geoffrey "Geo" L. is back on the third step of the podium, with a silver medal in Battle Mode and a well-deserved gold medal in GP!

Congratulations also to Florent "Neo" Lecoanet for his bronze medals in TT and silver in Match Race!

The statistics and videos of the championship are already online, have fun reviewing and commenting on the best moments!

See you next year!

Written by Jarmou   - 2019-08-21 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (0)
Time Trial tonight

https://goo.gl/forms/jzK5SSAhymydFz5D2

 

Here is the form for tonight's time trial groupe stage!

 

Just put numbers, no coma, no space, no brackets.

 

Good luck! ;)

Written by Jarmou   - 2019-08-13 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (0)
Time Trial: The Rise of The Last Karter Standing!


 :etoile: Huge thanks to Karel and Lafungo for writing this and bringing this version of Time Trial Tournament to life  :etoile:


After extensive community debate, the decision has been reached to reform the Time Trial knock out stage to a ‘Last Karter Standing’ format, effective immediately for CDM 2019. I will try to outline what these changes will entail in the coming paragraphs.
First of all, the group stage will remain completely unaffected and will be performed in exactly the same fashion as in previous editions. The same number of people (16 to be precise) will qualify based on the same rules. The entire knock-out stage will be played in a ‘Last Karter Standing’ structure, wherein one track is randomly drawn (and taken out of the competition thereafter) per round; each round the slowest karter gets eliminated, until there is only one karter remaining to claim the gold medal.
If you can count, that means the KO stage will consist of 15 rounds/tracks. In previous years the KO stage was only 8 rounds (including the 3rd place match). To make room for this extra number of rounds the breaks will be a bit shorter (or practically non-existent). The way this will be accomplished is that once the top-16 starts, every player will get a designated SNES + TV and won’t leave that seat until they are eliminated from the competition. So there won’t be any seat changing / shifting to different TVs, between rounds. This also holds for the stream TV. We will see if we can get a (ghetto) mobile cam feed for the TT stage once the player on stream is eliminated.
In addition, the KO stage bonuses will also be handled a little bit differently. With the format of last year and previous years’ the players eliminated in top-16 all got the same nr of bonus points, reflecting the round at which they were all knocked out. With LKs we actually have a distinction between #16 to #5, so the bonus points will be reflecting this.
Bonus points will be as follows:
1. 1000
2. 750
3. 550
4. 400
5. 363
6. 325
7. 288
8. 250
9. 231
10. 213
11. 194
12. 175
13. 156
14. 138
15. 119
16. 100

Where #8 and #16 get the same amount as players eliminated in QF and Top 16 last year respectively.
When Lafungo originally proposed this format a few months back (in this topic: http://www.ffsmk.org/forum/index.php?topic=6381.0), he already outlined some of the advantages that using this sytem will bring. Just to restate:
-No more issues with players walking around the room to check others' results between a set of races (which we don't have an official rule about, but people have complained about it; last year everyone could see Sami messed up on GV3 on the giant projection as an exaggerated example of this flaw in format).
-It reduces variance, whilst keeping the spirit of the event (no more mass elimination from GV3, but mess up on one track and you're likely to be eliminated).
-It increases the number of tracks played in KO stages (one of the major criticisms of the current format is that it's too short).
A drawback will be that we will have to wait longer for ScouB to enter the results into the FFSMK database in the aftermath of the event, since the database structure currently does not support this kind of tournament structure and this was decided and announced so close to the actual event.
In summary, we expect and hope that this change will bring more excitement to the TT tournament, whilst at the same time fixing some issues present with the system that was previously used.

Written by Jarmou   - 2019-08-11 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (1)
Super Mario Kart Championships 2019 : Register!

Brace yourselves, SMK Championship is coming !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1SpJxnIBv4

On this very special day, and 4 months before the date, we are proud to announce that registrations for #CDMSMK2019 are open !

For the second year in a row, the FFSMK has teamed up with Alphen Aan Den Rijn's Esports Game Arena to offer you an epic championship.

This year, to accommodate the players, we obtained an agreement with the Van Der Valk Avifauna hotel in Alphen aan den Rijn. In order to better organize the reservation and allocation of rooms, we ask players who wish to take advantage of the tournament + hotel offer to pay their registration before May 31, 2019. Beyond that, we will no longer make hotel reservations.

Players who lodge by themselves will have until June 30, 2019 to pay for their reservation. Beyond this date, a penalty of 5€/day will be charged.

Join the discord channel dedicated to the championship to share with community members and challenge your rivals! https://discordapp.com/invite/cX8aUj3

Spread the word, sharp your pad, and get ready to fight !

Written by Jarmou   - 2019-04-14 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (3)
The 2018 Super Mario Kart Championship is over!

For its 17th edition, the Super Mario Kart championship moved to the Netherlands, to Alphen aan den Rijn and  once again week has been full of emotions, twists and turns and various cracks!

For the third consecutive year, Julien "Scoub" Holmière wins the World Champion title and completes his medal collection with gold in Match Race (after an incredible final where he saves 4 match points!) , also gold in Battle and a silver one in GP !

To his left on the podium this year is Sami "the Godfather" Cetin who proved himself very strong again, winning the silver medal in Match Race and the gold medal in GP.

And it is Florent " Neo " Lecoanet who joins them on the third step to complete this podium! He won a silver medal in Time Trial, another Silver in Battle Mode and got the bronze medal in Match Race and also in GP! This last medal and this third place were the only ones missing from his list of achievements!

These three exceptional players still gave others the opportunity to distinguish themselves! Notably in Time Trial where Guillaume "Antistart Leviach won the gold medal and the German Christian"Chraizy" Wild received the bronze medal, Drew "duff" Blumfield came back in force in Battle Mode to claim the 3rd place as well.

This edition in the Netherlands saw an impressive number of famous players return from the community. The record of new participants was also broken with 14 new recruits, bringing the total number of players who have already participated in a championship to 200!

