Riposte
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Haha, I love JoJos btw. It was a joke about fabulous it is, though not necessarily in the Capcom game.
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EVO 2K13 Player's Choice: Donate money to breast cancer and get your favorite game in
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Haha, I love JoJos btw. It was a joke about fabulous it is, though not necessarily in the Capcom game.
...that was a joke? Couldn't tell.
I think you're completely over exaggerating this, I've been in a pretty similar position in regards to compiling event/scene information. I've done a lot of tournament work for various games, communities and competitive gaming sites, even been one of the more key members in 1 or 2 scenes/games and I can't say I ever run into an issue like this.
Even today when I follow certain games as loosely as possible I'm still aware of what events are happening and who are the key players/teams in that event. Maybe that has to do with me knowing various people from various scenes who will occasionally fill me in on things and I obviously don't know every last detail that a dedicated fan would know but I'm confused at how you find this hard when it's your job. (I'm aware this isn't the sole purpose of your job though and I'm sure there are other aspects of it that clash and make it more difficult)
I know tons of very casual competitive gaming fans who know what's going on and they're as uninvolved as you can be, again maybe this is due to the differences in scenes between Europe and the US and the general interest levels of your general person. This isn't an attack on your ability to do your job or anything like that, just coming from the point of view of someone who has done work like this.
I do agree events need more exposure but when competitive gaming has been around for so long and we've nearly exhausted every avenue for exposure, (other than major sponsors), that other forms of competition have grown through, it's tough to say what the next meaningful step is.
All in due time.
RULES CHANGED:
http://shoryuken.com/2013/01/13/evo-2013-donation-drive-standings-and-rule-update/
The current standings and amounts have been posted:
Personally, I would love to see position 3 or 4 win this competition. (Divekick at 6 is pretty awesome too)
Edit: I was half sleep, missed the change or rules.
http://shoryuken.com/2013/01/13/evo-2013-donation-drive-standings-and-rule-update/
The current standings and amounts have been posted:
Personally, I would love to see position 3 or 4 win this competition. (Divekick at 6 is pretty awesome too)
Edit: I was half sleep, missed the change or rules.
Ah, so Fighting is Magic can't become the 8th game since it's not completed yet, but if it wins, we'll get a special pony exhibition tournament in addition to the other 8 main tournaments?
That seems like a reasonable call. Isn't it standard EVO practice that a game must have been out for a certain amount of time before it can be a tournament? Also, I'd imagine the Mane6 team might have had a hoof in this behind the scenes.
Short version: Vote ponies for even more EVO time. Can you imagine EVO with both Melee and ponies? That'd be fun to watch.
That seems like a reasonable call. Isn't it standard EVO practice that a game must have been out for a certain amount of time before it can be a tournament? Also, I'd imagine the Mane6 team might have had a hoof in this behind the scenes.
Short version: Vote ponies for even more EVO time. Can you imagine EVO with both Melee and ponies? That'd be fun to watch.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
That 200 on bb was wasted and should of went to GG in this situation I can say the same for brawl.
WesternHeretic
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Basically EVO will have a few open set ups for people to try out MLP. If MLP does indeed win then they will pick the best 8 player at the pony station and have them play in a exhibition on the main stage. They did the same thing with MVC3 when it was first announced.
With this situation I think everyone will be happy. BUT the charity will suffer a little bit. (Without Bronies pushing it, I don't think there is going to be too much pressure from the other communities)
APZonerunner
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The donation pages also show the totals now. Smash has jumped over $300 since that post, MLP $50, and someone has dropped a cool 1K on DOA5, propelling it to 3rd place.
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APZonerunner
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I think Melee stands a pretty good chance of catching up MLP, as it seems to be growing more quickly now, and the Smashboards posse etc seem emboldended now they can see they're in second place and basically secured to get in with company donations banned and MLP ruled out of the eighth slot. They may as well shoot for the pot bonus now.
Dark Phoenix
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So now 9 games will be in? I'm okay with this.
