Tournament:EVO 2015

Evolution 2015, or simply EVO 2015, was the 14th edition of the Evolution Championship Series, a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada, which took place on July 17th to 19th, 2015 at the /  Casino. It featured Super Smash Bros. Melee and singles, as well as a Melee doubles side-event.

EVO 2015 currently stands as the second largest Melee and Smash 4 tournament to date, with 1,926 entrants for Smash 4, 1,869 entrants for Melee, and 3,284 unique players across both games. Contrary to expectations that there would be a large overlap on the player base for both games, Joey Cuellar, EVO's tournament director, confirmed that only 517 players entered both games, an overlap of only 16%.

EVO 2015 allowed custom special moves in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U by utilizing the Official Custom Moveset Project, and was notably the last major tournament to use the project. Furthermore, several of the game's DLC characters,, , and , were not allowed due to their then-recent release.

Official game lineup
The official game lineup for EVO 2015 was announced on January 20th, by Joey Cuellar, during a live stream on Twitch.tv, with Mike Ross as host. Notably for this year's edition was the inclusion of two Smash games on the official lineup, for the first time, with the return of Super Smash Bros. Melee alongside. The decision to include both games was made after continued interest in Melee was noted by the staff, following the release of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, with the record breaking numbers for Apex 2015.


 * All pot prize values were taken from |esportsearnings.com.

Super Smash Bros. Melee

 * 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.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

 * 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 are legal and must follow the Official Custom Moveset Project. Equipment however is turned off.
 * ,, and are banned. Amiibo are also banned.
 * All Ω form of stages are banned.
 * Order of events:Pick characters, then stage striking, then custom move selection.
 * First stage is decided by (Rock-Paper-Scissors) best of 1. Winner strikes, then loser strikes, then winner, then loser, then winner. (P1-P2-P1-P2-P1)
 * Following stages decided by winner banning two stages 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.
 * 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.
 * Maximum allowed time between games is 60 seconds. Any player violating this rule will be issued a loss.
 * 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.
 * Allowed controllers: Wii U Pro Controller & GameCube Controller.
 * There will be no loading anything on to the tournament consoles.

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles
(1,869 entrants) Top 32 Bracket Grand Finals

singles
(1,926 entrants) Grand Finals [[Media:evo2k15_ssb4_top_32_winners.png|Top 32 bracket (winners' side)]] [[Media:evo2k15 ssb4_top_32_losers.png|Top 32 bracket (losers' side)]]

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles
(82 teams) Bracket

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.

Project M singles
(172 entrants) Bracket

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

Trivia

 * , who won the event, did not lose a single game in tournament, making him the first person ever to do so.
 * He was also the first Chilean to win an EVO event, as KaneBlueRiver won the Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 event the next day.
 * Nintendo of America marketing manager and translator registered to participate in the SSB4 tournament, under the tag "Th | trintroll", with the "Th" crew tag apparently standing for . 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 in Melee singles, took it off and threw it into the crowd.
 * humorously forgot to appear on stage to receive his medal with the rest of the top 8 players.
 * did not attend the tournament, although imposters attended in the Melee and Smash 4 tournaments using his name.
 * This tournament marks highest ever placing of a main at a Smash 4 national, with  placing 4th.
 * This tournament also marks 's highest placing at a supermajor since, placing 13th.