The heroes and villains of the FGC are set to descend on Northbrook, Illinois as the Road to Evo ups the stakes to cosmic proportions!

Crowne Plaza Chicago-Northbrook will be the stage set to host Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament 8, where tournament entrants will compete for bragging rights, Evo Series seeding points and a special grand prize of a UFGT Infinity Gauntlet! That's right! The power to remake reality will be just one of the perks available to anyone who can charge through a loaded field, May 25-27!

UFGT8 is one of the three Road to Evo tournaments Chicago-based NetherRealm Studios have contributed $1000 to [full story]. The Mortal Kombat tournament is already expected to attract a star studded field as many of the top ranking players descend on the popular event. A pool seeding system sensitive to the status and base location of players will mean distribution that offers maximum intrigue, with the players themselves apparently extended the opportunity to have an influence!

MusicSkins Skin All Manner of Devices!

The man who dethroned teammate vVv CD Jr from the top of the Evo Championship Seeding rankings, vVv REO, will be there, along with his Toryuken final opponent, VSM Maxter! They'll tangle with a distributed list that includes top rank competitors, LB NY Chris G, IKizzLE, Kevo Da MaN, GGA Osu16Bit, Pig of the Hut, GGA Soonk. EG Justin Wong and more!

POOL F
A-Train
CurlyW
DaRealSteven
EG Justin Wong
FEAR
GGA Dizzy
GGA MOE30W
GGA Soonk
Glass Sword
Goldfishkeeper
LB NY Chris G
lurch
Slips

POOL H
AR Jody Tha Great
CEO Jebailey
DMG Juicebox
DRS | MCZ Kevo Da MaN
GGA Jeremiah
Gruntypants
iZeRo2011
Jim
NeonKurai
Nexus | SemiEvilRyu
Ravener
TFA | RZR Chauncy "TRU" Talon
vVv REO
POOL D
GGA Osu 16 bit
Alexander Smith
CoCo | Frothy Omen
Delriach
GGA Han
LESMORE
Osirun (aka Nathan Shields)
NinjapendnceDAY
Pig of the Hut
Tolkeen
Tyler Sanderson



POOL G
vVv CD Jr.
Chaosphere
D-Que Beats
FR Clint The Beast
GGA Fill Pops
IKizzLE
niu. Killphil
OTG Gengar
Rude
Shogun of Live
WCS | GGA Medina
WNBA MK Peanuts

Evo seeding points are granted to top twelve finishers, with 50pts for first, 25pts for second, and 10pts for third. 1pt is awarded for the remaining placements.

After vVv CD Jr failed to compete at last week's Toryuken event in Canada, the NFGR #1 slipped from his long reign as #1 seed, surrendering it to teammate, vVv REO! This is the first time during the 2012 Evo Series that a player other than CD Jr has held the top seed, with the dominant New Yorker victorious in the opening two tournaments.

Current Evo Seeding Top 10
1. (135pts) vVv REO [4 tournaments]
2. (101pts) vVv CD Jr [3 tournaments]
3. (52pts) FC NYChris G [4 tournaments]
4. (51pts) IKizzLE [2 tournaments]
4. (51pts) Kevo Da Man [2 tournaments]
6. (50pts) IGL DJT [1 tournament]
6. (50pts) FCP Showtime [1 tournament]
6. (50pts) m2dave [1 tournament]
9. (36pts) VSM Maxter [3 tournaments]
10. (27pts) GGA Dizzy [3 tournaments]

Update (May 26): A majority of action is set to take place today (Saturday, May 26th) as pre-registered pools [above] are thinned down. The major story coming out of the first day at UFGT8 may in fact be the flight booking errors that prevented several high profile competitors from appearing -- most prominently, vVv CD Jr, vVv REO and VSM Maxter!

Test Your Might report that the current player list progressing to final sixteen includes: GGA Osu16Bit (Kitana), Pig of the Hut (Mileena), Slips (Scorpion), GGA Dizzy (Johnny Cage), IKizzle (Sektor), ClinttheBeast (Sonya Blade), KevoDaMan (Kabal) and Tom Brady.

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