Tournament:EVO 2017

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EVO 2017
Dates	July 14-16, 2017
Venue	Mandalay Bay Events Center
Address/City	Las Vegas, Nevada
Results

Evolution 2017, or simply EVO 2017, is the upcoming 16th edition of the Evolution Championship Series, a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. EVO 2017 is scheduled to take place on July 14th to 16th, 2016, 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.

Official Game Lineup

Finals	Game	Entrants	Pot Size
Sunday	Street Fighter V	TBA	TBA
Sunday	Super Smash Bros. for Wii U	TBA	TBA
Sunday	BlazBlue: Central Fiction	TBA	TBA
Sunday	Tekken 7	TBA	TBA
Sunday	Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3	TBA	TBA
TBA	Guilty Gear Xrd REV2	TBA	TBA
TBA	Injustice 2	TBA	TBA
Saturday	Super Smash Bros. Melee	TBA	TBA
TBA	The King of Fighters XIV	TBA	TBA

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.
• 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.
• 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, Omega Stages are also struck. The only legal Omegas are Suzaku Castle, Midgar, and Wily Castle.

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 will also mark the first time that Super Smash Bros. for Wii U finals will be held on Sunday and Super Smash Bros. Melee finals will be held on Saturday.

External Links

• EVO's website
  
• EVO's twitter
  
• EVO's Tournament Director twitter
• smash.gg page