Sunday, December 22, 2024

This year's Evolution Fighting Game Championships boasted some of the most surprising results to date. These included two pad players, Shizza and Vance “Vangief” Wu, placing top eight in Super Street Fighter IV, Taiwanese sensation Bruce “Gamerbee” Hsiang eliminating US champion Justin Wong, and top two placers for Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix were both new school players, shutting out legends like Daigo Umehara and Jason “Afrocole” Cole. To America's devastation, Umehara managed to take the gold in Super Street Fighter IV, keeping northern California's EG.Ricky Ortiz at second place. A stream was available at both G4TV and Shoryuken, but it crashed several times throughout the weekend due to technical difficulties, most notably during the Super Street Fighter IV grand finals. Hopefully this won’t be an issue next year and the stream’s producers, Level|Up, will take note. Videos of the finals are available at EVO’s Youtube channel here. Results after the jump.

[Source: Shoryuken]

Super Street Fighter IV — Top 8

  • 1. Daigo Umehara (Ryu)
  • 2. EG.Ricky Ortiz (Rufus, Chun-Li)
  • 3. Infiltration (Akuma)
  • 4. Mike Ross (E. Honda)
  • 5. Bruce “GamerBee” Hsiang (Adon)
  • 5. Vance “Vangief” Wu (Zangief)
  • 7. Henry Cen (E. Honda, Dhalsim)
  • 7. Shizza (Chun-Li)

Tekken 6 — Top 8

  • 1. Nin
  • 2. Rip
  • 3. Mr. Naps
  • 4. Devil Jim
  • 5. jfj
  • 5. Tokido
  • 7. Crow
  • 7. GMMA Kor

Super Street FIghter II HD Remix — Top 8

  • 1. Snake Eyes
  • 2. DGV
  • 3. Afrolegends
  • 4. Daigo
  • 5. Afro Cole
  • 5. Tokido
  • 7. Alex Valle
  • 7. Ryry

Super SF4 Women’s Invitational — Top 4

  • 1. AAA Kayane
  • 2. Burnyourbra
  • 3. Yellow Gal
  • 4. Lina

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom — Top 8

  • 1. EG Marn
  • 2. KBeast
  • 3. EG Justin Wong
  • 4. Kurasa
  • 5. Psychochronic
  • 5. Royal Flush
  • 7. skisonic
  • 7. Keits

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 — Top 8

  • 1. EG Justin Wong
  • 2. EMP Santhrax
  • 3. Clockw0rk
  • 4. EMP Yipes
  • 5. Neo
  • 5. Crizzle
  • 7. Chaos Nightwolf
  • 7. Regency Rob

Melty Blood — Top 8

  • 1. Yoichiro “Garu” Aruga
  • 2. Stephen “Lord Knight” Barthelemy
  • 3. Antonio “Kusanagi” Medrano
  • 4. Byron “HF Blade” Barzabal
  • 5. Brandon “Brandino” Lee
  • 5. Yuji “Yat” Tanaka
  • 7. James Xie
  • 7. Eric “Numakie” Gutierrez