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EVO 2013
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Dates July 12th-14th, 2013
Venue Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino
Address/City 3655 South Las Vegas Boulevard
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Attendance 709 (for Melee)
Entry fees Registration:
Melee singles: $10
Pot size(s) Melee singles: $6,960
+ $1,000 pot bonus
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA 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 simply EVO 2013, was the 12th edition of the Evolution Championship Series, a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada, which took place on July 12th to 14th, 2013, at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. It was the largest Smash tournament of 2013 and broke the record for the largest Smash tournament at the time, with 709 entrants for Super Smash Bros. Melee. EVO 2013 also had twice the entrants as the previous largest Melee 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 the Skullgirls community, a massive push from the Melee It On Me podcast staff resulted in the Smash community raising nearly $95,000 by the final day of the donation drive.

The tournament is now known as a landmark event and a major turning point in Melee history. It marked the beginning of an explosive rise in the game's popularity, and ushered in an era that featured significantly increased turnout and more new tournaments hosted than ever before. EVO marked the beginning of the Platinum Age, in which Melee transitioned from a largely grassroots scene to a more professional "eSport."

A particular event that sparked outrage among the entire gaming community was when Nintendo attempted to block streaming for Melee 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 was later revealed that Nintendo had also attempted to shut down the Melee portion of the tournament altogether.

However, the tournament proceeded, and Melee joined such games as Super Street Fighter IV and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 on the main stage. For commentary on the main stage, Prog was joined by famed Street Fighter commentator James Chen.

Tournament summary[edit]

EVO 2013 was Mang0's first supermajor victory since Pound 4 in 2010; after losing to Wobbles in winners' quarters, he went on an extended losers run, defeating SFAT, Ice, Dr. PeePee, Armada, and Hungrybox 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, defeating Shroomed, Mang0, Dr. PeePee, and Hungrybox en route to grand finals. His performance at EVO has become one of the most well-known Cinderella runs in the game's history, having defeated three of the Five Gods using the Ice Climbers, considered below the standards of a top tier character. This was also the first supermajor since Viva 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-winning up smash roll read vs. Hungrybox in losers' finals has become one of the most well-known moments in competitive Melee history.[2]

Official game lineup[edit]

Finals Game Entrants Pot Size
Sunday Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition 1,601 $16,370.0
Sunday Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 1,297 $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 433 $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 while stealing 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]

Singles stage list
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.

