Eventhubs Podcast

It's time to kick off the EventHubs Season 5 tier list discussion as four of us here on the site have ordered personal tier lists the entire Street Fighter 5 roster. We then averaged those four together and will be discussing characters 40-21 on this week's episode. 1:05 - General Criteria 07:34 - Alex 12:58 - Falke 18:33 - F.A.N.G 22:06 - Nash 27:47 - Juri 32:07 - Ryu 38:38 - Ed 43:22 - Vega 47:40 - E. Honda 57:17 - Blanka 1:02:26 - Cody 1:07:45 - Sagat 1:12:21 - Ken 1:16:03 - Lucia 1:21:05 - Kage 1:26:37 - Birdie 1:32:52 - Balrog 1:38:10 - Sakura 1:42:47 - Gill 1:50:45 - Sakura

Timestamps 01:04 - Quick recap and what we can do to minimize these issues moving forward 15:16 - Dealing with things right now, on a personal level

We've rounded up results from Capcom Pro Tour and other online tournaments as well as various opinions from respected community members to try to hammer down a general idea of Street Fighter 5's particularly elusive tier list. Also... a 101 lesson in dating advice. Timestamps 01:01 - Strongest characters we're seeing based on tournament results and tier lists (Poison) 15:00 - Karin, M. Bison, and Akuma 20:36 - Rashid 23:56 - Seth 30:31 - Chun-Li 35:49 - Cody 40:59 - Alex 44:01 - Gill 48:38 - Dating advice for the FGC (What not to do) 54:06 - What to do  

The first North American Capcom Cup Online event went off without a hitch... unless you count the drama surrounding the reigning champion participating and then forfeiting in top eight. Plus Chris G loses his sponsorship with Evil Geniuses over sexist and racist comments from years ago and we learn more specifics about what does and doesn't seem to cause online latency in Street Fighter 5. Timestamps 00:57 - iDom enters CPTO, forfeits in top eight 09:48 - Silver linings 19:13 - Stages don't cause extra latency? 30:40 - ChrisG dropped from EG for social media comments from years ago 38:34 - Testing to find out what specifically causes latency in Street Fighter 5

Street Fighter X Tekken wound up not being Capcom's proudest moment, but it did teach us plenty of lessons we'd be remiss not to remember in current times. Plus Catalyst shares some old conversations he's had with Capcom employees, I learned a fighting game lesson while playing Risk, and online tournament results are painting a somewhat surprising picture. Timestamps 1:10 - The sins of Street Fighter X Tekken 16:56 - Catalyst's Capcom secrets 23:21 - Risk can make you madder than Street Fighter 39:18 - Capcom Pro Tour online, seeing the problems so we can fix them (plus surprisingly unsurprising results) 45:05 - Helping to fix the issues from our end

Where on the Street Fighter timeline should Capcom hold the events of Street Fighter 6? We discuss the potential of a venture into the past to feature important and intriguing characters we've yet to see on any playable roster. Plus Catalyst meets a big goal with Menat, and we examine what types of SF5 characters seem to do the best in tournament to determine what types of characters the game could use in its final DLC season. Timestamps 01:26 - Where should SF6 be held on the timeline? 11:20 - How might Capcom go about getting characters from different points in time on the same roster? 15:30 - Story is massively important in fighting games now, tons of potential is currently on the table for Capcom 33:00 - Jon meets his goal 36:44 - What style isn't as represented in tournament play as others? (Zoning) 42:07 - Better address with new character playstyles as opposed to new mechanics

You don't need to venture very far or wide in the fighting game community to hear about obstacles that arise in network play, but after watching the Blink All-Star Challenge last weekend Catalyst has a list of online event perks you may not have realized were staring you in the face. Also, we find lessons in unlikely places as Jyobin and an Adam Sandler film give us a crash course on breaking the rules to break new ground. Timestamps 00:00 - Black Lives Matter 08:52 - Uncut Jyobin: Bending rules to reach new heights 26:00 - Hidden perks of online events 33:16 - Should online tourney commentators acknowledge lag? 37:01 - Giving online its due  

