~ EVO Winners!

Today was the most important day for us fighting game communities. EVO is one of the most widely attracted gaming event for fighting games where each gamer competes. There will always be 1 winner, and today, there is no doubt they deserved it!


Street Fighter 3rd strike - Didn't manage to see it (was asleep because I was watching the whole 5 v 5 event that made it from 11pm - around 3am) And the 3rd strike finals was around 9 am. But I did see the last fight. Justin Wong won. Subscribe to IGN insider to see the footage! East Coast Justin Wong!

Soul Calibur 4 - Amazing play by a guy from France. He managed to use Ivy until the very end. He manages to pull off Ivy's crazy command throws more than once in a game. (amazing)

GGXXAC - Latif vs. Marn, Marn was a bit of a douche on 1st day SF (Or I think it was the 2nd day). With the stream going nuts with his *Hip thrust* execution against a respected player. Also touching Arturo's arm was controversial. But Marn manage to pull off good sportsmanship on the GG finals. Sadly, Marn's Eddie wasn't enough to beat Latif's experienced Eddie!. Latif wins from Saudi Arabia!

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 - Sanford vs. Justin Wong. Really good game, Too bad the stream was laggy enough and made MvC2 really unwatchable. *Stares at life bar*
But Sanford takes home the 1st place!

BlazBlue - Didn't see much of the gameplay, but all I know HeartNaNa won the exhibition finals. Really good Noel combo's. And throw whiff Noel combos was precise! Very good pressure Noel!

Tubo HD Remix - Look this up on SRK, I didn't see the match but I think John Choi won or Afrolegend. Not sure.

Street Fighter 4 - Last but not least. Justin Wong Vs. Daigo Umehara. Amazing conclusion game from EVO2k9. Justin Wong used Able, but lost from Daigo and he changed to Balrog until the final set and until the last game. Really good Balrog, but Daigo managed to read him like a book at the final match. Watching Daigo play was amazing, No fancy stuff, just pure technical and risk moves. Alot of footsies from both of them, but in the end, Daigo wins with his infamous Ryu.
Daigo from Japan!


There are Youtube videos of the final, But the quality and the FPS sucks, so I think IGN got this covered if you want HD quality and 60FPS. Not entirely sure, but let's just see.

(Image source for Daigo - Kotaku article)
Also check out the EVO2k9 pictures from EVO2k9 officially.
EVO2k9 Pictures

Taking no credits on these pictures, These are not mines. If you think anything was copyrighted, message me and I'll remove it at once!