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|pot= ''Melee'' singles: $9,700<br>''Melee'' doubles: $2,130<br>''Project M'' singles: $610
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|ssbmwinner= {{Sm|Mango|USA}} <small>1v1</small><br>{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}} & {{Sm|Plup|USA}} <small>2v2</small>
|ssbmwinner= {{Sm|Mango|USA}} <small>1v1</small><br>{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}} & {{Sm|Plup|USA}} <small>2v2</small>
|director= Mr. Wizard
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'''Evolution 2014''', or simply '''EVO 2014''', was the 13th edition of the [[EVO|Evolution Championship Series]], a fighting game tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada, from July 11th to 13th, 2014 at the {{s|wikipedia|Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino}}. The tournament featured ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' on its official game lineup, but also hosted a side event for [[Project M]] on its "Bring Your Own Console" (BYOC) area. It was the 4th time EVO featured a Smash game and currently stands as one of the [[List of largest Smash tournaments|largest ''Smash'' tournaments to date]], with 970 entrants for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''.  
'''Evolution 2014''', or simply '''EVO 2014''', was the 13th edition of the [[EVO|Evolution Championship Series]], a fighting game tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada, from July 11th to 13th, 2014 at the {{iw|wikipedia|Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino}}. The tournament featured ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' on its official game lineup, but also hosted a side event for [[Project M]] on its "Bring Your Own Console" (BYOC) area. It was the 4th time EVO featured a Smash game and broke the record for the [[List of largest Smash tournaments|largest ''Smash'' tournament]] at the time, with 970 entrants for ''Melee''.


EVO 2014 notably featured [[Nintendo]], the publisher for the ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series, as a sponsor, with a speech given by [[Reggie Fils-Aimé]], President of Nintendo of America; this was in stark contrast to Nintendo's attempt to shut down ''Melee'' at EVO 2013 a year earlier. In addition, {{Sm|Prog}} was presented the Cannon Award in his honor for his service to the Smash community.
EVO 2014 notably featured [[Nintendo]], the publisher for the ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series, as a sponsor, with a speech given by [[Reggie Fils-Aimé]], President of Nintendo of America; this was in stark contrast to Nintendo's attempt to shut down ''Melee'' at EVO 2013 a year earlier. In addition, {{Sm|Prog}} was presented the Cannon Award in his honor for his service to the Smash community.
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|'''Sunday'''||''[[wikipedia:Street Fighter IV#Ultra Street Fighter IV|Ultra Street Fighter IV]]''||1,979||$29,790.00
|'''Sunday'''||''[[wikipedia:Street Fighter IV#Ultra Street Fighter IV|Ultra Street Fighter IV]]''||1,979||$29,790.00
|-
|-
|'''Sunday'''||''{{s|wikipedia|Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3}}''||1,014||$10,140.00
|'''Sunday'''||''{{iw|wikipedia|Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3}}''||1,014||$10,140.00
|-
|-
|'''Sunday'''||''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''||970||$9,700.00
|'''Sunday'''||''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''||970||$9,700.00
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|'''Sunday'''||''{{iw|wikipedia|Killer Instinct|2013 video game}}''||338||$13,379.80
|'''Sunday'''||''{{iw|wikipedia|Killer Instinct|2013 video game}}''||338||$13,379.80
|-
|-
|'''Sunday'''||''{{s|wikipedia|BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma}}''||508||$35,080.00
|'''Sunday'''||''{{iw|wikipedia|BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma}}''||508||$35,080.00
|-
|-
|'''Saturday'''||''{{s|wikipedia|The King of Fighters XIII}}''||319||$3,189.40
|'''Saturday'''||''{{iw|wikipedia|The King of Fighters XIII}}''||319||$3,189.40
|-
|-
|'''Saturday'''||''{{s|wikipedia|Injustice: Gods Among Us}}''||311||$3,110.00
|'''Saturday'''||''{{iw|wikipedia|Injustice: Gods Among Us}}''||311||$3,110.00
|-
|-
|'''Friday'''||''{{s|wikipedia|Tekken Tag Tournament 2}}''||257||$7,570.00
|'''Friday'''||''{{iw|wikipedia|Tekken Tag Tournament 2}}''||257||$7,570.00
|}
 
