Tournament:EVO 2016

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EVO 2016
Dates	July 15-17, 2016
Venue	Las Vegas Convention Center & Mandalay Bay Events Center
Address/City	3150 Paradise Rd 3950 S Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas, Nevada
Entry fees	Melee singles: $10 Smash Wii U singles: $10
Results

Evolution 2016, or simply EVO 2016, is the upcoming 15th edition of the Evolution Championship Series, a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is scheduled to take place in July on Friday the 15th to Sunday the 17th at the Las Vegas Convention Center, then at the Mandalay Bay Events Center to host finals. It was announced on January 26th, 2016 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 2016 game lineup.

Official Game Lineup

Finals	Game	Entrants	Pot Size
Sunday	Street Fighter V	5,065	$100,650
Sunday	Super Smash Bros. Melee	2,350	$23,500
Sunday	Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator	903	$9,030
Sunday	Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3	770	$7,700
Sunday	Mortal Kombat XL	707	$57,070
Saturday	Killer Instinct	540	$20,400
Saturday	Super Smash Bros. for Wii U	2,637	$26,370
Saturday	Pokkén Tournament	1,165	$31,650
Friday	Tekken 7: Fated Retribution	543	$5,430

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 he/she 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. Damage Ratio 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.
• All Omega stages 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 he/she 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.
• 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 (Miiverse)	Dream Land 64
Final Destination	Duck Hunt
Lylat Cruise
Smashville
Town and City

Trivia

• Ken, who won the first Melee tournament at EVO World 2007, was invited as a guest during the EVO 2016 lineup announcement to comment on Melee's history at EVO.

External Links

EVO's website
EVO's twitter
EVO's Tournament Director twitter