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?

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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.