euklyd Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) EVO 2015 YO GUYS. Some of you may remember the biggest Smash tournament ever, Apex 2015, and the thread I made for it. Well, it has officially been replaced, as EVO 2015 has something stupid like ~1800 entrants for each of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Melee. In this thread I will be covering like, three things: A) Some background. B) Stream schedules. C) Storylines going into the tournament. [spoiler=Background Info]EVO is a longrunning fighting game tournament (like, 15 years old at this point or something), and this year has nine (9) games in its lineup:Guilty Gear Xrd Killer Instinct Mortal Kombat X Persona 4 Arena the Ultimax Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Super Smash Bros. Melee Tekken 7 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and Ultra Street Fighter IV This year marks the first time that Smash will have two different games at EVO; Melee is returning for its third consecutive year, and Smash 4 is making its first appearance (obviously). This is also the second year that this tournament has the official support of Nintendo.Both games have pools and quarterfinals on Friday. Smash 4 has semifinals and Grand Finals on Saturday, Melee has semifinals on Saturday and Grand Finals on Sunday, with the other four top billed games.EDIT: SSB4 Crew Battle happening Thursday, 9 p.m. PST. Stream Link. Melee Salty Suite happening Saturday, 9 p.m. PST - Bizzarro Flame vs. Kage at 10. Stream Link (probably?). [spoiler=Stream Schedule, sorted by game + links to streams]http://www.twitch.tv/srkevo1http://www.twitch.tv/srkevo2http://www.twitch.tv/srkevo3http://www.twitch.tv/srkevo4http://www.twitch.tv/srkevo5http://www.twitch.tv/srkevo6http://www.twitch.tv/srkevo7http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters [spoiler=SSB4 Storylines]At Apex 2015, Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios (, ) established himself as the undisputed best at Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, winning the tournament with his Diddy Kong, and only dropping a single game across the entire 1000+ player bracket. Since then, he has won every tournament he's entered, and has only dropped one set, to a Luigi player, after the Diddy nerfs. These days, he's largely switched to Sheik, and we've yet to see his Sheik lose a set. His dominance is such that at CEO (and I believe EVO as well) there's a $500 bounty to eliminate him from the tournament.Dabuz (, ) took second place at Apex; among other accomplishments, he eliminated Mew2King's Diddy with his Olimar, cementing in the minds of many that Olimar was a contender to be taken seriously, but nevertheless ZeRo beat his Olimar fairly effortlessly. Since then he's been considered #2 at points, but recently has been overshadowed by his regional rival, Nairo, and lost out at CEO to ESAM before once again being eliminated by Nairo. From the same region as Dabuz, Nairo (, , ), lost out at Apex, but since then has dedicated serious time and effort to improving, especially his Zero Suit Samus. His Robin and Pit / Dark Pit, all seldom seen in tourneys, are also quite fearsome, despite their relatively low positions on tier lists. Recently, he's been convincingly beating almost everyone but ZeRo, including taking second place at CEO a couple weeks ago, and in my mind he's likely the "best of the rest."ESAM (, ) has been largely absent from most tournaments, but his Pikachu is a force to be reckoned with, especially in a customs environment. While he lost out at CEO to ZeRo and then Larry Lurr, he was one of the few people to take a game off of ZeRo. With customs on, he's likely to do better, owing to his demonstrated ability to bait out aerials/airdodges he can punish hard with Heavy Skull Bash. He also has a pocket Samus that was able to take a game from Larry Lurr's Fox, before being counterpicked and eliminated by Luigi. idk I'm getting kinda tired of writing these, especially when I know there are other, better write-ups I can link you to.Other players to watch out for: - Larry Lurr (, ) is largely ignored, but his Fox is imo incredible and probably the best there is...and he has a solid Luigi as well. - Mr. R () is a widely considered to be one of the best Sheiks in the world, but we don't get to see much of him, as he lives in the Netherlands. He recently got taken out early by MVD and Larry Lurr at CEO, so it seems like he might not be as much of a threat as people think of him as. - If FOW () is gonna be at EVO, his Ness is quite strong, although he was taken out quite solidly by ZeRo at DVDA #5 Grand Finals. - Unfortunately, Mew2King is missing EVO this year, due to health struggles and hand pains. - AND OF COURSE, OUR VERY OWN PKL () will be at EVO this year... I think. If other people have ideas for smashers who should be on this list, gimme a blurb and I'll put them up. [spoiler=Melee Storylines]EDIT: TeamLiquid has a better write-up; go read it. The two-time reigning champion of Melee at EVO, Cloud 9 | Mang0 (, ), bombed yet another Apex this year. However, historically this has been followed by him taking things more seriously and kicking ass at EVO in the following summer. His other accomplishments are so numerous I don't feel inclined to list them all. This year, however, he's been having major troubles since Armada broke out his incredible Fox, which has forced Mang0 vs. Armada sets into counterpick wars, as Mang0 hates both the Fox ditto and Falco/Peach matchup. Recently, it seems as though Mang0 decided to suck it up and learn the Fox ditto, but it remains to be seen if he'll be able to master it enough before EVO. Mang0 has also had some major difficulties against the up-and-coming challenger Leffen.Armada (, ), a Swedish