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| {{Infobox Tournament
| | The '''Evolution Championship Series 2008''', or simply '''EVO 2008''', was a fighting game tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada, from August 8th to 10th, 2008 at the {{s|wikipedia|Tropicana Las Vegas}}. It was the 7th edition of the [[EVO]] tournament series and featured [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]] as an official game, replacing Melee from 2007. Over 110 players attended the tournament. CPU's R.O.B. defeated Ken's Marth in grand finals to win the tournament. The tournament was widely criticized for having many items turned on, including the Smash Ball. |
| |name= EVO 2008
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| |image= EVOLogo2013.png
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| |dates= August 8th-10th, 2008
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| |venue= Tropicana Las Vegas
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| |address= 3801 S Las Vegas Boulevard
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| |city= Las Vegas, Nevada {{Flag|USA}}
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| |attendance= 110 (for ''Brawl'')
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| |entryfees= ''Brawl'' singles: $10<br>
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| |pot=
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| |ssbbwinner= {{Sm|CPU|USA}}
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| |organizer= {{Sm|Mr. Wizard}}
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| }}
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| '''Evolution 2008''', or simply '''EVO 2008''', was the 7th edition of the [[EVO|Evolution Championship Series]], a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada, which took place from August 8th to 10th, 2008 at the {{iw|wikipedia|Tropicana Las Vegas}}. | |
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| It was the second time EVO featured a Smash game on the official lineup, with ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' replacing ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' from 2007. EVO 2008 was criticized harshly by the competitive community for its ruleset which turned on [[item]]s, including the [[Smash Ball]], and many [[stage]]s that were universally banned in competitive play. {{Sm|CPU}} won the tournament, despite not having any prior experience in competitive ''Smash'', after defeating {{Sm|Ken}} in Grand Finals in a victory that was widely attributed to the ruleset. | |
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| ==Official Game Lineup==
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| *''{{iw|wikipedia|Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike}}''
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| *''{{iw|wikipedia|Marvel vs. Capcom 2}}''
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| *''{{iw|wikipedia|Capcom vs. SNK 2}}''
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| *''{{iw|wikipedia|Super Street Fighter II Turbo}}''
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| *''{{iw|wikipedia|Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection}}''
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| *''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
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| ==Ruleset==
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| ===General rules===
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| *Items were set to on and medium spawn.
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| *3 stocks, 2/3 games.
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| *5 minute time limit.
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| *Sudden Death would not decide the outcome of the game.
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| *Excessive stalling or abusing terrain to not engage the enemy was prohibited, and could be enforced by a tournament director only. This would result in a DQ of the match.
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| ===Methods===
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| Losing player could pick what method to be used after match:
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| :'''Method A'''
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| *First stage played was Smashville
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| *Winner kept character
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| *Loser could either change stage or character, the other was kept
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| :'''Method B'''
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| *First stage played was Smashville
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| *Loser picked stage
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| *Winner picked character
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| *Loser picked character
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| ===Banned Stages===
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| *[[New Pork City]]
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| *[[Temple|Hyrule Temple]]
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| *[[WarioWare, Inc.]]
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| *[[Spear Pillar]]
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| *[[Flat Zone 2]]
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| *[[Mario Bros.|Original Mario Brothers]]
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| *[[Mushroomy Kingdom]]
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| *[[75m]]
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| *[[Summit]]
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| *[[Rumble Falls]]
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| ==Results==
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| ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' singles===
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| (110 entrants)
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| {|class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:center"
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| !Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
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| |1st||{{Sm|CPU|USA}}||{{Head|R.O.B.|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||$742
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| |2nd||{{Sm|Ken|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
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| |3rd||{{Sm|Hall|USA}}||{{Head|Snake|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
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| |4th||{{Sm|SK92|USA}}||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
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| |5th||{{Sm|Peapo|USA}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
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| |5th||{{Sm|Darwin|USA}}||{{Head|Snake|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
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| |7th||{{Sm|WDRM|USA}}||{{Head|Lucas|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
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| |7th||{{Sm|Bardull|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBB|s=16px}}{{Head|King Dedede|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
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| |}
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| ==External links==
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| [http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/44981/evo-2k8-smash-not-rules-discussion EVO 2008 official ruleset thread]
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist}} | |
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| {{EVO}}
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| [[Category:Nevada tournaments]]
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| [[Category:2008 tournaments]]
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