The Excellent Adventures of Gootecks & Mike Ross — Season 7

Aired 26 January 2014 • 27 min

Excellent Adventures is here to stay (for the foreseeable future), baby!

Aired 2 February 2014 • 26 min

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The Excellent Adventures continue on!

Aired 16 March 2014 • 24 min

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Aired 6 April 2014 • 30 min

Gootecks & Mike Ross are joined by a couple of champions for an extra EXCELLENT edition of the ADVENTURES - 2014 SCR Champ K-BRAD and 2012 Evo Champ INFILTRATION!

Aired 13 April 2014 • 32 min

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Aired 11 May 2014 • 31 min

Gootecks & Mike Ross are back and so is one of everyone's favorite guests: K-BRAD! The Cammy master brings his A-game to Excellent Adventures - will Gootecks and Mike step up, or get swamped in the salty sea that is online Street Fighter 4??

Aired 18 May 2014 • 32 min

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Aired 15 June 2014 • 32 min

Gootecks & Mike Ross celebrate the arrival of the brand new ULTRA Street Fighter IV with a set of ULTRA Excellent Adventures! The battlefield of online opponents has never been bigger and hungrier - watch our heroes take on all challengers with a variety of new characters and techniques!

Aired 22 June 2014 • 32 min

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Aired 3 July 2014 • 45 min

Aired 13 July 2014 • 31 min

You guys wanted it so we combined forces to bring you the latest batch of episodes featuring Maximilian! Tune in as the guys take on Xbox Live warriors with the Online Warrior himself. Can Max defeat the evils of XBL on gootecks' Fisher Price connection? Will Mike continue the DeeJay struggle? You won't believe how this one ends!

Aired 20 July 2014 • 33 min

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Aired 17 August 2014 • 31 min

We're back with another batch of Excellent Adventures, this time featuring an old friend, Flash Metroid! If you guys are longtime Excellent Adventures viewers, you might remember him from his episodes way back in 2011, with some of our best moments. He stuck around Los Angeles for a bit after Evo, so we thought it'd be cool to bring him back in for another round! Watch him join Gootecks & Mike Ross for hours of Ultra Street Fighter IV online fun! With Perfects, EVO discussion, wine, saltiness, rage, and much more!

Aired 24 August 2014 • 31 min

Aired 31 August 2014 • 34 min

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Aired 14 September 2014 • 34 min

He's baaaack! EG|K-Brad, one of our all-time favorite guests, returns for an all-new set of Excellent Adventures! And of course he's bringing his amazing skills and victory poses with him!

Aired 21 September 2014 • 34 min

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Aired 5 October 2014 • 37 min

Aired 12 October 2014 • 30 min

The dynamic duo of gootecks and Mike Ross sit down for a classic session of Ultra Excellent Adventures! Mike recaps what he witnessed at Tokyo Game Show while the two of them each test out their new favorite characters - you'll have to watch to find out who!

Aired 19 October 2014 • 31 min

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Aired 9 November 2014 • 25 min

Finally! Gootecks and Mike Ross are joined by The Guy, The Boshy, the master of 95% of any fighting game roster, Mr. DansGame himself... FLOE! Watch as Floe and the fellas take on the salty seas of XBox Live in Ultra Street Fighter IV!

Aired 16 November 2014 • 25 min

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Aired 28 December 2014 • 30 min

What better way to wrap up 2014 than with the return of everyone's favorite guest - K-BRAD!

Aired 22 January 2015 • 30 min

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It's been four long years... but EG | Justin Wong, the first-ever guest on Excellent Adventures, FINALLY returns! And with him he brings back the one-button Gouken challenge, along with his overwhelming knowledge of fighting games, combos and the Ultra Street Fighter IV cast!

Aired 15 February 2015 • 28 min

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And now for something completely different... our talented friend (and former guest of the Gootecks & Mike Ross Show!) ROB THE MAGICIAN joins us on this new set of Excellent Adventures! As the guys play and Gootecks shows off his steadily improving Evil Ryu, Rob amazes us with his bag of tricks and shows us why he would consider himself... the Daigo of magic!

Aired 15 March 2015 • 29 min

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Aired 5 April 2015 • 30 min

This time, we welcome one of the FGC's biggest bad guys to the show, none other than Chris G! You know him for his ultra lame (read: powerful) UMVC3 Morrigan/Doom team and his appearance in the UMVC3 Grand Finals at Evo 2014, but what about his Street Fighter skills? And is Chris G really the bad guy that he appears to be? gootecks and Mike Ross play some games with one of the strongest fighting game players of our time and possibly learn a few things from Chris G(enius)!