The FFSMK would like to thank the Esport Games Arena in Alphen aan den Rijn twice for their warm welcome and sympathy. We are also grateful to Karel Van Duivenboden and Patrick Wessels for coordinating relations with the Arena and proposing this Championship project in the Netherlands. Also a huge thanks to Nintendo NL for supporting us and to our other sponsors as well.

Thanks also to the French team who invested themselves, Adrien Garreau, Jean-Marie Clerc, thanks to FFVIMan for being an eternal technical genius, thanks to Jarmou for the opening and closing ceremonies, thanks a second time to Patrick for the scores and stream management. Thanks to Guillaume Leviach for keeping the Twitter account so alive! Thanks to Samuel "Narnet" Gomez and his acolytes for the French comments and thanks to Marius "Sargoth" Hukkelaas for the English stream. We broke audience records this year!

And of course, thanks to all the people who make this community so irreplaceable and make every year from a certain week in August a real highlight in all of our lives!

See you next year, keep on karting!

 

PS: All detailed results will be updated on the results shortly, we'll let you know as soon as it's done.

Written by Jarmou   - 2018-08-20 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (4)
Google Doc Time Trial 2018
Written by Meridian   - 2018-08-14 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (1)
Super Mario Kart Championships 2018 : Register!

Ladies and gentlemen drivers all around the world, put on your thin gloves and stock your banans, feathers and shells : registrations for our next Super Mario Kart Championships are available!

New concept this year : it will be held in Alphen Aan Den Rijn in the Netherlands, by partnering with Esports Game Arena. We are waiting to meet you all from August 14th to 18th!

You have the possibility to choose between two formulas (with or without hotel included), either 40€/day or 26€/day. Check the details on the registration page. ;)

Come and fight the greatest Super Mario Kart players in the world and - who knows? - become the new SMK champion!

Written by Jarmou   - 2018-03-27 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (4)
After a long wait, TV2 videos are finally available!

After a long wait, all videos recorded/streamed on TV2 during Super Mario Kart Championship 2017 are now uploaded on our YouTube channel and available on the website. If you find any mistakes in the naming of the video, the characters used or anything else, please contact me via the FFSMK forum so that I can fix it.

Feel free to use the rating/comment system.

A huge thank you to tif for providing his laptop during CDM so that we could record locally more matches. And a big thank you to dertyharry for sending me all the raw videos from tif's laptop.

PS: CDM2017 is finally over for me ;D

Written by ScouB   - 2017-11-26 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (0)
TV1 videos all available!

All videos recorded/streamed on TV1 during Super Mario Kart Championship 2017 are now uploaded on our YouTube channel and available on the website. If you find any mistakes in the naming of the video, the characters used or anything else, please contact me via the FFSMK forum so that I can fix it.

Feel free to use the rating/comment system.

A huge thank you to Patrick for handling the stream another year so nicely, and a big thank you to all the commentators on the stream during the whole week. 

TV2 videos will come later.

PS: Some photos have been added to the 2017 section as well. Thank you Anton!

Written by ScouB   - 2017-08-26 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (2)
Super Mario Kart Championship 2017 is over!



To exceptional year, exceptional championship!

For the 25 years of the Super Mario Kart release and the 15 years of existence of the Championship, suspense, talent and quality matches were at the rendezvous.

Congratulations to Julien "ScouB" Holmiere who won his second world champion title, also winning his first gold medal in GP and also silver medals in Battle Mode and Match Race and the bronze medal in Time Trial, congratulations!

On the second step of the podium is Florent "Neo" Lecoanet, who also created the event by upsetting the overall standings during his victory in Battle Mode, also premiered for him in an international edition. He also won the bronze medal in Match Race and silver in Grand Prix.

On the Third place on the podium is Sami Cetin, who returns to the top 3 for the first time since 2014 with a masterful Match Race performance and another Time Trial gold medal.

Two other mentions for the bronze medals of Geoffrey "Geo" L. and Matthias "Gatchan" Boucher, respectively in Battle Mode and Grand Prix. And finally, the beautiful but frustrating silver medal for Karel "KVD" Van Duijvenboden in Time Trial.

The games were far from being done and the enthusiasm of the public was equal to the performances.

The FFSMK wishes to thank the organizing team (Tiftif, Tanatix, Helios) for their investment throughout the week and upstream, but also to FFVIMAN for its unswerving technical skills. Thanks also to the Plug and Play team for their precious help. To Patrick Wessels and Dorian Chandelier (Nesblog) for their presence on the Stream and their scores management, and to Jarmou for hosting of the opening and closing ceremonies.

We would also like to thank the Suze-sur-Sarthe Town Hall for this warm welcome, Nintendo France, and all the sponsors who supported this 16th edition of the championship.

Discover now the details of the scores, with all the statistics of the site updated (rivals, face-to-face, levels, etc ...)!

Written by Jarmou   - 2017-08-23 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (4)
Google Doc Time Trial
Written by Meridian   - 2017-08-15 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (0)
Twitch Stream Team

Stream Team

This year again, we will be on Twitch to broadcast the entire competition. Here is the stream team :

- Meridianprime: Currently running an N64 marathon on its channel, will be commentating in English language - https://www.twitch.tv/meridianprime

- Le Came on the technical part of the Stream. Currently in Starfox mode from 15h00 to 19h00 (french time) on his personal channel - https://www.twitch.tv/lecame

- And our special guest : Dorian, who will do us the honor to be present among us for 5 days, will be do the French commentaries.

Written by Tanatix   - 2017-08-01 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (1)
The Super Mario Kart Championships 2017 is approaching

Latiku

 

We are three weeks away from the opening day of the Super Mario Kart World Championship 2017 and we are looking forward to welcome you to this competition.

60 national and international players will compete in the 4 modes of the game for 5 days. And this year, for the first time in SMK championships' history, players from Australia and Greece woll be there.

The event will be broadcasted on Twitch and the results published on our social networks. Feel free to subscribe for getting the latest news.

We are waiting for you on 15/08/2017 at 6:30 PM for the opening ceremony !

Written by Tanatix   - 2017-07-23 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (0)
Super Mario Kart Championships 2017 : Registrations are Open!

 

Hi everyone!

