the year after tho he went 0-2 and had to play valle and tokido. I actually agree with dsp that they rigged the bracket on him. because west coast players ran that tourney and always stick together and straight HATED dsp. they hated his shit talk so they made sure he played 2 of the top 5 players to lose. one of the few things dsp was ever right about. but as far as east coast tourneys etc after evo he never really won shit once it was on the version people actually played
So is Phil really sugguesting that his second opponent took a dive in the last match just so he could eliminate him?
This doesn't sound exactly right.
Phil pre-qualified for that
Evo tournament as he won Evo East 2K6 and was EvoEast Seed #1: he started the tournament essentially as a pool winner with an additional bye.
Alex Valle also pre-qualified:
he was third at Evo West 2K6 (EvoWest Seed #3) and needed a win over Mester (Pool F Winner) to move up in the winner's bracket to meet DSP.
Tokido wasn't pre-qualified at all so he had to win his pool to make top 32, dropped a match, then went through RAOH (Pool H qualifier, 25th place), Justin Wong (17th place), and Jason Nelson (13th place) in loser's bracket before getting matched vs. DSP.
Also, it seems Phil did get a win?
More complete results show him beating Seth Killian, so I guess he went 1-2 that Evo and was 9th.
All of this is to say that it's not like the tournament just got underway and DSP got screwed in the matchups, Valle vs DSP 1st round. He pre-qualifed as a high seed, began his matches well into the tournament amongst the top 24 or so placers, and was gonna have strong opponents regardless.
Finally, in looking up some of this info, I found
DSP giving thoughts and shoutouts on his win at EvoEast 2K6 and him specifically thanking TEAM HATE. He also starts his post with a lovely proclamation of victory: "Rape."
