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Hosted by Ilan Raschkovsky, and featuring panelists DaPurpleSharpie and Steve “AceKingOffsuit” Jurek.
Due to technical issues, we do not have an audio archive for this week's episode. This episode can be viewed on Twitch (with intermittent audio issues) at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/466840266 (Part 1) and https://www.twitch.tv/videos/466858995 (Part 2).
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/463560024 0:00 - Intro and rundown 4:03 - Leffen launches petition to ban The Hero from competitive Smash 5:21 - CaptainZack banned from 2GG events and Super Smash Con after telling Ally to throw matches 7:55 - Evo Japan returns to the Tokyo Area for 2020 8:46 - Riot confirms they are working on a fighting game 17:50 - Toushinsai Qualifier - Las Vegas Round results 18:53 - (AnimEVO) BlazBlue: Central Fiction results 20:08 - New Granblue Fantasy Versus trailer reveals Action RPG mode 22:00 - (AnimEVO) Guilty Gear Xrd -Rev2- results 23:01 - ArcSys announces a new Guilty Gear game coming in 2020 24:26 - SoulCalibur VI results; Cassandra and SamSho's Haohmaru revealed 28:45 - Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] results; new version UNI[cl-r] coming in early 2020 32:40 - Dragon Ball FighterZ results; Janemba and SSGSS Gojita revealed 37:09 - Samurai Shodown results; Full Season 1 lineup revealed; Mina to kick off Season 2 45:42 - SNK reveals King of Fighters XV is in development 49:13 - Mortal Kombat 11 results; Nightwolf gameplay revealed before Evo 57:05 - Sony announces PS4 Challenger Series; MK11 among the first four games 59:07 - BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle results; Senran Kagura's Yumi, Akatsuki Blitzkampf's Akatsuki and Blitztank, and RWBY's Neopolitan among 9 new characters in BBTAG 2.0 1:02:45 - Street Fighter V Arcade Edition results; Steam leaks reveal of Honda, Lucia, and Poison before Evo 1:09:51 - Tekken 7 results; Zafina and Leroy Smith part of Season 3 1:15:45 - Evo's 'Snake codec' during Tekken finals receives backlash 1:19:37 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate results 1:22:30 - What to watch this coming week 1:23:32 - John wins our draft contest... or does he? 1:28:25 - Messages for Efren from Rick "TheHadou" Thiher and James Chen 1:32:17 - Efren reflects on his time on Best of III/Best of V 1:37:02 - Block/Grab: What segments would you like to see on the show in the future? 1:51:00 - We reflect on our time with Efren
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/460265712 0:00 - Intro and rundown 4:08 - Nightwolf gameplay trailer coming Thursday 5:32 - Weekend recap, including WSOE 7 & CPT Online events 12:50 - What to watch this coming weekend 15:17 - "Women in the FGC" part of Evo 2019's panel lineup 21:58 - SNK-sponsored SamSho tournament in Japan sees 6 Genjuros make Top 8 30:16 - Danke will be commentating at Evo 2019 33:20 - The Hero revealed for Smash Ultimate to mixed reviews 37:00 - What are NRS and Capcom going to reveal at Evo? 45:43 - Street Fighter League voting ends in controversy 51:51 - Evo tournament storylines: Samurai Shodown (Mike) 56:54 - Evo tournament storylines: Street Fighter V (John) 59:25 - Evo tournament storylines: Dragon Ball FighterZ (Mike) 1:01:10 - Evo tournament storylines: Tekken 7 (Steve) 1:05:12 - Evo tournament storylines: Mortal Kombat 11 (John) 1:08:52 - Evo tournament storylines: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Mike) 1:11:39 - Evo tournament storylines: The other games (Steve) 1:12:44 - Prediction & fantasy team contests (Entry open via Twitter until Fri, 8/2, 12:59pm ET/9:59am PT) 1:15:00 - Fantasy draft
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/457049888 0:00 - Intro and rundown 1:18 - Nintendo 'leaks' release date, image of MK11's Nightwolf slip 4:50 - Recap: Defend the North 2019 12:54 - Recap: VSFighting 2019 21:29 - What to watch this coming week 22:20 - Bryand "Krucial B" McIntosh passes away during Defend the North 27:51 - Tekken 7 surpasses 4 million copies sold 30:52 - Evo brackets are finalized 33:31 - Evo finals order revealed; Smash Ultimate will be the final game 39:17 - PS4 is Evo's presenting partner 44:17 - Red Bull Conquest Season 2 announced; includes SFV, Tekken 7, & UNIST 48:05 - Screenshots of Bocce (young player who upset Ally) making racist comments are revealed 51:45 - Efren is retiring from Best of V after Evo 53:20 - Interview with Justin Wong
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/453767280 0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:00 - Weekend recap 19:07 - What to watch this coming weekend 23:19 - CEOtaku announces its game list 27:59 - Some FGC-tangent figures nominated for Esports Awards' community choice awards 32:13 - DBFZ World Tour announces VSFighting as its next stop... 10 days before the event 36:24 - Sajam's new video on commentator rates and 'knowing your worth' 47:27 - Evo registration closes; 6 games set franchise records 1:01:37 - Evo may change its payout structure for 2019 1:10:56 - Block/Grab: Who would you save from Area 51?
