Tournament:EVO 2017

EVO 2017
Dates	July 14th-16th, 2017
Venue	Mandalay Bay Events Center
Address/City	3950 S Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance	2,693
Entry fees	Melee singles: $10 Smash Wii U singles: $10
Results
winners	Armada
winners	Salem
Staff
Organizer(s)	Mr. Wizard, Bear, Ponder, inkblot

Evolution 2017, or simply EVO 2017, was the 16th edition of the Evolution Championship Series, a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event took place on July 14th to 16th, 2017, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. It was announced on January 24th by EVO's tournament director Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar, with both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U returning as official games on the lineup. The Disney XD and ESPNU channels broadcasted Smash 4 Top 8 live on Sunday evening, marking the first time a Smash tournament had been broadcasted on live television.^[1]

Official Game Lineup[edit]

Ruleset[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

• 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 they won on unless mutually agreed to by both players.

Stage list[edit]

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

• Items are set to off and none. Pause and handicap are disabled. Launch rate 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 they 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[edit]

Notes[edit]

• 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, Ω form of Stages are also struck. The only legal Ω forms are Suzaku Castle, Midgar, and Wily Castle.

Tournament summary[edit]

Melee[edit]

During the tournament, Hungrybox was yellow carded following his set with SFAT due to Crunch appearing on-stage as his coach after the first game when the rules disallowed coaching after round 2 pools, a rule that Crunch said he was unaware. This decision was met with controversy as the rules regarding coaching past pools would result in a match loss for the coached player which Hungrybox did not receive. However, SFAT was also allegedly being coached by G$, which resulted in the match standing; this led to even more controversy, as many people agreed that SFAT was not being coached at all by G$, as the action performed did not qualify under the definition. Furthermore, the official EVO rules state that any incident should be reported at the time it occurs, and will otherwise be ignored, so technically, Hungrybox should not have been carded at all.

This tournament marked both Armada and Mango's third appearances at an EVO Grand Final, with Armada making it through the Winner's side of the bracket while Mango entered through the Loser's side after falling to Armada in Winner's Finals and double-eliminating defending champion Hungrybox at 3rd. Armada defeated his longtime rival in Grand Finals 3-1, taking his second-ever EVO title and tying Mango with the most EVO titles for a Melee player.

Smash 4[edit]

The tournament saw the top 2 players from the previous iteration, Ally and Kameme, severely underperform, as both players were eliminated prior to top 48: Ally lost to Kuwa and MVD to place 49th, while kameme lost to Dom and Eon to place 65th. In addition, MkLeo also notably underperformed, losing to false and MuteAce for 65th. All three placements either tied or were the respective players' worst tournament placement up to that point.

After losing his Winner's Semis match to Larry Lurr, Salem ran through the Loser's bracket, defeating KEN, Tweek, and Larry Lurr in the runback to meet ZeRo in Grand Finals. After resetting the bracket 2-3, Salem barely managed to defeat ZeRo in game 5 of the second set by making a high-percent comeback, winning his first major/supermajor event, as well as the first major/supermajor win for a Bayonetta player.

Salem's run was similar to Hungrybox's Melee run from the previous year where they both lost their winners semis matches 0-2 against the #6 ranked player at that time (Larry Lurr and Plup, respectively), only to defeat them 3-1 in Loser's Finals after losing the first game and then win the tournament by playing a total of ten games against the #1 player at that time (ZeRo and Armada, respectively), with one of the two sets' game 5 requiring an unlikely comeback.

Results[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles[edit]

