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But perhaps the biggest Street Fighter story to come out of EVO 2015, in the non-specialist press anyway, had nothing to do with the waggling of sticks and mashing of the strong punch button. Like many live gaming events, EVO attracts scores of cosplaying attendees, dressed up as their favorite fighting game characters, and this year saw a bounty of Ryus, Kens, Sagats, and Vegas. And one of the people behind the Spaniard's famous mask was actually pretty famous herself—Halloween and Trading Places actress Jamie Lee Curtis was at the event in disguise, as her teenage son Thomas (dressed as Dee Jay, sort of) wanted to go to celebrate his graduation. Few would have clocked her, had she not tweeted about her undercover attendance to her 156,000 followers.
I dare say she pulls off the role more convincingly than Jay Tavare did back in 1994's so-bad-it's-actually-bad-so-don't-bother Van Damme-starring Street Fighter movie. (And the Animated Movie's version was just too creepy as he tried to deck Chun-Li, only to be kicked headfirst through an external wall.)Grad trip to — Jamie Lee Curtis (@jamieleecurtis)July 18, 2015
A little sympathy, please, for Guilty Gear player Woshige, who fell victim to the classic sporting gaff of celebrating a win just a smidge too soon. Count the rounds, son, count the rounds.On FIGHTLAND: How Jake Gyllenhaal Got Into Fighting Shape for 'Southpaw'
Elsewhere in the on-screen fighting, the Super Smash Bros. tournament was dominated by Sweden's Armada, whose Fox and Peach game was so good that he barely dropped a single round the whole way to the trophy. UMvC3 was won by KaneBlueRiver, aka Chile's Nicolas Gonzales, and the climax to the Mortal Kombat X contest was really rather something—check out 17-year-old American player Sonic Fox's against-the-odds victory over Britain's Foxy Grandpa below. "Pocket sand!" (Full results for all competitions can be found here.)Follow Mike Diver on Twitter.