MK9 high-level seemed completely bonkers.

I had the sound on, but couldn't stay awake through it... Quite a turn up. 
Can't wait for the vid.

Saw the KOF grand final though... That was quite entertaining.

Though I was rooting for Bala, I've nothing but total respect for the small band of hardcore players (the Cafe ID delegation) dedicated enough to train for X thousand hours on a marginalised title (so I've heard), and travel X thousand miles to put on a show...

You're right...

That was pretty cool.

A forum mo-capper.

Daigo's not the most random, and it's a very mature game. Shit-or-bust players have a great chance against him en masse, but he'll always beat most of them on consistency.

ST top 8 was by far the best, great games and genuine joyfully enthusiastic commentary from Chen & Ultradavid. Gave me a new appreciation of the game.

I thought the AE top 8 was a bit crap, to be honest. Over far too quickly, too many one-sided beatdowns.

GameSpot's YouTube channel has a lot of videos from the EVO finals, and some interviews.

Q: did anyone contact The Shend about the move? (see what I did there)

I'll text him

St finals O_O

I think they got rid of invincible startup frames on the light headbutt, but then put it in back in for 2012 cos it they realised taking it out had made him shit (if I ever played as Honda, it's what I would use most.  Anti air light headbutt into super does FUCKTON damage).  Not sure about any other changes.

Akuma, alas. In defence, I do put it about in Tekken.

Thanks for that.

Who did wong lose to and why? Anyone see the matches?

Also what happened to Jason an James?

He went out to that dude from Texas, Chiang I think he's called. Bit sad, after beating Kazunoko who apparently has the best Yun in the whole world he then plays an American one and gets punted out. 

AE top 8 was fairly dire, Poongko looking plain shit (apart from the P) and everything else being fairly predictable, great showing by Dieminion to take it that far but I had little hope for him getting past his first fight in the final stages. Once Infiltration offed Daigo it was pretty much nailed on, he was phenomenal. Was strange having so many big names missing from the end as well, after CEO I thought Ricky O was looking really strong to challenge for the number one headband this year. 

KoF and Marvel finals were absolutely cracking though, really enjoyed them. 

Apart from a general damage nerf didn't they give Honda's U2 some frames of start up? Immediately making it absolutely useless, I know Ross used to run with it and had some sneaky set ups too.

Brooks wrote:

Is SC5 actually a solid game?

Yes. Superior even to SC2 IMHO. I played it lots before concentrating on SFxT for Evo. I think you would like Algol, Brooks.