Booked my tickets, was planning on going back on the Sat but the trains seemed really badly timed and expensive so just gonna go back on the Sunday like normal.


08:54 London St. Pancras International Tue 15 Aug
11:23 Lille Europe
Transfer 1 hour, 23 minutes
12:46 Lille Flandres
15:26 Le Mans

This will still leave a 2+ hr wait at Le Mans for the 17:47 to La Suze

11:33 Le Mans Sun 20 Aug
14:11 Lille Flandres
Transfer & check in 1 hour, 19 minutes
15:30 Lille Europe
16:05 London St. Pancras International

This will mean getting the 09:57 train to Le Mans from La Suze

Total cost was £109.

Note: The schedule start on the Tuesday is 17:00, there is literally no way of making this (given the only trains from Le Mans to La Suze are 12:34 then 17:47) other than traveling the day before or finding an alternate way of getting to La Suze from Le Mans. I have posted on the French MB asking if the start can be moved back as I expect this will affect a lot of people travelling down.

edit: Also just booked 5 nights at the hotel. Just got to pay my cdm fees now...
edit2: Just paid the cdm fees. All done now

I will check that and i come back to you. To lower the fare, you can be three in the taxi

Will not there be a player with a car who can go get him? C'mon, the man's coming from fucking Australia, it's something that community has always proved able to do without asking for a single buck.

Sumner21 wrote on 05/31/17 at 23:30:27:


Ok guys, as discussed with Michael by email, I will be driving him from Le Mans to La Suze on Tuesday (as I will be travelling by car).
The exact time is not defined yet, but it should be between 11am and 2pm.

I should have 1 or two more seats available for this ride. Is anyone in Le Mans around these hours interested to join us ?

Clark would probably be a good bet as he gets into Le Mans just after 1pm so it would save him from having to wait nearly 5 hrs for the connecting train.

From Orly Airport :

Step 1 - Take the bus « OrlyBus » from airport to “Denfert Rochereau” subway station
Step 2 - Take the subway (LINE 6 – direction “Charles de Gaulle Etoile”) from “Denfert Rochereau” station to “Montparnasse Bienvenue” train station

From Roissy Airport :

Step 1 - Take the train (RER B – direction “Saint-Remy-Les-Chevreuse”) from “Roissy Airport” to “Denfert Rochereau” subway station
Step 2 - Take the subway (LINE 6 – direction “Charles de Gaulle Etoile”) from “Denfert Rochereau” station to “Montparnasse Bienvenue” train station


Date of departure : 15 August 2017

Step 3 - Take the train from “Montparnasse Bienvenue” to “La Suze”

1 choice of train :
10h40      Paris Montparnasse 1 et 2 (TGV n° 8815)            11h34      Le Mans
12h34      Le Mans (TER n° 57437)                              12h47      La Suze

2 choice of train :
13h42      Paris Montparnasse 1 et 2 (TGV n° 8175)            14h47      Sable sur Sarthe
15h39      Sable sur Sarthe (TER n° 57470)                        15h56      La Suze

3 choice of train :
15h40      Paris Montparnasse 1 et 2 (TGV n° 8829)            16h34      Le Mans
17h47      Le Mans (TER n° 57435)                              18h00      La Suze

Train tickets are available at : https://en.voyages-sncf.com/en/


Step 4 - On feet : From "La Suze" train station to championship hall

Follow my google friend :

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/3+Rue+des+Courtils,+La+Suze-sur-Sarthe/72210+...

FYI: Choice of train2 is Paris-Sable-La Suze not Paris-Le Mans-La Suze

All CDM attendees,

In case you haven't seen already there is a discussion on the French forum on the Event Planning topic:

http://www.ffsmk.org/forum/index.php?topic=6198.0


Have a read through after the end of Page 1, a little later on it appears that the majority are leaning towards 14 group matches as opposed to the usual 16. Then the following ranks would go through to the Top 16 round (1/8th class):

14 group matches
Top12 qualifying direct for 1/8
Q1: 24vs17 - 23vs18 - 22vs19 - 21vs20 => first to 3
Q2: V1vs16 - V2vs15 - V3vs14 - V4vs13 => first to 5
Then 1 / 8th class => first to 5


Nothing is finalised yet, but itl be important to have the opinion of more players who are attending, please feel free to write there while there is still some time until CDM

I think there are many registrations still pending payment, so whoever they are hopefully they can read the discussion too.

Also guys I know this is a little off subject but I'm Australian and I never get to meet anyone awesome at games it seems.

With the caliber of players attending I assume that some of you will be very good at other games also, just wondering if I could find out if there are some players that are at the very top level at other games also, Sami I know you play F Zero .

I would be very suprised / love it also if anyone there was great at
(Arcade)  - Daytona 1, Sega Rally 1, Silent Scope 1.
PC/360/PS3 - Pacman CE
NES - Bionic Commando, Blaster Master

I am in no way asking people to step away from SMK for me but it would be great to speak to some top level players.

My Silent Scope times are.
Beg TT 0'55"54
Med TT 1'16"##
Exp TT Sub 2 mins (1:58'##? Unfortunately i lost the pics in a phone and cant remember, I think it would have been a WR tbh, never seen anyone close even when they emulate and use a mouse)

Also my best friend is Camsta4 of Dance Dance Revolution fame if there happens to be anyone that that interest also (His stomping next to my Silent Scope machine is what made me so great

Thanks guys

Sumner21 wrote on 07/01/17 at 05:01:29:

If I'm correct, Neo has great Sega Rally skills (on Saturn I guess).

Guys if there is another competitor who needs a lift please contact ScouB.

My mate is keen to be there but it is getting quite late for him to organise and I have my doubts if he will
actually make it. (Im staying with him in London so maybe a break will be good )

Lol, this is tradecenter7 ( Kyle). I guess Matt was the last one logged in on my PC  

Fantastic news! I really hope Eric will be able to make it too!

All your team is missing now is Fenner...and of course the mythical Harvey