The Excellent Adventures of Gootecks & Mike Ross — Season 3
About this season
Fighting game veterans Gootecks and Mike Ross take on challenges from online warriors in Street Fighter on Excellent Adventures. This charismatic duo bring their special brand of buddy comedy to a worldwide audience of gamers every week, along with a slew of guest appearances from fighting game luminaries.
Episodes (20)
1. RETURN OF THE MACKS
Aired 9 May 2011 • 21 min
o get ready for the release of Arcade Edition on console, Gootecks and Mike Ross are BACK playing Super Street Fighter 4! Will they be reminded of why they stopped in the first place? Can they even find a match? Is anybody out there? 1. MT HeNrYxZ vs. Mike Ross 2. jvilleslim22 vs. Gootecks 3. dialupslim vs. Gootecks 4. dialupslim vs. Mike Ross 5. dialupslim vs. Mike Ross
2. GOOTECKS' CHOICE
Aired 16 May 2011 • 23 min
In this Adventure, Gootecks can't decide between Balrog or Rose. Mike Ross attempts to show Gootecks how it's done, with both characters!
3. NEW COSTUMES YAYYY
Aired 27 May 2011 • 28 min
Back at SSF4, Gootecks and Mike Ross decide to start fresh with new COSTUMES! New CHARACTERS! New LAG-FREE MONITOR! New INTERNET! And this means no more losing... right? 1. Gootecks vs. toyalex 2. M3GAM1ND15 vs. Mike Ross 3. Gootecks vs. SuperMangaNerd7 4. gridman srk vs. Mike Ross 5. Meteo2 vs. Gootecks 6. oNSKo SteelHulk vs. Mike Ross 7. Gootecks vs. KSI SIL3NT 713
4. SODIUM FREE
Aired 31 May 2011 • 27 min
In this Excellent Adventure, Gootecks and Mike Ross finally step it up with some HIGH LEVEL PLAY! Will there be any salt in this session? Also, MESSAGES! TAXES! TOMFOOLERY! And CHRIS HU! 1. Bowlz1 vs. Mike Ross 2. Chris Hu NYC vs. Gootecks 3. sm0ke52 vs. Mike Ross 4. H3LL Ra2aH vs. Gootecks 5. Mike Ross vs. TFKazoo 6. Gootecks vs. COBRASPORE
5. OCTOPUS ON FIRE
Aired 9 June 2011 • 28 min
Gootecks and Mike Ross encounter a talented Blanka player by the name of IOctopusOnFireI, who gives them trouble! So much trouble in fact, that the entire episode is devoted to figuring him out! Watch how our guys adapt and deal with this tricky Octopus over the course of a set! (NOTE: This was shot before the release of AE DLC) 1. IOctopusOnFireI vs. Gootecks 2. IOctopusOnFireI vs. Mike Ross
6. MAKING THE GRADE
Aired 20 June 2011 • 29 min
Gootecks and Mike Ross play SSF4 Arcade Edition ONLINE for the first time! Which means new characters! New titles! Poor grades! And MESSAGES! Also: do they play an actual GIRL in this episode? 1. miraiiiiii vs. gootecks 2. RekkaU vs. Mike Ross 3. XXX Solin XXX vs. gootecks 4. smiGGieEe vs. Mike Ross 5. smiGGieEe vs gootecks 6. SanRenKo vs. Mike Ross
7. LIVING LARGE
Aired 24 June 2011 • 28 min
Gootecks and Mike Ross continue their AE Adventures. In this episode, they encounter one of the twins! Makoto! Seth! Featuring Clubbing Fei Long and Oscar Award Winning Oni! 1. kioshiblack vs. Gootecks 2. BLACKHAWKxDOWN vs. Mike Ross 3. BTecKz vs. Gootecks 4. BTecKz vs. Mike Ross 5. Gootecks vs. RUA SANH LA CAY 6. Mike Ross vs. CrPyz
8. HOLD DAT
Aired 27 June 2011 • 31 min
In this Excellent Adventure... Gootecks and Mike Ross encounter a gauntlet of obstacles! Gootecks gets DISTRACTED! Mike faces a DAN player (who happens to be a familiar face)! The guys receive an OBSCENE MESSAGE! And MUCH MORE! This one is pretty good, folks! 1. WWRDSupergriff vs. Gootecks 2. EMACHIN3 vs. Mike Ross 3. Gootecks vs. YuDontNoMe 4. Ultraaaa (Ultradavid) vs. Mike Ross 5. Capcom Warrior vs. Gootecks 6. V13WTIFUL j o e vs. Mike Ross
9. VIEWTIFUL TROLL
Aired 1 July 2011 • 19 min
Picking up where we left off, Mike Ross has a score to settle with the foul-mouthed Ibuki player by the name of V13WTIFUL JOE! How hard will it be to vanquish this troll? 1. Mike Ross vs. V13WTIFUL j o e
