EVO 2023 simply wrapped up in Las Vegas. This mega-sized combating occasion has turn out to be the house of top-tier tournaments for video games corresponding to Dragon Ball Fighter Z, Tekken 7, and, in fact, Avenue Fighter 6. It is also the place to go when you’re a fightstick aficionado, as rivals swarm to the occasion with their very own {hardware} in-hand.
One explicit customized fightstick caught my eye over on X (nonetheless does not sound correct, does it?). The proprietor of the flightstick stays a thriller, although their creation was snapped by ChaseTantVO and posted on-line.
Even higher, they have been snapped by RamEsRock consistent with the fightstick strapped to their again like a bouldering mat.
EVO is chocked stuffed with customized sticks and odd setups. This tradition fightstick setup constructed into the chassis of an Xbox 360 positively takes the cake for one of many extra ingenious approaches. Tamparoth caught a video with the creator beneath.
Cool improvements at #Evo2023 pic.twitter.com/ZB6QCB2UyAAugust 4, 2023
UisZtupid additionally caught a participant overlaying up their golden fightstick with a fastidiously fitted field, assumedly to forestall their opponent from scoping out their strikes mid-game. No matter makes you snug, I suppose, and it feels like they have been dishing it out in-game. Honest play.
In case you have been expert sufficient to complete within the prime three at EVO 2023 this yr, you would be in line for one in every of these gorgeous sticks from Victrix. Specifically made in bronze, silver, or gold, these are reportedly going to stay an EVO 2023 winners’ unique.
Successful is not all the pieces, however rattling, that gold fightstick was one thing value combating for.
Who’s it going to be? #EVO2023 #SF6 pic.twitter.com/40zCKJnBP8August 7, 2023
In case you’re curious as to what kind of {hardware} the winners of EVO have been rocking this yr, person hugs_n_giggles posted an exhaustive listing to the r/fightsticks subreddit confirming the Prime 6 and their selection of controller for every sport within the wider event. They confirmed 29 totally different controllers have been utilized by EVO’s prime gamers, together with a greater diversity of controllers than you would possibly suppose.
