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Gipsy Danger v Shara Ishvalda | ft. PhiltheFilipino & Dylan Wren
S5 E2: For the first time we introduce the Monster Hunter and Pacific Rim universes! Gipsy Danger, piloted by Raleigh and Mako, attempt to take down the ultimate boss monster from Monster Hunter World: Iceborne. Talking points include: Turning concrete into sand, what type of attack is plasma, and one botched reference
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Thank you so much for joining us on Super Bracket Bros. My name is Jay, your host and your personal racketologist. This is the podcast that takes your favorite fictional characters from across the multiverse and throws them in a tournament to find out just who is the best of the best. Today we dive into the second episode of our Kaiju Tournament, with Gypsy Danger vs Shara Isvaldo And, of course, as always, hitting across me I have my co-host and the co-host of the Wait For it podcast and a physics denying robot, phil the Filipino. How you doing today, phil?
Speaker 2:Hey, i'm doing pretty great. I'm honored to be here. I was about to actually just go take a nap, and then what's his name? God, i'm messing this up already. I forgot the name of the character, the name of the actor that plays Pentecost, and I'm off to a terrible start. So, nope, i thought I had it. I lost it. So, hey, i'm doing pretty. I thought I was doing. Oh, ijas Elba, there we go.
Speaker 2:I just wanted to go take a nap, and then Ijas Elba stormed in and gave me this really, really great speech about joining Zebra Bracket Bros. So here I am. He canceled your nap.
Speaker 1:Is that what you're saying?
Speaker 2:Yeah, He just keeps like tonight we're going to cancel your nap, phil. I was like fine, okay, here I am.
Speaker 1:Yeah, what a great, seamless intro that was. I'm so glad that you could make it, unlike various other co-hosts that I've had in my past. now, but we went through with the application process that I think we talked about so many episodes ago, and I'm glad that you could finally be here today as the official co-host of Super Bracket Bros. So thank you so much for coming on, Phil.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and once I get Eric out of here, I'll return the favor. Perfect.
Speaker 1:Today we are talking about Gypsy Danger vs Shara as Valda as a first round episode. How today's episode is going to break down is we have first we do have a guest to introduce and get to know. then the bulk half of the first episode is going to be getting to know our fighters today, and then the back half we will be breaking down who would win in a fight between Gypsy Danger and Shara as Valda. But, like I said, we have a guest today. Our guest today is one of the hosts of your friendly neighborhood gamers. Your friendly neighborhood gamers is the perfect place to have a casual conversation. gets it tuned in to two on your level gamers. It really is a fresh perspective in the flood of media that you can get sometimes when you tune into gaming, And so I always appreciate your friendly neighborhood gamers.
Speaker 1:I was on there recently for a neighborhood watch episode where we talked about the games that we were playing. I got to host a game. That was a fantastic time on that episode, so definitely go and check that out, but without further ado, please welcome to the show once again, dylan Ren. How are you doing today, dylan?
Speaker 3:I am doing great. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1:How are you feeling about today's episode?
Speaker 3:I mean good, i really like both of these contenders here, so I'm not going to be disappointed, no matter who's walking away from this one, unlike previous times where it has seemed as though it was changing.
Speaker 1:It's a big change for you.
Speaker 3:Yeah, Normally you kill off one of my dearly held fictional characters, just unceremoniously pit them against someone way out of their class.
Speaker 2:Man seems like that's a theme here at Super Braggart Brothers.
Speaker 3:Yeah, weird.
Speaker 1:Well, i think we're going to change that. today I think we've got a pretty good matchup in front of us. I think we've got, you know, it's a four versus 13 seed, but today I really feel strongly that this is a very close matchup, but I'm really looking forward to getting into it. Hopefully, dylan, we won't disappoint you, for the 17th million time on Super Braggart. Brothers Oh yeah, we'll find a way.
Speaker 3:Well, yeah, i mean the ghosts of Garrus, and you know all of the other characters. I've come on and lost over the years. You know they're with me today watching this match.
Speaker 1:It's all just Mass Effect characters. Dylan, It really is.
Speaker 3:You'd think that they were strong. But you know, there's like the stuff in Mass Effect seems ridiculous. They are killing literal apocalypse aliens and then you pit them against some of these crazy. You know other characters from other universes. It's like oh wow, i guess Garrus is not that great.
Speaker 1:I mean he's space Batman, but I mean, even Batman lost the melee tournament. So you know, i mean I feel strongly that Mass Effect will have its day on Super Braggart Bros, yes, so I don't doubt that, and which you know, leads me into my next question here. Dylan, i know you've been on the show a lot, but I still want to give our audience a chance to get to know you a little bit better. And so do you have one fictional character that you would want to be your real life best friend?
Speaker 3:When you asked me this question, like in the chat, to kind of give me a little bit of time to think about it, the first one that popped in my head was like Samwise Gamgee, and I don't think I'm going to change that answer just because, like that seems like a probably one of the ideal ones for me. You know, like a very chill, laid back guy, not too concerned with all, i mean like did the whole Lord of the Rings thing, but you know, afterwards just kind of came back to the Shire, settled down and was like, yeah, i'm just living my best life And that seems, you know, like I'm tempted to pick someone like Garrus. But then I'm like, but then there's like this whole thing about they have to be like this big hero A lot of expectations And that just seemed yeah, there's expectations.
Speaker 2:That's a lot of drama, That's a lot of like Can we just go to a movie? Yeah, do we have to assassinate someone right now?
Speaker 3:Exactly Like Samwise. Gamgee is just like hey, you want to go down to the little tavern Have some drinks. Like, go hang out, smoke a pipe. Like yeah, sure, Sounds ideal.
Speaker 1:I think Caleb said the same thing I think I asked him.
Speaker 3:That would make sense.
Speaker 1:Someone has said Samwise before and I'm starting to think that I need to stop asking this question, because it is just the right answer, like So, phil, but What's your wrong answer? Yeah, i guess the things are setting me up for my incorrect answer. I guess.
Speaker 1:Phil, let's turn it over to you. You're actually, you know, i've got these questions and I ask everybody of them in a row and you both are actually on the same question at the same time, which is some sort of a miracle at this point in Super Cracket Bros history. But if you could have one fictional character be your real life best friend, who would it be?
Speaker 2:Yeah and honestly this is going to seem like a shameless plug, but you know, coming off of you know you and I's episode just last week talking about the season finale of a show that's very near and dear to us, I think another really good answer is Ted Lasso, I think a guy that would keep you built up, keep you positive, But also somebody that is open, somebody that you can have open conversations with and actively like grow that friendship and also make each other better. I think that's a pretty good answer. So I know I definitely could have gone with either Arnold or Gerald, as I typically go to the Hayward Universe, but switching it up a little bit here.
