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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/431301174 0:00 - Intro and rundown 4:31 - Street Fighter League Round 6 recap 5:45 - Combo Breaker UNIST results 6:58 - Combo Breaker Street Fighter V results and discussion 13:07 - Combo Breaker Tekken 7 results and discussion 16:30 - Combo Breaker Mortal Kombat 11 results and discussion 25:49 - Other Combo Breaker results 30:32 - General Combo Breaker thoughts 38:23 - MK11's Top 8 runs over 3 hours 44:17 - Punk claims someone in the crowd was a major distraction 49:17 - MK11 potentially revealing new characters next week; SFV revealing content at Evo 56:08 - Daigo's 'Gafrobox' controller allowed, then banned, at Combo Breaker 1:15:34 - Astro Gaming adds $100,000 to the Tekken World Tour Finals prize pool 1:16:30 - BOV Mailbag
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/428039270 0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:16 - Street Fighter V League reaches its half-way point 13:32 - Weekend rundown, including Get On My Level and Battle Arena Melbourne 25:23 - Combo Breaker is coming this weekend 33:06 - Mortal Kombat 11 is First to 2 at Combo Breaker 36:54 - BBTag and SoulCalibur VI to run on new patches at Combo Breaker 39:41 - Under Night In-Birth appears slated for another update: EXE:Late[CL-R] 41:01 - Samurai Shodown gets a release date: June 25 45:20 - What obligations (if any) do sponsored players have to the community? 56:03 - NuckleDu to sponsor three players to attend Evo 57:29 - Block/Grab: Sakura's new party dress costume 1:01:27 - Daigo faces Fuudo in our first look at Granblue Fantasy Versus gameplay 1:08:42 - New character released for Flappy Fighter 1:13:09 - Quick hits: Kombat Kast, Promotions at Bandai Namco 1:14:40 - Acekingoffsuit contributed to the Combo Breaker attendee handbook 1:19:45 - Tekken 7 players to watch at Combo Breaker 1:22:07 - We read letters from the #BOVMailbag
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/424930136 Follow guest panelist BornFree at twitter.com/BornFreeTweets and twitch.tv/BornFreeTwitch 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:13 - Weekend recap, including Saigon Cup and Texas Showdown 17:37 - Summit of Time recap and thoughts 21:43 - What to watch this weekend 23:25 - More Summit of Time and Mortal Kombat 11 thoughts 30:59 - More NRS accusations: MK11 devs required to watch real deaths and decapitations to create Fatalities 40:28 - HoneyBee disqualified from Summit of Time after off-screen confrontation with another player 42:46 - Mortal Kombat movie in production 48:39 - Marvel vs Capcom 2 wins unofficial 'next Summit game' poll 51:41 - Block/Grab: Unreleased Mortal Kombat characters (Pulled from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYTNGwOD-eQ) 1:06:56 - Street Fighter V producer Ono asks players waiting for new content "to wait a little longer" 1:18:10 - Interview with Mark "BornFree" Sheridan on his journey and his recent videos on FGC content creation and battling depression
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/421816418 0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:24 - Summit of Time qualifiers at NLBC and WNF 15:38 - Street Fighter League - week 3 17:54 - KVOxTSB 2019 recap 20:09 - Headstomper 2019 recap: ArcRevo World Tour 24:20 - Harada: Tekken X Street Fighter likely not coming anytime soon 29:18 - Headstomper 2019 recap: Street Fighter V and Tekken 7 32:31 - Events to watch this weekend 36:15 - Shiki revealed for Samurai Shodown 38:27 - NRS responds to allegations of 'crunch' and sexism 49:03 - Eventhubs asks potential Smash writers to 'play a set' 50:05 - "G wins another event" vs "801 Strider wins another event" 1:00:50 - SonicFox is a point of discussion in UK Parliament 1:07:20 - Dead or Alive 6 adds "exposure minimization" as an option in its latest update 1:09:20 - Capcom creates new division for esports and media licensing 1:13:30 - BOV Mailbag
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/418629395 0:00 - Intro and rundown 1:28 - Weekend recap, including Versus Masters and Northwest Majors 16:13 - What to watch this weekend 17:36 - Should some 3-day events change to 2-day events? 29:31 - MK11's first post-launch week is rough 45:08 - Some former employees accuse NRS of major reliance on 'crunch' 47:50 - Rick Fox to leave Echo Fox over racist interaction with shareholder 58:12 - Goku GT (aka Kid Goku) trailer revealed for Dragon Ball FighterZ 1:02:39 - Arcana Heart 3 Love Max Six Stars Xtend announced 1:03:34 - Several fighting games on sale for Golden Week (PS4 & Steam) 1:06:50 - We answer your BOV Mailbag questions