Aired 12 April 2015 • 35 min

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Aired 10 May 2015 • 33 min

Gootecks and Mike Ross go back to basics in this latest Excellent Adventure! Mike has been in a rut recently, but through a strange turn of events, finds his enthusiasm for the game reignited by the most classic of all fighting game characters: Ryu! And Gootecks holds down the fort by continuing to improve on his Evil Ryu! Watch out: Their success may stun you!

Aired 17 May 2015 • 33 min

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Aired 7 June 2015 • 33 min

For the very first time! Gootecks and Mike Ross welcome to the show their old friend - Tekken player and fighting game commentator Aris! (@AvoidThePuddle) And Aris doesn't hold back, as he brings along his unique brand of commentary, insight and humor, while Gootecks and Mike try to earn their wins without busting up laughing!

Aired 14 June 2015 • 33 min

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Aired 5 July 2015 • 33 min

Excellent Adventures is back with a 3-hour all-star extravaganza! RZR.Xian, EG.Ricki Ortiz, and Stone Cold EG.K-Brad swing by to smack some sense into gootecks and Mike Ross about their choices in the game and in life!

Aired 12 July 2015 • 33 min

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Aired 16 August 2015 • 33 min

Long Island's favorite son, LI Joe, joins gootecks and Mike Ross on the show. Joe is known for his good looks, charming wit, and godlike Sagat! He even attempts to one-up Justin Wong's "One Button Gouken" moment with a trick of his own...

Aired 23 August 2015 • 34 min

Aired 30 August 2015 • 38 min

Aired 6 September 2015 • 26 min

Gootecks and Mike Ross are back on the couch and playing Ultra Street Fighter IV... unfortunately, things don't go as planned! Sometimes they underestimate their opponents or make minor miscalculations that result in their doom... This is one of those batches of episodes you can call a bad day at the office!

Aired 13 September 2015 • 25 min

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Aired 4 October 2015 • 34 min

Super Smash Bros. Melee luminary Bobby Scar makes his debut on Excellent Adventures! The founder of Melee It On Me is well-known in the Smash community for being a top player as well as an entertaining commentator. But what does he know about Street Fighter? Rumor has it he's been training with Mike and in an effort to get some cross-community pollination going, we gave him a shot to showcase his Ryu skills. But as you'll see in this batch, it appears as though Mike has also been giving lessons in "confidence," as Bobby's ego inflates with each correct read to the behest of gootecks who feels like he's been sucked into a bizarro world with not one but TWO Mikes to deal with. Mike and Bobby drive gootecks nuts who also tries to instill the values of a smart Street Fighter player into Bobby. Does it work? That remains to be seen!

Aired 11 October 2015 • 32 min

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Aired 1 November 2015

801 Strider makes his debut on Excellent Adventures! One of the world's strongest Abel players joins gootecks and Mike Ross for a little tough love coaching. What sorts of tips and tricks can this world class player instill on the guys? Will Coach 801 Strider's unorthodox tactics result in a better performance? Or are gootecks and Mike Ross too proud to admit that they've been playing the game wrong the entire time? Find out on the latest Excellent Adventures!

Aired 8 November 2015 • 34 min

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Aired 3 January 2016 • 37 min

International wrestling sensation and New Japan Pro Wrestling's Jr. Heavyweight Champion, Kenny Omega makes his Excellent Adventures debut! A lifelong video gamer and Street Fighter enthusiast, we know Kenny's a beast in the squared circle - but can he bring the same ferocity and destruction with his Cody to the ring of online warriors, or get pinned by a tsunami of saltiness??

Aired 10 January 2016 • 37 min

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Aired 24 January 2016 • 43 min

Ready for some Duffs? Visiting us all the way from New York is the best Dudley on the planet - Team PIE's SMUG! For the first time in Excellent Adventures history a USF4 online MASTER joins us on the black couch!

Aired 31 January 2016 • 42 min

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Aired 21 February 2016 • 45 min

Heeeee's baaaaack! It's been five long years since our friend Peter "Combofiend" Rosas joined The Excellent Adventures of gootecks and Mike Ross, and a lot has changed! New couch, new art on the wall, new shirts, new haircuts, and... oh yeah, a BRAND NEW STREET FIGHTER GAME?!? That's right, STREET FIGHTER V has officially dropped, and our heroes made sure to grab the camera and hop straight online to start challenging new and old contenders alike! Will Combofiend's Capcom credibility and expertise raise gootecks and Mike's Day 1 SFV strategy? Or will the curse of the black couch drag Combofiend right back into the salty sea that is online Street Fighter? Find out!

