THE ROAD TO EVO



With the impending date of July 6 for EVO, one of North America's largest fighting game tournaments, contestants are furiously trying to build points for a higher seed in the tournament. By competing in tournaments such as UFGT or the Northwestern Regionals, players that rank high accumulate points that will determine their seeding in the EVO brackets.With the prize pool set at over $100,000, EVO hopefuls are battling it out to seed high and grab a piece of that cash. Two major tournaments happened the past week and had exciting and... disappointing results.

CEO 2012- A fantastic weekend of gameplay that culminated in Justin Wong taking the Grand Finals in both MvC3 and Street Fighter 4 AE. Wong looked flawless in Street Fighter, with perfect execution of Rufus' mixups and utilizing the new buff to the maximum. It was satifsing to see, though I'm not a Wong fanboy, him smack down Chris G in the Grand Finals of Marvel vs Capcom. G's lame keep away playstyle with Morgan was no match the rush down techniques of the Virgil/Frank combo. Spooky was live streaming the event and graciously put the VODS up on SRK's website for those who missed the live stream.


UFGT8- Once again, Chris G's "amazing" playstyle was showcased here. Taking the Grand Finals, and the excitement, with his lame Morgan keep away play. His opponent, hometown boy Brightside, battled his away up through the Winner's bracket with some amazing matches in the Top 8. If at the very least this Grand Finals, showcased Brightside as an emerging player and possibly somebody to look for at EVO. In the Street Fighter Top 4....well it was boring to be honest. Team Evil Genius made amazing case for why players should remember Rufus, with both Ricky Ortiz and Justin Wong placing in the Grand Finals with the rotund fighter. The only moment of hype came from a pre-victory dance from Wolfkrone in the Top 4. Check it out in the video below.

So at hopefully at EVO we can see more hype moments like that and less of Chris G's lame playstyle. I'll be there personally, interviewing players and watching matches. So we'll have up to the minute information. And for those that have never been or watched EVO, it can be summed up with this excessiely hype moment from EVO 2004