==Ruleset==
*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====
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Starter!!Counterpick
|-
|{{SSBM|Battlefield}}||[[Pokémon Stadium]]
|-
|{{SSB|Dream Land}}||
|-
|{{SSBM|Final Destination}}||
|-
|[[Fountain of Dreams]]||
|-
|[[Yoshi's Story]]||
|}
|}


==Results==
==Results==
===''Melee'' singles===
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' singles===
(970 entrants)<br>
(970 entrants)<br>
[http://smashboards.com/data/rankings/1533.jpg Full bracket]<br>
[http://smashboards.com/data/rankings/1533.jpg Full bracket]<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apWP3Z0ssmM Grand Finals]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apWP3Z0ssmM Grand Finals]
{|class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:center"
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
|-
|-
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|2nd||{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}}||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$1,940
|2nd||{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}}||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$1,940
|-
|-
|3rd||{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$970
|3rd||{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=16px}}<!--Please do not add Armada's Young Link. Characters should only be added if they helped to win a set, and Armada ultimately ended up losing both sets to Hungrybox.-->||$970
|-
|-
|4th||{{Sm|PPMD|USA}}||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$388
|4th||{{Sm|PPMD|USA}}||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$388
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|25th||{{Sm|Swedish Delight|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|25th||{{Sm|Swedish Delight|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|-
|25th||{{Sm|Javi|Mexico}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|25th||{{Sm|JAVI|Mexico}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|-
|25th||{{Sm|Hyprid|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|25th||{{Sm|Hyprid|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
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|33rd||{{Sm|Cyrain|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|33rd||{{Sm|Cyrain|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|-
|33rd||{{Sm|DJ Nintendo|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|33rd||{{Sm|DJ Nintendo|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Bowser|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|-
|33rd||{{Sm|Lucien|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|33rd||{{Sm|Lucien|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
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|49th||{{Sm|Kels|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|49th||{{Sm|Kels|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|}
|}
===Side events===
===Side events===
====''Melee'' doubles====
====''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' doubles====
(72 teams)<br>
(72 teams)<br>
[http://i.imgur.com/fIkYISL.jpg Bracket]<br>
[http://i.imgur.com/fIkYISL.jpg Bracket]<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFwzFHyMMG0 Grand Finals (part 1)]<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFwzFHyMMG0 Grand Finals (part 1)]<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPqW8EDNloM Grand Finals (part 2)]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPqW8EDNloM Grand Finals (part 2)]
{|class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:center"
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
|-
|-
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|}
|}


====''Project M'' singles====
====''[[Project M]]'' singles====
(62 entrants)<br>
(62 entrants)<br>
[http://smashboards.com/data/rankings/1565.jpg Bracket]<br>
[http://smashboards.com/data/rankings/1565.jpg Bracket]<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=389GNTJCgzE Grand Finals]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=389GNTJCgzE Grand Finals]
{|class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:center"
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
|-
|-
|1st||{{Sm|ZeRo|Chile}}||{{Head|Pit|g=SSBB|s=16px|l=Pit (PM)}}||$305
|1st||{{Sm|ZeRo|Chile}}||{{PMHead|Pit|s=16px}}||$305
|-
|-
|2nd||{{Sm|ChuDat|USA}}||{{Head|Kirby|g=SSBB|s=16px|l=Kirby (PM)}}||$152.50
|2nd||{{Sm|ChuDat|USA}}||{{PMHead|Kirby|s=16px}}||$152.50
|-
|-
|3rd||{{Sm|DJ Nintendo|USA}}||{{Head|Ike|g=SSBB|s=16px|l=Ike (PM)}}||$91.50
|3rd||{{Sm|DJ Nintendo|USA}}||{{PMHead|Ike|s=16px}}||$91.50
|-
|-
|4th||{{Sm|Metroid|USA}}||{{Head|Charizard|g=SSBB|s=16px|l=Charizard (PM)}}{{Head|Ike|g=SSBB|s=16px|l=Ike (PM)}}||$30.50
|4th||{{Sm|Metroid|USA}}||{{PMHead|Charizard|s=16px}}{{PMHead|Ike|s=16px}}||$30.50
|-
|-
|5th||{{Sm|Chillin|USA}}||{{Head|Wolf|g=SSBB|s=16px|l=Wolf (PM)}}||$15.25
|5th||{{Sm|Chillin|USA}}||{{PMHead|Wolf|s=16px}}||$15.25
|-
|-
|5th||{{Sm|K9|USA}}||{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=16px|l=Meta Knight (PM)}}||$15.25
|5th||{{Sm|K9|USA}}||{{PMHead|Meta Knight|s=16px}}||$15.25
|}
|}


