The 2012 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2012 or EVO 2012) was a fighting game event held at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas on July 6–8. The event featured a major tournament for six fighting games, including Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, as well as various smaller-scale competitions.
Background
Held in Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Evo 2012 featured over 3,500 entrants among its six major tournaments. The tournaments held at Evo 2012 were livestreamed through the Twitch online video service. A "Road to Evo" tournament series started in January 2012, in which competitors could earn seeding points for the main event.
Games Six major tournaments were held at Evo 2012. The games played were: Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition 2012 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Street Fighter X Tekken Mortal Kombat The King of Fighters XIII Soulcalibur V
Evo 2012 was the first event in the Championship Series to include a major King of Fighters tournament. The 2011 reboot of the Mortal Kombat series benefited from multiple balancing updates after its release, allowing the game to be popular among the fighting game community where earlier games in the series weren't. The Mortal Kombat tournament featured the second-largest prize pool at Evo 2012, after Street Fighter IV. Spin-off Street Fighter X Tekken, meanwhile, was unpopular among the fighting game community at the time. The game featured various bugs and unbalanced aspects.
The event also featured various smaller-scale competitions, such as an exclusive Super Street Fighter II Turbo tournament, and side tournaments for Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown and Skullgirls. Sony showcased a playable demo for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, while NetherRealm Studios revealed gameplay footage of Injustice: Gods Among Us at Evo 2012.
Tournament summary While the recent release of Street Fighter x Tekken caused players to juggle between more familiar aspects of the characters and the game's more unusual features, the King of Fighters XIII tournament was praised by commentators for its high-level play, unexpected for such a new game. Meanwhile, Brenna Hillier of VG247 described the Mortal Kombat tournament at Evo 2012 as a "mixed bag", featuring plenty of unusual play styles.
Though there was a lot of discussion regarding whether the character Phoenix in Marvel vs. Capcom is overpowered compared to other selectable characters in the game, competitor Filipino Champ won the tournament with the characters Magneto, Dormammu, and Doctor Doom. The final match at Evo 2012 was the Street Fighter IV finals, in which Infiltration defeated GamerBee to claim the title.
Results
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Version 2012) Place Player Alias Character(s)1st Seon-woo LeeWW.MCZ InfiltrationAkuma, Gouken2nd Bruce HsiangAVerMedia GamerBeeAdon3rd Eduardo Pérez-FrangieCVapor PR BalrogBalrog4th Zhuojun ZengeLivePro Qanba XiaohaiCammy5th Daigo UmeharaMCZ Daigo UmeharaRyu5th Jonny Cheng HumanBombSakura7th Kevin LandonBT DieminionGuile7th Chung-gon LeeTH PoongkoSeth
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Place Player Alias Character(s)1st Ryan Ramirez coL.CC Filipino ChampMagneto/Dormammu/Doctor Doom, Magneto/Doctor Doom/Phoenix2nd Carlos Randay LxG Infrit Nova/Spencer/Sentinel3rd Christopher GonzalezFC NYChris GMorrigan/Doctor Doom/Akuma, Wesker/Ryu/Hawkeye, Morrigan/Doctor Doom/Hawkeye4th Peter RosascoL.CC CombofiendNova/Spencer/Hawkeye, She-Hulk/Taskmaster/Spencer5th César García TA FrutsyM.O.D.O.K./Captain America/Taskmaster5th Job FigueroaFlockerZero/Vergil/Hawkeye, Zero/Vergil/Strider Hiryu7th Justin WongEG Justin WongWolverine/Storm/Akuma, Spencer/Vergil/Frank West7th Jay SonY2JWolverine/Spencer/Magneto
The King of Fighters XIII Place Player Alias Character(s)1st Kwang-noh LeeCafeID MadKOFDuo Lon, King, Kim, Chin2nd Armando VelázquezIGL BalaBilly, Iori, Shen, Takuma, Ralf, Clark, Benimaru3rd Min-su ShinCafeID VernaEX Iori, Duo Lon, Kim, Shen4th Pil-su JunCafeID GutsSaiki, EX Iori, Vice, Shen, Mr Karate5th José Navarrete vVv TC RomanceKing, Benimaru, Yuri, Hwa5th Myung-gu KangCafeID LacidAsh, Kyo, Kim7th Reynald Tacsuan AS ReynaldMr Karate, Benimaru, Kim7th Yang Yao Ren Yang Yao Ren Mr Karate, Mature, Hwa
Mortal Kombat Place Player Alias Character(s)1st Carl WhiteEMP KN Perfect LegendKung Lao2nd Emmanuel BritovVv NOS CD Jr.Jax, Kabal, Rain3rd Brant McCaskillPig of the HutKenshi, Mileena4th Malik Terry IGL MITJohnny Cage, Reptile, Scorpion, Stryker5th Christian QuilesCoCo ForeverKingSonya, Kung Lao, Kenshi5th Julian E. Escobar EGP XBladesLiu Kang7th Mario Sako CoCo M2DaveFreddy Krueger7th Elijah Williamson EGP TyrantJax
Street Fighter X Tekken 2 vs. 2 Teams Place Team Name Player Alias Character(s)1stWestern Wolves Seon-woo Lee Ryan AhnWW.MCZ InfiltrationWW.MCZ LaughRolentoRyu2ndFGTV Eduardo Pérez-Frangie Ricki OrtizCVapor PR BalrogEG Ricky OrtizRyuRufus3rdMad Catz/Razer Hajime Taniguchi Keita AiMCZ TokidoRZR FuudoChun LiRyu4thComplexity Cross Counter Peter Rosas Mike RosscoL.CC CombofiendcoL.CC Mike RossJuliaMarduk5thTotalHeads Joe Egami Chung-gon LeeTH MOVTH PoongkoRyuKazuya5thEternal Rivals/PxG Richard Nguyen Darryl Lewis ER MCZ Richard Nguyen PxG SnakeEyesLawZangief7thKazBon Ryota Inoue Masato Takahashi KazunokoBonchanRavenKen7thAlgo Cacho Victor Duarte Rubén PonceEvil_CraaSicarioRyuRolento
Soulcalibur V Place Player Alias Character(s)1st Naoaki YanagiharaShining DecoponTira2nd Jovian Chan Shen Chan Cervantes3rd Omar MohammedSomething-Unique Pyrrha4th Jonathan Vo Woahhzzα Patroklos5th Michio Irie CRNA RukaPatroklos5th Sean Paquette Xephukai Astaroth, Patroklos7th Takeaki TakahataKamaageMitsurugi7th Moon-su JangCafeID Kura Patroklos
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