Evolution 2016 - ESPN, Smash, SFV, occasionally even fighting games!

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Who's gonna win SFV This poll is closed.
Infiltration	31	26.96%
Xian	1	0.87%
Tokido	12	10.43%
Harry "Virtua Fighter" Potter	5	4.35%
Diego	6	5.22%
JWong	6	5.22%
Sonicfox	10	8.70%
Lepper Marn	10	8.70%
When's Pokken	34	29.57%
Total:	115 votes

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corn on the cop: Oct 12, 2012; Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

â Corey Dostoyevsky

that was impressive

# ? Jul 18, 2016 01:57

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# ? Jun 9, 2024 10:06

Yoshi Wins: Jul 14, 2013

CLUTCHBOX

# ? Jul 18, 2016 01:57

Ruggington: Apr 21, 2012

pray for espn

# ? Jul 18, 2016 01:57

C. Everett Koop: Aug 18, 2008

RESET RESET RESET MELEE FOREVER MELEE FOREVER MELEE IS GOD MELEE IS LIFE ONLY MELEE NOW AND FOREVER

# ? Jul 18, 2016 01:57

The REAL Goobusters: Apr 25, 2008

Noooooo

# ? Jul 18, 2016 01:57

Banjo Bones: Mar 28, 2003

This Swedish dude needs a haircut.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 01:57

TaurusOxford: Feb 10, 2009; Dad of the Year 2021

Oh gently caress you armada. This could have ended an HOUR early...

# ? Jul 18, 2016 01:57

Alfalfa The Roach: Oct 13, 2012; You need to be a badass first.

Save us, Mr. Wizard

# ? Jul 18, 2016 01:58

Ratios and Tendency: Apr 23, 2010; MURALI

Oh for gently caress's sake.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 01:58

Dias: Feb 20, 2011; by sebmojo

Ruggington posted:

oh poo poo no wait you can get a golett get that

I got a Golett. I think I named it Fantomas.

Also LOOOOOOOL reset

# ? Jul 18, 2016 01:58

emdash: Oct 19, 2003; and?

Wowowowowow hbox

# ? Jul 18, 2016 01:58

C. Everett Koop: Aug 18, 2008

slev posted:

Are evo viewers way down compared to last year?

Yep, all because SFV, a Bad Game, is the main event instead of Melee, the Best Game.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 01:58

Jiro: Jan 13, 2004

C. Everett Koop posted:

Yep, all because SFV, a Bad Game, is the main event instead of Melee, the Best Game.

In Bizzaro world sure.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 01:59

TaurusOxford: Feb 10, 2009; Dad of the Year 2021

Canine Blues Arooo posted:

Melee is at 193k right now. Last year it peaked at 210k~. No idea how many people are watching on ESPN instead of Twitch, so using Melee as the only metric...it might be down 10%~?

Well it's at 203k right now, so even if there is only 7k people watching it on ESPN, it's on par with last year.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:01

pigz: Jul 12, 2004; Nearly as overlooked as Joe Mauer

whats armada squeezing on in his jacket

edit: There is no one watching smash on ESPN. ESPN coverage doesn't start until 10pm EST.

pigz fucked around with this message at 02:03 on Jul 18, 2016

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:01

teagone: Jun 10, 2003; That was pretty intense, huh?

slev posted:

Are evo viewers way down compared to last year?

Yes. http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2015/...nals-collected/

SFV peak viewership might break 250k though since pools and top 32 to top 8 topped out at like 150k. So I don't know. I'd argue the ESPN numbers will matter more though.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:01

The REAL Goobusters: Apr 25, 2008

I see sf5 getting 300k viewers

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:02

teagone: Jun 10, 2003; That was pretty intense, huh?

TaurusOxford posted:

Well it's at 203k right now, so even if there is only 7k people watching it on ESPN, it's on par with last year.

Don't forget the topanga feed. That's another ~10k viewers atm.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:02

Help Im Alive: Nov 8, 2009

Street Fighter probably loses a bunch of people in europe each year because of terrible american timezones

Top 32 last night went on till like 8am here

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:03

Away all Goats: Jul 5, 2005; Goose's rebellion

it was a mistake to get rid of SF4 entirely IMO. But I guess Capcom needs to advertise their newer title hard.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:03

The REAL Goobusters: Apr 25, 2008

teagone posted:

Don't forget the topanga feed. That's another ~10k viewers atm.

