I Don't Even (Listen to This) Podcast

In an IDEP first, we're joined this week by two gaming parents! Joining us is PoppaHam, father of NZ Tekken superstar Wowzer and KezDog, mother of OHN16 Smash Ultimate champion DefectiveDagger to get their perspective on being a parent in the competitive gaming space. After that we cover Tekken's $4 frame data, the announcement of Chipp (and Potemkin) in the new Guilty Gear and lament the death of chip kills. Recorded November 4th , 2019 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Audio Version + Show notes: www.ozhadou.net/i-dont-even-listen-to-this-podcast-e46-we-are-family-feat-poppaham-and-kezdog Catch the show live every second Tuesday, 8pm @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Follow us on Twitter:Jonno - @GamrahYoussef - @_FaYd_

It's been a hell of a month, so the duo reconvene to talk OzHadou Nationals, REV Major 2019, the Asia Premiere at Tokyo Game Show and Southern Crossup 2019. Recorded October 15th , 2019 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Audio Version + Show notes: www.ozhadou.net/i-dont-even-listen-to-this-podcast-e45-our-summer-vacation Catch the show live every second Tuesday, 8pm @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Follow us on Twitter:Jonno - @GamrahYoussef - @_FaYd_

Some stuff went down at IeSF this last week so Youssef did a quick solo show to address it. Recorded September 9th, 2019 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Catch the show live every second Tuesday, 8pm @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Follow us on Twitter:Jonno - @GamrahYoussef - @_FaYd_

This week we're joined by Gfinity two time winners ROF and Travis to talk about their globe trotting adventures in Street Fighter V and how to get to continue to improve despite Australia's (relatively) small playerbase and travel limitations. We also speculate on what to expect at EVO this year, the announcements that are still to come in 2019 and much more! Recorded July 16th , 2019 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Audio Version + Show notes: www.ozhadou.net/i-dont-even-listen-to-this-podcast-e44-things-are-great Catch the show live every second Tuesday, 8pm @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Follow us on Twitter:Jonno - @GamrahYoussef - @_FaYd_

No guests this week but we cover a wholesome bunch of topics from re-capping tournaments from the last few weeks, EVO numbers and anticipation and a special OHN announcement? Registration for OHN is now open, see you there! https://smash.gg/tournament/ozhadou-nationals-16/details Recorded July 2nd, 2019 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Audio Version + Show notes: www.ozhadou.net/i-dont-even-listen-to-this-podcast-e43-things-are-great Catch the show live every second Tuesday, 8pm @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Follow us on Twitter:Jonno - @GamrahYoussef - @_FaYd_

New Zealand's own GhostChips joined us to talk about how he ruined a bunch of holidays at Combo Breaker (while hopefully enjoying his own) before diving into the Samurai Showdown and Granblue Fantasy Versus betas, the future of Street Fighter V, what we'd want out of a Tekken 8 and much more. Recorded June 12th, 2019 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Audio Version + Show notes: www.ozhadou.net/i-dont-even-listen-to-this-podcast-e42-oces-day-out-feat-ghostchips Catch the show live every second Thursday, 8pm @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Follow us on Twitter:Jonno - @GamrahYoussef - @_FaYd_

BAM11 is the books and we brought in the INTERNATIONAL SLAYER Reck Daddy himself to talk about his big win over Noroma. In addition to re-capping everything else that went down over the weekend, we shared our thoughts on the latest controversy in the FGC Twitter - Are Hitboxes actually CHEATBOXES!? Recorded May 23rd, 2019 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Audio Version + Show notes: www.ozhadou.net/i-dont-even-listen-to-this-podcast-e41-bamadness-the-11th Catch the show live every second Thursday, 8pm @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Follow us on Twitter:Jonno - @GamrahYoussef - @_FaYd_

BAM11 is just around the corner! This week we cover our expectations for the big weekend, what Street Fighter V announcements can win us over this season (if any) and cover all the new patches/character news from the last couple of weeks across the entire FGC landscape. Recorded May 14th, 2019 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Audio Version + Show notes: www.ozhadou.net/i-dont-even-listen-to-this-podcast-e40-may-madness Catch the show live every second Monday (new day!!) 8pm @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Follow us on Twitter:Jonno - @GamrahYoussef - @_FaYd_

