The 2013 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2013 or EVO 2013) was a fighting game event held at Paris Las Vegas on July 12–14. The event featured a major tournament for nine fighting games, including Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition and Injustice: Gods Among Us. The event's Super Smash Bros. Melee livestream was controversially blocked by Nintendo of America, though the company decided to allow the tournament to be streamed after being faced with community backlash.

2013 Evolution Championship Series
Tournament information
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
DatesJuly 12–14
Tournament
format(s)
Double elimination
Venue(s)Paris Las Vegas
Final positions
Champions
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Background

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Evo 2013 took place in the ballrooms of Paris Las Vegas.

Evo 2013 took place on July 12 to 14 in the Bally's Event Center and Grand Ballroom of the Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino. The event featured open registration for its tournaments for the first time. However, attendees had to purchase entrance passes to access the building.[1] Tournaments held at the event were livestreamed on Twitch. The tournament was broadcast simultaneously in Japan through streaming service Nico Nico Douga.[2]

Tournaments at Evo 2013 had a total of 3,538 unique competitors, a record over previous years.[3] Evo Co-Founder Tom Cannon noted that the Evolution Championship Series grew too large for Las Vegas ballrooms in 2012, and that the organization decided to charge for seating during Sunday finals in order to counter this issue.[4]

Games

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Nine major tournaments were held at Evo 2013. The games played were:

Nintendo's 2001 fighting game Super Smash Bros. Melee was added to the 2013 Evo roster after a fan-funded donation drive. Fans of the game raised over $94,000 USD to be donated towards breast cancer research in order to have the game played competitively at the event.[5] However, a week before the event was to start, Nintendo of America denied Evo organizers the right to livestream the Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament on Twitch. Evo founder Joey Cuellar stated on eSports show Live On Three that the company not only tried to shut down the livestream, but also the Melee tournament itself. Nintendo reverted this decision after being faced with community backlash on social media.[6][7]

Injustice: Gods Among Us was added to the roster "at the last minute" after its publisher, Warner Bros, offered to help Evo with the logistical issue of adding a ninth major tournament to the event. Though the organization has always been conservative when adding new games to the roster, Cannon said the public response to the idea of Injustice being added to the roster was highly positive.[4]

A Skullgirls side-tournament took place at the event after fans raised $78,000 USD during the charity drive.[8] Cannon noted that there were multiple Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo tournaments held during Evo 2013. The event also held an indie game showcase for the first time, in which independent game developers display their works.[4]

Reveals

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Capcom announced during a break in the Street Fighter tournament that the company would release four new characters for Super Street Fighter IV: Hugo, Poison, Rolento, and Elena, as a $15 USD add-on.[9] Shortly before the tournament finals kicked off, Capcom revealed Ultra Street Fighter IV.[10] During a presentation of Killer Instinct (2013), the crowd started booing when the Xbox One was mentioned as the game's exclusive console.[11][12]

Warner Bros. announced Martian Manhunter as the fifth DLC character for Injustice: Gods Among Us along with a John Stewart costume for Green Lantern with Phil LaMarr voicing the costume instead of Adam Baldwin.[13]

Tournament summary

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Justin Wong came in second in the Marvel vs Capcom tournament at Evo 2013.

The Street Fighter tournament at Evo 2013 finished off with Kun Xian Ho beating Tokido in the Grand Finals. Playing as Gen, Xian came in from the winner's bracket and defeated Tokido's Akuma without a bracket reset.[14]

The Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tournament featured various moments that were described as highly thrilling.[15] The tournament was won by Job "Flocker" Figueroa, though second-place finisher Justin Wong received attention for his run through the tournament, including resetting the grand final after being sent to loser's bracket by Flocker and forcing a close final game in the grand finals reset.[16] The Street Fighter X Tekken tournament was won by Infiltration for the second year in a row, beating Justin Wong in the finals. Infiltration's more aggressive playstyle proved effective against Wong's more conservative style.[17]

