Evo 2012

{{Infobox sport tournament

| name = 2012 Evolution Championship Series

| year =

| image = Evo Championship Series logo cropped.png

| caption =

| location = Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

| start_date = July 6

| end_date = 8

| administrator =

| tournament_format = Double elimination

| venues = Caesars Palace

| participants =

| purse =

| champions =

{{Plainlist|

SSF4AE2012: Seon-woo "Infiltration" Lee
UMvC3: Ryan "Filipino Champ" Ramirez
KoFXIII: Kwang-noh "MadKOF" Lee
MK9: Carl "Perfect Legend" White
SFxT 2v2: Seon-woo "Infiltration" Lee and Ryan "Laugh" Ahn
SCV: Naoaki "Shining Depocon" Yanagihara

}}

| attendance =

| previous = 2011

| next = 2013

}}

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

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Held in Caesar's 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.{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2012/07/06/gamesbeats-evolution-2012-viewing-guide/|work=VentureBeat|title=GamesBeat's Evolution 2012 viewing guide|last=Hoadley|first=Chris|date=2012-07-06}} A "Road to Evo" tournament series started in January 2012, in which competitors could earn seeding points for the main event.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2012/07/13/3545138.htm|work=abc.net.au|title=Frag Reel Friday: Evolution 2012 Championships|last=Walker|first=Alex|date=2012-07-13}}

Games

Six major tournaments were held at Evo 2012. The games played were:

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2012/07/gamer-roulette-what-evo|work=Neon Tommy|title=Gamer Roulette: What is EVO?|last=Parra|first=Eric|date=2012-07-14}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.vg247.com/2012/07/09/evo-2012-filipino-champ-takes-umvc3/|work=VG247|title=EVO 2012: SSFIVAE goes to Infiltration, UMvC3 to Filipino Champ|last=Hillier|first=Brenna|date=2012-07-09}}

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

File:Infiltration in Las Vegas, 2012 crop.png

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colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"\| *Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Version 2012)*{{cite web\|url=http://kyosuke.kun.free.fr/Ranking/tourneys/brackets/?id=EVO20124 \|title=EVO 2012 SSFIVAE2012 Top 32 Bracket \|publisher=ssfranking.com }}
style="width:50px;"\| Place ! style="width:180px;"\| Player ! style="width:150px;"\| Alias ! style="width:300px;"\| Character(s)
1st \|{{flagicon\|South Korea}} Seon-woo Lee \|WW.MCZ Infiltration \|Akuma, Gouken
2nd \|{{flagicon\|Taiwan}} Bruce Hsiang \|AVerMedia GamerBee \|Adon
3rd \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Eduardo Pérez-Frangie \|CVapor PR Balrog \|Balrog
4th \|{{flagicon\|China}} Zhuojun Zeng \|eLivePro Qanba Xiaohai \|Cammy
5th \|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Daigo Umehara \|MCZ Daigo Umehara \|Ryu
5th \|{{flagicon\|Hong Kong}} Jonny Cheng \|HumanBomb \|Sakura
7th \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Kevin Landon \|BT Dieminion \|Guile
7th \|{{flagicon\|South Korea}} Chung-gon Lee \|TH Poongko \|Seth

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colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Version 2012){{cite web|url=http://kyosuke.kun.free.fr/Ranking/tourneys/brackets/?id=EVO20124 |title=EVO 2012 SSFIVAE2012 Top 32 Bracket |publisher=ssfranking.com }}

style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:150px;"| Alias

! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)

