The 2009 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2009 or EVO 2009) was a fighting game event held in Rio Las Vegas on July 17–19. The event featured major tournaments for various fighting games, including Super Street Fighter IV and Marvel vs. Capcom 2.
"The mix of white, black, Hispanic, and Asian players seems so even it doesn't seem like anyone is a minority anymore. And also unlike most game-centered events, long hair, tattoos, piercings, and muscles abound. ... The view down the wall makes the players at over 2 dozen monitors look like a NASA crew. Each station has a dozen or two people crowding around, players waiting to hear their names be called, supporters not wanting to miss the match of a friend."
Evo 2009 was held on July 17–19 in the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino. It was the biggest instance of the event up to that point, featuring over 1,000 competitors for its Street Fighter IV tournament. 23,000 people watched the event through a live feed.[1]Capcom made the latest version of Tatsunoko vs Capcom available to be played at the event, and revealed their first public build of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.[2]:2Bandai Namco had set up a handful of TVs for attendees to demo the to-be-released Tekken 6, and Aksys Games held a signery. Street Fighter players Mike Ross and Mike Watson interviewed early 1990s Street Fighter 2 champion Tomo Ohira.[1] The organizers of the event, Tony and Tom Cannon, were interviewed by Victor Ratliff, who bestowed the two brothers the "Cannon award" in recognition of their work organizing Evo, running the website Shuryuken, and creating a GGPO netcode that allowed the community to play games such as BlazBlue online.[2]:5
Mad Catz-brand arcade sticks began hitting the market in 2008, and reached unprecedented popularity among the fighting game community after the release of a Street Fighter IV range of products in 2009. Mad Catz employee Mark Julio said he was blown away seeing the community "flooded" with Mad Catz Street Fighter IV arcade sticks at Evo 2009.[3]
Nearly half of the "bring your own console"-area at Evo 2009 was dedicated to Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournaments, run by AllisBrawl.com. Unlike the previous year, the Brawl tournaments at Evo 2009 were held with a community-defined ruleset, which was favored by the competitors. Other side-tournaments at the event were held by companies such as Bandai Namco and AkSys Games, who received a lot of support from Evolution's organizers. Unlike previous years, both the BlazBlue and Tekken 6 tournaments were held on the final day of the event, so they could be displayed on the big screen alongside the Marvel vs. Capcom and Street Fighter IV finals.[2]:4
Tournaments held on a PlayStation 3 set-up experienced various technical difficulties, such as wireless controller synchronization issues, dangling cables of wired controllers disconnecting during matches, and software glitches. Delays were also a big issue during the event, with some tournaments starting much later than planned.[2]:6
Street Fighter IV finals
Competitors playing Street Fighter IV on day 1 of the event.
The Evo 2009 Street Fighter IV finals were defined by Justin Wong and Daigo Umehara. Wong had lost to Umehara two times before; once at the GameStop tournament in San Francisco earlier that year, and before that during their renowned match at Evo 2004. Wong lost to Umehara again at Evo 2009, but made his way to the grand finals of the tournament through the losers' bracket to meet Umehara again. Justin Wong was playing with Abel against Daigo Umehara's Ryu, but after losing his first game in the grand finals, Wong switched to the character Balrog; a character he had never been publicly seen playing before. Wong won three consecutive games with Balrog, earning him his first set and a bracket reset.[1][5]
In the last set of the grand finals, Wong and Umehara both won two matches, and the title hinged on the fifth and final match of the set. Both players were throwing out safe crouching attacks from a distance in order to chip away at the other's vitality with minimal risk. Wong cautiously played more aggressively as the match continued, but Umehara gained and retained the lead by parrying and punishing several of Balrog's "dash punches." In the end, both characters had very little vitality left and Wong decided to jump in for the final blow, a move Umehara countered with a jump-kick to Balrog's chest. Umehara defeated Wong again and took home the $7,000 USD cash prize.[1]