Here's a sunshine from the FFSMK team in this cold winter:
CDM 2017 registrations are now available!

This year's tournament takes place in the beloved city of La Suze-sur-Sarthe, from August 15 to 19.

It costs 16€/person/day (if you're from France) and 12€ if you come from anywhere else. This includes your registration, food, and a warm nice place at La Suze's famous camping.

We're waiting for you to throw and eat bananas and burn the road!

Written by Jarmou   - 2017-02-12 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (0)
Videos from SMK Championships 2016 are available!

Videos from TV1 (livestream handled by Patrick) and a few other matches recorded by clbrun are now available on our website.

A huge thank you to Patrick for handling once more the stream this year, to all the players involved in commentating matches (Jey, tiftif, Neo, Zarkov, etc.), to clbrun for recording other matches than TV1 and to all the players for the great show you provided once again during these SMK Championships 2016.

Grab some popcorn and enjoy watching ! :)

Don't forget you can commentate/rate all the matches, that'll make the site more interactive.

Written by ScouB   - 2016-10-02 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (1)
Super Mario Kart Championship 2016 is over!

A new edition of the Super Mario Kart Championships has been achieved, and in 2016 we got the chance to see the rising of our new world champion: Julien "Scoub" Holmière! As he won the Match Race in an epic final game, he kicks out the six times crowned world champion, Florent "Neo" Lecoanet, who still fought hard to defend his title, winning the Time Trial and the Grand Prix 150cc! Geoffrey "Geo" L., who won the Battle Mode in an incredible finish (last balloon from the last round!), reaches the 3rd overal place and completes this year's podium. The British champion Sami Cetin gets the 4th place, winning the bronze medal in Grand Prix 150cc. Applauses also go to Harold Christensen, who has proved once more that he is and will stay the parigo master with his 5th place in the overal top, and a silver medal in Match Race!

FFSMK wants to say very special thanks to all the Start to play organizers and volunteers for their invaluable help  during this edition and also to their sponsors! Huge thanks also go to Patrick Wessels (Legend) who hosted the streaming the whole week, Daniel Guemy (FFVIMan) who has as usual contributed with his irreplaceable tech support, and Sophie "Jarmou" Jarmouni for displaying and animating the championship on stage ( *drops the mic * ).

You already can check the complete and detailed CDM results.

In the end, we want to thank Nintendo France, Hachette Edition, Mario Museum, SMK Players Site, the Plug and Play Team, and every single person who brought gifts, allowing everyone to win a quality prize. We are already bursting with impatience summer 2017 and the 16th Edition of SMK Championships. We'll let you know about the calendar and venue as soon as possible...

Thanks again to everyone who made this edition so unique, competing or just watching it, see you next year!

Written by Neo   - 2016-08-31 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (3)
New Generation vs Old Generation ?

Another small new content to the site : 

The page "Age Statistics" will give you a bunch of statistics based on the age of the participants, such as youngest to reach a Gold Medal, Oldest to participate to a specific mode, or the average age of quarterfinalists of a specific mode.

Don't hesitate to propose more statistics about ages to display on this page, and I'll see if I can add them easily. :)

Written by ScouB   - 2016-05-22 - Category: Website Maintenance and Updates Send Share Tweet Share Comments (1)
FFSMK at Stunfest 2016 !

We are pleased to announce that FFSMK will be once more at Stunfest for its 2016 edition, from May 20th to 22nd.

This year, we created a special track for the event. Come and make the best time and you leave with a prize !

More stuff:

  • You will have the possibility to record while playing, so you can leave with a "souvenir".
  • You will be able to join the official Time Trial World Ranking website by submitting the times performed during the Stunfest on our stand.
  • You will be able to play against our reigning World Champion, Florent "Neo" Lecoanet, who will be present the whole 3 days.
  • Superplays and exhibition matches between top players.

And as usual, you will be able to play in freeplay on our stand.

Written by ScouB   - 2016-05-12 - Category: Other Events Information Send Share Tweet Share Comments (0)
Check who are your rivals!

We know from the past SMK Championships that several rivalities have raised. For some of them, the results are really balanced within the rivalry, but for others, the matches are most of the time one-way with one player dominating the rivalry.

After Some work on the website, you can now check who are your main rivals in terms of results. You can also check against who you struggle the most to play and also your preffered SMK victims. Just check the "Rivals Page". You will have the possibility to filter by year (beginning and ending), by mode (to identify your rivals in a specific mode) and by stage (Group Stage or Playoffs). You will also see on this page this icon appear  , just click it to reach the Detailed Head to Head Page between the two players.

The profile page has been slightly updated too, with the display of your main rival for each mode and overall (but without the possibility to filter). Also a few more indication have been added to the profile table such as Hitbox Channel, Facebook Page and Speedrunwiki page. (PM me if you want to update these informations)

Hope you will enjoy. :)

P.S : Reminder for Super Mario Kart World Championship 2016, we are waiting for your registrations Karters ! 

Written by ScouB   - 2016-05-06 - Category: Website Maintenance and Updates Send Share Tweet Share Comments (5)
Who is the best character? We might have a hint!

We all know, from the manual, that the  eight available drivers are divided into statistically identical pairs of two (Mario & Luigi, Princess & Yoshi, Bowser & DK Jr, Koopa Troopa & Toad), however there are still some debates within the community about which character is the best within one pair (DK > Bowser, of course ! :) ), or which one is the best by mode (Princess in Battle Mode, obviously :P). We will try to find some answers to those questions on the "character stats" page by analysing the match results played during all SMK championships since 2002.

Interestingly, with the match results used so far, DK Jr seems indeed to be better than Bowser in terms of percentage of matches won and number of medals earned in Match Race and GP150cc, though Bowser has more Gold Medals. In the Toad/Koopa pair, same thing, Toad seems to be better in terms of % and medals earned but Koopa has more gold medals. In the two others pairs, Mario and Peach seems clearly superior to Luigi and Yoshi in all fields.

Your thoughts? :)

Written by ScouB   - 2016-04-27 - Category: Website Maintenance and Updates Send Share Tweet Share Comments (8)
Registrations for SMK World Championship 2016 are Open!