==Notable matches==
==Notable matches==
EVO 2014 included some of the strongest performances for {{Sm|Silent Wolf}} and {{Sm|Axe}} in a national tournament. They faced off in losers' top 8, splitting the first two matches with two-stock wins. In the final match, Axe [[counterpick]]ed [[Fountain of Dreams]], where he four-stocked Silent Wolf in under a minute, proceeding to losers' quarters.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZIxUjct3uo EVO 2014 SSBM Losers Top 8 - Silent Wolf vs Axe]</ref>
EVO 2014 included some of the strongest performances for {{Sm|Silent Wolf}} and {{Sm|Axe}} in a national tournament. They faced off in losers' top 8, splitting the first two matches with two-stock wins. In the final match, Axe [[counterpick]]ed [[Fountain of Dreams]], where he four-stocked Silent Wolf in 56 seconds, proceeding to losers' quarters.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZIxUjct3uo EVO 2014 SSBM Losers Top 8 - Silent Wolf vs Axe]</ref>
 
==Trivia==
*This is one of only 2 tournaments where the places 1st to 5th were all taken by the Five Gods (outside of {{Sm|Axe}}, who also placed 5th), the other being {{Trn|Apex 2013}}.
**{{Trn|EVO 2013}} also had the Five Gods place Top 6, although {{Sm|Wobbles}} placed 2nd.
*This was the last EVO tournament Armada attended in which he didn't make it to Grand Finals.


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:14, August 23, 2023

EVO 2014
EVOLogo2013.png
Dates July 11th-13th, 2014
Venue Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino
Address/City 3000 Paradise Road
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Attendance 970 (for Melee)
Entry fees Melee singles: $10
Melee doubles: $15 per person
Project M singles: $10
Pot size(s) Melee singles: $9,700
Melee doubles: $2,130
Project M singles: $610
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Mango 1v1
USA Hungrybox & USA Plup 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s) Mr. Wizard

Evolution 2014, or simply EVO 2014, was the 13th edition of the Evolution Championship Series, a fighting game tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada, from July 11th to 13th, 2014 at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. The tournament featured Super Smash Bros. Melee on its official game lineup, but also hosted a side event for Project M on its "Bring Your Own Console" (BYOC) area. It was the 4th time EVO featured a Smash game and broke the record for the largest Smash tournament at the time, with 970 entrants for Melee.

EVO 2014 notably featured Nintendo, the publisher for the Super Smash Bros. series, as a sponsor, with a speech given by Reggie Fils-Aimé, President of Nintendo of America; this was in stark contrast to Nintendo's attempt to shut down Melee at EVO 2013 a year earlier. In addition, Prog was presented the Cannon Award in his honor for his service to the Smash community.

Before Top 8 for Melee began at EVO, Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aimé wished the remaining professional smashers good luck in a YouTube video, thanking them (as well as all other Melee participants) for their dedication to the Super Smash Bros. series and their participation in the Super Smash Bros. Invitational.

Official Game LineupEdit

The official game lineup for EVO 2014 was announced on Frebuary 6th, by Joey Cuellar, EVO's tournament director, during iPlayWinner's live podcast, "The Fray!". Although Melee was intended to be included from the start, it wasn't officially confirmed on the lineup until March, due to a pending agreement with Nintendo regarding the approval for use of the IP at the event.[1][2] After an agreement was reached with EVO, Nintendo was listed as one of the event's sponsors, but no cash bonus was added to the pot, awarding the top 8 winners only with the base pot, accumulated from a $10 entrance fee for the game.

