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2017 Evolution Championship Series
Tournament information
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
DatesJuly 14–16, 2017
Venue(s)Mandalay Bay Events Center
Final positions
Champions
  • SSBM: Adam "Armada" Lindgren
  • Injustice 2: Ryan "Dragon" Walker
  • GGXrdR2: Omito Hashimoto
  • KOF 14: Jiahong "E.T." Lin
Tournament statistics
Attendance~10,000
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The 2017 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2017 or EVO 2017) is a fighting game event held in Las Vegas on July 14–16. It is the twenty-first installment of the long-running Evolution Championship Series. The event offers tournaments for various video games, including Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, and Injustice 2. Over 10,000 people registered for the event with Tekken 7 receiving double the amount of players from the previous year.

Venue

Contrast to the previous year's event which took place in two venues, Evo 2017 takes place in the Mandalay Bay Events Center for all three days of the event.[1]

Games

The nine games played at Evo 2017 were announced in January 2017 during a special announcement stream on Twitch.tv, with event co-founder Joey Cuellar discussing the inclusion of each game. The games set to be contested consisted of new releases, FGC contemporaries, and updated releases. New additions included BlazBlue: Central Fiction, The King of Fighters XIV, and Injustice 2 while Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 would replace Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-. [2][3] A major change among the Smash community is that Super Smash Bros. Melee's finals would be moved to the prime time spot on Saturday, contrast to its Sunday spot in the previous years.[4] A ninth game, a Player's Choice title, was later won by Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, after having donated the most money for Make-A-Wish International via Generosity.com.[5]

The nine games competed at Evo 2017 were:[2]

In an interview with PVP Live's Amanda Stevens, veteran Super Street Fighter II Turbo player and commentator, James Chen had mixed opinions regarding the lineup praising Guilty Gear and BlazBlue's simultaneous inclusion while criticizing the Player's Choice game.[6] Although Pokkén Tournament lost the Make-A-Wish Foundation poll, in recognition of the Pokkén scenes passion for their game as shown by being the second most funded fighting game; Joey Cuellar offered $10,000 for pot bonuses towards various tournaments surrounding the game.[7]

Side events

As with the previous two years, the AnimEVO series of side tournaments, which is dedicated to airdasher fighting games will be at the event with more than sixteen fighting games to compete in including Catherine, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R, Under Night In-Birth EXE: Late as well as former EVO titles Persona 4 Arena Ultimax and Pokkén Tournament.[8][9] Other side events for games like Super Street Fighter II Turbo[9] and the upcoming Dragon Ball FighterZ have also been confirmed.[10]

Participants

The Evolution Championship Series has historically been the largest fighting game tournament in the world, allowing free registration for anyone who wants to compete. Registration for the event closed on July 1, which Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar had announced the final registration numbers. The three largest games from last year: Street Fighter V, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and Super Smash Bros. Melee have all seen decreases in numbers with the games going from 5107 to 2622, 2662 to 1515, and 2372 to 1435 respectively.[11][12] In contrast, Tekken 7 doubled in entrant numbers receiving over 1,200 entrants which is commonly associated with the release of the title's console version. [13]

Evo 2017 has received over 10,000 attendees in competition.[12]

Broadcasting

It was announced that ESPN2 would once again broadcast the finals of the Street Fighter V tournament on July 16 with Kevin Lopes stating "This final will provide no shortage of compelling competition, and we look forward to delivering this event to fans.".[14] The Super Smash Bros. for Wii U finals in addition to the aformentioned Street Fighter V finals will also be broadcast on Disney XD during the weekend.[15][16]

As every year, the entire tournament is streamed through the Twitch.tv streaming service. The tournament is broadcast across nine different streams: six Evo-run streams provide coverage of all games throughout the weekend, while Capcom runs its own stream that features additional coverage of Street Fighter V on Friday and Saturday, Namco provides a stream with additional coverage of Tekken 7 on Friday, while NetherRealm Studios provides a stream with additional coverage of Injustice 2.[17][9]

Reveals

On the first day of the event, Capcom revealed three nostalgic costumes (one for Alex, Ibuki, and Juri) and Ryu's classic Street Fighter II stage, Suzaku Castle.[18] They additionally announced a new stage called Ring of Pride as well as a new costume for Guile designed by Capcom Cup 2016 champion, Du "NuckleDu" Dang.[19]

Tournament summary

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Although the finals took place on Saturday, the Super Smash Bros. Melee event had as much excitement as the previous years. One notable upset was where fan favorite, William "Leffen" Hjelte was notably eliminated by Ryan "The Moon" Coker-Welch in a match to advance in Top 8 in Loser's Bracket. Adam "Armada" Lindgren would face off against Joseph "Mango" Marquez in the Winner's Finals with Armada sending Mango to Loser's Finals with a clean 3-0. In the Loser's Finals, Mango would face off against defending champion, Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma in a match that would ultimately result in Mango eliminating Hungrybox, sending him to the Grand Finals. In the Grand Finals, a runback from Winner's Finals, Armada would use his neutral game along with his edge game which would lead to him becoming the Evo 2017 champion defeating Mango 3-1 in the first set.[20][21][22]

