THE FIRST CRUSADE

The Evolution Championship Series (Evo) is the world's largest fighting game event bringing together competitors and spectators from all over the world to express their love of the battle and the lore. Evo returned to the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada from August 5th - August 7th, 2022, and featured a main tournament line up of 10 titles and a whopping 52 official side events, under Vortex Gallery.

The Shilluminati would come together offline for the first time to host THE FIRST CRUSADE, a tournament series for Street Fighter Alpha 3, Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers, and Super Street Fighter II Turbo.

EVO 2022 - SUPER STREET FIGHTER II TURBO TOURNAMENT

  • Our main event, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, ran on August 6th and got a total of 80 entrants! Cracking the Top 8 would already be a huge feat, but only one competitor will take home the gold. Plenty of commentators on rotation with Riz0ne and Cujo Kate closing out the Top 8.

    Bracket: https://www.start.gg/tournament/vortex-gallery/event/super-street-fighter-ii-turbo-ssf2x

    1. SuperrV

    2. ChoiBoy

    3. x64

EVO 2022 - ULTRA STREET FIGHTER II TOURNAMENT

  • Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers (USF2) released in May 2017 as the 6th official sequel of the Street Fighter II series after The World Warrior. A direct update to 1996's Super Street Fighter II Turbo, players are able to access Violent Ken, Evil Ryu, and for the first time in a competitive setting, Shin Akuma. USF2 would make its debut at Evo on August 5th with 20 players fighting it out to be the champion on the Nintendo Switch exclusive.

    Will the power of the final challengers trump the classic fighters?

    Bracket: https://www.start.gg/tournament/vortex-gallery/event/ultra-street-fighter-ii-usf2/overview

    1. x64

    2. docj88

    3. D.Owls

EVO 2022 - STREET FIGHTER ALPHA 3 TOURNAMENT

  • Street Fighter Alpha 3 ran on August 5th and caught the eye of VER, who without a doubt is the strongest player in the world coming from Japan. 23 other participants would battle it out to see who could beat the favorite including Kayaman, D44 Bas, ChoiBoy, Sabre, and more! There were a few bumps with production at the start of the tournament resulting in corrupt footage.

    Riz0ne and VodkaGobalsky cover commentary and eventually interview the grand champion!

    Bracket: https://www.start.gg/tournament/vortex-gallery/event/street-fighter-alpha-3-sfa3/overview

    1. ChoiBoy

    2. VER

    3. Bas