Lima had already knocked CaptainZack to the losers bracket in a tight 3-2 match early on in the finals, and when CaptainZack came back to face him, Lima took the first two matches. Lima placed 9th in Evo 2017, and CaptainZack came in at 17th place last year. Press J to jump to the feed. In Wii U he was considered one of the best Bayonetta mains in the world along with Tweek, Salem, and Mistake. Future US, Inc. 11 West 42nd Street, 15th Floor, Also consider the only reason she's in the game is because of popular vote by the smash community. players in grand finals: using the best character while holding down the b button and wasting about a minute and a half of time.

Receive news and offers from our other brands? The crowd soured on Bayonetta early on, when 16-year-old Bayo main Zack “CaptainZack” Lauth battled his way into the Top 8 finals to a chorus of booing from the crowd. But Problem X's M. Bison was too strong, and he became the first UK Street Fighter Evo champion. Thank you for signing up to PC Gamer. They cooled down after that, but then, MVD lost the match-up thanks to a poorly timed banana throw. It got bad enough that a pre-finals match between CaptainZack and eventual 7th-place finisher Raito ended with a victorious CaptainZack flipping off the entire crowd as he walked off the stage; the announcers said they didn't condone his action, but acknowledged that the behavior of the audience was in "such bad taste" that it wasn't entirely unjustified.

the most important election of our lifetime. In the final match, Lima and CaptainZack, who were both playing with Bayonetta, simply stopped playing at one point, until Evo staff compelled them to keep fighting. There was a problem. The layers of irony. Some called it a delaying tactic to put the red-hot Goichi off his game, and SonicFox did turn things around to win in a dominant pair of final rounds. During the Losers Semi-Final, Japanese Diddy Kong and Sheik player Yuta “Nietono” Uejima managed to take down Mistake, but he couldn’t manage to defeat CaptainZack’s Bayonetta, who 3-0’d him and put him in third place overall. New York, Neither player was expected to win it all at Evo this year. PC Gamer is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. NY 10036. Bury this game and kill it dead, can't wait til December. Several Bayonetta players made it into the Super Smash Brothers 4 finals at Evo 2018 this year, although surprisingly, last year’s Evo winner and Bayonetta player Saleem “Salem” Akiel Young wasn’t one of them.

When Diddy Kong player Jestise “MVD” Negron lost his first Losers Quarter-Final match to Bayonetta main Tamim “Mistake” Omary, the crowd booed once again, but MVD turned around and waved his arms at them to quiet them. Kotaku reported that the audience booed players who opted to use the Bayonetta character in the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U competition because it's viewed by many as having an unfair advantage over others. Here are your Evo 2018 winners from the biggest fighting game tournament of the year.

CaptainZack made a short statement on his Twitch channel explaining how he didn't mean to ... EVO Online 2020 registration is free and opens 5 June: Here’s how to sign up EVO has announced registration for its upcoming online tournament will open on 5th June, and will be free to everyone across the United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea and Europe. Receive mail from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors?

Ultimate would make its debut … Street Fighter 5 action put up big numbers on the opening days of the tournament, according to this GitHyp report, but Dragon Ball FighterZ ultimately took the viewership crown, hitting nearly 258,000 concurrent viewers at one point, the highest viewership count of all time for an Evo main event on Twitch. Zack "CaptainZack" Lauth is an Ultimate Bayonetta, Daisy, and Peach player, and former Wii U Bayonetta player, from Louisiana, USA.

Congrats, champ! when the weekly thread asking if ultimate will kill smash 4 when it releases is posted just link them to this thread, EE and TK deserve better material then this, New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. After wrapping up his controller, CaptainZack shot a businesslike middle finger to the crowd. #CPT2018 pic.twitter.com/qObYWgmKM7August 6, 2018. EVO 2019 took place on August 2nd to 4th, 2019, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. When the dust cleared, this is who was left standing: IT'S COMING HOME! DBFZ set a viewership record for EVO and provided a slightly controversial, dramatic finish, as SonicFox asked to switch from P2 to P1 between matches. 2 years ago. Andy covers the day-to-day happenings in the big, wide world of PC gaming—the stuff we call "news." Please deactivate your ad blocker in order to see our subscription offer, Apex Legends crossplay beta begins on October 6. 2015's was the reign of ZeRo, 2016 and 2017 highlighted the rise of Ally and Salem, and 2018 is hell on earth.

The 2018 Smash Evo finalist, CaptainZack revealed on August 2 that he had instructed Ally to throw games at Smash tournaments, and apologized to his fellow competitors: “I … Don’t really follow competitive gaming, but seriously these trash people need to fuck off and be fucked off. At the start of the final reset, CaptainZack and Lima faced their Bayonettas towards one another but didn’t attack for several seconds. Too be fair, Bayonetta was revealed in December of 2015 and released in February of 2016. the winner is gonna cut his trophy in half and share it with the loser lmao, My man actually said “you guys have to play” lmao, I think it would've been better just let them both get DQd :P, How fitting that smash 4’s last big tournament ends with a Bayo ditto. Andy Chalk By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Evolution 2019, or simply EVO 2019, was the 18th edition of the Evolution Championship Series, a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. Imagine telling people in 2016 that the last bastion of hope for Smash 4 would play Sheik and Diddy. He is ranked as the 15th best Wii U player of all time on the PGR100. In the final match, Lima and CaptainZack, who were both playing with Bayonetta, simply stopped playing at one point, until Evo staff compelled them to keep fighting. Read More: EVO President Joey Cuellar on administrative leave after allegations of misconduct involving children You will receive a verification email shortly.

Lima and CaptainZack hugged, their happiness and pride evident despite the haters all around them.

After that, it all came down to the young CaptainZack and the similarly young Tamim “Lima” Omary (age 16 and 17 respectively) in a Bayonetta versus Bayonetta battle for the top honors. After CaptainZack won that game and reset the bracket, kicking off yet another Bayo-vs-Bayo best-of-five, the crowd didn’t sound happy, but the two players on stage were laughing together like old friends.