Tournament:EVO 2017

EVO 2017
Dates	July 14th-16th, 2017
Venue	Mandalay Bay Events Center
Address/City	3950 S Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance	2,693
Entry fees	Melee singles: $10 Smash Wii U singles: $10
Results
winners	Armada
winners	Salem

Evolution 2017, or simply EVO 2017, was the 16th edition of the Evolution Championship Series, a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event took place on July 14th to 16th, 2017, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. It was announced on January 24th, by EVO's tournament director Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar, that both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U would be featured as official games on the EVO 2017 game lineup. The ninth game was chosen via a donation drive with the proceeds gone to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The Disney XD channel broadcasted Smash 4 Top 8 live on Sunday evening, which had been confirmed by a tweet from the official Disney account. The Smash 4 Top 8 was also broadcasted live on the ESPNU channel. These are the first two instances of a Smash 4 tournament being televised on a platform other than the Internet.

Official Game Lineup

Finals	Game	Entrants	Pot Size
Sunday	Street Fighter V	2,625	$76,250
Sunday	Super Smash Bros. for Wii U	1,508	$15,080
Sunday	Tekken 7	1,286	$27,860
Sunday	BlazBlue: Central Fiction	500	$15,000
Sunday	Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3	652	$16,520
Saturday	Super Smash Bros. Melee	1,428	$14,280
Saturday	Injustice 2	880	$58,800
Saturday	Guilty Gear Xrd REV2	817	$18,170
Friday	The King of Fighters XIV	374	$17,740

Ruleset

Super Smash Bros. Melee

• Items are set to off and none. Pause disabled
• 4 stocks and 8 minute time limit.
• 2/3 games; 3/5 for Winner's, Loser's, and Grand Finals
• Wobbling is allowed. The freeze glitch and infinite stalling are banned however.
• First stage is decided by banning from the Starter Stages in P1-P2-P2-P1 order.
• Winning player is not locked into the same character for the next match, but has to pick before loser selects character.
• In a Best of 3 match, a player can ban 1 stage upon winning a game. In a Best of 5 match however, there are no stage bans.
• Maximum allowed time between games is 60 seconds. Any player violating this rule will be issued a loss.
• Dave's Stupid Rule: A player cannot counterpick the last stage they won on unless mutually agreed to by both players.

Stage list

Starter	Counterpick
Battlefield	Pokémon Stadium
Dream Land
Final Destination
Fountain of Dreams
Yoshi's Story

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

• Items are set to off and none. Pause and handicap are disabled. Launch rate is 1.0.
• 2 stocks and 6 minute time limit.
• 2/3 games; 3/5 for Winner's, Loser's, and Grand Finals
• Customs and Equipment are turned off.
• Mii Fighters are legal (1-1-1-1 Default Miis only). Amiibo however are banned.
• First stage is decided by (Rock-Paper-Scissors) best of 1. Winner strikes, then loser strikes twice, then winner. (P1-P2-P2-P1)
• Following stages decided by winner banning one stage from all stages and then loser choosing.
• Winning player is not locked into the same character for the next match, but has to pick before loser selects character.
• Maximum allowed time between games is 60 seconds. Any player violating this rule will be issued a loss.
• Dave's Stupid Rule: A player cannot counterpick the last stage they won on unless mutually agreed to by both players.
• You may not play on a stage that is not on the available stages list. This will result in a double disqualification.
• If a game ends with a self-destruct move, the results screen will determine the winner.
• Sudden Death with a tied percentage/stock count will NOT determine the outcome of a tied game. A playoff match with 1 stock/2 minutes will determine the winner.
• There will be no loading anything on to the tournament consoles.

Stage list

Starter	Counterpick
Battlefield	Dream Land 64*
Final Destination	Ω Suzaku Castle Ω Midgar Ω Wily Castle**
Smashville
Town and City
Lylat Cruise

Notes

• 1. If Battlefield is struck in the counterpick process, Dream Land 64 is also struck.
• 2. If Final Destination is struck in the counterpick process, Ω form of Stages are also struck. The only legal Ω forms are Suzaku Castle, Midgar, and Wily Castle.