Speaker 2:I think Ted has proven to be a really, really good friend to many people, so I think that'd be a pretty good choice.
Speaker 1:Ted is actually a very excellent answer. Yeah, no, i've got a lot of respect for that. As soon as you said that, it brought me to the Ted Lasso Universe and I thought of my favorite character, which I shared on your Thursday thought post, was Roy Kent, and I was like do I want Roy Kent to be my best friend?
Speaker 2:I thought about that as well. I'm not a professional athlete. I don't want to work out, i don't want to do any of that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, think about how much better he would make you, i mean, just like Jamie.
Speaker 2:He would avoid.
Speaker 1:I mean Jamie's like one of the best players in the league. now you know, like Roy, I mean he could. he could push to the next level. I mean, just imagine him coaching you at podcasting, Like he doesn't have to know anything about podcasting Yeah.
Speaker 2:But I think you'd better Adjust your game. You're right, roy Ken. Thank you. Yeah, I also considered Sam. I thought Sam might be a good choice too. I considered Sam Ovisania.
Speaker 1:Sam would be excellent too, just so genuine and friendly. And, yeah, no, absolutely That, both and both. I mean really any of the you know protagonist group or any of the main cast from from, from Ted Lasso, would be fantastic. But let's get into today's main subject, shall we? So let's talk about these characters, let's introduce them, get to know them, talk about how our guests know them And then, like I said, the back half we're going to be talking about who would win in a fight. Let's kick things off with Gypsy Danger.
Speaker 1:Gypsy Danger is an American Mark III Jaeger designed to fight and destroy the Kaiju who threatened the existence of humanity, and the 2013 film Pacific Rim. While the Kaiju constantly rise up out of an interdimensional portal in the Pacific Ocean, Jaegers from every country deploy to meet each one and battle the beasts head on. Gypsy Danger was originally piloted by Yancey and Raleigh Becket Brothers. Before the events of the first movie see Yancey killed in battle, mako Mori takes his place next to Raleigh, and these are the pilots navigating Gypsy Danger today. The mech itself is mostly designed for melee combat, possessing short range plasma blast jet powered fists and a whip ass sword.
Speaker 1:Pacific Rim is an entirely original universe created by the team of director Guillermo del Toro and writer Travis Beacham. Beacham is known for co-writing dog days of summer clashes at Titans and, more recently, proposing the concept of the Amazon Prime series Carnival Row. Del Toro is an award-winning director known for his fascination with monsters all the way from the Kaiju of this film all the way to 2017's The Shape of Water.
Speaker 1:While I was doing some reach to John Del Toro, i had one quote that really stuck out to me about him talking about this movie, and he said the pilot's smaller stories actually make a bigger point, which is that we're all together in the same robot. In life, either we get along or we die. I didn't want this to be a recruitment ad or anything jingoistic. The idea of the movie is just for us to trust each other, to cross over barriers of color, sex, beliefs, whatever, and just stick together. Then, speaking about the design of Gypsy Danger, del Toro cited John Wayne as inspiration for how the mech walked and moved. He also talked about the design of the mech being modeled after the American art deco style, after buildings like the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building.
Speaker 1:As for the pilots themselves, we have Beckett, portrayed by Charlie Hunnam, who you may know from the FX series Sons of Anarchary, or more recently as Detective Charlie Waldo in Last Looks. Meko is portrayed by Rinko Kikuchi, whose other major roles include Babel, norwegian Wood and Kumiko the treasure hunter. So, phil, let's start with you. More than any other universe we were bringing to the table for this tournament, you were excited for Pacific Rim, even advocated for one of the kaiju from the film to make it in as well. So tell us about what draws you to this franchise.
Speaker 2:You know it's crazy because, like Pacific Rim, i think, when, especially when it was about to come out, you know you're thinking like what is this campy monster movie that you know nobody really wanted to go see? And I admit like I didn't see it in theaters, i didn't see it until it had come out on Blu-ray and DVD. And then you know some people that I really trust within, you know kind of like my movie circle, we're talking it up and saying how like fantastic of a of an action film it was, but also that it had a lot of heart, you know, for a movie. That again is at its core, giant robots fighting giant monsters, and sometimes that's all you need. Like I've been watching some campy like action movies and rom-coms on like Netflix and Apple TV recently And it's like a nice change of pace from the connected universes right, everything right now is a connected universe, it's building to the next thing.
Speaker 2:Sometimes you just want to watch a fun movie And I saw a clip of I believe it was Gypsy Danger use a ship as a bat.
Speaker 2:I was like I got to watch this movie.
Speaker 2:And I watched it And it's fantastic. Again, it is, you just got to, sometimes you just got to turn off your brain. But also, the characters are very likable, they're very lovable And you know it's a series I hold very near and dear to my heart, which made the sequel hurt all the more because of everything that happened, with it being in development hell and production hell, and then we got what we got. So I don't consider the second film canon, i just think that it ends right here And I'm pretty, pretty happy with that, although even though you know the evolved Gypsy Danger in the second film, pretty cool. But that movie didn't have the heart that the first one does, and I mean Idris Elba gives a. Now I remember his name, idris Elba. His character gives a speech that rivals the speech and Independence Day. Like it's fantastic And I think it should be talked about more. You know again, sometimes you just want to have a little fun And I think this movie kind of like embodies that when it comes to action films.
Speaker 1:Yeah, no, I think I'm in the same boat as you. I think it's a great film. You know, i really do believe that. I think that Del Toro gets across a lot in the two hours, you know, amidst amazing action scenes. You know that are legitimately great, even compared to the newer monster-verse movies. You know like this movie came out 10 years ago, 10 years ago 10 years ago And it still holds up extremely well upon my rewatch recently.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, no, I totally on the level with you. Dylan, let's turn it over to you. What's your experience with the franchise and you know, the original 2013 film.
Speaker 3:Oh yeah, i think I did see this one in theaters. It's hard to remember because it's 10 years ago, but like I grew up on like big Kaiju movies, godzilla, all that kind of stuff. And so I saw the trailer for this and was immediately like bought in. And I already knew that I liked Guillermo Del Toro movies Like I can't remember exactly when he was like doing Hellboy, if it was before or after this very like campy, but also like very solid movie. And so I saw this trailer and I was like I'm already bought in because it's a bunch of robots fighting giant monsters. You know, like that was all that I really needed.
