This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/bLPb0RJ7DoI 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:30 - Ilan rants about Formula 1 for 1 minute and 23 seconds 3:53 - Capcom Pro Tour - NA Midwest 2 results 6:29 - Street Fighter League update 9:34 - ArcRevo EMEA #3 & ArcRevo America NA Central results 11:47 - Tekken Online Challenge - Southeast Asia & Oceania Regional Finals results 14:27 - DBFZ World Championship NA Regional Final results 15:37 - Killer Instinct World Cup finals 17:13 - Wha...
Dec 17, 2021•59 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/jhKOOfAAvkY --- 0:00 - Intro, and why we're on at a different time this week 8:15 - CEO 2021 results 24:39 - Capcom Pro Tour France/Spain/Portugal 2 results 26:39 - Street Fighter League update 29:14 - Tekken Online Challenge East Asia & South Asia Regional Finals results 31:03 - DBFZ World Championship European Regional Final results 32:03 - What to watch this coming week 34:23 - BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle & BlazBlue: Central Fic...
Dec 10, 2021•1 hr 21 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/wQt1HUQztao --- 0:00 - Intro and interview with Climax of Night director Ben "Shinobi" Robinson 18:47 - Capcom Pro Tour - Brazil 2 results 19:25 - Street Fighter League update 20:52 - ArcRevo Online - EMEA 2 results 21:37 - Tekken Online Challenge - Central America finals results 22:03 - Climax of Night results 23:41 - Revolution 20XX -Xtend- results 24:55 - What to watch this coming week 26:50 - Warner Bros. announces new platform fighte...
Nov 25, 2021•1 hr 13 min
NOTE: Due to technical issues, the quality of Sharpie's audio dips after the first 15 minutes or so. This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/YUdR6b2zBOg --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 1:40 - Tekken Online Challenge - South America and West Africa results 3:30 - Smash World Tour - East Asia regional finals results 5:05 - Street Fighter League update 6:17 - Red Bull Kumite - Guilty Gear Strive results 8:13 - Red Bull Kumite - Tekken 7 results 11:09 - Red Bull Kumite - Street Fighte...
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 10 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/EiSMi9IG8j4 --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:50 - Capcom Pro Tour - Southeast Asia results 6:41 - Street Fighter League Pro-US & Pro-JP results 9:24 - Smash World Tour - Ultimate NA East Regional Final results 11:05 - Tekken Online Challenge - Middle East Regional Final results 13:25 - NEC 2021 results 18:15 - What to watch this coming week 20:25 - Full Red Bull Kumite player lineup revealed 32:16 - iDom signs with XSET 34:38 - Golden J...
Nov 11, 2021•1 hr 18 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/ARGvAbeXE9U --- 0:00 - Intro 3:40 - Ilan sleuths... and drops big news 19:11 - Capcom Pro Tour Japan 3 results 20:50 - Street Fighter League Pro-JP Week 6 update 21:48 - Street Fighter League Pro-US Week 4 update 22:33 - First Attack 2021 results 23:29 - Kumite in Tennessee 2021 results 24:43 - DBFZ Online Tenkaichi Europe 3 results 25:56 - Smash World Tour NA East Melee results 26:39 - ArcRevo Online EMEA 1 results 28:09 - One More Once ...
Nov 04, 2021•1 hr 23 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/SBpz6hq7itc --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:53 - Capcom Pro Tour - Nordic/Baltic results 5:32 - Street Fighter League Pro-JP standings 6:45 - Street Fighter League Pro-US standings 8:38 - Red Bull Kumite Guilty Gear Strive LCQ results 14:00 - Skullgirls Fall Blockbuster results 16:14 - DBFZ Online Tenkaichi - Europe 1 results 17:05 - Smash World Tour - NA West & EU regional finals results 20:00 - What to watch this coming week 21:36 - ...
