Tournament:EVO 2008

EVO 2008
Dates	August 8th-10th, 2008
Venue	Tropicana Las Vegas
Address/City	3801 S Las Vegas Boulevard Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance	110 (for Brawl)
Entry fees	Brawl singles: $10
Results
winners	CPU
Staff
Organizer(s)	Mr. Wizard

Evolution 2008, or simply EVO 2008, was the 7th edition of the Evolution Championship Series, a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada, which took place from August 8th to 10th, 2008 at the Tropicana Las Vegas.

It was the second time EVO featured a Smash game on the official lineup, with Super Smash Bros. Brawl replacing Super Smash Bros. Melee from 2007. EVO 2008 was criticized harshly by the competitive community for its ruleset which turned on items, including the Smash Ball, and many stages that were universally banned in competitive play. CPU won the tournament, despite not having any prior experience in competitive Smash, after defeating Ken in Grand Finals in a victory that was widely attributed to the ruleset.

Official Game Lineup

• Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
• Marvel vs. Capcom 2
• Capcom vs. SNK 2
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo
• Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Ruleset

General rules

• Items were set to on and medium spawn.
• 3 stocks, 2/3 games.
• 5 minute time limit.
• Sudden Death would not decide the outcome of the game.
• Excessive stalling or abusing terrain to not engage the enemy was prohibited, and could be enforced by a tournament director only. This would result in a DQ of the match.

Methods

Losing player could pick what method to be used after match:

Method A

• First stage played was Smashville
• Winner kept character
• Loser could either change stage or character, the other was kept

Method B

• First stage played was Smashville
• Loser picked stage
• Winner picked character
• Loser picked character

Banned Stages

• New Pork City
• Hyrule Temple
• WarioWare, Inc.
• Spear Pillar
• Flat Zone 2
• Original Mario Brothers
• Mushroomy Kingdom
• 75m
• Summit
• Rumble Falls

Results

Super Smash Bros. Brawl singles

(110 entrants)

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	CPU		$742
2nd	Ken
3rd	Hall
4th	SK92
5th	Peapo
5th	Darwin
7th	WDRM
7th	Bardull

External links

EVO 2008 official ruleset thread