Live: Catch All of the Super Smash Bros. Action from Evo 2015 - Day Two

Wii U finals and Melee semi-finals

by Thomas Whitehead Sat 18th Jul 2015

Evo 2015 (Evolution Championship Series) is really kicking into gear now, and today a Super Smash Bros. for Wii U champion will be crowned, before we then have the Melee semi-finals. Join us for the action!

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21:37

Comprehensive win for ZeRo, who books a place in the Grand Finals

21:35

Nairo has now lost two rounds to ZeRo in the Winners Finals

21:30

ZeRo takes the first round, but only just...

21:26

OK, it's a big one, Nairo vs ZeRo

21:22

ThomasBW84 said:

Melee semi-finals are due to start at 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern / 10pm UK / 11pm CET on the lower two streams.

21:21

ThomasBW84 said:

OK, I've added two more streams which will be showing Melee semi-finals, so I suggest pausing or muting those you don't want to watch.

17:53

ThomasBW84 said:

Hm, I'm struggling to see the stream. Need to nip away for my dinner / tea anyway, but I hope y'all enjoy!

17:37

Intense match, Esam takes it. Great showdown there.

17:34

One each, great match this - now for the decider

17:31

RC Regi vs PG Esam is now underway, and Pikachu is killing it!

17:08

Static Manny and HW FOW now, Ness Vs Sonic

17:06

That's it, impressive win for Nairo.

17:03

LOF False and Nairo is going to a decider, good stuff!

17:03

ThomasBW84 said:

Impressive comeback from Nairo, this is a much more entertaining match.

16:56

LOF False against Nairo now, this should be more like it.

16:52

Larry Lurr sees off CaptAwesum, which goes down well in the hall.

16:46

CaptAwesum isn't popular with his Villager tactics, and no wonder

16:44

ThomasBW84 said:

Pretty tetchy between the competitors! Captain Awesome (don't know the right spelling) isn't very popular in the hall.

16:26

ThomasBW84 said:

All competitors wearing shorts indoors should be disqualified.

16:24

Mr R is looking in good form in this match, crikey.

16:17

The first semi-final action is kicking off, plenty to enjoy through the rest of the day

16:14

It's Smash Bros. Wii U finals day at Evo, and the live stream is up and running.

15:31

Alright, here we go! The Smash Bros. Wii U semi-finals start at 8am Pacific / 11am Eastern / 4pm UK / 5pm CET, and a champion will be crowned. We'll add Melee streams later in the date when those semi-finals start.

luigithebatman said:

OK never mind now I know who won thanks to Google

luigithebatman said:

I missed the grand final of smash bros 4, so who won the match?

FriedSquid said:

whatd i miss

SlicingScyther said:

The audio desync in Melee is really annoying

OptometristLime said:

Fox, only Fox

Dr_Corndog said:

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a tad envious of his Smash skills.

LinkSword said:

storytime, nope he didn't

yes

Dr_Corndog said:

Seriously, though, that was cool.

Dr_Corndog said:

ZeRo won. Who'da thought it?

yeah, that was weird and incredible at the same time

ryanator008 said:

wat...

OptometristLime said:

Dang and Mr R was looking so good

Storytime7 said:

Wait, did ZeRo even lose a game this entire tournament?

wow

Storytime7 said:

*because Mr. R needs to take two sets

OptometristLime said:

Diddy being powerful, I can't get used to

Storytime7 said:

Good to see ZeRo starting off with Diddy. He can just go Sheik if it doesn't work out because Mr.

Dr_Corndog said:

Oh, good. Now I can actually tell who's who.

oh lol

sheik vs sheik huh

Dr_Corndog said:

Nairo just can't seem to finish, can he?

Go dutch!

nice comeback

LinkSword said:

ffffffffffffart hype

LinkSword said:

I hope Nairo will lose in Losers Finals. I'm a bit tired of him vs Zero to be honest, I want something different if the result is going to be the same anyway

ThomasBW84 said:

Ok, you should all be sorted for streams, I hope to be back again later.

Dr_Corndog said:

Nairo lost it after the second match. He had nothing that third match.

Dr_Corndog said:

Yeah, Nairo had both games and lost them both.

Dr_Corndog said:

Mmm, Nairo's not happy.

