Top 8: Joker, Fujin, Kotal, Kabal, Spawn, Nightwolf, Sub-Zero, Kano, RoboCop, Shang, Kitana, Kung Lao, Liu Kang
FOXY GRANDPA CRIMINAL SCUM, king of hype reads, my man getting his god damn Fox Scalp. SonicFox the GOAT NRS player, the tyrant of MKX and so on, been rooting against this guy for almost a decade and it was nice to see Foxy get that great match win, even if he missed out top 3. Sonicfox is always good to watch but I wanted to see new blood and it's almost like Fox got bored on top of the hill
Speaking of which, the Chilean twins just coming out of nowhere(for me who didn't follow any fighter for months) was excellent, they showed all of the skills they needed and just had those young man reflexes. Nicolas just comes out swinging with the clean Fujin and ScorpionProcs ultimately won the day in a top 8 that felt like theirs to win. The Kabal conversions from Scorpion were unreal. Felt like he was that cheap computer AI who does max combos on every touch.
Rewind made a mistake by not going to character select to get a stage chance the first chance he got. Maybe he felt like it benefitted him but it really came back to bite him in the final round when ScorpionProcs pulled out the nasty airdash interactable tech for a full combo. But Rewind is an Evo champ and should be proud of his 2nd place.
I really enjoy this game. I don't love everything about it, but this was just a really fun top 8. Great play by everyone involved, great commentary from experienced vets and just hype fighting game sets. I thought I might check out of Evo after recent events but this was tight