Etrian Oddity
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Evolution 2017 The Fighting Game Tournament of the Year (Read OP, No Game Whining)
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NoctisVsStar
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Like someone said earlier:
- hype top 8
- espn/Disney coverage
- new content incoming
If ssfv turns out to be real and a solid balance update adding new mechanics.. it's looking promising.
RecRoulette
Member
Gamerbee vs Infiltration is still my favorite SF4 Evo match of all time.
Then the Grand Finals...brutal.
I get the feeling that EVO's going to be dropping some anime, in favor of more popular western games. Just like how EVO Japan is dropping some western favorites in favor of more anime.
Sadly agree MvC: I is likely an auto-berth, as much as I fear that game might shit the bed. EVO's a good partner for fighting game devs/publishers and they'll support it.
Smash Melee is my curiosity. You get the feeling EVO doesn't want it, but there's no argument that it isn't wildly successful and brings people out. I think even if EVO wanted to get rid of it, they'd still stick it in the fan thingie and it'd get voted in like Mahvel this year. I think if there was a pressing game worth including over it, then it'd get pushed out. But most of the big fighting games for 2018 won't be until later in the year.
My guess? Super Street Fighter 5, Smash 4, Smash 64, Tekken 7, Dragon Ball Fighter Z, Injustice 2, Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite, Guilty Gear, Fan Vote.
Tokido is my favorite player and I am so happy that he finally won Evo with Street Fighter.
I wasn't biggest fan of Punk and his teabagging attitude, but I think he is an amazing talent and it's great to watch his play (as someone who loves Karin). I hope he can come out of this experience stronger.
I wasn't biggest fan of Punk and his teabagging attitude, but I think he is an amazing talent and it's great to watch his play (as someone who loves Karin). I hope he can come out of this experience stronger.
Shouta
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Experience gap. Punk is super talented and skilled at the game but he hasn't been on that stage and in that situation as many times as Tokido has. He cracked and couldn't recover in time.
Yeah, these 18 years old boys can't stand shit.
Gunslinger
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Today age and experience won. That's why I am happy. Ma boy Tokido was long overdue for an EVO win. Punk was seeing stars by the time it was 5-0 straight. I bet he haven't took a beating like this in his life when it comes to SF. His knowledge of FG is limited and fundamentals are weak compared to players who are playing FGs before he was even born and it showed. Hope he will be less arrogant now and learned a thing or two.
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
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If you think about it, 2 years in to it's life, SFIV was nowhere near the great game it ultimately became after a lot of balancing and refining
you listed one western game and it's the same one as this evo
Khaos Kontrol
Banned
My first EVO in person. Amazing to experience live. So glad I came. Hopefully I can come back next year 😀
Hopefully Punk realizes this eventually. He's beating himself up pretty bad at them moment
Gunslinger
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Was the Arena cheering for Tokido when he was clawing his way out of losers bracket?
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
I do hope EVO Japan will be just as hype as this.
Gunslinger
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That's what happens when you are super arrogant and think you won the game even before you start playing. He just got a reality check. Hope he learns a thing or two. Maybe he should have wore those pokemon hats and gave free rounds to Tokido.
So glad there's gonna be 2 EVOs a year...
You know it's gonna be hype.
Winning the inaugural year is gonna have some great fights.
Would be crazy if Japan had bad luck winning SF in it.
SolidSnakex
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How did you get that impression given the guy looked scared as hell and had tears in his eyes before the finals even started?
Professor Beef
Banned
life comes at you fast
Etrian Oddity
Member
Really hoping Punk and Du sit and stew on the humble pie they got. They've been super fucking cocky kids this past year.
Gunslinger
Member
Have you not seen Punk in any tournaments?
Yeah, I'm actually a bit worried. EVO spreads the main stage love between publishers. This year it was Capcom, Nintendo, Bandai Namco, Aksys (and then Mahvel won the fan vote). Each publisher basically picks their fav, which is why BlazBlue got highlighed over the more popular Guilty Gear.
So the question is, come July 2018 will Bandai Namco still want to tout Tekken 7 as its main game? Or will they pick DBZ? Tough to say.
RecRoulette
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Only guarantees I see so far (and your 5 main stage games) are SFV, Tekken 7, Smash 4, Marvel, and DBFZ
You can probably put Injustice on that list too.