Aired 28 February 2016 • 48 min

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Aired 20 March 2016 • 44 min

Street Fighter legend Alex Valle joins the Excellent Adventures of gootecks & Mike Ross for the first time!

Aired 27 March 2016 • 37 min

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Aired 16 April 2016 • 37 min

Gootecks and Mike Ross are re-joined by their old friends (and Evo champions) Infiltration and Xian for a special Asian All-Star edition of Excellent Adventures! Watch Infiltration amaze our hosts with his flawless Nash, while Xian bewilders the guys with his unbeatable F.A.N.G. setups! Next week... Xian!

Aired 24 April 2016 • 34 min

Aired 1 May 2016 • 39 min

Aired 8 May 2016

Gootecks & Mike Ross take Excellent Adventures on the road to Northern California for a special All-Star set of episodes featuring some of the area's finest players! Ricki Ortiz dazzles with Chun-Li, Filipino Champ dominates with Dhalsim, and Fourwude guides the guys on the proper way to play Ryu!

Aired 15 May 2016

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The boys are back in town! After a couple months of whirlwind jetsetting to attend fighting game events around the world, Gootecks and Mike Ross are finally back home in the same place at the same time... so it's time for the guys to hop back into the fray with Ranked Matches online! Witness the hype and salt as the guys catch up, share what they've learned in their excursions, and beat some ass!

Aired 12 June 2016

Aired 19 June 2016

Our old friend K-Brad returns to Excellent Adventures to play Street Fighter V with Gootecks & Mike Ross for the very first time! Watch him take on the world with his ladies R. Mika, Chun-Li and Cammy! Also, Mike Ross encounters the #1 RANKED "player" online... the infamous (TOOLASSISTED) BOT who plays Guile! Can Mike snap the bot's 1167-game win streak?? On top of all that... can the guys finally hit PLATINUM in this set?

Aired 26 June 2016

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Aired 17 July 2016

Introducing... Thy Trinity! The talented trio of up and coming Ken players FOX|Julio, Brenttiscool and Chris Tatarian visit the Excellent Adventures of Gootecks & Mike Ross in tandem! Watch the guys take turns on the couch convincing our hosts why they should or should not join #TeamKen... Is Ken truly the best character in the game? Or is maining the fiery shoto simply a recipe for flameout?

Aired 24 July 2016

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Aired 7 August 2016

Fresh off his amazing 5th place finish at Evo 2016, new American hero LI Joe hopped a plane straight to Los Angeles to unwind and join his old friends Gootecks & Mike Ross for some SFV Excellent Adventures! But Joe isn't ready to relax just yet, as he ups the ante for himself by playing Nash... with one hand! Because the people demanded it! Also: Joe attempts to play characters besides Nash! Gootecks and Mike literally drain their wallets purchasing costumes! And everybody attempts a Macho Man Randy Savage impression!

Aired 14 August 2016

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Aired 4 September 2016

The newly-crowned Evo 2016 UMvC3 champion CHRIS G revisits the Excellent Adventures sofa and brings his sharp execution over to SFV! You may know Chris from his epic Marvel performances, or for his wicked Guile combos - but did you know Chris can also lay the smackdown with a wide variety of the cast? Ibuki, Rashid, Laura - watch Chris G style on all challengers to the amazement of Gootecks and Mike Ross in this new 4-episode set!

Aired 11 September 2016

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Gootecks and Mike Ross have finally hit Super Platinum in SFV! Now can they rise up to the level of competition? Or will they lose their minds?!?

Aired 9 October 2016

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Aired 6 November 2016

Thanks to this set's sponsor ASUS, Gootecks and Mike Ross are playing with power... the power of the ASUS G11 PC! Just in time for Gootecks to get his hands on his all-time favorite character: URIEN! And does Mike Ross have a... Zangief?!

Aired 13 November 2016

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Aired 1 January 2017

After Capcom Cup concluded, Gootecks and Mike met with some old friends who were in town from across the pond! Ryan Hart, Logan Sama and F-Word joined our hosts to chat and play some SFV sets before they had to fly home!

Aired 6 January 2017

After Capcom Cup concluded, Gootecks and Mike met with some old friends who were in town from across the pond! Ryan Hart, Logan Sama and F-Word joined our hosts to chat and play some SFV sets before they had to fly home!