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/450563728 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:29 - Recap: Street Fighter League online qualifiers 6:05 - Recap: Game Over Tournament 14:40 - Recap: Wellplayed Challenger 18:48 - Recap: Viennality 2k19 22:11 - What to watch this coming weekend 25:31 - Drama Alert host Keemstar hosting a tournament in memory of Etika 27:20 - Ally admits to a relationship with a teen player, announces retirement, faces lifetime ban 39:18 - Young Smash player on the receiving end of online 'bullying' after upsetting Ally 50:06 - Arslan Ash receives a visa; will compete at Evo 51:41 - Infiltration to attend Evo 57:37 - Samurai Shodown to receive $30,000 pot bonus at Evo; sets record for largest SNK tourney at Evo 1:04:51 - Bonchan: It's easy to become an 80/100 player in SFV; Punk is a 98/100. 1:11:58 - BOV Mailbag: Ranking presumptive Evo favorites 1:18:28 - NetherRealm releases teaser stills of Nightwolf and Sindel
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/447450536 0:00 - Intro and rundown 1:57 - Weekend recap, including the SFV League finals 8:04 - CEO 2019 recap 28:14 - What to watch this weekend 30:30 - CEO fantasy draft results 26:15 - Janemba announced for Dragon Ball FighterZ 38:34 - Street Fighter V 3v3 announced for Toushinsai; US qualifier in Las Vegas the day before Evo 40:18 - Evo organizer Mr. Wizard: SFV may not be the final game on Sunday 52:12 - Capcom announces Capcom Cup and SFV League World Finals to take place on "one ultra weekend" 59:40 - Mortal Kombat 11 will be next Tuesday's Twitch Rivals game 1:00:41 - TalkingChicken develops UNIST frame data app for Alexa 1:01:26 - Daddy (aka Buffalo) has a notable popoff on Scar at CEO; Did it cross the line? 1:11:07 - Block/Grab: CEO entrances
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/444238569 NOTE: We had some (mostly-video-related) technical difficulties during the recording of this episode. We apologize for these issues. 0:00 - Intro and technical difficulties 1:55 - Recap of the last two weekends, including SFV League and Thaiger Uppercut 11:40 - What to watch this coming weekend 13:56 - Rundown 16:15 - Mortal Kombat 11 introduces Kombat League mode 24:10 - Capcom Pro Tour updates its controller rules after Daigo's 'Gafrobox' controversy 30:42 - DBFZ World Tour details and partial schedule revealed 35:19 - SNK announces new mobile game: King of Fighters for Girls 40:18 - New trailer released for Fight Crab 42:24 - How likely is a Super Street Fighter V announcement at Evo? 49:06 - SFV's Dhalsim gets a classic costume 50:59 - Question of the Day: Are you planning on picking up Samurai Shodown? 52:37 - Samurai Shodown launches 1:03:57 - CEO fantasy draft
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/437756988 0:00 - Interview with FGC and esports photographer Chris Bahn 20:50 - Street Fighter League Week 8 recap 25:20 - (Aside) Daigo as an FGC 'celebrity' 28:22 - Nintendo World Championships recap 32:23 - MK11 Pro Kompetition NA East online event recap 37:49 - CPT Europe East online event recap 40:20 - Taipei Major recap 44:52 - What to watch this weekend 46:11 - More info on Shang Tsung from last week's Kombat Kast 48:55 - KOF's Mai and Kula announced for Dead or Alive 6 51:40 - Danke's thoughts on the Granblue Fantasy Versus battle 56:37 - Fashion designer/actor Luka Sabaat sponsors Lil Majin 59:10 - Adventure Time's Jake, Finn & PB announced for Brawlhalla 1:00:49 - 4v4 melee game Bleeding Edge announced at E3 1:02:01 - The Hero (Dragon Quest) and Banjo-Kazooie announced for Smash Ultimate 1:08:30 - Hints of Terminator coming to MK11? 1:11:10 - Question of the Day: What type of characters do you want to see added to your favorite game? 1:13:47 - Bruce Campbell denies that Ash Williams (Evil Dead) is coming to MK11
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/434556715 0:00 - Intro and rundown 4:57 - Weekend recap, including Street Fighter V League, Smash 'n Splash 5, and Electric Clash 14:54 - 'Is Karin cheap?' becomes a topic of online discussion 23:03 - Deoxys beats Scar to win DreamHack Dallas MK11 title 27:19 - Panda Global runs 'Snakk Bomb' stream marathon to support Nakkiel's cancer treatment 34:08 - What to watch this coming week 35:04 - "Y'all looking forward to E3?" 42:52 - Updated leaderboard for Evo 2019 entrants 48:39 - Samurai Shodown beta has 8 frames of input lag 56:13 - Harada bringing a Tekken Tag Turbo cabinet to Evo 59:22 - Rick Fox plans to stay at Echo Fox and oust investor that used racist language 1:02:21 - Shang Tsung revealed for MK11's Kombat Pack 1, along with Nightwolf, Sindel, Spawn, and two characters TBA. 1:06:56 - Question of the Day & Block/Grab: Which guest characters would you want to see in MK11?
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