Ok I'll do a little write up with my results and everything about my thoughts at Evo.
Persona 4 Arena: Went 2-2, lost my second match (first loss, but my second match played) against BrkrDave, who, overall, got 4th in the tournament. That's not a bad person to lose to. And then I ended up losing later on in Loser's to a Chie.
SF4: Went 0-2, because I'm ass in that game so whatever, gonna get back into that come 2014 update
Melee: Went 0-2 again because, I haven't played that game in 2 years and trying to play against good Melee players (which is like everyone who entered that tournament, it seems) so if it's back next year, gonna grind for that for sure. Melee was INCREDIBLY hype during pools on Friday/Saturday, without a doubt. On Saturday when everyone was getting super hype for it (even a lot of people sitting down watching Marvel were watching Melee, really), one really obnoxious dude got up and started shouting "FUCK SMASH! FUCK SMASH!" and tried to get a chant going but no one was going for that.
KOF XIII: Went 1-2 cause I had a bye. Meant to get better at this game but never had many chances to play. After that Top 8 though, I'm really going to try and get into it. Ended up forgetting the cord to my stick at first (I have a custom stick so it has a custom connector) so I had to borrow a stick for the first match, ran back up all the way to the Paris to get my cord, come back down, and get bodied. Tokido also had a really fantastic comeback with 1/4-1/2 health Kim against two characters to stay in Winner's, it was super sick. Oh, and Chris G never showed up to KOF, as far as I could see.
SFxT: Went 3-2 (with a bye) so overall, it was sort of my best performance. Lost to a guy who played Christie/Elena third round because I don't know those characters at all (my fault for not playing more), went through Loser's, and had to fight Tokido of all people to try and reach Loser's Finals. Only got Perfected by him twice throughout the set and in one round got his characters down to half health each. Tokido was also really nice, despite being the Murderface. Playing in the tournament also makes me wanna play SFxT more. I forgot how fun that game can be.
Marvel: Went 2-2. Got about 3-4 characters off Chris G throughout our set.There was one game where I probably could've taken the game, but thought "Oh I'll save meter and chip out" but forgot about the stupid DP super and that really fucked me up. One game he infinited my Cap and I just leaned back and was like "Fuck." because he was taking out my best character no issue. And of course Chris was having the Grumbles. First match of Loser's I was down 0-2 to a pretty obnoxious guy (no hand shake, no nothing), come back 3-2 and he storms off super salty, it was great. Ended up losing to a Spencer/Wesker/Hawkeye (something like that?) player.
Met Koogy on Friday, told him he had helped answer some questions for a paper I was doing and he remembered and was really nice-- also liked the Ness shirt I was wearing. And coming down on Friday I was in the elevator with Keits, and he confirmed to me he likes posting on NeoGAF! Talked to Gootecks a bit on Sunday when I grabbed some food during Injustice Top 8, again, he was nice. Sunday night after everything was over, met Jebailey and talked to him for a bit too, easily one of the most genuine guys in the FGC, even if he may not come off as such at times.
Had a TON of fun throughout the whole event, finals day in particular was a blast (except for this group of guys who sat down in front of me-- one even moved a chair in where there wasn't one and blocked my view-- and none of them even gave a fuck about anything that was going on. No clapping, no cheering, nothing. It was really annoying). If I can make it out next year, I will definitely go.
Also, BIG shoutouts to RentalHamster and Shouta. When a few people on GAF said they would stop by my match against Chris I thought "Oh, if it happens, awesome", but didn't exactly expect anyone to stop by, but meeting you two was a real blast!
In a way I thought Evo this year couldn't beat Evo from last year, but I was definitely wrong. One of the best things I've ever done in my life.
) that all the GAFfers who weren't there were backing me up in spirit.