The Evolution Championship Series (Evo for short) is the largest competitive Fighting Game competition held in the United States each year. The event has been running yearly since 2002. The 2009 Tournament was held at the Rio hotel and casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. July 17-19.
The rules of this competition[1] are commonly accepted as a neutral standard for other fighting game tournaments.[2]
A record 24,000 simultaneous viewers of the live stream was observed during the final day of Evo 2009.
Evo is also known for it's 'evo moments', when something remarkable happens in a match, and becomes legendary.
| Event | Date | City | Venue | Events/Winners |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVOLUTION 2009 | July 17-19, 2009 | Las Vegas | The Rio |
Evo 2009 Results[3]
1) Daigo Umehara (Ryu) 2) Justin Wong (Rufus, Balrog, Abel) 3) Ed Ma (Akuma, Zangief) 4) Sanford “Santhrax” Kelly (Akuma, Cammy) 5) Long “ShadyK” Tran (Akuma) 5) Eduardo “Vvv scrub” Perez-frangie (Balrog, E.Honda) 7) Takashi “Dan from Japan” Hukushi (Ryu) 7) Ricky Ortiz (Rufus)
1) Hung “Afro Legends” Nguyen (Balrog, Dee Jay) 2) John Choi (Ryu) 3) Damien “Damdai” Dailidenas (Ken, Zangief) 4) Graham Wolfe (Balrog) 5) David Sirlin (Fei Long, Cammy, M.Bison) 5) Louis “Thelo” Paquin (E.Honda) 7) Alex “CaliPower” Valle (Ryu) 7) Alex “Sin” Salguero (Dhalsim)
1) Sanford “Santhrax” Kelly 2) Justin Wong 3) Michael “IFC Yipes” Mendoza 4) Bill “Deus” Wellman 5) Marc “Madbooface” Ansay 5) SooMighty (Magneto/Storm/Psylocke) 7) Jay “Ytwojay” Son (Magneto/Storm/Psylocke) 7) Erik “SmoothViper” Arroyo
1) Justin Wong (Chun Li) and Issei Suzuki (Yun) 2) Jimmy “Emphynaps” Tran (Urien) and Rommel (Yang) 3) Mark “Mopreme” Rogoyski (Ryu) and Ryan “Fubarduck” Harvey (Chun Li) 4) Alex “CaliPower” Valle (Ken) and J.R. Rodriguez (Akuma) 5) Lee Cephas (Dudley) and Starboy (Ken) 5) Amir (Chun Li) and Thomas (Ibuki) 7) Mike “Mike Z” Zaimont (Makoto) and Sanchez (Alex) 7) Hsien Chang (Yun) and Ricky Ortiz (Chun Li)
1) Latif (Eddie) 2) Marn (Eddie, Jam) 3) FlashMetroid (May) 4) Hellmonkey (Baiken) 5) Elvenshadow (Faust) 5) Senkei (Faust) 7) Wuku (Testament) 7) Joe Higashi (Chipp)
1) malek (Ivy) 2) KDZaster (Cassandra, Astaroth) 3) thugish_pond (Amy, Hilde) 4) Ceirnian (Hilde) 5) Omega (Zasalamel, Nightmare) 5) RTD (Hilde) 7) AlphaMale (Voldo) 7) Dreamkiller (Amy)
1) Team East Coast 2) Team Wildcard 3) Team Southwest 3) Team SoCal 5) Team Midwest 5) Team Northwest 5) Team Norcal 5) Team Southeast |
| EVOLUTION 2008 | July ??, 2008 | Las Vegas | Tropicana |
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