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{{Infobox sport tournament
| name =  2012 Evolution Championship Series
| year = 
| image = Evo Championship Series logo cropped.png
| caption =
| location = [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], United States
| start_date = July 6
| end_date =  8
| administrator = 
| tournament_format = [[Double-elimination tournament|Double elimination]]
| venues = [[Caesars Palace]]
| participants = 
| purse = 
| champions = 
{{Plainlist|
* '''''SSF4AE2012''''': [[Seon-woo "Infiltration" Lee]]
* '''''UMvC3''''': Ryan "Filipino Champ" Ramirez
* '''''KoFXIII''''': Kwang-noh "MadKOF" Lee
* '''''MK9''''': Carl "Perfect Legend" White
* '''''SFxT'' 2v2''': [[Seon-woo "Infiltration" Lee]] and Ryan "Laugh" Ahn
* '''''SCV''''': Naoaki "Shining Depocon" Yanagihara
}}
| attendance = 
| previous = [[Evo 2011|2011]]
| next = [[Evo 2013|2013]]
}}

The '''2012 Evolution Championship Series''' (commonly referred to as '''Evo 2012''' or '''EVO 2012''') was a [[fighting game]] event held at [[Caesars Palace]], [[Las Vegas]] on July 6–8. The event featured a major tournament for six fighting games, including ''[[Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition]]'' and ''[[Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'', as well as various smaller-scale competitions.

==Background==
[[File:DSC33134, Caesar’s Palace Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (5206208992).jpg|thumb|right|Evo 2012 was held in [[Caesar's Palace]], Las Vegas.]]
Held in [[Caesar's Palace]], [[Las Vegas]], Evo 2012 featured over 3,500 entrants among its six major tournaments. The tournaments held at Evo 2012 were [[livestreaming|livestreamed]] through the [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] online video service.<ref name=VentureBeat>{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2012/07/06/gamesbeats-evolution-2012-viewing-guide/|work=[[VentureBeat]]|title=GamesBeat's Evolution 2012 viewing guide|last=Hoadley|first=Chris|date=2012-07-06}}</ref> A "Road to Evo" tournament series started in January 2012, in which competitors could earn [[seed (sports)|seeding points]] for the main event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2012/07/13/3545138.htm|work=[[abc.net.au]]|title=Frag Reel Friday: Evolution 2012 Championships|last=Walker|first=Alex|date=2012-07-13}}</ref>

==Games==
Six major tournaments were held at Evo 2012. The games played were:
*''[[Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition#version 2012|Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition 2012]]''
*''[[Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''
* ''[[Street Fighter X Tekken]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]''
* ''[[The King of Fighters XIII]]''
* ''[[Soulcalibur V]]''

Evo 2012 was the first event in the Championship Series to include a major ''[[King of Fighters]]'' tournament. The 2011 reboot of the [[Mortal Kombat|''Mortal Kombat'' series]] benefited from multiple [[balance (game design)|balancing updates]] after its release, allowing the game to be popular among the [[fighting game community]] where earlier games in the series weren't. The ''Mortal Kombat'' tournament featured the second-largest prize pool at Evo 2012, after ''Street Fighter IV''. Spin-off ''Street Fighter X Tekken'', meanwhile, was unpopular among the fighting game community at the time. The game featured various [[glitch|bugs]] and unbalanced aspects.<ref name=VentureBeat />

The event also featured various smaller-scale competitions, such as an exclusive ''[[Super Street Fighter II Turbo]]'' tournament, and side tournaments for ''[[Virtua Fighter 5|Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown]]'' and ''[[Skullgirls]]''.<ref name=VentureBeat /> [[Sony Interactive Entertainment|Sony]] showcased a playable [[game demo|demo]] for ''[[PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale]]'', while [[NetherRealm Studios]] revealed gameplay footage of ''[[Injustice: Gods Among Us]]'' at Evo 2012.<ref name=NeonTommy>{{cite web|url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2012/07/gamer-roulette-what-evo|work=[[Neon Tommy]]|title=Gamer Roulette: What is EVO?|last=Parra|first=Eric|date=2012-07-14}}</ref>

==Tournament summary==
While the recent release of ''Street Fighter x Tekken'' caused players to juggle between more familiar aspects of the characters and the game's more unusual features, the ''King of Fighters XIII'' tournament was praised by commentators for its high-level play, unexpected for such a new game. Meanwhile, Brenna Hillier of ''[[VG247]]'' described the ''Mortal Kombat'' tournament at Evo 2012 as a "mixed bag", featuring plenty of unusual play styles.<ref name=VG247>{{cite web|url=https://www.vg247.com/2012/07/09/evo-2012-filipino-champ-takes-umvc3/|work=[[VG247]]|title=EVO 2012: SSFIVAE goes to Infiltration, UMvC3 to Filipino Champ|last=Hillier|first=Brenna|date=2012-07-09}}</ref>

