Evo 2012
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Tournament information | |
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Location | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Dates | July 6–8 |
Tournament format(s) | Double elimination |
Venue(s) | Caesars Palace |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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The 2012 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2012 or EVO 2012) was a fighting game event held at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas on July 6–8. The event featured a major tournament for six fighting games, including Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, as well as various smaller-scale competitions.
Background
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Held in Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Evo 2012 featured over 3,500 entrants among its six major tournaments. The tournaments held at Evo 2012 were livestreamed through the Twitch online video service.[1] A "Road to Evo" tournament series started in January 2012, in which competitors could earn seeding points for the main event.[2]
Games
[edit]Six major tournaments were held at Evo 2012. The games played were:
- Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition 2012
- Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
- Street Fighter X Tekken
- Mortal Kombat
- The King of Fighters XIII
- Soulcalibur V
Evo 2012 was the first event in the Championship Series to include a major King of Fighters tournament. The 2011 reboot of the Mortal Kombat series benefited from multiple balancing updates after its release, allowing the game to be popular among the fighting game community where earlier games in the series weren't. The Mortal Kombat tournament featured the second-largest prize pool at Evo 2012, after Street Fighter IV. Spin-off Street Fighter X Tekken, meanwhile, was unpopular among the fighting game community at the time. The game featured various bugs and unbalanced aspects.[1]
The event also featured various smaller-scale competitions, such as an exclusive Super Street Fighter II Turbo tournament, and side tournaments for Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown and Skullgirls.[1] Sony showcased a playable demo for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, while NetherRealm Studios revealed gameplay footage of Injustice: Gods Among Us at Evo 2012.[3]
Tournament summary
[edit]While the recent release of Street Fighter x Tekken caused players to juggle between more familiar aspects of the characters and the game's more unusual features, the King of Fighters XIII tournament was praised by commentators for its high-level play, unexpected for such a new game. Meanwhile, Brenna Hillier of VG247 described the Mortal Kombat tournament at Evo 2012 as a "mixed bag", featuring plenty of unusual play styles.[4]
Though there was a lot of discussion regarding whether the character Phoenix in Marvel vs. Capcom is overpowered compared to other selectable characters in the game, competitor Filipino Champ won the tournament with the characters Magneto, Dormammu and Doctor Doom. The final match at Evo 2012 was the Street Fighter IV finals, in which Infiltration defeated GamerBee to claim the title.[4]
Results
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Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Version 2012)[5] | |||
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Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) |
1st | ![]() |
WW.MCZ Infiltration | Akuma, Gouken |
2nd | ![]() |
AVerMedia GamerBee | Adon |
3rd | ![]() |
CVapor PR Balrog | Balrog |
4th | ![]() |
eLivePro Qanba Xiaohai | Cammy |
5th | ![]() |
MCZ Daigo Umehara | Ryu |