(1,428 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket
Top 48 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Armada		$8,568
2nd	Mango		$2,856
3rd	Hungrybox		$1,428
4th	Mew2King		$571.20
5th	Plup		$285.60
5th	Lucky		$285.60
7th	SFAT		$142.80
7th	The Moon		$142.80
9th	Leffen
9th	Axe
9th	PewPewU
9th	Prince Abu
13th	Wizzrobe
13th	Westballz
13th	Swedish Delight
13th	Duck
17th	ChuDat
17th	Shroomed
17th	S2J
17th	Ryan Ford
17th	aMSa
17th	lloD
17th	Rishi
17th	Medz
25th	MikeHaze
25th	Crush
25th	Nintendude
25th	Colbol
25th	MacD
25th	Android
25th	Ka-master
25th	AbsentPage
33rd	Druggedfox
33rd	n0ne
33rd	Ice
33rd	HugS
33rd	Bladewise
33rd	Amsah
33rd	Fiction
33rd	Kels
33rd	Blea Gelo
33rd	Redd
33rd	Eddy Mexico
33rd	Hax
33rd	ARMY
33rd	HomeMadeWaffles
33rd	King Momo
33rd	DaShizWiz
49th	Silent Wolf
49th	dizzkidboogie
49th	KJH
49th	Syrox
49th	Gahtzu
49th	Darkatma
49th	Captain Faceroll
49th	Kalamazhu
49th	Cactuar
49th	DJ Nintendo
49th	Kage
49th	Drephen
49th	Ken
49th	Rustin
49th	Spark
49th	EastCoastJeff

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles[edit]

(1,508 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket
Top 48 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Salem		$9,048
2nd	ZeRo		$3,016
3rd	Larry Lurr		$1,508
4th	Tweek		$603.20
5th	Nairo		$301.60
5th	KEN		$301.60
7th	VoiD		$150.80
7th	Dabuz		$150.80
9th	False
9th	Lima
9th	Abadango
9th	JK
13th	komorikiri
13th	NAKAT
13th	WaDi
13th	Manny
17th	Mistake
17th	CaptainZack
17th	Mr.R
17th	Wrath
17th	Raito
17th	Ranai
17th	Elegant
17th	Zinoto
25th	falln
25th	Tsu-
25th	Ling Ling
25th	Xzax
25th	Locus
25th	9B
25th	ANTi
25th	Edge
33rd	MVD
33rd	Ixis
33rd	tyroy
33rd	TLTC
33rd	Luhtie
33rd	Zenyou
33rd	Samsora
33rd	Mr.E
33rd	Eon
33rd	FOW
33rd	Chanshu
33rd	Charliedaking
33rd	Nietono
33rd	Cosmos
33rd	Fatality
33rd	Konga
49th	ESAM
49th	K9sbruce
49th	Seagull Joe
49th	MuteAce
49th	Xaltis
49th	Suinoko
49th	Ally
49th	Ryuga
49th	Z
49th	Day
49th	8BitMan
49th	Urameshi
49th	Rich Brown
49th	FILIP
49th	Pugwest
49th	Ri-ma
65th	Googs
65th	JJROCKETS
65th	Calculus
65th	Nanchan
65th	ikep
65th	Tyrant
65th	Umeki
65th	Myran
65th	DarkShad
65th	Kameme
65th	Kirihara
65th	Chavo
65th	saj
65th	Dom
65th	Meteor
65th	3xA
65th	MkLeo
65th	aMSa
65th	dyr
65th	Phenom
65th	BestNess
65th	SuperGirlKels
65th	Earth
65th	KOSSismoss
65th	IcyMist
65th	Pink Fresh
65th	WonderBread
65th	Hackoru
65th	Takera
65th	Ki
65th	Eim
65th	SS

Side Events[edit]

Project M singles[edit]

This event was the 8th stop on the 2017 Project M Championship Circuit. As a result of Melee being mostly on Saturday and other factors, this event was smaller than previous iterations of Project M at EVO.
(83 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	PMCC Points	Earnings
1st	Filthy Casual		200
2nd	lloD		150
3rd	Neon		100
4th	Jose V		80
5th	Chard		50
5th	LoyaL		50
7th	Light		40
7th	ilovebagelz		40
9th	Cloudburst		30
9th	dansdaman		30
9th	Dadpool		30
9th	Heysuess		30
13th	Dumshiny		10
13th	Kendo64		10
13th	Titanium		10
13th	Umarth		10

Trivia[edit]

• 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 marked the first time that the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U finals was held on Sunday, and the Super Smash Bros. Melee finals was held on Saturday.
• EVO 2017 marked the 10 year anniversary of Melee 's original appearance at EVO 2007.
• At the beginning of Smash 4's Top 8, Twitch experienced serious server issues, due to the large number of people around the globe who attempted to watch the event.^[2]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• EVO's website
  
• EVO's twitter
  
• EVO tournament director's twitter
• start.gg page
• Project M side event page