Though there was a lot of discussion regarding whether the character [[Phoenix Force (comics)|Phoenix]] in ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' is overpowered compared to other selectable characters in the game, competitor Filipino Champ won the tournament with the characters [[Magneto (Marvel Comics)|Magneto]], [[Dormammu]] and [[Doctor Doom]]. The final match at Evo 2012 was the ''Street Fighter IV'' finals, in which [[Infiltration (video gamer)|Infiltration]] defeated [[GamerBee]] to claim the title.<ref name=VG247 />

==Results==
[[File:Infiltration in Las Vegas, 2012 crop.png|thumb|Infiltration at Evo 2012.]]
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|-
!colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| '''''[[Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition#Version 2012|Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Version 2012)]]'''''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kyosuke.kun.free.fr/Ranking/tourneys/brackets/?id=EVO20124 |title=EVO 2012 SSFIVAE2012 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|South Korea}} [[Infiltration (video gamer)|Seon-woo Lee]]
|WW.[[Mad Catz|MCZ]] Infiltration
|Akuma, Gouken
|-
|2nd
|{{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Bruce Hsiang]]
|[[AVer Information|AVerMedia]] GamerBee
|Adon
|-
|3rd
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Eduardo Pérez-Frangie]]
|CVapor PR Balrog
|Balrog
|-
|4th
|{{flagicon|China}} Zhuojun Zeng
|eLivePro Qanba Xiaohai
|Cammy
|-
|5th
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Daigo Umehara]]
|[[Mad Catz|MCZ]] Daigo Umehara
|Ryu
|-
|5th
|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} Jonny Cheng  
|HumanBomb
|Sakura
|-
|7th
|{{flagicon|USA}} Kevin Landon
|BT Dieminion
|Guile
|-
|7th
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Chung-gon Lee]]
|TH Poongko
|Seth
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |'''''[[Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'''''
|-
! style="width:50px;"| Place
! style="width:180px;"| Player
! style="width:150px;"| Alias
! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)
|-
|1st
|{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Ramirez 
|[[compLexity Gaming|coL]].CC Filipino Champ
| style="width:300pt;"|Magneto/Dormammu/Doctor Doom, Magneto/Doctor Doom/Phoenix
|-
|2nd
|{{flagicon|USA}} Carlos Randay 
|LxG Infrit 
| style="width:300pt;"|Nova/Spencer/Sentinel
|-
|3rd
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[NYChrisG|Christopher Gonzalez]]
|FC NYChris G
| style="width:300pt;"|Morrigan/Doctor Doom/Akuma, Wesker/Ryu/Hawkeye, Morrigan/Doctor Doom/Hawkeye
|-
|4th
|{{flagicon|USA}} Peter Rosas
|[[compLexity Gaming|coL]].CC Combofiend
| style="width:300pt;"|Nova/Spencer/Hawkeye, She-Hulk/Taskmaster/Spencer
|-
|5th
| style="width:180pt;"|{{flagicon|Mexico}} César García 
|TA Frutsy
| style="width:300pt;"|M.O.D.O.K./Captain America/Taskmaster
|-
|5th
|{{flagicon|USA}} Job Figueroa
|Flocker
| style="width:300pt;"|Zero/Vergil/Hawkeye, Zero/Vergil/Strider Hiryu
|-
|7th
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Justin Wong]]
|[[Evil Geniuses|EG]] Justin Wong
| style="width:300pt;"|Wolverine/Storm/Akuma, Spencer/Vergil/Frank West 
|-
|7th 
|{{flagicon|USA}} Jay Son
|Y2J
| style="width:300pt;"|Wolverine/Spencer/Magneto
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |'''''[[The King of Fighters XIII]]'''''
|- style="background:#ddd;"
! style="width:50px;"| Place
! style="width:180px;"| Player
! style="width:150px;"| Alias
! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)
|-
|1st
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Kwang-noh Lee
|CafeID MadKOF
|Duo Lon, King, Kim, Chin
|-
|2nd
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} Armando Velázquez
|IGL Bala
|Billy, Iori, Shen, Takuma, Ralf, Clark, Benimaru
|-
|3rd
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Min-su Shin
|CafeID Verna
|EX Iori, Duo Lon, Kim, Shen
|-
|4th
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Pil-su Jun
|CafeID Guts
|Saiki, EX Iori, Vice, Shen, Mr Karate
|-
|5th
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} José Navarrete 
|vVv TC Romance
|King, Benimaru, Yuri, Hwa
|-
|5th
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Myung-gu Kang
|CafeID Lacid
|Ash, Kyo, Kim
|-
|7th
|{{flagicon|USA}} Reynald Tacsuan 
|AS Reynald
|Mr Karate, Benimaru, Kim
|-
|7th 
|{{flagicon|Taiwan}} Yang Yao Ren 
|Yang Yao Ren 
|Mr Karate, Mature, Hwa 
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |'''''[[Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)|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
|EMP KN Perfect Legend
|Kung Lao
|-
|2nd
|{{flagicon|USA}} Emmanuel Brito
|vVv [[NOS (drink)|NOS]] CD Jr.
|Jax, Kabal, Rain
|-
|3rd
|{{flagicon|USA}} Brant McCaskill
|Pig of the Hut
|Kenshi, Mileena
|-
|4th
|{{flagicon|USA}} Malik Terry 
|IGL MIT
|Johnny Cage, Reptile, Scorpion, Stryker
|-
|5th
|{{flagicon|USA}} Christian Quiles
|CoCo ForeverKing
|Sonya, Kung Lao, Kenshi
|-
|5th
|{{flagicon|USA}} Julian E. Escobar 
|EGP XBlades
|Liu Kang
|-
|7th
|{{flagicon|USA}} Mario Sako 
|CoCo M2Dave
|Freddy Krueger
|-
|7th
|{{flagicon|USA}} Elijah Williamson 
|EGP Tyrant
|Jax
|}

