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Tournament:EVO 2017

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EVO 2017
EVOLogo2013.png
Dates July 14th-16th, 2017
Venue Mandalay Bay Events Center
Address/City 3950 S Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Attendance 2,693
Entry fees Melee singles: $10
Smash Wii U singles: $10
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners Sweden Armada
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U winners USA 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]

Finals Game Entrants Pot Size
Sunday Street Fighter V 2,625 $76,250
Sunday Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 1,508 $15,080
Sunday Tekken 7 1,286 $27,860
Sunday BlazBlue: Central Fiction 500 $15,000
Sunday Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 652 $16,520
Saturday Super Smash Bros. Melee 1,428 $14,280
Saturday Injustice 2 880 $58,800
Saturday Guilty Gear Xrd REV2 817 $18,170
Friday The King of Fighters XIV 374 $17,740

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]

Starter Counterpick
Battlefield Pokémon Stadium
Dream Land
Final Destination
Fountain of Dreams
Yoshi's Story

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]

Starter Counterpick
Battlefield Dream Land 64*
Final Destination Ω Suzaku Castle
Ω Midgar
Ω Wily Castle
**
Smashville
Town and City
Lylat Cruise
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 Sweden Armada PeachHeadSSBM.png $8,568
2nd USA Mango FoxHeadSSBM.pngFalcoHeadSSBM.png $2,856
3rd USA Hungrybox JigglypuffHeadSSBM.png $1,428
4th USA Mew2King MarthHeadSSBM.pngSheikHeadSSBM.pngPeachHeadSSBM.png $571.20
5th USA Plup SheikHeadSSBM.pngFoxHeadSSBM.png $285.60
5th USA Lucky FoxHeadSSBM.png $285.60
7th USA SFAT FoxHeadSSBM.png $142.80
7th USA The Moon MarthHeadSSBM.png $142.80
9th Sweden Leffen FoxHeadSSBM.png
9th USA Axe PikachuHeadSSBM.png
9th USA PewPewU MarthHeadSSBM.png
9th USA Prince Abu JigglypuffHeadSSBM.png
13th USA Wizzrobe CaptainFalconHeadSSBM.png
13th USA Westballz FalcoHeadSSBM.png
13th USA Swedish Delight SheikHeadSSBM.png
13th USA Duck SamusHeadSSBM.png
17th USA ChuDat IceClimbersHeadSSBM.png
17th USA Shroomed SheikHeadSSBM.pngMarthHeadSSBM.png
17th USA S2J CaptainFalconHeadSSBM.png
17th Canada Ryan Ford FoxHeadSSBM.png
17th Japan aMSa YoshiHeadSSBM.png
17th USA lloD PeachHeadSSBM.png
17th USA Rishi MarthHeadSSBM.png
17th USA Medz FoxHeadSSBM.png
25th USA MikeHaze FoxHeadSSBM.png
25th USA Crush FoxHeadSSBM.png
25th USA Nintendude IceClimbersHeadSSBM.png
25th USA Colbol FoxHeadSSBM.png
25th USA MacD PeachHeadSSBM.png
25th Sweden Android SheikHeadSSBM.png
25th USA Ka-master LuigiHeadSSBM.png
25th USA AbsentPage FoxHeadSSBM.pngSheikHeadSSBM.pngMarthHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA Druggedfox FoxHeadSSBM.png
33rd Canada n0ne CaptainFalconHeadSSBM.png
33rd Germany Ice FoxHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA HugS SamusHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA Bladewise PeachHeadSSBM.png
33rd Netherlands Amsah SheikHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA Fiction FoxHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA Kels FoxHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA Blea Gelo LuigiHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA Redd FoxHeadSSBM.png
33rd Mexico Eddy Mexico LuigiHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA Hax FoxHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA ARMY IceClimbersHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA HomeMadeWaffles FalcoHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA King Momo FalcoHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA DaShizWiz FalcoHeadSSBM.png
49th USA Silent Wolf FoxHeadSSBM.png
49th USA dizzkidboogie IceClimbersHeadSSBM.png
49th USA KJH FoxHeadSSBM.png
49th USA Syrox FoxHeadSSBM.png
49th USA Gahtzu CaptainFalconHeadSSBM.png
49th USA Darkatma SheikHeadSSBM.png
49th USA Captain Faceroll SheikHeadSSBM.png
49th USA Kalamazhu PeachHeadSSBM.png
49th USA Cactuar FoxHeadSSBM.png
49th USA DJ Nintendo FoxHeadSSBM.png
49th Canada Kage GanondorfHeadSSBM.png
49th USA Drephen SheikHeadSSBM.png
49th USA Ken MarthHeadSSBM.png
49th USA Rustin PeachHeadSSBM.png
49th USA Spark SheikHeadSSBM.png
49th USA EastCoastJeff FoxHeadSSBM.png

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles[edit]

