

Players must be in possession of such a device when they are called to play in a tournament set. More details about what constitutes a tournament-legal controller are listed below. Players are responsible for having a tournament-legal controller, arcade stick, or other input device on which to compete.

To resolve this uncertainty, Evo has developed these tournament rules for 3rd party controllers.Įvo 2023 tournaments are all Bring Your Own Controller (BYOC). Controller manufacturers are uncertain as to whether future products will be tournament legal, stifling innovation.This limits choice for players, preventing players from choosing the very best controller according to their own personal taste. Players don’t know what controllers will be tournament legal in the future, leading them to choose traditional gamepads and fightsticks.This has led to uncertainty both for players and product developers: There are open questions as to the legality of custom controllers and controller modifications in the FGC. There is a maximum of 60 seconds allowed between games in a set.


All games will be played on the default settings, unless otherwise specified, in the individual Game Rules below.