Results

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Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Version 2012)[18]
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Kun Xian Ho DM.MCZ|Xian Gen
2nd   Hajime Taniguchi MCZ|Tokido Akuma
3rd   Seon-Woo Lee Infiltration Akuma, Hakan, Ryu
4th   Eduardo Pérez-Frangie EG|PR Balrog Balrog, Fei Long
5th   Naoto Sako HORI|Sako Ibuki, Evil Ryu
5th   Tatsuya Haitani Haitani Makoto
7th   Daigo Umehara MCZ|Daigo Umehara Ryu
7th   Bruce Hsiang AVM|GamerBee Adon
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Job Figueroa FS.EMP|Flocker Zero/Vergil/Hawkeye
2nd   Justin Wong EG|Justin Wong Wolverine/Storm/Akuma, Wolverine/Spencer/Frank West
3rd   Armando Mejia Angelic Wolverine/Dormammu/Shuma-Gorath
4th   Jonathan Morales Cloud805 Zero/Vergil/Dante
5th   Ryan Ramirez coL|Filipino Champ Magneto/Doctor Doom/Phoenix, Magneto/Dormammu/Doctor Doom
5th   Christopher Gonzalez AGE|NYChrisG Morrigan/Doctor Doom/Vergil, Morrigan/Magneto/Doctor Doom, Amaterasu/Morrigan/Phoenix
7th   Vu Tra Ranmasama Haggar/Dormammu/Magneto
7th   Zack Fernandez ATX|Zack Zero/Vergil/Dante
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Phillip Atkinson VxG.EMP|KDZ Superman
2nd   Denzell Terry Crazy DJT 88 Green Lantern, Doomsday
3rd   Christopher Gonzalez AGE|NYChrisG Green Arrow, Black Adam
4th   Frank Amaral EGP.FLK|MF Slayer909 Superman, Wonder Woman
5th   Jivan Karapetian EMPR|Theo Superman
5th   Dustin Kane RDK|Godspeed Black Adam, Aquaman
7th   Giuseppe Grosso VxG.EMP|REO Batman
7th   Eduardo Pérez-Frangie EG|PR Balrog Killer Frost
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Joseph Marquez MIOM|Mang0 Fox, Falco
2nd   Robert Wright Wobbles Ice Climbers
3rd   Juan Debiedma CT|Hungrybox Jigglypuff
4th   Adam Lindgren Armada Peach
5th   Kevin Nanney VGBC|Dr. PeePee Falco
5th   Jason Zimmerman CT.EMP|Mew2King Fox, Sheik, Marth
7th   DaJuan McDaniel Shroomed Dr. Mario
7th   Mustafa Akcakaya Ice Sheik, Zelda
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Reynald Tacsuan AS|Reynald EX Kyo/Benimaru/Chin, EX Kyo/Benimaru/Kim, Kim/Benimaru/Chin, Benimaru/Takuma/Chin
2nd   Hee San Woo Woo Ryo/Kim/Mai, Ryo/Takuma/Kim
3rd   Kwang-noh Lee CafeId.RZR[broken anchor]|MadKOF King/Shen/Kim, Duo Lon/King/Kim, Duo Lon/Kim/Shen
4th   Hajime Taniguchi MCZ|Tokido EX Iori/Mr. Karate/Kim
5th   Min-su Shin CafeId.RZR[broken anchor]|Verna Duo Lon/Mr. Karate/Kim, Duo Lon/Mr. Karate/Iori
5th   Kun Xian Ho DM.MCZ|Xian EX Iori/Mr. Karate/EX Kyo, Elisabeth/EX Iori/EX Kyo
7th   Jose Navarrete AGE|Romance King/Yuri/Benimaru
7th   Marvin Forestal Fox Ryo/Mr. Karate/Chin, Chin/Mr. Karate/Iori
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Seon-Woo Lee Infiltration Jin/Alisa
2nd   Justin Wong EG|Justin Wong Hwoarang/Chun-Li
3rd   Joe Egami MOV Law/Cammy, Law/Nina
4th   Alex Valle LU|Alex Valle Yoshimitsu/Lars
5th   Anthony Millare TZA Chun-Li/Law
5th   Chung-gon Lee CafeId|Poongko Nina/Kazuya, Ryu/Kazuya
7th   David-Paul Mattock KS|Jibbo Sagat/Jin
7th   Kouhei Tamura Esuta Law/King, Law/Bob
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Denzell Terry Crazy DJT 88 Cyrax
2nd   Giuseppe Grosso VxG.EMP|REO Kabal
3rd   Lenin Castillo My God 88 Sonya, Liu Kang
4th   Christian Quiles Forever King 88 Kung Lao, Kenshi
5th   Stephanie Brownback GGA|16 Bit Kitana
5th   Carl White Fnatic|Perfect Legend Kung Lao, Kabal
7th   Ryan Gonzalez Wound Cowboy 88 Shang Tsung
7th   Alex Rayis RDK.CORN|DetroitBalln Kabal
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Yume Aigis
2nd   Steve Barthelemy Lord Knight Mitsuru Kirijo
3rd   Jose Llera BananaKen Shadow Labrys
4th   Eddie Sayles Brkrdave Teddie
5th   Chuan He Stunedge Yukiko Amagi
5th   Daisuke Sekine DIE-chan Mitsuru Kirijo
7th   Seitaro Ono Domi Akihiko Sanada
7th   Alex Chen Spark Teddie
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Jae-min Bae CafeId|Knee Devil Jin/Bruce, Dragunov/Marduk, Heihachi/Lars
2nd   Bronson Tran Eightarc|Bronson Ogre/Jinpachi
3rd   Michael Ramos AGE|StringBean Bob/Alisa
4th   Hyun-kyu Park CafeId|NIN Devil Jin/Lars, Steve/Marduk
5th   James Garrett AGE|JustFrame James Yoshimitsu/Marshall Law, Hwoarang/Marshall Law
5th   Mohammed Kayyal MoneyInc|Kayyal King/Armor King
7th   Matthew Szabo Eightarc|Mateo Jack-6/Feng, Bob/Slim Bob
7th   Eduardo Ignacio MoneyInc|EddieBoyMang Christie/Eddy

References

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