Speaker 3:And then, you know, like Phil, i watched it and I was like, oh, and it's actually like a good movie, like the characters are really good, the. You know it wasn't just like I am okay with kind of the first like hour and a half of a big Kaiju movie being kind of just like filler story to get to the like final 30 minutes of actual monster fighting, and so for this to not be that and to have a lot more action than I went into it expecting was fantastic. It also hurt me a little bit that the sequel was not not very good And I've made it through like one season of the anime that's on Netflix. Have it finished the second season, which I think is like the final season, but the, from what I remember, the first season is pretty good.
Speaker 1:Yeah, no, i'm glad that we have two genuine fans, because one thing that and I kind of held this notion before I rewatched it recently too is that it's just it's a film that kind of gets overlooked, and I think it's because, like it's a monster film.
Speaker 1:You know, you go there for the monsters and the human stories don't really matter. I think that's like the notion that you get, and in this film, you know, i think this gets lopped in, you know, with like the 2014 Godzilla movie for this, but like there's a genuinely great performance from Idris Alba in here. Yeah, you know, raleigh Beckett isn't the most inspirational protagonist. I mean, he's kind of fits into the same category as, like Jake Sully from Avatar. I kind of feel like he's like on that level, but, yeah, like him together with Mako and like them like bridging, like because I mean hearing Dottora talk about it and like how the film is about like coming together. You know, i really feel like. You know he got that across. You know that. And I think also, the one thing that sticks out to me about this film that I really liked And I noticed when I was watching this time is that, like this isn't, it's not a military film. You know, like.
Speaker 1:It's not that there's no generals, there's no commanders, there's no lieutenants. I think Idris Alba Pentecost is a Marshal and the pilots are Rangers. You know, it gives this idea of like they're fighting against natural disasters, right, and I really like that about the film too.
Speaker 2:Yeah, i looked up Jingoistic because I wasn't super familiar with that term characterized by extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy. So, yeah, that's definitely what's at play here lack of that, like you said, even though the, the, the Yagers, are tied to specific countries, you still get the idea that they're in this together, like we all have to fight this huge threat. Is giant robots the best idea? Maybe not, but you know what?
Speaker 1:Well, the wall? definitely wasn't it, so we know that.
Speaker 2:But I'm happy that that they tried it out.
Speaker 1:But I think I like what they did, though, with like the setup of like realizing that the Kaiju are basically the same thing as the Yagers. It's just a bigger version of the invaders, right, you know. So I really liked that, like one to one, you know comparison, so like I thought that was cool how they like tied it all together. Yeah, you know, maybe they could have figured out something, you know, a little less badass, but might not have been as great of a cinema.
Speaker 1:Yeah no, no, But let's. Let's hone in on on Gypsy Danger here for a second. You know so, like all of, I personally think all the mechs have something about them. That's really cool. But what? what elevates Gypsy Danger above the rest? What makes it a great protagonist? Mech?
Speaker 2:Yeah, i think with I was. I was watching a couple of YouTube videos to prepare for this And I saw that initially I think the the primary Mech that was supposed to be kind of like the hero was was Crimson Typhoon.
Speaker 2:But it but year, guillermo del Toro thought it looked a little too arrogant And I looked at it I was like yeah, it does. I didn't think it was possible for a giant Mech to be arrogant, but it definitely did come off like that. But I don't know something about Gypsy Danger. I mean, regardless of, you know, using the term Gypsy in 2013,.
Speaker 2:Not great, but when we talk about just the design in general and also it being the introduction, you know, when we, when we first see those two characters, the two brothers, and you know we kind of see it go down, i think is a really important part of its origin story. You know, like you kind of like a relic of the past kind of thing And also like a symbol. I think as well for that, for that Mech to kind of return to this fight And you know, the Battle of Hong Kong and and be in that leadership position, i think is just really good storytelling. You know, and giving a backstory to a Mech is also pretty wild, you know what I mean. Like being able to pull that off was very, very impressive. So I think, just something about the design that really resonates And, yeah, i think, really just again, making as as much as you can, making a giant Mech that looks like.
Speaker 2:I don't know. You said the John Wayne thing. You know it was like yeah, that's that's so true. Like how does that, how does a Mech like strut like John Wayne and like have the mannerisms of John Wayne? that's that, spot on.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it has like an appropriate swagger, though, you know like, you know, it's not like. It's not like Crimson Typhoon. You know, yeah, but Dylan, what about you?
Speaker 3:I 100% agree with everything you guys said, so I'll just add, you know the the whip ass swords that that was pretty cool to that makes it special. But yeah, just the ability that they could convey that these are like like give it that personality, even though it's sort of like an inanimate object or a like a, not a person.
Speaker 1:Yeah, a vehicle.
Speaker 3:I like thinking about Mechs's vehicles. That's weird.
Speaker 1:You use them to get to point a point Kaiju back to point B.
Speaker 3:You know yeah.
Speaker 1:Gypsy danger. I think it's gonna be Strong contender today, today's matchup. It'll be interesting to see if our next opponent can get over the top, and that is Sharah is Valda. So Sharah is Valda probably the lesser known name of the two today is an elder dragon from monster hunter world, more specifically, from the 2019 iceborn expansion, where it acts as the final boss. If you're unfamiliar with monster hunter world, it's an action RPG developed and published by Capcom, where you and up to three of your best buds can adventure around Well hunting monsters, sharah is Valda being one of the most formidable you can encounter, with the ability to manipulate the earth offensively and defensively with devastating Effects.
Speaker 1:As for the creation, it was hard to pin down a single name, but we know iceborn was directed by Daisuke Ichihara, who also directed monster hunter generation ultimate. Daisuke moved on from Capcom shortly after iceborn was released and is now the director of the Kyoto Development Division for ILCA, known for taking part in production for games like Pokemon, brilliant Diamond and Shining Silver and One Piece, odyssey. So, dylan, we had lots of conversations about a monster hunter representative for this tournament. You know we went back and forth with a few different options, but we ended on Sharah is Valda, and so I mean, because of our conversations, you're always destined to be on this episode today, so tell us about your connection to the series and why you're a fan of it.
Speaker 3:I I didn't have the opportunity to really play a monster hunter game until Monster Hunter World came out, just because I didn't own Any of the the things that they were on. So, you know, like back in the day it was, it started on like the original PlayStation or PlayStation 2 or something and it was mostly, i think, locked in in Japan And then they were coming out on, you know, like Game Boy Advance or Game Boy, whatever the dual screen was. What is that?
