So I just got around to watching all the Finals today and I have to say, EVO fucking delivered yet again. KOF was hype as fuck as always, Smash was great except I absolutely hate the guy who won with a fiery passion, Injustice didn't show very well IMO and almost put me to sleep, then UmvC3 was nearly the perfect final (wanted JWong ofc, but Flocker is a neat guy too) and SF resulted in Infiltration not winning, so I was very happy and the games were very very exciting. Now I don't know what to do, I miss EVO already.

Also, I would like to anti-thank the guy who gave the organizer an anime doll and an anime body pillow on behalf of the "Persona community". There's a reason people don't like the anime gaming community and its because they assume that we're all weirdo otakus like that. I don't even like anime, I just like the games. But there's nothing like having a really great final in Persona and topping it all off with embarrassing yourself and others in your community. Thanks.

I couldn't find a link for this last night, but I found it today. On a sidestream I was watching a Darkstalkers tournament (Haitani cleaned up), and later on in the stream they had a big 5v5 P4A match between Japan and America, after that Yume played BananaKen in a first to 5 money match (the match people really wanted to see in the P4A finals). It starts with some random matches then the 5v5, but if you want to skip to the Yume/BananaKen match, it's around the 1:08:00 mark.

http://www.twitch.tv/finestko/b/430246665

EVO was great this year! Everything was pretty good except KI, Injustice, USF4 5th Character trolling and post-Evo P4U Trolling.

No way, man! The Road to EVO 2014 has begun. There is no off-season.

I'll just put this out there. My 3 favorite moments from watching this weekend (in no particular order).

1) How Infiltration went from villain to hero in under 6 seconds...

2) Wong factor...

3) Taylor Swift tying for 257th in Smash apparently...

https://twitter.com/sethkillian/status/356565201589526528/photo/1

Just got round to watching ChrisG vs Justin Wong in losers quarter, that was a crazy match. On a side not I didnt spot the chat was open so i missed out as well

I got to attend the whole thing in person and I had a blast. Probably missed quite a few great matches on Friday and Saturday, but I got to see so many different games on display in return. I really want to see more of Gundam Extreme Vs. in particular. Game looks like so much fun.

Heree is the normal twitch channel:;

http://www.twitch.tv/teamsp00ky

@kishinfoulux: http://shoryuken.com and http://forums.shoryuken.com/categories/tournaments-events

So I know they run other smaller events/tourneys throughout the year. Where do I even begin to follow that scene? I'd like to watch more if possible. Specifically for Marvel and Street Fighter.

Anyone know what they are streaming right now? I missed yesterday so was going to pull up the broadcast and noticed they are live on SF4.

EDIT: Never mind it is a rerun.

To be fair, Bananaken could have won against LK but he pretty much beat himself because of execution errors. :( FWIW, I thought he could have gave Yume a run for his money more so than LK.

As for Woo, going with Mai was a pretty bad choice and I don't know what setups he had but he might have wanted to pull off the instant anti-air Neomax using Mai but he was getting rushed down badly, and Reynald other than BALA has sick rush down when he's on auto-pilot mode.

EDIT: Also thanks to all the duders I was chatting with and getting crazy during matches and moments of hype! Love all of you guys and we needed this especially considering what has happened for the past week. ;_; Thank you, GB community and especially @flstyle and @mrpibb!

Evo 2013! You were the best ever! Thanks to all you GBers for tuning in and checking out this thread. Thanks to @mrpibb for the stealth chat.

I'll have more thorough and detailed thoughts on this weekend's action when everything that's happened sinks in.

@starvinggamer: Haha yeah, that's the shitty part of all of this. It has to end eventually. Sucks! On the other hand I might be able to actually play some of these steam sale games I've been buying now.

Noooo I have fallen asleep. IT was way too late here but I already watched the finals and it was sooo damn good. Man this year was just crazy. Sooo good and the competition gets tougher and tougher each year.

That kof final was very hype but I was very disappointed by Woo. His inexperience with the competition scene showed as soon as he got upset and he just crumbles like paper. He remind me of Chris G pre-god mode, I hope he work off his nerve and become a real monster in the future. Also good shit Reynald about damn time he gets his due.

My personal favorite Evo 2013 moment was the whole p4a tournament and Yume's disgusting Aegis. I love Lordknight's Mitsuru but Yume made him look fucking free.

