Big Victory for #PokkenEVO!

"Tonight, we are victorious

Champagne pouring over us

All my friends are glorious

Tonight, we are victorious!"



We, the Pokkén Tournament community, won a big victory early this morning. Our friend Emily (@Jemmillion) made a poll two days ago on Twitter asking which game should she put her vote towards between 4 games to bring a game to EVO. After 43 hours, 4300+ votes were cast, and Pokken was behind first place 35% to 36%. We made a last minute push late in the night/early in the morning and, 5 hours later, I am please to say we won the poll with 42% of the overall vote! So first, I'd like to say thank you to Emily for the opportunity to show what our community can do.



You should revel in this, as well. This was achieved not by ourselves in North America, but our extended, international community as well. Worldwide, we got the final push to show how much we want Pokkén Tournament to return the grand stage of EVO 2017. This is the community that we have; a community of passionate players who thrive on this game, on the friendships it has helped us make and the willing to do what we can to show that we are a community that shouldn't be underestimated.



The drive is FAR from over. In fact, it's not over until February 8th, 2017 @ 12pm PST/3pm EST. We have a lot of work to do, but we now have a good idea of what we can do when we come together.



So if you're reading this and you want to support #PokkenEVO, get active! Share your love for the game using #PokkenEVO on social media, tell your friends about the game, actively seek out livestreams and interact with the growing number of Pokkén Tournament livestreamers and, if you can, donate!



If you make a donation to the Make-a-Wish Foundation in the name of Pokkén, we'll be one step closer towards returning to EVO. You can do so here! https://www.generosity.com/fundraising/evo-2017-player-vote-pokken-tournament



Also, (very) soon, I will be putting my #YourSoulIsMine t-shirts & hoodies back on sale for ONE WEEK, and all proceeds will go towards the charity drive to get us even further https://twitter.com/PKSparkxx/status/824835837993086976 RT that status to bring awareness to our cause and get some nice merch to boot ;)



This was a major victory, notably because it let other communities know that we will fight the fight we need to to get this done. We love our game and we know it deserves the spotlight on the grand stage of EVO one more time. Don't let up on your efforts at all. Keep sharing the hashtag #PokkenEVO, keep pushing people to donate in our name, keep interacting with the community and actively seek out new Pokken Content. If we don't let our spirits fade, no one else can.



Keep on the look out on social media, as well. That's all. ;) And thank you all for your efforts so far. Let's make it happen!

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