Best of 5's East Coast esports podcast

On this special episode of the Best of 5, Nerf, King Fuyoshi, and Ekts break down some of the most important pieces of advice for new and improving players trying their hand at competitive Smash Ultimate. The three hosts take you step by step through the exciting challenges of getting involved in the scene and how to work on your skills both on and off the sticks.

This week, Nerf, Ekts, and Fuyoshi are joined by Crits, TO for Hashtag Arena’s Smash events, to talk about his recent placings, his career in smash, as well as the Frostbite tournament in Detroit! Crits gives some great advice to newer and still-improving players and aspiring TOS.

On this episode, Nerf and King Fuyoshi break down some of the weekly brackets including the SuperFLEX Monthly at the Game Gym in Maryland. After going over some of the rising stars and top players' placings, they discuss the EVO lineup of games, going over the development and life of the games themselves, and more.

Bracket is the first half of the episode.

Evo Lineup starts at 15:15

After almost a week of having Patch 7.0.0 live, HallMonitor and Nerf break down the major changes, Byleth's release (and the first weekly victory by the character at Xanadu), and the many tournaments that happened in the past week, including Spotdodge 2 held at Hashtag Gaming Arena.

On this episode of The Best of 5, King Fuyoshi and Nerf break down the results from the Cave Monthly, Rig the Bracket, where Enzo (PA’s #2) ended WaDi’s undefeated local tourney streak, as well as the major tournaments like Genesis 7 and EVO Japan. They also discuss the upcoming patch and list hopes for game changes.

To kick off Season 2 of the Best of 5, Nerf, King Fuyoshi, and Ekts welcome Smash newcomer HallMonitor to the new stream layout as they discuss Glitch upsets, both on and from the region’s finest, as well as the new character Byleth releasing at the end of January

To cap off Season One of the Bo5 Podcast, Nerf, King Fuyoshi, and Ekts break down the end of the MDVA PR season with none other than WaDi! He talks about his mentality, motivations, and the future of the region’s rising stars.

Recorded live at Hashtag Gaming Arena in Chantilly VA

streamed at twitch.tv/nmelive

Podcast at https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/bestof5

On this very special Holiday episode of the Best of 5, Nerf and King Fuyoshi break down the new GimR phantom footstool (aka ghosting) tech, discuss the past decade of gaming, and ponder festive questions like ‘who would Santa main in Smash?’ There will be much jingling of bells!

On this week’s Best of 5, Nerf and EKTS discuss the changing rules for the current MDVA PR season, the future of the region at large, and the biggest excitements and disappointments of the 2019 Video Game Awards. -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/nmelive