EVO Fighting Game Championships

[Kalyx triaD]

[Awaiting this year's schedule and stream links.]

[RoXer]

The womens invitational only gets a half hour?

Shocker.

[Funky Fly]

lol women's invitational. It's not like videogames are a super athletic sport where gender differences are a huge factor. Come on.

Just checked out a series between a Dhalsim and a Fuerte. That Dhalsim cracked under the pressure the last fight.

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah, Fuerte's a bitch in all levels of play.

[Funky Fly]

Some of these guys, god damn.

[HeartBreakMan2k]

Yeah, Marn is fucking nasty.

[Kalyx triaD]

Sunday's gonna be so hype.

[Boomer]

Semifinals were awesome. Justin Wong just got eliminated, which is nuts.

[Kalyx triaD]

LOL

Anyway, today should be great. Gonna catch Tats, MvC3 casuals, and SSF4 finals. Everything else could fuck itself.

[Kalyx triaD]

Stream chatters giving MvC2 so much shit lol.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/178691-Badness.jpg

[Kalyx triaD]

Guess you found that meme.

[Kalyx triaD]

MvC2 done. Some guy won with Storm/Sent/Cyke. That is unexpected and shocking.

TvC coming up.

EDIT WHOOPS:

Misread, fight goes on.

[Funky Fly]

Did they say the last MvC2? They're retiring it?

[Kalyx triaD]

No, I meant for the tourny.

[Funky Fly]

No, when Wong won it. They were like "He's won the first and last MvC2 title."

[HeartBreakMan2k]

Yeah, they're assuming they won't be able to fit it on the schedule anymore with MvC3 coming, and the potential of Midway getting a game on the show.

[Kalyx triaD]

Oh... well there ya go.

I figure games remain as far as demand dictates.

[Kalyx triaD]

LOL at MK as EVO 2011. That would be deliciously absurd.

[Funky Fly]

LOL at MK as EVO 2011. That would be deliciously absurd.

Yeah, word. That would be hilarious.

[HeartBreakMan2k]

They were saying MK and KOF both may get a shot.

[Funky Fly]

KoF XIII I can believe.

[Kalyx triaD]

If MK makes EVO I will lose further respect for that organization and gain unprecedented respect for Ed Boon in one stroke.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

If MK makes EVO I will lose further respect for that organization and gain unprecedented respect for Ed Boon in one stroke.

Even if the new games any good? Which most reports are saying it is so far...

[Kalyx triaD]

The new MK being good seems likely. Tourny viable? Um........

[Kalyx triaD]

Correction: It doesn't need to be tourny viable. They'll add it if enough people dig it.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

True. Honestly, I would have said the chances of it being good would have been slim to none.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Correction: It doesn't need to be tourny viable. They'll add it if enough people dig it.

Isn't that how it should be instead of just a pretentious snob-fest?

[Funky Fly]

Even if the new games any good? Which most reports are saying it is so far...

People were saying MK vs DC was good. It turned out to be the same old shit, just more unbalanced and with fatalities toned down.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

People were saying MK vs DC was good. It turned out to be the same old shit, just more unbalanced and with fatalities toned down.

Really? Previews on Destructoid and Invisable Walls called it on being pretty shit after the E3 it was at. This time, the same places are saying it's pretty fun.

[Kalyx triaD]

Isn't that how it should be instead of just a pretentious snob-fest?

Well EVO's inconsistent. They bumped Blazblue this year (and I refuse to believe that had less potential players than MBAA), and HDRemix is still in for what I imagine is for 'tradition'.

They just claimed not that holding tournies and showing off scenes would get the game on the list, but lack of Smash, 3s, and BB sees through that bullshit. It's politics.

I would be happy to see MK get that kind of spotlight. MLG would do it regardless.

[Kalyx triaD]

Fucking HOT TvC action right now. This game is leagues over MvC2.

[Kalyx triaD]

Keits v Wong now. HYPE

[RoXer]

Guy with the hoarse voice needs to get off the fucking mic. So distracting.

[RoXer]

BRING OUT THE BROADS

[RoXer]

This Kayane girl is real cute

[Kalyx triaD]

That's a cute outfit she chose for Chun.

[Kalyx triaD]

LOL Guy commentators totally patronizing the chicks.

[RoXer]

I know

[Kalyx triaD]

Kayane pulls off a super on recovery which is a feat in itself and the dudes are projecting:

"Yeah, she probably didn't imagine she could do that."

And they seemed generally amazed that she had a good poke game, whereas it wouldn't have been a subject if a dude was doing it.