Capcom has revealed more DLC content is en route for Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition in the form of five more characters and three more stages. We discuss who we think these final five might be as well as speculate what the end of Street Fighter 5's timeline will look like. Before all that though, we welcome on Steven "DreamKing" Chavez to talk about Mortal Kombat 11's brand new Aftermath update. Timestamps 01:09 - Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath initial impressions 03:50 - Is it worth the $40? 05:45 - RetroKade stage is awesome 08:15 - Stage Fatalities and Friendships - Good but maybe not amazing 14:14 - Where might MK's new momentum take it? 17:00 - Capcom unveils news of 5 new characters coming to Street Fighter 5 28:09 - Who are the likeliest candidates? 39:30 - Chances of a Dan (should a joke character be DLC?) 41:13 - Can you have Yun without Yang? Why Makoto wouldn't be a good choice 50:06 - What does the timeline look like now? Why reveals/releases might not coincide with EVO 56:49 - Might we see SF

Who are the hardest characters to play efficiently in Street Fighter 5? Who are the easiest? Four of us here at EventHubs have come together to rank the entire 40-character roster in terms of how technical each fighter is to play, then we averaged our scores to come up with a final list. DreamKing, MajinTenshinhan, Catalyst, and I are going through that final list today to highlight some of our more notable choices, debate opinions, and explain who we think are SF5's most technical characters. Timestamps 00:00 - Intro, Steven loves Tiger King and Weezer 02:17 - Establishing the criteria 08:53 - Cammy (40) 10:59 - M. Bison (39) 13:30 - Necalli (38) 18:14 - Birdie (37) 19:13 - Alex (35) 26:36 - Laura (29) 29:14 - Zangief (27) 34:13 - E. Honda (24)* 39:18 - Abigail (24)* 50:57 - Kage (20) 55:45 - Cody (18) 59:49 - Lucia (17) 1:04:42 - Sagat (19) 1:08:51 - Falke (14) 1:13:30 - Karin (10) 1:16:14 - Ibuki (8) 1:21:28 - Poison (6)* 1:23:20 - Vega (6)* 1:27:37 - Gill (3)** 1:31:06 - G (3)** 1:46:11 - Zeku (2) 1:52

For those ready to get serious about leveling up in Street Fighter 5, we've put together a list of seven tactics that've given us great results in our recent training endeavors. Also, we fight about the validity of online tournaments. Timestamps 00:39 - Quick reactions to the brand new MK11 Aftermath gameplay trailer - NRS is doing it right 02:16 - "Offline tournaments aren't coming back anytime soon" 11:00 - What constitutes a "valid" gameplay environment? 21:25 - Ways to make Ranked play more rewarding 26:18 - 7 Simple tips to get better in SF5 (that anyone can do) 27:04 - Watching higher level footage 32:21 - Play with a schedule 38:35 - Limit your focuses at any given time 40:09 - Always have specific focuses to be training up 42:40 - Actively attend to your mental game 44:50 - Ignore points/play in the moment 49:47 - Remember to actively apply what you're practicing when in the heat of matches 51:17 - Mailbag

EVO 2020 has been canceled and organizers plan to take the event online. This seems like a logistical nightmare, but is there a timeline where we actually see it work? MajinTenshinhan joins us to talk about this and to conclude our discussion and rankings of Street Fighter 5's four seasons. Timestamps 01:06 - EVO canceled and headed online... can it work? 26:51 - Season 3 discussion start 31:24 - Sakura 40:37 - Blanka 46:07 - Falke 53:37 - Cody 1:01:59 - G 1:12:57 - Sagat 1:22:32 - Season 4 discussion start, Kage 1:32:10 - E. Honda 1:39:04 - Poison 1:43:38 - Lucia 1:50:02 - Gill 1:55:39 - Seth 2:06:42 - Individual ratings for Seasons 3 and 4 2:23:45 - Final averages for all Seasons  

We're taking a detailed look back at Street Fighter 5's four seasons of DLC development to assess how good of a job Capcom did at bringing the hype and adding to the SF5 experience each year. MajinTenshinhan joins us as we explore seasons 1 and 2 on this week's episode of the EventHubs Podcast. Timestamps 02:23 - Intro and Season 1 discussion 56:30 - Season 2 discussion 1:46:00 - Rating the seasons