Speaker 2:is that DS just games?
Speaker 3:Yeah, DS dual screen Yeah okay, i was right, i was like that doesn't sound right but So, yeah, they were.
Speaker 3:They were kind of locked on consoles like that which I didn't have, and so Monster Hunter World was the first one that I got a chance to actually like see, and it, you know, scratched a lot of the itches that I was looking for. I Am a big from software fan, so I enjoy kind of the sort of big over-the-top skill based boss battles. I'm a fan of Kaiju and monsters and so it's like this game is basically Boss battles, the game and you're fighting Kaiju and that's like the game. And so I was like excellent, this is got me written all over it. Um, got that game. It was probably the like the year it came out. It was probably one of the only games I played that year.
Speaker 3:I was just doing it non-stop, first because I loved it, but then also because there's just a ton of content in it, and so it's Probably one of my most played games on Xbox, if not probably not the most anymore things to destiny to, but still very high up there. And I just enjoy sort of that Experience of like, okay, you load in, you kind of are exploring, you spot this new monster, it plays you a little cutscene or whatever, and then you've got to like figure out, like, well, what's? Yeah, obviously you can look it up because we have the internet, but it's like okay, what's this monster week to? what's this monster Like? what are its moves? you know what? What do I need to look out for? what do I need to like where are my openings? How can I go in and like hunt this monster? and then you finally beat it and you get to Like go back to town and find out all the cool armor and weapons you can make with its body parts.
Speaker 1:Now, yeah, I just want to check in quick, phil, do you have any familiarity with this series at all? Because I'm also coming from a standpoint of I've never played one of these games.
Speaker 2:So yeah, just a little bit. Just like I mentioned just when the demo for world came out, i played it very briefly with a, with a buddy, and we didn't really get into it, but it's always been something like Man that looks like. I think with a right group of people it'd be. It seems like a really rewarding experience.
Speaker 1:That's kind of what I always thought too like from an outsider looking in, like it definitely seems like you know, finding finding a good group. But I also think that you know the it always felt kind of grindy from the outside. It kind of had this MMO feel from the outside.
Speaker 1:That's how I kind of always scared me away from it a little bit. But like, if there were ever one of those types of games to jump into, just the, the enemy types and the look like Monster Hunter world like definitely seems like it would fit the bill. But, like I said, since I'm not super familiar with the series, you know, when I was surveying the field of monsters to select from, charge Valda stuck out to me for two reasons the design and the powers. It's a dope design, both really unique and interesting. I love the idea of this Earth-bending dragon but also, like The design is sort of this strange blend of kind of human features and, you know, plant elements incorporated into the look of the Monster as well.
Speaker 3:And so so, dylan, speaking specifically to our combatant today, you know what makes it, what makes it special to you so One of the biggest things that makes it special is just it was the culmination of, like, the Monster Hunter world and ice-borne experience, and so, like, you hunted all the way through world, which I Forget the exact number of Monsters and stuff that you were hunting by this point, but, like, by the time you get to Sharra is Valda, you've probably hunted like a hundred different monsters or more, and So it's kind of like you've been through this gauntlet of ever-increasing difficulty, of monsters, and that's kind of like the capstone at the very, very end of the game. You've Ruled credits at the point you fight this, like 20 hours ago. This is like the bonus secret boss, basically, and so It was just a really cool Like feeling to finally get to like the penultimate, like or the ultimate boss of those games. But then also like it was something that they wove into the story all throughout of like you're hearing this like song that they call it, and every time you're hearing this song, like weird stuff is happening and You're trying to like track down the source of this and you think that like it was you know The Valkana, that was the you know boss that got you the end credits, and then it's still going on and so you're still trying to figure out what's going on.
Speaker 3:And then you get to the fight and it's a really cool fight and The boss design is fantastic And it's a multi-phase like arena fight, like you're not fighting it on, like one of the regular maps that you've been hunting all these other monsters on. It's like got its own specialized arena, where you fight it at first in this big like mountainous rocky area And it's all covered in rocks, and then you like because at that point you still know what it's gonna like you think That's what it looks like, and then You you fight Through it and you think, oh, okay, maybe I've beaten it.
Speaker 3:And then it goes to phase two and that's when you see the really cool design of like this sort of like Human and plants and lizard kind of Elements that are all kind of incorporated into it. And that's when it starts using a lot more of. It's like earth bending powers and like Making the ground quicksand and shooting rocks and sonic blasts at you and everything. So it's really cool. I had a lot of fun with it and once you kill it you make some pretty cool armor and weapons out of it, so that that always helps.
Speaker 1:It's always a nice, a nice touch. Yeah, i mean I'm like I'm so happy this season that we get to bring in these video game bosses. Like I was so excited for sin last week and I'm super excited for Shara ish follow this week and sharp like it kind of has like the same Vibe is sin like I didn't realize like how, like being an elder dragon part of this universe, like how influential it was on its surroundings, you know it's sort of also this force of nature. You know I didn't realize like how much of like everything that's happening was leading up to this one confrontation with this dragon and I mean dragon, i feel like is used pretty loosely. I mean like yes.
Speaker 1:It doesn't fly. Its wings are more Hand-like you know, like I mean That yeah it's a spooky creature, you know, like, like, just like looking at it, and and then I don't want to talk about it yet. But there's one factor here that I think is gonna be really interesting as far as this fight goes. That Happens during the course of this boss fight, as far as you know one really special ability that Shara ish Valdah has.
Speaker 1:So I'm excited to talk about that. I'm excited, excited to get into this fight. So shall we get to it? boys? Let's do it. Yes, just as a reminder, this is a fight to incapacitation, whether it be death, trapping, unconscious this, or force will, battlefield removal. It's important to know that we take these characters as they are Morals, ethics and everything included. And it's also important to note that we have our random location generator, so we have new locations that we're picking just for season five, in case you have, you miss the last episode. So we have locations you know, big locations. Essentially, you know that we are picking just for season five, so we don't waste any of our Normal locations that might be like an apartment building or something you know.
Speaker 2:On a quinge.
Speaker 1:Yet no, No this is not not a helicarrier, although I wonder if I could get away with that with the guy.
Speaker 2:Oh, well, i mean, if you've seen Godzilla vs Kong, they just adjust sizes accordingly. So I don't see why you can't do that.
Speaker 1:That's a good point. That's a good point, but let's roll the dice and see where we are headed today. Have either of you guys been to New York City?
Speaker 2:Unfortunately, yeah.