Also espn2

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:04

Ruggington: Apr 21, 2012

Away all Goats posted:

it was a mistake to get rid of SF4 entirely IMO. But I guess Capcom needs to advertise their newer title hard.

nobody's playing sf4

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:04

Captain Invictus: Apr 5, 2005; Try reading some manga!; Clever Betty

teagone posted:

I have been looking for a single player game to play when I'm not playing Overwatch. Why aren't these games just readily available on Steam, I'm too lazy to do the emulation hunt.

If you own a recent Nintendo console (maybe even a normal wii), I am pretty sure all of them can be had for like 5-10 bucks on the virtual console.

The REAL Goobusters posted:

Here is the twitlonger from the girl

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1soti0a

Holy gently caress

Concurred posted:

Bring back Skullgirls

Imagine the alternate timeline where melee fans hadn't outbid skullgirls to be a main event at evo

C. Everett Koop posted:

Yep, all because SFV, a Bad Game, is the main event instead of Melee, the Best Game.

Your gimmick is sad and boring

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:06

TaurusOxford: Feb 10, 2009; Dad of the Year 2021

Away all Goats posted:

it was a mistake to get rid of SF4 entirely IMO. But I guess Capcom needs to advertise their newer title hard.

Street Fighter V sold well below Capcom's expectations (which was entirely their fault). They are banking on EVO hype convincing the casual audience to buy the game big time.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:06

Canine Blues Arooo: Jan 7, 2008; when you think about it...i'm the first girl you ever spent the night with; Grimey Drawer

I dont see a scenario where HBox can take the set since Armada will have the final counter pick if he loses, which is a Really Big Deal� vs Puff.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:07

The REAL Goobusters: Apr 25, 2008

TaurusOxford posted:

Street Fighter V sold well below Capcom's expectations (which was entirely their fault). They are banking on EVO hype convincing the casual audience to buy the game big time.

Yeah that was definitely on them for sure. And there was no way sf4 would get promoted at all it would have definitely hurt sf5 sales for sure.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:08

Harlock: Jan 15, 2006; Tap "A" to drink!!!

Are they gonna wait for SFV on ESPN or just get in as much as they can

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:08

TaurusOxford: Feb 10, 2009; Dad of the Year 2021

HAHAHAHAHAHA, that rest whiff. Hungrybox choking big time.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:09

Tae: Oct 24, 2010; Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!

I was told smash is almost over.

10 pages of purely bitching, impressive you goons.

Harlock posted:

Are they gonna wait for SFV on ESPN or just get in as much as they can

They have another hour.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:10

punk rebel ecks: Dec 11, 2010; A shitty post? This calls for a dance of deduction.

teagone posted:

Yes. http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2015/...nals-collected/

SFV peak viewership might break 250k though since pools and top 32 to top 8 topped out at like 150k. So I don't know. I'd argue the ESPN numbers will matter more though.

Revelator surpassed Sign. When including ESPN and other streams, all in all it is probably more or less on par with last year.

EDIT - Melee is 208k now for reference.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:10

Sarchasm: Apr 14, 2002; So that explains why he did not answer. He had no mouth to answer with. There is nothing left of him but his ears.

Captain Invictus posted:

Your gimmick is sad and boring

It's a fighting game thread on SA. Your expectations were far too high.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:10

Tormented: Jan 22, 2004; "And the goat shall bear upon itself all their iniquities unto a solitary place..."

How the gently caress does Smash have 206,096 viewers?

I do not like anime fighting games but I understand that there is tons of skills in each one. This is just... boring.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:11

Love Stole the Day: Nov 4, 2012; Please give me free quality professional advice so I can be a baby about it and insult you

Why does the Jigglypuff guy just sit there and fall asleep when he gets a kill, thus giving the Fox guy a free kill every time?

edit-- to the above poster: im only here b/c sf5 starts soon

# ? Jul 18, 2016 02:11