Saint-ism This part about Woshige actually reminds me of Royal Rumble 2002 where Kurt Angle thought he have won by eliminating HHH but he didn't and gets eliminated by him
I come back to this video, and this series in general, every once in a while. And throughout the years, I can say one thing. This was a golden age for fighting games
Resmer Lockheart No argument here. It would be hard to argue which of the two (Blazblue grand finals or SF4's loser's finals) had the most gripping on edge fighting, but no doubt that both games did a great job in what they needed to do.
Shout out to our chilean comrades for winning Evo at Marvel and Smash, but a bigger one to Nicolas Gonzales AKA Kane BlueRiver. He did not do it for our country, his country did not do anything for him. He did it for the people that trusted him and supported him from day one. He went from total loss of identity and a not understanding his purpose in life all the way up to becoming a champion. I have nothing but respect for how he was able to conquer himself after all he went through. GRANDE NICO WEON!
***** did you know if Chile had a flag on the twitch's channel? I don't recall if it did, but if not, they need to get on top of it. Kudos to the Chile players; showing that EVO champs don't all come from Japan or the US.
mas8705 Nope! But we are filling the @evo2k twitter with messages saying that they put the fucking flag on! Meanwhile, they are using the Taiwan one...close enough I guess #BibleThump
Right... I recalled that while they had every other flag on there, Chile was the only one left out. Well like I said before, Chile definitely deserve that emote now. Can't imagine that one more emote would kill them.
***** I agree, It kinda bothers me people shouting "viva chile!" like they had anything to with it. KBR did it for himself and the people that genuinly support him and I respect that. he even said himself in his winning speech "marvel doesn´t belong to chile, or Usa or japan. it belongs to all". VIVA NICO AKA KBR!!!!
***** Soy un seguidor del medio fighter y he estado viendo muchos torneos internacionales. Así y todo no puedo sino sentir sino algo de orgullo por lo que hizo Nico, todo el esfuerzo lo hizo él y entiendo el mensaje de que su agradecimiento va a quienes lo apoyaron. Así y todo le agradezco humidemente haber puesto el nombre de Chile allá arriba junto a Zero en nada menos que Evo, un saludo.
This is the first Evo where I feel a top 5 list is not enough. So many other amazing moments missing, such as the Tekken 7 and USF4 grand finals, AiAi and Nemo constantly dizzying each other, and Poongko sending the guy who tried to copy him into the shadow realm.
EVO was pretty freaking hype. If there was a #6 hype moments, it would have been Tekken 7's Grand Finals. Nobi took a page off Galileo vs. Dogura. The comebacks were just beyond amazing. Especially for a game which has an pretty crazy execution ceiling. Also, the first and only important Fulgore Major win ever.
DAliasReaper I don't main drag but he's secondary now so i'm glad he won and with all that was shown it's clear there is a lot for me to learn. Tekken had a lot of good small moments and not one big moment. Nobi ducking and countering that Alisa rage art, getting in a low parry, those final slow-mo hits and all the whiff counters were all good.
I remember watching the umvc3 top8 stream. It was so hype my throat hurt the following days. The best part though of the entire tournament was KBR winning the tournament. Right after he won, I broke into tears. The guy has been travelling back and forth from Chile to the USA for 3 years and he finally achieved his dream. He worked so hard to get to where he is and it was all written on his face. on top of that, he saved marvel, demonstrating that top tiers are no longer the norm and any team can win so long as you put all of you passion in it, like he did. he truly deserved it
I would argue that GamerBee vs Infiltration was the greatest match in EVO history. It was just so tense, so beautifully played, so strategic, so HYPE. GamerBee vs Momochi in the grand finals was pretty insane too, even with the controller breaking in the end. A fitting way to cap off what COULD be the final year SF4 is at EVO, assuming they switch over to V next year.
***** I agree completely. Me and a friend watched it together and we were yelling and gasping the whole time. I couldn't stand up after watching those crazy matches.
If GamerBee won Grand Finals, Ultra Street Fighter 4 might have been #1 since those last two sets we're probably the most stressing that any of us every had felt during the entirety of EVO. Still, that unfortunate controller malfunction in the last match alongside with a crushing loss in the final round kept it from being pure hype. Still, I'll cross my fingers and hope that next year, Gamerbee claims it. As for next year, I can't imagine that Mr. Wizard will just suddenly chop the head off of USF4 to make way for SF5 since it is basically the main event that EVO has had for the last several years now. If anything, I hope that Street Fighter gets the same treatment as Smash and we get two versions up for play.
Kid Coheed I think SFV will still be too new to completely take over as the main event for next year's EVO. I wager that EVO 2016 will still end with SFIV, but imagine the hype that will be behind it - the pressure to win the last EVO SFIV tournament will be amazing.
mas8705 All I can say is, who knows... SF3TS took a back seat once SFIV vanilla came out. If history repeats itself, it could still exist as a side game, or team matches, but most of the pros would immediately jump onto the newer game for the official tournament, taking most of its life out.
Sleep's comeback against My god was insane.........not even an inch of red bar left. My god is probably flipping coffee tables to this day after giving dat set away.
Kane Blueriver is my hero! Marvel was so hype this year it was amazing! I also can't believe they didn't let him have the mic to say a few words at the end.
You guys need to realize this is technically Max's top 5. Just because the game you don't like is in the top 5 doesn't mean it should be taken out. Chill rofl.