Speaker 1:You are headed back there today because that is the location of our fight. We are headed to the big Apple at which I mean was an incredible, incredible coincidence You just talked about, you know, gypsy danger being modeled after several New York buildings. But, yeah, that's right, we're headed to New York. This, i mean one of our has to be the most well-known possible location that we can pick from all season long. So you know, i don't think we need to go.
Speaker 2:You could not destroy New York City this season.
Speaker 1:Yeah, like it had to be San.
Speaker 2:Francisco in the in the pool for this year, i think.
Speaker 1:I think we got San Francisco. San Francisco, new York, i think, chicago.
Speaker 2:LA is in there. I mean yeah.
Speaker 1:Tokyo. I will say is off the list. That's, that's finale territory. right there We're reserving there.
Speaker 2:Yeah, okay.
Speaker 1:Little sneak preview for you there, but But so yeah, today we're keeping it American And before we get into the fight, there's kind of want to go over the size and weight of these characters that we're dealing with today. Gypsy danger standing at 79 meters, just over 7,000 tons. Shah is fall to 60 meters 4,000 tons. And now I, you know if you guys are good with it. I like this battle starting each of our fighters on each side of Central Park. You know long ways like Gypsy danger starts lumbering out of the Atlantic Ocean, towering you know walking past the.
Speaker 1:Statue of Liberty, drudging down the streets of New York towards Central Park, slowly Preveying the field, looking for his opponent. And then Shah as Valder, rises up out of the earth of Central Park, slowly showing itself completely clad in thick rocks and rubble. And so, as these two fighters, i, each other up, how does this fight break off?
Speaker 2:This is the best season ever. Um, i So cool. I, i guess I have a question about a shower. Like is shard naturally going to Try and flee from a fight, right, Did I read that or am I making that up? like, as far as you know, obviously you're entering final boss territory in the game, so you know, you know that you have to fight. Yeah, like is its initial instinct to kind of try, and because it has that, you know that armored form Seems like it's a form in which it's going to try and just protect itself and then get out of there.
Speaker 3:Yeah, so for the most part in the game, in the times that you would occasionally Encounter something, you didn't really know what it was like, it was pretty Squirrely trying to get away like not Not intending to engage your fight. but there comes a certain point in the game where it's like You are a threat, i am going to fight you and that's what. I assume This would be just because it's probably better for the bright The show if it's like no, like it recognizes there it goes.
Speaker 1:Yeah, The narrator pulls it out of the ground just for it to say no thanks.
Speaker 2:No, that's enough of that. Do we also assume that sorry that Beckett and and Mako have there? Is it just the two of them? or do we assume that they have, like you know, somebody at headquarters, you know giving them information, or we're gonna assume it's just of them.
Speaker 1:They do have, like, an AI, which I I point out only because I recognize the voice. The AI is GLaDOS from portal Yep, i don't know. I, yes, so I caught that. I'm so proud of myself. So they do have an AI to like assist them in that way. So there is that aspect of it. But yeah, no, no, no, i just elbow, motivating, pushing them forward. I know I know what you want.
Speaker 2:Yeah, Call it right now. But yeah, I think definitely, you know, just with the intelligence of these two pilots, Certainly analyzing what the strengths and weaknesses are of Shar. The thing with Shar is like, as far as height and weight it falls weirdly in between a bunch of different kaiju, Like it's not as tall as some of them, but it's heavier than the taller ones. You know what I mean. So it's a very different type of challenge that they're getting into here.
Speaker 3:Like, as I was looking at it, i was trying to, because in Pacific Rim they've got like the different categories or is it of the kaiju, and so I was trying to figure out like what category would Shar F is all to fall into? Like, would it be three, Like I don't think it's quite big enough, and to be maybe like four or five necessarily, But we'll see, because it's the same height as a category four, which is otachi as the otachi kaiju.
Speaker 2:So it's the same height, but it's much heavier than otachi. So 4,000 tons and then otachi is only 2,700. So that's why it's like so strange, like the measurements of this thing are so different from from what they faced before.
Speaker 3:And is this 4,000 tons with all the rock armor or with? Yeah, this is assuming it's initial appearance.
Speaker 1:So assuming that it's currently covered in rock, which I imagine makes up a good amount of that tonnage Yeah, I was going to say it may actually be closer to otachi than without all the rock armor in weight.
Speaker 2:So, so maybe category four ish at that point Yeah, because it's not as big as trespasser as far as height Got 92 meters, jesus Massive. So yeah, i think, like I said, just trying to figure. And again, once it breaks away from that outer armor, then you're like then they have to again once completely change there, yeah, their strategy.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and I think it's interesting, like within the armored phase, right, you know, because it's a boss, it has two phases. You know what's the offensive output like when it has the armor on? Is this just, is the first part of this fight just going to be gypsy danger, Breaking apart these rocks without any resistance? or, you know, the Shara have a counter offensive at this point in the fight? because when I was watching the boss battles it seemed like a lot of the attacks from Shara came in the second half.
Speaker 3:Yeah. so it definitely gets way more aggressive in Phase Two of the boss fight. It is still attacking in Phase One, but it's much, much slower, much, much like like you have a lot of lead up to like, oh OK, it's about to make an attack here And that said, you know, if it hits you in Phase One does a ton of damage because it's got a ton of mass behind it every attack. But it is much more defensive. It is much more or I guess, much less aggressive in Phase One. So while it's got all of the rocks on it, it probably would be a lot of like gypsy danger being on the offensive.
Speaker 1:Because I think kind of what you were referencing, phil, and what I also found on my research is that Charizvalda being this, i mean it's not necessarily an apex predator, right? You know, like it feeds off the earth, like it plants itself somewhere, digs into the ground and feeds off the life force of the earth, like that's how it sustains itself. Right, so like it doesn't really want to be bothered, but once it does it shields up and most things can't break through that shield in its universe.
Speaker 1:You know, like it takes like an end of game level monster hunter plus, you know, usually a team right To break through that. But I don't think it's ever had gypsy danger, You know, you know, like other mods.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you know, like the foot gypsy danger in the game, Just like.
Speaker 1:I mean like I'm thinking just like hand over hand, just like ripping chunks of rock over off of Charizvalda here. I mean maybe you know they can wear gypsy danger out a little bit, you know, early in this fight, you know if it lands some of those heavy hits.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you know, maybe Char can get some like good hits and because, like, with that extra weight, like you know, physically hitting Gypsy Danger is going to do more damage, but I mean, really, i feel like, i feel like Charizvalda's best bet here is with its magic, you know, like once it gets into the vibrations, once it gets into what it can do with the earth.