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA Mango Fox (SSBM)Falco (SSBM) $3,205
2nd USA Wobbles Ice Climbers (SSBM) $1,731
3rd USA Hungrybox Jigglypuff (SSBM) $796
4th Sweden Armada Peach (SSBM) $550
5th USA Dr. PeePee Falco (SSBM) $487
5th USA Mew2King Sheik (SSBM)Marth (SSBM) $487
7th Germany Ice Sheik (SSBM) $348
7th USA Shroomed Dr. Mario (SSBM) $348
9th Sweden Leffen Fox (SSBM)
9th USA Silent Wolf Fox (SSBM)
9th USA SFAT Fox (SSBM)
9th USA Hax Captain Falcon (SSBM)
13th USA Axe Pikachu (SSBM)
13th USA S2J Captain Falcon (SSBM)
13th USA Taj Marth (SSBM)Mewtwo (SSBM)
13th USA Lucien Sheik (SSBM)
17th USA Fiction Fox (SSBM)
17th USA Lord Captain Falcon (SSBM)Fox (SSBM)
17th USA Fly Amanita Ice Climbers (SSBM)
17th USA Westballz Falco (SSBM)Captain Falcon (SSBM)
17th USA PewPewU Marth (SSBM)
17th UK Fuzzyness Fox (SSBM)
17th USA DaShizWiz Falco (SSBM)
17th USA Zhu Falco (SSBM)
25th USA Darkrain Captain Falcon (SSBM)
25th USA Reno Sheik (SSBM)Fox (SSBM)
25th Mexico Eddy Mexico Luigi (SSBM)
25th Denmark Tomber Ice Climbers (SSBM)
25th USA Darrell Samus (SSBM)
25th USA OkamiBW Sheik (SSBM)
25th Japan aMSa Yoshi (SSBM)
25th USA Nite Falco (SSBM)
33rd USA Bladewise Peach (SSBM)
33rd USA SwiftBass Fox (SSBM)Marth (SSBM)
33rd USA Jman Fox (SSBM)
33rd Canada I.B Marth (SSBM)
33rd USA Cyrain Fox (SSBM)
33rd USA MattDotZeb Falco (SSBM)
33rd USA Redd Fox (SSBM)
33rd USA Lovage Fox (SSBM)
33rd USA Phish-It Donkey Kong (SSBM)
33rd USA Dart! Marth (SSBM)
33rd USA Bob$ Marth (SSBM)
33rd USA Jace Captain Falcon (SSBM)
33rd USA SilentSpectre Captain Falcon (SSBM)
33rd USA Mr. F Jigglypuff (SSBM)Fox (SSBM)
33rd Japan Kounotori Falco (SSBM)
33rd USA DEHF Falco (SSBM)
49th USA Bacon Captain Falcon (SSBM)
49th USA Azusa Peach (SSBM)
49th USA Swedish Delight Sheik (SSBM)
49th USA Sung666 Sheik (SSBM)Falco (SSBM)
49th USA Flow Sheik (SSBM)Jigglypuff (SSBM)
49th USA HugS Samus (SSBM)
49th USA PikaChad Pikachu (SSBM)
49th USA Tafokints Sheik (SSBM)
49th USA Hyprid Marth (SSBM)
49th USA Lucky Fox (SSBM)
49th Canada SummonedFist Marth (SSBM)
49th USA Vist Luigi (SSBM)
49th USA Milkman Fox (SSBM)
49th Mexico Bimbo Mexico Falco (SSBM)
49th USA Boback Ice Climbers (SSBM)
49th USA Ken Marth (SSBM)
65th USA L Fox (SSBM)
65th USA J666 Link (SSBM)
65th USA Narcissa Zelda (SSBM)
65th USA Bizzarro Flame Ganondorf (SSBM)
65th USA MacD Peach (SSBM)
65th USA Vudujin Luigi (SSBM)
65th Canada Yakal Falco (SSBM)
65th USA Neon Falco (SSBM)Peach (SSBM)
65th Puerto Rico Eval Peach (SSBM)
65th USA G$ Falco (SSBM)Marth (SSBM)
65th USA Kels Fox (SSBM)
65th USA ZoSo Fox (SSBM)
65th Mexico Aza Sheik (SSBM)
79th USA Baka4moe Peach (SSBM)
79th USA Isis Sheik (SSBM)
79th USA Omgage Jigglypuff (SSBM)
79th USA Stab Falco (SSBM)
79th USA everlasting yayuhzz Fox (SSBM)
79th USA Hectohertz Sheik (SSBM)
79th USA Icer Fox (SSBM)
79th USA Crush Fox (SSBM)Falco (SSBM)
79th USA Pi Samus (SSBM)
79th USA Choknater Ice Climbers (SSBM)
79th USA Eggz Fox (SSBM)
79th Sweden Android Sheik (SSBM)
79th USA StriCNYN3 Falco (SSBM)
79th Canada Meta Jigglypuff (SSBM)

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles (side event)[edit]

(22 teams)
Grand Finals

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA Mew2King Sheik (SSBM) USA Hungrybox Jigglypuff (SSBM)
2nd USA Mango Fox (SSBM) USA Lucky Fox (SSBM)
3rd USA PewPewU Marth (SSBM) USA SFAT Fox (SSBM)
4th Sweden Armada Peach (SSBM) Sweden Android Sheik (SSBM)
5th Germany Ice Sheik (SSBM) Sweden Leffen Fox (SSBM)
5th USA Hax Captain Falcon (SSBM) USA Jman Fox (SSBM)

Trivia[edit]

  • Taylor Hicks, winner of the fifth season of American Idol, tied for 257th place for the Melee tournament.
  • Three matches that were played in Losers' were not accurately reflected in the bracket; in Quarter-Finals Pool I57, the bracket shows that Darkrain defeated Fiction and proceeded to lose to Shroomed, while Axe defeated Lord. 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).

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