5th | ![]() |
HumanBomb | Sakura |
7th | ![]() |
BT Dieminion | Guile |
7th | ![]() |
TH Poongko | Seth |
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 | |||
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Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) |
1st | ![]() |
coL.CC Filipino Champ | Magneto/Dormammu/Doctor Doom, Magneto/Doctor Doom/Phoenix |
2nd | ![]() |
LxG Infrit | Nova/Spencer/Sentinel |
3rd | ![]() |
FC NYChris G | Morrigan/Doctor Doom/Akuma, Wesker/Ryu/Hawkeye, Morrigan/Doctor Doom/Hawkeye |
4th | ![]() |
coL.CC Combofiend | Nova/Spencer/Hawkeye, She-Hulk/Taskmaster/Spencer |
5th | ![]() |
TA Frutsy | M.O.D.O.K./Captain America/Taskmaster |
5th | ![]() |
Flocker | Zero/Vergil/Hawkeye, Zero/Vergil/Strider Hiryu |
7th | ![]() |
EG Justin Wong | Wolverine/Storm/Akuma, Spencer/Vergil/Frank West |
7th | ![]() |
Y2J | Wolverine/Spencer/Magneto |
The King of Fighters XIII | |||
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Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) |
1st | ![]() |
CafeID MadKOF | Duo Lon, King, Kim, Chin |
2nd | ![]() |
IGL Bala | Billy, Iori, Shen, Takuma, Ralf, Clark, Benimaru |
3rd | ![]() |
CafeID Verna | EX Iori, Duo Lon, Kim, Shen |
4th | ![]() |
CafeID Guts | Saiki, EX Iori, Vice, Shen, Mr Karate |
5th | ![]() |
vVv TC Romance | King, Benimaru, Yuri, Hwa |
5th | ![]() |
CafeID Lacid | Ash, Kyo, Kim |
7th | ![]() |
AS Reynald | Mr Karate, Benimaru, Kim |
7th | ![]() |
Yang Yao Ren | Mr Karate, Mature, Hwa |
Mortal Kombat | |||
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Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) |
1st | ![]() |
EMP KN Perfect Legend | Kung Lao |
2nd | ![]() |
vVv NOS CD Jr. | Jax, Kabal, Rain |
3rd | ![]() |
Pig of the Hut | Kenshi, Mileena |
4th | ![]() |
IGL MIT | Johnny Cage, Reptile, Scorpion, Stryker |
5th | ![]() |
CoCo ForeverKing | Sonya, Kung Lao, Kenshi |
5th | ![]() |
EGP XBlades | Liu Kang |
7th | ![]() |
CoCo M2Dave | Freddy Krueger |
7th | ![]() |
EGP Tyrant | Jax |
Street Fighter X Tekken 2 vs. 2 Teams | ||||
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Place | Team Name | Player | Alias | Character(s) |
1st | Western Wolves | ![]() ![]() |
WW.MCZ Infiltration WW.MCZ Laugh |
Rolento Ryu |
2nd | FGTV | ![]() ![]() |
CVapor PR Balrog EG Ricky Ortiz |
Ryu Rufus |
3rd | Mad Catz/Razer | ![]() ![]() |
MCZ Tokido RZR[broken anchor] Fuudo |
Chun Li Ryu |
4th | Complexity Cross Counter | ![]() ![]() |
coL.CC Combofiend coL.CC Mike Ross |
Julia Marduk |
5th | TotalHeads | ![]() ![]() |
TH MOV TH Poongko |
Ryu Kazuya |
5th | Eternal Rivals/PxG | ![]() ![]() |
ER MCZ Richard Nguyen PxG SnakeEyes |
Law Zangief |
7th | KazBon | ![]() ![]() |
Kazunoko Bonchan |
Raven Ken |
7th | Algo Cacho |
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Evil_Craa Sicario |
Ryu Rolento |
Soulcalibur V | |||
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Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) |
1st | ![]() |
Shining Decopon | Tira |
2nd | ![]() |
Shen Chan | Cervantes |
3rd | ![]() |
Something-Unique | Pyrrha |
4th | ![]() |
Woahhzz | α Patroklos |
5th | ![]() |
CRNA Ruka | Patroklos |
5th | ![]() |
Xephukai | Astaroth, Patroklos |
7th | ![]() |
Kamaage | Mitsurugi |
7th | ![]() |
CafeID Kura | Patroklos |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Hoadley, Chris (2012-07-06). "GamesBeat's Evolution 2012 viewing guide". VentureBeat.
- ^ Walker, Alex (2012-07-13). "Frag Reel Friday: Evolution 2012 Championships". abc.net.au.
- ^ Parra, Eric (2012-07-14). "Gamer Roulette: What is EVO?". Neon Tommy.
- ^ a b Hillier, Brenna (2012-07-09). "EVO 2012: SSFIVAE goes to Infiltration, UMvC3 to Filipino Champ". VG247.
- ^ "EVO 2012 SSFIVAE2012 Top 32 Bracket". ssfranking.com.