Best Of V

0:00 - Pre-Evo news: Celtic Throwdown, Body Count Fighting 7, and Circa closes down 4:24 - Terry Bogard revealed for SNK Heroines 5:43 - Terry Bogard (and more) revealed for Fighting EX Layer 7:35 - Diego revealed for Dead or Alive 6 8:46 - MenaRD's champions' choice costume looks a lot like MenaRD 11:16 - John's Eventhubs team defeats Team r/StreetFighter at Evo 14:06 - Major delays on Evo's side tournament stream 16:28 - Mic was on the mic at Evo 18:09 - STREET FIGHTER V discussion 28:33 - Evo Championship Sunday ran until 3am Eastern 31:20 - G and Sagat revealed for Street Fighter V 37:37 - DRAGONBALL FIGHTERZ discussion, including the side switch controversy 43:12 - Block/Grab: SFV swimsuit costumes (now that we can actually see the swimsuits) 54:24 - TEKKEN 7 discussion 58:42 - Seung Mi-Na and Astaroth revealed for SoulCalibur VI 1:00:00 - Negan (Walking Dead), Anna, and Lei revealed for Tekken 7 Season 2 1:07:53 - SUPER SMASH BROS. MELEE discussion 1:11:23 - Leffen to give a portion of

NOTE: Due to a technical issue, there is an echo that kicks in at the 30 second mark. It ends around the 1:30 mark. We apologize for the issue. 0:00 - Recap of all the weekend's action 13:48 - Footsies released for Android 15:58 - Avyd rises from the dead 17:20 - DBFZ World Tour announces online Radar events 19:11 - US Army hosts SFV tournament series for active service members 20:47 - Evo schedule and commentators... including Danke 28:33 - Evo's weird bracketing system and its second-round byes 36:33 - Esports Ecosystem (cryptocurrency) sponsoring Evo 39:15 - Side streams and pre-events at Evo 45:49 - Major storylines for the three biggest Evo games: Tekken 7, DBFZ, and SFV 56:12 - SFV fantasy draft 1:14:18 - Evo predictions (Question of the Day and Block/Grab)

0:00 - Recap, including VSFighting 16:38 - Steve takes a deep dive into the Tekken World Tour standings 25:42 - Evo releases entrant counts and the order of Sunday finals 45:41 - Pot bonuses announced for SFV, KOF, and FEXL 49:32 - Voldo announced for SoulCalibur VI 51:12 - DBFZ news: New characters (Base Goku & Base Vegeta), new patch, and Switch beta 57:42 - NuckleDu signs with Ghost 1:00:37 - International Olympic Committee forms Esports Liaison Group 1:06:03 - Block/Grab: New SFV swimsuit costumes

0:00 - Weekend recap 9:02 - Eleague SFV Invitational playoff results and thoughts 26:11 - Input lag cycles discovered in SFV 38:06 - Free characters coming to Fighting EX Layer 38:54 - Free agency and player sponsorship news involving RobTV, NuckleDu, and more 45:31 - DBFZ, Melee, and Capcom receive Esports Awards nominations 48:32 - CEOtaku lineup announced 49:47 - Status update from Smash Harassment Task Force 51:21 - Radar Events added to DBFZ World Tour 52:43 - Question of the Day: Which unsponsored players deserve to be picked up? 58:18 - Alex Valle interview

0:00 - Weekend recap, including Abuget Cup, Viennality, and more 10:10 - Abuget Cup attempted to run its SFV tournament on PC 15:48 - CEO 2019 announced; returns to Daytona Beach 23:56 - Skullgirls to Switch 26:05 - Talim announced for SoulCalibur VI 27:14 - Evo Japan announced for February 2019 in Fukuoka 32:06 - Second 'season pass' potentially outed for Tekken 7 35:43 - Rumored list of characters for SFV's Season 4 40:23 - Eleague finals predictions 1:02:00 - SonicFox hosts grind session for top US DBFZ players: "Summit of Pawer" 1:05:04 - Our viewers offer tips to new father Efren 1:08:00 - We attempt a Block/Grab on new Tekken characters. Key word: attempt.

0:00 - EFREN IS A FATHER!!! Also, CEO tournament result recap 17:30 - CEOxNJPW (wrestling show) thoughts, including the Chasyn Rance controversy 26:15 - Kuroda arrested and charged 29:58 - Mike's thoughts on the state of DBFZ after CEO 36:00 - Sponsorship updates for Dimeback and Luffy 38:38 - Evo entrant leaderboard update 41:15 - Tokyo Game Show prizing details announced 45:21 - Players reporting racist incidents in Daytona Beach 48:52 - Question of the Day and Block/Grab: CEO entrances

0:00 - Recap of the past two weeks of pro circuit events, including ELEAGUE Groups C & D, Northwest Majors, and more 25:46 - The impending FT10 between SonicFox and ZeRo in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 32:55 - Details of the Dragonball FighterZ World Tour 43:55 - Early thoughts on Cody in Street Fighter V 52:29 - Our thoughts on Fighting Chance, the new (loot box-esque?) feature added to SFV survival mode 58:02 - CEO entrant numbers revealed 1:06:17 - We preview three of the biggest tournaments at CEO 2018: DBFZ (Mike), Tekken (Steve), and SFV (John) 1:18:52 - Block/Grab: Our thoughts on SFV's new Devil May Cry- and Mega Man-themed costumes You can catch our show live every Tuesday on twitch.tv/bestofvshow at 7pm ET/4pm PT. Also be sure to follow twitter.com/bestofvshow for all of our latest news and updates.

0:00 - Weekend recap, including Eleague Group B, TWT, and CPT events 17:25 - DBFZ Summit of Power: recap and thoughts 34:17 - DBFZ news: World Tour announced 40:27 - E3 news (DBFZ for Switch, SC6 release date, FEXL DLC plan, New Day vs Elite in SFV) 48:55 - Dead or Alive 6 announced... with less of an emphasis on sex appeal 59:28 - Jump Force announced 1:02:50 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate announced... is it the end for Melee at Evo? --- Our show streams live on Tuesday nights at 7pm ET (4pm PT) on twitch.tv/bestofvshow You can follow us on Twitter (twitter.com/bestofvshow) for all of our latest updates

0:00 - Eleague Week 1 recap & thoughts, plus a discussion on young players under bright spotlights. 15:32 - Recap of the rest of the weekend's events, including RAGE and DreamHack Austin, blending into general DreamHack thoughts 38:50 - Mike's thoughts on the current state of Dragonball FighterZ. 44:38 - The frequency of fighting game balance patches 48:45 - Maxi is confirmed for SoulCalibur VI 50:14 - Ilan's initial thoughts on BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle 51:32 - Next week's Body Count Fighting 6 event, which includes Terrell Owens vs. De'Aaron Fox in a DBFZ exhibition 55:20 - Smash 'n Splash asks top seeds to run their pools... the day of the event 1:04:05 - Fighting game predictions for E3 1:21:31 - We debut a TOTALLY-NOT-FAKE clip from the next NRS game

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.