Results

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles

(1,508 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket
Top 48 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Salem		$9,048
2nd	ZeRo		$3,016
3rd	Larry Lurr		$1,508
4th	Tweek		$603.20
5th	Nairo		$301.60
5th	KEN		$301.60
7th	VoiD		$150.80
7th	Dabuz		$150.80
9th	False
9th	Lima
9th	Abadango
9th	JK
13th	komorikiri
13th	NAKAT
13th	WaDi
13th	Manny
17th	Mistake
17th	CaptainZack
17th	Mr.R
17th	Wrath
17th	Raito
17th	Ranai
17th	Elegant
17th	Zinoto
25th	falln
25th	Tsu-
25th	Ling Ling
25th	Xzax
25th	Locus
25th	9B
25th	ANTi
25th	Edge
33rd	MVD
33rd	Ixis
33rd	tyroy
33rd	TLTC
33rd	Luhtie
33rd	Zenyou
33rd	Samsora
33rd	Mr.E
33rd	Eon
33rd	FOW
33rd	Chanshu
33rd	Charliedaking
33rd	Nietono
33rd	Cosmos
33rd	Fatality
33rd	Konga
49th	ESAM
49th	K9sbruce
49th	Seagull Joe
49th	MuteAce
49th	Xaltis
49th	Suinoko
49th	Ally
49th	Ryuga
49th	Z
49th	Day
49th	8BitMan
49th	Urameshi
49th	Rich Brown
49th	FILIP
49th	Pugwest
49th	Ri-ma
65th	Googs
65th	JJROCKETS
65th	Calculus
65th	Nanchan
65th	ikep
65th	Tyrant
65th	Umeki
65th	Myran
65th	DarkShad
65th	Kameme
65th	Kirihara
65th	Chavo
65th	saj
65th	Dom
65th	Meteor
65th	3xA
65th	MkLeo
65th	aMSa
65th	dyr
65th	Phenom
65th	BestNess
65th	SuperGirlKels
65th	Earth
65th	KOSSismoss
65th	IcyMist
65th	Pink Fresh
65th	WonderBread
65th	Hackoru
65th	Takera
65th	Ki
65th	Eim
65th	SS

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(1,428 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket
Top 48 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Armada		$8,568
2nd	Mango		$2,856
3rd	Hungrybox		$1,428
4th	Mew2King		$571.20
5th	Plup		$285.60
5th	Lucky		$285.60
7th	SFAT		$142.80
7th	The Moon		$142.80
9th	Leffen
9th	Axe
9th	PewPewU
9th	Prince Abu
13th	Wizzrobe
13th	Westballz
13th	Swedish Delight
13th	Duck
17th	ChuDat
17th	Shroomed
17th	S2J
17th	Ryan Ford
17th	aMSa
17th	lloD
17th	Rishi
17th	Medz
25th	MikeHaze
25th	Crush
25th	Nintendude
25th	Colbol
25th	MacD
25th	Android
25th	Ka-master
25th	AbsentPage
33rd	Druggedfox
33rd	n0ne
33rd	Ice
33rd	HugS
33rd	Bladewise
33rd	Amsah
33rd	Fiction
33rd	Kels
33rd	Blea Gelo
33rd	Redd
33rd	Eddy Mexico
33rd	Hax
33rd	ARMY
33rd	HomeMadeWaffles
33rd	King Momo
33rd	DaShizWiz
49th	Silent Wolf
49th	dizzkidboogie
49th	KJH
49th	Syrox
49th	Gahtzu
49th	Darkatma
49th	Captain Faceroll
49th	Kalamazhu
49th	Cactuar
49th	DJ Nintendo
49th	Kage
49th	Drephen
49th	Ken
49th	Rustin
49th	Spark
49th	EastCoastJeff

Side Events

Project M singles

This event was the 8th stop on the 2017 Project M Championship Circuit. As a result of Melee being mostly on Saturday and other factors, this event was smaller than previous iterations of Project M at EVO.
(83 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	PMCC Points	Earnings
1st	Filthy Casual		200
2nd	lloD		150
3rd	Neon		100
4th	Jose V		80
5th	Chard		50
5th	LoyaL		50
7th	Light		40
7th	ilovebagelz		40
9th	Cloudburst		30
9th	dansdaman		30
9th	Dadpool		30
9th	Heysuess		30
13th	Dumshiny		10
13th	Kendo64		10
13th	Titanium		10
13th	Umarth		10

