2011 Evolution Championship Series
Tournament information
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
DatesJuly 29–31
Tournament
format(s)
Double elimination
Venue(s)Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino

The 2011 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2011 or EVO 2011) was a fighting game event held in the Rio Las Vegas on July 6–8. The event featured a major tournament for five fighting games, including Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition and Marvel vs. Capcom 3, as well as various smaller-scale competitions.

Background

Many of the major Street Fighter tournaments had added themselves to "The Road to Evo" group of events in 2011. Players who ranked well in these tournaments would receive a better seed in the Evolution Championship. Five such major tournaments were held between May 27 and June 25, 2011: UFGT7, Montreal Annual Tournament VIII, CEO 2011, NorCal Regionals 9, and East Coast Throwdown 3. IGN noted that competitors had taken a more serious stance towards these tournaments in 2011.[1]

Evo 2011 was held on July 6–8 in the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino.[1] The event was livestreamed on Ustream and reached over 2 million unique viewers consuming over 1.9 million hours of video content in total. This livestream was produced as collaborative efforts of fighting game sites iPlayWinner, Team Sp00ky, Offcast, and FinestKO. The livestream was also available on PlayStation Home.[2]

Event summary

Fuudo receiving his trophy at the Street Fighter IV award ceremony

Evo 2011 featured major tournaments for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Marvel vs Capcom 3, Mortal Kombat 9, Tekken 6, and BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II, as well as a side event for Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.[3] The Street Fighter IV tournament was won by Keita "Fuudo" Ai, playing with the character Fei Long. The grand finals for Marvel vs Capcom 3 were won by Jay "BOX Viscant" Snyder.[2]

Engadget reported on the success of eight-year-old competitor Noah Solis in the 2011 Marvel vs Capcom 3 tournament, who made it into the top 48 before being eliminated by an older competitor.[4] In an interview with GiantBomb, Solis' father spoke of how he intends to support his son's success in fighting games, citing video games as one way alongside education to avoid falling into gang culture.[5]

Evo 2011 featured various panels with people such as Yoshinori Ono,[6] Seth Killian, Daigo Umehara, and Bandai Namco Entertainment.[2][7]

Results

Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st Japan Keita Ai Fuudo Fei Long
2nd Saudi Arabia Abdullatif Alhmili Brokentier Latif C.Viper
3rd United States Poongko Seth
4th Japan Daigo Umehara Mad Catz MCZ D Yun
5th Japan Yosuke Ito eLive|Pro Kindevu Yun
5th Japan Hajime Taniguchi Tokido MCZ Akuma
7th United States Joshua Philpot Wolfkrone C.Viper
7th United States Peter Susini FlashMetroid Zangief, C.Viper
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st United States Jay Snyder BOX Viscant Wesker/Haggar/Phoenix, Wesker/Iron Man/Phoenix
2nd United States Eduardo Pérez-Frangie MCZ|DMG PR Balrog Dante/Wolverine/Tron, Dante/Amaterasu/Wolverine
3rd United States Justin Wong EG Justin Wong She-Hulk/Wolverine/Akuma, Storm/Wesker/Akuma, Wolverine/Storm/Akuma
4th United States Peter Rosas coL.CC Combofiend She-Hulk/Taskmaster/Spencer
5th United States Noel Brown UVG Noel Brown Wesker/Wolverine/Akuma, Wolverine/Wesker/Phoenix
5th United States Ryan Ramirez coL.CC Filipino Champ Magneto/Sentinel/Phoenix, Magneto/Dormammu/Phoenix
7th United States Tinh Ngo Mine Wesker/Taskmaster/Phoenix
7th United States Raymond Monsada X-Ray Dante/Amaterasu/Magneto
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st United States Carl White EMP Perfect Legend Kung Lao
2nd United States Giuseppe Grosso vVv REO Mileena, Cyrax
3rd United States Eric Akins JOP Johnny Cage, Raiden
4th United States Christopher Gonzalez NYChris G Reptile
5th United States Denzell Terry Denzell Terry Liu Kang
5th United States Stephanie Brownback 16-Bit Kitana
7th United States Pirrelli Trumer ATL Redd Liu Kang
7th United States Anthony Villanueva OnlineTony213 Kabal
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st United States Alex Chen Spark Hakumen
2nd United States Steve Barthelemy Lord Knight Litchi, Makoto
3rd Japan Hajime Taniguchi MCZ|Tokido Noel
4th United States Kyle Bourne Zong One Carl
5th United States Rob Nagaro HeartNana Makoto
5th United States Severine Grey Sev Lambda-11
7th United States Damien Brantley Dsmoove12 Noel
7th United States Dong Yim Wuku Hazama
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st United States Rene Maistry DMG|Kor Bob
2nd United States Shawn Swain Fab Bob, Miguel
3rd United States Reepal Parbhoo Rip Law
4th United States James Garrett JustFrameJames Law, Baek
5th United States Christopher Villarreal Crow Bob
5th United States Jimmy Tran Mr. Naps Bryan
7th United Kingdom Ryan Hart LLL|Ryan Hart Kazuya
7th Japan Hajime Taniguchi MCZ|Tokido Bob

References

  1. 1 2 Chen, James (2011-05-18). "How One Man Won $10,000 Playing Mortal Kombat". IGN.
  2. 1 2 3 Leo, Jon (2011-08-05). "Evolution 2011 tournament scores more than 2 million unique viewers". GameSpot.
  3. "Evo 2011 Live!". GameSpot. 2011-08-05.
  4. Conditt, Jessica (2011-07-31). "Eight-year-old Noah brings the pain to pro players at EVO 2011". Engadget.
  5. Klepek, Patrick (2011-08-18). "Meet Noah Solis, the 8-Year-Old Fighting Game Wunderkind". GiantBomb.
  6. Cortez, Jesse (2011-08-01). "Evo2k11: Interview with producer Yoshinori Ono". Destructoid.
  7. Plunkett, Luke (2011-08-01). "Soul Calibur V Turned EVO 2011 Into The Stage Of History". Kotaku.
  8. "EVO 2011 SSFIVAE Top 32 Bracket". ssfranking.com.
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