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Evolution 2013 Fighting game championship of the World July 12th - 14th

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GuardianE

Santa May Claus
I'm not going to say it's bad. But I'm definitely not also going to say it's too good.

Never really thought it was as hard to block as it arguably should be, either. And I have shit defense. Strider has no grounded overheads and when orbs are active you don't have to worry about throws.

Strider honestly seems harder to block in X-Factor without Ouroboros active a lot of the time.
 
I'm not going to say it's bad. But I'm definitely not also going to say it's too good.

Never really thought it was as hard to block as it arguably should be, either. And I have shit defense. Strider has no grounded overheads and when orbs are active you don't have to worry about throws.
I don't think it's too good, I think it's well-balanced. It provides full screen control for a period of time for 3 bars of meter. It is undoubtedly the best level 3 utility hyper in the game. People only think it's bad because Spiral Swords is so overpowered. It's basically a miniature Dark Phoenix form for 2 bars less for a limited period of time. In a 1v1 situation, it closes out matches really well, and that makes it worth having.

Most Strider players are terrible at using it, though.
 

Sixfortyfive

He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
Strider honestly seems harder to block in X-Factor without Ouroboros active a lot of the time.
It depends on how good the Strider player is at staggering/placing the orbs, but that can definitely be the case, yes. I definitely think it usually makes more sense to wait until you burn through XF completely before even bothering with the orbs.

I'm somewhat biased because if Felicia can air-block one orb then she's pretty much guaranteed to survive the whole thing unless Strider backs off completely and tries something else.
 

Dahbomb

Member
I think top 8 results went about as I expected/wanted to. 4/5 gods made it in, with 2 known seeded players (Ranmasama and Angelic) and 2 unknowns made it in. One of the unknowns is apparently an international player although that was not the international player I was thinking would make it in. FChamp and Justin Wong 3peat their top 8 appearance further cementing their status as gods while Flocker and ChrisG repeat.

This is the first time in MVC3's history that two exact same teams made top 8 (ZMC) which is a little disappointing but I guess we are near that end game stage of the game. More Vergils then Dooms is also a bit surprising, in fact just as many Zeros made it in as Doom which is another record (3 each). 3 Dorms as well in top 8, 2 Dante, 2 Wolverine, 1 Akuma, 1 Storm, 1 Haggar, 2 Magnetos, 1 Hawkeye/Strider, 1 Morrigan, 1 Phoenix, 1 of Spencer and Frank if Justin picks alt team and the main surprise appearance one Shuma Gorath in top 8.
 

FourMyle

Member
Marvel had some incredible matches tonight. Great stuff, a lot of it very much EVO caliber.

Might not reach the highest high of AE, but it was damn good. Yipes vs. RayRay probably my highlight, though there were certain times with Champ that shined pretty brightly too.

AE top32 was nonstop awesome. By far the best of EVO. Marvel should be crazy tomorrow though.
 

ILoveBish

Member
Marvel had some incredible matches tonight. Great stuff, a lot of it very much EVO caliber.

Might not reach the highest high of AE, but it was damn good. Yipes vs. RayRay probably my highlight, though there were certain times with Champ that shined pretty brightly too.

Marvel tonight was good, but not incredible. AE this year was seriously amazing yesterday. I hope tomorrow delivers.
 

kick51

Banned
What were the upsets in marvel? Someone should type out highlights for AE and mahvel to put in the OP of the next thread


Highlights:

AE - everything on stream
Marvel - Basically nothing notable for 13 hours, then things started heating up really fast and the rest was great.
 
King of Fighters 13

Winners bracket

CafeID|Verna vs. Hee San Woo
MCZ|Tokido vs. CafeID|MadKOF

Losers bracket

AGE|Romance vs. AS|Reynald
Fox vs. DM|Xian

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Winners bracket

Wobbles (Ice Climbers)
CT|Hungrybox (Jigglypuff)
VGBC|Dr.PeePee (Falco)
EMP|Mew2King

Losers bracket

Shroomed (Dr. Mario)
Mango (Fox, Falco)
Ice (Sheik)
Armada (Peach)


Injustice: Gods Among Us

Winners bracket

EGP|MFSlayer (Superman)
EMP|KDZ (Superman)
Crazy DJT 88 (Green Lantern)
AGE|NYChrisG (Green Arrow, Black Adam)

Losers bracket

EMP|REO (Batman)
EMPR_Theo (Superman)
EG|PR Balrog (Killer Frost)
RDK|Godspeed (Black Adam)

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3

Winners bracket

Cloud805 (Zero, Vergil, Dante) vs. Angelic (Wolverine, Dormammu, Shuma-Gorath)
EMP|Flocker (Zero, Vergil, Hawkeye) vs. EG|Justin Wong (Wolverine, Storm, Akuma)

Losers bracket

AGE|NYChrisG (Morrigan, Dr. Doom, Vergil) vs. Ranmasama (Haggar, Dormammu, Magneto)
ATX|Zak (Zero, Vergil, Dante) vs. coL|Filipino Champ (Magneto, Dormammu, Dr. Doom)

Super Street Fighter 4

Winners bracket
DM|Xian (Gen) vs. HORI|Sako (Ibuki, Evil Ryu)
EG|PR Balrog (Balrog) vs. MCZ|Tokido (Akuma)

Losers bracket
MCZ|Daigo (Ryu) vs. Infiltration (Akuma)
AvM|GamerBee (Adon) vs. Haitani (Makoto)
 

kick51

Banned
I'm really salty I watched so much marvel today...I ran out of steam right when it actually started getting good :( I happened to check gaf one last time right before Rog vs. ChrisG and obviously had to catch that.

Sad the season is coming to an end, but on the other hand, I've had enough for a while!

The big surprise: ONE Morrigan in top 8.

Come on, you know that's not a surprise
 

Dahbomb

Member
And as predicted Viper and Strider are the AE Cammy and AE Viper of Marvel. Although Flocker does have a pocket Strider so we might see that character again. Zero actually performed to his caliber.

One Morrigan in top 8 is hardly a surprise, that's how it always has been. I think most interesting is 3 Dorms in top 8, that's as many as Dooms. Or Shuma Gorath.
 

Kadey

Mrs. Harvey
In terms of views, we shattered the amount of the 2012 OT1 at this point. We're definitely going to get over 1 million views altogether.
 
My main sources of hype so far:

Day 1: AE in general, so much good stuff. OnlineTony vs Chris G and a lot of the stuff on stage in the semis

Day 2: after hours P4A suite. #Bananamerica


tomorrow's gonna be so hype I can feel it
 
"Eduardo Pérez ‏@PR_Balrog 7m
It was a hell of a run marvel, thanks for the good times and bad times. Also thanks everyone for their support!!!! Oficially marvel retired."
 
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