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|-
!colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |'''''[[Street Fighter X Tekken]]''''' 2 vs. 2 Teams
|- style="background:#ddd;"
! style="width:50px;"| Place
! style="width:100px;"| Team Name
! style="width:180px;"| Player
! style="width:150px;"| Alias
! style="width:193px;"| Character(s)
|-
|1st
|Western Wolves
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Infiltration (gamer)|Seon-woo Lee]]<br>{{flagicon|South Korea}} Ryan Ahn
|WW.[[Mad Catz|MCZ]] Infiltration<br>WW.[[Mad Catz|MCZ]] Laugh
|Rolento<br>Ryu
|-
|2nd
|FGTV
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Eduardo Pérez-Frangie]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ricki Ortiz]]
|CVapor PR Balrog<br>[[Evil Geniuses|EG]] Ricky Ortiz
|Ryu<br>Rufus
|-
|3rd
|Mad Catz/[[Team Razer|Razer]]
|{{flagicon|Japan}} Hajime Taniguchi<br>{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Keita Ai]]
|[[Mad Catz|MCZ]] Tokido<br>[[Razer Inc.#Team Razer|RZR]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-06-04|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Razer Inc.#Team Razer|reason= The anchor (Team Razer) [[Special:Diff/758448872|has been deleted]].}} Fuudo
|Chun Li<br>Ryu
|-
|4th
|Complexity Cross Counter
|{{flagicon|USA}} Peter Rosas<br>{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Ross
|[[compLexity Gaming|coL]].CC Combofiend<br>[[compLexity Gaming|coL]].CC Mike Ross
|Julia<br>Marduk
|-
|5th
|TotalHeads
|{{flagicon|Japan}} Joe Egami<br>{{flagicon|South Korea}} Chung-gon Lee
|TH MOV<br>TH Poongko
|Ryu<br>Kazuya
|-
|5th
|Eternal Rivals/PxG
|{{flagicon|USA}} Richard Nguyen<br>{{flagicon|USA}} Darryl Lewis 
|ER [[Mad Catz|MCZ]] Richard Nguyen<br> PxG SnakeEyes
|Law<br>Zangief
|-
|7th
|KazBon
|{{flagicon|Japan}} Ryota Inoue<br>{{flagicon|Japan}} Masato Takahashi 
|Kazunoko<br>Bonchan
|Raven<br>Ken
|-
|7th
|Algo Cacho <br>
|{{flagicon|Chile}} Victor Duarte <br>{{flagicon|Chile}} Rubén Ponce
|Evil_Craa<br>Sicario
|Ryu<br>Rolento
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | '''''[[Soulcalibur V]]'''''
|- style="background:#ddd;"
! style="width:50px;"| Place
! style="width:180px;"| Player
! style="width:150px;"| Alias
! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)
|-
|1st
|{{flagicon|Japan}} Naoaki Yanagihara
|Shining Decopon
|Tira
|-
|2nd
|{{flagicon|Singapore}} Jovian Chan 
|Shen Chan 
|Cervantes
|-
|3rd
|{{flagicon|USA}} Omar Mohammed
|Something-Unique 
|Pyrrha
|-
|4th
|{{flagicon|USA}} Jonathan Vo 
|Woahhzz
|α Patroklos
|-
|5th
|{{flagicon|Japan}} Michio Irie 
|CRNA Ruka
|Patroklos
|-
|5th
|{{flagicon|USA}} Sean Paquette 
|Xephukai 
|Astaroth, Patroklos
|-
|7th
|{{flagicon|Japan}} Takeaki Takahata
|Kamaage
|Mitsurugi
|-
|7th
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Moon-su Jang
|CafeID Kura 
|Patroklos
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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