Best Of V

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?

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

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 vide

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

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

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

This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/394602049 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:26 - Weekend recap, including Street Fighter League and Smash Ultimate Summit 9:36 - Final Round 2019 set to kick off the 2019 Capcom Pro Tour this weekend 22:22 - Bandai Namco announces changes to Tekken World Tour for 2019 34:46 - Final Round 2019 entrant numbers 38:05 - Cassie Cage announced for Mortal Kombat 11 46:01 - Lowain announced for Granblue Fantasy Versus 48:49 - Full launch roster announced for Power Rangers: Battle For The Grid 50:36 - Question of the Day: What was your favorite moment from Excellent Adventures? 1:01:10 - Interview with Ryan "Gootecks" Gutierrez

This episode can be seen on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/390972740 0:00 - Intro and recap 2:44 - Weekend recap, including Street Fighter League updates in Japan and the US 10:32 - We give away prizes for our Evo game list prediction contest 14:00 - Evo announces its game lineup for 2019 37:23 - Mortal Kombat 11 launch roster may have been leaked 43:45 - Mike gives away a copy of UNIST for his birthday 45:27 - Top Melee players react to the game being left out of Evo 2019 48:52 - Ilan shows off a couple of Negan's tools in Tekken 7 53:04 - Quick hits: EFightPass launches, Justin Wong signed by ElGato, Caba & Salem released 58:36 - Interview with Samantha "Persia" Hancock

This episode can be seen on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/387262043 0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:47 - Weekend recap, including Winter Brawl 3D and Frostbite 2019 8:40 - General Frostbite and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate thoughts 14:11 - Nintendo of America President/COO Reggie Fils-Amie announces his retirement 19:08 - Mortal Kombat 11 Summit of Time invitees have been announced; drama ensues 34:02 - Capcom announces 2019 Capcom Pro Tour DLC pack 43:36 - Capcom releases patch notes for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition 47:37 - Brawlhalla's Year Four esports campaign includes $500,000 in prizing 53:26 - NBC to air a Wednesday Night Fights SFV:AE NorCal vs SoCal 5v5 exhibition 56:55 - Question of the Day: What will be the biggest surprise in the Evo 2019 lineup? 1:00:29 - We make our final Evo 2019 lineup predictions 1:15:02 - World Esports League announces gloabl €50,000 Tekken 7 competition

You can watch this episode on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/383519901 0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:47 - Weekend recap, including Anime Ascension and Evo Japan 17:52 - Momochi takes home $14,000 first-place prize despite lack of JeSU license 22:55 - English stream of DoA6 presentation at Evo Japan cut early due to sexual content 38:34 - Echo Fox signs NuckleDu 39:38 - BBTag announces Arcana Heart as 5th fate... and that there will be a 6th fate 40:51 - Julia and Negan to be released for Tekken 7 on Feb. 28 43:11 - Jade announced for Mortal Kombat 11 46:04 - Beyond the Summit announces Summit of Time for MK11; rumored invitee list causing a stir 53:26 - Jump Force cut scenes are... less than ideal 59:22 - Daigo gives his thoughts on the state of fighting game esports 1:01:01 - Final Round will not be part of the 2019 Tekken World Tour 1:01:40 - Block/Grab: FGC memes 1:13:41 - Steve talks about his recent loss

This episode can be seen on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/379722911 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:31 - Weekend rundown, including Japan Street Fighter League week 2 and Strong Style Japan 12:42 - Part of Mortal Kombat 11's roster may have been leaked by Steam's achievement database 26:18 - Our first experiences with Street Fighter IV 37:45 - Ten of our favorite Street Fighter IV matches 1:06:28 - Blanka has a time-freezing glitch in Street Fighter V 1:10:11 - Evo 2019 game list prediction contest (Enter at https://goo.gl/forms/4iPvh3qS2nQwYg192) 1:14:05 - Block/Grab: Which games will make the Evo lineup?

This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/375802228 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:55 - Weekend recap, including the Japanese Street Fighter League and Genesis 6 10:06 - A group of fans chanted "F*** HBox" at Genesis 6 18:40 - Genesis viewer counts peak at 150,000 for both Melee and Ultimate on Super Bowl Sunday 22:17 - Capcom announces format and schedule for 2019 Capcom Pro Tour 29:36 - SoCal Regionals skipping 2019, planning to return in 2020 31:23 - Mortal Kombat 11 reveals: Kano, Kabal, and D'Vorah 42:05 - Tokido becomes 10th fighting game player to leave Echo Fox 56:02 - Interview with Justin Wong

You can watch this episode on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/372035498 0:00 - Intro and rundown 1:50 - Red Bull Final Summoning (DBFZ World Tour Finals) recap and thoughts 22:20 - Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid gameplay footage released 24:54 - Tekken 7 Japan vs Korea 12v12 exhibition announced 30:00 - Ketchup & Mustard have video breakdown of what's new in Mortal Kombat 11 36:55 - Capcom's been awfully quiet as of late... 38:50 - Esports predictions for MK11 49:00 - Which game will dominate 2019? 51:26 - Who's the best player in the world? 53:09 - Interview with Dr. Alan Bunney, CEO of Panda Global

This episode can be seen on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/368246438 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:13 - Weekend recap, including Glitch 6 and Frosty Faustings XI 8:20 - Capcom announces a North American edition of the 3v3 Street Fighter Pro League 18:47 - Nintendo announces the Smash Ultimate North America Cup 29:22 - Justin Wong announces he's a free agent, and team AtlasBear leaves the FGC 40:40 - Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid announced 43:11 - Jiren all but officially announced for Dragonball FighterZ 44:44 - Mike previews the DBFZ World Tour Finals 52:22 - XO Academy announces several notable community members as part of its team 55:43 - Mortal Kombat XI: The Reveal reactions 1:10:18 - Block/Grab: Which Mortal Kombat characters should come back?

This episode can be seen on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/364567493 0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:52 - Recap, including Cooperation Cup and KIT 2019 14:53 - Evo Japan announces prize pools totaling 10,000,000 Yen (~$92,000) 19:12 - Big DBFZ announcements coming at DBFZ World Tour Finals 30:25 - John addresses his article about "Ken players of note" 35:57 - Mortal Kombat 11: The Reveal coming on Thursday 39:52 - Justin Wong shares the changes he wants to see for the 2019 CPT 59:00 - Knee's stream gets uploaded to YouTube without permission 1:03:20 - Interview with UltraDavid, focusing on how copyright law can impact FGC tournaments and streams