Here we go ! The registrations for the Super Mario Kart World Championships are finally Open ! As mentioned before, this year the championship will be held from August 24th to 28th 2016 and will be the main event of a video game festival : Start-to-Play organized by our new partner Ludus Events in the city of Strasbourg. This means a lot more public attendance than before, and an event with greater means. FFSMK really wants to thank Ludus Events and the city of Strasbourg for this opportunity given to us to be able to organize this championship in the greatest atmosphere !

As far as the championship is concerned, no major changes, the same format will be kept : Group Stage using "belgian system" (16 matches guaranteed for all participants) followed by a playoff bracket composed by the Top 16 players. The detailed rules will be published soon. The Registrations will be limited to 64 participants by mode for the D-Day, some qualifications places will be provided for the best local players (new to the community) during a mini-event organized by Ludus Events on Sunday June 19th. 

This year, the registration fees are cheaper but will not cover the food/drinks nor nights in hotel/campsite. There will be a catering system for the participants but most likely at their expense too. A quick "How to come" is available here and the detailed planning of the championship here. Speaking of it, the start time for each mode will be sooner than during previous years, in order to be able to finish each day at a decent hour. As far as the prizes are concerned, we will communicate more information very soon.

Once again, we are hoping for a huge attendance from the SMK community, and this year in particular we can expect some great surprises from the local players from Strasbourg.

The Championship will be live streamed once again, most likely on our Twitch Channel. Will Florent Lecoanet (Neo), 6 times World Champion, be able to defend his title once again? Or will any of his rivals be able to take it? In any cases, we are looking forward to the great battles that will happen in epic matches.

For any question about CDM organization or other information you could request, feel free to contact us by mail or on the social networks.

Written by ScouB   - 2016-04-16 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (7)
FFSMK's staff evolves !

FFSMK's staff has evolved. A new commitee has been elected on 20th of February 2016.

- President: Florent LECOANET
- Vice-president: Sophie JARMOUNI
- Treasurer: Adrien GARREAU
- Vice-treasurer: Geoffrey EWBANK
- Secretary: Geoffrey L.
- Vice-secretary: Julien HOLMIERE


The technical staff constituted in 2015 is still in charge:
- CDM's rules: Geoffrey EWBANK
- Webmaster of www.ffsmk.org: Julien HOLMIERE
- Technical expert: Daniel GUEMY


A new team of event managers has been made up:
- Adrien GARREAU
- Jean-Marie CLERC
- Djibril AATIF

Written by Neo   - 2016-02-25 - Category: FFSMK General Information Send Share Tweet Share Comments (1)
FFSMK @ Carolo Game Show on 5th and 6th March 2016!

Carolo Game Show

The FFSMK staff will be there for the "Carolo Game Show" event in Charleville-Mézières on 5th and 6th March 2016 !

Freeplay, Superplay in Grand Prix 150cc, Time Trial contests with prizes to win...

Come and bring all your friends !

Written by Neo   - 2016-02-04 - Category: Other Events Information Send Share Tweet Share Comments (0)
Super Mario Kart World Championship 2016 will be held in Strasbourg!

 

FFSMK is pleased to announce that the next Super Mario Kart World Championship will be organized jointly with Ludus Events in Strasbourg in August 2016 !

For the first time, the Championship will be the main event of a great videogame festival with many entertainments to enjoy (like gaming zone, expositions, etc.). We hope to see a large public supporting the best players in the world there !

More information, such as dates and registration information, will follow soon.

Written by Neo   - 2015-11-17 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (1)
More interactivity, you say?

Again, in the past weeks I worked very hard on the website and I'm pleased to come with lots of new features and updates :

  • You can login on the website with your forum account (login and password from the Forum), the login fields are located at the top-right of the website.
  • The website language will then use your Forum language configuration. So if you want the website to be in "french" or "english" automatically without clicking on the flags in the menu, just go on your forum settings and select your preferred default language.
  • The website login function gives you the right to post news comments directly with your account.
  • A brand new page "Match Details" has been created, it allows you to see all information for a specific match, and most of all, it allows you to add match/onetry comments (as guests or with your account) and add ratings to the matches/onetries (only with forum accounts), though you can only rate each match once. The "Match Details" page is reachable from most of the pages (results, H2H, videos, profile, tt champ records, etc.) with the icon . The videos (when available) are still directly reachable on those pages with the icon . For the group stage matches/onetries on the results page, just put your mouse cursor over the score and you will see a tool-tip appears with the related icons.
  • The number of match comments and average match rating can be seen on the H2H and Videos pages near the icons  and .
  • The last match comments can be seen on the home page along with the last news comments. You can also see all comments for all matches by clicking "See All" on the home page in the "last 5 comments" section.
  • The "Main Information" Page has been rebuilt in the results section with system and championship type added, bigger Poster size, Top4 by mode, and Top15 overall.

Feel free to let me know if you encounter any bugs or difficulties with these updates. 

I hope you will enjoy these, use them and in a serious way.

 

Cheers and "Keep on Karting"

ScouB

Written by ScouB   - 2015-11-07 - Category: Website Maintenance and Updates Send Share Tweet Share Comments (3)
Updates and new contents on the website !

Some new contents have been added to the website. I have been working on this for a few weeks already but it's all available from now.

New Website Contents:

- In the Goodies Section:

  • "Sprites/Animated GIFs"  page has been added. You will find most of the character/items sprites from the game including a lot of animated GIFs.
  • "Digitized Documents" page has been created. Multiple SMK boxes and Instruction booklets are available there. Feel free to send us more content to be added in this section if you have some.
  • "Maps/Backgrounds" page has been added. All tracks maps in 1024x1024px are available.
  • "Wallpapers" page has been added. Various SMK wallpapers including some ones based on SMK World Championship Posters are available. This section will be updated progressively with new stuff.

- In the Links Section:

  • The "Links" page has been created. Currently it is filled with some links organized in different categories but it will be updated with new ones progressively. Feel free to advise us with more links to be added.

