{{Infobox sport tournament | name = 2011 Evolution Championship Series | year = | image = Evo Championship Series logo cropped.png | caption = | location = Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | start_date = July 29 | end_date = 31 | administrator = | tournament_format = Double elimination | venues = Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino | participants = | purse = | champions = | attendance = | previous = 2010 | next = 2012 }}
The '''2011 Evolution Championship Series''' (commonly referred to as '''Evo 2011''' or '''EVO 2011''') was a fighting game event held in the Rio Las Vegas on July 6–8. The event featured a major tournament for five fighting games, including ''Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition'' and ''Marvel vs. Capcom 3'', as well as various smaller-scale competitions.
==Background== [[File:Ipanema Tower, Hotel Rio All Suite. Las Vegas (8073620941).jpg|thumb|right|Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino]] Many of the major ''Street Fighter'' tournaments had added themselves to "The Road to Evo" group of events in 2011. Players who ranked well in these tournaments would receive a better seed in the Evolution Championship. Five such major tournaments were held between May 27 and June 25, 2011: UFGT7, Montreal Annual Tournament VIII, CEO 2011, NorCal Regionals 9, and East Coast Throwdown 3. ''IGN'' noted that competitors had taken a more serious stance towards these tournaments in 2011.<ref name=IGN>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/05/18/how-one-man-won-10000-playing-mortal-kombat|work=IGN|title=How One Man Won $10,000 Playing Mortal Kombat|last=Chen|first=James|date=2011-05-18}}</ref>
Evo 2011 was held on July 6–8 in the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino.<ref name=IGN /> The event was livestreamed on Ustream and reached over 2 million unique viewers consuming over 1.9 million hours of video content in total. This livestream was produced as collaborative efforts of fighting game sites iPlayWinner, Team Sp00ky, Offcast, and FinestKO. The livestream was also available on PlayStation Home.<ref name=GameSpot>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evolution-2011-tournament-scores-more-than-2-million-unique-viewers/1100-6327398/|work=GameSpot|title=Evolution 2011 tournament scores more than 2 million unique viewers|last=Leo|first=Jon|date=2011-08-05}}</ref>
==Event summary== [[File:Fuudo at Evo 2011.jpg|thumb|left|Fuudo receiving his trophy at the ''Street Fighter IV'' award ceremony]] Evo 2011 featured major tournaments for ''Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition'', ''Marvel vs Capcom 3'', ''Mortal Kombat 9'', ''Tekken 6'', and ''BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II'', as well as a side event for ''Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evo-2011-live/1100-6326062/|work=GameSpot|title=Evo 2011 Live!|date=2011-08-05}}</ref> The ''Street Fighter IV'' tournament was won by Keita "Fuudo" Ai, playing with the character Fei Long. The grand finals for ''Marvel vs Capcom 3'' were won by Jay "BOX Viscant" Snyder.<ref name=GameSpot />
''Engadget'' reported on the success of eight-year-old competitor Noah Solis in the 2011 ''Marvel vs Capcom 3'' tournament, who made it into the top 48 before being eliminated by an older competitor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2011/07/31/eight-year-old-noah-brings-the-pain-to-pro-players-at-evo-2011/|work=Engadget|title=Eight-year-old Noah brings the pain to pro players at EVO 2011|last=Conditt|first=Jessica|date=2011-07-31}}</ref> In an interview with GiantBomb, Solis' father spoke of how he intends to support his son's success in fighting games, citing video games as one way alongside education to avoid falling into gang culture.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/meet-noah-solis-the-8-year-old-fighting-game-wunderkind/3600/|title=Meet Noah Solis, the 8-Year-Old Fighting Game Wunderkind |work=GiantBomb|last=Klepek|first=Patrick|date=2011-08-18}}</ref>
Evo 2011 featured various panels with people such as Yoshinori Ono,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/evo2k11-interview-with-producer-yoshinori-ono-207572.phtml|work=Destructoid|title=Evo2k11: Interview with producer Yoshinori Ono|last=Cortez|first=Jesse|date=2011-08-01}}</ref> Seth Killian, Daigo Umehara, and Bandai Namco Entertainment.<ref name=GameSpot /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/08/soul-calibur-v-turned-evo-2011-into-the-stage-of-history/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922145342/http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/08/soul-calibur-v-turned-evo-2011-into-the-stage-of-history/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 22, 2012|work=Kotaku|title=Soul Calibur V Turned EVO 2011 Into The Stage Of History|last=Plunkett|first=Luke|date=2011-08-01}}</ref>
