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The '''Evolution Championship Series''', or simply '''EVO''', is a fighting game [[tournament]] series held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tournament, first held in 1996 as '''Battle by the Bay''', is organized and directed by Tom "inkblot" Cannon | The '''Evolution Championship Series''', or simply '''EVO''', is a fighting game [[tournament]] series held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tournament, first held in 1996 as '''Battle by the Bay''', is organized and directed by Tom "inkblot" Cannon and Tony "Ponder" Cannon, (and formerly Joey "MrWizard" Cuellar), founders of fighting game website Shoryuken.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://evo.shoryuken.com/f-a-q/ |title= Evolution Championship Series F.A.Q. |publisher=Evolution Championship Series official website |accessdate=2015-06-22}}</ref> EVO is widely recognized as the premier event for fighting games and the largest fighting game tournament in the world. As of [[EVO 2019]], the tournament series holds the record for [[List of largest Smash tournaments|the largest Smash tournament to date]], with 3,522 players entering ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' was announced to make its EVO debut in 2019. While confirmed to replace ''Smash 4'' if it released in time in 2018<ref>https://twitter.com/mrwiz/status/971921848945528833?s=21</ref>, this was the first EVO post-release. For the first time since EVO 2012, ''Melee'' was not revealed to be in the lineup, instead being hosted as a side event, making EVO 2019 the first one since 2014 to feature only one Smash game instead of two. ''Ultimate'' at EVO 2019 ended up becoming the largest ''Smash'' tournament of all time and the first tournament to achieve over 3,000 entrants. Not only that, it was the most popular game at EVO 2019 and was the first time a Smash game had the most entrants at EVO. It also had the highest peak viewership on Twitch for any game at EVO that year. | ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' was announced to make its EVO debut in 2019. While confirmed to replace ''Smash 4'' if it released in time in 2018<ref>https://twitter.com/mrwiz/status/971921848945528833?s=21</ref>, this was the first EVO post-release. For the first time since EVO 2012, ''Melee'' was not revealed to be in the lineup, instead being hosted as a side event, making EVO 2019 the first one since 2014 to feature only one Smash game instead of two. ''Ultimate'' at EVO 2019 ended up becoming the largest ''Smash'' tournament of all time and the first tournament to achieve over 3,000 entrants. Not only that, it was the most popular game at EVO 2019 and was the first time a Smash game had the most entrants at EVO. It also had the highest peak viewership on Twitch for any game at EVO that year. | ||
''Ultimate'' was announced to return for the lineup of EVO 2020, with ''Melee'' remaining off the lineup. However, as a result of the [[COVID-19|COVID-19 epidemic]], EVO 2020 was cancelled<ref>https://twitter.com/EVO/status/1256308529163452416</ref>. | ''Ultimate'' was announced to return for the lineup of EVO 2020, with ''Melee'' remaining off the lineup. However, as a result of the [[COVID-19|COVID-19 epidemic]], EVO 2020 was cancelled<ref>https://twitter.com/EVO/status/1256308529163452416</ref>. ''Ultimate'' was cut from the lineup of EVO Online, the planned online replacement. EVO Online was later following allegations of sexual misconduct against EVO CEO MrWizard.<ref>https://twitter.com/EVO/status/1278859734099963904</ref> | ||
==Champions== | ==Champions== | ||