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 18 min
This episode can be viewed on https://youtu.be/IIxtNk9HTkw --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:13 - Capcom Pro Tour - North America West 2 results 7:31 - Tekken Online Challenge - Korea and Japan results 16:01 - Street Fighter League Pro-JP & Pro-US results 18:30 - The Pinnacle 2021 results 20:46 - Low Tier City 2021 results 21:48 - What to watch this coming weekend 23:21 - Was Nephew's second CPT win 'gatekeeping'? 47:02 - Thoughts on the King of Fighters XV presentation at Tokyo Game Show 54:53...
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 33 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/7AxfHJPJsOU --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:40 - Capcom Pro Tour Central America West 2 results 4:38 - Street Fighter League JP - Round 1 Day 1 results 7:12 - Tekken Online Challenge - Philippines/East Asia & Oceania results 9:56 - DBFZ Online Tenkaichi - Japan results 10:45 - What to watch this coming weekend 12:20 - Evo 2021 Showcase cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns 28:46 - Melty Blood: Type Lumina releases 40:30 - Nickelodeon All ...
Oct 07, 2021•1 hr 23 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Q6-AVTiM-do --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:00 - Capcom Pro Tour UK/Ireland 1 results 4:11 - DBFZ Online Tenkaichi - Europe 2 & Europe 4 results 5:35 - Tekken Online Master - Southeast Asia & South Asia results 7:47 - Vortex Gallery Week 4 results 9:01 - UltraChenTV Commentator Cup results 16:14 - DaPurpleSharpie to compete in Panda Global Nickvitational 24:08 - Shoryuken.com goes down 41:59 - Preview of our interview with Saint Co...
Sep 30, 2021•1 hr 26 min
0:00 - Intro 1:34 - Advice for freelance workers 2:58 - How Saint Cola got into the FGC 5:15 - On the growing spotlight on the Midwest 9:52 - How Saint Cola raised his commentary profile 12:35 - How he keeps up with of all of his commitments 15:48 - Saint Cola's favorite opportunity
Sep 29, 2021•20 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/EUWeOK1IncM --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:15 - Capcom Pro Tour - Japan 2 results 3:01 - Street Fighter League US Season 3 Finals results 4:29 - Vortex Gallery - Week 3 results 7:00 - Tekken Online Challenge - Middle East & South Africa results 9:23 - DBFZ Online Tenkaichi - US West results 10:19 - Smash World Tour - Europe Ultimate Regional Final results 11:15 - Vortex Gallery Week 4 schedule 14:22 - Nickelodeon All Star Brawl gets a...
Sep 23, 2021•1 hr 27 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/-VkcoYG_nc8 --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 4:03 - Vortex Gallery Week 2 results 6:15 - Riptide results 9:03 - CakeAssault separates shoulder during popoff 11:06 - Our favorite popoffs of all time 41:40 - Block/Grab: Michael Roa Valdamjong in Melty Blood: Type Lumina 44:02 - Block/Grab: Power Rangers: Battle For The Grid Season 4 characters 47:35 - Block/Grab: Ren & Stimpy in Nickelodeon All Star Battle 1:03:00 - Block/Grab: Cyber Akuma ...
Sep 16, 2021•1 hr 29 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/dAm5NTzrMDo --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 6:43 - Vortex Gallery Week 2 schedule 10:27 - Sharpie's goals for the UltraChenTV Commentator Cup 16:44 - #FreeMvC2 campaign gains momentum 22:55 - Justin Wong beats Roundhouse 15-5 in $10,000 Marvel vs Capcom 2 money match 40:21 - Block/Grab: Noel in Melty Blood: Type Lumina 41:25 - Melty Blood: Type Lumina gameplay preview 49:08 - Block/Grab: Ash Crimson in King of Fighters XV 51:28 - Block/Grab:...
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 27 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/z4czNUSkVE4 --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:45 - Capcom Pro Tour - Central Ameria East & South Africa results 6:28 - Street Fighter League Japan draft results 9:18 - Smash Ultimate Summit 3 results 11:38 - Big Levo 3 results 13:27 - DBFZ World Championships Opening Event results 16:00 - Vortex Gallery Week 1 schedule 20:10 - Summer Jam 2021 results 24:45 - Massive King of Fighters XV trailer reveals release date and more 44:39 - Block/...