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The 2009 Evolution Championship Series commonly referred to as Evo 2009 or EVO 2009 was a fighting game event held in Rio Las Vegas on July 17 19 The event featured major tournaments for various fighting games including Super Street Fighter IV and Marvel vs Capcom 2 2009 Evolution Championship SeriesTournament informationLocationLas Vegas Nevada United StatesDatesJuly 17 19Tournamentformat s Double eliminationVenue s Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino 20082010 Contents 1 Event overview 2 Tournaments 2 1 Street Fighter IV finals 3 Results 4 ReferencesEvent overview Edit The mix of white black Hispanic and Asian players seems so even it doesn t seem like anyone is a minority anymore And also unlike most game centered events long hair tattoos piercings and muscles abound The view down the wall makes the players at over 2 dozen monitors look like a NASA crew Each station has a dozen or two people crowding around players waiting to hear their names be called supporters not wanting to miss the match of a friend Michael Walbridge GameSetWatch 1 Evo 2009 was held on July 17 19 in the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino It was the biggest instance of the event up to that point featuring over 1 000 competitors for its Street Fighter IV tournament 23 000 people watched the event through a live feed 1 Capcom made the latest version of Tatsunoko vs Capcom available to be played at the event and revealed their first public build of Marvel vs Capcom 2 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 2 2 Bandai Namco had set up a handful of TVs for attendees to demo the to be released Tekken 6 and Aksys Games held a signery Street Fighter players Mike Ross and Mike Watson interviewed early 1990s Street Fighter 2 champion Tomo Ohira 1 The organizers of the event Tony and Tom Cannon were interviewed by Victor Ratliff who bestowed the two brothers the Cannon award in recognition of their work organizing Evo running the website Shuryuken and creating a GGPO netcode that allowed the community to play games such as BlazBlue online 2 5Mad Catz brand arcade sticks began hitting the market in 2008 and reached unprecedented popularity among the fighting game community after the release of a Street Fighter IV range of products in 2009 Mad Catz employee Mark Julio said he was blown away seeing the community flooded with Mad Catz Street Fighter IV arcade sticks at Evo 2009 3 Tournaments Edit People playing Super Smash Bros Brawl at the bring your own console area Evo 2009 featured major tournaments for various fighting games such as 1v1 tournaments of Street Fighter IV Marvel vs Capcom 2 Soulcalibur IV and Guilty Gear XX Accent Core both a 1v1 and 2v2 tournament of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix a 2v2 tournament of Street Fighter III Third Strike and a 1v1 invitational tournament of the then unlocalized gameTatsunoko vs Capcom 4 Nearly half of the bring your own console area at Evo 2009 was dedicated to Super Smash Bros Brawl tournaments run by AllisBrawl com Unlike the previous year the Brawl tournaments at Evo 2009 were held with a community defined ruleset which was favored by the competitors Other side tournaments at the event were held by companies such as Bandai Namco and AkSys Games who received a lot of support from Evolution s organizers Unlike previous years both the BlazBlue and Tekken 6 tournaments were held on the final day of the event so they could be displayed on the big screen alongside the Marvel vs Capcom and Street Fighter IV finals 2 4Tournaments held on a PlayStation 3 set up experienced various technical difficulties such as wireless controller synchronization issues dangling cables of wired controllers disconnecting during matches and software glitches Delays were also a big issue during the event with some tournaments starting much later