Everything you need to know about CEO 2024 at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach!
Welcome back everyone!
To begin, the entire team and I would like to thank you for supporting CEO and coming together as a community for this years CEO.
Whether this is your first CEO event or you’re a tournament veteran, I’d like to guide you through the information you need to maximize your experience this weekend.
Venue
- Venue:
- Ocean Center Daytona Beach
101 N Atlantic Ave,
Daytona Beach, FL 32118
(386) 254-4500
- Ocean Center Daytona Beach
- If you are staying at the Official CEO Hotel, the Hilton, it is directly across the street from the Ocean Center.
- Parking at the Ocean Center lot or garage is $15 per day or $20 for in/out privilege’s. The Hilton has $14 discounted parking for overnight guests.
- More information about the venue & hotel can be found here.
- We have a Shuttle service from MCO (Orlando International Airport) that will take attendees arriving Thursday to the Hilton Hotel and departing back to MCO from the Hilton on Monday Morning. Visit here.
- There will be bag checks at the entrances into the Ocean Center. No outside food or drinks allowed (you may bring in a water/soda bottle). Plenty of water fountains all over the venue.
- The venue will have concessions available including JePotle Burrito Bowls with plant based options, Jebailey’s fried chicken and many more options at very fair convention center prices! Wild Bill’s Soda will also be returning with their refillable cups.
- Here are some daytonafoodoptions around the venue within 3 miles.
Badge Pickup
- This year in the Ocean Center, all badges will be picked up in the main concourse Box Office. We will have two organized lines
- Standard badges for registered players and spectators.
- Contributor Badges (If you pre-ordered the $10 option to have your name on badge), volunteers, media, and exhibitors.
- You’ll need a PHOTO ID to collect your badge. Children 12 and under are free with a paid guardian/parent pass.
- If you Pre-ordered any of the Official CEO Merch through registration you will receive it when picking up your badge.
- While Player Reg for official tournaments are closed, we will have on site spectator badges for $40 Single Day Badge & $90 for the weekend ($75 if you buy come Saturday and want two days).
- Badge pickup schedule (You may pick up your badge anytime over the weekend if you can’t make early badge pickup on Thursday)
- Thursday 4pm-9pm
- Friday 9am-9pm
- Saturday 9am-9pm
- Sunday 10am-6pm
- Please plan to pick up your badge at least one hour before your first scheduled pool time to avoid disqualification from bracket.
- If you do not have a tournament pool until Saturday morning, you can arrive anytime Friday or Saturday before your pool to pick up your badge.
- Lost badges will not be replaced and a new badge must be purchased.
CEO Discord
- Join the CEO Discord Server for this and future events at https://discord.gg/ceogaming
- Receive live updates during the event
- Lose something? Check out the lost and found channel
- Have questions? Hit up the #asktheceostaff channel.
WATCH ALL OF CEO 2024 LIVE ON TWITCH!
- We’ve placed all of our streams and schedule for #CEO2024 on an all in one page you can find at ceogaming.org/tv
- #CEO2024 action is being brought to you by:
CEOGaming | TEKKEN | VGBootCamp| Brawlhalla| Tampaneversleeps | DataFGC | Juicygamenight | TENOMEDIA
When and where is my tournament pool?
- The event schedule and floor plan are available above.
- #CEO2024 Competitors! Official Tournament Prelim Pools are now Public on shorturl.at/ZnDbO You have until this Tuesday night (6/25) at 11:59 PM EDT to submit any feedback requests through here: forms.gle/KpGUhxrNgihTqP
- Official Tournament Pools will be Final by Thursday and available at https://start.gg/ceo
- Please plan to show up to your pool 10 minutes early and check-in with the person running your bracket at your pool location.
- To find exactly where your pool station is, every game will have Station Numbers, so if you are in Street Fighter 6 A1, you’ll look for Station Sign 1 inside of Tournament Hall(Venue Map has where each official game will be located) and report there for your bracket 10 minutes before its start time.
- Please try to stay near your pool until you are done competing.
- If you need to step away for any reason, please inform the person running your bracket.
- If you are disqualified for not showing up to your bracket or leaving during, there won’t be anything we can do afterwards.
- For everyone attending our Project Storm Tournaments, please visit HERE for all the details and schedules.
- If you’d like to still enter any of our Community Tournaments please visit start.gg/ceoce for more information
Click here for Official Game Rules.
Also please familiarize yourself with all of our Code of Conduct and general event policies here.
Table Top Gaming And TCG is bigger than ever at CEO 2024!
- This year we’ll have multiple rooms for TCGs and Tabletop fun with your friends!
- We’re working with versus-games.com to host various TCGs throughout the weekend!
- You can find ALL the details for our TCG Events here: https://ceogaming.org/ceo/tcg/
- Stop by the Pocket Paragons booth in 103 for a chance to win an exclusive CEO Play Mat and other giveaways including the CEO exclusive Alex Jebailey Vs. Kenny Omega Set!