I'd do Kayane, though. Novelty.

[Funky Fly]

lol

Feel bad for laughing at all the patronizing, but only because those chicks would smoke me in a game.

[RoXer]

MvC3 is very fast [/obvious]

[Funky Fly]

Game looks fucking sexy.

[RoXer]

Here goes

[Funky Fly]

lol usa chant.

[RoXer]

Fucking Infiltraion completely blew it.

[RoXer]

k good

[Funky Fly]

Did the stream freeze for anyone else?

[RoXer]

crash

[Funky Fly]

Gay. Did notice the number of viewers spiked tho.

[RoXer]

Daigo advances

[Funky Fly]

Fuck, missed it.

[RoXer]

Makes my matches against Drakul look like childs play

[RoXer]

Come on Akuma

[Funky Fly]

Wow.

[RoXer]

Stop teleporting, idiot

[Funky Fly]

HERE WE GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[Funky Fly]

noooooooooooooooooooooo stream crash

[Funky Fly]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK stream is dead

[RoXer]

Awesome

[RoXer]

Daigo won. Undefeated

[alvarado52]

You guys are such nerds.

[Funky Fly]

You guys are such nerds.

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[alvarado52]

you stretched out my browser, Funky Fly.

[Funky Fly]

I'll stretch out your asshole with my giant <s>BANHAMMER</s> BANPENIS

[Funky Fly]

BECUZ U R B&!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BAMPERSANDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Funky Fly]

Anyone wanna play Street Fighter?

[alvarado52]

god, did you really have to go there? Um, sure...gimme like 20 minutes, im still unpacking from my vaca.

[alvarado52]

yeah this internet thing may turn out to be a real bitch...

[RoXer]

Restart your router, check if you've dowloaded all recent windows updates

[Funky Fly]

Fuck. That session was horrible. I have never botched and whiffed so much in my life. Even that fight I actually won was because I whiffed what I was trying to do and somehow Roxy just jumped into it. Fight with Akuma should have been cake (no offence to Roxy) because almost all my fights with T Hawk always seem to be with Akuma or Ryu.

[alvarado52]

Restart your router, check if you've dowloaded all recent windows updates

motherfucker, dont come at me with such simplistic solutions. 'Restart your router'...

[Kalyx triaD]

Times are a changin...

Here's the line-up for this year's Evo Fighting Game Tournament:

• Super Street Fighter 4 (AE DLC if available in time)
• Marvel vs. Capcom 3
• Tekken 6
• BlazBlue Continuum Shift
• Mortal Kombat 9

I'd be surprised if HD Remix didn't get added, but otherwise this is a very interesting line-up and should be more interesting overall. Ed Boon can pretty much die knowing he got the last laugh.

[Kalyx triaD]

Double checked, there is no HD Remix.

[Kalyx triaD]

We know lots of you want to see as much of the “big two” (Super Street Fighter IV and Marvel vs. Capcom 3) as possible, and others of you want to see the full breadth of games on the EVO roster. For the first time this year, EVO is providing multiple simultaneous streams to truly provide the full EVO experience to our viewers.

EVO Stream 1

Our flagship stream, produced by Team Spooky, will broadcast Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition on Friday and Marvel vs. Capcom 3 on Saturday. The stream will cover these tournaments start to finish, from the qualifying pools to the quarterfinal and semi final brackets, culminating in the top 8 players of all tournament games on Sunday.

EVO Stream 2

Offcast and FinestKO are teaming up to bring you our second tournament stream, which will broadcast the Tekken 6 and BlazBlue Continuum Shift 2 tournaments on Friday, and the Mortal Kombat 9 tournament on Saturday. Here too you won’t miss any tournament action! We will stick with each tournament from the qualifying pools all the way to the top 8 players.

EVO After Hours Stream

Of course, there’s a lot more competitive juice at EVO besides the official tournaments. To give you the full EVO experience, Iplaywinner.com will bring you special after hours content, featuring grudge matches between top players in a special, invite-only event. This stream will start shortly after our offical broadcast ends, and run until the IPW crew conks out or when we run out of alcohol, whichever comes first.

[Fignuts]

lol MK at evo

Very shocked that there is no HD Remix.

Or 3rd Strike for that matter, given it's upcoming online release.

[Kalyx triaD]

3s been off the ticket for a while, I think.

[Kalyx triaD]

I'll just put this here. Fighting gamer dame (and last year's EVO women's champ) Kayane interviews Namco's Harada about upcoming projects. She speaks French so her English is choppy, but there's subtitles.