Sep 02, 2021•1 hr 19 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BMviCgT4SA Ilan's Akira breakdown can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/K_ebz8f0KWc --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:07 - Two players disqualified from Evo for being underage after rule change 19:24 - Ace dives into Evo's disqualification numbers 31:25 - Evo 2021 Online - Skullgirls results, and Sharpie's experience commentating at Evo 45:29 - Evo 2021 Online - Mortal Kombat 11 results 46:06 - Evo 2021 Online - Street...
Aug 19, 2021•1 hr 16 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/dv8hCTgFrfY --- 2:04 - Evo cancels broadcast of Latin America Guilty Gear Strive finals 9:18 - Evo participants deal with a large number of DQs 16:53 - None of Evo's pools were streamed 24:02 - Evo results: Skullgirls 34:51 - Evo results: Mortal Kombat 11 38:16 - Evo results: Tekken 7 42:39 - Evo results: Street Fighter V 48:06 - Evo results: Guilty Gear Strive 57:42 - Capcom Pro Tour Australia results 59:04 - Sharpie Shorts: Job Intervie...
Aug 12, 2021•1 hr 26 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/l6d0PUvVn0A --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:35 - Capcom Pro Tour France/Spain/Portugal 1 results 3:47 - Skullgirls Summer Blockbuster results 5:04 - Evo schedule 6:22 - Street Figther V Summer Update format thoughts 9:38 - Guile and Cammy are coming to Fortnite 14:08 - Oro and Akira join the Street Fighter V roster on August 16 26:52 - Street Fighter V Summer Update will also include updates to Tournament Mode 27:41 - Ilan really enjoyed t...
Aug 05, 2021•1 hr 6 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/L0hxwFILHeM Ilan's Goldlewis showcase can be viewed on Twitch at https://youtu.be/Ht-r1VADlpc --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:23 - Intel World Open Asia results 6:33 - Capcom Pro Tour NA East 1 results 8:23 - Punk on Capcom stream: "I'mma just play Guilty Gear" 18:25 - Music from SoulCalibur and other games featured in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony 24:15 - King of Dinosaurs joins the King of Fighters XV cast 25:48 - Melty Blood:...
Jul 29, 2021•51 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/b3VjNsZI4Ic --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:54 - Question of the Day: Who is your favorite grappler? 7:22 - Smash Summit 11 results 9:10 - Intel World Open Regional Finals results 20:04 - Thoughts on Intel World Open's two-day format 24:07 - All characters at Intel World Open wore track suits 31:27 - Skullgirls Evo side tournament results 38:02 - Genesis 8 announced for January 2022 39:40 - Kumite in Tennessee returns for Halloween weekend...
Jul 22, 2021•1 hr 17 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/StdkHU-3jAM 0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:37 - Capcom Pro Tour - China 1 results 4:37 - Soccer/Football sidebar: Copa America 2021 and Euro 2020 results 9:15 - Capcom announces schedule change for a few upcoming CPT events 13:36 - Ramon announced for King of Fighters XV 20:55 - Seox is the final character for Granblue Fantasy Versus' season pass... or is he? 29:44 - Skullgirls added to Evo Online main lineup 39:00 - New offline Evo Showcase ...
Jul 15, 2021•1 hr 23 min
0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:54 - Intel World Open Regional Final lineups 13:37 - Can player names be too wild? 21:16 - Input lag tests show PS5 is Guilty Gear Strive's laggiest version 29:07 - What challenges exist for making PC the tournament standard? 40:26 - NetherRealm Studios announces end of support for Mortal Kombat 11 50:56 - SNK confirms launch platforms for King of Fighters XV 58:02 - Bandai Namco announces new tournament series for Dragon Ball FighterZ 1:01:33 - Level 9 CPU Kazuya pick...