than planned 2 6 Street Fighter IV finals Edit Competitors playing Street Fighter IV on day 1 of the event The Evo 2009 Street Fighter IV finals were defined by Justin Wong and Daigo Umehara Wong had lost to Umehara two times before once at the GameStop tournament in San Francisco earlier that year and before that during their renowned match at Evo 2004 Wong lost to Umehara again at Evo 2009 but made his way to the grand finals of the tournament through the losers bracket to meet Umehara again Justin Wong was playing with Abel against Daigo Umehara s Ryu but after losing his first game in the grand finals Wong switched to the character Balrog a character he had never been publicly seen playing before Wong won three consecutive games with Balrog earning him his first set and a bracket reset 1 5 In the last set of the grand finals Wong and Umehara both won two matches and the title hinged on the fifth and final match of the set Both players were throwing out safe crouching attacks from a distance in order to chip away at the other s vitality with minimal risk Wong cautiously played more aggressively as the match continued but Umehara gained and retained the lead by parrying and punishing several of Balrog s dash punches In the end both characters had very little vitality left and Wong decided to jump in for the final blow a move Umehara countered with a jump kick to Balrog s chest Umehara defeated Wong again and took home the 7 000 USD cash prize 1 Results EditStreet Fighter IV 6 7 Place Player Alias Character s 1st Daigo Umehara Daigo Ryu2nd Justin Wong JWong Rufus Balrog Abel3rd Ed Ma Akuma Zangief4th Sanford Kelly Santhrax Akuma Cammy5th Long Tran ShadyK Akuma5th Eduardo Perez Frangie vVv Scrub Balrog E Honda7th Takashi Hukushi Dan Ryu7th Ricki Ortiz HelloKitty RufusSuper Street Fighter II Turbo HD RemixPlace Player Alias Character s 1st Hung Nguyen Afro Legends Balrog Dee Jay2nd John Choi Choiboy Ryu3rd Damien Dailidenas Damdai Ken Zangief4th Graham Wolfe GWolfe Balrog5th Louis Paquin Thelo E Honda5th David Sirlin Sirlin Fei Long Cammy M Bison7th Alex Valle CaliPower Ryu7th Alex Salguero SiN Guile DhalsimMarvel vs Capcom 2 New Age of HeroesPlace Player Alias Character s 1st Sanford Kelly Santhrax Storm Sentinel Captain Commando2nd Justin Wong JWong Storm Sentinel Cyclops3rd Michael Mendoza IFC Yipes Magneto Storm Psylocke4th Bill Wellman Deus5th Marc Ansay MadBooFace Magneto Sentinel Captain Commando5th Sooyoung Chon SooMighty Magneto Storm Psylocke7th Jay Son Ytwojay Magneto Storm Psylocke7th Erik Arroyo SmoothViperGuilty Gear XX Accent Core PlusPlace Player Alias Character s 1st Abdullatif Alhmili Latif Eddie2nd Martin Phan Marn Eddie Jam3rd Peter Susini FlashMetroid May4th David Lardiere Hellmonkey Baiken5th Mike Boczar Elvenshadow Faust5th Alex Tsakanikaas Senkei Faust7th Dong Yim Wuku Testament7th Philippe Tanovan Joe Higashi ChippStreet Fighter III 3rd Strike 2 vs 2 TeamsPlace Player Alias Character s State1st Justin Wong Issei Suzuki jwongIssei Chun LiYun New YorkJapan2nd Jimmy Tran Rommel Macatangay EmphyRom UrienYang California3rd Mark Rogoyski Ryan Harvey MopremeFubarduck RyuChun Li Texas4th Alex Valle J R Rodriguez CaliPowerJ R KenAkuma California5th Lee Cephas Jaime Morin CephasStarboy DudleyKen Texas5th Amir Thomas AmirThe Pad Player Chun LiIbuki California7th Hsien Chang Ricki Ortiz hsienHelloKitty YunChun Li TexasCalifornia7th Mike Zaimont Alex Sanchez Mike ZSanchez MakotoAlex CaliforniaSoulcalibur IVPlace Player Alias Character s 1st Jonathan Ledy Malek Ivy2nd Phillip Atkinson KDZaster Cassandra Astaroth3rd Joseph Freire Thugish pond Amy Hilde4th Ceirnian Hilde5th Norman Sainz Omega Zasalamel Nightmare5th Robert Combs RTD Hilde7th AlphaMale Voldo7th Delnar Diaz Dreamkiller AmyReferences Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Evolution Championship 2009 a b c d e Walbridge Michael 2009 07 19 The Game Anthropologist EVO 2009 You Just Don t Know GameSetWatch a b c d Fan Davis 2009 08 04 Evolution Championship Series 2009 Report The O network Archived from the original on 2014 03 25 Stark Chelsea 2017 04 09 More than joke controllers Mad Catz forever changed the fighting game scene Polygon Archived from 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