EVOLUTION 2014 - TOP 5 HYPE MOMENTS (Fighting Game World Championship) 

_"Moments like these are why we play fighting games."_ Goddamn right.

Seriously, that 1st place is like a fucking show. The underdog getting kicked out by his arch enemy, only to train against others and to come back in the last, final gigantic battle. The archrival is cocky at first, but soon realizes that this guy isn't the same one he won against before. This time, it is for real. One round after another they trade, nobody has the upper hand for long. Until that one, final, lucky shot of the underdog... goddamn this is amazing.

For those putting down BBCP finals - put it this way: Gallreo lost 0-3 to Dogura in Winner's Final, won over DoraBang 3-2, then beat Dogura 3-2, 3-2. That's 18 sets straight he had to play in extremely emotional states, where he went 9-9 in total sets. There was five separate moments in the Grand Finals where Dogura was on tournament point and couldn't close it out because Gallreo pulled off some crazy miracle comeback (sometimes with only pixels of life left.) And remember this is being shown in front of thousands in attendance, thousands watching at home on Twitch and back in Japan on Nico Douga, and with $35,000 USD on the line and the title of BlazBlue World Champion on the grandest Fighting Game Tournament stage in the world, EVO 2014. BTW, I believe this is the only case I know of in EVO Grand Finals history of someone winning the tournament from losers 3-2, 3-2. Justin Wong came close to doing the feat last year in the UMvC3 finals against Flocker but dropped the very last set, losing 3-2, 2-3.

Dude...that Garireo....one of the most epic things I've ever seen in my life. What a monumental effort. Seriously. What heart, determination. A WILL TO WIN. So awesome.

#1 got me SO EMOTIONAL.

Blazblue managed to get 80k views for its grandfinal. For a niche anime fighter, and considering it wasn't at a desirable time slot, this is a VERY solid reception. With Persona 4 Arena Ultimax and Guilty Gear Xrd coming out this year, I have this glimmer of hope that airdashers will dominate EVO next year. The hype is real!

It's been 6 years and I still watch the epic comeback at number 1.

I'm a melee player, and I teared up at number one. I truly respect BlazBlue (if I spelled that right Lol)

Max knows what's up! Blazblue was without a doubt the hypest grand finals (and finals in general) of the entire tournament.

The BlazBlue tournament was completely fucking awesome even beyond the great grand finals! There were some great US vs Japan moments in pools, with the US even occasionally coming out on top. TWO cosplayers in top 8 with Dora striking poses everywhere! Pop's Platinum was hype as hell! A brilliant Tager in top 8! Zero Kokonoes making it to top 8! The grand finals winner breaking down in tears, the runner up's wife breaking down in tears, Mori giving Garireo a huge hug on the stage and then breaking down in tears when talking about the attention his game was getting! It just makes the finals even more amazing when put into context. You could make a movie out of this one tournament!

I cried for garireo. That epicness

When Dogura hit that astral I was literally crying, I thought the dream was dead, but the dream never dies. Great work Garireo

Number 1 is completely mind blowing and awe inspiring. The insane amount of skill you need to have to be good at BlazBlue is incredibly difficult to attain, so many hours need to be poured in to make sure that you have the combos memorised, the right combos stringed together, and to not mention the damn muscle memory to input the combos correctly every time, because take it from a fairly longtime player, they are really damn hard to get correct every time, especially the longer combos. So to see a player come back from something like that, this is one of the very few times I will justify crying after winning something, because it is a one in a million chance that you could bring yourself back from the brink so many times and end up winning against the very person you initially lost against. Absolutely a highlight of EVO for all time.

Dude dressed as Hiryu in the Blazblue top 3 is cool af not only for his outfit and his crazy play/character but for that sportsmanship at the end! He for real...like he said to himself "this guy wants it more than me. fair and square. im gonna support him in front of all these people after losing instead of getting an attitude." The Striders would be proud.

>Hypest moment on the history of the hypest moments >No Blazblue this year.