Jul 08, 2021•1 hr 12 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/jCkgzBi_-0E --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 7:34 - Intel World Open closed qualifiers - Australia, China, EU East, & US East results 12:31 - Pound 2021 Online results 14:28 - MKX Lives results 17:06 - Team Japan beats Team NA 10-5 in Guilty Gear Strive team exhibition 26:03 - CEO reopens registration; sells out within an hour 28:06 - Should top players get early access to event registration? 59:42 - Steam Summer Sale includes several fig...
Jul 01, 2021•1 hr 22 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/GekTCf9BGi4 --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:56 - Capcom Pro Tour - North America Central 1 results 7:48 - Beauty is XO Academy's Season 3 student 16:30 - Translation of Harada's podcast leads to speculation of Tekken X Street Fighter's cancellation 38:17 - Them's Fightin' Herds gets updated to Ver. 2.1 45:03 - Apologyman to present US vs Japan 10v10 Guilty Gear Strive exhibition 1:07:59 - Xanadu's offline events are returning with a bang -...
Jun 24, 2021•1 hr 19 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/wINDF_5FtAI The full interview with Josh "Jaaahsh" Marcotte can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/PEx8p3ZwZj4 --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:25 - Mortal Kombat Pro Kompetition - Regional Finals results 8:26 - Capcom Pro Tour - Middle East 1 and Europe West 1 results 12:24 - Intel World Open - Open Qualifiers results and predictions 27:35 - Vortex Gallery (fka AnimEvo) announces initial 26-game lineup 33:15 - Guilty Gear Strive laun...
Jun 17, 2021•1 hr 34 min
This interview can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/PEx8p3ZwZj4 --- Panda Global's Josh Marcotte, better known as Jaaahsh, is one of the core organizers of Riptide, an upcoming Smash event that saw more than 2,000 players register in just a few hours. In this interview recorded on June 13th, Ace spends some time talking with Jaaahsh about the creation of Riptide, the challenges of running an event post-lockdown, what future events might look like, and more. --- 2:15 - Jaaahsh's history i...
Jun 16, 2021•28 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at (https://youtu.be/DBzHCoWWiUw) 0:00 - Intro and rundown 1:53 - Capcom Pro Tour - Brazil 1 results 3:46 - What to watch this coming week 5:49 - DaPurpleSharpie was part of Combo Breaker's Look Alive event 22:15 - Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown launches 36:17 - Red Bull Kumite all but confirms US edition later this year 39:33 - AnimEVO retires old name; rebrands as Vortex Gallery 43:35 - King of Fighters XV's next character is Blue Mary 47:03 - The Atl...
Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 22 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at () --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:43 - CPT South America West 1 results 8:00 - Red Bull Kumite London 2021 results 12:36 - What to watch this coming weekend 14:03 - MKX Lives suspended due to doxxing and DDoS attacks 22:27 - Daigo Umehara out of the hospital after COVID-19 diagnosis 29:38 - Registration now open for Intel World Open 31:46 - Street Fighter V patch released 36:06 - East Coast Throwdown will not run traditional event in 2021 43:08 - Ralf and...
May 27, 2021•1 hr 19 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/UAET-6V0Wlw --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:03 - Capcom Pro Tour - Asia East 1 results 5:40 - What to watch this coming weekend 8:40 - Oil King is out of Red Bull Kumite 11:37 - WePlay tweets that they "can't wait to bring you the next season" 17:10 - AT&T's sale of Warner Media could lead to uncertainty about NetherRealm's future 23:03 - Mortal Kombat X is the next Twitch Rivals event 28:03 - Climax of Night to expand registration cap...
May 20, 2021•1 hr 29 min
This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/_B5ZRmdKLK0 --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:32 - Capcom Pro Tour - North America West 1 results 11:47 - What to watch this coming weekend 12:42 - Twitch Rivals teases an upcoming Mortal Kombat event 15:20 - Umbrella announced as next Skullgirls character 27:08 - Guilty Gear Strive's open beta is this weekend 32:51 - Climax of Night announces dates and location 40:57 - We catch up on SNK's trailers for Samurai Shodown and King of Fighters X...
May 13, 2021•1 hr 16 min