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[Kalyx triaD]

OP updated with the main streams. AE pools began. MK going on in the second stream.

[RoXer]

Anyone catching any of this? I've been watching off and on today. On right now

[Kalyx triaD]

Caught some SSF4 stuff but that's it. More interested in announcements and Japs playing MvC3.

[Boomer]

Watched the last few hours; will be watching tons throughout the weekend.

[Blitz]

Watched off and on today, both the SSF4 and MK streams. Saw some good stuff.

[Kalyx triaD]

OP updated with schedule. Sorry for late graphic.

[Blitz]

Watching the MVC3 stream. Never seen so much Magneto and Sentinel.

[Kalyx triaD]

They better get their jollies now...

[Blitz]

Some 8 year old kid tearing it up.

[RoXer]

Missed it. Would love to see youtube vids of it

[Boomer]

He has supposedly won three matches on the stream today. The one I saw was against the dude running MODOK, Thor, and Viewtiful Joe, so I was kinda rooting against him. The kid was pretty predictable, but knew his combos and would beat the hell out of a lot of people.

[Boomer]

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[RoXer]

lolllll

[Blitz]

Seeing the chat next to the streaming is making my IQ go down.

[Kalyx triaD]

Amazing kid.

[RoXer]

justin wong

[Blitz]

Yeah that was hot.

[RoXer]

meanwhile, marn lost to like 4 different dark phoenixes and it looks like hes about to shoot up the place

cant blame him

[Blitz]

Jesus Christ, Sanford Kelly just got raped. Pure and utter destruction.

[RoXer]

actually, clockwork just got raped

[Blitz]

He had kind of an amazing Doom earlier in the day. No idea where that went.

[Blitz]

Fuck Phoenix, btw. Total bullshit character. Deserves every nerf she gets in Ultimate.

[Kalyx triaD]

Blazblue is done. Good match. Tekken coming up.

[Kalyx triaD]

Tekken finals and Tag 2 exhibition was nice. And now...

MORTAL KOMBAT!

[Kalyx triaD]

This is fucking hype.

[Blitz]

Mileena/Liu was hot.

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah, that was good.

[Kalyx triaD]

Reptile's tricky Had no idea Cage was that strong, either.

[Kalyx triaD]

Crowd loves the Fatalities.

[Blitz]

The dude with the saltshaker

[Kalyx triaD]

Maybe the first occurrence of signs at a fighting game event.

[Blitz]

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Heartbreaker. Hilarious, hilarious heartbreaker.

[RoXer]

getting sick of this dude with mileena

[Blitz]

Yeah def hoping for Perfect Legend to take it.

[Kalyx triaD]

Cyrax looking like a bad pick.

[Blitz]

Nice final.

[Kalyx triaD]

Perfect Legend wins it. Story book stuff here.

[RoXer]

So far, every winner has been absolutely stoic showing no emotion once they win.

[Kalyx triaD]

lol at the MK Championship belt. And the guy talking shit the whole time. "Need a ring girl."

[Blitz]

Is there supposed to be a break before MVC3?

[RoXer]

think so

[Blitz]

Ah they're doing a 3rd Strike exhibition. Nice.

[Kalyx triaD]

"Blah blah blah, this is better than SF4, blah blah."

Okay we get it.

[Blitz]

MVC3 about to go.

[Kalyx triaD]

Otherwise known as the Last Hurrah of Exploitative Players.

[RoXer]

So far a lot more emotion when they win in MvC3

[Blitz]

Combofiend killing the hell out of Phoenix <3

[Blitz]

Justin WOng looking like he's about to cry.

[RoXer]

Justin Wong looking very sweaty

[Blitz]

JWong just got owned.

[RoXer]

TRONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[RoXer]

WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

[Blitz]

Holy shit nice finish.

[RoXer]

ssf4ae starting

[Blitz]

So much more fun to watch than any other game this weekend.

[Blitz]

Fuckin dirty Viper Wolfkrone's got there.

[RoXer]

but he lost :(

[Blitz]

Daigo just got bodied. Jesus.

[RoXer]

Daigo just got schooled

[Blitz]

These finals are intense, good God.

[RoXer]

that fuudoo ultra to win was good

[Blitz]

Damn, Daigo's Yun is no Daigo's Ryu. Reckless fucking up kicks all over the place.

[Blitz]

Kind of a one sided final match. Still, hype finals.

[Drakul]

Proof Daigo is nothing unless he uses a highly advantaged beginner character like Ryu.

When you're considered to be one of the best, if not THE best and you get perfected by someone using Seth, that's got to tell you something.