player known for his incredible Peach, retired several years back after a period of dominance. Since his return to the scene, he's probably been winning the most, however, he's yet to win a major tournament. He recently picked up Fox, after deciding that the overall skill level had improved to a point where solo-maining Peach simply was no longer viable, and this kicked off an incredibly strong showing this year, including finishing second at Apex, losing to PPMD after eliminating both Mang0 and Leffen.Hungrybox (), the best Jigglypuff in the world, recently announced his impending retirement, as he is starting at a new job shortly. He'll be looking to take one last tournament before he bows out, but given his trouble against other top players such as Mang0, Armada, and Leffen, it's doubtful that he'll be able to win this last super-major.Mew2King (, ), the oldest of the five "Melee Gods," will be missing EVO 2015 due to hand problems, so that leaves only PPMD (, ). The most reclusive of the gods, PPMD seldom attends tournaments due to his own struggles with depression and other things, but nevertheless has managed to win Apex two years running, despite attending extremely few tournaments. He's kind of a wildcard at this EVO, but it would be foolish to count him out after he clutched out his second Apex in a row earlier this year. Lastly, the up-and-coming challenger Leffen () has been dominating the tournaments he's attended recently this summer, convincingly beating out the likes of Armada and Mang0 without dropping a set at CEO, FC Return, and What the Fox?, and so is going into EVO as the leading favorite to take the tournament. Another Swede, Leffen only won his first major tournament in December? of 2014, but went on to take 3rd place at Apex, losing to PPMD in Winner's Finals and being eliminated by Armada immediately afterwards, however he solidly beat Mew2King and Mango, and did put up great fights vs Armada and PPMD. In the tournaments after Apex, however, he had some major difficulties as Armada's Fox seemed to be unstoppable, and it looked as though he might have been doomed to fade back into Armada's shadow again. Clearly, that is not the case; Leffen's Fox is stronger than ever, and he looks set to win his first super-national tournament. Other players to watch out for: - aMSa () did extraordinarily well at Apex, as his Yoshi performed at levels we had not known were possible, making top 8 before narrowly losing to Mang0 in game 5 of their set. While he only recently won his first tournament in Japan, he's historically performed quite well at US tourneys. - The NorCal Three: PewPewU (), Shroomed (), and SFAT (), are all top-15? players matched very closely, and hold a special spot in my heart due to being from the best region on Earth, objectively speaking. PewPewU and Shroomed especially did quite well at Apex 2015, with Shroomed beating out M2K in Sheik dittos to make it top top-8. Again, if anyone has suggestions/corrections, lemme know and I'll add them. Results will be added to either this post or the next post as they happen. [spoiler=Results][spoiler=Melee]1. Alliance|Armada (Fox, Peach) 2. Liquid|Hungrybox (Jigglypuff) 3. EG|PPMD (Marth, Falco) 4. PG|Plup (Sheik, Samus) (!) 5. TSM|Leffen (Fox) 5. C9|Mango (Fox, Falco) 7. Tempo|Axe (Pikachu) 7. MH|ChuDat (Ice Climbers) somewhere in top 16 (!): KENbracket [spoiler=Smash 4]ZeRo won the entire thing without dropping a single game holy shit is this man even human 1. ZeRo (Sheik, Diddy Kong) 2. LLL|Mr. R (Sheik) 3. Nairo (Zero Suit Samus) 4. ASA|Abadango (Wario, Pac-Man, Rosalina & Luma) 5. Boreal|Ally (Mario, Marth) 5. IQHQ|DaBuz (Rosalina & Luma, Olimar) 7. PG|Esam (Pikachu) 7. GW|FOW (Ness) can't actually find a bracket at this moment wtf EDIT: I suck at updating thread titles Edited July 20, 2015 by Euklyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) I think you mean Armada got second at Apex. :p Mango and Esam have to defend America now. Living in a world where Leffen is the best would be depressing. As for ZeRo in Smash 4, his continuing reign has become boring at this point. Good luck to you, PKL. Edited July 15, 2015 by Comet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euklyd Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 I think you mean Armada got second at Apex. :p Mango and Esam have to defend America now. Living in a world where Leffen is the best would be depressing. As for ZeRo in Smash 4, his continuing reign has become boring at this point. Good luck to you, PKL. whoops, thanks also idk man, ZeRo said that he's switching to Melee for a year if he wins EVO this year; that sounds cool to me also also I was told recently that PKL is maybe not actually going this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDRHAWK Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 CAN'T WAIT FOR LORDKNIGHT TO GET SECOND AT YET ANOTHER BIG TOURNEY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euklyd Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 probably the best and most thorough EVO 2015 predictions writeup I've seen yet: http://pastebin.com/vSGJuNbW just wanted to share Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeDusk Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I was worried my shifts for this week were going to conflict with EVO. I don't think that's going to be the case, however! If anything is going to, it's my sleep schedule I'm rooting for you, Hungrybox! Show these 20xx sheep that you're not someone to be slept on Also, how come you didn't mention Bill Trinen, Euk? He's playing Smash 4 in EVO this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) RIP Armada IDK - 2015. The stupid Americans were right; there are polar bears in Sweden! Leffen is probably going to take