Speaker 1:So because of a gypsy, danger is a tough son of a bitch, right? You know like it could take a lot of damage and keep going. You know like at at the bottom of the ocean. You know like it can persevere a lot.
Speaker 3:Yeah, i think to me the biggest thing is just how much of like gypsy dangers arsenal is wasted. Getting the armor off of Charizvalda. Like is it just trying to rip stuff off with its hands? Is it using its plasma gun, which has, like, limited ammo? Is it using the sword at all? Is it you know what are they doing with it, And is that expending resources, basically?
Speaker 2:Yeah, because we see them do that in Hong Kong you know, so And and not knowing about, you're getting to that second level as well. You think they'd probably try and take care of it pretty quickly too. But again, the one thing is, you know gypsy danger It's not an AI. You know there are two human pilots That are that are fake. They're figuring this out together, which, again on a much smaller level, you know monster hunters are also are doing this without giant mechs. You know, and I don't want to discredit, like you said, this is very, very much endgame.
Speaker 2:So it's not like it's a brand new monster hunter going at this thing, you know, but you definitely have taken the intelligence for as far as the two pilots for sure, does Shah as fault as far as You know, using, using its, its resources around it as far as the earth. Is that like also heal it too, like if it were to? because, because I'm thinking, you know New York City concrete jungle, it starts off in in Central Park, but when we go elsewhere, is it also able to use some of those abilities where that you see in, you know, the final fight in the game.
Speaker 3:Yeah, my Impression is, yes, that it could definitely use those, regardless of where it was, because it's all like sonic base and, okay, it functions with the ground and so like, since, like it would be a bit different than like the big sandy and rocky arena that you fight in, but As far as like, does it heal back up or anything Not in the game? So I'm gonna say probably not. I would imagine that would be something that takes longer for it to do, like outside of combat.
Speaker 1:So That's super.
Speaker 3:I really wanted Shah's ball to cover it in New York concrete, like yeah, well, i think, i think it would definitely Bring on like it doesn't ever go back to the the rock covering of phase one. But you're it during phase one I it's been a bit since I fought it, but I think there are times where it like kind of re-ups its armor a little bit. But so I think your dream of like Having some street signs and some you know rubble from the I love your state building.
Speaker 3:Yeah, like yes, exactly, there's kind of the comedy shot like Exactly so I I think there would be some of that, but it's not doing it quickly enough. I don't think for it to. It's not like, once it's broken off, it's like, oh, you left it alone for 30 seconds and now it's all covered back up in rocks again. You know.
Speaker 1:The first phase of the fight, at least how I'm imagining it, is Gypsy danger trying to do as much damage. I don't think there's any question of If it gets through the rock shielding. I think it almost certainly does. It's just a matter of us individually. Do we think that it does? how much energy ammo does it expand?
Speaker 1:resources yeah exactly to get to that point. So I think that that's My question in my brain. But moving on to sort of the second phase of this fight, so I want to talk about Char's Valda Having broken free from its rock encasement, so it's much more exposed but it's a lot deadlier. You know this is where you see a lot of the earth powers here. So you know, dylan, i'll throw it to you in the second phase of this fight. You know what are some of the powers you see coming into play against gypsy.
Speaker 3:Yeah, Yeah, so it's. It's definitely a lot faster. So, you know, if at first Gypsy danger was able to like more easily dodge things like Char's Valda in this form is way quicker, i think, because there's That's one of the things I love about Pacific Rim is it conveys a very good amount of weightiness to like the monsters and the mechs, and I think Char's Valda is way faster than a lot of that stuff in in the movie. When it's in phase two is also that's when it starts heavily using kind of its It's sonic powers. Essentially, what it does is it like I forget what the the, the term for it is sublimation or something maybe where it's it basically turns The ground like with a combination of like vibrations and air. It eventually it essentially takes on like a liquid form and so, like It creates like these big pits of like quicksand and stuff, and that's how it moves through the earth as it essentially turns it into like a Liquid and then swims through it.
Speaker 3:And so I think That would be particularly devastating in like a New York setting where your not only are you able to, you know, create pits of, you know like basically destroy the, the ground under Gypsy Danger and have it start sinking into the earth. But you've got, you're messing up the, the foundations of these buildings, potentially collapsing them onto the, the battleground or the combatants themselves. It's also got this massive like air Sonic boom ball that it throws into the middle of the arena. That explodes and Basically is a one-shot, one kill situation. If you get hit by it in as as just a random Monster hunting dude running around in armor. I don't think it would have the same effect on a giant, but But I'm not. I was trying to look up before this started, like how effective like Sonic weapons would be against like a tank or Something like that, i guess. For me I kind of see the weakness of Gypsy Danger if it has one, being the two humans inside of it, like if you can harm them, then you basically take it out.
Speaker 3:Right so I'm like if the Sonic Weapons were, are effective, like cool, if it just is like, well, this is metal, then I think it's much more heavily having to rely on like trying to trap it in like a quicksand area and, you know, lock it into the earth a little bit.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's the thing with Gypsy Danger, right, it's so obviously it's completely dependent on the pilot. So you take out one, then It's basically a game over, you know. So That's a really good question is like does the, does the supersonic blast? like, how does that affect? because they reinforced Gypsy Danger. Like I think if this were the original, gypsy Danger Probably goes down pretty not quickly, but doesn't really stand too much of a chance against the second form. But they had reinforced and rebuilt this thing because they knew it got the shit kicked out of it in Alaska. Yeah, let's, let's make this a little better.
Speaker 2:I mean going into the right, going like down into the void, like that's an impressive, i think, as far as kind of Design and speed, like slattern, which is the the category five Kaiju, i definitely don't think that a Charisvald is as heavy. I mean, this is just an estimated weight Which is 6700 tons but as far as like quickness, maybe that's a good comp is is slattern, which is, which would be the a good comparable design and and creature to Charisvald us. So yeah, those are. Those are good questions like how does all that affect, you know, the, the outer core of Gypsy Danger?
Speaker 1:one thing that I know that we have to talk about. I referenced it earlier. We have to talk about the third eye. We have to talk about Charisvald's ability, which is, i mean it, really interesting and it has a no tangible gameplay effect, but I think there's an interesting implication it has on this fight. So, dylan, do you want to explain what Char does? and you know how creepy it is. So, yeah, so.