- We’ll also have a 24 hour open table top room with tables and chairs ready for players to bring in anything they want to play with their friends.
Exhibitors and Artist Alley
- Our official Artist Alley & Exhibitor hours inside of the main Hall are Friday, Saturday & Sunday 10am-6pm. Some artists may stay open a little later at their discretion.
- We have over 40 featured artists this year, so be sure to check out their artwork and show your support.
- Our Wonderful Sponsors and Exhibitor booths helping make CEO 2024 happen! We’ve broken down every booth at CEO at the bottom of this page with a venue map guide.
24 Hr Jebaileyland Freeplay Arcade and Community Events
- NEW THIS YEAR! Jebaileyland will be OPEN starting Thursday night (included with your player or spectator weekend badges) beginning at 8 pm (Badge pickup is from 4-9pm) for everyone arriving early to get some casuals and arcade games in a long with our returning Food Trucks right outside the front of the Ocean Center Thursday-Saturday night from 9pm until midnight.
- This year we’ll have a selection of fighting game cabinets, rhythm games & more provided by Arcade Impact, Wedoca Games, Paradise Arcade Shop, Data FGC & Save Point!
- Cosplay Photo Op Friday night 6 pm in the Arena. Bring your best fighting game cosplays and hang out with the community for some amazing photo opportunities.
- TEKKEN 8 Rumble: Friday Night at 8 pm in the Arena. Players will be reached out to before Friday!
- All registration will go through startgg. Players will be able to register for any side event *only till 1 hour before they begin*. Please coordinate with each side event organizer if you have any questions.
What’s on the Line and Top 8 Entrances
- This year we have over 20+ tournaments taking place throughout the weekend with all Official Game Champions taking home a Custom CEO Championship Belt!
- Finalists will receive a Customized Gold Championship Medals and Prize Money.
- Both Street Fighter 6 & TEKKEN 8 are Esports World Cup Qualifiers. The Top 2 players from each game will qualify into the EWC Finals taking place this August!
- Please be prepared to fill in any appropriate paperwork for prize money.
- While Official Tournament registration is closed, you can still sign up for one of our Community Events on start.gg/ceoce.
- Please follow all Tournament Game Rules located here: https://ceogaming.org/ceo/gamerules/
Breaking down the Venue Map! If this is your first time at our Daytona venue or you attended before, here’s what you can expect at CEO 2024!
- Command Center & Admin: Here’s where all the magic of brackets and running the tournaments in the main hall happen.
- Artist Alley: Featuring 40 plus community artists and vendors.
- Gaming Gen booth featuring our official CEO merch for sale and other gaming memorabilia to take home with you.
- Qanba: Level up your fight game with Qanba, the arcade sticks trusted by champions for ultimate control and customization. They’ll also have their new QANBA 2009 Arcade Stick desks for you to check out!
- Controller Chaos: Home to some of the best custom designed controllers, consoles and more! Stop by their booth for some of their exclusive CEO designs this year before they go fast!
- Victrix is back with their laser etching machine for your Pro FS sticks selling apparel and other merch such as their newly released Riffmaster Wireless Guitar to check out at their booth.
- Hit Box will be demoing and selling Hit Boxes, COMBO Buttons, and COMBO Extensions. There will also be artists at CEO that will be doing art inserts for COMBO Buttons!
- Diesel Legacy: Play the latest build for our upcoming 4-player simultaneous fighting game, Diesel Legacy– and pick up a free die cut sticker! Enter our up to $2500 prize pool 2v2 tournament on Friday starting at 2PM for free!
- Arc Shop US: The official merchandise store for ARC SYSTEM WORKS! Visit our booth for premium merchandise including desk mats, plushies, keychains, pins and more! Visit www.arcshopus.com for our full selection.
- Rocket Panda Games & Dusty Game: Grab exclusive Rocket Panda Games merchandise and be among the first to demo PHANTOM BREAKER: BATTLE GROUNDS ULTIMATE – a stunning remaster of the classic side-scrolling action game now with 8 Player Cross-Platform Online Play! Dusty Game: The ultimate video game retailer, carrying the largest selection of physical video games! Visit dustygame.com & follow us for the latest round of titles, deals, collectible merch, and more!
- LVL99 Games: Now’s your chance to meet Level 99 Games at CEO 2024 at their booth! Learn how to play Guilty Gear – Strive – The Board Game and you, too, could be spamming Totsugeki’s at your table!
- Rectangle Corner: Rectangle Corner is a collective of DIY leverless controller makers seeking to share our designs with the communities we love and push FGC enthusiasts’ gameplay to the next level.
- Mechanical Keyboards: MK, the leader in mechanical keyboards for over twelve years, will be introducing their cutting-edge “Mechbox” Arcade Controller and Point65 keyboard for the first time ever at CEO.
