Well, I suppose if that happened, then that genie would technically be outside the bottle at all times?
Or wait, would it be that we're all inside the bottle?
Uh oh...

Well, I suppose if that happened, then that genie would technically be outside the bottle at all times?
Or wait, would it be that we're all inside the bottle?
Uh oh...
As someone who primarily played in 2009-2013, I'm amazed at evo 2023 entrant numbers vs what im used to
So, evo 2010-2014 numbers were usually about these:
SF4: around 1500-2000
bb/gg: 500-1000
tekken: 300-500
nethereralms games: 200-500
mvc3: 1200
kof: 500
Now, evo 2023:
sf6: 7000
ggstrive: 2500
tekken: 1500
umvc3: 1300
dbfz: 800
kof5: 666 (!)
melty blood: 500
mk11: 450
SF6 has 7 fucking thousand! Thats more than the total attendants of any of those cited previous EVOs, and for some its more than double!
GG Strive has more entrants than literally any game pre-2015! That's fucking amazing- non-capcom games were significantly mocked and sidelined back then, and now one eclipses anything from that era.
Tekken grew threefold!
Melty has more entrants than almost any non-capcom non-smash game in 2009-2014!
Its just really cool to see as someone who came back after 10 years, especially for arcsys stuff.
Also, if anyone whines about an EVO 2023 mainline game being "dead", command grab them because they're having suuuch a warped perspective, lol.