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https://twitter.com/EVO/status/743894589539377152

Congrats Melee players! Evo 2016 is now the biggest Melee tournament of all time! #Evo2016

Previous record was EVO 2015 with 1869 entrants. Genesis 3 had 1828 earlier this year.

 

[Boke1879]

Evo is going to be HUGE this year

 

[Permanently A]

I don't even play fighting games and I watch EVO.

 

[Kouichi]

Evo is going to be HUGE this year

Seriously. It's like their breaking records every week!

 

[Platy]

Now we need Marvel to break some records

 

[Anth0ny]

We're hitting 2k this year.

15 YEARS AFTER RELEASE

 

[GamerJM]

Pray for me, I'm gonna get bodied

 

[Sephzilla]

Now we need Marvel to break some records

Marvels numbers have done nothing but drop in the last couple of years IIRC, both in entries and in viewership (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). Not sure why it keeps getting a primetime spot anymore.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Melee has legs

 

[Danis Saur]

Melee still going strong.

EVO is gonna be ridiculous, we E-Sports now.

 

[StriKeVillain]

Damn, I can't wait to attend this year. It's going to be insane.

 

[El Sabroso]

EVO numbers are just insane, I'm so HYPED!

 

[Hot Coldman]

We're hitting 2k this year.

15 YEARS AFTER RELEASE

2KXX

Spoiler

that's all I've got

 

[Hyun Sai]

Melee players won't stop until the game got the most attendants of all Evo games ever.

Then the vengeance will be complete.

 

[kewlmyc]

Now we need Marvel to break some records

lol, it's a dead game that they don't even technically sell anymore.

Good on Smash Bros (both of them) though. Wish i was attending EVO this year because it sounds awesome.

 

[Anth0ny]

Melee players won't stop until the game got the most attendants of all Evo games ever.

Then the vengeance will be complete.

I think our goal is to get it in the olympics

until then we won't stop playing

 

[sfedai0]

What are the prizes like in comparison to other tournaments? Is the scene still poverty level?

 

[Stat Flow]

Armada Back 2 Back?

Return of the Kid & 3rdVO?

HBox stakes claim to #1 in 2016?

PPMD come down from the mountain... and Apex 2015 em all?

Mew2King finally gets crowned?

Or does the evil man himself LEFFEN come and do it?

 

[J@hranimo]

JEEZ and I was thinking how crazy it was at EVO 2015.

 

[Firemind]

We're hitting 2k this year.

15 YEARS AFTER RELEASE

What's more, no patches. Just a GameCube, two controllers, disc and CRT.

Melee really was lightning in a bottle. Bless Sakurai.

 

[Takyon]

So good.
Last year's tournament was a little strange, just because Armada never fought Leffen or Mango, two players that had beaten him recently.
I'm hoping this time we see all the gods put through their paces.

 

[Neoxon]

Melee players won't stop until the game got the most attendants of all Evo games ever.

Then the vengeance will be complete.

With Street Fighter V at 4,000+ entrants, don't get your hopes up.

 

[papertoonz]

Melee players won't stop until the game got the most attendants of all Evo games ever.

Then the vengeance will be complete.

yeah like that's ever going happen

Melee may be big but it will never beat SF