With all of the change and chaos we've seen here during the start of 2020, what are we expecting and hoping for when it comes to the future of Street Fighter 5? Plus, tournament organizers for CEO, Combo Breaker, and EVO have banned one competitor for the use of a racial slur on Twitter leaving the community to wonder about the fates of the numerous other notable community figures who have made similar posts in the past. We also welcome on MajinTenshinhan and DarkHorse to talk about the apparent trainwreck that was the Guilty Gear Strive beta, all here on episode 100 of the EventHubs Podcast. Timestamps 01:20 - Bans for racial slurs 07:58 - What do we think/hope the future for SF5 will look like now? 23:55 - Using cell phones for getting offline tourneys back up and running 28:20 - Using EventHubs as a platform to check against special interest people/groups 38:30 - Guilty Gear Strive beta impressions with Nick and Dakota

Who are the most underrated characters in Street Fighter 5 these days? DreamKing, MajinTenshinhan, Catalyst, and I have all put together top three lists that we use to discuss, debate, and try to arrive at something of an answer to this question on this week's episode of the EventHubs Podcast Timestamps 01:28 - Guilty Gear Strive beta hype from Nick 06:15 - Most underrated characters

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After more than four years of updates, patches, and tweaks, Street Fighter 5 feels like it's more balanced than ever... with perhaps a few caveats... we discuss the particulars of this and then are joined by Dakota "DarkHorse" Hills and Nick "MajinTenshinhan" Taylor to talk the good, the bad, and the ugly of Granblue Fantasy: Versus. Timestamps 1:31 - Is Street Fighter 5's balance better than ever? 51:14 - The good, bad, and ugly of Granblue Fantasy: Versus (With MajinTenshinhan and DarkHorse)

Big changes have been made to Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition as the latest patch brings updates to both character balance and matchmaking. We discuss the biggest takeaways from both of these plus a lesson in hit confirms. Timestamps 00:27 - Top 3 most impactful (probably) changes of the "March.5" balance update 30:05 - Other notable mentions 52:56 - Matchmaking improvements, what we've seen thus far 1:06:59 - Hit confirm practice tips and tricks

Yoshinori Ono talks the current state and tentatively promising future for Street Fighter 5 in a newly released interview with US Gamer, Tokido's performance with Akuma at Topanga has Catalyst all but certain that the demonic fighter will be a problem here in Season 5, and a recent EventHubs poll regarding the production of more SF5 content yields some surprising results. Timestamps 04:02 - Important details from Ono's latest interview 36:34 - Why Akuma looks kinda broken right now (Tokido destroys everyone at Topanga) 56:04 - More evidence that SF5 has shifted toward footsies and "R. Mika island" 1:04:46 - The people apparently want more SF5 DLC characters

  The coronavirus continues to affect the FGC, we discuss some of the particulars and possible longer-term effects as we try to form an idea of what the coming weeks and months might look like. Plus we get into Topanga 2020 finals predictions, how to adjust your focus to stop making dumb mistakes, check the mailbag, and more. Timestamps 00:38 - How the coronavirus is affecting the FGC 09:00 - How to simplify your offense to make fewer mistakes 17:56 - Topanga championship predictions and observations 23:31 - Our responsibility in continuing to level up SF5's netcode 29:24 - Interesting thoughts from interviews with MenaRD, JB, and Ceroblast 53:10 - Bonchan's thoughts on low tier characters surprising us 57:36 - Mailbag

More and more pieces are falling in place as we explore the updated Street Fighter 5, and it seems as though the game's neutral has evolved in a very significant way... surprisingly despite the fact that V-Triggers haven't really been altered. We try to answer why that is, plus Catalyst and I discuss the validity of network play as the FGC moves further into the online arena, and we check the mailbag Timestamps 00:40 - Has a major shift happened in Street Fighter 5 right under our noses? (And what might be causing it?) 22:32 - Raptor - Online is not ready for fighting games yet 53:56 - Cygames disbands their eSports team 1:00:32 - Punk's choice to play Poison at Kimonomichi 1:06:50 - Mailbag