Tournament:EVO 2015

EVO 2015
Dates	July 17th-19th, 2015
Venue	Bally's/Paris Hotel and Casino
Address/City	3655 S Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance	3,280
Results
winners	Armada 1v1
winners	ZeRo

The Evolution Championship Series 2015, or simply EVO 2015, was a fighting game tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada, which took place on July 17th to 19th, 2015 at the Bally's Las Vegas / Paris Las Vegas Casino. Notably, EVO 2015 included two Smash games, with the return of Super Smash Bros. Melee alongside Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, after continued interest in the game was noted by the staff following EVO 2014.

EVO 2015 allowed custom special moves in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U by utilizing the Official Custom Moveset Project, while several of the game's DLC characters, Lucas, Roy, and Ryu, were not allowed due to how soon before the tournament they became available.

On July 1st, 2015, Joey Cuellar, EVO's tournament director, revealed the final registration numbers for this year's tournament, confirming EVO 2015 as the largest Smash tournament to date, with 1,926 entrants for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 1,869 for Super Smash Bros. Melee, breaking the previous record for both games set by Apex 2015. Contrary to popular belief that a large number of players would be entering both games, Cuellar confirmed on Twitter that of the 3,280 unique Smash players, only 516 entered both games, amounting for a 16% overlap.

Coming from a notable amount of national tournament victories and positive records against all of the top 6 players except Leffen and PPMD throughout 2015 prior to this tournament, Armada won Melee singles without dropping a set, defeating PPMD in winners finals and Hungrybox twice in winners semis and grand finals using Fox, after sticking with Peach during the entire tournament until top 8. Hungrybox took 2nd place, taking out three of said top 6 players in a series of upsets: Leffen in winners quarters, Mango in losers quarters and PPMD in losers finals. Being his first major tournament since Apex 2015, PPMD managed to secure a 3rd place after winning close sets against SFAT and HugS in the semifinals bracket, but eventually being double eliminated by Armada and Hungrybox respectively. Plup, using Sheik as of his character switch from Samus since the beginning of the year, achieved an impressive 4th place after defeating Mango in winners quarters and Leffen in losers quarters, playing Samus exclusively for the latter. Despite winning three national tournaments featuring some of The Five Gods in a row right before EVO (CEO 2015, FC Smash 15XR: Return and WTFox), Leffen ended the tournament in 5th place after losing to Hungrybox and Plup. ChuDat, after being dismissed from Mortality eSports following their retirement from fighting games, and crowd-funded by Melee Hell to be able to participate, secured a spot in top 8 by making a long run through losers bracket, eliminating Laudandus, Silent Wolf, Westballz and HugS, the last one also being one of the most old-school players to achieve a very high placing. The old school "King of Smash" Ken also notably placed 13th, with this being his highest placement at a national tournament since Super Champ Combo in 2007.

ZeRo won the Smash Wii U tournament dominantly, defeating Ally in winners quarters, Abadango in winners semis, Nairo in winners finals and Mr. R in grand finals without losing a single game. Mr. R secured 2nd place after winning against Dapuffster and FOW in winners bracket and Abadango and Nairo in losers bracket, pulling off a 3-2 comeback against the latter. Abadango, being the only Japanese player in top 8 despite expectations for RAIN and possibly Nietono to also be present, finished the tournament in 4th place using his unorthodox mains Pac-Man and Wario. Ally got 5th place after eliminating MJG, StaticManny and ESAM, the latter two being very close sets, and himself being eliminated by Mr. R. Nietono was notably double-eliminated by Tearbear in the pools stage, failing to move on to the quarterfinals brackets in spite of being considered one of the top players from Japan.

Official Game Lineup

• Ultra Street Fighter IV
• Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
• Super Smash Bros. Melee
• Mortal Kombat X
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
• Guilty Gear Xrd
• Killer Instinct
• Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
• Tekken 7

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(1,869 entrants)

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Armada		$11,214
2nd	Hungrybox		$3,738
3rd	PPMD		$1,869
4th	Plup		$747.60
5th	Mango		$373.80
5th	Leffen		$373.80
7th	ChuDat		$186.90
7th	Axe		$186.90
9th	Ice		-
9th	PewPewU		-
9th	HugS		-
9th	DruggedFox		-
13th	Ken		-
13th	Lucky		-
13th	Westballz		-
13th	Duck		-
17th	Fly Amanita		-
17th	Santiago		-
17th	SFAT		-
17th	Hax		-
17th	Silent Wolf		-
17th	Javi		-
17th	S2J		-
17th	MacD		-
25th	Reno		-
25th	Shroomed		-
25th	DJ Nintendo		-
25th	aMSa		-
25th	Laudandus		-
25th	Darkrain		-
25th	Zanguzen		-
25th	Eddy Mexico		-
33rd	Azen		-
33rd	Lovage		-
33rd	Kalamazhu		-
33rd	Darkatma		-
33rd	Zhu		-
33rd	Vish		-
33rd	Kira		-
33rd	Far		-
33rd	Swedish Delight		-
33rd	OkamiBW		-
33rd	Wizzrobe		-
33rd	Animal		-
33rd	Darrell		-
33rd	Azusa		-
33rd	Frootloop		-
33rd	The Moon		-
49th	Tafokints		-
49th	Forward		-
49th	Lord		-
49th	Mike Haze		-
49th	KPan		-
49th	Cactuar		-
49th	Prince Abu		-
49th	Blea Gelo		-
49th	Drephen		-
49th	Crush		-
49th	Redd		-
49th	Fat Goku		-
49th	NY Joey		-
49th	Dart!		-
49th	Light		-
49th	Colbol		-