Trivia

• Bear, who is the main TO for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, was invited as a guest during the EVO 2017 lineup announcement to comment about Smash 4 and the fixes the staff at EVO would do in order to improve on the title's tournament performance from the previous year.
• This marked the first time that the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U finals will be held on Sunday, and the Super Smash Bros. Melee finals will be held on Saturday.
• This is the fifth consecutive appearance for Super Smash Bros. Melee at EVO (sixth overall), as well being the third consecutive appearance for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
• EVO 2017 is the 10 year anniversary of Melee 's original appearance at EVO 2007.
• Hungrybox was yellow carded following his set with SFAT due to Crunch appearing on-stage as his coach after the first game when the rules disallowed coaching after round 2 pools. This decision was met with controversy as the rules regarding coaching past pools would result in a match loss for the coached player which Hungrybox did not receive. However, SFAT was also allegedly being coached by G$, which resulted in the match standing; this led to even more controversy, as many people agreed that SFAT was not being coached at all by G$, as the action performed did not qualify under the definition. Crunch also stated that he was unaware of the rules.
  • Furthermore, the official EVO rules state that any incident should be reported at the time it occurs, and will otherwise be ignored, so technically, Hungrybox should not have been carded at all.
• EVO 2017 stands as one of MkLeo's worst Smash 4 tournaments, placing 65th (the other being 2GGC: Civil War where he also placed 65th).
• EVO 2017 also stands as Ally's worst Smash 4 tournament in 2017, placing 49th since placing the same at CEO 2016 over a year prior.
• At the beginning of Smash 4's Top 8, Twitch experienced serious server issues, due to the large number of people around the globe who attempted to watch the event.
• Salem's run through this EVO's Smash 4 top 8 shares many similarities with Hungrybox's Melee performance at EVO the year prior. They both lost their winners semis matches by 0-2 against the #6 ranked player (Larry Lurr and Plup, respectively), then won their losers quarters matches against the top-ranked solo mains of their respective characters by 2-0 (KEN and S2J at the time), won their losers semis matches by 2-1 after losing game 1, won their losers finals matches against the players who sent them to the losers bracket by 3-1 after losing game 1, and seized the tournament victory against the #1 ranked player through two grand finals sets of five games each (ZeRo and Armada, who also both won an EVO before), while also sharing the same game victory order during the second set. Much like Hungrybox's famous comeback against Armada on game 5 of their first set of grand finals at EVO 2016, Salem also pulled an unlikely comeback against ZeRo on game 5 to win, albeit on the second set. Additionally, both Salem and Hungrybox are from Florida, and both are known for their slower, patient playstyle.
  • Salem's run also bears similarities to Nairo's finish at MLG World Finals 2015. Both in Grand Finals reset against ZeRo, and both ending the set with an off-the-top blast zone KO from a relatively low percent.
  • This is also the second Smash 4 tournament where Salem has double-eliminated ZeRo, the first being Collision XIV.
• ZeRo temporarily deactivated his Twitter account shortly after the conclusion of Smash 4's grand finals. Although a number of observers believed he had done so to avoid harassment over his loss, ZeRo reactivated his account later in the day, stating he only deactivated his account to relax and that he did not want to worry anyone.
• D1, who commentated with TKBreezy for the 2015 and 2016 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U finals as well as 2014's Super Smash Bros. Melee finals (with Prog), ended up commentating on DisneyXD/ESPNU this year alongside VikkiKitty. On Twitch, TK would be joined by his Black Plague partner EE.
  • Furthermore, EVO 2017 is the first tournament for any Super Smash Bros. game to be broadcast on live television (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U finals were broadcast on DisneyXD and ESPNU).

External links

• EVO's website
  
• EVO's twitter
  
• EVO tournament director's twitter
• start.gg page
• Project M side event page