That scarf has a curse on it !!!

yokokazuo said:

I thought Nairo had that

aaaahhh maaan

ThomasBW84 said:

Ooh, sweet

Storytime7 said:

Winners finals

ThomasBW84 said:

So is this the final? I'm just back...

CapeSmash said:

I fought Nairo on For Glory not too long ago. I 2 stocked his Wii Fit Trainer with Ganondorf. But then he went Mac and he was pretty much unstoppable.

LinkSword said:

déja vu~

ThomasBW84 said:

Ok, y'all mute or pause the streams you don't want

LinkSword said:

Fart hype

luigithebatman said:

Dang....look at the crowd lol

ThomasBW84 said:

I'll force a refresh in a moment so we all have all three screens. Just mute and pause those you don't want. The bottom two screens have other games for another 35 minutes or so.

Monado_III said:

GET REKT!!

ThomasBW84 said:

Melee semi-finals are due to start at 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern / 10pm UK / 11pm CET on the lower two streams.

luigithebatman said:

In other words, if you want to defeat Rosalina just get better. Simple, there's no need for complaining

ThomasBW84 said:

OK, I've added two more streams which will be showing Melee semi-finals, so I suggest pausing or muting those you don't want to watch.

luigithebatman said:

In my opinion Rosalina is really annoying character to fight with but you could always find a way to defeat her with a better strategy. Debuz is just a great player

LinkSword said:

yeah he's a great rosalina player. I love the running dabuzzzz joke, though, even though I kind of enjoy his matches

Storytime7 said:

*those people.\

Storytime7 said:

Yeah, a lot of people don't like Rosalina because she's a top tier character that is good at playing defensively. Dabuz is the best Rosalina player, so he gets the most hate from th

LinkSword said:

I think that's a good attitude for Dabuz to have towards the hate. In other news, lol Ally.

luigithebatman said:

Ohh my bad I thought he was showing off to the audience that he won. That's why I was wrongly mad at him. I apologize what I said before

Storytime7 said:

I don't really think it's him being a jerk. He gets a lot of hate for using Rosalina, so I see it more as him showing that he doesn't care what people think of the way he plays.

luigithebatman said:

Thanks for the reply. Even though Debuz won hopefully someone else beats this stupid jerk

Storytime7 said:

Dabuz beat Fow 2-0.

luigithebatman said:

What did I missed?! Did Debuz won?! If he did, nooooooooo!!!!!!! I'm asking because Debuz was acting like a jerk to the audience

LinkSword said:

dabuz hy-zzzzzzz

nice! this one is gonna be exciting!

spamineggs said:

or not that round, lol

spamineggs said:

nope

ryanator008 said:

Pikachu can still win...

spamineggs said:

great comeback!

bizarre!

ryanator008 said:

Crazay!

lol

spamineggs said:

i did NOT see that coming!

SlicingScyther said:

Ugggghhhhh whyyyyy

scarfboy

spamineggs said:

damn! that was intense!

aaawww

SlicingScyther said:

NAIRO'S OUR BAIRO

Go dutch!

SlicingScyther said:

Yeah

I am glad they did that moment of silence of Mr Iwata

ah ok

SlicingScyther said:

I think that they're just changing who the commentators are as we are entering top 8

SlicingScyther said:

That's a really diverse top 8, I expected 1 or 2 more Sheik/Rosa players

wait, did it stop?

LinkSword said:

nice, I want this Ness to get far since he did us the favor of sending Manny to losers

SlicingScyther said:

THAT WAS AMAZING

Royalblues said:

that was cool though

Royalblues said:

Smash is fun to play, but boring to watch competitively to me.

Monado_III said:

WOOOOO! Canada

LinkSword said:

YESSSS

xInsomniax said:

w00t!!

Shrek_Is_Love said:

YES

SlicingScyther said:

Ally has already won, be it by timeout or KO

xInsomniax said:

Ally is making me nervous

epicmartin7 said:

This match is very intense!

Monado_III said:

YES

Shrek_Is_Love said:

YUS

xInsomniax said:

Leggo Ally

Monado_III said:

run to side -> side-b/down-b -> up-b -> aerials -> rinse repeat.

