The Gamers Assembly, the French eSport event held for the 19th time between March 31 and April 2, 2018 at the Parc des Expositions in Poitiers broke all records!
These 3 days of events offered competitions and meetings brought together more than 2,000 players and 23,800 visits on the 15,000 m2 of space developed.
Fabien Bonnet, president of the FuturoLAN association. "We are very proud, once again, to see the success of this new edition, with results that exceeded our expectations. "And this success is due to the players, the public but also and above all to all our passionate volunteers who made the Gamers Assembly 2018 an unmissable event. We would also like to thank all our partners without whom this gathering would never have been possible, and especially Grand Poitiers who have supported us since the beginning of the adventure."
Alain Claeys, President of the Urban Community of Grand Poitiers and Mayor of Poitiers. adds that "Grand Poitiers is still proud to support the Gamers Assembly for 18 years now. This commitment to esports is also materialized with the creation of the first esports team supported by a community and the development of an esports training center, synonymous with innovation and investment in a sector of the future."
This year's detailed figures are as follows:
2,019 players
23,800 visits
420 volunteers
40 partners
18 tournaments
€76,500 cash prize
2100 PC
130 consoles
170 switches deployed
57.84 TB data exchanged
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3,541,298 impressions on Twitter
6,000 retweets
9,600 likes
77,692 views on Facebook
6,209 likes and 54 posts on Instagram
39,188 views and 43 stories on Snapchat
5609 sandwiches
1425 pizzas
2200 burgers (including 130 vegans)
700 kilos of fries
450 pancakes
8000 cans of soda
5250 Monster
4430 bottles of water
1800 cafes