1st

|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Seon-woo Lee

|WW.MCZ Infiltration

|Akuma, Gouken

2nd

|{{flagicon|Taiwan}} Bruce Hsiang

|AVerMedia GamerBee

|Adon

3rd

|{{flagicon|USA}} Eduardo Pérez-Frangie

|CVapor PR Balrog

|Balrog

4th

|{{flagicon|China}} Zhuojun Zeng

|eLivePro Qanba Xiaohai

|Cammy

5th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Daigo Umehara

|MCZ Daigo Umehara

|Ryu

5th

|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} Jonny Cheng

|HumanBomb

|Sakura

7th

|{{flagicon|USA}} Kevin Landon

|BT Dieminion

|Guile

7th

|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Chung-gon Lee

|TH Poongko

|Seth

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colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" \|*Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3*
style="width:50px;"\| Place ! style="width:180px;"\| Player ! style="width:150px;"\| Alias ! style="width:300px;"\| Character(s)
1st \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Ryan Ramirez \|coL.CC Filipino Champ \| style="width:300pt;"\|Magneto/Dormammu/Doctor Doom, Magneto/Doctor Doom/Phoenix
2nd \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Carlos Randay \|LxG Infrit \| style="width:300pt;"\|Nova/Spencer/Sentinel
3rd \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Christopher Gonzalez \|FC NYChris G \| style="width:300pt;"\|Morrigan/Doctor Doom/Akuma, Wesker/Ryu/Hawkeye, Morrigan/Doctor Doom/Hawkeye
4th \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Peter Rosas \|coL.CC Combofiend \| style="width:300pt;"\|Nova/Spencer/Hawkeye, She-Hulk/Taskmaster/Spencer
5th \| style="width:180pt;"\|{{flagicon\|Mexico}} César García \|TA Frutsy \| style="width:300pt;"\|M.O.D.O.K./Captain America/Taskmaster
5th \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Job Figueroa \|Flocker \| style="width:300pt;"\|Zero/Vergil/Hawkeye, Zero/Vergil/Strider Hiryu
7th \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Justin Wong \|EG Justin Wong \| style="width:300pt;"\|Wolverine/Storm/Akuma, Spencer/Vergil/Frank West
7th \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Jay Son \|Y2J \| style="width:300pt;"\|Wolverine/Spencer/Magneto

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colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:150px;"| Alias

! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)

1st

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Ramirez

|coL.CC Filipino Champ

| style="width:300pt;"|Magneto/Dormammu/Doctor Doom, Magneto/Doctor Doom/Phoenix

2nd

|{{flagicon|USA}} Carlos Randay

|LxG Infrit

| style="width:300pt;"|Nova/Spencer/Sentinel

3rd

|{{flagicon|USA}} Christopher Gonzalez

|FC NYChris G

| style="width:300pt;"|Morrigan/Doctor Doom/Akuma, Wesker/Ryu/Hawkeye, Morrigan/Doctor Doom/Hawkeye

4th

|{{flagicon|USA}} Peter Rosas

|coL.CC Combofiend

| style="width:300pt;"|Nova/Spencer/Hawkeye, She-Hulk/Taskmaster/Spencer

5th

| style="width:180pt;"|{{flagicon|Mexico}} César García

|TA Frutsy

| style="width:300pt;"|M.O.D.O.K./Captain America/Taskmaster

5th

|{{flagicon|USA}} Job Figueroa

|Flocker

| style="width:300pt;"|Zero/Vergil/Hawkeye, Zero/Vergil/Strider Hiryu

7th

|{{flagicon|USA}} Justin Wong

|EG Justin Wong

| style="width:300pt;"|Wolverine/Storm/Akuma, Spencer/Vergil/Frank West

7th

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jay Son

|Y2J

| style="width:300pt;"|Wolverine/Spencer/Magneto

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colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" \|*The King of Fighters XIII*
style="background:#ddd;" ! style="width:50px;"\| Place ! style="width:180px;"\| Player ! style="width:150px;"\| Alias ! style="width:300px;"\| Character(s)
1st \|{{flagicon\|South Korea}} Kwang-noh Lee \|CafeID MadKOF \|Duo Lon, King, Kim, Chin
2nd \|{{flagicon\|Mexico}} Armando Velázquez \|IGL Bala \|Billy, Iori, Shen, Takuma, Ralf, Clark, Benimaru
3rd \|{{flagicon\|South Korea}} Min-su Shin \|CafeID Verna \|EX Iori, Duo Lon, Kim, Shen
4th \|{{flagicon\|South Korea}} Pil-su Jun \|CafeID Guts \|Saiki, EX Iori, Vice, Shen, Mr Karate
5th \|{{flagicon\|Mexico}} José Navarrete \|vVv TC Romance \|King, Benimaru, Yuri, Hwa
5th \|{{flagicon\|South Korea}} Myung-gu Kang \|CafeID Lacid \|Ash, Kyo, Kim
7th \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Reynald Tacsuan \|AS Reynald \|Mr Karate, Benimaru, Kim
7th \|{{flagicon\|Taiwan}} Yang Yao Ren \|Yang Yao Ren \|Mr Karate, Mature, Hwa