[Blitz]

A good Seth is nightmarish, as Poongko proved. Yeah, hit him a couple of times and he's more or less done, but the trick is hitting him in the first place.

I was thoroughly impressed with pretty much all the Viper play I saw. Didn't know she could be that good.

[Kalyx triaD]

Honestly, Yun is the best character in the game right now. Next to Fei.

[Kalyx triaD]

The official tournament games for EVO 2012:

Super Street Fighter Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Soul Calibur 5
Mortal Kombat 9
King of Fighters 13
Street Fighter X Tekken

They don't know how they're gonna run SFxT. With a team mode and gems I figure they gotta think about that. I love that SoulCalibur V made it in, and KoF13 deserves this.

[Drakul]

It's not EVO related but it's as good a thread as any. Capcom are holding a "Fight Club" in Edinburgh on the 14th. I'm not totally sure but I'm thinking I might go down and see if I can take anyone on at SSFIV. I could win a custom arcade cabinet that's been modified to play PS3 games and there's free food and drink.

Plus I'll get to play SFxT and they'll give out a special title for myself in SSFIVAE that I can only get by attending the event.

[RoXer]

do it

practice first though

[Kalyx triaD]

You lucky fuck - play as much SFxT as possible and do share. It might be the Gem system build as well.

[Drakul]

I'm leaning towards going but it depends on a few other things as well. If I do go, I'll be playing SFxT as much as I can and reporting back.

Here's the announcement for it, it runs from 19:30 to 0:30:
The third date of the Fight Club tour will be taking place on 14th January 2012 in Edinburgh at the The Caves, Niddry Street South!

It’ll be a packed evening of the latest builds of Street Fighter x Tekken and Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3, plus Street Fighter III: Third Strike and Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition. Entry is free, and there will be free food and drink!

We’ll have an awesome DJ playing amazing videogame-them…ed mash up music and everyone who attends can enter a free prize draw to win a Viewlix Arcade Cabinet converted to run PS3 games! There will also be the chance to win some amazing A3 sized art prints and if you give us you PSN/Gamer Tag you can get an exclusive title for your profile on Super Street Fighter IV!

So save the date, mark your calendars and come and have a fight! Arrive early to avoid disappointment, there were huge numbers at the first Fight Club in London. Also due to the alcohol available this is for over 18s only.

[RoXer]

go dude

[Emperor Smeat]

:wtf: "latest builds of Street Fighter x Tekken and Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3"

So Capcom is going to be making another edition of MvC 3 or made a slip up considering the game is already available unlike SFxT?

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah I seen that but figured it was a typo.

[Kalyx triaD]

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SFxT tournament will be full four player fights. No singles.

[Blitz]

Hate that. Stupid.

[Kalyx triaD]

I dig it.

[Kalyx triaD]

Now for the full schedule, in PDT because the tournament is taking place in Las Vegas. Streams are separated as Gameplay 1, Gameplay 2, and Panels/Interviews.


Friday (July 6)

Gameplay 1

8AM-6PM (PDT) - Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Pools

6PM-6:30PM (PDT) - PlayStation All-Stars Exhibition

6:30PM-8PM (PDT) - Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Quarterfinal Bracket

8PM-11PM (PDT) - Super Street Fighter IV: Semifinal Bracket

Gameplay 2

8AM-2PM (PDT) - King Of Fighters XIII Pools

2PM-4PM (PDT) - Soul Calibur V Pools

4PM-6PM (PDT) - Soul Calibur V Quarterfinal Bracket

6PM-8PM (PDT) - Soul Calibur V Semifinal Bracket

8PM-9PM (PDT) - Mortal Kombat 9 US vs EU 5 on 5 Battle

Panels & Interviews

12PM-2PM (PDT) - The Level Up Experience

2PM-4PM (PDT) - Sony Panel

4PM-6PM (PDT) - Capcom Panel

6PM-7PM (PDT) - UltraChen TV

Saturday (July 7)

Gameplay 1

8AM-6PM (PDT) - Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Pools

6PM-8PM (PDT) - Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Quarterfinal Bracket

8PM-11PM (PDT) - Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Semifinal Bracket

12AM-1AM (PDT) - ST Tournament of Legends

Gameplay 2

8AM-10AM (PDT) - King of Fighters XIII Pools

10AM-12PM (PDT) - King of Fighters XIII Quarterfinal Bracket

12PM-4PM (PDT) - King of Fighters XIII Semifinal Bracket

4PM-6PM (PDT) - Mortal Kombat 9 Quarterfinal Bracket

6PM-10PM (PDT) - Mortal Kombat 9 Semifinal Bracket

Panels & Interviews

10AM-12PM (PDT) - Indie Game Devs

2PM-4PM (PDT) - Sony Panel

4PM-6PM (PDT) - Assist Me!