Stabby McSter
Member
Not exactly. MLP will not have an official tournament being run on the main stage or streamed (by the main stream anyways). It'll be part of the Indie Showcase the organizers started last year. If it does win though there will be an exhibition tournament and the top 8 of that tournament will be streamed and played on the main stage.
I have to wonder if it was planned this way. Probably not, but having MLP there does mean there is more money going to cancer research. Both those donating to the ponies and those donating to beat the ponies. This isn't a lock yet for any game, all it takes is someone bored and rich enough to tip the scales. Still, for now, ponies are the game to catch, and Melee is the 8th game anyway. I wonder if this is going to be played defensively, or if people are going to just go all out.
I give it 50% odds that the winner is going to be determined by a last minute snipe donation, though...
I give it 50% odds that the winner is going to be determined by a last minute snipe donation, though...
Dark Phoenix
Member
Yeah, I know it's not really 9 games in the tournament. But, it's still more entertainment to be had. Maybe next year MLP will get in proper.
Cosmo Clock 21
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Sakurai will watch and decide that you didn't get the hint from Brawl.
I don't know if it was last time, but one year they did, and the melee community raged. EVO has confirmed it won't be there should melee win, though.
Air tripping. No turning off items. All stages filled with randomly generated hazard mayhem.
Hitstun only lasts as long as the attack's recovery frames. You take damage if you somehow land a 2+ hit combo.
scytheavatar
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Sunday will be fixed at 5 games, Mr Wizard said that the other games will end at Fri and Sat.
BTW it might be 10 stage games because Mr Wizard mentioned that the guys who organized last year's ST Tournament of Legends are planning on something this year.
Wasn't that Brawl? Melee had an Evo in 2007 where they actually went by the Smash community's ruleset. The last time Smash was at Evo was in 2008 with Brawl and that was when they had items on (because it was a new game, but the Brawl half of the Smash community at that time had items off and thus, those who hated the ruleset did not attend).
Wolfgunblood Garopa
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SolarKnight
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Why ask if you're going to answer yourself?
Anyways, I'm glad they changed the rules. Nothing against MLP or the game itself, but I just want other games to be on stage much more and had things stayed the way they were there would've been no chance at all for that.
11,000+ viewers last night and many, many attending FGC members would disagree with you.
People who keep harping on "unreleased" status don't know what the fuck they're talking about.
Super Street Fighter 4 was announced for Evo 2010 before it was released.
AE was announced for Evo 2011 before it was released.
Marvel vs Capcom 3 was announced for Evo 2011 before it was released.
Street Fighter X Tekken was announced for Evo 2012 before it was released.
Divekick is part of the donation drive and it has yet to be officially released.
The difference is that all of these games had a release schedule. AE did not have a concrete date when the Evo 2011 lineup was announced but it also had an easy fallback option if it didn't come out by a specified date.
MLP doesn't have a release schedule, and the devs have made this known to the Evo people.
Super Street Fighter 4 was announced for Evo 2010 before it was released.
AE was announced for Evo 2011 before it was released.
Marvel vs Capcom 3 was announced for Evo 2011 before it was released.
Street Fighter X Tekken was announced for Evo 2012 before it was released.
Divekick is part of the donation drive and it has yet to be officially released.
The difference is that all of these games had a release schedule. AE did not have a concrete date when the Evo 2011 lineup was announced but it also had an easy fallback option if it didn't come out by a specified date.
MLP doesn't have a release schedule, and the devs have made this known to the Evo people.
Someone mentioned earlier that company donations are banned.
Seems against the vision of donating to charity, but supportive of having the actual fans choose the final EVO game.
Riposte
Member
Feels like they only should have only accepted donations at tournament locations (both big ones like APEX and small locals which got in touch with Mr Wizard)... but w/e. In fact that might get more people to go to tournaments. (P.S. I'm a total hypocrite with that last line, lol)
Owlowiscious
Member
It would have been nice if this was the situation in the first place, instead of changing after donations have been entered. But the change was for the better. I like the situation now.
Wolfgunblood Garopa
Member
It is truly baffling that anyone would want to watch it. Even with games I don't play or understand fully like LoL, I can at least get the appeal or why it has viewers.