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Street FIghter V reaches 4k entrants for EVO!!!!!
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SinCityAssassin
Member
I forget, is SFV finals gonna be in the mandalay bay arena? That might be why.
People want a chance at THE GLORY.
People want a chance at THE GLORY.
iirc SFIV continued to grow in EVO attendance so safe bet it will.
Yea that's a big jump and it's only going to grow. Insane really. Not to mention other games are getting some solid numbers as well. Definitely can't hate on the growth of Evo year after year.
Can't wait to see viewership numbers after it's all said and done.
Blackquill
Member
Don't be so hasty, Infiltration did have some trouble against Tokido last week, hell, even Gamerbee was almost going to win this.
I don't really think he will win EVO, everyone will work Nash match-up really hard.
I don't really think he will win EVO, everyone will work Nash match-up really hard.
Nemesis121
Member
After seeing Diago playing at Kumite, hope is in the air, yet they forgot about Infiltration...
Yea I feel like Infiltration has setup a HUGE TARGET on himself , by consistently winning every tournament till now.
Either he is very confident with his Nash ( Which almost everyone is going to be studying and finding ways to work around ). Or he has something up his sleeve for EVO/Capcom Cup.
Like Infiltration hasn't already mastered every character lol
He has pocket picks better than 99% of all of our mains.
Gunslinger
Member
I wonder how MK X is doing despite selling 5 millions copies. NRS tried to grow the esports scene too. I hope they can break 1k...
sixteen-bit
Member
Yeah, wasn't there supposed to be some ESPN coverage too?
The Hermit
Member
He shouldn't be banned. The amount of salt that little quote spured was worth it lol
It is so surprising to me how SFV's competitive scene seems so huge while it's completely floundering in terms of sales. It's completely bizarre, and I can't think of any other game that has had similar results.
It was a drive-by shitpost designed to piss people off and that is specifically against GAF's rules. Simple as that.
It was a drive-by shitpost designed to piss people off and that is specifically against GAF's rules. Simple as that.
Razzorn34
Member
Because that is what this forum should be like? Sounds like you should head over to Reddit.
Gunslinger
Member
If daigo is not washed up and makes it to grand finals you best believe stream will spike 10k+ during grand finals. Every EVO when daigo lose stream loses 10k viewers lol.
markwaters
Neo Member
SonicFox needs a Bugatti with fox ears on it. Come on people, sign up for MKX!
The Hermit
Member
Dude it was joke. This used to be a thing here in Gaf, you know
sixteen-bit
Member
I think a contributing factor could be how the game was marketed to that audience, as well as promoted by an official tournament tour.
BassForever
Member
Mass sales come from casuals and the game doesn't have enough content for that audience. Competitively the game seems to be great I've not heard much in terms of "bu bu bu its ruined back to sf4/3/2"
I mean gaf does have a lot of "first poster nailed it" posts which derails a lot of threads not just this one.
Well maybe Capcom shouldn't have fucked up by hurriedly releasing a console-exclusive game at full price without any semblance of a real single player campaign and a minimal launch cast of characters. If they wanted to sell lots of copies of their game, they should have released a full game that would give lots of people reason to buy it instead of resting on the laurels of the Street Fighter name and its past successes.
Or we can blame snide remarks.
DR2K
Banned
Not really, save the elation and enthusiasm for a company failing for NPD. It's not necessary in every SFV thread.
Please tell me you don't seriously think a post like that is going to actually contribute to the downfall of the Street Fighter franchise.
They'll manage it because they have to. This event is where I'm sure they are strict on the rules. You're late? DQ. NO questions asked.
Missing the broader market but reaching a core segment is maybe not so surprising.
Pokken already over 1000? Wow, That sounds amazing considering how pressed people where when they announced the game for EVO.
This year is going to be amazing.
How long have you been on GAF? do you realize what power this board has? it's got quite the influence.
And anyway, it was more of a point about a self-hating community more than anything
what's the point of even getting that cheap dig in? to be funny/smart?
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
wow, fighting tournaments are smaller than i thought. so almost twice that number looks like a good achievement despite everything that happened.
Teknopathetic
Member
Evo is starting to reach the point where 3 days might not be enough.
I think it reached that awhile ago.
SmackAttack
Member
Has EVO ever done that for any of the games played? Been watching for years and haven't noticed. It would probably be difficult but it would be interesting.
I mean you can derail and shit talk any news thread with a post and say it was a "Joke". Doesn't change it from what it is.
Its one thing when it happens at random , but its another when literally every thread about a game is filled with this kind of stuff and derails the thread almost every time.
Heehee. Low blow but funny. 7/10
twozerotwo
Member
Hahahaha. When I started reading the thread, I imagined you'd be all like
Hi, are you one of the people I'll be sharing 3,998th place with?
I think we reached that point when they hit 8 games. Last year was crazy enough. This year is just gonna be insane.
Maybe a week event for future Evo? if it keeps growing
Totally agreed
Yeah, that's a lot of entrants. I'm sure they'll manage. Does evo do double elimination, round robin or what? I know each round is a best of to take a win for that round.
And, even in double elimination, that's a ton of entrents. My father used to play slo pitch softball in the worlds and there was only, say.....max, 80 teams to play entire weekend, fri 6pm to Sun whenever they finished. 4k entrants will be a possible nightmare for time. It's almost like a poker tournament. It's great to see the genre growing in some capacity.
That can't be it. Good first posts tend to do exactly that.
notworksafe
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