==Results== {|class="wikitable" |- !colspan=4 |{{center|'''''Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition'''''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kyosuke.kun.free.fr/Ranking/tourneys/brackets/?id=EVO20114 |title=EVO 2011 SSFIVAE Top 32 Bracket |publisher=ssfranking.com }}</ref>}} |- ! style="width:50px;"| Place ! style="width:180px;"| Player ! style="width:150px;"| Alias ! style="width:300px;"| Character(s) |- |1st |{{flagicon|Japan}} Keita Ai |Fuudo |Fei Long |- |2nd |{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Abdullatif Alhmili |Brokentier Latif |C.Viper |- |3rd |{{flagicon|USA}} Poongko | |Seth |- |4th |{{flagicon|Japan}} Daigo Umehara |Mad Catz MCZ D |Yun |- |5th |{{flagicon|Japan}} Yosuke Ito |<nowiki>eLive|Pro </nowiki>Kindevu |Yun |- |5th |{{flagicon|Japan}} Hajime Taniguchi |Tokido MCZ |Akuma |- |7th |{{flagicon|USA}} Joshua Philpot |Wolfkrone |C.Viper |- |7th |{{flagicon|USA}} Peter Susini |FlashMetroid |Zangief, C.Viper |}
{|class="wikitable" |- !colspan=4 |{{center|'''''Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds'''''}} |- ! style="width:50px;"| Place ! style="width:180px;"| Player ! style="width:150px;"| Alias ! style="width:300px;"| Character(s) |- |1st |{{flagicon|USA}} Jay Snyder |BOX Viscant |Wesker/Haggar/Phoenix, Wesker/Iron Man/Phoenix |- |2nd |{{flagicon|USA}} Eduardo Pérez-Frangie |MCZ<nowiki>|</nowiki>DMG PR Balrog |Dante/Wolverine/Tron, Dante/Amaterasu/Wolverine |- |3rd |{{flagicon|USA}} Justin Wong |EG Justin Wong |She-Hulk/Wolverine/Akuma, Storm/Wesker/Akuma, Wolverine/Storm/Akuma |- |4th |{{flagicon|USA}} Peter Rosas |coL.CC Combofiend |She-Hulk/Taskmaster/Spencer |- |5th |{{flagicon|USA}} Noel Brown |UVG Noel Brown |Wesker/Wolverine/Akuma, Wolverine/Wesker/Phoenix |- |5th |{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Ramirez |coL.CC Filipino Champ |Magneto/Sentinel/Phoenix, Magneto/Dormammu/Phoenix |- |7th |{{flagicon|USA}} Tinh Ngo |Mine |Wesker/Taskmaster/Phoenix |- |7th |{{flagicon|USA}} Raymond Monsada |X-Ray |Dante/Amaterasu/Magneto |}
{|class="wikitable" |- !colspan=4 |{{center|'''''Mortal Kombat'''''}} |- style="background:#ddd;" ! style="width:50px;"| Place ! style="width:180px;"| Player ! style="width:150px;"| Alias ! style="width:300px;"| Character(s) |- |1st |{{flagicon|USA}} Carl White |<nowiki>EMP Perfect Legend</nowiki> |Kung Lao |- |2nd |{{flagicon|USA}} Giuseppe Grosso |vVv REO |Mileena, Cyrax |- |3rd |{{flagicon|USA}} Eric Akins |JOP |Johnny Cage, Raiden |- |4th |{{flagicon|USA}} Christopher Gonzalez |NYChris G |Reptile |- |5th |{{flagicon|USA}} Denzell Terry |Denzell Terry |Liu Kang |- |5th |{{flagicon|USA}} Stephanie Brownback |16-Bit |Kitana |- |7th |{{flagicon|USA}} Pirrelli Trumer |ATL Redd |Liu Kang |- |7th |{{flagicon|USA}} Anthony Villanueva |OnlineTony213 |Kabal |}
{|class="wikitable" |- !colspan=6 |{{center|'''''Tekken 6'''''}} |- ! style="width:50px;"| Place ! style="width:180px;"| Player ! style="width:150px;"| Alias ! style="width:300px;"| Character(s) |- |1st |{{flagicon|USA}} Rene Maistry |<nowiki>DMG|Kor</nowiki> |Bob |- |2nd |{{flagicon|USA}} Shawn Swain |Fab |Bob, Miguel |- |3rd |{{flagicon|USA}} Reepal Parbhoo |Rip |Law |- |4th |{{flagicon|USA}} James Garrett |JustFrameJames |Law, Baek |- |5th |{{flagicon|USA}} Christopher Villarreal |Crow |Bob |- |5th |{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Tran |Mr. Naps |Bryan |- |7th |{{flagicon|GBR}} Ryan Hart |<nowiki>LLL|Ryan Hart</nowiki> |Kazuya |- |7th |{{flagicon|JPN}} Hajime Taniguchi |MCZ<nowiki>|</nowiki>Tokido |Bob |}
{|class="wikitable" |- !colspan=4 |{{center|'''''BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II'''''}} |- ! style="width:50px;"| Place ! style="width:180px;"| Player ! style="width:150px;"| Alias ! style="width:300px;"| Character(s) |- |1st |{{flagicon|USA}} Alex Chen |Spark |Hakumen |- |2nd |{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Barthelemy |Lord Knight |Litchi, Makoto |- |3rd |{{flagicon|Japan}} Hajime Taniguchi |<nowiki>MCZ|Tokido</nowiki> |Noel |- |4th |{{flagicon|USA}} Kyle Bourne |Zong One |Carl |- |5th |{{flagicon|USA}} Rob Nagaro |HeartNana |Makoto |- |5th |{{flagicon|USA}} Severine Grey |Sev |Lambda-11 |- |7th |{{flagicon|USA}} Damien Brantley |Dsmoove12 |Noel |- |7th |{{flagicon|USA}} Dong Yim |Wuku |Hazama |}
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