I'm glad max put Blazblue at number 1, that comeback deserved that spot.

Randomly decided to watch BB finals live that day. Was not disappointed at all, that was so damn hype even though I don't know the game very well.

The BlazBlue grand final had everyone on edge. Garireo was constantly being pushed to the brink of defeat but he never gave up. I can't blame the guy for breaking down after winning. Garireo was Evo's hero this year.

The BlazBlue grand finals were fantastic. Excellent first year on the main stage. I hope this brings some much needed attention to one of the deepest fighting game series on the market right now.

DESTRUCTIOONNNNNNNNNN! -Me 2014

Usually, EVO causes a bit of a boost for certain characters you see online. This year, it would not surprise me if it caused a full-out sales boost for Chrono Phantasma. Those finals may have been the most hype grand finals in EVO history.

There was a ton of hype moments. Evo this year was awesome.

I literally don't play any of these games but this video is fucking amazing.

Number 1 has to be the best thing I have ever seen

I'm not too big on fighting games, but DAMN, EVO this year makes me wanna learn how to get good at one!

Evo 2014 A year of upsets, comebacks, salt, tears, and Baja blast.

I dont play BB, however, that moment right there, is the reason EVERY fighting game player wants to play fighting games, he overcame what seemed to be insurmountable odds, as well as the pressure he must have been feeling would have been enough for any player to crumble at any given point, but he rose above all the adversity and had his head held high. great evo this year

“HAS THE KING RETURNED?!?” "HAS THE MARVEL GOD RETURNED TO HIS THRONE?!?" That phrase is what I’ll remember of EVO 2014

I'm a big Blazblue fan and I am so happy to see how everyone enjoyed Blazblue's showing at EVO this year. Moreover, having the views it did gives me hope and confidence that BB will get alot more attention from the FGC from this point forward. The future is bright for that game franchise thanks to those who entered the BB EVO tournament. :)

This video is so damn good. This is the video which introduced me to fighting games other than Super Smash Brothers Melee, and honestly, whenever I watch the Blazblue GF, I get chills, and even more, whenever I hear the quote "moments like these are why we play fighting games," I can feel tears welling up. Watching such a set full of emotion, hearing so much emotion from the commentators and remembering my passion for the game, it's not hard to see what makes fighting games so lovable for me. The amount of skill, effort, and passion put in by each player shows, and makes for wonderful moments, like the ones that Max shows off. Please keep making these Max, and none developing fighting games, please show some care for your community, because they care for what you do.

Blazblue DEFINITELY showed the word its strengths in EVO. Character variety, great technical fighting, many types of metagames, solid core gameplay mechanics, it just had it all. It's a far cry from a few years ago when a Noel player won with the typical Noel offensive vortex in a snoozer of a showing. And now it's arguably one of the best main eventers at Evo. I hope Blazblue continues strong into Evo and hopefully more viewers will be hyped beforehand instead of finding out mid-tourney that this is awesome stuff.

Am I the only one who gets choked up in the end when Garireo wins? I've seen this streaming live last year, and seen it many times over and it was the hypest match I've ever seen. I seriously don't think any match to come will ever top this.

When BB's finals were in the books, I knew nothing else would top it. Glad to see Max and everyone else giving it the respect it deserves despite not playing the game. On another note, Luffy's performance has finally given me an idea on who to main once USF4 physical comes out.

tht blazblue part made me cry so much emotion

I watch the Evo highlight videos back every year but man that Blazblue finals was truly special. Gets me every time.

I come back to see this only for Galileo’s comeback. It’s incredible how hard we works to get to Finals and overcomes the man who sent him to Losers bracket. All hail Galileo.

1st place is sooooooooooo much deserved, that thing was THE HYPEST.

It took me an entire year for some reason, but now I realize why Dogura seemed so broken after 15:30 happened. When he teched, he didn't block. He had a free punish, but he didn't block. The mind crush is too strong!

The biggest what if moment is when Dogura teched out of Litchi's super and didn't block before the final match. He could of ended it....