This episode can be seen on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/415469910 0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:42 - Street Fighter League - Round 1 recap 9:30 - CPT Online NA West results 12:00 - Street Fighter V at The MIXUP 19:59 - Dead or Alive 6 at The MIXUP 20:48 - Tekken 7 at The MIXUP 26:28 - Other MIXUP results 27:12 - Pound 2019 results 28:35 - Someone throws a crab at Hungrybox at Pound 38:05 - Events to watch this week 41:08 - Block/Crab: Which crab should be the next DLC character for Smash Ultimate? 1:03:10 - Mortal Kombat 11 launches
This episode can be seen on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/412140265 NOTE: We discuss Mortal Kombat 11 spoilers between 40:45 and 42:45. If you are hoping to avoid spoilers, please skip that two-minute section. 0:00 - Intro and recap 4:07 - Weekend recap, including Brussels Challenge, April Annihilation, and DamaGErmany 13:06 - What to watch this coming week 14:35 - Thoughts on the Street Fighter League draft 22:18 - Brian_F gets signed by Equinox 23:45 - New Star Wars trailer drops 25:06 - Capcom announces Capcom Home Arcade 31:11 - Mortal Kombat 11: Kitana and D'Vorah gameplay revealed 40:45 - Final MK11 launch secrets revealed due to some stores breaking street date 43:34 - Mortal Kombat 11 Pro Kompetition announced with $250,000 championship event 48:50 - Street Fighter V will have a 13-day free-to-play period starting on MK11's launch day 51:56 - Question of the Day: Does the existence of a pro circuit make you more interested in playing a game competitively? 56:10 - Initial 24-game lineup announced for AnimEvo 2019 1:02:29 - Climax of Night [re:run] announced 1:04:35 - Sajam and Tasty Steve starting up a new project... possibly in the vein of Excellent Adventures 1:06:32 - Block/Grab: Falke's new Breath of Fire costume and costume bundles 1:18:42 - Markman finds and releases new footage of Evo Moment 37 1:23:05 - MK11 Summit of Time in the final stages of player voting
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/405251465 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:45 - Weekend recap, including Pax East and the TrueGaming Invitational 8:01 - NorCal Regionals recap 16:24 - What to watch this coming weekend 17:54 - Jumping into some of the great SFV matches at NCR 33:51 - The Cool_Kid93's cheering wife draws criticism, some of it vile 41:23 - Chango vs Fauxhebro Melee set was full of stalling and non-engagement 51:15 - Koei Tecmo announces details for the Dead or Alive 6 World Championship 53:04 - Darli Daggers announced for Samurai Showdown; SamSho Collection (1-V Special) announced 55:20 - Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid launches 57:20 - Evo announces entrant leaderboard as of April 1... and April 2 1:04:30 - Cetrion revealed for Mortal Kombat 11 1:07:16 - Mortal Kombat 11 beta thoughts 1:10:42 - MK11 will have preset builds for competitive play, per GameInformer 1:19:20 - Question of the Day: What is your dream 'First to 100' match? 1:24:44 - We reflect on our favorite memories from our first Best of V episodes (and beyond)
0:00 - Intro and rundown 4:11 - Weekend recap, including the Japanese Street Fighter League finals and Toushinsai 15:13 - Events to watch this coming weekend 17:45 - Lots of new things revealed for Mortal Kombat 11 25:40 - Are Mortal Kombat 11's fatalities too graphic to enjoy? 35:35 - Block/Grab: What potential MK11 DLC characters would we buy? 1:04:28 - Dragonball FighterZ patch notes released - said to be the game's only patch of 2019 1:07:03 - Anakin and JB gain new sponsors 1:07:26 - All Elite Wrestling (Kenny Omega's company) to run a show at CEO 2019 1:08:50 - Sharon and Terry Bogard released for Fighting EX Layer 1:10:12 - Amy released for SoulCalibur VI 1:11:04 - First extended look at Samurai Shodown gameplay 1:17:41 - NCR is this weekend
This episode can be seen on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/398130481 0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:56 - Weekend recap, including Street Fighter League and the WESG Tekken finals 13:47 - Final Round recap 29:52 - Capcom announces a new stage - but no characters (yet) - for Street Fighter V 44:01 - Bandai Namco answers 50 common questions about SoulCalibur VI 47:34 - Sako and ItaZan's syncronized exhibition goes viral on social media 49:00 - Kid Goku GT confirmed for Dragonball FighterZ 50:16 - King of Fighters Allstars coming to the west in 2019 50:59 - Google announces Stadia, a new streaming game platform 58:55 - Mortal Kombat 11 stress test thoughts 1:11:28 - Marss vs Wishes at Collision ends in controversy after a fan 'coaches' him from the crowd 1:19:32 - Dead or Alive 6: Core Fighters released 1:20:52 - Turkey excluded from CPT online tournaments
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