Editing Tournament:EVO 2018

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'''Evolution 2018''', or simply '''EVO 2018''', was the 17th edition of the [[EVO|Evolution Championship Series]], a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. EVO 2018 took place from August 3rd to 5th, 2018, at the {{iw|wikipedia|Mandalay Bay Events Center}}. It was announced on February 6th, by EVO's tournament director Joey "{{Sm|Mr. Wizard}}" Cuellar, that both ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and {{forwiiu}} would be featured as official games on the EVO 2018 game lineup. The event saw the return of ''Melee'' on the Sunday finals, as ''Smash 4'' was on the main stage in the previous year.<ref>http://ca.ign.com/articles/2018/02/07/evo-2018-lineup-announced</ref><ref>https://www.vg247.com/2018/02/07/evo-2018-games-announced/</ref> EVO 2018 featured a playable demo of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', courtesy of [[Nintendo]], and a ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' [[Nintendo Direct#Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct (August 8, 2018)|Nintendo Direct]] was announced for August 8th, 2018 prior to the ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' finals.

|'''Sunday'''||''{{iw|wikipedia|Street Fighter V}}''||2,499||$84,990

|'''Sunday'''||''{{iw|wikipedia|Dragon Ball FighterZ}}''||2,579||$25,790

|'''Sunday'''||''{{iw|wikipedia|Tekken 7}}''||1,547||$15,470

|'''Sunday'''||''{{iw|wikipedia|Guilty Gear Xrd REV2}}''||623||$6,230

|'''Saturday'''||''{{iw|wikipedia|BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle}}''||1,181||$11,810

|'''Saturday'''||''{{iw|wikipedia|Injustice 2}}''||361||$13,610

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' singles===

(1,353 entrants)<br>

[https://www.start.gg/tournament/evo-2018/event/evo-2018-1/brackets/329222 Top 48 Bracket]<br>

[https://www.start.gg/tournament/evo-2018/event/evo-2018-1/brackets/329225/663163 Top 8 Bracket]

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|13th||{{Sm|Colbol|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||

|65th||{{Sm|Kounotori|Japan}}||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||

==={{forwiiu}} singles===

(1,358 entrants)<br>

[https://www.start.gg/tournament/evo-2018/event/super-smash-bros-for-wii-u/brackets/329223 Top 48 Bracket]<br>

[https://www.start.gg/tournament/evo-2018/event/super-smash-bros-for-wii-u/brackets/329224/663162 Top 8 Bracket]

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|2nd||{{Sm|CaptainZack|USA}}||{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||$2,716

|49th||{{Sm|Ty|USA|p=Nevada}}||{{Head|Ryu|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||

|65th||{{Sm|Twan|p=California|USA}}||{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||

|65th||{{Sm|Dio|p=New York|USA}}||{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=16px}}{{Head|R.O.B|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||

|65th||{{Sm|Dreagune|USA}}||{{Head|Little Mac|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||

|65th||{{Sm|Zean|Chile}}||{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||

====''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' doubles====

[https://www.start.gg/tournament/evo-2018-melee-doubles/event/melee-doubles/brackets/340023 Top 8 Bracket]

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{{*}}Melee doubles was a side event organized by the community and not an "official" part of EVO.

====''[[Project M]]'' singles====

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!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings

|1st||{{Sm|Fuzz|USA}}||{{PMHead|Mewtwo|s=16px}}||$5

|2nd||{{Sm|Nyx|Chile}}||{{PMHead|Mr. Game & Watch|s=16px}}||

|3rd||{{Sm|Dank|USA}}||{{PMHead|Snake|s=16px}}||

|4th||{{Sm|Goode|USA}}||{{PMHead|Sonic|s=16px}}||

|5th||{{Sm|Catosat|USA}}||{{PMHead|Ivysaur|s=16px}}||

|5th||{{Sm|Gibbles|USA}}||{{PMHead|Sheik|s=16px}}||

|7th||{{Sm|Edge|USA|p=USA}}||{{PMHead|Jigglypuff|s=16px}}||

|7th||{{Sm|DBSammy|USA}}||{{PMHead|Luigi|s=16px}}||

{{*}}Project M was a side event organized by the community and not an "official" part of EVO.

