How to watch and how to organize a Puyo Puyo Champions Tournament at AnimEVO
Image: A screenshot of Shirobrawl and S2′s match in the top 8 of the 2019 AnimEVO Puyo Puyo Champions Tournament
By Don (@opobjectives)
EVO 2019 was held a few weekends ago in Las Vegas, with thousands of people competing in a range of competitive games. While the spotlight was on fighting games with larger communities and budgets, a variety of side tournaments were held at the same time under the AnimEVO 2019 umbrella. Side tournaments are a hallmark of the fighting game community, often relying on self-organization and focusing on games produced by Japanese game studios. Rather than being broadcast on one of EVO’s main streams, or on one with a game publisher’s imprint, they rely on their communities for broadcast, commentary, and organization. All of that is why the tournament that I wanted to tune into the most was the self-organized, six hour, double-elimination event for Puyo Puyo Champions.