SlicingScyther said:

I don't really see why everyone has a problem with Sonic tbh

Monado_III said:

not Manny himself, just his (and everyone's) Sonic.

yokokazuo said:

Yay Ally! Was worried for a bit

SlicingScyther said:

Uhhh, why are you referring to Manny as cancer?

xInsomniax said:

LOL

Monado_III said:

Ally 1 - Cancer 0

Shrek_Is_Love said:

Ayyyy

Shrek_Is_Love said:

Me too

xInsomniax said:

I want Ally to pull this off

Shrek_Is_Love said:

A mighty ogre roar

Shrek_Is_Love said:

I like sonic, but his portrayal in smash 4 makes me want to Roar

Monado_III said:

so true

LinkSword said:

Ally vs Cancer...

Shrek_Is_Love said:

Lol I wish

Perhaps Reggie will enter, revealing his last attempt was just deliberate to make us think he is crap.

yokokazuo said:

Good thing it isn't Reggie

xInsomniax said:

No, it's Regi

I heard the name Reggie... but its THE Reggie

epicmartin7 said:

That stinks. I had faith in Ally...

yokokazuo said:

That was an unfortunate end... Ally accidentally SD'd

epicmartin7 said:

Wait, what happened? I missed it because of an ad -_-.

Dr_Corndog said:

Well, that was...ugh.

Shrek_Is_Love said:

Ouch

Dr_Corndog said:

I'm rooting for the Mario main and the underdog.

Dr_Corndog said:

Aww.

Monado_III said:

well, no clue who I want to win this, I like ZeRo but I'm Canadian soo....

yokokazuo said:

Go Canada!

LinkSword said:

that was gooood

xInsomniax said:

Abadango FTW

xInsomniax said:

What a match!!!!!

Shrek_Is_Love said:

HYDRANT

Shrek_Is_Love said:

Shrekt

Monado_III said:

get rekt

LinkSword said:

Go Esam, go~

xInsomniax said:

Let's go!!

Shrek_Is_Love said:

APPLEZ

Monado_III said:

same, pac man FTW.

Shrek_Is_Love said:

Cmon abadango!

xInsomniax said:

I was rooting for abadango

epicmartin7 said:

That match was close!

xInsomniax said:

What a game!

Monado_III said:

wow

xInsomniax said:

Nairo is dirty! So good

LinkSword said:

56 percent kill, pretty dayum-worthy stuff

Storytime7 said:

I looked away for a second, and Nairo won.

epicmartin7 said:

No Johns

haha....

LinkSword said:

Jon*, and everyone knows...

epicmartin7 said:

*John

epicmartin7 said:

Er... I don't think that's Jon Tron.

LinkSword said:

haha, I did think the guy looked like a skinnier Jon

Why is John Tron commentating?

Dr_Corndog said:

I love seeing a competitive Ness.

Shrek_Is_Love said:

Yup

epicmartin7 said:

Sorry, accidently hit enter -_-. Still EVo is getting exciting!

epicmartin7 said:

Monado_III said:

Someone could use a brand new character against ZeRo and he'd make it look like he's studied the matchup for hours.

LinkSword said:

zero analyzes everything you do in the first match and turns it all against you in the second. It's impressive and demoralizing on equal levels

Storytime7 said:

ZeRo adapts so fast. So few people use WFT, but it looks like ZeRo has played this matchup hundreds of times.

There is a competitive wii fit trainer???

LinkSword said:

too bad he lost the first life, that's fatal against such a good sheik

LinkSword said:

damn, john numbers is doing far better than I figured

Storytime7 said:

E3 grand finals.

LinkSword said:

zero vs john numbers, interesting xD

Storytime7 said:

The ending of that last match reminded me of doubles grand finals from Apex.

VeeFlamesNL said:

Abednego vs... who now?

Monado_III said:

everyone likes that guy

LinkSword said:

great, Sky is coming to provide commentary. I really like that guy

Monado_III said:

yesssss

thegreninja47 said:

wow

LinkSword said:

that was extreme

mariovslink62 said:

SOOO CLOSE!

Storytime7 said:

Wow, that was disappointing.

xInsomniax said:

woooooooow

LinkSword said:

yes, both are entertaining to watch

xInsomniax said:

This is more exciting than I was expecting

LinkSword said:

daaaarn

LinkSword said:

yeah, there isn't really much else you can pull off with him in high levels I think

Storytime7 said:

@LinkSword He's good, but I feel like his playstyle is kinda gimmicky. I guess you have to be with a character like Pac-man.

xInsomniax said:

Flag*

xInsomniax said:

Slag shows japan tho

LinkSword said:

I think Abadango is the Mexican player, although I might be mixing up names

mariovslink62 said:

I was hoping to see that Mexican Pac-Man player here, but this is good too!

epicmartin7 said:

I keep on getting spammed with a bunch of ads XD

LinkSword said:

abadango is so good...

