Here is the article url on SRK - http://shoryuken.com/2013/01/08/evo...-get-your-game-to-evo-and-road-to-evo-events/

SRK is down due to heavy traffic but the donation link for VF5 is still live. Results will be announced at the end of January

https://www.wepay.com/donations/evo2013-vf5

Donations are cool, but to me this makes SEGA CUP our EVO tourney. So make plans for SEGA CUP on the week of April 20th, which is sure to be a week of VF events and parties, not just SEGA CUP. Dont miss out

i really have a feeling that they will run a side tourney like last years EVO

Personally I hope they rather give the slot to a community of a game that gives a fuck not lots of people sitting watching a stream rather than actually show up at events

GO TO SEGA CUP. Don't wait for EVO. You're just going to ruin America's standing with Sega by doing that. Sega is sponsoring their own event. Support that. EVO is second in line. If you can do both, great. If you can only do one, Sega Cup should be your choice. If EVO is going to choose support trash like Persona over VF, then they don't need you.

Btw ... MLP is winning the donation list. Btw MLP = My Little Pony... LOL

If its not MLP, it'll be Smash.

Here's my thought: Even if you're planning to go to the Sega Cup instead of EVO, still donate money. There's nothing wrong with supporting both.

^ Agreed!

I'm going to be spending some time to teach the Tekken players in the Maritimes how to understand VF's fundamentals and hopefully bring more players over to have the first ever VF tournament at a Maritime major.

Why the hate for P4A? That is a solid game. SFXT on the other hand.

VF players should definitely support EVO, its the biggest gathering of fighting game players throughout the world. Let others in the FGC know VF is here to stay. Even if FS is not an official game at EVO, we as a community need to step up and run our own tourney there. Other game communities have been doing it for years, I see no reason why VF'ers can't do the same.

My message was for the VF players that can only afford to go to one event. To me if you want VF then Sega Cup is the one to attend. Especially when you take into account that the Socal VF Community will be making this a week long vf event which includes Sega Cup.

They released amounts donated. VF is in 7th place, about $1,100 behind Smash.

The ponies got ruled ineligible for not being a commercial game (if they win it's an exhibition and 2nd place gets it)- Ponies are at 3500

I think Smash was at around 1200, Skullgirls and GG at around 800/700. VF was around 200.

Told ya. MLP not only isn't commercial, it's not finished and the producers didn't even know they were added to the 8th game list at all (and were kinda upset about it).

1. MLP, Fighting is Magic: $3,519.50
2. Super Smash Bros. Melee: $1,404.32
3. Skullgirls: $814.22
4. Guilty Gear XX, Accent Core Plus : $767.90
5. Soul Calibur V: $387.41
6. Divekick: $343.95
7. Dead or Alive 5: $202.69
8. Blazblue: $200.00
9. Virtua Fighter 5: $191.00
10. Super Smash Bros. Brawl: $155.00

THe funniest thing about the MLP issue is that the producers said don't donate money for their game at all. Guess people didn't get the memo.

The rules have changed because the devs complained to evo staff basically.

If FIM is 1st place, then 2nd place gets the 8th spot.

Basically, the question is- could VFDC pony up $2,000 to get into EVO again collectively.