The USF4 and BBCP Grand Finals were some of the best games I have seen, and definitely worth the hype that is attributed to it. Both Louffy and Garireo coming out from Losers, resetting the bracket and taking every opportunity to end their long, bitter journey with a triumphant victory as grand champions is the stuff of legends! No amount of hype is enough. This truly was an epic year for EVO!

I see a little silhouette of a man Dogura! Dogura! will you do the fandango? Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me Galileo! Galileo! Galileo! Galileo! Galileo Figaro! Magnifico, oh!

Love coming back to these. Classic Max, and EVO stuff. It was a much simpler time

I still come back to this and watch the Galileo clips. I'm not even a BlazBlue fan, but watching this dude fight and claw from certain death so many times; you can't help but get emotionally invested in his journey. One of my all time favorite EVO moments.

That one Nigga holding up a waifu in the crowd lel

I find myself returning to rewatch this video whenever I need uplifted. Watching the No.1 live was one of the hypest things i've ever seen and it's one of those moments i'll remember for a long time. Makes me want to train for next Evo because this video would give me all the drive I need.

I have never seen BlazBlue competitive play before this EVO, but I have to say, when I watched Garireo comeback like this, I just knew that this was gonna be the most hype moment in this EVO. Amazing to watch.

"Smash Bros Melee and it's potential final year" -Watching this in 2017, Melee is still in EVO...

Those last Garireo fights are definately on the best EVO moments ever. It was legendary, he was about to lose so many times it's ridiculous.

Wow, music sure does make things more intense than they really are, haha. I was so engaged because of the music you chose, Max. XD

Damn, I only joined the FGC about a year ago and holy fuck, I wish I was part of it for this year, all 5 of these moments are remembered as some of the greatest moments in all of Evo, and they all happened in one single year one after another.... Holy shit

@4:15 A whole room grown men, chanting Pikachu. And this is why fighting games are fucking awesome.

People were in tears during the Galileo climb out of losers all the way through the end of grand finals. Every moment it was over he'd climb up and fight and claw and inch his way out. It was incredibly tremendous to watch this man. I have never seen anything like this tourney at the end. This game needs support. This was amazing.

Those Blazblue finals were just amazing. You always thought Dogura was gonna take it, but Garireo always came back and at the end he took it. These Blazblue grand finals were as good or better than the KOF 2012 grand finals.

I cried at the end

Man I remember watching that last set back in 2014. It was the reason I tried Blazblue and have loved the series ever since.

This was the first year where I actually watched the live streaming, and I'm so glad I did. Got to see the grand finals for Blazblue, UMVC3 and USF4 and they were all an absolute treat to watch. Looking forward to watching next year!

That number 1 moment is the craziest efforts of all time

Hey guys, since I myself was always wondering which tracks were played during the #1, I'm making a comment here, because I finally found out! Beginning at ~11:10 is X-Ray Dog - Fighting Chance and at ~15:00 it's X-Ray Dog - Overcome

Beautiful, it's incredibly powerful videos like these that keeps fighting games burning strong. I couldn't have asked for a better post EVO hype video Max. Sharing the moments of tears and raised fists as well as the moments of the falls and births of gods.

I think this was the best top 5 out of the past ones that Max has done for the fact that this one made me feel like the comebacks were huge and that it was the only top 5 so far to make a few tears come out from the amount of emotion throughout it.

Max, you should honor it a bit more with a week of Blazblue Chronophantasma. *crosses fingers hoping he does that at least once*

15:33 I love this moment. Everything about Garireo’s run was just incredible. Every time I see that pop off at the end I tear up because of the effort he went through to earn that title of BBCP Champion.

Evo 14 was the best year ever. So many great moments, I only hope we can get another one like this.

Blazblue is the most technical game I've ever played. You will get decimated unless you put some serious effort into it.

just seeing all these people cheering for Justin Wong, it makes me think, remember back when everyone used to boo that guy? He used to be the villain, now he's the hero.