***** Does the O in OG mean something other than "Original" now? Because I don't remember Max from CvS2 days... let alone A2 when I got on the scene... or the Tomo days (the TRUE OG) from when I followed the scene in mags.
I completely agree. Marvel got completely overshadowed by the fact that it's a pretty old game with no updates so less people are watching it, but they missed out on one of the biggest surprises out of them all, as KaneBlueRiver came out with his Big Body team to take it all. Every Marvel player knew about him, but no one expected him to win it all. He even killed off the best of the best among Marvel Gods, Justin Wong, which basically determined his win for the whole tournament. That match was just as important to win as the grand finals itself. Congrats to KaneBlueRiver and team BIG BODY HYPE! VIVA SUDAMERICA!!!!
I don't play street fighter, but this is the first Evo where I have properly watched the top 3 for SFIV, and I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. Right in the feels, along with Seth and James crying at the very last minute of the stream. Bring on #EVO2016
***** well blazeblue and guilty gear are good and persona was made by the same people. their fucking good games all Japanese games look like these well 2d at least..
jobey burgoon Max probably only watch Blazblue last year because it was on the main stage. And they're not all made by the same people :P Blazblue is Mori's game. Guilty Gear is Daisuke's. Persona.....I don't know. But either way they're not made by the same people and really don't play the same at all. Once again this is Max we're talking about. He really only appreciates western style games.
Had a chance to meet Max after the KI finals and get a pic. I told him the UMVC3 finals would something to see after watching the pools earlier that day. Glad to see I was right
How is Mahvel #1? I mean it was meh at best considering KBR played dominantly on all his matches, but they weren't hype at all. I mean, Ray Ray's win against Neo's phoenix with only a pixel of life was way more hype than any of KBR's games. Also, no Valle taking out Bonchan with Hugo? Infiltration's pocket Abel isn't here either? This is the first time I completely disagree with this top 5. KI was mostly meh with the exception of the Kan'Ra comeback, which would definitely deserve its own spot.
Michael Sanchez But its a hell of a lot more hype than watching a Zero infinite in the corner for the 5000th time. It shows the potential in lower tiers and actually breathes some life in to the game with a bit of variety. Blue River played fantastic. Yo.
Its vegas dude, these halls are designed to hold huge crowds and still remain well ventilated. I did not have to endure any BO whatsoever when I went despite record attendance
At least Woshige was humble enough to accept that he fucked up. Thanks to his attitude he became the crowd's favorite and actually finished third in the tourney, but first in everyone's heart.
You know, as a fighting games aficionado, I was pretty happy to see 2 people from my country to get EVO. Now to see one of them get the first place on the evo top 5 hypest moment on one of my fav youtubers, is an amazing thing. Ty max.
I always like your lists Max, however Valle vs Bonchan should have been here, I was there all weekend and that was one of if not THE hypest crowd moment
lordzhuge It was one of the best early crowd moments on day 1 for sure. But the match itself wasn't. Valle pretty much bodied Bonchan who either didn't know the match-up or Valle played out of his mind in a short set.
Max you did it again this vid was EPIC. Keep doing these vids I look foward to them every year after EVO. When blue kane river won and the heroic music was in the background playing, I stood up wiped a tear from my eye and began to clap uncontrollably and continued to say non stop "Well done.. my friend, well... done"
As someone who prefers Smash 4 over Melee, besides when Abadango played, there wasn't much hype at all. I mean, it felt like the game was just kinda there if you wanted to take a break from watching one of the other games instead actually being something worth talking about, mostly because anyone who follows Smash 4 knew that Zero was going to win. I'm hoping next year will be better and Nairo doesn't choke.
@Shirokurou its a major tournament. When the game says fight, you fight. If the other guy wants to showboat before he finishes the job he deserved the loss. Look at his reaction, he knew that he messed up.
Saw number 5 and immediately skipped ahead, for some reason there's nothing less exciting to me than watching 1v1 Smash. Always fucking good to hear Max casting though, so good.
KI Top 8 was my personal top Hype Moment. Hell, I was so pumped up after that weekend that I went out and bought a copy of the KI CB Edition... And I don't even own an Xbox One yet!
In the guilty gear one i thought it would be that woshige would celebrate then sit down to play his final match, didn't expect it to turn out like that. I feel a little bad for him but no one can say he didn't deserve that.
the king He signed on after EVO, and he hasn't made a TON of tour appearances since then (he's also skipping SKTAR, the next major). Unless you count that night last week where Zero lost a Tournament Mode finals to Nairo and a quarterfinals to a laggy Pit after having his controller randomly changed to the Wii U Gamepad (both with secondaries iirc). If you do, then Zero is certainly living up to expectations
Even though I put down UMvC3, seeing Kane BlueRiver win EVO with Hulk is damn satisfying. I always knew he was Top-Tier, now KBR just proved why he's the Strongest their is. Almost makes me wanna dig it up to reunite my Hulk/Spencer/Doom squad again.
honestly... thank you. I've watched all the videos, from all the years, of each player and their moments of glory and it just shows that no matter what you do you can be great. If you put in the hard work and dedication you can accomplish anything!
What makes number 5 even better is that Leffen was a good sport about it. Yeah, he complained about it not being Bo5, but he still gave Plup the credit he deserves.
