ESA Winter 2023

February 18, 2023 - February 25, 2023

Summary

ESA Winter 2023 is a week-long in-person speedrunning marathon, featuring speedrunners and score-attackers from all around the world with the primary goal of raising money for our charity partner Alzheimerfonden. The Swedish Alzheimer’s Foundation wants nothing less than to eradicate dementia once and for all. To achieve this goal they fund the research for preventive measures, inhibiting drugs and ultimately a cure.

The event is held in the familiar conference space of the Quality Hotel View in Malmö (Sweden), just across the bridge of the large international Copenhagen airport.

Key Dates

Game Submission Guidelines

Due to the updated submission timeline, please read our full Submission Guidelines before submitting your showcase(s) to make yourself familiar with the changes.
Game submissions are facilitated through oengus.io. Submit HERE!

Here’s our list of chase games that you will be able to submit between 12 – 14 December alongside other games that are currently unreleased:

  • Bayonetta 3 (28 October)
  • Sonic Frontiers (8 November)
  • God of War Ragnarök (9 November)
  • Pokémon Scarlet / Violet (18 November)
  • I Am Jesus Christ: Prologue (December 1st)

Ticket FAQ

Volunteers: All people who apply for volunteering will have a ticket reserved for them. Any who are accepted for volunteering will be issued a comp ticket, subject to suitability screening. Anyone who is rejected for volunteering will still be offered the chance to buy a ticket. Volunteers should still buy a ticket that they will be later refunded when their application gets accepted.

Runners: All runners are guaranteed a ticket, but must register through the normal channels. Runners who are also volunteers will get a comp ticket per volunteer rules.

General Admission: Ticket sales are handled through register.esamarathon.com

Volunteering

Marathons like this one are impossible without the hard working volunteers behind them. Volunteers who are accepted will receive a complimentary ticket if they fulfill approximately 20 hours volunteering duties. For ESA Winter 2023 these teams will be looking for volunteers:

  • Fundraising (Host / Donation Screening): Be the voice of the marathon on stream and/or the helping hand in the background, screening all incoming donations.
  • Tech / Production: Bring on the show using our in-house tools and production equipment!
  • Marketing (Social Media & Video / Media): One team, two branches: Social Media prepares tweets for runs prior to the marathon and embellishes our social media presence during the event. The Video / Media branch of the Marketing team conducts and edits interviews with runners prior to the event and brings behind the scenes content to the people at home during it.
  • Administration / Info Desk: The first point of contact and a warm welcome for all attendees.
  • Scheduling: Help with maintaining our schedules, making key decisions and distributing information to other teams and our restream partners.
  • Chat Moderation: Make the chat a positive place and create a friendly atmosphere for everybody.

Volunteer Applications will run through HERE from 28 October to 13 November. Applicants can expect a reply by early December.

Can volunteers be remote?

It depends on the role. ESA is retaining off site donation reading long into the future. Other teams, such as Marketing (Social Media & Video / Media) and Chat Moderation have responsibilities that can be carried out online.

Prize Submissions

Prizes are a great way to incentivize more donations towards a good cause. If you have something awesome you wish to give away in the name of charity, please send an e-mail to prizemaster@crew.esamarathon.com.

Travel

Hyllie Station, the first/last stop in Sweden, is attached to the hotel. Trains run directly to Copenhagen Airport and Denmark every 20 minutes (journey time to the airport 15 minutes), and to Malmö city centre every 10 minutes (journey time 10 minutes).

The closest international airport is Copenhagen (Kastrup) which is a 15 minute direct train ride from the hotel. ESA attendees should not use Malmö airport, which is much further by bus and requiring a change in Malmö city centre.

Those travelling from Germany can also look for DB Sparpreis Europa tickets to Copenhagen Central, buying the last leg to Hyllie separately on arrival in Copenhagen.

Parking is available through P Malmö and is priced by the city to discourage travel by car. There are long and short term rates, details are available on the Quality Hotel View website and if you email the front desk they will be able to confirm exact rates that can be added to your hotel room. Rates in the hotel owned underground parking are significantly higher than the rates in the multi-storey car park.

If you must drive, ESA recommends Aimo Park Mobilitetshus Solvkarteret for good value long term parking with no penalty for re-entry. It is located about 500m from the venue.

Travel Insurance

ESA highly recommends you take out travel insurance with COVID-19 coverage. COVID-19 is now an insurable option with many policies, however not all.

ESA cannot guide you towards a single product as insurance is tailored to your country of residence and individual circumstances. However, we can advise you to look for the following clauses:

  • HEALTHCARE
    • The right to claim back healthcare costs incurred in the case of a COVID-19 infection, such as hospital costs for those without EU citizenship or private testing to fly.
  • CANCELLATION
    • The right to cancel your trip and reclaim non-refundable expenses incurred if any of the following events would occur.
      1. You catch COVID-19 and are unable to travel
      2. A lockdown would be imposed in either the origin or destination country that would leave you unable to attend ESA
  • CURTAILMENT
    • The right to cancel your trip while it is in progress and reclaim expenses incurred in self-isolating plus rearranging travel plans if any of the following events would occur.
      1. Should you test positive for COVID-19
      2. Should you become aware of an upcoming lockdown that would leave you unable to re-enter your home country without unreasonable restriction

Contact

Please direct all queries about the event, both personal and business/sponsorship to orgs@esamarathon.com

Event Sponsors