Tournament:EVO 2013
| EVO 2013 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Dates | July 12th-14th, 2013 |
| Venue | Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino |
| Address/City | 3655 South Las Vegas Boulevard Las Vegas, Nevada  |
| Attendance | 709 (forMelee) |
| Entry fees | Registration: Melee singles: $10 |
| Pot size(s) | Melee singles: $7,952 |
| Results | |
 winners | Mango |
| Staff | |
| Organizer(s) | Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar |
| EVO Staff | Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar, Shoryuken (SRK) James Chen (LevelUp Live) |
| VGBootCamp,CLASH Tournaments,Melee It On Me,Team OXY | GimR,Chibo,Prog,D1,Scar,TheCrimsonBlur |
Evolution 2013, or simplyEVO 2013, was the 12th edition of theEvolution Championship Series, a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada, which took place on July 12th to 14th, 2013, at theParis Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. It was the largest Smash tournament of 2013 and broke the record for thelargest Smash tournament at the time, with 709 entrants forSuper Smash Bros. Melee. EVO 2013 also had over twice the entrants of the previous largestMelee tournament,Pound 4.
Originally,Melee was not to be a featured game at EVO. However, when looking for an 8th game to add to the roster, the EVO staff held a donation drive for breast cancer research, wherein the game community that donated the most money to the drive would have their game featured as an official game at EVO. Although there was stiff competition from theSkullgirls community, a massive push from theMelee It On Me podcast staff resulted in the Smash community raisingnearly $95,000 by the final day of the donation drive.
The tournament is now known as a landmark event and a major turning point inMelee history. It marked the beginning of an explosive rise in the game's competitive popularity, and ushered in an era that featured significantly increased turnout and more new tournaments hosted than ever before. EVO marked the beginning of thePlatinum Age, in whichMelee transitioned from a largely grassroots scene to a more professional "eSport".
A particular event that sparked outrage among the entire gaming community was whenNintendo attempted to block streaming forMelee at EVO a few days before the tournament was set to begin. However, because of extreme community backlash, Nintendo retracted the ban hours later. It waslater revealed that Nintendo had also attempted to shut down theMelee portion of the tournament altogether.
However, the tournament proceeded, andMelee joined such games asSuper Street Fighter IV andUltimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 on the main stage. For commentary on the main stage,Prog was joined by famedStreet Fighter commentator James Chen.
Tournament summary[edit]
EVO 2013 wasMang0's first supermajor victory sincePound 4 in 2010; after losing toWobbles in winners' quarters, he went on an extended losers run, defeatingSFAT,Ice,Dr. PeePee,Armada, andHungrybox to make it to losers' side of grand finals; he then defeated Wobbles in two sets of grands to win the tournament. Wobbles also went on an impressive run in 2nd place, defeatingShroomed, Mang0, Dr. PeePee, and Hungrybox en route to grand finals. His performance at EVO has become one of the most well-knownCinderella runs in the game's history, having defeated three of theFive Gods using the Ice Climbers, considered below the standards of a top tier character. This was also the first supermajor sinceViva La Smashtaclysm in 2007 where at least one of the players in grand finals was not a member of the Five Gods.Armada had initially announced his retirement from competing in early 2013, but decided to attend EVO regardless; he was defeated by Dr. PeePee and Mang0, finishing 4th, his lowest placing at a North American tournament since Pound 4.
The winners' finals set between Wobbles and Hungrybox became particularly infamous. Wobbles defeated Hungrybox 2-1, but after game 3, neither player knew that the set had ended, as both assumed that winners' finals was a best-of-five set. Livestream footage shows a EVO founder Tom Cannon walking up to inform both players that the set was over. Hungrybox later stated that the event had been advertised as having best-of-five sets for winners' and losers' finals, but the TOs changed the set count at the last minute.[1]
Mang0's set-winningup smashroll read vs. Hungrybox in losers' finals has become one of the most well-known moments in competitiveMelee history.[2]
Official game lineup[edit]
| Finals | Game | Entrants | Pot Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition | 1,637 | $16,370.0 |
| Sunday | Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 | 1,302 | $13,020.0 |
| Sunday | Injustice: Gods Among Us | 582 | $5,820.00 |
| Sunday | Super Smash Bros. Melee | 709 | $7,952.00 |
| Sunday | The King of Fighters XIII | 427 | $4,270.00 |
| Saturday | Street Fighter X Tekken | 573 | $5,730.00 |
| Friday | Mortal Kombat (2011 video game) | 233 | $2,330.00 |
| Friday | Persona 4 Arena | 400 | $4,000.00 |
| Friday | Tekken Tag Tournament 2 | 355 | $3,550.00 |
Ruleset[edit]
General rules[edit]
- Items were set to none.
- 4 stocks
- 8 minute time limit
- Wobbling was allowed. The freeze glitch and infinite stalling were banned, however.
- Matches that time out would be determined by the remaining number of stocks, then percentage of the current stock if stocks are tied. In the event of a percentage tie, the match would be replayed in full. Sudden Death is not to be played, and will not count.
- If a player accidentally paused whilestealing a life in doubles, the opposing team could deem that stock forfeit. Pausing could be turned off to prevent this.
- Stage Striking (in the order 1-2-1) was used to decide the stage on game 1.
- In a Best of 3 match, a player could ban 1 stage upon winning a game. In a Best of 5 match however, there were no stage bans.
- Before the next game, the winner of the previous game decided their stage ban and character. The loser would counterpick stages and characters accordingly.
- A player could not counterpick the last stage they won on unless mutually agreed to by both players.
Stage list[edit]
| Starter | Counterpick |
|---|---|
| Yoshi's Story | Pokémon Stadium |
| Fountain of Dreams | |
| Battlefield | |
| Final Destination | |
| Dream Land |
Results[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Melee singles[edit]
(709 entrants)
Bracket
Grand Finals
Note that MacD and Eval took Jtb and LK007's places, respectively.
Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles (side event)[edit]
(22 teams)
Grand Finals
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mew2King |  | Hungrybox |  | |
| 2nd | Mango |  | Lucky | | |
| 3rd | PewPewU |  | SFAT | | |
| 4th |  Armada |  | Android | | |
| 5th |  Ice | | Leffen | | |
| 5th | Hax |  | Jman | |
Trivia[edit]
- Taylor Hicks, winner ofthe fifth season ofAmerican Idol, tied for 257th place for theMelee tournament.
- Three matches that were played in Losers' were not accurately reflected in the bracket; in Quarter-Finals Pool I57, the bracket shows thatDarkrain defeatedFiction and proceeded to lose toShroomed, whileAxe defeatedLord. In actuality, Fiction defeated Darkrain and proceeded to lose to Axe, while Lord lost to Shroomed. Due to how the brackets work, this seems to have been the players accidentally playing the wrong matches rather than any actual fault of the bracket (with the exception of the incorrect result between Fiction and Darkrain).
External links[edit]
References[edit]
| EVO | |
|---|---|
| World Championships | EVO World 2007 ·EVO 2008 ·EVO 2009 ·EVO 2013 ·EVO 2014 ·EVO 2015 ·EVO 2016 ·EVO 2017 ·EVO 2018 ·EVO 2019 |
| EVO 2007 circuit | EVO South ·EVO East ·EVO North ·EVO West |
| EVO Japan | EVO Japan 2018 ·EVO Japan 2020 |