Max man was almost afraid you'd forgotten to make the top 5 evo hypes moments video. Glad to be wrong. Took you long enough though. Great job and keep up the good work.
It's too bad the Smash 4 tournament ended up being kinda mediocre. Quite a few timeouts, some very specific campy players with awful playstyles, and a very easy-to-see-coming result in terms of who would've won the whole thing. The rest of Evo seems to have been quite a success. Good on that.
SSBfangamer Sm4sh is going to age like milk, especially when you consider that the only tournies that Zer0 hasn't won are the ones where he didn't even bother to enter.
Cannot disagree more. About two or three timeouts happened in the whole time the tournament was ran. Only two people had campy playstyles StaticManny and Captain Awesome, with cptn awesome being eliminated before top 16 and staticmanny losing because he tried to camp and time out his opponent. I don't understand how people complain or find boring that zero is winning. He put so much hard work into this tournament, he didn't win by luck or talent. He won because he poured his life and soul into the game that he loves. Most of the top players admit to not playing or dedicating that much time to the game in comparison to zero. Plus there were a lot of hype matches like Nairo's matches, FOWs matches, aMSa's matches with his sick greninja combos, and GF was pretty hype considering zero won against the BEST sheik in the world with a double nerfed character.
Excellent video as always. Your EVO Moments video is a highlight of the year for me. You do so well showing the madness and insanity that is EVO. And I love it! Awesome job, Max!
Not really feeling #1 and #2. It was nice that KBR won, but I didn't feel there were any particular hype moments. When I go back to watch the hypest moments of the tournament, I will watch things like Infiltration picking Abel against Momochi, and how that match went. Crowd went nuts when he made a seemingly impossible comeback against everyone's favorite character, Elena. And then it came down to the last hit. Exciting all the way. Valle's Hugo vs Bonchan was pretty exciting as well. And Woshige making his way back (almost) to Grand Finals had some exciting comeback moments enhanced by the crowds wild cheering that was reminiscent of Gallileo last year. The stick malfunction in the grand finals may not have been hype, but it sure was intense enough to overshadow many other hype moments of the tournament.
I'm still beyond glad KBR won evo 2015. He REALLY deserves it after how hard of a worker and dedicated and passionate he is about the game. His combos all optimize amazingly well and he knows.. JUST the right amount always or usually needed. I love that guy :D
Too bad all the top American players (Barring PR Rog and others I'm probably missing) have tried shitting all over KBR's accomplishments. Their salt over America losing Marvel for once has resulted in bashing of his team and playstyle, claiming that the tournament was ran poorly, affecting results, and overall bitchy attitudes. Hold that L, while you got lazy, the rest of the world kept at it. That's why Chris G got bopped by a Japanese player and started crying in his seat, that's why Wong didn't get to top 8, that's why America lost.
Conlan Morgan They're salty, yeah, but hey - any chance to prove that America ain't immortal, that we all aren't gods, that we don't get to do as we please with people and their cultures and/or nationalities. Besides, Justin Wong himself put up Wanted posters (with rewards) because he was TRYING to encourage low level talent to dethrone the gods. If anything, HE doesn't deserve to bitch because HE WANTED this to happen - he encouraged it, out of what I would've assumed was a selfless desire to revive Marvel. If he reneges on his agreement to pay up for those "kills", I will lose all respect for the man. He wanted to revive his love, but in his heart was probably the blackest of intentions.
Shows how hype EVO was this year when stuff like Valle's Hugo, the Tekken 7 grand final, the magic pixel comebacks in Marvel and The insane USF4 grand finals weren't even mentioned.
This EVO was indeed full of good moments! To me, Infiltration vs Gamerbee was one of the best matches in this tournament. It was so tense and at the same time so thrilling to see. I disagree on Marvel being on first, but I think that it was a great moment and that made his history at EVO. Indeed, all good moments listed here.
Some great highlights (espeically Oshige's premature celebration - I managed to catch that one live and I just couldn't believe that happened), but I can't believe the malfunctioning joystick from the USF4 grand final didn't get a mention.
Armada became the first non-American to win Smash at EVO, and KaneBlueRiver became the first non-American to win Marvel! Nice to see people stepping up their game!
Ultra was just to good to watch. i was really pulling for PR balrog, that guy was just so fun to watch. aside from the finals i think he had some of the hypest matches this evo. woulda been an amazing thing to see him win
I think Gamerbee's entire performance in USF4 this year deserves more hype than was given credit here. His match against infiltration was the absolute core of a fighting game, a testament to the sheer amount of mindgames that take place at the highest level of competition. Both players were going insane trying to get into each other's heads with counterpicks on top of counterpicks. On top of that, he knocked several of the 'Gods' of USF4 like Daigo and Tokido out of the bracket, and after this ridiculous mental drain of a climb through losers, he brought it down to the LAST round of grand finals. The. Hypest. Shit.
If Marvel doesn't put a smile on your face when you watch the hype reels you're not human. Congrats to Kane Blue River! His efforts were finally rewarded on the grandest stage of all. Also, top 8 KI was great and Street Fighter 4 was excellent.
i can't even begin to imagine how hard should have been to come up with a top 5 hypest moments in this year's evoit was filled with hype moments, the entirety of ki finals, also the greatest comeback ever seen, the entirety of tekken finals, the entirety of guilty gear finals, the final match of p4au, gamerbee run in usf iv, also the whole usf iv finals, mkx with a lot close matches, the whole kbr run in umvc3, dominating the finals with a team that has no virgil, no doom, no zero, even sending justin wong to losers bracket beating him 3-0, this evo was full of hype moments. aaand 1 more thing, grande kbr CTM!!, eso
I wish he would have included the grand finals for USF4 because that match was just crazy and close sets. Then the stick malfunction caused a huge mess. Also gamerbee went through hell just to get through losers.