Pats on the back everyone, we did it! Australia made it to Summit, the crabs are jumping, MK11 is out and uhh... well that's about it. We kept it nice and chill this week because it's just a good time to be playing games Recorded April 25th, 2019 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Audio Version + Show notes: www.ozhadou.net/i-dont-even-listen-to-this-podcast-e39-krab-kombat Catch the show live every second Monday (new day!!) 8pm @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Follow us on Twitter:Jonno - @GamrahYoussef - @_FaYd_

OHN 16, Expand Gong and an Aussie at the Mortal Kombat 11 Summit!? A lot of big local news this week so we got on Waz and Gilbagz to talk about the MK11 beta, the current state of NRS and getting Waz in the Summit! Recorded April 9th, 2019 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Audio Version + Show notes: www.ozhadou.net/i-dont-even-listen-to-this-podcast-e38-tournaments-tournaments-tournaments Catch the show live every second Tuesday 8pm @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Follow us on Twitter:Jonno - @GamrahYoussef - @_FaYd_

Super Smash Bros. Melee. It's a really wild game. Dom Hynes (@DomHynes) of @MelbourneMelee joins us to talk about some of the insane replay innovations the community has been driving, wobbling, the future of the game and match more. We also touch on the Tekken World Tour details for 2019, Final Round, Street Fighter V Type Arcade and much more. Recorded March 19th, 2019 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Audio Version + Show notes: www.ozhadou.net/i-dont-even-listen-to-this-podcast-e37-whats-old-is-new-again Catch the show live every second Tuesday 8pm @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Follow us on Twitter:Jonno - @GamrahYoussef - @_FaYd_

Miss us? Been a minute since we've posted a podcast, but with Jonno finally having stable internet we thought we'd do a brief re-cap on the first couple of months of the year. Topics include more Japan nonsense, 2019 games, EVO and much more! Recorded March 5th, 2019 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Catch the show live every second Tuesday 8pm @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Follow us on Twitter:Jonno - @GamrahYoussef - @_FaYd_

As the year draws to a close, we look back at the final tours of the year, Capcom Pro Tour finals and Melbourne's CouchWarriors Crossup with Cabra dojo's own BK and DD. We also recap a tonne of new game announcements and the slew of news publishers dumped out before taking off for the holidays Recorded December 18th, 2018 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Catch the show live every second Tuesday 8pm @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Follow us on Twitter:Jonno - @GamrahYoussef - @_FaYd_

TWT finals went down last weekend so the boys sat down with Australian Tekken heavyweight Dion to talk about his storied career and the state of Tekken locally and internationally. Recorded December 4th, 2018 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Catch the show live every second Tuesday 8pm @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Follow us on Twitter:Jonno - @GamrahYoussef - @_FaYd_

Live from Battle Kat Bunker, this week we're joined by BKB owner and operator Stephane to talk about one of the new pillars of the Sydney FGC. Recorded November 21st, 2018 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Audio Version + Show notes: www.ozhadou.net/i-dont-even-listen-to-this-podcast-e33-battle-kat-bunker Catch the show live every second Tuesday 8pm @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Follow us on Twitter:Jonno - @GamrahYoussef - @_FaYd_

The boys are back, reunited and Jonno is really excited to share some Japan stories, which he does without breathing for an hour and a half. Other topics include Youssef's thoughts on Soul Calibur VI, what we've been playing and much, much more. Recorded November 7th, 2018 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Audio Version + Show notes: www.ozhadou.net/i-dont-even-listen-to-this-podcast-e32-konnichiwa Catch the show live every second Thursday, 8pm @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Follow us on Twitter:Jonno - @GamrahYoussef - @_FaYd_

Here it is, the final (local) IDEP episode (until OHN) forever (and then for a year probably). Let's talk about the guy who's ruining everything by moving to Tokyo, your pal Jonno. Recorded July 27th, 2017 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Catch the show live every second Thursday, 8pm AEST @ Twitch.tv/GamrahVideo archives - YouTube.com/Gamrah Follow Jonno on Twitter @GamrahFollow Youssef on Twitter @JAM_Fayd

