Best Of V

0:00 - Combo Breaker results recap 39:06 - PS4 slowdown issues at Combo Breaker 48:43 - Heavy female representation at Combo Breaker 56:44 - Upcoming events (RAGE, War of the Gods S3, Climax of Night) 1:00:52 - ELEAGUE SFV Invitational groups 1:10:10 - Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection issues 1:15:34 - SFV Cody trailer 1:22:30 - Block/Grab: SFV Professional Costumes

0:00 - We recap the Eleague Challenger finale, Battle Arena Melbourne, and Toryuken. 15:52 - We recap Stunfest, including Fujimura's dominant run through the losers' bracket. 29:22 - New DLC characters coming for Dragonball FighterZ. 34:48 - Rumors that the next Mortal Kombat game will be announced at Combo Breaker. 39:36 - Kotaku's 'Smash players stink' article and the idea of clickbait in FGC journalism. 55:01 - Fortnite gets $100,000,000 in prize pools. 1:04:47 - A brief recap of the end of the Summit of Power voting. 1:07:06 - Steve (Tekken), John (SFV), and Mike (DBFZ) preview the three big games at Combo Breaker 2018.

0:00 - Weekend recap, including The Colosseum, Canada Cup Masters Series, and more 20:55 - The (not-so) big update for MvCI 24:10 - Streamers fighting against freebooters 31:15 - Evo Japan reportedly suffers $1.1 million loss in its first year 36:38 - Sportsbook gambling on FGC events takes a big step towards becoming reality 51:40 - Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Tournament Series announced 56:31 - Interview with Rick Thiher (TheHadou), event co-director of Combo Breaker

0:00 - We recap a busy weekend, including Texas Showdown and KVOxTSB, and more. 28:13 - We share our thoughts on Texas Showdown - Mike and Efren as attendees, John and Steve as viewers. 44:15 - Mike shares his *minor* frustration with the DBFZ patch notes. 51:17 - We discuss Capcom's response to the CPT point structure controversy. 1:02:33 - We try to pull out meaningful topics from the big Twitter blowup between former Eleague host Richard Lewis and members of the FGC, 1:20:00 - Steve shares his thoughts on the Gfinity Elite Series and how it can improve for Season 4.

0:00 - Intro 2:30 - Event recap 26:15 - Falke thoughts 31:21 - More games added to AnimEvo 35:50 - Summit of Power nominations 39:43 - Panda Global announces FighterZ League 41:26 - Taki announced for SoulCalibur VI 43:45 - CPT points structure 50:57 - Question of the Day - Who in the FGC should get in a wrestling ring? 58:30 - Interview with Alex Jebailey (CEO lead organizer, CEOxNJPW promoter)

0:00 Intro & Recap 20:24 Players doing ads 26:08 Goku in Smash? 28:24 Player signings 32:33 Summit of Power opt-ins 36:05 FGC players in movies 44:12 MK9/MKXL pot bonuses at Combo Breaker 47:13 SFV update: Falke & new costumes 55:23 When should you take a game? 1:02:21 Eleague's The Challengers - Ep. 1 1:08:52 What anime should get an ArcSys fighting game?

We start off by recapping the past week's events and diving into a couple of the emerging storylines from those tournaments. Danke then talks about the King of Fighters XIV's new characters. Next up, we discuss the list of publicly-confirmed players for the ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational. After a brief discussion on Nicki Minaj's new track, "Chun-Li," we dive into our first thoughts on Falke's addition to the SFV cast. We debate which aspects of tournaments we'd gladly pay a 'tax' to have, we touch on the recent CEO/Smash harassment controversy, and we close the show by sharing some of our earliest FGC experiences. 0:00 - Intro/Recap 20:45 - New KOF characters 27:48 - ELEAGUE lineup 40:25 - Nicki Minaj's new "Chun-Li" track 45:30 - First impressions on Falke 57:50 - Block/Grab: What taxes would we support at FGC events? 1:12:28 - CEO/Smash harassment controversy 1:22:18 - Earliest FGC memories

After we recap the previous weekend's events, we talk about the return of the Injustice Pro Series for the 2018 season. After touching on a couple other news stories, including something involving Nicki Minaj, Danke goes over the DBFZ Summit of Power lineup. We then dive into the 2018 ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational, including its associated reality show: The Challengers. Our final half-hour is an interview with one of the contestants from The Challengers, SherryJenix. We talk about the initial reception to the show, her thoughts on Necalli in Season 3.5, and being a woman in the FGC.

After giving Veloc1raptor some crap about getting hit by a stylish Infiltration combo at NCR, we recap the weekend's action. We then talk about all of the fallout from NCR 2018: death brackets, Sp00ky's decision to go with sub-only chat on Sundays, the MenaRD/Caba/crowd noise controversy, and more. We then share our opinions on the latest patch notes for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. The final half-hour of the show is an interview with Super Arcade owner Mike Watson. We talk to him about his long path to reopening his arcade, how his offering differs from Wednesday Night Fights, his views on the current state of the FGC, and more.

We kick off the show by recapping the events of the previous weekend, including Thaiger Uppercut. We then talk about the return of the Killer Instinct Ultra Tour and cover some player free agency news. Next is our reaction to the massive 19-game AnimEVO 2018 lineup. The second half of the show focuses on three big events that drove the conversation about the role of esports in the FGC: the SonicFox/Go1 rematch at Esports Arena, the apparent end of the Final Round tournament series, and Mike Ross' explosive Reddit AMA.

We kick things off by recapping the weekend's events, including Final Round 2018. After diving into the event's Street Fighter V tournament, we discuss the many, many bets placed on the big DBFZ FT10 exhibition between SonicFox and Go1. We also talk about the other big exhibitions we want to see, And after a discussion on new pickups by Panda Global (Infiltration) and Cygames Beast, we block and grab the new costumes in the upcoming CPT 2018 DLC pack. Danke closes out the show by breaking down some of the key moments in the Final Round DBFZ grand finals between SonicFox and Go1.

After recapping the weekend's events, we dive into a discussion the SFV set between Daigo and Tokido at Kemonomichi 2. We then discuss some major player signings by Team Liquid (Nemo & John Takeuchi) and UYU (Qudans), the upcoming CEO/New Japan Pro Wrestling event, event security, and the Evo 2018 entrant rankings. We then preview Final Round 2018, and we block and grab characters we'd like to see in the just-announced Smash Bros. Switch game.

We kick off the show by discussing the Eleague Tekken Team Takedown. We then dive into the three big events/series announced over the past week: the 2018 Tekken World Tour, the new Red Bull Conquest series, and the DBFZ Summit of Power. We then discuss the recent wave of big-name FGC players becoming free agents, And after a little Block/Grab about what real-life events we'd stream, we end things by discussing the upcoming Kemonomichi exhibitions.

We kick things off by recapping Winter Brawl XII, including the DBFZ matches between NYChrisG and SonicFox. We also touch on the Gfinity Elite Draft, the ELEAGUE Tekken Team Takedown participants, and the latest patch notes for Dragonball FighterZ. We end the show by discussing the question that took over social media this week: Who is the greatest fighting game player of all time?

Best of V - February 20, 2018 - CPT 2018 talk In the first half of our show, we discuss Eleague's jump into the Tekken scene, the finalized pricing structure of BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, and our thoughts on the possibility of future Guilty Gear games becoming more simplified. Our second half is a deep discussion of our thoughts on the recently-announced changed to the Capcom Pro Tour's structure for the 2018 season and what it could mean for the future of the FGC.