Awesome moments. Another is during Infiltration vs Momochi in Top 8. I mean, Infiltration had a pocket Abel?! Dude knows how to play the entire cast at this stage!
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WOSHIGE NOOOOOOO
Saint-ism WHAT ARE YOU STANDIN' UP FOR?!
Hubris has killed many a man's dream. Woshige is no exsception.
Saint-ism That shit was on SPORTSCENTER man!
Saint-ism WOSHIGE! SIT DOWN! YOU HAVEN'T WIN YET! DUDE! YOU HAVEN'T WIN!
Saint-ism This part about Woshige actually reminds me of Royal Rumble 2002 where Kurt Angle thought he have won by eliminating HHH but he didn't and gets eliminated by him
KaneBlueRiver. That's all I need to say. Don't let your dreams just be dreams.
...Just do it, man. *Just.* *Do it.*
***** He fucking did it.
***** JUST! DO IT! MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE!
***** YESTERDAY YOU SAID TOMORROW!
paul duncan I can't.
***** NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!
I come back to this video, and this series in general, every once in a while. And throughout the years, I can say one thing. This was a golden age for fighting games
I know , the golden era . We don’t get classics like ltg vs viscant anymore
Blazblue grand finals last year is still on of the greatest sets
Resmer Lockheart No argument here. It would be hard to argue which of the two (Blazblue grand finals or SF4's loser's finals) had the most gripping on edge fighting, but no doubt that both games did a great job in what they needed to do.
Resmer Lockheart No argument here. Definitely one of my favorites.
Resmer Lockheart There was so much hype from Blazblue, it's a shame there isn't more of it.
dragon heaven i replied
Resmer Lockheart Yeah, BB had a hype side tournament at least.
Dogura got 2nd again.
Shout out to our chilean comrades for winning Evo at Marvel and Smash, but a bigger one to Nicolas Gonzales AKA Kane BlueRiver. He did not do it for our country, his country did not do anything for him. He did it for the people that trusted him and supported him from day one.
He went from total loss of identity and a not understanding his purpose in life all the way up to becoming a champion. I have nothing but respect for how he was able to conquer himself after all he went through.
GRANDE NICO WEON!
***** did you know if Chile had a flag on the twitch's channel? I don't recall if it did, but if not, they need to get on top of it. Kudos to the Chile players; showing that EVO champs don't all come from Japan or the US.
mas8705 Nope! But we are filling the @evo2k twitter with messages saying that they put the fucking flag on! Meanwhile, they are using the Taiwan one...close enough I guess #BibleThump
Right... I recalled that while they had every other flag on there, Chile was the only one left out.
Well like I said before, Chile definitely deserve that emote now. Can't imagine that one more emote would kill them.
***** I agree, It kinda bothers me people shouting "viva chile!" like they had anything to with it. KBR did it for himself and the people that genuinly support him and I respect that. he even said himself in his winning speech "marvel doesn´t belong to chile, or Usa or japan. it belongs to all". VIVA NICO AKA KBR!!!!
***** Soy un seguidor del medio fighter y he estado viendo muchos torneos internacionales. Así y todo no puedo sino sentir sino algo de orgullo por lo que hizo Nico, todo el esfuerzo lo hizo él y entiendo el mensaje de que su agradecimiento va a quienes lo apoyaron. Así y todo le agradezco humidemente haber puesto el nombre de Chile allá arriba junto a Zero en nada menos que Evo, un saludo.
This is the first Evo where I feel a top 5 list is not enough. So many other amazing moments missing, such as the Tekken 7 and USF4 grand finals, AiAi and Nemo constantly dizzying each other, and Poongko sending the guy who tried to copy him into the shadow realm.
HULK STRONGEST THERE IS!
HULK SMASH YOUR PUNY GOD-TIER!
Darkmage1293 Hulk meets gods............SMASH THEM
Darkmage1293 How is there no "Puny God-tier" Avengers joke yet?
GenericSideCharacter Damn you, you beat me to it
Just picture Chris G in a Morrigan costume getting smashed by Hulk, and you'll feel better.
+Darkmage1293 Vergil: "I'm motivt-" *gets smashed into the earths core*
EVO was pretty freaking hype.
If there was a #6 hype moments, it would have been Tekken 7's Grand Finals. Nobi took a page off Galileo vs. Dogura.
The comebacks were just beyond amazing. Especially for a game which has an pretty crazy execution ceiling.
Also, the first and only important Fulgore Major win ever.
DAliasReaper I don't main drag but he's secondary now so i'm glad he won and with all that was shown it's clear there is a lot for me to learn. Tekken had a lot of good small moments and not one big moment. Nobi ducking and countering that Alisa rage art, getting in a low parry, those final slow-mo hits and all the whiff counters were all good.
DAliasReaper Fulgore wins when it matters. lol
DAliasReaper People still give shits about Tekken?
card969 >Not having a 30-40% combo off of literally every hit.