10. GODLIKE-NESS w/ Flash Metroid & Poongko
Aired 6 August 2011 • 23 min
Flash Metroid RETURNS to Cross Counter studios, joining Gootecks and Mike Ross for some AE! The guys go random! Main chickens are switched around! But suddenly... a wild Poongko appears! NOTE: This was filmed before Evo 2011 1. alissonmetroid vs. Flash Metroid 2. flash house vs. Mike Ross 3. Steamed ricebun vs. gootecks 4. Nififf vs. Poongko 5. WeStLODreamTEAM vs. Poongko 6. flash house vs. Poongko
11. NO RESPECT w/ Flash Metroid & Poongko
Aired 8 August 2011 • 28 min
Continuing from the last Excellent Adventure with Flash Metroid and Poongko... do Gootecks and Mike Ross have the guts to follow up after Poongko's outrageous random play? 1. xXx S 0 L 0xXx vs. Poongko 2. RyNo Flip vs. Poongko 3. Kid Velasco vs. Flash Metroid 4. Mike Ross vs. LocoLeethax 5. Inc0gnitus vs. Gootecks 6. RyNo Flip vs. Poongko 7. GldTsunamiV68 vs. Poongko 8. PRO7OTYPE vs. Poongko NOTE: This was filmed before Evo 2011
12. RING RUST
Aired 12 September 2011 • 28 min
Gootecks and Mike Ross are back for some new adventures! In a rare moment, Mike Ross brings out his Honda on XBox Live to prepare for SBO. Meanwhile, after spending the last few weeks in 3rd Strike, can Gootecks shake off the SSF4 ring rust and beat WH Psycho's Balrog? FEATURING: xXxAceKombatxXx, WH Psycho
13. TROLL 2: RISE OF NAZGHOUL
Aired 15 September 2011
In this adventure, Gootecks and Mike Ross spend an typical afternoon on XBox Live when suddenly... a familiar TROLL appears! N A Z G H OU L, better known by his former alias of VI3WTIFUL joe, emerges from the ether and lays down a new challenge for Gootecks and Mike! Can the guys keep him in the chamber of defeat, or will he get his revenge?!! FEATURING: besighyawn, N A Z G H OU L, YO GAMEWIZARD, Activedemon
14. TOO SLOPPY
Aired 19 September 2011 • 27 min
Gootecks and Mike Ross continue their adventures online! In this episode, the guys bring out their main chickens against a wide variety of opponents... Cammy, El Fuerte, Zangief and more!
15. TEKNIQUE, SON
Aired 23 September 2011
Continuing from the last episode, Gootecks and Mike Ross join talented Cammy player Teknique San for a set! Does this challenger have our hosts all figured out?
16. JINX
Aired 27 October 2011 • 29 min
Gootecks and Mike Ross are back! This time it looks like Gootecks has something up his sleeve... a character change perhaps!? What won't Mike do for the V? How does Gootecks do against the 2nd ranked Abel in THE WORLD? That and more in this enthralling episode of Excellent Adventures!
17. OUTPLAYED
Aired 30 October 2011
The saga continues with more training for Canada Cup! Mike shows the world his expert Ryu play while Gootecks levels up his Ibuki. Mirror-matches, bad-match ups and close matches abound! FEATURING: Paleton17, Vienna Hot Dog, Image360X, One Last Motif
18. BALLIN'
Aired 1 November 2011 • 46 min
Continuing on from the last episode, Mike Ross and Gootecks are still training for Canada Cup, by playing Ryu, and Ibuki. Whilst playing they come by a Bison player who trash talks. With pride on the line, they run it back and bring out their main chickens. FEATURING: One Last Motif, MosheX, evapenquin, BA11iN8oh8, Jay P Beat,
19. LEVELED UP?
Aired 14 December 2011 • 31 min
We are back! As a last hurrah before AE 2012, Gootecks and Mike Ross sat down to record a few more episodes of Excellent Adventures pre-patch. They had just returned from their training in Japan with the Grand Masters, leveling up their game in preparation for the ultimate test: online play. Has their training paid off?
20. COOL STORY BRO
Aired 21 December 2011 • 27 min
More amazing Rose matches! More incredible wins! More great stories from Mike Ross! Will the win streak continue into AE 2012?