tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196813830708036159.post8253472939851153697..comments2023-01-21T12:14:17.714-08:00Comments on Miserable Pile of Secrets: Evo 2014 - Ultra Street Fighter IVHenryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10826787550676541006noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196813830708036159.post-70312240396336445472014-07-16T17:04:10.000-07:002014-07-16T17:04:10.000-07:00[…] Although Ultra Street Fighter IV was the marqu...[…] Although Ultra Street Fighter IV was the marquee event at Evo 2014, for many U.S. competitors the more coveted title was the Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 championship. Marvel vs. Capcom has always been “America’s game,” after all, the release of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 in 2000 coinciding with the burgeoning of the FGC (fighting game community), as access to the Internet made it much easier for players across the country and beyond to discuss high-level strategy, share match videos, and organize national tournaments to settle newly formed long-distance rivalries. The greatest U.S. fighting game player of all time, Justin Wong, made his bones in Marvel vs. Capcom 2, winning 6 of 9 Evo titles in the game from 2002 to 2010, not including his breakout 2001 victory at B5 (basically, Evo before it was called “Evo”). The partiality of Evo’s home nation for Marvel action continued on into the next generation of Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tournaments. At Evo 2014, the stream of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3’s grand final was, by a sizable margin, the most-watched moment of the entire three-day event. Ultra Street Fighter IV attracted only the third-largest audience, behind Super Smash Bros. Melee. […]Evo 2014 – Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 | FRAGGIN' CIVIEhttp://fraggincivie.com/2014/07/16/evo-2014-ultimate-marvel-vs-capcom-3/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196813830708036159.post-6322917992433016502014-07-19T11:34:23.000-07:002014-07-19T11:34:23.000-07:00[…] addition to the anticipated championships for ...[…] addition to the anticipated championships for Ultra Street Fighter IV and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Evo 2014 was also host to a number of other tournaments and […]Evo 2014 – Et cetera (plus thoughts on the FGC and eSports) | FRAGGIN' CIVIEhttp://fraggincivie.com/2014/07/19/evo-2014-et-cetera-blazblue-kofxiii-xmania-killer-instinct-plus-thoughts-on-the-fgc-and-esports/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196813830708036159.post-20764599357670507902014-07-29T05:22:09.000-07:002014-07-29T05:22:09.000-07:00This was probably the most spot-on, detailed, and ...This was probably the most spot-on, detailed, and knowledgeable write-up I've ever seen, even taking into account recent results, personal lives of players, balance changes, etc... I look forward to reading more of your stuff on Street Fighter!Joehttp://live2believe.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196813830708036159.post-29037923225319479952014-07-29T14:21:24.000-07:002014-07-29T14:21:24.000-07:00Thanks, Joe! I'm not equipped to provide break...Thanks, Joe! I'm not equipped to provide breaking news or high-level analysis, so I tried to cover the events more as a storyteller, making sure to provide context, so that even readers less familiar with the scene, or those looking up the results years later, could follow along and get a sense of all the story lines at play.Henry Fungnoreply@blogger.com