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Evolution 2013 Fighting game championship of the World July 12th - 14th
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Winners
Mew2King - The "robot", Mew2King is by far the most methodical and scripted-feeling of the lot - no one's playstyle even comes close to being so robot-like. He's well known for being the only player most comfortable at the edge of the stage, when others would consider the edge a major positional disadvantage. From roughly 2007-2009, Mew2King and his style was thought to be unbeatable until Mango started taking matches from him.
At first, the excuse was that M2K only lost because he was poor against Jigglypuff players, and so he had a continuing rivalry with Mango and Hungrybox (who are Jigglypuffs). Eventually when Mango started using other characters, it became clear that M2K was actually just being outplayed, although M2K still is a steady Top 5 in the World (and a massive favorite against everyone who's not Top 5). It would be a slight upset to see him defeat Dr. PP or Armada, but his fans expect him to have a decent chance to beat his rivals Hungrybox and Mango.
Dr. PP - Dr. PP's dominance is relatively new, since only a few years ago he was known as a very technically skilled but positional mistake-prone player. After smartening up his game, he rose to fame when things looked hopeless for the USA against Armada, and suddenly he had a dream tournament run to upset Armada and win it where Mango, M2K, and others failed. Since then he's had a close rivalry with Armada, losing to him (but taking sets, a rare thing) in a couple of major tournaments. PP's known for having the best and scariest dash dancing, as his is especially fast but very erratic-looking, something not seen from other players.
Hungrybox - One of the Top 5 and the only player favored to beat Armada's Peach very consistently, more than even Dr. PP and Mango. He did so until Armada came up with a completely unexpected way to defeat Hungrybox - switch to very low-tier Young Link whenever against Hungrybox (Armada doesn't use YL against anyone else). And it worked! Hungrybox has lost consistently to Young Link since Armada thought of the strategy. He was once thought to be the favorite against everyone except Mango, but in recent years M2K and Dr. PP have started catching onto his play and defeated him.
Although he's a very nice guy, Hungrybox is hated by many for taking full advantage of Jigglypuff's back-air, and spamming that move in a "cheap" but highly effective manner. Ironically, the former Jigglypuff Mango is one of his biggest critics on this point, and so they have a big rivalry (Mango always puts down HBox's skills, and wants to see him lose).
Wobbles - Wobbles is well known for being exceptional at doing his namesake technique, wobbling. It's basically an infinite damage grab/kill, so long as he grabs the opponent at a decent % (more than 10?) and his AI-controlled Ice Climbers' partner is nearby. He doesn't have any prominent rivalries, and because of Ice Climbers isn't top or very top tier, Wobbles probably feels fortunate to be in the Top 8 Winners (having upset Mango). He stands a feasible chance against any player except probably Armada, just because Peach is heavily favored against the IC's.
Losers
Mango - At one point, from 2009-2010 thought to be the undisputed best in the world and unbeatable after first upsetting, then consistently beating, M2K. He then defended the USA against Armada in Armada's first US tournament in probably Melee's best set in history. Armada had all but surely taken the tournament, knocking Mango to losers and then being up another 1.5 games - when Mango shockingly switched to old-school Jigglypuff and managed to win game after game in an incredible fashion. However, since then Mango's luck has been down, and his placings very inconsistent (so more players generally agree Armada has been the better player now).
Mango is actually famous for playing badly, whether through drunken foolishness, or just trolly-foolishness. He often cared more about style than results, leading to absurd deaths but awesome victories when the style did come. However, on a positive note his wacky "drunken master"-like play has made him a very difficult-to-read player, and at one time allowed his recovery game with Fox/Falco to be innovative and exceptional (although other Foxes/Falcoes have since caught on). As a former best-in-the-world, Mango has a major rivalry with the one who dethroned him, Armada (although at this point him winning would be a slight upset). He also hates Hungrybox.
Armada - The Final Boss, Armada is the one to beat and the player with the best modern tournament record. When he first arrived in the USA scene, no one expected much past Top 16 from him, because Peach was viewed as a sub-par, hopelessly flawed character. Armada has basically re-defined Peach, shocking everyone at one time with innovative off-the-edge play and never-before-seen combos (his two major strengths still). Ever since neutralizing Hungrybox with his Young Link secondary, Armada only has a true rivalry with Dr. PP, who still comes off as Armada's biggest threat. The two had a very close grand finals set in Europe among others, although Armada has come off on top more often than not.
Ice - A German Shiek player, Ice is one of the best from Europe but not really thought to be a contender to break or eliminate any of the Top 5. The USA players don't know too much about him, but he has lost pretty handily against Dr. PP in the past and lost against SilentWolf (an A-level Fox who didn't make it to the Top 8) in this tournament. Ice has won some close matches to make it to where he is now and it would be a surprising upset to see him progressing against anyone other than Shroomed.
Shroomed - A Dr. Mario player who seems to surprise everyone each time with Top 8 finishes, despite playing a underused and underpowered character. However, in recent years his finishes have really cemented him as the best player for that Dr. Mario character. Shroomed doesn't have any rivalries with the rest of the Top 8, and is disfavored against most of them (having lost to many of them in the past).
I know it's a long shot but it would be pretty hype if he played well.
direct_quote
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Why don't we get to see yipes, chrisg etc in the pool matches.................. And this commentary blows get Combo on...
edit: Lol the moment I post see Chris Jesus on..
edit: Lol the moment I post see Chris Jesus on..
lazybones18
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Chris G time
fluffydelusions
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dat chris g
Parallax Scroll
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Chris's magneto sucks
RellyRell28
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Chris's Magneto still looks ass
Really? Robert's my favorite dude.
I used to mess with Benimaru in CvS1 but that's it. I haven't even tried online KOFXIII yet though.
Yeah, exactly. Watching streams really helped in motivating me to get better. It also gave me a better idea of how characters worked and what they want to be doing.
I remember thinking training modes were completely worthless lol. Fast forward something like 10 years later and I spent the first week of SCV release just exploring what Natsu could do. There was a long period where I thought 2D fighters were all trash too.
Chris already beat him like 30ish minutes ago.
lazybones18
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Alastor ;_;
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Chris G's Magneto is hurting me.
ViewtifulJC
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ChrisG's Magneto is...God's Beard tier
PandaPandaPanda
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lol @ tokido
LOL DIVIDERS BACK
LOL DIVIDERS BACK
Ultimadrago
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Dammit Marlin.
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ChrisG's Magneto is...God's Beard tier
i kill u >:-|
He said on twitter he has four more matches to qualify out of losers.
Terareflection
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There is a bit too much downtime in between KOF matches.
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