Almost a year later and I still get chills from watching this. Only thing is I wish Max would've included the FChamp vs JWong match because the end of that was INSANE HYPE!! :D Can't wait to watch Evo 2015!! :D :D

I personally don't think there is any other tournament in the world that encapsulates so much epic moments. Love watching Evo every year and hope to head over some year to experience the event first hand! World tournament epicness!

Max's presentation in these EVO moments video is incredible. Thx max

THE VIDEO IS BACK GOD BLESS

I dont realy watch BB but damn that final got me into it. I mean its propably the most epic comeback i have ever seen.

I've never played BazBlue but with the music building up the epic come back and the guys reaction at the end when he finally wins looks priceless. Looks like it was a solid event.

I was up to see Garireo do that comeback live, my hands were over my mouth in freakin' awe at the sheer passion this guy had for trying to take the crown. It was such a stressful set to watch during Grand Finals and I have insane respect for his perseverance. That definitely deserves to be the most memorable moment of Evo 2014, and it'll be hard to beat.

As always Max thank you for doing this Hype compilation! I did not see BlazBlue's tourney but seeing it round up like that this brought tears to my eyes. I've never seen a player so intense !

"This man is not human right now. This man is not human right now! This man is a legend! This is the birth of a God!" One of the GREATEST commentator lines I ever heard.

Kudos on the music Max from one Max to another you made these moments over the top hypeness over 9000 !

I didn't get to watch any EVO coverage so this was great for me, thanks Max.

I think I've seen this video like a thousand times and still tears up at the blazblue moment, that was just epic

Honestly, 2014 was full of the biggest highlights in the game. Justin reclaimed his throne, Pikachu's schooled out domination against Fox even though Fox is the strongest character, Louffy defeated Bonchan's signature Sagat, Galileo finally defeats Dogura using his Litchi Faye Ling against Dogura's undefeatable Azrael

Excellent Top 5 Maximilian. I agree with all your choices as well as the order you put them in. That BlazBlue Grand Final will go down as one of the most incredible moments in EVO history. Galireo came back from the verge of being eliminated so many goddamn times. By the end I was almost as emotional as he was, and I was only watching it!

I'm so glad all these old videos are back. The whole ordeal with the MCN was definitely a blessing in disguise. I can't wait to see the future content you'll be able to put out. The potential is limitless.

Perfect. Really glad you picked Blazblue as number one. I dont know why, but for some reason I thought you would pick something dumb like Killer Instinct, but you made the right choice. That match was definitely the hypest moment for EVO 2014.

The N.1 was defenetly the best moment in evo history

This is the kind of content the FGC really needs, highlighting the emotional intensity and the highest levels of play with superb audio and video editing.

I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS LIST!

blazblue final was awesome but playing a bit of it myself (and being rubbish at it) some of the stuff i see i know how hard it is to do which makes me appreciate it that much more the same with KOFXIII

Great editing and voicework

this evo had some of the most memorable fgc moments of all time, so sick

That was so hype. I watched 4 out of 5 of these matches live, but this video brought back the feels moments.

#1 gave me chills all the way through

Blazblue IS the Hypest of EVO 2014, it was just shocking and a bit of a relief that a kokonoe player didn't take the finals.

Thanks for making this video for us every year Max. I really appreciate it. Thank You!!!

The little nod at the end from dogura totally makes this. its like he's saying "yeah, thats how it should be" I dont even play the fighting games on this list, but just watching them is wonderful.

When I was watching the blazblue finals I was at the edge of my seat, the hype lasted so long and it was so fucking strong too. Truly the GOAT moment of EVO. Also, raise your dong for Justin Wong :^)

god #1 makes me smile uncontrollably

omg that was so hype thanks for uploading max keep up the great work

Your choice of music was impeccable sir! Awesome video!

louffy was a pad player right?

Im Glad you picked Blazblue as the first one it was indeed the best final in the evo this year

HYPE video Maximilian. Thanks for putting it together.

No more super short clips in the highlights awesome. What a great compilation Max, Great video.