2019 Evolution Championship Series
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Tournament information
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
DatesAugust 2–4, 2019
Venue(s)Mandalay Bay
Final positions
Champions
Tournament statistics
Attendance~9,000

The 2019 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2019 or EVO 2019) was a fighting game event held in Las Vegas from August 2 to 4, 2019 as part of the long-running Evolution Championship Series. The event offered tournaments for various video games, including Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, and Dragon Ball FighterZ, as well as the newly released Soulcalibur VI, Mortal Kombat 11, Samurai Shodown, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate; the latter received the most entrants with over 3,500 players participating, making it the largest in person Super Smash Bros. tournament of all time.

Venue

EVO 2019 was, once again, hosted at the Mandalay Bay resort. The Mandalay Bay Convention Center hosted the first two days of the event, while the Mandalay Bay Events Center hosted the final day for the fourth consecutive year.

Games

The lineup was announced in February 2019 to have 9 games. Returning from last year are Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Tekken 7, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. New additions are Soulcalibur VI, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st], Samurai Shodown, Mortal Kombat 11, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which effectively replaced Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Notably, this is the first year since EVO 2013 where Super Smash Bros. Melee was not included in the lineup, and was relegated to a side-event.

Participants

Over 9,000 participants were at Evo 2019.

Broadcast

As usual, the tournament was streamed on the streaming site Twitch, broadcast across multiple different streams.

Reveals

A few days before the tournament, a trailer for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition revealing three upcoming characters, E. Honda, Poison, and Lucia from Final Fight was accidentally uploaded to Steam a few days ahead of its reveal at EVO by Valve, who apologized for the upload, stating that it was a "Regrettable and unintentional situation".[1]

After the finals for Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late [st] concluded on Saturday, the game director of French Bread, Kamone Serizawa took to the stage to announce the newest version of the game, titled Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late [cl-r] alongside new character, Londrekia Light, with the game slated for an early 2020 release.[2]

After the BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle finals ended, Arc System Works revealed a major update to the game and revealed four out of nine new characters including Yumi from the Senran Kagura series, Akatsuki and Blitztank from Akatsuki Blitzkampf, and Neopolitan from RWBY, with a release date of November 21.[3]

Controversy

During the Tekken 7 Grand Finals, a clip played in the form of a Metal Gear Solid-like codec call. It featured Solid Snake from the Metal Gear Solid franchise talking to Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada saying "That was some good ass Tekken". The audience believed Solid Snake was being teased as the game's next DLC character. However, the official EVO Twitter account confirmed that the clip was not an official tease, but a joke that was done without the consent of Bandai Namco. Harada was surprised by the video and fans expressed dismay that it was not a real announcement. More than 12 hours since EVO made the statement, David Hayter, the voice of the character that was used in the clip, stated in a tweet that they have "failed to consult me, or Konami", reiterating to not use his voice to promote other games.[4][5]

