EVO 2023 simply wrapped up in Las Vegas. This mega-sized combating occasion has develop into the house of top-tier tournaments for video games comparable to Dragon Ball Fighter Z, Tekken 7, and, in fact, Road Fighter 6. It is also the place to go for those who’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 would 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 had been snapped by RamEsRock according to the fightstick strapped to their again like a bouldering mat.
EVO is chocked filled 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 protecting up their golden fightstick with a fastidiously fitted field, assumedly to stop their opponent from scoping out their strikes mid-game. No matter makes you snug, I suppose, and it appears like they had been dishing it out in-game. Honest play.
When you had been expert sufficient to complete within the high three at EVO 2023 this 12 months, you would be in line for considered one 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 price combating for.
Who’s it going to be? #EVO2023 #SF6 pic.twitter.com/40zCKJnBP8August 7, 2023
When you’re curious as to what kind of {hardware} the winners of EVO had been rocking this 12 months, consumer hugs_n_giggles posted an exhaustive listing to the r/fightsticks subreddit confirming the Prime 6 and their alternative of controller for every sport within the wider match. They confirmed 29 completely different controllers had been utilized by EVO’s high gamers, together with a greater variety of controllers than you may suppose.