EVO 2013 - Fighting Game Championship - Page 240

On July 15 2013 14:38 GTR wrote:


i planned to go on exchange in america for one thing, to watch football.
now i have a second agenda, to watch evo live.

whats even more awesome is that as long as fighting games exist, evo will run along with it.

On July 15 2013 14:48 FACENC wrote:
Um, Gen is not a low-tier character guys. Not in any way. He is one of the top 5 characters in the game easily, and has been for a long time. He just has a high execution barrier which is why most players don't use him.

On July 15 2013 14:51 Truefire wrote:
Really new to the fighting game scene but I loved every moment of EVO. What is the next major tournament for games like MvC or Street fighter?

On July 15 2013 14:51 Truefire wrote:
Really new to the fighting game scene but I loved every moment of EVO. What is the next major tournament for games like MvC or Street fighter?

On July 15 2013 15:14 Koenig99 wrote:


Typically, the biggest event to follow EVO every year is Season's Beatings in October. Then the rotation goes:

January: SoCal Regionals
February: Winter Brawl
March: Final Round
April: NorCal Regionals
May: UFGT
June: CEO
July: EVO again

On July 15 2013 14:58 scintilliaSD wrote:
Nothing else in the greater eSports scene can even come close to Evolution's hype every year. Awesome storylines were formed throughout the course of three days, and it'll continue to remain the milestone for the fighting game community until next year.

Time to set my clock for next year's event.

On July 15 2013 15:13 hyptonic wrote:
The only time of year I watch kof, all the anime games, and now melee

so sad every year

On July 15 2013 15:23 Scribble wrote:
This was my first year at EVO after years of stream monstering and it's now on my yearly travel calender. It's electrifying. I've never jumped into the air so hard to cheer and shout that I flipped a chair before Justin's games vs Chris G. And then Infiltration's pocket Hakan - fucking wow. 3 days of constant hype, making new friends, betting, and competing.

The only comparison I can think to draw to give everyone an idea of the hype live is imagine a room bigger than the hall at MLG Anaheim 2011, more packed, and going more apeshit than that crowd during the KESPA tournament intro ceremony, and imagine that happening roughly every couple minutes on finals Sunday.

Did the house mics pick up everyone chanting "Tee" every time Akuma threw an air fireball?

Seriously, if you've ever even considered maybe going to EVO, go. Just go. Even if you're new to the FGC scene and don't know much about the games or the players, people will happily explain things to you. They'll open your eyes to something really awesome. The worst part is that for 3 days it's like heaven and then the last hit of the last grand finals, when everyone is going the most ballistic, and that's the end of the event for the year. The best part? You walk away with new friends, you walk away wanting to support your local scene, and wanting to turn up at other majors. For the most part you can say the same for SC2 tournaments, but EVO is in its own ballpark from anything else, SC2 or fighting games.

I'm starting to ramble so Io finish up:: anything going on tonight or tomorrow? Any after parties tonight? Tomorrow I have to kill a bunch of time until a 10:30pm pst red eye.

On July 15 2013 15:27 GTR wrote:


Does SBO still operate? Or it doesn't have the amount of hype it should deserve because it's a Japanese tournament?