I know right, what's up with that?
ShouVertica Tekken is so lame dude.
I remember watching the umvc3 top8 stream. It was so hype my throat hurt the following days. The best part though of the entire tournament was KBR winning the tournament. Right after he won, I broke into tears. The guy has been travelling back and forth from Chile to the USA for 3 years and he finally achieved his dream. He worked so hard to get to where he is and it was all written on his face. on top of that, he saved marvel, demonstrating that top tiers are no longer the norm and any team can win so long as you put all of you passion in it, like he did. he truly deserved it
paladin400 Tiers were bullcrap to begin with, anyway.
NEON 7 it was about time someone came in to destroy that standard. smash it if you will
NEON 7 no, they're NOT. People who say that don't even understand tiers nor what they actually mean. Get over it
Friezas getting hyped!
I've never seen Freiza get that hyped since the destruction of Planet Vegeta
I would argue that GamerBee vs Infiltration was the greatest match in EVO history. It was just so tense, so beautifully played, so strategic, so HYPE.
GamerBee vs Momochi in the grand finals was pretty insane too, even with the controller breaking in the end. A fitting way to cap off what COULD be the final year SF4 is at EVO, assuming they switch over to V next year.
***** I agree completely. Me and a friend watched it together and we were yelling and gasping the whole time. I couldn't stand up after watching those crazy matches.
If GamerBee won Grand Finals, Ultra Street Fighter 4 might have been #1 since those last two sets we're probably the most stressing that any of us every had felt during the entirety of EVO. Still, that unfortunate controller malfunction in the last match alongside with a crushing loss in the final round kept it from being pure hype. Still, I'll cross my fingers and hope that next year, Gamerbee claims it.
As for next year, I can't imagine that Mr. Wizard will just suddenly chop the head off of USF4 to make way for SF5 since it is basically the main event that EVO has had for the last several years now. If anything, I hope that Street Fighter gets the same treatment as Smash and we get two versions up for play.
I think their is one more year left, but if SFV drops next year I doubt it's closing the festivities like it has
Kid Coheed I think SFV will still be too new to completely take over as the main event for next year's EVO. I wager that EVO 2016 will still end with SFIV, but imagine the hype that will be behind it - the pressure to win the last EVO SFIV tournament will be amazing.
mas8705 All I can say is, who knows... SF3TS took a back seat once SFIV vanilla came out. If history repeats itself, it could still exist as a side game, or team matches, but most of the pros would immediately jump onto the newer game for the official tournament, taking most of its life out.
I loved the embrace by Infiltration to gamerbee. That's a classic moment that should always be remembered
That female announcer is awesome. you don't see that very ofter, and she did a phenomenal job. also, her voice gives me chills.
word. all the sexism in the fgc is complete crap, we're all gamers.
Sleep's comeback against My god was insane.........not even an inch of red bar left. My god is probably flipping coffee tables to this day after giving dat set away.
Kane Blueriver is my hero! Marvel was so hype this year it was amazing! I also can't believe they didn't let him have the mic to say a few words at the end.
***** Chile Hype!!!
Un chile we say this " VIVA CHILE MIERDA!!!"
Gameorama91 Viva chile
Gameorama91 A chilean young warrior stod up among the pro's and as we said when we win something, VIVA CHILE MIERDA!!
Gimfigle496 Any proof of what you claim?
Heck, I could say that you are a 'degenerate leech' without backing it up like you did.
You guys need to realize this is technically Max's top 5. Just because the game you don't like is in the top 5 doesn't mean it should be taken out. Chill rofl.
ch0ob It isn't 'technically', it IS Max's top 5.
Ignacio Puppo some people don't know the meaning of technically,literally etc.....
ch0ob agreed. personal opinion is personal opinion. if they don´t like, they should find another list. or make their own!!!
ch0ob Thank you. :)
***** Does the O in OG mean something other than "Original" now? Because I don't remember Max from CvS2 days... let alone A2 when I got on the scene... or the Tomo days (the TRUE OG) from when I followed the scene in mags.
I completely agree. Marvel got completely overshadowed by the fact that it's a pretty old game with no updates so less people are watching it, but they missed out on one of the biggest surprises out of them all, as KaneBlueRiver came out with his Big Body team to take it all. Every Marvel player knew about him, but no one expected him to win it all. He even killed off the best of the best among Marvel Gods, Justin Wong, which basically determined his win for the whole tournament. That match was just as important to win as the grand finals itself.
Congrats to KaneBlueRiver and team BIG BODY HYPE! VIVA SUDAMERICA!!!!
That Guilty Gear fail is my favorite moment of EVO
As Max hasn't uploaded the 2016 video yet, here I am rewatching the 2015.
I don't play street fighter, but this is the first Evo where I have properly watched the top 3 for SFIV, and I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. Right in the feels, along with Seth and James crying at the very last minute of the stream. Bring on #EVO2016
im really happy that KBR was #1 he truly deserved that EVO spot. as my favorite marvel player, keep on smashing KBR!
I'm guessing Max didn't watch the Catherine side tournament? :P
I think max didn't even saw smash 4
dragon heaven Why do you ask this in all the comments? also nobody wants to watch smash 4.
Sonickick120reborn You honestly think Max would take the time to watch an anime side tournament?