 

Website Updates:

- In the News Section:

  • News have been classified in different categories so that you can quickly know what it is about.(It can be seen on the homepage or on a news page). In a near future, I will probably add the possibility to filter on a category so that you can find the content that you are looking for more quickly.

- In the Videos Section:

  • I have added to all matches with a video the information on the character used by each player. An icon will be displayed indicating which player you were using and if you won, lost or drew the match. (It can be seen on the Videos page, your profile page or on the H2H page). In theory, for the matches where several characters have been picked, it is the character the most used in the match that has been indicated. It will also allow me in the future to add some funny statistics about the used characters ("who between Bowser/DKJr is the best?", "Who is your favourite character in each mode?", etc. :-D)
  • The Score of the matches with video also has been added recently on the Videos page.

I hope you will enjoy this update. Feel free to let me know if there are any bugs, spelling mistakes, or missing contents, I will try to fix them as soon as possible.
I have in mind a lot of other updates I want to do on the website, so pay attention to the website in the near future as there might be another big update like this one.

Have a nice week-end everyone and Keep on Karting! 

Written by ScouB   - 2015-10-17 - Category: Website Maintenance and Updates Send Share Tweet Share Comments (0)
Nekonvention 2015: a great event !

Florent Lecoanet (MD_Neo) and Daniel Guemy (FFVIMan) alongside with the Team Plug and Play attended the Nekonvention event in Colmar (France) on Saturday the 26th and Sunday the 27th of September 2015 !

A great atmosphere overall, and lots of fun with very nice people ! Neo's 150cc speedrun was pretty cool, with various full speed feather shortcuts at CI1, CI2, BC3 and some longboosting at MC2 and MC3 !

Written by Neo   - 2015-10-07 - Category: Other Events Information Send Share Tweet Share Comments (0)
MD_Neo and Team Plug & Play @ Nekonvention in Colmar (East France), 26/27th September 2015

FFSMK is pleased to announce that Florent Lecoanet (MD_Neo) will attend the Nekonvention event in Colmar (France) on Saturday the 26th and Sunday the 27th of September 2015 !

What's the schedule ? Super Mario Kart, Super Mario Kart, and more Super Mario Kart ! Friendly matches, live show, and Grand Prix 150cc speedrunning are already planned ! Several members of the (in)famous Plug & Play team will be there too for even more fun, so feel free to join aswell ! 

http://www.nekonvention.fr

Written by Neo   - 2015-09-23 - Category: Other Events Information Send Share Tweet Share Comments (0)
Videos from SMK World Championship 2015 are available!

After a lot of hard work, the videos from Super Mario Kart World Championship 2015 are finally available on our website. You will find more than 200 videos from TV1/TV2/TV14 and a few videos from various TV recorded with a digital camera by clbrun.

There are different ways to find a video:
- Use the videos page to search for a specific video (and use filters wisely)
- Use the results page (for example Match Race results) and click on the videos links when available
- Use H2H page
- Use the TT Records Page for Time Trial videos

As all of this couldn't be possible without a lot of hard work from many people, I would like to say a big "thank you" to the "streaming" team of this year:

- Yamato for all the streaming/recording stuff on TV1, for his commentaries during matches and for the time passed on splitting and uploading videos from TV1 on Youtube.
- Patrick for his work on stream for TV2 (animating the live streaming, sending me videos after the competition)
- KartSeven for her commentaries during matches on TV1 and her players interview.
- FFVIMan for all the technical equipments useful for streaming and the beamers.
- clbrun for recording videos from TV6 on VHS (though not yet available on our website) and from various TVs with digital camera.
- Mario86 for recording videos from TV14
- Tiftif for his commentaries during some matches from TV1.
- any other person involved in the videos recording/streaming that I would have forgotten :)

Written by ScouB   - 2015-09-01 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (2)
Super Mario Kart Championship 2015 is over!

A new edition of the Super Mario Kart World Championship has now ended, and even if Florent Lecoanet (Neo) won the overall title once again, it did not look as easy as it could have been. Of course, Neo had secured both Time Trial and Match Race gold medals before (despite an unexpected threat from FFSMK president Guillaume Leviach (Mario86), who reached his first Match Race final), but the battle became much intense with Battle Mode (won again by American multiplayer champion Drew Blumfield) and especially Grand Prix 150cc where Geoffrey L. (Geo) managed to hit gold as first medal ever in this mode, stealing the win from Neo on his favourite land! Let's not forget Julien Holmière (ScouB) who ranked 3rd overall for the third consecutive year, after a tough beginning but two consecutive bronze medals in the end.

SMK Championships 2015 PodiumHonorable mentions go to British Champion Sami Cetin who ranked only 5th this time after missing both multiplayer driving modes semifinals for the first time in his career, getting a silver medal in Time Trial anyway, and Jérémie Clément (Jey), 8th overall but double semifinalist in Match Race and GP, two massive achievement for the player who definitely improved the most this year, including a stunning win on Sami in Match Race quarterfinals. Dutch Champion Karel van Duijvenboden was the other player entering at least one single semifinal (in Time Trial), ending this CDM at 7th position in the end.

Once again, FFSMK would thank a lot the town of La Suze-sur-Sarthe who provided their awesome city hall to host more than 50 players all week long (a new attendance record has been hit in all modes!), and the great internet connection which helped us to broadcast all the event on twitch. We also need to thank Valentin Lormeau (Yamato) for his hard work on livestream and Alicia L'Hoëst (KartSeven) who took care of commentating most matches with him and entering all results in the Excel file. In addition to the main livestream on Gaming Live who requires special thanks too, let's not forget our Dutch streaming specialist Patrick Wessels (Meridian) who managed to broadcast many big CDM matches (including his own ones commentated live!) on Next Level Gaming, helping CDM to be shown live on two different places simultaneously!

ScouB has been working a lot just after having come back from CDM to display the complete and detailed CDM results that you can already check. The summary (in French first, maybe then in English) should be published very soon. You can also discuss with our community about CDM reactions and personal summaries on the FFSMK message board!

