Gaming eSports/Tournaments/Competitive Gaming Discussion

Unsure if there are many fans of gaming tournaments and events, but I have enjoyed watching tournaments in the "fight" genre for the last few years, now - namely Evo, which takes place in Las Vegas and kicks off today. The tournament has grown exponentially in size and attention, and takes a giant leap forward this year, with the Street Fighter V Top 8 being broadcast on ESPN2, Sunday night.

Certainly tons of DOTA, League, Halo, and CS Go competitive events out there throughout the year to discuss as well.

For anyone interested, tagged is the schedule for Evo 2016, which just kicked off a half hour ago - I stick to Twitch, but IGN also streams the high-profile events. And of course, as mentioned, ESPN for Sunday night.

Spoiler: EVO 2016 Schedule

 

I'm awful at SF. Just awful. I am decent in Tekken, and mediocre in Marvel v. Capcom.

Some good matches so far in pools today - supposedly there are 5000 entrants in the Street Fighter V tournament this year at EVO, which is totally insane. They usually run from 11 AM until at least 3 or 4 AM, EST, on Friday and Saturday. Sunday wraps up around 1 or 2 AM. They're also running Pokken Tournament, Smash Bros (Cube and Wii U), Mortal Kombat X, Tekken 7 (which hasn't even been released in the USA), and then small tournaments for Killer Instinct and Street Fighter IV.

Edit - Really making me want to get the DLC for Street Fighter, though. Guile, Ibuki, 'rog, and Alex. Juri and Urien still to come. Likely a surprise or two announced this weekend, as well.

 

Oh yes. And Akuma in Tekken 7. Love those crossovers.

 

Looks incredible - also looking forward to Tekken 7.

 

Carrying on a bit from the MvC discussion thread, from tonight's Capcom Cup final event in LA.

All-American final, with Nuckledu taking the win over Ricki Ortiz. Du entered the tournament as one of the most "in form" players, having enjoyed success while many of the best players took time off - Ortiz was a total shock to make the grand final.

In addition to this milestone, a transgender e-athlete (Ortiz) reached the finals of one of the two most prestigious events on the calendar (even though Capcom is the final event, Evo is still much more watched and visible).

All in all, a heck of a great competition. New season starts next year, Akuma + 5 new characters will be added to the SFV roster.

 

Evo 2017 starts today at 10 AM PT/1PM Eastern!

Biggest, and longest running fight game tournament in the country. All available to watch, from pools to grand finals, on Twitch.

Schedules here: http://imgur.com/a/xplPq

Major games this year are Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, Injustice 2, Smash Wii U, Smash Melee, Guilty Gear Rev 2, and the last hurrah for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Sunday night's Street Fighter V Top 8 to Grand Finals will be again broadcast from the Mandalay Bay on ESPN2.

 

Bit of news here in my echo chamber.

Some footage of Trunks in Dragonball Fighters was shown after the Tekken 7 Grand Finals today - beta of the game will be available at end of July. Looks amazing, so far.

 

Another pitch to anyone interested, this is the best weekend of the year for fans of fighting games - Evolution 2018 tournament in Vegas. This year's featured games are DragonBall FighterZ, Street Fighter V (Arcade Edition), Guilty Gear Rev 2, Tekken 7, Injustice 2, BlazBlue Cross Tag, and Smash Bros Wii U/Melee.

Here's a schedule for how you can watch on Twitch - starts tomorrow, runs through Sunday. Street Fighter V finals are also broadcast on ESPN2.

 

saw that too - i think it was fortnite. fighting games and sports game like madden and fifa have had thriving markets for hilariously overpriced coaching sessions for too long.