***** well blazeblue and guilty gear are good and persona was made by the same people. their fucking good games all Japanese games look like these well 2d at least..
jobey burgoon Max probably only watch Blazblue last year because it was on the main stage. And they're not all made by the same people :P Blazblue is Mori's game. Guilty Gear is Daisuke's. Persona.....I don't know. But either way they're not made by the same people and really don't play the same at all. Once again this is Max we're talking about. He really only appreciates western style games.
Had a chance to meet Max after the KI finals and get a pic. I told him the UMVC3 finals would something to see after watching the pools earlier that day. Glad to see I was right
Tekken 7 seriously deserved some love here. I don't even play the damn game and I was going apeshit.
Less than a week til Evo 2016. Time to get hyped again, people!
How is Mahvel #1? I mean it was meh at best considering KBR played dominantly on all his matches, but they weren't hype at all. I mean, Ray Ray's win against Neo's phoenix with only a pixel of life was way more hype than any of KBR's games.
Also, no Valle taking out Bonchan with Hugo? Infiltration's pocket Abel isn't here either? This is the first time I completely disagree with this top 5. KI was mostly meh with the exception of the Kan'Ra comeback, which would definitely deserve its own spot.
It's not hype when you dominate your matches and have armor on your moves.. Yo.
what about the """"Button Check""" KBR??? Shame
That Hugo fight was epic!
Michael Sanchez But its a hell of a lot more hype than watching a Zero infinite in the corner for the 5000th time. It shows the potential in lower tiers and actually breathes some life in to the game with a bit of variety. Blue River played fantastic. Yo.
Michael Sanchez bruh you try playing hulk Haggar and sent against magneto... It's not easy in the least bit even with armor
I've shed so many tears throughout all of Max's Top Evo Hype moments. I think I have a problem.
I liked seeing Zero win with Diddy's nerfed U-Air.
Can't imagine the smell of that room
Lmfao wtf?! 😂
+haustyl12
Zero deodorant
it wasn't that bad it just smelt like retro gaming equipment.
+DoomJoy666 the fact you said the smell wasn't "that bad", says it was still bad
Its vegas dude, these halls are designed to hold huge crowds and still remain well ventilated. I did not have to endure any BO whatsoever when I went despite record attendance
At least Woshige was humble enough to accept that he fucked up. Thanks to his attitude he became the crowd's favorite and actually finished third in the tourney, but first in everyone's heart.
You know, as a fighting games aficionado, I was pretty happy to see 2 people from my country to get EVO. Now to see one of them get the first place on the evo top 5 hypest moment on one of my fav youtubers, is an amazing thing. Ty max.
I always like your lists Max, however Valle vs Bonchan should have been here, I was there all weekend and that was one of if not THE hypest crowd moment
lordzhuge It was one of the best early crowd moments on day 1 for sure. But the match itself wasn't. Valle pretty much bodied Bonchan who either didn't know the match-up or Valle played out of his mind in a short set.
Max you did it again this vid was EPIC. Keep doing these vids I look foward to them every year after EVO. When blue kane river won and the heroic music was in the background playing, I stood up wiped a tear from my eye and began to clap uncontrollably and continued to say non stop "Well done.. my friend, well... done"
Let's not forget ZeRo, who took the tournament for Smash 4 without losing a game.
CamTheKitty The people who spammed the bullshit didn't get very far, excluding one guy who made it to top 32.
That isn't too hype. Zer0 is in doubtably the best player at smash 4. It's no surprise he was undefeated
Dreamcast Spirit to me, it is! Smash 4 FTW!
As someone who prefers Smash 4 over Melee, besides when Abadango played, there wasn't much hype at all. I mean, it felt like the game was just kinda there if you wanted to take a break from watching one of the other games instead actually being something worth talking about, mostly because anyone who follows Smash 4 knew that Zero was going to win. I'm hoping next year will be better and Nairo doesn't choke.
Pyronite Wolf Ally's Mario timing out Manny's Sonic was the most delicious revenge I've ever seen in Sm4sh
@Shirokurou its a major tournament. When the game says fight, you fight. If the other guy wants to showboat before he finishes the job he deserved the loss. Look at his reaction, he knew that he messed up.
Saw number 5 and immediately skipped ahead, for some reason there's nothing less exciting to me than watching 1v1 Smash.
Always fucking good to hear Max casting though, so good.
Grabehn but but smash its awsome dont disrespect melee man its tougher than you think
Been waiting for this Top 5.
Kane Blueriver !! CHILE!! C-H-I L-E! CHICHI LELE!, VIVA CHILE!
I love that Max got to commentate over KI games, it made me happy! :D
I was hoping the shirtless match for USF4 was gonna be on here
Finally . Waited for this long enough. Thank you Max.
As a Chilean I feel so proud of seeing my country winning in this tournament
DarkLuciano16
Chile won two games :O
Carlos Muñoz Bastias Yes I am... Weon la wea qlo jajajajajaa... Awante maximilian loco wom
DarkLuciano16 Chile didn't win. That guy won as himself
chigimonky I'm proud to see him win and raise our flag. GTFO
Phrast Gameplays You can be proud of him as a fellow countryman but Chile did not win EVO, he did. You dont have to be a big vagina about it.
KI Top 8 was my personal top Hype Moment. Hell, I was so pumped up after that weekend that I went out and bought a copy of the KI CB Edition... And I don't even own an Xbox One yet!
