Tournament:EVO 2016

EVO 2016
Dates	July 15th-17th, 2016
Venue	Las Vegas Convention Center & Mandalay Bay Events Center
Address/City	3150 Paradise Rd 3950 S Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance	4,497+
Entry fees	Melee singles: $10 Smash Wii U singles: $10
Results
winners	Hungrybox 1v1  SFAT &  PewPewU 2v2
winners	Ally
Staff
Organizer(s)	Mr. Wizard

Evolution 2016, or simply EVO 2016, was the 15th edition of the Evolution Championship Series, a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. It took place in July on Friday the 15th to Sunday the 17th at the Las Vegas Convention Center, then at the Mandalay Bay Events Center to host finals.

It was announced on January 26th, 2016 by EVO's tournament director, Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar, that both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U would be featured as official games on the EVO 2016 game lineup.

EVO 2016 is the largest ever tournament for both Melee and Smash 4, with over 2,000 entrants in both games, surpassing the records set by its predecessor.

Summary of events

Melee

PPMD and Leffen were registered to enter Melee, but the former dropped out due to health problems, while the latter was forced to drop out due to his persistent visa issues. Despite the absence of two of the 2015 SSBMRank Top 6, however, the competition still proved to be fierce. Hungrybox, after losing to Plup in winners' semis, defeated S2J in losers' quarters, Mango in losers' semis, Plup again in losers' finals, and Armada in two extremely close 3-2 sets in grand finals to win his first EVO championship. While down a full stock in game 5 of set one, on the brink of elimination, Hungrybox landed a successful edgeguard on Armada, followed by a zero-to-death Rest combo to reset the bracket. The set (along with Hungrybox's popoff following his victory) has become one of the most well-known moments in competitive Melee history, and helped cement his "Clutchbox" reputation for pulling off immense comebacks in bracket.

Plup also performed exceptionally well at the tournament, defeating Mango in winners' quarters and Hungrybox in winners' semis before finally falling to Armada in winners' finals and Hungrybox in losers' finals, placing 3rd. S2J had an impressive losers' bracket run, defeating JAVI, DruggedFox, Duck, and Westballz, placing 5th with a character often considered below the threshold for a top-tier character.

Smash 4

Many top players from Japan flew out to compete in Smash 4, most notably Kamemushi, who's made his first major appearance in North America. Ally won his first EVO after defeating Dabuz in winners' quarters, Abadango in winners' semis and Kamemushi twice, 3-0 in winners' finals and 3-1 in grand finals. Kamemushi, who claimed he would win EVO at Umebura 23 two months prior, defeated Mr. R, Earth and VoiD on his path to winners finals. After losing to Ally, he notably put an end to EVO 2015 champion ZeRo's long losers bracket run with a 3-0 victory and finished the tournament with a strong 2nd place. This was Mega Man's highest placing at a Smash 4 major, and changed many players' opinions on Mega Man's presence in the metagame and the potential of Japan's top talent in general (Abadango and Ranai were also present in top 8). After taking an early loss to Mr.E in round 2 pools and narrowly defeating Salem in a last-hit situation, ZeRo made it all the way to losers finals, taking down Hyuga, Komorikiri, KEN, Earth, Larry Lurr, Abadango and VoiD on the way, but his road to the back-to-back championship was cut short after facing off against Kamemushi in a very anticipated set.

Official game lineup

Finals	Game	Entrants	Pot Size
Sunday	Street Fighter V	5,107	$101,070
Sunday	Super Smash Bros. Melee	2,372	$23,720
Sunday	Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator	910	$19,100
Sunday	Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3	782	$7,820
Sunday	Mortal Kombat XL	713	$57,130
Saturday	Killer Instinct	546	$55,460
Saturday	Pokkén Tournament	1,180	$21,800
Saturday	Super Smash Bros. for Wii U	2,662	$26,620
Saturday	Tekken 7: Fated Retribution	549	$5,490

Ruleset

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.

Stage list

Starter	Counterpick
Battlefield	Pokémon Stadium
Dream Land
Final Destination
Fountain of Dreams
Yoshi's Story

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 and Equipment are turned off.
• Mii Fighters are legal (1-1-1-1 Default Miis only). Amiibo however are banned.
• All Ωおめが form of stages are banned.
• First stage is decided by (Rock-Paper-Scissors) best of 1. Winner strikes, then loser strikes twice, then winner. (P1-P2-P2-P1)
• Following stages decided by winner banning one stage 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.
• 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.
• You may not play on a stage that is not on the available stages list. This will result in a double disqualification.
• 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.
• There will be no loading anything on to the tournament consoles.