To conclude, FFSMK would like to say a huge "thank you" to the organizing team (Djibril Aatif (tif), Jean-Marie Clerc (Tanatix) and Adrien Garreau) and congratulate any person who attended at least one single mode and/or helped us for a good CDM organization. We also need to thank Nintendo France, Mario Museum and all the people attending who brought so many prizes, making everyone leaving with some cool stuff. We are already all waiting for the summer of 2016 and the 15th edition of SMK World Championships, especially since some news about location and dates could be set very soon…

Thanks to everyone who attended, and see you next year!

 

Written by Antistar   - 2015-08-26 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (3)
FFSMK is expecting you at Stunfest!

Affiche du Stunfest 2015Like in 2014, FFSMK will arrend the Stunfest festival held in Rennes on  next May 22, 23 and 24! You will be able to meet us there thanks to a stand held by Guillaume Leviach (Mario86) and Florent Lecoanet (Neo) as members of the FFSMK bureau, but also Djibril Aatif (tiftif) and Jean-Marie Clerc (Tanatix), both taking care of World Championships 2015 organization next summer.

In order to make this stand a nice place to visit, FFSMK has set up an activity schedule based on the game discovery, techniques and competition, but also on meeting high skilled players like Mario86, Neo or also Alicia L'Hoëst (KartSeven) ! Here is the stand's detailed activities list :

Friday, May 22

12 h — 13 h : Superplay (presented by one of the FFSMK superplayers)
15 h — 16 h : Battle Mode Contest (only for visitors / spectators)
18 h — 19 h : "Fun" Contest (only for visitors / spectators)

Saturday, May 23

12 h — 13 h : Superplay (presented by one of the FFSMK superplayers)
15 h — 16 h : Battle Mode Contest (only for visitors / spectators)
18 h — 19 h : Tricks & Glitches Session (presented by the stand staff)
20 h — 21 h : "Fun" Contest (only for visitors / spectators)

Sunday, May 24

14 h — 15 h : Battle Mode Contest (only for visitors / spectators)
17 h — 18 h : "Fun" Contest (only for visitors / spectators)

There also might be a permanent challenge on a "track of the day" on which Stunfest visitors will try to beat the best time set on that day. Many prizes given by FFSMK will be awarded, for that challenge but also for the contests presented above!

In addition to all those events, the FFSMK staff will be available to discuss with every visitor, from casual players to potential World Championship attendees. It will be possible, then, to challenge the best SMK players on stage, to register for the championships, watch videos from legendary CDM matches (or World Record videos performed in Time Trial and Grand Prix 150cc).

Don't forget to follow the discussions on the message board! We hope to meet the most of us at Stunfest 2015 :)

For any question about FFSMK presence at the Stunfest festival, or other information about the World Championships, feel free to contact us by mail or on the social networks.

Written by Antistar   - 2015-05-14 - Category: Other Events Information Send Share Tweet Share Comments (0)
FFSMK gets new staff and logo!

Nouveau logo de la FFSMK

FFSMK is pleased to announce the new association staff organization!

Further to the FFSMK General Assembly held in January, the association bureau has been modified and some new posts have been created. Guillaume Leviach (Mario86) remains president but multiple World Champion Florent Lecoanet (Neo) becomes the new FFSMK secretary and Adrien Garreau was elected as new treasurer.

Three new posts have been created in addition to the main ones :

Baptiste Baly will now be the FFSMK vice-president;
Cédric Leutwyler (clbrun), former president (2005-2009), is the new vice-treasurer;
Julien Holmière (ScouB) has been elected as vice-secretary.

FFSMK would like to thank Claire Leviach, secretary since 2009, for her strong implication and activity, and Daniel Guemy (FFVIMan)who used to take responsability of the association treasury, and enters the brand new official technical staff made of three members. They will take care of the website conception and updates (especially ScouB for site maintenance and new features), technical support during FFSMK events (mainly FFVIMan there), and the making and support of the official rankings file, which Geoffrey Ewbank (djo) will take care of.

The association also gets a new logo (on the left), which will be displayed on every FFSMK pages and official communications now. This beautiful logo was entirely designed by ScouB who is definitely the man to be thankful for! You can also check the other site improvements he included almost everywhere (like, for example, the FFSMK social network activity which is now displayed live on the site).

We would also like to remind you the subscriptions for the 2015 World Championships have now been opened for a few weeks. A dozen of players have already confirmed they would attend and we hope to welcome many more during the next weeks... why not you? So feel free to come and register for CDM 2015 ! ;-)

You still can follow all the discussions about the World Championships and the association activity and events, and react on the community message board. For any question about CDM organization or other information, do not hesitate before contacting us by email or through the social networks.

 

Written by Antistar   - 2015-03-01 - Category: FFSMK General Information Send Share Tweet Share Comments (1)
CDM 2015 dates and location are now official!

CDM 2015 Poster

FFSMK is pleased to announce the official Super Mario Kart World Championship 2015 dates and location!

After another impressive edition organized by World Champion Florent Lecoanet (Neo), the SMK Championships (CDM) will be held for the third consecutive time in the town of La Suze-sur-Sarthe (France, 20 kms from Le Mans, Sarthe), and will be set at the traditional third August week, from August 18th to 22nd, 2015.

This time, we have to thank two other players as co-organizers. Long-time attendee Djibril Aatif (tiftif) offered to take care of the CDM 2015 organization and received help from 2014 enthusiastic newcomer Jean-Marie Clerc (Tanatix); both will work as a team to provide once again the best CDM possible, in the best venue we ever had for this competition.

Like in 2013 and 2014, you'll be able to read all the useful information about the way to reach La Suze on the "How to come?" page through the village's satellite view. It will help you to see where the venue, camping and train station are located. Just like for the two previous editions, the subscription fees (*) will include the camping ones, you will just be asked to bring your own tent and/or share one with other competitors. If you need to book a room at the local hotel (Hôtel Saint-Louis), the daily fees will be independent from the organization and it will be asked you to take care of them.

Once again, FFSMK wants to thank a lot the town of La Suze for welcoming us a third consecutive time, and the devoted players who decided to rule the organization so early.