- CiesteTV: An interactive vtuber booth welcoming Buoy Afuru and Ayla Yew from NexStage Project!
- Holiday Matsuri: Holiday Matsuri is the festively themed Anime, Gaming, and Cosplay convention with holiday cheer in Orlando, Florida! December 20-22, 2024.
- Lazy Nerds Designs is a clothing brand inspired by anime, gaming, and pop culture.
- Kawaii Satori: Two artists creating anime art style illustrations!
- Genki Goth Studios: Married tag team duo, we create original art using spray paint on canvas, specializing in black light, glow in the dark, and hidden ultraviolet images. We also produce prints, stickers, OC’s, and custom commissions.
- MeowitsMari & Ultra X: Florida based artist inspired by cute fashion and mix my interest of Japanese and video game nerd culture with it along with a retro twist. Two artists drawing cute mecha and anime fan art.
- Underworld Gamez will be selling Art prints, keychains, t-shirts, plushies & custom hoodies!
- Creative Workshop: On-The-Spot Print Shop! Get custom tshirts, stickers, signs, decals and more. Designed and printed on the spot!
- JWonggg: Win some prizes at the JWong booth as JWong will be recording content for his YT Channel to showcase the FGC.
- Red Bull Gaming is back with their F1 simulators and The Beat Seat in the House program.
- Brawlhalla Merch: The Brawlhalla Merchandise booth will feature a variety of legacy and new merchandise including a variety of character and logo pins for your collection.
- Bag Checks / Security for all those arriving to the Ocean Center. No Weapons or illegal substances allowed of any kind. Single bottle drinks are welcome but no outside food or drinks.
- Registration Box Office to pick up your badges throughout the weekend or purchase on site spectator passes. We’ll also place all lost and found items here.
- Will Bill’s Soda: A premium beverage brand that brings a whole new level of delight to fountain sodas. Our craft sodas are made with real cane sugar and infused with unique, nostalgic flavors that will transport attendees on a taste bud adventure.
- TCG, Table Top and Vendor Room to check out some of the latest fighting game related TCGs hosted by Versus Games & Pocket Paragons.
- Table Top and Vendor Room to check out some of the latest fighting game related TCGs.
- Project Storm Tournament and Rhythm Games Room: Check out the latest in Music Game Action all weekend long.
- Jebaileyland 24 Hour Arcade. This year’s Cabinet list is bigger and better than ever with everything set to freeplay!
- Red Bull Community Stage will be featuring all of our side event finals throughout the weekend. Schedule here and streamed on twitch.tv/tenomedia
- Arena Main Stage: Where different Fighting Game Top 8s on Saturday/Sunday will take place in our massive open seating arena right across from the main hall. No additional purchase necessary to check out some of our best players duke it out to take home a CEO championship belt. Saturday will host MK1, GBVS:R and GG Strive while Sunday will host Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Street Fighter 6 & TEKKEN 8 to close out CEO 2024. We will also unveil where CEO 2025 will be hosted and a CEO Family photo between Street Fighter 6 & TEKKEN 8 finals Sunday evening.
General Event Rules
- Bring your own controllers, tournament legal converters (Paradise Arcade Shop will have the new PS5 Wingman FGC Converters for sale for $55 and work great), fight stick, or any peripheral needed to play your tournament matches.
- Make sure to delete previous Bluetooth devices on the PS4 PRO console you play your tournament matches on so you don’t get interrupted during your match.
- For Smash, please make sure to desync your pro controllers after your match.
- Please be respectful of other attendees and follow directions given by the CEO and Ocean Center staff.
- NO OUTSIDE FOOD or ALCOHOL is allowed in the Ocean Center. Drinks such as water and soda are fine, just please keep them away from the consoles.
- There is NO SMOKING and NO VAPING inside of the venue.
- We have hired a full security team for the safety and comfort of our attendees along with bag checks. Please don’t hesitate to report anything suspicious to the Ocean Center and CEO staff.
- Please be hygienic for the comfort of everyone. If you sweat through all of your clothes, feel free to buy more CEO t-shirts at the Gaming Gen merch booth to get you through the weekend! The Ocean Center venue has great AC!
Official CEO 2024 Merchandise
Will be on sale at the Gaming Generations Booth inside the Exhibit Hall. As of now, #CEO2024 merch will be exclusively available during the event.
CEO 2024 Official Soundtrack
This year’s amazing Official Soundtrack featuring various talented artists is now available on both Apple Music and Spotify.
The entire CEO team looks forward to providing an awesome experience for everyone. Feel free to share your weekend’s memories and pictures using the hashtag #CEOFGC throughout social media!
CEO has always stood for the community and we wouldn’t be here without your support, so thanks to each and everyone of you.
If you have any other questions about the event, please email ceogaming@gmail.com
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