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Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar tweeted on Tuesday that Super Smash Bros. Melee is fighting for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3's place as the game with the second highest number of entrants at EVO 2014. No official numbers have been released so far, but Mr. Wizard has indicated that the gap between Melee and Marvel this year could be much smaller than in 2013.
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Melee's showing at Evo 2013 was a milestone achievement in the game's competitive history, resulting in its largest Melee tournament of all time with 696 entrants. As strong as this turnout was, it wasn't even close to Marvel's 1,297 registrants or Super Street Fighter IV: AE 2012's 1,601 players. In 2007, Melee was the second most attended game at Evo with 270 entrants.
While the event as a whole was a success for the Melee community, one of the issues it faced during Evo 2013 was the scramble for CRTs prior to the tournament. In order to avoid this, Mr. Wizard has suggested the use of EVO's standard monitor coupled with AVerMedia's LGP.
Extensive testing on this topic has indicated that a setup similar to this will have virtually negligible amounts of lag. Despite this, it has yet to be used as the standard in any high profile Melee tournament - largely due to the high cost and uncertainty in implementation.
Mr. Wizard aims to dispel the taboo surrounding Smash on LCD monitors so that things can go smoothly by the time Evo happens. On the Melee It On Me Facebook Group, Mr. Wizard said he will do this by bringing a full setup to Super Smash Sundays on April 13. These bi-weekly tournaments often feature the best players in Southern California, famous for being one of the top regions in the world. Such players include Fly Amanita, S2J, Westballz, Fiction, and several others.
If you are interested in seeing the perspective from various top players on this issue, Super Smash Sundays is streamed on Level Up Live. To register for Evo 2014, see the official website. Evo 2014 will be held July 11-13 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Image courtesy of Polygon
Melee's showing at Evo 2013 was a milestone achievement in the game's competitive history, resulting in its largest Melee tournament of all time with 696 entrants. As strong as this turnout was, it wasn't even close to Marvel's 1,297 registrants or Super Street Fighter IV: AE 2012's 1,601 players. In 2007, Melee was the second most attended game at Evo with 270 entrants.
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While the event as a whole was a success for the Melee community, one of the issues it faced during Evo 2013 was the scramble for CRTs prior to the tournament. In order to avoid this, Mr. Wizard has suggested the use of EVO's standard monitor coupled with AVerMedia's LGP.
Extensive testing on this topic has indicated that a setup similar to this will have virtually negligible amounts of lag. Despite this, it has yet to be used as the standard in any high profile Melee tournament - largely due to the high cost and uncertainty in implementation.
Mr. Wizard aims to dispel the taboo surrounding Smash on LCD monitors so that things can go smoothly by the time Evo happens. On the Melee It On Me Facebook Group, Mr. Wizard said he will do this by bringing a full setup to Super Smash Sundays on April 13. These bi-weekly tournaments often feature the best players in Southern California, famous for being one of the top regions in the world. Such players include Fly Amanita, S2J, Westballz, Fiction, and several others.
If you are interested in seeing the perspective from various top players on this issue, Super Smash Sundays is streamed on Level Up Live. To register for Evo 2014, see the official website. Evo 2014 will be held July 11-13 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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