Results

Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st Mexico Leonardo Lopez MkLeo Joker
2nd United States Gavin Dempsey Tweek Pokémon Trainer
3rd France William Belaid Glutonny Wario
4th United States Ezra Morris Samsora Peach
5th Japan Tetsuya Ishiguro Raito Duck Hunt
5th Japan Naoto Tsuji ProtoBanham Lucina, Inkling
7th Japan Sota Okada Zackray Wolf
7th United States Paris Ramirez Light Fox
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st Pakistan Arslan Siddique Arslan Ash Kazumi, Geese
2nd South Korea Jae-Min Bae Knee Steve, Geese, Paul, Kazuya, Devil Jin
3rd United States Hoa Luu Anakin Jack-7
4th Japan Abe Takehiko Take Kazumi
5th Japan Takumi Hamasaki Noroma Steve, Dragunov
5th Japan Nakayama Daichi Nobi Dragunov, Steve, Jack-7
7th Japan Yuta Take Chikurin Geese
7th South Korea Sun-Woong Youn LowHigh Law, Shaheen
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st Japan Masato Takahashi Bonchan Karin, Sagat
2nd United Arab Emirates Adel Anouche BigBird Rashid
3rd United Kingdom DC Coleman Infexious Zeku
4th Japan Atsushi Fujimura Fujimura Ibuki
5th United States Derek Ruffin iDom Laura
5th Japan Masahiro Tominaga Machabo Necalli
7th Japan Hiroki Asano Kichipa-mu Zangief
7th China Yangmian Huang YANGMIAN Zeku
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st United States Oscar Jaimes Shinku Ruby/Yang
2nd Japan Kamei Hiroyuki Kyamei Akihiko/Mitsuru
3rd Japan Seitaro Ono Domi Akihiko/Yuzuriha
4th Japan Kazuya Kamisue Mekasue Jubei/Orie
5th United States Christina Kabacinski Bace Mitsuru/Yuzuriha
5th Japan Shoji Sho Fenritti Mitsuru/Yuzuriha
7th Japan Kazuyuki Koji kojiKOG Waldstein/Tager
7th United States Jona Kim Jona Akihiko/Ruby
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st United States Dominique McLean SonicFox Cassie Cage
2nd United States Ryan Walker Dragon Cetrion
3rd Bahrain Sayed Ahmed Tekken Master Geras, Erron Black, Kung Lao, Sonya Blade
4th United States Julien Gorena Deoxys Geras
5th United States Tommy Tweedy Tweedy Jacqui Briggs, Baraka, Geras
5th United Kingdom Denom Jones A F0xy Grampa Shang Tsung, Kung Lao, Cassie Cage
7th United States Andrew Fontanez Semiij Cassie Cage, Jacqui Briggs
7th Canada Alexandre Dubé-Bilodeau Hayatei Erron Black
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st South Korea Seon-Woo Lee Infiltration Genjuro
2nd Japan Ryota Inoue Kazunoko Haohmaru
3rd United States Justin Wong JWong Tam Tam
4th United States Reynald Tacsuan Reynald Genjuro, Haohmaru
5th Taiwan Fu-Pin Kao RB Genjuro
5th United States Alex Valle CaliPower Galford
7th Brazil Renato Martins Didimokof Genjuro
7th Taiwan Chia-Chen Tseng ZJZ Charlotte
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st Japan Goichi Kishida Go1 Bardock/Goku/Kid Goku
2nd United States Dominique McLean SonicFox Bardock/Kid Buu/Kid Goku
3rd Japan Shoji Sho Fenritti Cell/Bardock/Vegeta
4th Spain Joan Namay Shanks Android 18/Adult Gohan/Goku
5th Japan unknown Hirohiro Android 17/Kid Goku/Teen Gohan
5th Japan unknown B Kid Buu/Adult Gohan/Yamcha
7th United States Christopher Gonzalez NyChrisG Teen Gohan/Tien/Yamcha
7th Japan Ryota Inoue Kazunoko Kid Buu/Adult Gohan/Yamcha
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st Japan Masaru Higuchi ClearLamp Byakuya
2nd Japan unknown Oushuu-Hittou Seth
3rd Japan unknown Hishigata Nanase
4th Japan unknown Kure Yuzuriha
5th Japan Shinji Taharu Neji Mika
5th Canada Andy La Rikir Enkidu
7th Japan unknown Senaru Eltnum
7th Japan unknown Libekichi Mika
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st Japan Yuta Sudo Yuttoto Voldo
2nd United States Zain Tibeishat Bluegod Azwel
3rd France Jérémy Bernard Oplon|Skyll Mitsurugi
4th United States Jonathan Vo Woahhzz Raphael
5th Singapore Jovian Chan Shen Chan Cervantes
5th Japan unknown Tamonegi Maxi
7th France Marie-Laure Norindr Kayane Xianghua, 2B
7th United States Joshua Vernon Saiyne Ivy

References

  1. ↑ "Valve Leaks Street Fighter 5 DLC Ahead Of EVO, Issues Apology". GameSpot. Jordan Ramée. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Under Night In-Birth EXE: Late[cl-r] with new character Londrekia coming early 2020". Eventhubs. Justin Gordon. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  3. ↑ "BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle adding nine more characters; enter Senran Kagura, Akatsuki Blitzkampf, and more RWBY". Nintendo Wire. Ricky Berg. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  4. ↑ "An Evo 2019 Joke Had Fans Thinking Snake Would Be In Tekken 7". Kotaku. Heather Alexandra. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Solid Snake actor calls out EVO for using his voice without permission". Digital Trends. Gabe Gurwin. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
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