Hi, it seems like you guys have a disillusioned view of Evolution. Evo is a tournament that is now sponsored by game companies to keep it getting bigger to accommodate all the new people joining in on the scene. A game that has promotions/sponsors does not directly connect it to being a game within Evo, but it has a higher chance as long as it has a community backing. Choices are also influenced on staff's preferences. First and foremost you need a community that has the full backing. Despite Melty actually surprising Evo staff, it does not have the numbers to pull to be in Evo. That is the reason why Blazblue was thrown out this year.
Also the Cannons did state that they wanted to turn Evolution (rather the B series) into a convention, kind of like the E3 conventions (you have to remember B3 was the same year as E3, and E3 wasn't a steaming pile of shit back then) a long time ago, and I still assume they still want that now because of its direction.
Also I called the games that were gunna be in it 2 months ago. Too easy.