EVO has been a biggest thrill ride every year and it's considered the Super Bowl of the FGC because they shown us reveals and it's the most prestigious tournament. Back in 2020, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, EVO has been relegated to EVO Online to have four games that use rollback, a type of netcode that allows characters to immediately make an action the moment the input is pressed no matter how many miliseconds they are and no matter what playable stage they are playing on, like they are playing offline.
Then a setback has experienced in case if you're out of the loop. EVO 2020 was cancelled because attendees have stood in solidarity with those who spoken out against abuse and withdrawn themselves in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations made against Joey "Mr. Wiz" Cuellar. Long ago, he paid young underage boys arcade tokens to take off their clothes and jump in hazard pools and paid that accuser $20 to show his penis while he was 17. Yeah, it sucks experiencing a disgusting pedophile of a CEO would had to do this, seeing underage meat years back. So they had to withdraw themselves in light of the situation and the admins had to fire Mr. Wiz and replace him with the Cannon brothers. This is called child pornography and that is more than enough to get you arrested as it is not a tolerant.
That behavior was intended to create a hamartia on their environment and directly counter their mission and discretion to build EVO a safer and welcoming environment. That said, the unacceptable behavior of one individual isn't nearly enough to bring EVO down to a halt because it is run by a big group. The things that made EVO so special are the generous players from around the world and the huge support that made it flourish over the years. Especially the part where they show us reveals.
Last year's EVO Online was exciting, but not as exciting as the live, in-person tournaments since the COVID-19 pandemic has relegated EVO into an online format to have games that use rollback netcode. Thankfully, EVO is returning to Las Vegas this year and the lineup is gonna be announced March 8th. But it won't be just a lineup announcement, but a celebration that commemorates EVO's return to in-person tournaments with over 40 community managers across the globe.
However, the organizers have announced in advance that Super Smash Bros. won't be returning this year because Nintendo has chosen not celebrate the tradition with them following Sony's purchase of EVO. Super Smash Bros. has been a great starting point for EVO since 2007 and it sucks that Nintendo is taking a break this year, yet all of the DLC characters in Smash Ultimate have been released. It is gonna be the first Smash-less EVO of the year since 2007.
Regardless, the fact that Smash isn't returning in EVO 2022 as the organizers confirmed up front doesn't stop me from watching the lineup announcement and the biggest thrill ride of the year for reveals. I can't wait for a Keef video about the lineup to be posted on YouTube. I want to see how Smash Ultimate will respond to the EVO 2022 lineup now that it's not returning this year. Here are the games I want for the EVO 2022 lineup.
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl - Since Smash Ultimate isn't coming to the lineup as Nintendo has chosen not to join the party, thought that I would want this to be in the lineup. It's a Smash-esque platform-based fighting game with your favorite iconic Nickelodeon characters duking it out, such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Danny Phantom, the Ninja Turtles and so on. I never played it, but I find it fun, so I put it on my Q in GameFly. I... actually am a fan of Nickelodeon.
Soul Calibur VI - Since the pandemic, this couldn't be showcased like in 2019 because of the situation regarding the former CEO of EVO. You know what would be awesome? If we get a Season 3 Pass to have more characters. Great fighting game, by the way.
Tekken 7 - I know this game has ended its development cycle since Season 4 was the last season, but I would like this to get a spot since all DLC characters have been released and its inception to EVO Online thanks to rollback netcode. Well, we might or might not see a Season 5 Pass.
Street Fighter V - With Season 5 being the culmination of the development cycle, there won't be any more characters. Since its release, this fighting game has been on EVO for six years. I know we won't see any more content since Season 5 was the last one before Street Fighter 6, which has been announced, along with the Capcom Fighting Collection, but it deserved to be in the lineup anyway. I still want a Marvel vs. Capcom collection.
I heard a lot of tourneys are dropping SFV from the lineup since Capcom is renewing their community tourney license, which allowed the cops of Capcom to make a strict rule. They are not joking, so be discreet.
BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle - BBTAG became a magical team-based fighting game with a magical cast of characters from BlazBlue, P4A, UNI, RWBY and the characters from the EX universe. So I think it needs to get a spot this year so we can either get Unlimited or the 3.0 Character Pack to come in six waves of three to four characters. One on each universe, knowing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is getting the pack that comes in eight waves of six remastered tracks across the Mario Kart franchise, including the tracks first featured on Mario Kart Tour, a mobile game that has microtransactions.
Guilty Gear Strive - It has gotten a spot at EVO Online last year because of its rollback netcode and haven't gotten a chance to be played in-person. I'm not interested in getting this game, though it has English dub and they sound better than they were on SIGN, but figured that this needs to be in lineup.
The King of Fighters XV - SNK's newest title of the franchise came out a few weeks ago. I participated in the second Open Beta Test and it's freaking dope. Blue Mary is cool, not gonna lie. But not as cool as Athena will be. This no doubt must be in the lineup so not only we can get a World Premiere regarding this, but it's a new game.
You know what's funny? I pulled a RonaldoKun, by not buying KOF XV if a character I want didn't make it. It's because he wanted Jam Kuradoberi to be in Strive and I wanted Athena Asamiya to be in KOF XV, which she is in the base roster. It's since Fortnite became so popular that people were addicted to it, so I talked to a ghost on that day and wanted to manifest my dreams.
These are the games I want for the lineup of EVO 2022. EVO usually has nine games in its lineup, but decided to list the ones that are interesting. Well, that's all I have to say for this post. Hope you guys have a safe time at Las Vegas now that EVO is back there.
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