it though lol. Edited July 15, 2015 by Comet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadGame Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 No Project M? That's too bad, but perhaps there were legal issues or something. I'll definitely watch Smash 4 and might check out some Melee and Mortal Kombat. (Although I don't find Melee too interesting to watch.) Anyways, thanks for posting that schedule. Will come in handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euklyd Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 I was worried my shifts for this week were going to conflict with EVO. I don't think that's going to be the case, however! If anything is going to, it's my sleep schedule I'm rooting for you, Hungrybox! Show these 20xx sheep that you're not someone to be slept on Also, how come you didn't mention Bill Trinen, Euk? He's playing Smash 4 in EVO this year "shit I knew I forgot something" EXCEPT I HAVE AN EXCUSE No Project M? That's too bad, but perhaps there were legal issues or something. I'll definitely watch Smash 4 and might check out some Melee and Mortal Kombat. (Although I don't find Melee too interesting to watch.) Anyways, thanks for posting that schedule. Will come in handy. yes, legal issues generally THAT BEING SAID there's an unofficial PM side event Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeDusk Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 "shit I knew I forgot something" EXCEPT I HAVE AN EXCUSE Yeah, I read that earlier. Saddening. Understandable, but saddening. Maybe next year is the year of Trintroll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florete Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 #paynairo Gonna watch Sm4sh, might watch top 8 or something of Melee but that's not a priority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowofchaos Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Maaan. If I was still living in Vegas I could have had the opportunity to get my butt kicked by a famous smasher. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euklyd Posted July 16, 2015 Author Share Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) OKAY SO two things: 1) Salty Suite: 9 p.m. Saturday (PST) -- This is for Melee; it sounds like SSB4 Salty Suite was cancelled...HOWEVER, WE GET SOMETHING BETTER: 2) SSB4 CREW BATTLE: Thursday 9 p.m. (PST) [spoiler=The Lineup]EAST COAST: Captain: SH iQHQ | juice.Max Ketchum 1) SH LoF False 2) Boreal_Ally 3) Nairo 4) iQHQ Dabuz 5) PQ MVD 6) Shaky 7) iQHQ Vinnie 8) SH iQHQ DA DKwill Sub 1: Tweek Sub 2: ANTi WEST COAST: Captain: Sky Williams1) NME Tyrant2) ZeRo3) LarryLurr4) PG SFA SS5) Aerolink6) SS Mr. ConCon7) Xzax8) GW FOW Sub 1: Imp Ito Sub 2: 4GG K9sbruce EDIT: almost forgot; link to the crew battle is http://www.twitch.tv/goukitv EDIT2: remembered to add stream link to OP, also added a better EVO 2015 Melee write-up Edited July 17, 2015 by Euklyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnell Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I don't have a fancy write up, and I haven't followed tournaments super closely, but from what I've seen Ally has done really well with his Mario. He was a huge name in Brawl, and is probably the best Mario main in SSB4. He's placed well and won a lot of SSB4 tourneys, and has taken down a lot of other highly regarded players. I expect he'll do pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I really hope Triple R (the best Kirby main) and some other low tier mains make it out of pools. I hope they get to be on stream, too, but I don't want to be asking for too much. Some Link mains will probably make it through a round or two of pools, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euklyd Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 wtf is it starting a half hour late Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Sage Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 larry lurr vs Nakat! this is gonna be good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sentacotus Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I plan to watch me some Ultra Street Fighter IV and Smash 4. Hopefully my work schedule will line up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euklyd Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 "I''m gonna be a little bitch the whole time." -- both crew battle commentators Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) "WC Give Up" It's a shame Esam won't be there. He's one of the few sm4sh players I can enjoy watching. NAKAT TOOK 8 STOCKS LOL Edited July 17, 2015 by Comet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Sage Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 man west coast is getting rekt lol seeing jtails play was great. HOO HAH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florete Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Damn, I was playing Bioshock Infinite. What did I miss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Sage Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Damn, I was playing Bioshock Infinite. What did I miss? ec vs wc. so far ec is winning by 7 stocks. nakat took 8 of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) nakat took 8 stocks and jtails took 4. the stock count right now is 19-12 in favor of east coast (aka the better one). xzax, tyrant, larrylurr/dehf, and one other poor soul are gone now. Edited July 17, 2015 by Comet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Sage Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) For a really hard Match up, FOW did really well. And East coast wins! I wanted to see Nairo lol Edited July 17, 2015 by Ice Sage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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