Speaker 3:Charisvald is blind for all intents and purposes, basically because it lives underground, swimming through rocks and stuff so like it's, it really can't see and so but it's still able to pinpoint the hunter and Attack it, and so it's got this like third eye sense essentially of like okay, i can See you. But then there's also sort of this implication that In a very meta sense it can kind of see the player, which is a very kind of just like weird, like fourth wall breaking almost, but also very cool ability that the that it has of like I am now fighting you, specifically the player, not necessarily Your little character on the screen you could see during the battle, like Char's ball is, like eyes open up, like during the battle and you can see the eyes are tracking the camera.
Speaker 1:So like, as opposed to your, character on screen.
Speaker 3:Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1:It's feel. It feels like Metal Gear Solid, like Kojima kind of yeah, yeah, Like you've got a plug in a second controller and use that one to be exactly yeah situation Yeah it feels very close to that and so like it's tracking you, the player in your camera and so The implication that I want to talk about is Does it know exactly where the pilots are in?
Speaker 1:Gypsy danger can, can it use this ability to know Exactly the weak point that has to attack, just like the kaiju Evolved and eventually new. You know to attack the head. You know that's why they were successful towards You know the latter half of this war. You know Mm-hmm Ken Char's fall to see them and also can he take advantage of it?
Speaker 3:I, i would think so, and Even without the third eye, like a bit like sort of meta ability, i would think, probably because I think earth bending is a very good like example of What it can do as well, and so, like Toph Could use sort of the vibrations to like see people and pinpoint people and so, even without the third eye ability, i think Char, as Falda would know, kind of the structural makeup probably, like I mean it's it's still, at its core, an animal.
Speaker 3:So whether it can act on that information or not I think is questionable, but It is intelligent, it is. You know, one of the elder dragons of that are borderline gods in in the, the Monster Hunter universe, and so, like I think it would know that there are, there are other creatures inside the head of gypsy danger. Now, whether it knows to do anything with that or you know, i Don't know. But especially with the meta ability, i think yes, like it is just focused on, like there I cite the entire time like Trying to probably attack them.
Speaker 1:I definitely think so. As soon as I realized like this match it was happening and I knew that I found that out about Sharra I felt like because I mean, what are you doing as a player if you're not piloting your monster?
Speaker 3:Yeah, right, you know yeah.
Speaker 1:You know. So, like I feel like it's a it's a one-to-one comparison there. So I guess, like the, the question might just be if it concentrates its vibration blasts on The head of gypsy danger and gypsy danger can't avoid them because it's slower at this point in the battle, you know, does that do enough damage to? I mean, really, you just have to incapacitate one of them and Maybe, maybe it can go a little longer after that. You know, we've seen Beckett do it before, but it's not sustainable, right?
Speaker 2:Yeah, how would you categorize the plasma cannon, dylan? because I am looking at the element and you know the effectiveness of the element on Sharshvalda and you know it says blast has, you know, pretty good effectiveness, but then thunder is Zero effectiveness. So, like, how would you categorize the plasma cannon?
Speaker 3:Plasma, i mean plasma is definitely, like I would say, much more akin to like either the fire or the blast than it would be. And the blast is particularly offense or effective against. Like the first phase. It falls off a little bit when it's no longer covered in stone, but I think it's. It's definitely like superheated, like plasma, i think fits better. Yeah, like fire or blast, and then it would thunder.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and then you know, you look at ice being very effective as well, and we've seen gypsy danger use the ice ability against. I can't remember which kaiju it was, but we saw that be very effective. Yeah, i think it was. Might have been otachi the otachi one because it had the, or no, it was the one that flew, that brought it up into space. Yeah, it was the one that. Yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you use the same appendage to rip Crimson typhoons head off and that was the one that it froze, because it had them attached by the Abdomen, and then it had the release. You know, yeah, the coolant came out of it. It didn't seem. It didn't seem like it was necessarily a weapon, but like as like a defense mechanism. Yeah, defense mechanism which I think would be interesting And to see if that could come up in this fight. But yeah, That'd be interesting.
Speaker 2:Yeah, because it does. I mean, obviously, when we're talking about an opponent of the size in gypsy danger, does sharish fall to find itself in close quarters With with it? you know when you're? obviously, when you're playing the game, you have to get close to it.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:But you know, does it, does it put itself in that position to even, you know to to be, to be affected by that defense Mechanism? you know, like this gypsy danger find itself where sharish fall to is like grabbing onto it, and then it can then use that. You know that ability Yeah.
Speaker 3:I mean, i would still think it's probably pretty close range. Even if it's not maybe in melee, like it's it's sonic blasts, don't have like a ridiculous range. You know, like it's it's a fairly large arena, but it's not like huge It's. You know, like I'm trying to think of how large Central Park is, but like the arena is probably smaller than Central Park that you fight Shar Ishvalda in and so I figure that because, like, the monster hunter is so so tiny Figure what that looks like because that's, i think, honestly like what Shar Ishvalda is like.
Speaker 3:Main issue is here is like it got beat by a dude With a big sword. Yeah.
Speaker 2:I wasn't gonna be disrespectful and say it, so I'm glad you said it.
Speaker 3:Yeah, i mean like now grad said like you can, you can make some excuses there of like well, you know, in the, in the, it's like your hunter is special or your team of hunters is special in the game, and you know it's not just any hunter that would be able to do that and like, if it was actually like Not for you, they would have had to throw a lot more resources, a lot more men and women at it And potentially lose a lot like, have a lot of casualties. But at the end of the day, i fought it 1v1 and 1 and and I was a regular sized dude And and so we're talking about a 79 foot tall or meter tall robot with giant swords and guns, which I think presents a bit more of a challenge for Shar Ishvalda.
Speaker 1:So how we decide the winners here on super bracket bros is each of us is gonna give an out of 10 on who we think will Win this fight. The out of 10 is just to represent our confidence in a given fighter, but whoever receives 2 out of 3 or 3 out of 3 of our total votes is gonna be the fighter that moves on in the tournament. So, dylan, you're a guest. Why don't you kick things off today?
Speaker 3:Sure, like I said, i think Shar Ishvalda is a very cool monster.
Speaker 3:I think it definitely puts up a good fight and I could even see it, you know, being able to get the edge on Gypsy danger somewhat, you know, especially using its ability to maybe pinpoint and Target the, the pilots of Gypsy danger. That said, at the same time, i think I'm gonna have to give it to Gypsy danger 8 out of 10 times, just because I think Shar Ishvalda would have a tough time getting through the armor and actually Harming the pilots to the point where it is able to win. I do think it could maybe lock it up in in some quicksand or, you know, bring a building down on it or something to the point of incapacitating it. But I do think that that is gonna be much more challenging for it to do. And, like I said, the technology level of monster hunter is kind of like sort of fantasy swords and You have guns, but like Barely guns you know, like steampunky guns, not really like Modern weaponry, and so I think Gypsy danger, essentially being a giant hunter with modern weaponry, edges out.