Subscriptions are not opened yet but you can be sure this is going to happen very soon. The CDM week's definitive agenda is still to be confirmed, but we can already announce CDM will start with Time Trial as usual on Tuesday 18, the championship ending on Friday 21 with the last of four gaming modes. You can check out the current temporary agenda, which is very close to what will be officialized afterwards, on the detailed page dedicated to the CDM agenda.

Like every year, many prizes from our historical and potential new partners (some of them have already confirmed they will support us for 2015) will be provided, in addition to the traditional cups and medals. So stay tuned: many details will come very soon about all those prizes on the dedicated page!

Just like in the two last editions, the CDM will obviously be livestreamed on twitch, to help all the ones who will not be able to make it to watch the competition live. We are expected to improve the livestream quality for this edition, and it's going to be great news considering everyone is looking forward for great battles in order to challenge Neo who almost didn't share the 2014 glory at all, only Julien Holmière (ScouB) being able to defeat him in one of the finals.

As usual, we hope to reach the biggest SMK crowd ever next year by announcing those dates and location so early, about 10 months before the new edition. It will help all of you to take care of holiday booking and, for the people who might come from very far (American, Brazilian, Japanese, Australian players for example) to start their trip to Europe project in the best conditions. And of course, every player from Europe and especially France is asked to consider attending seriously, because there are no specific skills required and all the newcomers with beginner levels will tell how much they enjoyed that week which is a very unique one in the European video game landscape.

So stay tuned and don't hesitate to follow all the discussions about CDM and react on the community message board! Subscriptions will be opened very soon...

For any question about CDM organization or other information you could request, feel free to contact us by mail or on the social networks.

(*) Those fees are not confirmed yet, but might be identical to the 2014 edition.

Written by Antistar   - 2014-10-23 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (8)
Super Mario Kart Championship 2014 is over!

Podium 2014Super Mario Kart World Championships are over, and Florent Lecoanet (Neo) didn't leave any chance to his opponents to prevent him from reaching a second consecutive crown. Neo dominated this championship with three individual gold medals (in Time Trial, Match Race and Grand Prix 150cc) plus a very unexpected silver medal in Battle Mode. Eternal rival Sami Cetin and vice world champion didn't win any of the modes for the first time since 2008, reaching silver medals in the three racing modes. Julien Holmière (ScouB) came third like in 2013, winning an awesome Battle Mode gold medal.

Other notable achievements were the bronze medals reached by FFSMK President Guillaume Leviach (Mario86) (in Time Trial), Parigo Legend Harold Christensen (in Match Race), the American Drew Blumfield (in Battle Mode) and Dutch Champion Karel van Duijvenboden (in Grand Prix).

FFSMK would like to thank the town of La Suze-sur-Sarthe for providing us again a superb venue and a cool campsite, plus a permanent internet connection which helped us to broadcast CDM live on twitch. Many thanks to all those who watched the event during the week, hoping we will see some of you attending next year!

Thanks to Scoub's amazing work, you can already check out the complete and detailed CDM results, and read the summary (in French for the moment, an English translation is expected to come very soon...) written by Mario86. As usual, you can also follow all the discussions about CDM and react on the community message board!

In the end, FFSMK would like to thank and congratulate everyone who attended at least one of the four CDM modes and/or helped for the good organization. Also, thanks a lot to our various sponsors too (Nintendo France, Mario Museum, Game Them All, Pix N' Love, and all the players who offered prizes!) who helped all players to leave CDM with great quality prizes. We're looking forward for meeting all of you in the summer or 2015 for the 14th edition whose dates and location will be announced soon... ;-)

Written by Antistar   - 2014-08-18 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (4)
CDM 2014 main prizes are all known!

Prizes from Nintendo France

All the main prizes that will be available at next Super Mario Kart World Championships are now known!

First of all, FFSMK would like to thank a thousand times Nintendo France who proved once again to be an awesome sponsor supporting us since 2002, giving us the following prizes:

  • 5 Wii U (32 GB Premium Pack) with New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U
  • 5 Mario Kart U including one collector edition with blue shell figure

Like every year since 2008, Mario Museum is also always there to provide some SMK / Mario-related stuff and in addition to the annual Japanese and American boxed editions of the game, FFSMK will also be able to give these nice collector's items, all brand new and sealed:

  • SMK official Japanese guide
  • SMK Japanese mini-guide
  • Monopoly Nintendo Collector's Edition

Our 2013 partner Game Them All is here again too, with a boxed Super Famicom Edition of SMK's legendary elder brother F-Zero.

As usual, FFSMK will also provide bronze, silver and gold designed medals for the 4 modes podiums and three cups for the overall top 3. Many more other prizes like retro video games, DVDs, goodies, etc. will be on their way to La Suze this summer! ;-)

You can check detailed pictures and information about those prizes on the detailed page — we all hope those wonderful prizes will make the competition more intense than ever!

By the way, please don't forget the subscriptions are still open but the current fees will only stay until July 1st, and will slightly raise after this date as announced in January. You can register by filling in the subscription form and send your payment to FFSMK until June 30, beyond this date the fees will be slightly higher (see conditions in the subscription form page), just to keep people aware how important it is for FFSMK to get the most possible payments and attendance details early.

We hope to see you attending this incredible event which is always supported by our most precious sponsors like every year!

For any question about CDM organization or other information you could request, feel free to contact us by mail or on the social networks.

Written by Antistar   - 2014-06-02 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (3)
FFSMK message board has been upgraded!

FFSMK is pleased to announce the site's message board has been heavily upgraded, building on the new website developement on which ScouB is always working.

Beyond the strong upgrade that message board required, its global layout has been harmonized with the FFSMK website. Now you can find some icons based on the game sprites (pipes, cups, but also a huge collection of smileys like shells, lightnings, coins, etc.).

The other important change relies on the board's security reinforcement and the registration process. Now everyone can register, especially all the Super Mario Kart World Championship newcomers! By the way, the time has come for a small reminder: you still have 3 months to suscribe to this "CDM", so feel free fill in the subscription form as soon as you're able to confirm you will attend the event.