6PM-8PM (PDT) - Street Fighter Documentaries

Sunday (July 8)

Gameplay 1

10AM-11:30AM (PDT) - Soul Calibur V Finals

11:30AM-1PM (PDT) - Street Fighter X Tekken Finals

1PM-3PM (PDT) - Mortal Kombat Finals

3PM-5:30PM (PDT) - King of Fighters XIII Finals

5:30PM-7PM (PDT) - Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Finals

7PM-8PM (PDT) - EVO 2012 Special Awards

8PM-10PM (PDT) - Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Finals

[Kalyx triaD]

From Friday:

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[Kalyx triaD]

The lineup for 2013 has been revealed:

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Mortal Kombat 9
Street Fighter X Tekken v2013
King of Fighters 13
Persona 4 Arena

SoulCalibur V dropped, but Persona should be interesting.

[Kalyx triaD]

http://media.eventhubs.com/images/2013/06/24_evoschedule01.jpg

[Drakul]

Do they ever have a sort of "Iron man" contest? I'm not sure how it would work but everyone playing everything for some kind of "ultimate" 1st place.

[Kalyx triaD]

No, that would be kinda goofy.

But there are people who play multiple games.

[Kalyx triaD]

Smash Bros Melee is on finals now. Injustice, Marvel, and SSF4 finals today.

[Kalyx triaD]

http://evo.shoryuken.com/2013/07/14/evolution-2013-finals-everything-you-need-to-know/

[Extreme Angle]

Never really been much into fighters tbh, but been watching EVO matched for past hour... They are amazing.

[Blitz]

Pretty much all of the SFIV finals were hype, except the Akuma/Akuma mirror match.

[Boomer]

Mirror matches are pretty boring across the board, but yeah that the match that I tuned out for the most. I actually turned it off for the final, just because I was 95% sure Xian had it in the bag and it was already getting really late.

Think this was my fifth year watching EVO. I've managed to watch more and more streams each year. Now I almost watch at least an hour of every major.

[Kalyx triaD]

Can't believe I found myself cheering for Justin Wong but he earned my respect. Injustice's final match with Superman vs Doomsday was poetic in a way. KoF13 was awesome. Tekken Tag 2 was cool, too.

Love seeing Jin being used for finals in SFxT. Lots of stuff I need to rock.

[Kalyx triaD]

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--dGOrzreg--/tik0vdzhx9sjwnqxodz1.png

[Taft]

I can't believe Daigo got eliminated by John Choi. This Evo is all kinds of crazy. 2 Giefs in the Top 8 and one of them is a pad player.

[Taft]

Marvel pools are boring. Zero/Vergil everywhere

[Kalyx triaD]

lol Yeah.

[Drakul]

I'm not following this but whoever is playing as Zangief with a pad has my full support.

http://i.imgur.com/Fzffgrv.gif

[Taft]

I think the finals are going to end up being Fei vs. Fei anyway. I would bust one thousand nuts if pad Gief won evo

[Kalyx triaD]

Blazblue final was fucking epic. Definitely fit for narrative recollection.

[Kalyx triaD]

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_original/dowdrga5h2wtikeuu70h.png

[Kalyx triaD]

People getting blown up this year. Japan struggling more than usual.

[Kalyx triaD]

Oops. Here ya go:

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/1344689553607139248.png

[Kalyx triaD]

EVO 2016 Game Line Up

Street Fighter 5
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Bayonetta and Corrin will be legal)
Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-
Mortal Kombat X
Pokkén Tournament (c'mon now)
Killer Instinct
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Tekken 7

[road doggy dogg]

lol pokken tournament

[Kalyx triaD]

EVO 2017 Lineup

- Street Fighter 5 (Sunday Finals)
- Guilty Gear Revelator 2
- Smash Bros. for Wii U (Sunday Finals)
- Smash Bros. Melee
- Injustice 2
- BlazBlue: Central Fiction (Sunday Finals)
- Tekken 7 (Sunday Finals)
- King of Fighters 14
- Players' choice based on community donation to charity (Sunday Finals)

[Kalyx triaD]

https://media.eventhubs.com/images/2019/02/26_evogamelineup01.jpg

Best line up in years. No Melee.

[Fignuts]

Look at all those core values.

[Kalyx triaD]

I'm 90% certain Under Night is taking DOA6's place.