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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 and Tony "Ponder" Cannon, (and formerly Joey "{{Sm|Mr. Wizard}}" 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]]''. | 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 "{{Sm|Mr. Wizard}}" 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]]''. | ||
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