As a first timer this was pretty fantastic. I really gotta take those days off next year or something.

Get rid of Smash though. I'll get flamed for this, but it has no place there. I wouldn't mind seeing Third Strike or something. A bit redundant, but whatever. Marvel and Street Fighter were hype though, and the KOF finals were damn great too.

Holy crap a dude from my country won the SF tournament? Insanity!!! Wish I didn't get spoiled by a post on facebook since I wanted to watch the finals after work.

Man, I'm bummed out now.

EVO's over guys.

Those last SF matches were great, I'm going to have to follow much closer next year.

This was a great end to a week that started off so so bad. Thanks for these blogs, this event was amazing.

Edit: I just realized that Chris G got knocked out of both big tournaments he was in today by time running out. That sucks!

Pretty much this. Best part about Injustice was KDZ hugging Superman after he won.

What an amazing event. Not much more to say.

The final day in particular was so immensely exciting, with the only exceptions being Killer Instinct and, to a lesser extent, Injustice.

Marvel was crazy hype. Me and all the people I was watching with were rooting for Justin so hard. He could of took that last game too. I was rotted. Melee top 8 was amazing even if the GF were so one sided.

EVO 2013 had a lot to live up after last year hype and not only matched it it blew it away completely, from the pools to the quarter final to the semi finals to the Hype machine that were the Grand Finals. Sure a couple of boring thins happen like injustice, MK and a part of SFXT, but the sheer amount to moments this EVO had is just too much, Godslayer Rog, Mad salty Woo, Its my game Reynolds KOF, Bracket Reset Flavor Mango, Here come the Wobs Nana, Oil Monster Infiltration, and Justin the Wong Factor. I can say this was a Great EVO and will see you all next year.

Yeah awesome EVO times. Lmao, I haven't sweat that much watching any sort event in a looong time. Thanks @mrpibb for not only keeping the chat up, but for some sick polls lol.

@demoskinos: Wait, chat was open? Dang! I didn't see the little words at the top indicating that. I would have loved to have watched it with everyone.

Oh well. Even just by my lonesome it was super cool. :)

First time I tune in for Evo but man so hype!!!!! Specially enjoyed the KOF XIII finals the most

That was great. Been nice hanging out in the chat with you duders. @flstyle Thanks for keeping us up to date on this stuff.

Man what a crazy EVO. Blows after blow ups. Very high chance that I am going next year. Also a good year to good since SF4 is getting a new update.

And so ends another Evo, which continues to be the greatest part of every year.

Such a fun weekend. Big props to @flstyle for all of his awesome FGC blogs and also big props to @mrpibb for getting permission to leave the chat room open and even hanging out with us. That was 100 times more fun hanging out with duders and chatting. I hope we can get chat room open for the next big tourney that rolls around.

What an awesome day. I barely had time this weekend to watch the stuff I wanted to from the main streams, so will try to watch the side stuff over the next few days.

I haven't watched every single EVO, but I'm pretty sure EVO 2013 was the best EVO of all time. Everything all weekend was seriously awesome, and Sunday finals pretty much made my heart stop and my brain explode every few minutes. Just a simply fantastic tournament all around. Thanks to everyone who made that possible.

what an incredible event!

Glad that a Singapore player won, with Gen no less. Was there a soul calibre stream?

#evo2013

What an amazing day of finals.

seths getting emotional

awww,

that was great, time to check out the smaller streams now, curious to see how the divekick tournament went

The EVO Hyyyyypppeee....!

I mean, top 8 is always crazy but this top 8 was CRaZYYYYYYYYY. All of them are fucking monsters.

Fuck man, when has a chip win ever been so hype?

AHAHA GEN WINS EVO

Nerf Gen, buff Akuma

Xian went from broken Yun to broken bones Gen to win Evolution 2013.

Gen takes Evo, with a Makoto and Hakan appearing in top 8.

What the hell is this madness?!?

and thats the game,

so crazy that a GEN won the whole thing

Xian with his Gen about to do it! Up 2-0!!!

That final pixel....

HE DID IT!!!!

god that super into ultra combo that Xien does with GEN is NASTY holy shit

the way this guy makes Gen work is amazing,

i found gen to be a tough character to use

Good Lord, Akuma is such a boring character to watch, but at least Infiltration was defeated. I don't even care who wins now, as soon as Daigo and PR Rog went out I lost all excitement.