Finals Game Entrants Pot Size
Sunday Ultra Street Fighter IV 1,979 $29,790.00
Sunday Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 1,014 $10,140.00
Sunday Super Smash Bros. Melee 970 $9,700.00
Sunday Killer Instinct 338 $13,379.80
Sunday BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma 508 $35,080.00
Saturday The King of Fighters XIII 319 $3,189.40
Saturday Injustice: Gods Among Us 311 $3,110.00
Friday Tekken Tag Tournament 2 257 $7,570.00

RulesetEdit

  • 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 listEdit

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

ResultsEdit

Super Smash Bros. Melee singlesEdit

(970 entrants)
Full bracket
Grand Finals

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Mango   $5,820
2nd   Hungrybox   $1,940
3rd   Armada   $970
4th   PPMD    $388
5th   Mew2King     $194
5th   Axe    $194
7th   Fly Amanita   $97
7th   Silent Wolf   $97
9th   Chillin  
9th   PewPewU   
9th   Plup  
9th   Leffen  
13th   Westballz  
13th   S2J  
13th   Hax  
13th   Fiction  
17th   Colbol  
17th   ChuDat  
17th   aMSa  
17th   Eddy Mexico  
17th   Nintendude  
17th   Lucky  
17th   ZeRo  
17th   Shroomed  
25th   MacD  
25th   Bladewise  
25th   Swedish Delight  
25th   JAVI  
25th   Hyprid  
25th   The Moon  
25th   Darkrain  
25th   SFAT  
33rd   Connor  
33rd   Lambchops  
33rd   DEHF  
33rd   Cyrain  
33rd   DJ Nintendo   
33rd   Lucien  
33rd   Lord HDL  
33rd   Ken  
33rd   SwiftBass   
33rd   Mr. Brandandorf  
33rd   Ice  
33rd   Darrell  
33rd   J666  
33rd   OkamiBW  
33rd   Zanguzen  
33rd   Duck  
49th   HugS  
49th   SilentSpectre  
49th   Reason  
49th   Cactuar  
49th   PikaChad  
49th   s0ft  
49th   Tafokints  
49th   Tang  
49th   SK92  
49th   Kalamazhu  
49th   Scar  
49th   Excel_Zero  
49th   Zhu  
49th   Laudandus  
49th   Lord  
49th   Kels  

Side eventsEdit

Super Smash Bros. Melee doublesEdit

(72 teams)
Bracket
Grand Finals (part 1)
Grand Finals (part 2)

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Hungrybox     Plup   $1,065 ($532.50 each)
2nd   Mew2King      Hax   $532.50 ($266.25 each)
3rd   Leffen     Ice   $319.50 ($159.75 each)
4th   PewPewU      SFAT   $213 ($106.50 each)
5th   ZeRo     KoreanDJ  
5th   MacD     Fiction  
7th   Mango      Lucky  
7th   Shroomed     S2J  

Project M singlesEdit

(62 entrants)
Bracket
Grand Finals

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   ZeRo   $305
2nd   ChuDat   $152.50
3rd   DJ Nintendo   $91.50
4th   Metroid    $30.50
5th   Chillin   $15.25
5th   K9   $15.25

Notable matchesEdit

EVO 2014 included some of the strongest performances for Silent Wolf and Axe in a national tournament. They faced off in losers' top 8, splitting the first two matches with two-stock wins. In the final match, Axe counterpicked Fountain of Dreams, where he four-stocked Silent Wolf in 56 seconds, proceeding to losers' quarters.[3]

TriviaEdit

  • This is one of only 2 tournaments where the places 1st to 5th were all taken by the Five Gods (outside of Axe, who also placed 5th), the other being Apex 2013.
  • This was the last EVO tournament Armada attended in which he didn't make it to Grand Finals.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Evo 2014 Lineup Revealed! Ultra Street Fighter IV, Killer Instinct, BlazBlue: Chronophantasma, and More. Shoryuken.com. Retrieved on 2015-07-27.
  2. ^ Super Smash Bros. Melee Joins the Evo 2014 Roster!. Shoryuken.com. Retrieved on 2015-07-27.
  3. ^ EVO 2014 SSBM Losers Top 8 - Silent Wolf vs Axe

External linksEdit


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