ThomasBW84 said:

Oh well, at least you guys can see it!

Storytime7 said:

Diddy vs. Pac-man? I've only played this matchup from Diddy's side.

LinkSword said:

the match is beginning

LinkSword said:

yep

ThomasBW84 said:

I'm getting buffering, all ok for you guys?

LinkSword said:

EVO has like a bazillion brackets as far as I know and then they converge for finals

LinkSword said:

he's in another bracket, I think

VeeFlamesNL said:

Who's next?!

mariovslink62 said:

Hey anyone know what happened to CT Zero?

LinkSword said:

great job esam

LinkSword said:

I feel conflicted, I wanted both to win

VeeFlamesNL said:

...

Storytime7 said:

That was close. Esam almost threw it away.

mariovslink62 said:

Dang.

xInsomniax said:

GG esam

xInsomniax said:

Regi....

VeeFlamesNL said:

Pikachu...

ThomasBW84 said:

What a combo that is.

LinkSword said:

woahhhh

Storytime7 said:

This Game & Watch player is good. It's great to see people going far with characters like that.

xInsomniax said:

Leggo Regi!

LinkSword said:

I'm really liking Regi as well

epicmartin7 said:

Why do I always laugh when the commentators say Reggie XD.

ThomasBW84 said:

I love watching these guys play, awesome.

VeeFlamesNL said:

Sweet!

mariovslink62 said:

Just gotta use that bucket..

xInsomniax said:

Awesome!!!

LinkSword said:

agreed

ThomasBW84 said:

This is a good match!

LinkSword said:

the only other guy who took games from him was Nairo, so definitely watch out for Esam I'd say

LinkSword said:

esam actually took a game from ZeRo in CEO

VeeFlamesNL said:

Holy... that Pikachu, tho!

LinkSword said:

esam is love

xInsomniax said:

What a comeback!!

LinkSword said:

the pattern seems to be one underwhelming set and then an entertaining one

Monado_III said:

http://www.twitch.tv/srkevo2/profile/past_broadcasts here's the melee stuff, can't find the wii u

mariovslink62 said:

You missed an EPIC Ness PK thunder combo.

xInsomniax said:

I'd love to see a G&W player in the finals

VeeFlamesNL said:

Hey guys! What's happening?

mariovslink62 said:

I can't find it on Twitch.

Monado_III said:

it will probably eventually get uploaded to youtube + twitch has a way to watch previous broadcats

mariovslink62 said:

Is there a way to watch day one? I need to know whats happening! Oh and great Ness Thunder

LinkSword said:

I'm chatting about this on skype with three more friends and we pretty much all shouted victory at once when he got the lead in percentage haha

LinkSword said:

true, storytime

Storytime7 said:

*time

Storytime7 said:

That's one of the few times I'm glad a match went to tme.

Monado_III said:

Suck it sonic

ThomasBW84 said:

Yeah, great ending.

yokokazuo said:

That was a pretty intense ending though haha

LinkSword said:

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

mariovslink62 said:

Man, it sucks when you can't go back to watch the previous broadcast to find out what's going on.

Monado_III said:

Sonic spams one move that is incredibly hard to approach unlike Rosalina who at lest uses more than one move

ThomasBW84 said:

Yeah, playing someone who's good with Rosalina isn't my favourite Smash Bros. pastime

Monado_III said:

Sonic is more boring then rosalina to watch.

LinkSword said:

I missed yesterday's pools so I was wishing they had already eliminated him, but no luck

ThomasBW84 said:

Friggin Smashville

LinkSword said:

indeed

Storytime7 said:

This Sonic player is so boring to watch.

LinkSword said:

nooo...

LinkSword said:

yessss

LinkSword said:

it's just a gimmicky too-fast-to-react-to/catch, pretty much

ThomasBW84 said:

I never warmed to Sonic in Smash Bros.

LinkSword said:

ughhhhhh.... nightmarish match-up for viewers

epicmartin7 said:

Zero will probably will win, but I wouldn't count Nairo out just yet.