The event came under controversy during the grand finals match of the {{forwiiu}} event between {{Sm|Lima}} and {{Sm|CaptainZack}}. Neither player seemed to take the match seriously, as evidenced by their lack of staidness throughout the set and by Lima granting CaptainZack a "homie [[stock]]" during game 5 of the first set. Additionally, during game 1 of the second set, both players held [[Bullet Climax]] in place for nearly two minutes, which caused [[tournament organizer]] {{Sm|Bear}} to [https://clips.twitch.tv/WonderfulPiliableSquirrelBleedPurple come on stage] and issue both players a [https://twitter.com/BearUNLV/status/1025978601055776768 yellow card]. Many top players asserted that this set tarnished the competitive integrity of the event,<ref>https://twitter.com/DabuzSenpai/status/1025978214978445312</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/MVG_Mew2King/status/1025980476807294977</ref> and most of the audience members attending EVO had [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_eC3SBSJnE left the venue]{{dead link}} before or during grand finals. CaptainZack apologized after the match for his "disrespectful showing", but stated that he was "truly trying his best" throughout the set. <ref>https://twitter.com/CaptainZack_/status/1025996248380203008</ref> Lima also apologized for giving a "homie stock" to CaptainZack, saying that he did it because he was playing one of his best friends and didn't want the match to end with a [[self-destruct]]. Moreover, he explained that it wasn't his intention to "make grand finals look like collusion or childish", but that he simply "play[s] better when [he] play[s] to have fun".<ref>https://twitter.com/LimaBayo/status/1026004629786517504</ref> Many view the Grand Finals incident, timed with the arrival of ''Ultimate'' shortly after, as the death of competitive ''Smash 4''.

*This is the first year where the lineup announcement stream was not co-hosted by Mike Ross. Instead, Tekken Project and EVO staff member Mark "MarkMan" Julio was the co-host.

*This is the first EVO since 2014 that doesn't feature a total of nine games in the main EVO lineup.

*''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' was confirmed to replace {{forwiiu}} in the event if it was released in time for EVO 2018.<ref>https://twitter.com/mrwiz/status/971921848945528833?s=21</ref> However, this did not take effect as it was released four months after EVO 2018.

**After being a demo at EVO 2018, on February 26th, 2019, ''Ultimate'' was revealed to debut in the main lineup at {{Trn|EVO 2019}}.

*This is the first time {{Sm|Armada}} has lost to a player outside the [[Summer 2018 MPGR]] top 6 or PPMD since {{Sm|Amsah}} in 2010 (excluding sandbagging), as {{Sm|Swedish Delight}} defeated Armada in winners top 24.

**Armada embarked on an impressive losers run after his loss to Swedish Delight, defeating {{Sm|Gahtzu}}, {{Sm|Mew2King}}, {{Sm|Zain}}, {{Sm|S2J}}, {{Sm|Mango}}, {{Sm|Hungrybox}}, and {{Sm|Plup}} before losing to Leffen 0-3 in grand finals.

*This is the first time where none of the [[Five Gods]] won ''Melee'' singles at EVO post-EVO 2013, with {{Sm|Leffen}} defeating Armada in grand finals.

**This is also the first EVO to have no American players in ''Melee'' grand finals.

*This is the first time since {{Trn|CEO Dreamland}} where {{Sm|Salem}} placed outside of the top 12, where he got 17th place.

*There was a poll for which game {{iw|wikipedia|Arc System Works}} president Minoru Kidooka should enter. ''Melee'' ended up taking 1st place in the poll and Kidooka entered said game.<ref>https://www.twingalaxies.com/feed_details.php/794/arc-systems-work-president-playing-smash-bros-melee-at-evo-2018/6</ref> He placed 721st out of 1,353 entrants.<ref>https://start.gg/tournament/evo-2018/event/evo-2018-1/entrant/1905977</ref>

 

==External links==

*[https://start.gg/tournament/evo-2018/details start.gg page]