If Blazblue Tag comes out that goes on there, if not Guilty Gear
King of Fighters probably gets another shot after the amazing finals this year.
Leaving one game to the Donation drive, which Melee dominates.
Or Melee gets the 8th slot, and I have no idea who wins that donation drive.
You can probably put Injustice on that list too.
If Blazblue Tag comes out that goes on there, if not Guilty Gear
King of Fighters probably gets another shot after the amazing finals this year.
Leaving one game to the Donation drive, which Melee dominates.
Or Melee gets the 8th slot, and I have no idea who wins that donation drive.
Etrian Oddity
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You really are just a delight
Professor Beef
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Du kinda earned it winning CapCup. He lost to the better player tonight, that's that.
Gunslinger
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Man too many fighters next Year. I think Injustice may show up again due to NRS doing their own "CPT." and evo is one of the stops. DBFZ maybe a saturday game depending on how it's received.
not western made, yo. we wouldn't have any games. i mean games popular enough in the west to bring in the players.
katsubento
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Chill Punk.
He was really upset on stage after during the medals. Think he thought he had it in the bag, which was probably a lesson.
Tokido made him look almost free too, so it's hard to take. But he'll learn that you gotta lose sometimes.
Punk called himself the Alpha and has been cocky/arrogant all year. He has the skill to back it up which is fine and he has a lot of fans but I definitely don't feel too bad for him. He destroyed people and looked down on them, now he's on the other end. Its brutal and he'll come back from it, I don't doubt it but I'm not going to feel for him tonight.
darkwing-buck
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woops nvm
Have you not heard how scared he was even before the tourney started? He was scared af after playing sets before the tourney, and said so directly to commentators before he ever got into top 8
secretanchitman
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So glad there's gonna be 2 EVOs a year...
You know it's gonna be hype.
Winning the inaugural year is gonna have some great fights.
Would be crazy if Japan had bad luck winning SF in it.
Yep it's going to be sick! Every 6 months we'll have EVO and I can't wait!
TheDarkKnight774
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Talk about some serious narrative inventing just because you don't like a guy.
There was nothing that showed that or that punk was super arrogant about anything tonight. Probably to his detriment. And he also probably faced the one person in the top 8 he didn't want to see
RecRoulette
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Finals Day in EVO Japan is probably going to run from 9pm to noon EST lol
Unless DBFZ is garbage, that game easily gets Sunday's anime slot.
SolidSnakex
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Yeah sure, but I was referring to here. It didn't seem like he was coming at it like he thought it was his to take. And maybe that was his mistake. He seemed really tense and nervous instead of just playing loose and having fun like he normally does in tournaments.
Sajam/Chen mentioned that Tokido recently beat Punk in a FT10. Without 2/3 Punk was in trouble.
SFV
MvC:I
Xrd
DBZF
Smash 4
Melee
IJ2
Tekken 7
These 8 seem like locks for next year. NRS and 3D games need a rep, and the other 6 are all going to do good numbers.
KOF14's attendance was really low and it's going to be really hard to justify a return from the TO's perspective.
SFV
MvC:I
Xrd
DBZF
Smash 4
Melee
IJ2
Tekken 7
These 8 seem like locks for next year. NRS and 3D games need a rep, and the other 6 are all going to do good numbers.
KOF14's attendance was really low and it's going to be really hard to justify a return from the TO's perspective.
i don't think so. even in the goofy interview before the finals with gootecks he said he was nervous to face tokido. He showed a surprising amount of deference. makes sense since apparently tokido slapped him in casuals they played earlier that weekend.
Thank you and well said. Funny hearing all these salty tears like he is and has been a fragile puppy.
Jiyuna in the anime suite was just talking about that and he said he doubted it would be. Takes place near the end of the season, where people would just want to relax. It wouldn't be international bc people not in japan will just want to destress at that time and not travel 9 hours.
Gunslinger
Member
isn't the new SF:EX series coming out next year?
it feels like everything's coming out next year. hype!
NoctisVsStar
Member
You and your hot takes.. super arrogant lol
RecRoulette
Member
Arika's game? Yeah probably. I don't see that getting enough traction to get a slot in the Evo lineup though.
Etrian Oddity
Member
ya know why he named himself punk right
One night of timid behavior doesn't nullify his career. Well, going forward, maybe, but point stands. Dude has built a reputation for his trollishness for himself and he's gonna have to grow up from it.
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