EVO 2009 Thread

[PotS]

Heh, why not.
This year it'll be aired in a stream going on throughout the weekend, here:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/evochampionship

It'll probably be down half the time though.

Schedule of events

Friday, July 17
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Tournament Pool Play
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Break
5:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Tournament Pool Play

Saturday, July 18
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Tournament Pool Play
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Semi Finals: Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix
4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Semi Finals: Street Fighter IV
8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Break
9:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. Street Fighter IV 5-on-5 Exhibtion

Sunday, July 19
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike 2-on-2 - Finals (Top 8)
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core - Finals (Top 8)
12:00 - 12:15 p.m. Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion Tournament Finals (Top 2)
12:15 - 1:30 p.m. Soul Calibur IV - Finals (Top 8)
1:30 - 2:00 p.m. Combo Video Exhibition
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 - Finals (Top 8)
3:30 - 4:00 p.m. The Dog Face Show: Live!
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. One hour dinner break
5:00 - 5:15 p.m. Blazblue Exhibition Tournament Finals (Top 2)
5:15 - 6:45 p.m. Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix Finals (Top 8)
6:45 - 7:00 p.m. Special Words from Yoshinori Ono
7:00 - 9:30 p.m. Street Fighter IV Finals (Top 8)

Note that during "Tournament Pool Play" the stream won't be able to cover all games.

[TempesT]

Japan sent 8 MVC2 players to EVO this year. Fun disengage for American players.

[PotS]

That's probably all the Japanese that care about the game.

[Vans]

Hell yes. Stream!

[Esan]

Cool. When I have free time, I would like to enter one of those competitions.

[Jesuszilla]

Same. I really need to practice up more on BlazBlue. Maybe TS as well.

[PotS]

Loving the (SF4) matches where the guy with the underdog character puts on a show.  Hopefully the finals won't be heavy on Ryu and Sagat.

[profylebryon]

Loving the (SF4) matches where the guy with the underdog character puts on a show.  Hopefully the finals won't be heavy on Ryu and Sagat.

thank you pots someone says it i completely agree. i hope also there isn't nothing but ryu's and sagat's. we have seen enough of them lol

[Vans]

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this is boring

[shin. [OFWGKTA]]

I agree on that now.

And that Balrog player earlier(Calc vs. Chang match) didn't exactly make the best moves(jumping in on a Zangief is a BAD BAD idea).

[Jesuszilla]

the best part was the pause in the Sagat vs. Bison/Balrog match. OFFLINE RAGEQUIT. Got boring after that.

[PotS]

Vans was waiting for a Sagat mirror match to comment.
What a fun Gen player just now, now I just want to see a good Fei Long.

[TempesT]

There was a terrible, TERRIBLE Blanka v Ken match earlier.

"fullscreen wakeup ultra usually works i dunno why it didnt there."

That's probably all the Japanese that care about the game.

Funny too because I guess MVC2 was the only thing that the US did good that Japan didn't.


Also, don't expect any interesting fights til tomorrow evening.

[Jesuszilla]

Damn I don't think I'll be around to see the BlazBlue stuff... Any chance I'll get to watch it again somewhere?

[TempesT]

The main page says something about an IGN insider deal:

Evo traditionally produces a DVD capturing the highlights of our annual festivities. Instead, this year we're really excited to bring you a faster, better way to relive your favorite Evo moments: we're teaming with IGN Insider to produce and host the post-tournament matches that we would normally ship to you on a DVD.

Basically for you guys this mean higher quality Evo content at a quicker pace and cheaper price. Match footage will of course be direct-feed in HD with crowd audio and commentary, and will go online with clickable brackets and other fun stuff. You get all this not for our usual DVD price of $30 to $60, but for just 15 bucks (I'm doing my best Billy Mays here, does it show?), which is a 25% discount off IGN's usual rate. Who loves ya? Finally, on top of all the EVO juice, you're still an IGN Insider for a year, which means you get a bunch of other stuff for free all year. That's not just "cheaper," that's just straight up cheap–no brainer for any big fighting game fan.

Otherwise, I doubt it. You'll probably see highlight matches on people's Youtubes within the month though, I'm guessing.

[Jesuszilla]

goddammit I wanna see all of them

[TempesT]

Some random pro will record them for us, I'm sure.

[PotS]

Funny too because I guess MVC2 was the only thing that the US did good that Japan didn't.

I'll roflmao if a Japanese player shows up with one of their oddball Capcom characters team and just beats everyone because they only have experience against Magstorminel.  Too bad MvC2 isn't really about matchups.

[S.D.]

They'll beast with a team of... Anakaris, Dhalsim and Son-son.

[c001357]

dhalsim is a top tier character no one uses.