In the guilty gear one i thought it would be that woshige would celebrate then sit down to play his final match, didn't expect it to turn out like that.
I feel a little bad for him but no one can say he didn't deserve that.
Thank you Max.
Man that Gamerbee vs Infiltration matches tho, the struggle is real.
Gamerbee vs Infiltration was the greatest match of Street Fighter I've ever seen, easily my No.1
Leffen not a choker? Sees fact that he has TSM in his name, choking when it matters is part of the brand.
He's one the past two majors.. He didn't choke plup straight outplayed him, and this is coming from someone who likes leffen
360Jopo uhh, Zero?
the king He signed on after EVO, and he hasn't made a TON of tour appearances since then (he's also skipping SKTAR, the next major).
Unless you count that night last week where Zero lost a Tournament Mode finals to Nairo and a quarterfinals to a laggy Pit after having his controller randomly changed to the Wii U Gamepad (both with secondaries iirc). If you do, then Zero is certainly living up to expectations
Even though I put down UMvC3, seeing Kane BlueRiver win EVO with Hulk is damn satisfying. I always knew he was Top-Tier, now KBR just proved why he's the Strongest their is.
Almost makes me wanna dig it up to reunite my Hulk/Spencer/Doom squad again.
Can someone Tell me the name of the Tracks used in this vid PLZ!!! ^___^
Yeah that rock mix in marvel was sick. I can't even use my phone to find it because of the commentary.
Jonathan Guzman Nova's theme song for UMVC3
That's not the one i was referring to. It plays when KBR is VS apologyman
honestly... thank you. I've watched all the videos, from all the years, of each player and their moments of glory and it just shows that no matter what you do you can be great. If you put in the hard work and dedication you can accomplish anything!
shout out to ZeRo for winning all of smash 4 without dropping a single game
What makes number 5 even better is that Leffen was a good sport about it. Yeah, he complained about it not being Bo5, but he still gave Plup the credit he deserves.
come on evo its 2015. update them cameras
MasterKcoop You can't stream at Source quality unless you pay
The tricky tick Is this akin to the 30fps is more cinematic argument?
Max man was almost afraid you'd forgotten to make the top 5 evo hypes moments video. Glad to be wrong. Took you long enough though. Great job and keep up the good work.
Another impressive thing was Zero for Smash 4. Didn't drop a singe game in a 1000+ man tourney. That has never been done in all of evo.
SonicFox vs. GamerBee in MKX was pretty damn hype if you ask me
no MKX?
ProGamer maybe there weren't worthy moments to put on a top five
Search the sonicfox comeback against honeybee. That was hype
7:12 "Freiza's getting hyped!" I don't know why but that made me laugh. Those Marvel matches were awesome.
MA BOY PLUP! AYYYYYYYY
LEFFEN GOT PLUP'D
He pulled a Kirito
Reward well-deserved my friend.
GG's and thanks for all the work you did and do for the Fighting community!
Cheers.
marvel lives!!
Congratulations on winning the award Max you totally deserve it dude.
It's too bad the Smash 4 tournament ended up being kinda mediocre.
Quite a few timeouts, some very specific campy players with awful playstyles, and a very easy-to-see-coming result in terms of who would've won the whole thing.
The rest of Evo seems to have been quite a success. Good on that.
DaemonDD cannot agree more
DaemonDD The only surprise from the Smash 4 tournament (to me) was how ZeRo didn't even loose a single game.
It's gonna get better... The game is still new... Just like MKX
SSBfangamer Sm4sh is going to age like milk, especially when you consider that the only tournies that Zer0 hasn't won are the ones where he didn't even bother to enter.
Cannot disagree more. About two or three timeouts happened in the whole time the tournament was ran. Only two people had campy playstyles StaticManny and Captain Awesome, with cptn awesome being eliminated before top 16 and staticmanny losing because he tried to camp and time out his opponent.
I don't understand how people complain or find boring that zero is winning. He put so much hard work into this tournament, he didn't win by luck or talent. He won because he poured his life and soul into the game that he loves. Most of the top players admit to not playing or dedicating that much time to the game in comparison to zero.
Plus there were a lot of hype matches like Nairo's matches, FOWs matches, aMSa's matches with his sick greninja combos, and GF was pretty hype considering zero won against the BEST sheik in the world with a double nerfed character.
Thanks for this 'summary' max. I missed EVO this year
What are you standing up for? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
+Gaius Mugenus Silverus I love how as soon as he stands up it's like " SIT DOWN BITCH!"
"Don't matter how good the tools are, It's how you use em' "
smash is so hypzzzzzzzzzz.......
Excellent video as always. Your EVO Moments video is a highlight of the year for me. You do so well showing the madness and insanity that is EVO. And I love it! Awesome job, Max!
Not really feeling #1 and #2. It was nice that KBR won, but I didn't feel there were any particular hype moments. When I go back to watch the hypest moments of the tournament, I will watch things like Infiltration picking Abel against Momochi, and how that match went. Crowd went nuts when he made a seemingly impossible comeback against everyone's favorite character, Elena. And then it came down to the last hit. Exciting all the way. Valle's Hugo vs Bonchan was pretty exciting as well. And Woshige making his way back (almost) to Grand Finals had some exciting comeback moments enhanced by the crowds wild cheering that was reminiscent of Gallileo last year.