Any comment is welcome to improve the new message board design and functions, so don't hesitate to contact us about this!

Written by Antistar   - 2014-03-31 - Category: Website Maintenance and Updates Send Share Tweet Share Comments (1)
CDM 2014 dates and location are known, and subscriptions are open!

CDM 2014 Poster

FFSMK is pleased to announce the subscriptions for the 2014 edition of the Super Mario Kart World Championship are open !

After an excellent and highly praised 2013 edition, we have to thank the current World Champion Florent Lecoanet (Neo) who took the best decision possible — i.e , hosting CDM (Championnat du Monde, French for "World Championship") again in La Suze-sur-Sarthe (France, 20 kms from Le Mans, Sarthe), where it will be held from August 12th to 17th, 2014.

You can find all the useful information and details about the way to reach La Suze on the "How to come ?" page, thanks to a satellite view of the village, to help you figuring out the location of the train station, the venue, the hotel and camping. Like in 2013, the subscription fees include the camping ones, as long as you bring your own tent (or manage to share one with another player who can bring one), but FFSMK cannot take responsibility for hotel room bookings.

Of course, FFSMK wants to thank the town of La Suze for trusting us once more for CDM organization, and Neo for all the administrative work he performed to make things official so early in the year!

The definitive agenda is still to set up, especially when it comes to the groupstage system, but we can already announce Time Trial will open the CDM as usual on Tuesday 12, the championship ending on Friday 16 with the fourth and final mode. You can check out the current temporary agenda anyway, which is very close to what will be officialized afterwards, on the detailed page dedicated to the CDM agenda.

Alongside to the website evolution, a new automated subscription form is available for the potential participants : you will not have to fill in a file then send it by email anymore — only the parental authorization (for people under 18) requires to be downloaded, signed and sent. Once FFSMK receives your payment, your subscription will be validated! You can fill the form and send your payment until June 30, beyond this date the fees will be slightly higher (see conditions in the subscription form page), just to keep people aware how important it is for FFSMK to get the most possible payments and attendance details early.

Of course, as usual, many prizes from our historical partners will be provided, in addition to the usual trophies. So stay tuned: many details will come very soon about all those prizes on the dedicated page!

Like in 2013, those who will not be able to move to La Suze and/or attend CDM will have the possibility to watch it live thanks to the event livestream on twitch.

Who will succeed to Guillaume Leviach (Mario86) (Time Trial), to the Briton Sami Cetin (Grand Prix 150cc), to Harold Christensen (Battle Mode) and most of all, to Florent Lecoanet (Neo) (Match Race), 2013 World Champion and main host of this new edition?

Without any doubt, this 13th edition of the SMK championships will make the best players in the world fight very hard once again, but we're always hoping to see everyone attending, especially newcomers, whatever their SMK level is! As we've been telling for years to all the potential new players: being afraid of not having the skills enough for such an event is definitely an excuse for not coming that FFSMK cannot just accept... ;-)

So, please do not hesitate and go on, by attending Super Mario Kart World Championships too! After all, maybe you will be one of those legendary surprises competitions are made of...

For any question about CDM organization or other information you could request, feel free to contact us by mail or on the social networks.

Written by Antistar   - 2014-01-16 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (1)
Super Mario Kart Championship 2013 is over!

Podium 2013

The 12th edition of the Super Mario Kart championships is over, and Florent Lecoanet (Neo) managed to take the crown away from Sami Cetin after an intense 4-day battle where both players hit gold, silver and bronze medals in the regular racing modes (Time Trial, Grand Prix 150cc and Match Race).

This impressive and permanent fight also involved Julien Holmière (ScouB) (vice-world champion in Battle Mode and Match Race) but also Guillaume Leviach (Mario86), president of FFSMK who reached gold in Time Trial and bronze in GP 150cc, or the legend Harold Christensen, first player to win three gold medals in Battle Mode.

FFSMK would like to thank Geoffrey L. (Geo), who got bronze in Battle and took care of this 2013 edition organization, and the town of La Suze-sur-Sarthe who provided us a great venue where the championship could be livestreamed for the first time on twitch.

As an addition to a wonderful championship, we're also proud to introduce you to a brand new and more complete website, entirely designed by ScouB who worked hard for the community there. I let you browse all the new categories and enjoy what has been made — it's definitely worth it!

While discovering the new site map and configuration, you can check out the complete and detailed CDM results, but also feel the championship atmosphere again by reading the CDM summary (in French, translation coming soon...) written by Mario86. You can also follow all the discussions about CDM and react on the community message board!

In the end, FFSMK would like to thank and congratulate everyone who attended at least one of the four CDM modes, and we hope to see all of you in next summer for the 2014 edition whose date and location will be announced very soon.

Written by Antistar   - 2013-09-24 - Category: SMK Championships Send Share Tweet Share Comments (2)
New SMK Championships Website!

Welcome on the brand new Super Mario Kart World Championships Website.

The design was totally rebuilt, and a specific database was created in order to display all the results from previous years and calculate several statistics.

Some new functions have been added to the website such as online registration form, an admin panel allowing news editing and validating registrations, and so on.

Feel free to visit all the pages.

Enjoy!

Written by ScouB   - 2013-07-21 - Category: Website Maintenance and Updates Send Share Tweet Share Comments (2)
Stunfest 2018 / Dojo

Stunfest 2018

The FFSMK will be present at the 2018 edition of the Stunfest in the Dojo area for the 19/05/2018 and 20/05/2018 (from 11h00 to 19h00)

The entrance is free and open to everyone.

No more excuses for not going to burn gum and do your best time on your favorite races.

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Time Trial Submission doc
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Live rankings

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wk78dpZKRwJMhiwRMuXBm_ivjb7Bachcsqm-OHjIOrA/edit?usp=sharing

Results sheet, data will be dumped in here as things progress

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Time Trial 2022 Googledoc

Time Trial Googledoc: https://forms.gle/qbfJ6NsrBXxXU7Hu6

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Live scores CDM 2022

Live scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e61FGWZk7IUnmVHYIfj2qlx2fFUVicWlHBMUwMKTP60/edit#gid=0

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