5:15 p.m.
History of the Evolution Fighting Game Championships
Kotaku.com has a nice write up that covers the history of the EVO Fighting Game Championships.
They cover the early beginnings and what the event has evolved into. It's a good read, I only wish it were longer. Here's a clip.
In 1995 a group of top arcade fighters, sick of arguing over a newsnet who the player was, decided to gather at an arcade on Broadway in New York City to finally decide it.
"We all came from the street fighter arcades," said Seth Killian, director of EVO and community manager at Capcom. "Everyone coming to that thing was like the kingpin of their local arcades."
There were 40 people at that first throw down. It was played on Super Street Fighter II Turbo.
Posted by yflow on October 6, 2008 at 9:13 p.m. #1
Funny, I just came from there.
I want to go to EVO, but I'm absolutely terrified of getting my ass handed to me.
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