Aired 8 January 2017

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Aired 5 February 2017

The one and only EG|K-Brad visits the show to teach Gootecks and Mike Ross about SFV Season 2! Or... are Gootecks and Mike Ross the ones who need to teach K-Brad about picking a top tier character, like Urien or Laura?! Find out how the game is shaping up for 2017 with our hosts and one of our all-time favorite guests!

Aired 12 February 2017

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Everyone's favorite New Yorker and EVO 2016 star Long Island Joe is back! And he brought along good friend and FGC veteran commentator James Chen for his first time on the couch! Joe tears up his opponents with his nearly nude Urien (and a helping hand from Mike Ross), while James proves he's more than merely a mouth on the mic as he "bodies some fools" (his words) with Cammy!

Aired 12 March 2017

Aired 19 March 2017

Everyone's favorite New Yorker and EVO 2016 star Long Island Joe is back! And he brought along good friend and FGC veteran commentator James Chen for his first time on the couch! Joe tears up his opponents with his nearly nude Urien (and a helping hand from Mike Ross), while James proves he's more than merely a mouth on the mic as he "bodies some fools" (his words) with Cammy!

Aired 26 March 2017

Aired 2 April 2017

Kolin has arrived in SFV Season 2, and Gootecks & Mike Ross are excited to see her to action! The guys encounter a variety of online killers in this set - including the #1 ranked MASTER! Can Kolin's icy attacks help them freeze the competition?

Aired 9 April 2017

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Aired 7 May 2017

Marn has returned to the studio for his first official session on Excellent Adventures! Watch him leave our hosts speechless with his amazing Ibuki mix-ups and hilarious stories! But be warned - the topics that come out of Marn's mouth may not be suitable for all audiences! Will this be the set that finally gets the show cancelled??

Aired 14 May 2017

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New Japan Pro Wrestling star and Bullet Club leader KENNY OMEGA returns to Excellent Adventures to seek redemption! Last year, Kenny's USFIV adventure left a salty taste in his mouth... Now in SFV, will his parry-ful Alex lead the way to victory?

Aired 11 June 2017

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Aired 25 June 2017

Everyone's favorite "coach" 801 Strider is back on the couch to teach Gootecks and Mike Ross a thing or two about SFV! Coach Gustavo believes that good ol' fashioned hard work, elbow grease, and a lack of brain power are the keys to success in this game... but can he get his two pupils to see the light?

Aired 2 July 2017

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Two of the hottest stars in the FGC, Smug and Punk, joined Gootecks and Mike Ross on the sofa to play SFV! Watch these good friends dismantle opponents as they postulate possibilities and go dumb!

Aired 30 July 2017

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Excellent Adventures favorite K-Brad and our new friend Tekken player Zorine join Gootecks on the couch for a grab bag of games! The trio go online to play Tekken 7, SFV, and... HYPER FIGHTING?!? Yes, we're going retro in this set - Watch it to believe it!

Aired 27 August 2017

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Aired 17 September 2017

This set is a special 4-part introduction to Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite with our friend, the Marvel legend himself: Justin Wong! Gootecks and Justin go over how to get started in MVC:I, with a in-depth look at team building, combos, the new tag system, and all six Infinity Gems! These videos will be the one stop you need before you pick up Marvel!

Aired 24 September 2017

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Aired 15 October 2017

This month, FGC vets Clockw0rk and LI Joe take over the sofa and they have Marvel on their minds! Clockw0rk unveils the newest version of his famous Strider team while Joe crushes enemies with Ultron and Thanos! Watch the guys battles online opponents... and each other!

Aired 22 October 2017

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Aired 12 November 2017

Killer Kai puts Gootecks through the wringer as Gootecks keeps trying his hand at Marvel. Will Gootecks take home some wins? Is the curse gone with the old couch?

Aired 19 November 2017

Clockw0rk joins Killer Kai & Gootecks this episode to tackle online opponents in Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite. Will Gootecks take home some wins? Is the curse gone with the old couch?

Aired 26 November 2017

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Aired 24 December 2017

We're back playing SFV, and joined by our buddy James Chen along with long-time FGC vet and first-time guest Sherryjenix! Gootecks brushes the dust off of his Hitbox and his Urien! The guys rely on Sherry and her dangerous Necalli to win ranked points! And James Chen breaks up the Menat-ony with his Menat!

Aired 27 December 2017

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Aired 7 January 2018

Aired 25 December 2018

Excellent Adventures returns just in time for the holidays, with gootecks and Justin Wong. Featuring a new addition to the show, The Peanut Gallery with Yipes and Neo taking on the tremendous challenge of heckling Justin and gootecks as they traverse the unexplored terrain of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Wait what???

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