EVO 2023 simply wrapped up in Las Vegas. This mega-sized preventing occasion has grow to be the house of top-tier tournaments for video games comparable to Dragon Ball Fighter Z, Tekken 7, and, after all, 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 specific 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 have been snapped by RamEsRock in keeping with the fightstick strapped to their again like a bouldering mat.
EVO is chocked stuffed with customized sticks and odd setups. This practice 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 under.
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 comfy, I suppose, and it appears like they have been dishing it out in-game. Honest play.
Should you have been expert sufficient to complete within the high three at EVO 2023 this 12 months, you would be in line for certainly 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 things, however rattling, that gold fightstick was one thing value preventing for.
Who’s it going to be? #EVO2023 #SF6 pic.twitter.com/40zCKJnBP8August 7, 2023
Should you’re curious as to what kind of {hardware} the winners of EVO have been rocking this 12 months, consumer hugs_n_giggles posted an exhaustive record to the r/fightsticks subreddit confirming the Prime 6 and their selection of controller for every sport within the wider event. They confirmed 29 completely different controllers have been utilized by EVO’s high gamers, together with a greater diversity of controllers than you would possibly assume.