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles

(1,926 entrants)

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	ZeRo		$11,556
2nd	Mr. R		$3,852
3rd	Nairo		$1,926
4th	Abadango		$770.40
5th	Dabuz		$385.20
5th	Ally		$385.20
7th	ESAM		$192.60
7th	FOW		$192.60
9th	Larry Lurr		-
9th	RAIN		-
9th	SS		-
9th	StaticManny		-
13th	False		-
13th	Dapuffster		-
13th	Regi		-
13th	Mocha		-
17th	8BitMan		-
17th	John Numbers		-
17th	Tyrant		-
17th	MJG		-
17th	Angel Cortes		-
17th	Bloodcross		-
17th	CaptAwesum		-
17th	MVD		-
25th	Trevonte		-
25th	Shaky		-
25th	Salem		-
25th	Mr. ConCon		-
25th	falln		-
25th	Vinnie		-
25th	Christian Rendon		-
25th	Tweek		-

Side events

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(82 teams)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	PewPewU		SFAT
2nd	Armada		Ice
3rd	Hungrybox		Plup
4th	Frootloop		Darkatma
5th	Chillin		Azen
5th	Axe		Medz
7th	Swedish Delight		Nintendude
7th	Kage		Bizzarro Flame
9th	Shroomed		Alan
9th	Mango		Lucky
9th	Kalamazhu		dizzkidboogie
9th	Darkrain		Dart!
13th	Cyrain		Milkman
13th	Tafokints		Redd
13th	Duck		Prince Abu
13th	Flow		s0ft

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U doubles

(96 teams)
Bracket

Due to time constraints, the tournament was stopped at top 16, and all of the respective teams were paid out equally.

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
—	FOW		MJG		$265 ($132.50 each)
—	Nairo		Shaky		$265 ($132.50 each)
—	Nakat		False		$265 ($132.50 each)
—	Vinnie		Will		$265 ($132.50 each)
—	ZeRo		Anti		$265 ($132.50 each)
—	Aerolink		iiGGy		$265 ($132.50 each)
—	Mr. R		Ally		$265 ($132.50 each)
—	John Numbers		CaptAwesum		$265 ($132.50 each)
—	Ito		Forbidden_Arikie		$265 ($132.50 each)
—	Nyanko		Nietono		$265 ($132.50 each)
—	aMSa		Mr.II		$265 ($132.50 each)
—	ZFLY		Matt Hazard		$265 ($132.50 each)
—	Xzax		6WX		$265 ($132.50 each)
—	Z		Lycan		$265 ($132.50 each)
—	SS		K9		$265 ($132.50 each)
—	Hino		Kinzer		$265 ($132.50 each)

Project M singles

(172 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	iPunchKidsz
2nd	Bladewise
3rd	MrLz
4th	Lucky
5th	KiraFlax
5th	lloD
7th	Alphicans
7th	Seagull Joe

Smash Wii U East Coast vs. West Coast crew battle

EC Player	Character	Stocks Taken	WC Player	Character	Stocks Taken
Nakat		8	Larry Lurr		1
Jtails		5	Xzax		1
Shaky		3	VoiD		2
Dabuz		2	Tyrant		1
Vinnie		2	AeroLink		2
Ally		3	FOW		4
False		1	ZeRo		5
Nairo		-	Mr. ConCon		2
Total		24	Total		18

Melee Tristate vs. MD/VA crew battle

Tristate Player	Character	Stocks Taken	MD/VA Player	Character	Stocks Taken
Zanguzen		6	Nintendude		2
Reno		3	lloD		3
Swedish Delight		5	ChuDat		4
G$		5	Milkman		4
DJ Nintendo		2	Redd		4
The Moon		3	Chillin		4
Total		24	Total		21

Salty Suite

The Salty Suite was run by VGBootCamp during the after hours of Saturday, and featured various money matches and other exhibition sets.

Winner	Character(s)	Loser	Character(s)	Score	Amount
Mango		Leffen		3-2	HTC Nexus 9 tablet
Axe		aMSa		3-1
Kage		Bizzarro Flame		5-0	$100
Gahtzu		Mike Haze		2-1
Gahtzu		Kage		3-2

Trivia

• This is the 14th edition of the EVO tournament series and the 5th to feature a Smash game on the official lineup.
• This is the first time two Smash games are featured at an EVO tournament.
• Nintendo of America marketing manager and translator Bill Trinen registered to participate in the SSB4 tournament, under the tag "Th | trintroll", with the "Th" crew tag apparently standing for Treehouse. However, due to the passing of Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, Trinen changed his plans and did not attend, as EVO was held on the same weekend as Iwata's funeral.
  • In response to Satoru Iwata's passing, a moment of silence was held before Smash 4's top 8.
• MadCatz once again gave out gold FightSticks for EVO winners this year. The top 3 of each official EVO game, including both Smash games, received one.
• After receiving his 5th place medal, Mango took it off and threw it into the crowd.
• Plup humorously forgot to receive his medal on stage with the rest of the top 8 players.
• In Melee, both Mango and Leffen were double eliminated by Florida players. Mango was sent to losers' by Plup and eliminated by Hungrybox, and Leffen was sent to losers' by Hungrybox and eliminated by Plup.

External links

• Official website
• List of available custom move combinations