The stick malfunction in the grand finals may not have been hype, but it sure was intense enough to overshadow many other hype moments of the tournament.
I'm still beyond glad KBR won evo 2015. He REALLY deserves it after how hard of a worker and dedicated and passionate he is about the game. His combos all optimize amazingly well and he knows.. JUST the right amount always or usually needed. I love that guy :D
Too bad all the top American players (Barring PR Rog and others I'm probably missing) have tried shitting all over KBR's accomplishments.
Their salt over America losing Marvel for once has resulted in bashing of his team and playstyle, claiming that the tournament was ran poorly, affecting results, and overall bitchy attitudes. Hold that L, while you got lazy, the rest of the world kept at it. That's why Chris G got bopped by a Japanese player and started crying in his seat, that's why Wong didn't get to top 8, that's why America lost.
Conlan Morgan They're salty, yeah, but hey - any chance to prove that America ain't immortal, that we all aren't gods, that we don't get to do as we please with people and their cultures and/or nationalities.
Besides, Justin Wong himself put up Wanted posters (with rewards) because he was TRYING to encourage low level talent to dethrone the gods. If anything, HE doesn't deserve to bitch because HE WANTED this to happen - he encouraged it, out of what I would've assumed was a selfless desire to revive Marvel.
If he reneges on his agreement to pay up for those "kills", I will lose all respect for the man. He wanted to revive his love, but in his heart was probably the blackest of intentions.
Conlan Morgan Where did you hear all this? Twitter?
drkphoenix097 Yeah
That Infiltration/GamerBee match was the greatest thing I've ever seen in fighting games since... well, since the Infiltration/PR Rog match last year.
GRANDE KBR!
VIVA CHILE MIERDA!
Shows how hype EVO was this year when stuff like Valle's Hugo, the Tekken 7 grand final, the magic pixel comebacks in Marvel and The insane USF4 grand finals weren't even mentioned.
This EVO was indeed full of good moments! To me, Infiltration vs Gamerbee was one of the best matches in this tournament. It was so tense and at the same time so thrilling to see.
I disagree on Marvel being on first, but I think that it was a great moment and that made his history at EVO. Indeed, all good moments listed here.
Some great highlights (espeically Oshige's premature celebration - I managed to catch that one live and I just couldn't believe that happened), but I can't believe the malfunctioning joystick from the USF4 grand final didn't get a mention.
Congratulations Max. You deserve that award.
Thanks for this video Max! I really appreciate it!
This was the first MvC tournament I have ever watched, and it was a good choice :D
Armada became the first non-American to win Smash at EVO, and KaneBlueRiver became the first non-American to win Marvel! Nice to see people stepping up their game!
RayRay vs Neo is still my favorite hype moment. when ray made the magic pixel comeback against dark phoenix.
I don't even watch these tournaments, but that last bit made me get chills! So hype lol
Ultra was just to good to watch. i was really pulling for PR balrog, that guy was just so fun to watch. aside from the finals i think he had some of the hypest matches this evo. woulda been an amazing thing to see him win
Onisan vs. Poongko shirts off fight deserves an honourable mention
Alex Valle vs. Bonchan was really hype too. Perfect Hugo performance
#2 guilty gear clip was so painful to see him jump up from his chair while his health bar jumped to half.
I think Gamerbee's entire performance in USF4 this year deserves more hype than was given credit here. His match against infiltration was the absolute core of a fighting game, a testament to the sheer amount of mindgames that take place at the highest level of competition. Both players were going insane trying to get into each other's heads with counterpicks on top of counterpicks. On top of that, he knocked several of the 'Gods' of USF4 like Daigo and Tokido out of the bracket, and after this ridiculous mental drain of a climb through losers, he brought it down to the LAST round of grand finals. The. Hypest. Shit.
Yeah the GB / Infiltration match should have been the Grand Final imo
If Marvel doesn't put a smile on your face when you watch the hype reels you're not human. Congrats to Kane Blue River! His efforts were finally rewarded on the grandest stage of all.
Also, top 8 KI was great and Street Fighter 4 was excellent.
i can't even begin to imagine how hard should have been to come up with a top 5 hypest moments in this year's evoit was filled with hype moments, the entirety of ki finals, also the greatest comeback ever seen, the entirety of tekken finals, the entirety of guilty gear finals, the final match of p4au, gamerbee run in usf iv, also the whole usf iv finals, mkx with a lot close matches, the whole kbr run in umvc3, dominating the finals with a team that has no virgil, no doom, no zero, even sending justin wong to losers bracket beating him 3-0, this evo was full of hype moments.
aaand 1 more thing, grande kbr CTM!!, eso
i look forward to this video every year
you should've shown the hype as fuck Super Wavedash that Plup did and actually got a sweet combo off of it too.
I wish he would have included the grand finals for USF4 because that match was just crazy and close sets. Then the stick malfunction caused a huge mess. Also gamerbee went through hell just to get through losers.
Xrd match was hilarious to watch and USF4 was pretty intense as well.
I feel like the "break" Infiltration and GamerBee took while Infiltration was deciding which character to pick was the hypest moment in that match
You listened to the smashes.
Awesome moments. Another is during Infiltration vs Momochi in Top 8. I mean, Infiltration had a pocket Abel?! Dude knows how to play the entire cast at this stage!
That killer instict top 8 was soooo hype!!! Awesome list max!!!