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colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |The King of Fighters XIII

style="background:#ddd;"

! style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:150px;"| Alias

! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)

1st

|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Kwang-noh Lee

|CafeID MadKOF

|Duo Lon, King, Kim, Chin

2nd

|{{flagicon|Mexico}} Armando Velázquez

|IGL Bala

|Billy, Iori, Shen, Takuma, Ralf, Clark, Benimaru

3rd

|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Min-su Shin

|CafeID Verna

|EX Iori, Duo Lon, Kim, Shen

4th

|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Pil-su Jun

|CafeID Guts

|Saiki, EX Iori, Vice, Shen, Mr Karate

5th

|{{flagicon|Mexico}} José Navarrete

|vVv TC Romance

|King, Benimaru, Yuri, Hwa

5th

|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Myung-gu Kang

|CafeID Lacid

|Ash, Kyo, Kim

7th

|{{flagicon|USA}} Reynald Tacsuan

|AS Reynald

|Mr Karate, Benimaru, Kim

7th

|{{flagicon|Taiwan}} Yang Yao Ren

|Yang Yao Ren

|Mr Karate, Mature, Hwa

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colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" \|*Mortal Kombat*
style="background:#ddd;" ! style="width:50px;"\| Place ! style="width:180px;"\| Player ! style="width:150px;"\| Alias ! style="width:300px;"\| Character(s)
1st \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Carl White \|EMP KN Perfect Legend \|Kung Lao
2nd \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Emmanuel Brito \|vVv NOS CD Jr. \|Jax, Kabal, Rain
3rd \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Brant McCaskill \|Pig of the Hut \|Kenshi, Mileena
4th \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Malik Terry \|IGL MIT \|Johnny Cage, Reptile, Scorpion, Stryker
5th \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Christian Quiles \|CoCo ForeverKing \|Sonya, Kung Lao, Kenshi
5th \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Julian E. Escobar \|EGP XBlades \|Liu Kang
7th \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Mario Sako \|CoCo M2Dave \|Freddy Krueger
7th \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Elijah Williamson \|EGP Tyrant \|Jax

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colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |Mortal Kombat

style="background:#ddd;"

! style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:150px;"| Alias

! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)

1st

|{{flagicon|USA}} Carl White

|EMP KN Perfect Legend

|Kung Lao

2nd

|{{flagicon|USA}} Emmanuel Brito

|vVv NOS CD Jr.

|Jax, Kabal, Rain

3rd

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brant McCaskill

|Pig of the Hut

|Kenshi, Mileena

4th

|{{flagicon|USA}} Malik Terry

|IGL MIT

|Johnny Cage, Reptile, Scorpion, Stryker

5th

|{{flagicon|USA}} Christian Quiles

|CoCo ForeverKing

|Sonya, Kung Lao, Kenshi

5th

|{{flagicon|USA}} Julian E. Escobar

|EGP XBlades

|Liu Kang

7th

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mario Sako

|CoCo M2Dave

|Freddy Krueger

7th

|{{flagicon|USA}} Elijah Williamson

|EGP Tyrant

|Jax

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colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" \|*Street Fighter X Tekken* 2 vs. 2 Teams
style="background:#ddd;" ! style="width:50px;"\| Place ! style="width:100px;"\| Team Name ! style="width:180px;"\| Player ! style="width:150px;"\| Alias ! style="width:193px;"\| Character(s)
1st \|Western Wolves \|{{flagicon\|South Korea}} Seon-woo Lee {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Ryan Ahn \|WW.MCZ Infiltration WW.MCZ Laugh \|Rolento Ryu
2nd \|FGTV \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Eduardo Pérez-Frangie {{flagicon\|USA}} Ricki Ortiz \|CVapor PR Balrog EG Ricky Ortiz \|Ryu Rufus
3rd \|Mad Catz/Razer \|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Hajime Taniguchi {{flagicon\|Japan}} Keita Ai \|MCZ Tokido RZR Fuudo \|Chun Li Ryu
4th \|Complexity Cross Counter \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Peter Rosas {{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Ross \|coL.CC Combofiend coL.CC Mike Ross \|Julia Marduk
5th \|TotalHeads \|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Joe Egami {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Chung-gon Lee \|TH MOV TH Poongko \|Ryu Kazuya
5th \|Eternal Rivals/PxG \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Richard Nguyen {{flagicon\|USA}} Darryl Lewis \|ER MCZ Richard Nguyen PxG SnakeEyes \|Law Zangief
7th \|KazBon \|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Ryota Inoue {{flagicon\|Japan}} Masato Takahashi \|Kazunoko Bonchan \|Raven Ken
7th \|Algo Cacho \|{{flagicon\|Chile}} Victor Duarte {{flagicon\|Chile}} Rubén Ponce \|Evil_Craa Sicario \|Ryu Rolento

