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Hosted by Ilan Raschkovsky, and featuring panelists DaPurpleSharpie and Steve “AceKingOffsuit” Jurek.
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/351033604
This episode can be watched on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/347881915 (Part 1) and https://www.twitch.tv/videos/347909463 (Part 2) 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:55 - Gfinity Elite Series - playoff results 5:55 - Infiltration speaks on his CPT suspension 8:44 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate launches 14:36 - SNK announces plans to make King of Fighters XV 16:25 - DBFZ World Tour Finals to be held at Red Bull Final Summons 18:45 - UYU signs Evo 2018 Tekken 7 champion LowHigh 20:29 - Several TWT finalists considering taking a break from traveling - are lower prize pools to blame? 25:34 - Capcom Cup finalists being asked to check in at 8am 30:35 - Street Fighter V launches 'sponsored content': optional ads on costumes/backgrounds for extra Fight Money 36:11 - SonicFox wins Esports Player of the Year at The Game Awards 39:20 - Mortal Kombat 11 announced 45:35 - Capcom Cup predictions
This episode can be watched on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/344730094 0:00 - Intro and rundown, plus a sad Salty Claus gives away a copy of SoulCalibur VI 5:40 - Gfinity Elite Series - Week 5 results 8:26 - Tekken World Tour Finals recap and discussion 34:35 - TWT reveals: Marduk, Armor King, and Julia announced; Negan gameplay revealed 45:14 - Danke analyzes the Red Bull Kumite grand finals between Fujimura and Problem X 52:01 - Crossover announces his likely withdrawal from Capcom Cup due to visa issues 1:00:53 - Interview with Cuddle_Core
0:00 - Intro, rundown, and Salty Claus 5:12 - Weekend recap, including ArcRevo Japan and DBFZ Japan Stage 11:48 - New Twitch emotes 18:12 - Full version of Smash Ultimate leaked; Nintendo going after YouTube accounts that post soundtrack early 33:22 - UltraChen and other FGC members nominated for a Gamers' Choice Award 38:27 - Block/Grab: Games that should be 'resurrected' 59:22 - Dragonball FighterZ to get patched 1:11:59 - Ace previews the Tekken World Tour Finals
0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:15 - Infiltration withdraws from 2018 and 2019 CPT seasons; dropped by Panda Global 19:14 - Weekend recap, including the IPS Finals and the CPT NA Finals at Red Bull Conquest 30:47 - Danke breaks down the iDom vs CJ Truth match from the NA Finals 37:22 - Chris Tatarian dropped from Cygames Beast over a contract dispute 41:39 - Evo Japan 2019 announces first 3 games: SoulCalibur VI, Tekken 7, and BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle 44:57 - Block/Grab: Street Fighter V's holiday and Resident Evil costumes 59:25 - Interview with Red Bull Conquest commentator Vicious
0:00 - Intro and rundown 1:55 - Weekend recap, including the IeSF World Championships and Climax of Night 10:37 - Nearly 2/3 of matches in the CPT Online event ended in disqualifications due to no-shows 20:59 - CPT Standings update heading into the final event before Capcom Cup 25:14 - Red Bull Kumite recap 30:36 - Gachikun signs with Red Bull 34:22 - Block/Grab: Which unsponsored CPT Top-50 players would we sign? 39:53 - Jebailey announces addition of SFV, Tekken 7, & Smash Ultimate to DreamHack Mumbai lineup 42:50 - Could Climax of Night's success lead to more scene-focused events? 49:12 - The Detective Pikachu movie... is a thing... 55:34 - ZeRo returns to competitve Smash for Ultimate; signs with Tempo Storm 59:42 - Justin Wong discovers an infinite in Omen of Sorrow that the developers didn't think was possible 1:03:20 - Modified controllers may be banned at DBFZ World Tour Japan Stage 1:09:27 - Injustice 2 Pro Series Grand Finals down to 4 players 1:11:52 - Capcom Cup berth clinching scenarios
0:00 - Intro and rundown 5:12 - Weekend recap, including Gfinity and the CPT LatAm Finals 19:16 - CPT LatAm Finals had no cash prizing 28:35 - Dominican Republic has three players in Capcom Cup 34:32 - Ken, Incineroar, and Pirahna Plant announced for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 51:10 - Omen of Sorrow launches 56:49 - IFC Yipes considering starting a Curleh-esque DBFZ series 58:52 - Sega renews Virtua Fighter trademark; registers "Battle Genesis" trademark 1:03:12 - DreamHack Atlanta cancels Dragonball FighterZ tournament for undisclosed reasons 1:10:55 - Capcom announces details of the Japanese 3v3 Street Fighter League 1:15:08 - Infinite meter bug found for Tira & Voldo in SoulCalibur VI 1:19:25 - James Chen's FGC Locals Around the World
0:00 - Intro and rundown, plus we start our SoulCalibur VI giveaway 6:39 - Weekend recap, including Canada Cup results 19:02 - CPT Latin America Final limited to 128 entrants 27:05 - Infiltration/Panda Global update: Infiltration will not compete until investigation concludes 36:37 - Organizational and stream issues plague Canada Cup 1:01:34 - Miss X announced for SNK Heroines 1:02:50 - Christie announced for Dead or Alive 6 1:03:40 - 2B announced for SoulCalibur VI 1:06:43 - Block/Grab: Which "Grinch Leak" characters would we want to see in Smash Ultimate? 1:23:30 - Our SoulCalibur VI giveaway goes terribly wrong...
0:00 - Intro and rundown 1:22 - Weekend recap, including East Coast Throwdown and Mastercup 18:16 - Mastercup grand final ends in controversial fashion 25:46 - Mastercup announcements: Strong Style Japan, 3 million in sales, and Tekken 7 arcade update 29:37 - SoulCalibur VI launches 39:50 - Block/Grab: Favorite SoulCalibur VI custom characters 53:07 - Dreamhack is moving from Austin to Dallas 53:50 - MenaRD, Caba, and Lilo24k to miss CPT Latin America Finals 56:23 - Street Fighter cologne on sale in Brazil 59:57 - Capcom announces $8600 special editions of Devil May Cry V 1:01:15 - Street Fighter V lag patch released; down to less than 5 frames & stability increased 1:19:34 - Tekken World Tour Finals qualification scenarios heading into Canada Cup
0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:13 - Weekend recap, including South East Asia Major 22:30 - SonicFox's SC6 Top 8 match at SEAM delayed to Sunday 29:05 - Mike's hot take: Situational knowledge needed in SFV "completely eclipses" what he's seen in other games 42:05 - Luffy: EU has more Capcom Cup qualifiers than the US despite being disadvantaged 45:00 - Vergeben rumor: Marvel vs Capcom update in the works 1:00:43 - Infiltration investigation continues into 24th day 1:02:36 - Echo Fox releases continue with departures of JDCR and Saint (Tekken) & Boeken (FGC manager)
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