Taiwanese e-sports player Lin “ET” Chia-hung (林家弘) claimed victory in The King of Fighters (KOF) XV and placed second in Fatal Fury: City of Wolves at this year’s Evolution Championship Series (EVO) in Las Vegas on Sunday.
Lin outdid his performance at EVO 2024, where he placed second in the KOF XV tournament, and secured a spot for the SNK World Championship 2025 (SWC), the third season of SNK’s official global circuit of tournaments.
The SWC, which previously featured only KOF XV, has expanded to include Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves and Samurai Shodown.
Photo from Evolution Championship Series’ Facebook page
With one championship and a runner-up finish, Lin said EVO 2025 marked a high point in his gaming career, particularly because of his progress in Fatal Fury.
“Although it is a bit of a shame to fall just short of the [top] title, I am happy to see my improvement and to earn a ticket to the SNK World Championship,” Lin said. “I will keep working hard in the next tournament, and I am grateful to everyone who has supported me.”
Lin, 42, won back-to-back KOF XV titles at EVO Japan in May.
He reached the winners’ final for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, but lost 0-3 to Japan’s Goichi “GO1” Kishida, the reigning Esports World Cup champion. Lin rallied through the losers’ bracket, defeating GO1 3-1 in the grand final set. However, after a reset, Lin narrowly lost the second set 2-3, finishing second overall.
Shortly afterward, Lin returned to compete in KOF XV. Despite an earlier loss in the winners’ semifinals, he battled his way through the losers’ bracket, beating Mexico’s Layec 3-0 in the first grand final set and 3-1 in the reset to capture the title.
The inspection equipment and data transmission system for new robotic dogs that Taipei is planning to use for sidewalk patrols were developed by a Taiwanese company, the city’s New Construction Office said today, dismissing concerns that the China-made robots could pose a security risk. The city is bringing in smart robotic dogs to help with sidewalk inspections, Taipei Deputy Mayor Lee Ssu-chuan (李四川) said on Facebook. Equipped with a panoramic surveillance system, the robots would be able to automatically flag problems and easily navigate narrow sidewalks, making inspections faster and more accurate, Lee said. By collecting more accurate data, they would help Taipei
TAKING STOCK: The USMC is rebuilding a once-abandoned airfield in Palau to support large-scale ground operations as China’s missile range grows, Naval News reported The US Marine Corps (USMC) is considering new sites for stockpiling equipment in the West Pacific to harden military supply chains and enhance mobility across the Indo-Pacific region, US-based Naval News reported on Saturday. The proposed sites in Palau — one of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies — and Australia would enable a “rapid standup of stored equipment within a year” of the program’s approval, the report said, citing documents published by the USMC last month. In Palau, the service is rebuilding a formerly abandoned World War II-era airfield and establishing ancillary structures to support large-scale ground operations “as China’s missile range and magazine
A 72-year-old man in Kaohsiung was sentenced to 40 days in jail after he was found having sex with a 67-year-old woman under a slide in a public park on Sunday afternoon. At 3pm on Sunday, a mother surnamed Liang (梁) was with her child at a neighborhood park when they found the man, surnamed Tsai (蔡), and woman, surnamed Huang (黃), underneath the slide. Liang took her child away from the scene, took photographs of the two and called the police, who arrived and arrested the couple. During questioning, Tsai told police that he had met Huang that day and offered to
A British man was arrested for attempting to smuggle 14.37kg of marijuana into Taiwan through Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taipei Customs said late yesterday. The man, who arrived from Bangkok at 9pm on Friday, was asked by customs officers to open his luggage during a random inspection, Taipei Customs said in a news release. The passenger, whose identity was not disclosed, refused to open his suitcase and tried to flee the restricted area. He was eventually subdued by three customs officials and an Aviation Police Bureau officer. A later search of his checked luggage uncovered 14.37kg of marijuana buds. The case was handed over
RSS