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colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |Street Fighter X Tekken 2 vs. 2 Teams

style="background:#ddd;"

! style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:100px;"| Team Name

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:150px;"| Alias

! style="width:193px;"| Character(s)

1st

|Western Wolves

|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Seon-woo Lee
{{flagicon|South Korea}} Ryan Ahn

|WW.MCZ Infiltration
WW.MCZ Laugh

|Rolento
Ryu

2nd

|FGTV

|{{flagicon|USA}} Eduardo Pérez-Frangie
{{flagicon|USA}} Ricki Ortiz

|CVapor PR Balrog
EG Ricky Ortiz

|Ryu
Rufus

3rd

|Mad Catz/Razer

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Hajime Taniguchi
{{flagicon|Japan}} Keita Ai

|MCZ Tokido
RZR Fuudo

|Chun Li
Ryu

4th

|Complexity Cross Counter

|{{flagicon|USA}} Peter Rosas
{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Ross

|coL.CC Combofiend
coL.CC Mike Ross

|Julia
Marduk

5th

|TotalHeads

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Joe Egami
{{flagicon|South Korea}} Chung-gon Lee

|TH MOV
TH Poongko

|Ryu
Kazuya

5th

|Eternal Rivals/PxG

|{{flagicon|USA}} Richard Nguyen
{{flagicon|USA}} Darryl Lewis

|ER MCZ Richard Nguyen
PxG SnakeEyes

|Law
Zangief

7th

|KazBon

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Ryota Inoue
{{flagicon|Japan}} Masato Takahashi

|Kazunoko
Bonchan

|Raven
Ken

7th

|Algo Cacho

|{{flagicon|Chile}} Victor Duarte
{{flagicon|Chile}} Rubén Ponce

|Evil_Craa
Sicario

|Ryu
Rolento

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colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" \| *Soulcalibur V*
style="background:#ddd;" ! style="width:50px;"\| Place ! style="width:180px;"\| Player ! style="width:150px;"\| Alias ! style="width:300px;"\| Character(s)
1st \|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Naoaki Yanagihara \|Shining Decopon \|Tira
2nd \|{{flagicon\|Singapore}} Jovian Chan \|Shen Chan \|Cervantes
3rd \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Omar Mohammed \|Something-Unique \|Pyrrha
4th \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Jonathan Vo \|Woahhzz \|α Patroklos
5th \|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Michio Irie \|CRNA Ruka \|Patroklos
5th \|{{flagicon\|USA}} Sean Paquette \|Xephukai \|Astaroth, Patroklos
7th \|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Takeaki Takahata \|Kamaage \|Mitsurugi
7th \|{{flagicon\|South Korea}} Moon-su Jang \|CafeID Kura \|Patroklos

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colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | Soulcalibur V

style="background:#ddd;"

! style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:150px;"| Alias

! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)

1st

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Naoaki Yanagihara

|Shining Decopon

|Tira

2nd

|{{flagicon|Singapore}} Jovian Chan

|Shen Chan

|Cervantes

3rd

|{{flagicon|USA}} Omar Mohammed

|Something-Unique

|Pyrrha

4th

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jonathan Vo

|Woahhzz

|α Patroklos

5th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Michio Irie

|CRNA Ruka

|Patroklos

5th

|{{flagicon|USA}} Sean Paquette

|Xephukai

|Astaroth, Patroklos

7th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Takeaki Takahata

|Kamaage

|Mitsurugi

7th

|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Moon-su Jang

|CafeID Kura

|Patroklos

References

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