Speaker 3:Shar Ishvalda 8 out of 10 times.
Speaker 2:Phil, yeah, actually I, i also went with Gypsy danger, but I gave Shar Ishvalda an extra win. I went 7 out of 3 or 7 out of 10, just because, again, we've seen Gypsy danger struggle with even some lower level kaiju. So I think, just the just having a lot, of, a lot of respect for the defensive ability, like maybe it does wear it down, maybe they do accidentally use too much of their ammunition too soon, but, like you said, dylan, just as far as, like you know, you're able to take it down with with one hunter, you know, combining two very intelligent pilots and the Neuro link, i think that that definitely plays into their fate, their favor, and I just like the idea of him, of Gypsy danger chucking the Chrysler building like right at its face.
Speaker 2:That would be awesome. So, yeah, i'm like I gave a Sharishvalda an extra, extra win, but I still go. Gypsy danger 7 out of 10.
Speaker 1:I'm in the same line, line of thinking as you guys. I'm going Gypsy danger 7 out of 10 times. I think Shar has some really unique abilities that I think that it could use to take down Gypsy danger. It's just a matter of, if it does, and I think the I think at the end of the day, sharishvalda is going to be relying just I mean, like a video game boss, right, like it's going to be relying on Gypsy danger to make a mistake or two, and I think, even if it, even if it does, you know, i think it still stands a chance, like it can recover from that and come back and fight. But yeah, i think that the you know, if Gypsy danger just had the sword or it just had the ice or it just had the plasma, i give it to Sharishvalda.
Speaker 1:But it has so many different ways. Whereas Sharishvalda, you know like physically It could do damage when it's at its heaviest, but then it's less nimble and Gypsy danger can get around it. And then when it's lighter, you know it can move around and it can attack, but it might not have the weight to actually penetrate the armor anymore. You know, like it's just, sharishvalda feels like an upset pick to me like it feels like it could do it, but it yeah. It's definitely seven out of ten, eight out of ten territory for Gypsy danger. But yeah, with that, with three out of our total votes, that is Gypsy danger. Moving on to the next round, where our pair of pilots are going to be facing The winner of last week's matchup, where we talked sin versus vagar. So if you haven't caught that one yet, make sure to head back and listen so you know who Gypsy danger is going up against next. But I want to check in with you guys. Did did today go about how you expected it?
Speaker 2:to. I'll say I got a little. I got more nervous as the day went on as I Was researching this character and then, when, i, would you know, watched its abilities, i was like, oh, this is, this is a cool character. I was like, am I gonna get? am I gonna get polar bear it again, whoever, whatever the name of that character was back. I'll never let that go.
Speaker 1:It's, it's your. I don't know why it could be so hard for a member. That's what I said.
Speaker 2:So no, again I was. But I did get more and more confident again, just kind of researching Gypsy danger and in looking at its history. And Yeah, like I mean I told you this when the bra we know, when the bracket came out, i was very surprised with Gypsy dangers seating, so very happy with it and But yeah, it definitely was like I knew this wasn't gonna be like a walk in the park situation.
Speaker 3:The more I looked into the Into the opponent pretty much went how I was expecting it to go. Like, even just looking at the like, we've got some really heavy hitters in this, this lineup for this season. Like, as I was going through like rating things, i was like you know, like Charis Fault, i could probably beat like Bowser or you know.
Speaker 3:Some of the other you know more video game characters or like maybe some of the like smaller or like weaker I was like it could probably put up a good fight to Even even Galeon.
Speaker 3:Yeah, like I was like it can probably like put up a decent, like it could outlast one of those and so. But like, looking at a lot of the you know The things from an actual Kaiju centric Franchise, i'm like it's gonna struggle against those, not only just because I it is on the smaller end of of a lot of those, but I think also just by the fact that a Guy with a big sword and no shirt was able to you know take it down.
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Speaker 1:Yeah, no, i. You know this is core super bracket bro cinematic universe gathering right here between the three of us. So if you're a fan of this show, you will be a fan of their shows And I highly recommend you checking out both of these creators. Between Phil and Eric, you know you've got the convention scene going on down in Florida, which I think is just amazing Dylan and Andrew making just awesome YouTube content. You know, i think genuinely I love everything that the both of you do, so Always appreciate you taking the time and bringing your expertise to today's episode, helping continue season 5 and making it as awesome as genuinely possible. So thank you, guys. Season rules.
Speaker 3:As soon as you told me the concept of this. I was like I can't wait, like I don't even care if I'm on it, i just can't wait to listen to it.
Speaker 1:If you are listening to this and looking to Catch up with Super Bracket Bros, you can do that in a couple ways. If you just want to follow the show, we're on Instagram and Facebook, where you can find A pinpost. At the top of both those pages You can find the bracket and the schedule Yes, you're, you know, four years, i got it together and I put it out an actual schedule So you can see the dates of all the matchups that are coming up, you know, at the top of each of those pages. And if you're looking to go a little bit further, we do have a patreon where you can listen to unedited versions of all the episodes, including this one, where you're probably gonna get some stuff in the middle. You're gonna get a nice chunk of content at the beginning and after show as well. So if you ever wanted to hear those conversations that podcasters have once you know the mic is quote unquote off You can listen to those on the Super Bracket Bros Patreon.
Speaker 1:And, in honor of Dylan's 2019 game of the year episode that they redid, i'm gonna plug one specific bonus episode We did on the patreon, where mean Eli went back and listened to a bunch of old clips that ended up on the cutting room floor of Super Bracket Bros past. So, for whatever reason, i didn't include it in the episode, but I thought it was worth saving, and I got to rediscover why I thought it was worth saving, as mean Eli re listened to it live and discovered that on air, so that was a fantastic episode. We have a ton of patreon Exclusive episodes that you're only gonna get if you're a patron. So if you're interested in that, definitely check it out. And yeah, if you have the means and ability, we would greatly appreciate your support. But without further ado, phil, do you have anything else for the people?
Speaker 2:No, just whenever you are thrust into a co-host Opportunity, don't forget the reference you were going to bring up in the beginning. So just learn from my mistakes.
Speaker 1:I'm really glad you're digging yourself in a hole, so I can't edit that out. So I Yeah.
Speaker 2:You.
