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'''Mr. Wizard''' is a [[tournament director]] from Southern California who is mostly known as one of the co-founders of the '''[[EVO|Evolution Championship Series]]''' or simply '''EVO'''. He was the main TO for the EVO [[List of national tournaments|national tournaments]], which are the largest yearly FGC-run and ''Smash'' events ever, from its creation up until 2020. In terms of playing, he mains {{SSB4|Duck Hunt}}<ref>https://twitter.com/MrWiz/status/751093283443531777</ref>, and has also played other various fighting games.
'''Mr. Wizard''' is a [[tournament director]] from Southern California who is mostly known as one of the co-founders of the '''[[EVO|Evolution Championship Series]]''' or simply '''EVO'''. He is the main TO for the EVO [[List of national tournaments|national tournaments]] which are the largest yearly FGC-run and ''Smash'' events ever. In terms of playing, he mains {{SSB4|Duck Hunt}}<ref>https://twitter.com/MrWiz/status/751093283443531777</ref>, and has also played other various fighting games.


On July 2nd, 2020, amidst sexual allegations towards him, EVO dissociated Mr. Wizard from their brand<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/EVO/status/1278859734099963904|title=EVO's statement}}</ref>.
== Controversies surrounding Smash at EVO ==


== Controversies surrounding ''Smash'' at EVO ==
=== EVO 2013 issues surrounding ''Melee'' + Future Approvals ===
=== EVO 2013 issues surrounding ''Melee'' + Future Approvals ===
''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' was the fighting game that donated the most money for Breast Cancer Research due to the massive push from the [[Melee It On Me]] podcast staff. In July of 2013, [[Nintendo]] attempted to block streaming for ''Melee'' at [[EVO 2013]] a few days before the tournament was set to begin, as well as shutting down the ''Melee'' portion of the event altogether. However, because of extreme community backlash, Nintendo retracted the ban hours later. This retraction allowed Mr. Wizard and EVO to run ''Melee'' as planned. However for [[EVO 2014]], Mr. Wizard revealed the initial six games at the tournament while reserving a seventh spot for ''Melee'', while waiting for Nintendo's approval. Nintendo approved of ''Melee'' being at EVO 2014 and officially sponsored the event. Nintendo sponsored and allowed Mr. Wizard to run ''Melee'' and ''Smash 4'' tourneys for subsequent events from 2015 onward.
''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' was the fighting game that donated the most money for Breast Cancer Research due to the massive push from the [[Melee It On Me]] podcast staff. In July of 2013, [[Nintendo]] attempted to block streaming for ''Melee'' at [[EVO 2013]] a few days before the tournament was set to begin, as well as shutting down the ''Melee'' portion of the event altogether. However, because of extreme community backlash, Nintendo retracted the ban hours later. This retraction allowed Mr. Wizard and EVO to run ''Melee'' as planned. However for [[EVO 2014]], Mr. Wizard revealed the initial six games at the tournament while reserving a seventh spot for ''Melee'', while waiting for Nintendo's approval. Nintendo approved of ''Melee'' being at EVO 2014 and officially sponsored the event. Nintendo sponsored and allowed Mr. Wizard to run ''Melee'' and ''Smash 4'' tourneys at [[EVO 2015]] and [[EVO 2016]] prior to being revealed as part of the lineup.


=== Rule decisions ===
=== Rule decisions ===
Within the ''Smash'' tournaments he has organized, he has made a few controversial decisions:
Within the ''Smash'' tournaments he has organized, he has made a few controversial decisions:
*Allowing [[Item|items]] on at [[EVO 2008]]'s ''[[Brawl]]'' tournament
*Allowing [[Item|items]] on at [[EVO 2008]]'s ''[[Brawl]]'' tournament
**This decision is considered to be by far the most controversial decision he made as ''Super Smash Bros.'' tournaments generally don't allow items in tournament play. It was also a playing card for {{Sm|CPU}}'s unexpected victory as it allowed him to spam [[Diffusion Beam]] very frequently. The aftermath of this decision would result in the relationship between [[EVO]] and ''Brawl'' being tarnished.
*Allowing [[Character customization|Customs]] at [[EVO 2015]]'s {{forwiiu}} tournament. (due to community feedback, customs are off at [[EVO 2016]])
*Allowing [[Character customization|Customs]] at [[EVO 2015]]'s {{forwiiu}} tournament. (due to community feedback, customs are off at [[EVO 2016]])
*Making [[Lylat Cruise]] a starter stage at [[EVO 2016]], while making [[Dream Land 64]] a counterpick; which to many is surprising since most ''Smash 4'' tournaments have it vice-versa. This would become a standard in various tournaments following the EVO 2016 ruleset announcement.
*Making [[Lylat Cruise]] a starter stage at [[EVO 2016]], while making [[Dream Land 64]] a counterpick; surprising since most ''Smash 4'' tournaments have it vice-versa.
 
=== Other criticisms ===
*One of the more recent criticisms comes from the {{forwiiu}} community, as their game had the second most entrant numbers at both the 2015 and 2016 editions of EVO, albeit being treated to Saturday finals over ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' as the latter got Sunday finals on both years. Notably in 2016, most players had about a maximum of five hours of sleep going into EVO which put a lot of stress on the players (Top 32 specifically) for the former game due to the poor scheduling. The issues with the {{forwiiu}}'s performance were fixed for [[EVO 2017]] when it was announced that the staff would place it on the Sunday finals in addition to switching to [[start.gg]] as the tournament bracket.


== Tournaments hosted ==
== Tournaments hosted ==
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|[[EVO 2008]]||August 8th-10th, 2008||110 {{GameIcon|Brawl}}
|[[EVO 2008]]||August 8th-10th, 2008||110 {{GameIcon|Brawl}}
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|[[EVO 2009]]|| July 17th-19th, 2009||128 {{GameIcon|Brawl}}
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|[[EVO 2013]]||July 12th-14th, 2013||709 {{GameIcon|Melee}}
|[[EVO 2013]]||July 12th-14th, 2013||709 {{GameIcon|Melee}}
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| 1,869 {{GameIcon|Melee}}
| 1,869 {{GameIcon|Melee}}
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|rowspan="2"| [[EVO 2016]]||rowspan="2"| July 15th-17th, 2016|| 2,662 {{GameIcon|SSB4-U}}
|rowspan="2"| [[EVO 2016]]||rowspan="2"| July 15-17, 2016|| 2,662 {{GameIcon|SSB4-U}}
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| 2,372 {{GameIcon|Melee}}
| 2,372 {{GameIcon|Melee}}
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|rowspan="2"| [[EVO 2017]]||rowspan="2"| July 14th-16th, 2017|| 1,508 {{GameIcon|SSB4-U}}
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| 1,428 {{GameIcon|Melee}}
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|rowspan="2"| [[EVO 2018]]||rowspan="2"| August 3rd-5th, 2018|| 1,358 {{GameIcon|SSB4-U}}
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| 1,353 {{GameIcon|Melee}}
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|rowspan="2"| [[EVO 2019]]||rowspan="2"| August 2nd-4th, 2019|| 3,534 {{GameIcon|Ultimate}}
|}
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== External links ==
== External Links ==
*[https://twitter.com/MrWiz Twitter]
*[https://twitter.com/MrWiz Twitter]
*[http://evo.shoryuken.com/ EVO website]
*[http://evo.shoryuken.com/ EVO website]


[[Category:Southern California smashers]]
[[Category:California smashers]]
[[Category:Tournament organizers]]
[[Category:Tournament directors]]
[[Category:VIP tournament organizers]]
[[Category:VIP tournament directors]]

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