The King of Fighters XIV

As with the previous years that the King of Fighters franchise was represented, which was with the thirteenth installment; the Evo 2017 King of Fighters XIV tournament had global talent represented in its Top 8 with six countries represented. The finals saw some upsets as the Evo 2013 champion and KOF XIV World Champion, Reynald Tacsuan and Murakami "M'" Masanobu respectively, were notably eliminated by Chia-Chen "ZJZ" Tseng and Ruber "Pako" Partida respectively. Ultimately, Taiwanese player and Evo 2014 3rd placer Chia-Hung Lin "E.T." Lin would become the champion after defeating the Evo 2014 champion, Zhuojun "Xiao Hai" Zeng of China with a 3-2 finish, having earned 60% of the $14,000 pot bonus.[23][24] His victory was attributed to a surprise character pick in which Goro Daimon was used.[25]


Prize pool

The Street Fighter V event has received a $50,000 pot bonus as part of the 2017 Capcom Pro Tour Season.[1] The King of Fighters XIV received a $14,000 bonus pot courtesy of SNK and Atlus.[26] Injustice 2 received a pot bonus of $50,000 as part of the Injustice 2 Pro Series by ESL Gaming.[27] Arc System Works and Aksys Games provided a $10,000 pot bonus each for Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 and BlazBlue: Central Fiction.[28]

Due to being the most donated fighting game for the Make-A-Wish Foundation crowdfunding, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 received a $10,000 pot bonus.[29]

Controversy

In a match between Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma and Zac "SFAT" Cordoni in Winner's Quarter-Finals, both players were issued a yellow card after Debiedma called his coach, Luis “Captain Crunch” Rosias over for advice; Gordon "G$" Connell mocked Debiedma by miming a coaching session with Cordoni, but this was somehow mistaken as an actual interaction between the two players. As both players were believed to have violated the "No Coaching After Pools" rule, lead EVO tournament organizer Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar let the match stand.[30][21]

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st Sweden Adam Lindgren [A]|Armada Peach
2nd United States Joseph Marquez C9|Mango Fox, Falco
3rd United States Juan Debiedma Liquid|Hungrybox Jigglypuff
4th United States Jason Zimmerman FOX.MVG|Mew2King Marth, Fox, Sheik, Peach
5th United States Joey Aldama Lucky Fox
5th United States Justin McGrath PG|Plup Sheik, Fox
7th United States Ryan Coker-Welch MSF|The Moon Marth
7th United States Zac Cordoni CLG|SFAT Fox
Injustice 2
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st United States Ryan Walker Noble|Dragon Aquaman, Poison Ivy
2nd Canada Tim Commandeur cR|HoneyBee Flash, Aquaman
3rd United States Jivan Karapetian FOX|Theo Superman
4th United States Andrew Fontanez Noble|Semiij Catwoman
5th United States Dominique McLean FOX|SonicFox Red Hood, Black Adam
5th Canada Alexandre Dubé-Bilodeau PG|Hayatei Robin, Batman
7th Bahrain Sayed Hashim Ahmed NASR|Tekken Master Atrocitus, Brainiac
7th United States Daris Daniel T7G|DR Gross Green Lantern, Black Adam
Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st Japan Omito Hashimoto KSB|Omito Johnny
2nd Japan /r/Kappa|T5M7 Leo
3rd Japan Tezuka Kazuyoshi Samitto Chipp
4th Japan Nage Faust
5th Japan Ryota Inoue GGP|Kazunoko Raven
5th Japan Kazumitsu Ippongi PurePure Jack-O'
7th Japan Hikaru Sato 310 Venom
7th Japan Fukuda Norihiro Teresa Jam
The King of Fighters XIV
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st Taiwan Chia-Hung Lin HuomaoTV|E.T. Leona/Daimon/Benimaru, Clark/Benimaru/Daimon, Billy/Leona/Benimaru, Meitenkun/Benimaru/Leona
2nd China Zhuojun Zeng DouyuTV|Xiao Hai Kula/Benimaru/Iori, Robert/Kula/Iori
3rd Mexico Luis Martinez KCO|Luis Cha Andy/Mai/Muimui
4th Taiwan Chia-Chen Tseng HuomaoTV|ZJZ Benimaru/Mature/Athena, Meitenkun/Yuri/Mature, Yuri/Mature/Leona, Athena/Yuri/Mature
5th United Arab Emirates Waqas Ali GCCM|WhiteAshX Nakoruru/Yuri/Athena, Mian/Yuri/Athena
5th Mexico Ruber Partida TC|Pako Meitenkun/Luong/Muimui, Meitenkun/Luong/Mai
7th United States Reynald Tacsuan AS|Reynald Gang-il/Geese/Meitenkun, Mian/Benimaru/Robert
7th Japan Murakami Masanobu Sanwa|M' Kula/Benimaru/Iori

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