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I attended EVO Japan this year. Like previous years, I again volunteered to help the tournament. You can read about my experience volunteering for EVO Japan 2023<\/a>, or EVO Japan 2018<\/a> right here on this very blog if you like. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For fighting game stuff, I make pretty extensive use of Twitter, so I will structure this blog post around Twitter posts, add some additional commentary, and throw in some more pictures. Hopefully that is an approach that will work well! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall Thoughts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

EVO Japan was at a new venue this year, Ariake Gym-EX<\/a>, and was a very well run tournament. Vendor demos for Riot’s 2XKO, SNK’s City of the Wolves, and Bushiroad’s Hunter X Hunter were popular, and there were many interesting vendor booths to check out. A massive improvement in air conditioning meant that the venue was comfortable for all three days (if a bit hot at the end of the Finals day for SF6), nice food trucks gave nearby options to eat, and selling alcohol on premises was a good idea, even if I didn’t make as much use of it as I thought I might. Over 9,000 attendees, about 1,000 of them from overseas, means that there were lots of fun and interesting people to meet and talk with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I continued my streak of going 0-2 at every major tournament I’ve ever been to, one of these days I’ll get a win. I plan to continue volunteering so that I can make some sort of contribution to the community. If you took the time to stop and say hi, thank you! I appreciate it. I had a very nice three days, and was super happy that I was able to connect up with friends from near and far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, Day 0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Headed to Ariake Gym EX for volunteer orientation. First stop: lunch at nearby Ariake Garden mall, a 10 minute walk from Kokusai Tenjijo Station on the Rinkai line. The 5th floor has a big food court with 20 restaurants or so. This lunch cost me $6.50. pic.twitter.com\/LSlibhluhn<\/a><\/p>— FuguTabetai (@DocFugu) April 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>