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Mai has just released in Street Fighter 6, and the community is trying to figure her out. How does she stack up so far? Brian and Idom share their thoughts after a few days of the character, and she feels a little familiar. Will Mai's unique mechanics come together? Plus: The Capcom Cup 11 Group Draw, the Evo Awards (and dress code!) and reflecting on legendary moments that never made it on stream...

It used to be everybody hitting top 8 at a local had a sponsor - now the best in the world are getting dropped mere weeks before Capcom Cup. Brian and iDom explain the shift, with iDom offering a firsthand account of the phenomenon! Plus: The return of Red Bull Kumite, Capcom breaks the silence on Costume 4, and a little bit of Dumpster Diving. Trash Talk is supported by our patrons on Patreon: ww...

We launched a Patreon! - ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/Brian_F⁠⁠ for early access to main Trash Talk episodes, Q&A with the community for Extra Trashy, and more. Uncut Patreon version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-punk-knew-he-120798427   Punk has been a dominant force in the world of fighting games for years, but in no domain is he more feared than that of competitive Street Fighter. He ma...

Brian hops back on the mic with iDom to break down another week of FGC updates! The headlines are the gameplay reveal of Street Fighter 6's next DLC character, and a slew of announcements from the world's most prestigious tournament series... but you know Brian can't turn down a little twitter discourse, too.

2 guys get on a mic to join the rest of the Street Fighter 6 community in beating a dead horse. Japan has crowned their first World Warrior qualifier, with Kakeru returning to his JP to secure the Capcom Cup qualification and Momochi sticking with recently nerfed Ed to win the event, proving that sometimes comfort is greater than any balance patch. The community is up in arms over lack of characte...

GuileWinQuote is to many the premier retro fighting game video essayist, providing retrospectives and deep dives into all the good, the bad, and the weird the genre has to offer. With many of his popular retrospectives releasing within a month of an unexpected game re-release announcement, the “GuileWinQuote effect” has been coined, with people falling into one of two camps: Those that view him as...

It's the end of the year, a time for reflection and looking back... but THAT far back? With a wave of Street Fighter V nostalgia hitting a large portion of the FGC, Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite Beyond released by Maximilian Dude, people are using this time to take a look back at the previous generation of major fighting game titles.  @iDomNYC  and I take a look at these developments, as well as a re...

Brian gets iDom on the mic to talk over recent events in Street Fighter! From official drops like a major balance patch and the final CPT qualifier, to community pop-offs and sponsorship woes.

Before becoming the face of fighting games, Sajam got his start by dabbling in Street Fighter 4 and other post-2009 era titles. During this time, he noticed a distinct lack of fighting game content and guides to onboard him to the genre, and worked to fill that need himself from the start. After graduating highschool, Sajam became another socal Arcade Rat, competing heavily in both Injustice and K...

Prior to becoming one of the strongest character specialists and most successful content creators in the Street Fighter scene, Broski got his start dabbling in online lobbies for Street Fighter 4 with his friends and posting meme clips on youtube.  In the final years of Street Fighter 4, he discovered a local gathering and made his first trip to play offline, despite his initial doubts. Getting ov...

At the age of 18, MenaRD qualified for the 2017 Capcom Cup finals. Hailing from the Dominican Republic, a lesser known region in the world of Street Fighter, MenaRD was expected to falter in the face of the established veterans of the game that stood in his path. At the time, the only people who expected MenaRD to perform, let alone win, were his fellow country men, and MenaRD himself. The histori...

Dual Kevin has in recent months established himself as one of the strongest and most consistent Street Fighter 6 players on the planet. After touring the world in attempt to qualify for the Esports World Cup, he succeed at the very end at the Last Chance Qualifier, defeating world class competitors in a historic, but un-documented losers bracket run. While he made his mark with a strong 13th place...

NuckleDu has been one of the strongest Street Fighter players in the world for over a decade, where he began winning tournaments at the age of 14 to help pay for his food while his parents were away. With his shakey home life, Du was thrust into the shady world of esports while a teenager, traveling the country and training in seedy areas with questionable sponsors to pursue his dream of being the...

Nephew has been one of the strongest Street Fighter players in the USA for several years now. After leaving his full time software engineering position at Google to pursue being a full time professional Street Fighter player and gaming content creator, he has now solidified himself as one of the best in the world. After a string of strong performances, included 9th at EVO 2024, EWC qualification,...

Before he was the face of Street Fighter League US, the most prolific host in the FGC, and the man behind the "Hold up, his writing is this fire?" meme, RobTV was all in on going pro and taking on the world in Street Fighter. We discuss how he got started in the scene, how he managed to host events he could potentially have won, and his ventures into the world of entertainment to grow and reach ne...

Capcom Cup Champion and the man carrying the weight of the Manon army on his shoulders, iDom, hops on to discuss his meteoric rise in the FGC during the Street Fighter V era, his critiques and true feelings of Street Fighter 6, competing in this era, and getting to the grand finals of a CPT premier with a "low tier".