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At least no one can question our dedication, haha.

So to start, Guilty Gear. There was a decent crowd turnout considering it was at 8am and it was Guilty Gear, but the people that were there were turnt. Now, Im complete trash at anime games in general, but I have a lot of appreciation for them, especially Guilty Gear. I was originally rooting for the Jam player, but Lost Soul, the American player, had the crowd going crazy, so it was impossible not to root for him. Jiyuna was the in house announcer, and he was so blatantly biased towards Lost Soul that it was kind of funny. Any time Lost Soul was doing Elphelts shotgun loops, the crowd was going nuts. At one point this kid, who was probably about 16, sat down next to me and his mom was with him. His mom clearly had no idea what was going on, but any time the crowd the crowd cheered she gave an enthusiastic WOOOOO and would wave a little flag around. That shit had me rollin. Anyway, Lost Souls run was crazy hype (the best an American has ever done in Guilty Gear, I think?) but Omito was incredibly impressive as well.

After Guilty, my group left the venue for a little while to get some lunch because none of us really cared about Melee. So I guess we werent there the full 16 hours, but still. We came back in time for Melee top 4, and it was fine. Im glad Leffen won. Im not 100% sure, but was Plup having a panic attack on stage or something? He really did not seem okay. I legitimately felt really bad for the guy. After the medal ceremony, they revealed Astaroth and Mina, which was awesome.

Finally, it was time for the main event. Let me just say that the Tekken top 8 was phenomenal. I was worried top 8 would be inundated with Jacks and Kazumis and be a real snoozer, so thank god we only had one Jack. I sincerely hope that you all enjoyed that top 8 a tenth as much as I did. Lil Majin, man. Ive been a fan of his for a long ass time. My brother mains King, and Lil Majin is pretty much his hero. We both watch his stream frequently. Hes a really likeable, chill guy and obviously super fun to watch. I would have wagered before EVO that Majin was the American with the best shot to make top 8, and Im so unbelievable glad that he did. That man is hype incarnate. Majin getting bodied 3-0 by JDCR and then opening a can of whoop ass and running it back might have been the most amazing thing Ive ever seen. The crowd was absolutely loving it. Every time King did a running jaguar bomb, the crowd did the powerbomb motion and then yelled a satisfying UHH when he slammed them to the ground. It was fucking great. Its too bad Majin couldnt have gone all the way, but his whole run was god-tier. I completely wrecked my voice from cheering so loud. Ill give it up though, Lowhigh was playing out of his mind and he absolutely deserved the win. He was killing it with the slides and his whiff punishes were hella clean.

And as if the Tekken top 8 wasnt sick enough, Harada comes out and completely blows my mind. I was just expecting maybe a trailer for Lei and thats it. But no, he comes out here and gives me Anna, who is my favorite Tekken character of all time. Yall dont even understand, I was literally shaking in the arena. I was almost in tears. Her new costume is amazing, her new moves look amazing, just everything about her was amazing. And then Lei too? I mean his face kind of looked fucked up, but still, its Lei! Hes awesome. Negan is whack, but there were 3 other characters slots too! The announcement seriously shattered all of my puny expectations. I am so unbelievable pumped for Season 2 of Tekken. I just hope that it comes out relatively soon. It was just so damn cool to be there in person for when my favorite character was revealed. There arent even words to express the ecstasy.
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