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[/rightw]Tom Cannon, co-founder of EVO, sheds some light in regards to why Super Smash Bros. Melee was not adapted into the original top 7 EVO games despite taking an overwhelming majority in the Facebook community poll:
"The poll we put on Facebook was a fun way for us to gauge interest in what fighting games people were playing competitively."
"It was never meant to be a scientific measure of which community or game would be best for the lineup. That said, we did learn that there are tons of fighting games out there with huge fan-bases who all want to see their games played competitively on the world’s largest stage."
"Rather than single one out, we chose to give them all a shot by creating the Player Choice category."
It appears that the Facebook community poll may have originally been designed to seed specific games into being selectable for the Player's Choice slot. However, this was not confirmed.
It is also worth mentioning that Smash has been "singled out" yet again:
Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/evo-cofounder-sounds-off-6402636
"The poll we put on Facebook was a fun way for us to gauge interest in what fighting games people were playing competitively."
"It was never meant to be a scientific measure of which community or game would be best for the lineup. That said, we did learn that there are tons of fighting games out there with huge fan-bases who all want to see their games played competitively on the world’s largest stage."
"Rather than single one out, we chose to give them all a shot by creating the Player Choice category."
It appears that the Facebook community poll may have originally been designed to seed specific games into being selectable for the Player's Choice slot. However, this was not confirmed.
It is also worth mentioning that Smash has been "singled out" yet again:
- $14,268 Super Smash Bros. Melee
- $6,650 Skullgirls
- $5,235 MLP, Fighting is Magic
- $1,581 Dead or Alive 5
- $1,210 Guilty Gear XX, Accent Core Plus
Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/evo-cofounder-sounds-off-6402636
