(author’s note: this is a version of a document I originally wrote in 2011 explaining, among other things, why Evo uses a double elimination format instead of single elimination. It was never really finished, but since the topic of seeding is coming around again I thought I would post it up. At worst, it’s a [...]

Ever wanted to help judge an Evo tournament?  This is your chance!  Once again, we’re recruiting volunteer judges to help us run Evo 2013 this July.  Evo would not run nearly as smoothly as it does without the stellar work of our Volunteer Judges every year.  It’s hard work, but not without it’s rewards.  From the [...]

The Road to EVO is Shoryuken.com’s yearly tournament series leading up to Evolution 2013. Top finishers in the Road to EVO tournaments win seeds in the final bracket at the EVO World Finals in Las Vegas. If you run a tournament outside the United States and are interested in being on the Road to EVO, [...]

Thanks to all of you, Evo has attained record success, attracting literally thousands of tournament players year after year.  A down side to all this growth has been the time that players have to wait between playing their tournament matches.  But good news!  In 2011 we’re instituting a new three-tiered tournament format that will allow [...]