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

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA Salem BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.png $9,048
2nd Chile ZeRo Diddy Kong's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. $3,016
3rd USA Larry Lurr Fox's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. $1,508
4th USA Tweek CloudHeadSSB4-U.png $603.20
5th USA Nairo Zero Suit Samus's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. $301.60
5th Japan KEN Sonic's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. $301.60
7th USA VoiD Sheik's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. $150.80
7th USA Dabuz RosalinaHeadSSB4-U.png $150.80
9th USA False Sheik's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.RyuHeadSSB4-U.pngDonkey Kong's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
9th USA Lima BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.png
9th Japan Abadango BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.pngMewtwo's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
9th USA JK BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.png
13th Japan komorikiri CloudHeadSSB4-U.pngSonic's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
13th USA NAKAT Ness's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.Fox's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
13th USA WaDi Mewtwo's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
13th USA Manny Sonic's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
17th Canada Mistake BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.png
17th USA CaptainZack BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.png
17th Netherlands Mr.R Sheik's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
17th USA Wrath Sonic's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
17th Japan Raito Duck Hunt's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
17th Japan Ranai Villager's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
17th USA Elegant Luigi's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
17th USA Zinoto Diddy Kong's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
25th USA falln RosalinaHeadSSB4-U.png
25th Japan Tsu- Lucario's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.RyuHeadSSB4-U.png
25th USA Ling Ling Peach's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
25th USA Xzax Fox's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
25th Canada Locus RyuHeadSSB4-U.png
25th Japan 9B BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.png
25th USA ANTi Mario's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.CloudHeadSSB4-U.png
25th Japan Edge Diddy Kong's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
33rd USA MVD Diddy Kong's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
33rd United Kingdom Ixis Sonic's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
33rd USA tyroy BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.pngZelda's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
33rd USA TLTC Palutena's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
33rd USA Luhtie Zero Suit Samus's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
33rd USA Zenyou Mario's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
33rd USA Samsora Peach's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
33rd USA Mr.E Marth's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
33rd USA Eon Fox's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
33rd USA FOW Ness's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
33rd Japan Chanshu RyuHeadSSB4-U.png
33rd USA Charliedaking Fox's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
33rd Japan Nietono Sheik's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
33rd USA Cosmos CorrinHeadSSB4-U.png
33rd USA Fatality Captain Falcon's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
33rd USA Konga Donkey Kong's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
49th USA ESAM Pikachu's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.SamusHeadSSB4-U.png
49th USA K9sbruce Sheik's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.Diddy Kong's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
49th USA Seagull Joe Sonic's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.Diddy Kong's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
49th USA MuteAce Peach's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
49th USA Xaltis RosalinaHeadSSB4-U.png
49th Japan Suinoko Diddy Kong's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
49th Canada Ally Mario's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
49th USA Ryuga CorrinHeadSSB4-U.png
49th USA Z Pikachu's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
49th USA Day Lucario's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
49th USA 8BitMan Diddy Kong's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.R.O.B.'s stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
49th USA Urameshi Meta Knight's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
49th USA Rich Brown Mewtwo's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
49th Japan FILIP Mario's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.CloudHeadSSB4-U.png
49th USA Pugwest Marth's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
49th Japan Ri-ma Toon Link's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
65th USA Googs Olimar's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
65th USA JJROCKETS Diddy Kong's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
65th USA Calculus BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.png
65th Japan Nanchan Mario's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
65th Japan ikep BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.png
65th USA Tyrant Meta Knight's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
65th Japan Umeki Peach's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
65th USA Myran Olimar's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
65th USA DarkShad RyuHeadSSB4-U.png
65th Japan Kameme Sheik's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.Mega Man's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
65th Japan Kirihara RosalinaHeadSSB4-U.png
65th USA Chavo BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.png
65th USA saj BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.png
65th USA Dom BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.png
65th USA Meteor Sonic's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
65th USA 3xA Toon Link's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
65th Mexico MkLeo CloudHeadSSB4-U.png
65th Japan aMSa Greninja's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
65th USA dyr Diddy Kong's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
65th USA Phenom Fox's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.Greninja's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
65th USA BestNess Ness's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
65th Canada SuperGirlKels Sonic's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
65th Japan Earth Pit's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.CorrinHeadSSB4-U.png
65th USA KOSSismoss Mr. Game & Watch's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.King Dedede's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
65th USA IcyMist SamusHeadSSB4-U.png
65th USA Pink Fresh BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.png
65th USA WonderBread Little Mac's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
65th USA Hackoru Mario's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
65th Japan Takera RyuHeadSSB4-U.png
65th USA Ki RyuHeadSSB4-U.png
65th Japan Eim Sheik's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
65th USA SS Villager's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.Ness's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

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 USA Filthy Casual WolfHeadSSBB.png 200
2nd USA lloD PeachHeadSSBB.png 150
3rd USA Neon WolfHeadSSBB.png 100
4th USA Jose V NessHeadSSBB.png 80
5th USA Chard ZeldaHeadSSBB.png 50
5th USA LoyaL MrGame&WatchHeadSSBB.png 50
7th USA Light PeachHeadSSBB.png 40
7th USA ilovebagelz LuigiHeadSSBB.pngCaptainFalconHeadSSBB.png 40
9th USA Cloudburst SquirtleHeadSSBB.png 30
9th USA dansdaman ZeroSuitSamusHeadSSBB.pngSheikHeadSSBB.png 30
9th USA Dadpool WarioHeadSSBB.png 30
9th USA Heysuess KingDededeHeadSSBB.png 30
13th USA Dumshiny KingDededeHeadSSBB.png 10
13th USA Kendo64 YoshiHeadSSBB.pngMarioHeadSSBB.png 10
13th Canada Titanium LinkHeadSSBB.png 10
13th USA Umarth MarthHeadSSBB.png 10

Trivia[edit]

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