【esports 2nd round】Results of the EVO 2018 esports SUPPORT PROJECT
Introduction
Our campaign to support esports athletes at EVO 2018, which is our 2nd esports support project, has come to an end. Continuing from the success of our first campaign, many people joined us in our support of esports. We would like to give our thanks to all those who participated, and all those involved in making this campaign happen. Thank you very much!
EVO2018：The world’s largest fighting game tournament
Tournament Length：August 3–5（PDT）
August 4th 12:00am — August 6th 2:00pm（JST）
The official campaign page can be viewed here:
The press release can be viewed here:
EVO 2018 Results for Participating Athletes
EVO 2018 Street Fighter V Arcade Edition
・4th Place：Gachikun（TOPANGA）
EVO 2018 DRAGON BALL FighterZ
・Runner-up（2nd Place）：GO1（CYCLOPS）
・3rd Place：Fenritti（CYCLOPS）
EVO 2018 Guilty Gear Xrd REV2
・Runner-up（2nd Place）：Machabo（TOPANGA）
EVO 2018 BLAZBLUE CROSS TAG BATTLE
・5th Place(tie)：Fenritti（CYCLOPS）
EVO 2018 BLAZBLUE CENTRALFICTION（Side Tournament）
・Winner：Fenritti（CYCLOPS）
And those were the prize winners this year. Congratulations!
A big thank you as well to all the players who gave their all but didn’t take home any prizes this year. Thank you all!
Donation Details
For this campaign we supported 9 Japanese players that participated in EVO 2018.
During the tournament players received a combined 373 donations, totalling 11,606,789NANJ and 2.521ETH!
Details on the donations for individual players can be seen below.
The players that received the highest total amount of NANJCOIN were GO1, Gachikun, and Fenritti.
The players that received the highest total number of donations were Fenritti, GO1, and Tanukana.
The average NANJCOIN donation was 31,117NANJ, with the median being 5,000NANJ.
The progress of NANJCOIN donations is graphed down below.
You can see that a lot of donations were sent on the last day of the tournament!
A portion of all donations received will be used to help ANISA (All Nippon ID Sport Association) athletes to compete in overseas competitions.
Fan Service from the Players
Players interacting with fans on Discord
During the tournament players would periodically stop by the NANJCOIN Discord server and interact with fans.
You could see that these interactions left an impression on fans who felt closer than ever to these pro-gamers.
▲Mago the 2d God has descended upon us!
He came to give us some updates.
If the timing, and your luck, is right you might get to talk with pro-gamers on our Discord.
Won’t you join us in supporting players at EVO on our Discord’s esports channel? We’re waiting for you!
▲Tanukana paid a visit to our Discord this morning and now everyone is having a great time!
This image is just one part of the conversation she’s having here with fans.
Why don’t you join the NANJ Discord server and join in on the fun?
▲#EVO2018 is finally getting started!
Dogura(@maneater_dgr) dropped by the NANJCOIN Discord even though he had a match coming up! Just after chatting with us he went to his match and won with ease! Congratulations!
Join us and you can interact with your favorite players while supporting them at EVO!
▲Machabo stopped by the official NANJ Discord server to say hello after playing in the Guilty Gear Xrd REV2 Grand Final!
Thank you for giving us an amazing show in your match against Omito!
Athletes show their support for NANJCOIN
During the tournament some of the players went out of their way to show off their NANJCOIN stickers and real NANJ to various media outlets! Thank you very much!
Conclusion
We are grateful to all those who participated in this campaign. Thank you very much!
We would like to give special thanks to BitCash Inc, CYCLOPS athlete gaming, TOPANGA, AKIHABARA ENCOUNT, ANISA and everyone involved in making this whole thing happen. Thank you!
Thank you also to Mago, Machabo, Gachikun, Pekos, ShowHey, Dogura, GO1, Tanukana, and Fenritti. Without your passionate playing none of this would have been possible. Thank you very much!
NANJCOIN will continue to support esports into the future.