Stage list

Starter	Counterpick
Battlefield (Miiverse)	Dream Land 64
Final Destination	Duck Hunt
Lylat Cruise
Smashville
Town and City

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(2,372 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Hungrybox		$14,232
2nd	Armada		$4,744
3rd	Plup		$2,372
4th	Mango		$948.80
5th	Mew2King		$474.40
5th	S2J		$474.40
7th	PewPewU		$237.20
7th	Westballz		$237.20
9th	Duck
9th	Swedish Delight
9th	Zhu
9th	Shroomed
13th	Nintendude
13th	Colbol
13th	Lucky
13th	Druggedfox
17th	The Moon
17th	Wizzrobe
17th	Chillin
17th	ChuDat
17th	JAVI
17th	Ice
17th	Gravy
17th	Axe
25th	Mike Haze
25th	Cactuar
25th	n0ne
25th	Laudandus
25th	SFAT
25th	Wobbles
25th	Frootloop
25th	SmashG0D
33rd	Lovage
33rd	Bobby Frizz
33rd	Drunksloth
33rd	Slox
33rd	Kels
33rd	Bladewise
33rd	Captain Faceroll
33rd	Squid
33rd	Fiction
33rd	Darkatma
33rd	Azusa
33rd	InfiniteNumbers
33rd	lloD
33rd	KJH
33rd	Kounotori
33rd	DJ Nintendo
49th	Darkrain
49th	dizzkidboogie
49th	Ken
49th	Tafokints
49th	Tai
49th	Fly Amanita
49th	Crush
49th	Wenbobular
49th	Fat Goku
49th	Zain
49th	KillaforChicken
49th	J666
49th	Kata
49th	Dudutsai
49th	Connor
49th	Alan

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles

(2,662 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Ally		$15,972
2nd	Kamemushi		$5,324
3rd	ZeRo		$2,662
4th	VoiD		$1,064.80
5th	Ranai		$532.40
5th	Abadango		$532.40
7th	Dabuz		$266.20
7th	Larry Lurr		$266.20
9th	Trela
9th	Marss
9th	Earth
9th	Vinnie
13th	Day
13th	Mr.E
13th	KEN
13th	Nairo
17th	Mr. R
17th	Rich Brown
17th	Xaltis
17th	Komorikiri
17th	dyr
17th	Ito
17th	Regi
17th	Pugwest
25th	Ned
25th	6WX
25th	Tyrant
25th	Hyuga
25th	K9sbruce
25th	ESAM
25th	SS
25th	Dath
33rd	HIKARU
33rd	Kirihara
33rd	3xA
33rd	Stroder
33rd	Angbad
33rd	RAIN
33rd	Shaky
33rd	Wrath
33rd	Seagull Joe
33rd	Tweek
33rd	Salem
33rd	ANTi
33rd	DOOM
33rd	NAKAT
33rd	FOW
33rd	TLTC
49th	Charliedaking
49th	TonySherbert
49th	NiTe
49th	DKwill
49th	Logic
49th	Phoenix
49th	Pink Fresh
49th	Saj
49th	The Wall
49th	DJ Jack
49th	Zenyou
49th	Zinoto
49th	ApologyMan
49th	cyve
49th	Tyroy
49th	Raito

Side events

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(96 teams)
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	PewPewU		SFAT
2nd	Hungrybox		Mew2King
3rd	Alan		Shroomed
4th	Reno		Lucky
5th	Darkatma		Frootloop
5th	Chillin		ChuDat
7th	Bladewise		JAVI
7th	Druggedfox		SleepyK
9th	The Moon		DJ Nintendo
9th	Slox		Swedish Delight
9th	SmashG0D		lloD
9th	Colbol		dizzkidboogie
13th	Nintendude		Azen
13th	Prince Abu		Duck
13th	Axe		Medz
13th	EastCoastJeff		OkamiBW

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 2Scoops vs. GSM crew battle

2Scoops Player	Character	Stocks Taken	GSM Player	Character	Stocks Taken
Zan		3	WAR		2
SM		2	Kennypu		5
BAM		1	VoiD		8
Larry Lurr		1	Aerow		1
Zenyou		1	Lethal Trilogy		2
Jonny Westside		6	K0rean		4
Scizor		3	Rush		1
Akito		4	Dren		1
Total		21	Total		24

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 2Scoops vs. GSM exhibitions

Winner	Character(s)	Loser	Character(s)	Score	Amount
K0rean		Pluto		3-2	$5
K0rean		Larry Lurr		3-1	$5
Scizor		Click		3-0	$5
Akito		WAR		2-0	$1

Project M singles

The Project M side event was the seventh stop on the Project M Championship Circuit.
(142 entrants)
Top 24 bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings	PMCC Points
1st	Sosa			300
2nd	Junebug			180
3rd	lloD			120
4th	Hyperflame			80
5th	iPunchKidsz			60
5th	Jose V			60
7th	ThundeRzReiGN			40
7th	Marshall			40
9th	Hungrybox			20
9th	Reslived			20
9th	Filthy Casual			20
9th	Chief			20
13th	Spark			10
13th	Tealz			10
13th	Bladewise			10
13th	Chard			10
17th	Ilovebagelz
17th	Mavis Beacon
17th	SK92
17th	Neon
17th	Mr. Brandandorf
17th	Cloudburst
17th	Cuda
17th	Tip

Trivia

• Ken, who won the first Melee tournament at EVO World 2007, was invited as a guest during the EVO 2016 lineup announcement to comment on Melee's history at EVO.
• This is the first EVO ever where a Canadian (namely, Ally) has won in any of the games played at EVO.
• This is the first EVO with Melee as part of the game lineup where an Ice Climbers player did not make Top 8. (ChuDat made Top 8 at EVO World 2007 and EVO 2015, Wobbles made Top 8 at EVO 2013, and Fly Amanita made Top 8 at EVO 2014.)
  • Similarly, this is the first EVO with Melee as part of the game lineup where a Captain Falcon player has gotten in Top 8.

External links

• EVO's website
• EVO's twitter
• EVO's Tournament Director twitter
• Tournament Brackets
• Twitch channel