LinkSword said:

sonic un-hype incoming.... ugghhhhh

xInsomniax said:

Really solid ZSS

LinkSword said:

I think Zero will win in the end, but a turnabout would be really hype

yokokazuo said:

haha, didn't see that

epicmartin7 said:

*Zero's Sheik. @_@

yokokazuo said:

I kind of want to see a new winner, maybe a different character

epicmartin7 said:

Anyone hoping someone beats Sheik's Zero?

yokokazuo said:

Caught a bit of the beginning yesterday and started watching a few matches ago

ThomasBW84 said:

I missed a lot of yesterday.

ThomasBW84 said:

Ah, what LinkSword said

yokokazuo said:

Oh I see

New_3DaSh_XL said:

Yes, he is

ThomasBW84 said:

I think he is, they keep mentioning him, not sure though.

LinkSword said:

he is, and has won everything thus far

yokokazuo said:

I kind of forget, but is Zero no participating in EVO?

ThomasBW84 said:

Dat combo

LinkSword said:

great spike

LinkSword said:

not to the pits, it buuuuurnnnsss

ThomasBW84 said:

Whoof

ThomasBW84 said:

Man, I like playing as Zero Suit Samus and wish I could put together combos like that.

LinkSword said:

yeah, nairo kind of fell like a sack of lead there... too bad

epicmartin7 said:

All the SD's in this game are ridiculous

LinkSword said:

now this is an EVO fight

No custom love for you

xInsomniax said:

OH,off topic over here lol

xInsomniax said:

I dream about another CustomRobo game

LinkSword said:

yes, there's customs

Wait, is this custom?

LinkSword said:

true, Captain's face at the end tasted like sweet sweet glory to me

epicmartin7 said:

The amount of Salt is just real.

LinkSword said:

great~

xInsomniax said:

What a third match!!!

ThomasBW84 said:

YEAH!

LARRYLARRYLARRY

Dat villager is awful....

Sooooo lag

ThomasBW84 said:

Larry! Larry! Larry!

xInsomniax said:

What up Larry!

LinkSword said:

now sheik should just dodge until time is out. I'd laugh so hard... it'd be perfect karma

xInsomniax said:

Go Larry!

ThomasBW84 said:

BOOM

epicmartin7 said:

This match does seem more defensive than others with Villagers Customs.

ThomasBW84 said:

Haha, at least the commentators are making the best they can of it.

ThomasBW84 said:

Larry! Larry! Larry!

epicmartin7 said:

Here we go!

LinkSword said:

it's as cancerous as StaticManny's Sonic from CEO

LinkSword said:

please kick that villager out

xInsomniax said:

I'm rooting for Larry, come on!

ThomasBW84 said:

Boo

xInsomniax said:

Haven't seen much of this match but less exciting than Mr R

ThomasBW84 said:

Yeah, this isn't a great advert at the moment.

LinkSword said:

customs make everything less exciting. Hopefully this'll be the last EVO with them on

xInsomniax said:

Thanks Thomas!

ThomasBW84 said:

This is the second match I think.

epicmartin7 said:

Livin' Like Larry

xInsomniax said:

I had to grab some food, is this the 2nd or 3rd match? Basically, have i missed much?

LinkSword said:

it may be a crap match-up for villager without camping but it still makes for boring viewing

ThomasBW84 said:

I may not be an expert, but that Villager tactic was bleh.

ThomasBW84 said:

YES!

ThomasBW84 said:

Buy some baggy trousers / pants if you have to. I'm sure they have air conditioning!

ThomasBW84 said:

Don't care

New_3DaSh_XL said:

It's Vegas, Thomas

LinkSword said:

yep, they really do push the envelope in terms of what you can pull off with a character

ThomasBW84 said:

When I watch these guys I find myself thinking "that character can do THAT?" way too often.

LinkSword said:

Mr R is really rocking it today

ThomasBW84 said:

Well, that was comprehensive.

Shirma_Akayaku said:

Just a few minutes left...

ThomasBW84 said:

Ducking in and out, but waiting for it all to kick off.

ThomasBW84 said:

I'm here

Shirma_Akayaku said:

I'm pretty excited. Are you here Thomas?

ThomasBW84 said:

Alright, here we go! The Smash Bros. Wii U semi-finals start at 8am Pacific / 11am Eastern / 4pm UK / 5pm CET, and a champion will be crowned. We'll add Melee streams later in the date when those semi-finals start.