Evo winner Ally: 'I don't think Smash for Wii U will have a set top eight'

For Wii U player behind the controller, Quebec resident Elliot "Ally" Bastien Carroza-Oyarce, jumps out of his seat, hugs his opponents and jumps around the stage as the crowd screams his name.

"I'm still daydreaming that I'm gonna win EVO or something like that. Still daydreaming, but it happened and I'm so happy right now. I could retire for a year and I'd still be happy. That's how I feel right now." On his path to the title, Ally didn't drop a single set.

He defeated several notable players along the way, including Rosalina & Luma star Samuel "Dabuz" Buzby, Mewtwo pioneer Yuta "Abadango" Kawamura and Mega Man phenom Takuto "Kamemushi" Ono in both winner's finals and grand finals.

"Since Abadango always beats me normally with Mewtwo, I sat down with Rich Brown and practiced the matchup," he recalls about his training with the Southern California Mewtwo player.

"It was like Diddy Kong, Cloud, Diddy Kong, Fox, Diddy Kong again, and Dabuz , and I kind of had new tricks. Then I played Abadango. Those two matchups, Dabuz and Abadango, weren't good to me but I managed to do it. Then when I got to winner's finals, I fought Mega Man, which is very familiar, so I had the tools to win easily." Coming into the event on Friday, Ally was the least favored to win of the players at the top of the competitive scene.

Ally has received small offers, but he says that winning Evo was mainly to attract the attention of big teams in the esports space, in the hopes of working with them and representing their brand.

"We'll see. I think it gives them a reason to pick me up now. But either way, I'm just proud that I won Evo. It's something to be proud of. I can tell people that I've been the champion. I got that on my back. If someone sponsors me, then good; if they don't, it's still ok. I won't be mad. But I think I should get something from this." But inconsistency holds back many sponsors from expanding into Smash for Wii U. Oftentimes, nearly every player - aside from Dabuz, who is an exception to the rule - has proven inconsistent over the past few months.