With only 2 more shows before Jonno jets to Japan, it's time to get to know your hosts! Today's a history lesson centred around your pal, Youssef. Recorded July 20th, 2017 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Catch the show live every second Thursday, 8pm AEST @ Twitch.tv/GamrahVideo archives - YouTube.com/Gamrah Follow Jonno on Twitter @GamrahFollow Youssef on Twitter @JAM_Fayd

Things have been a little quiet over the last couple of weeks so we brought on the West Coast's finest, CoolzInferno, to briefly talk about the Perth scene before diving into a bunch of other amazing tangents that are vaguely related to fighting games. We also stack rank the cities in Australia, so that's fun! Recorded June 29th, 2017 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Catch the show live every second Thursday, 8pm AEST @ Twitch.tv/GamrahVideo archives - YouTube.com/Gamrah Follow Jonno on Twitter @GamrahFollow Youssef on Twitter @JAM_Fayd

With a huge influx of new games on the horizon and OHN15 DIY applications now open, we brought in Virtua Fighter Australia's own MadeMan to talk about how he resurrected the game he loves in 2 separate countries. No matter what scene you're in, building a community for a game is easier than you think, and we talked all about just what it takes, how much effort goes into running a bracket and not being free WHILE BEING A TO? Recorded June 16th, 2017 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Catch the show live every second Thursday, 8pm AEST @ Twitch.tv/GamrahVideo archives - YouTube.com/Gamrah Follow Jonno on Twitter @GamrahFollow Youssef on Twitter @_FaYd_

We're (barely) back from BAM9 with stories, musings and results from the huge weekend. Recorded May 19th, 2017 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Catch the show live every second Thursday, 8pm @ Twitch.tv/GamrahVideo archives - YouTube.com/Gamrah Follow Jonno on Twitter @GamrahFollow Youssef on Twitter @_FaYd_

Gilbagz and Sprucemoose join the Habibos this week to talk the new superhero hotness, Injustice 2, and why it might be the best NRS release to date. Recorded April 27th, 2017 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Catch the show live every second Thursday, 8pm @ Twitch.tv/GamrahVideo archives - YouTube.com/Gamrah Follow Jonno on Twitter @GamrahFollow Youssef on Twitter @_FaYd_

DS | Falco joins the Habibos once again to give his take on the state of the scene as a high level Australian competitor and shares his insight into how he juggles Street Fighter V BUT ALSO PLAYS OTHER GAMES!? Recorded April 13th, 2017 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Catch the show live every second Thursday, 8pm @ Twitch.tv/GamrahVideo archives - YouTube.com/Gamrah Follow Jonno on Twitter @GamrahFollow Youssef on Twitter @_FaYd_

Australian Anime veterans Nerk and Huntersteven join us to talk about the big talks of the anime town, Guilty Gear and Blazblue, some history about the scene and the state of Australian Anime at large. Recorded March 30th, 2016 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Catch the show live every second Thursday, 8pm @ Twitch.tv/GamrahVideo archives - YouTube.com/Gamrah Follow Jonno on Twitter @GamrahFollow Youssef on Twitter @_FaYd_

This week we sat down with Super Smash Overlords Dreadtech and Pudge to talk compatibility between Smash and the FGC at large, how/if we can all get along and why casuals is objectively a better term than friendlies. *Skype audio is initially a bit shaky but stabilises after the break! You'll hear where it gets shoddy but picks back up around the 1:07 mark Recorded March 16th, 2016 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrahh Catch the show live every second Thursday, 8pm @ Twitch.tv/GamrahVideo archives - YouTube.com/Gamrah Follow Jonno on Twitter @GamrahFollow Youssef on Twitter @_FaYd_

The Habibos this week are joined by another longtime Tekken veteran, Luper, to discuss his unusual transition from 3D to 2D and what it's like to start from the bottom again, plus why the learning phase in a fighting game can actually be a lot of fun. Recorded February 16th, 2016 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Catch the show live every second Thursday, 8pm @ Twitch.tv/GamrahVideo archives - YouTube.com/Gamrah Follow Jonno on Twitter @GamrahFollow Youssef on Twitter @_FaYd_

eSports graces our humble floors once again as we sit down with Dark Sided's own Wazminator to talk being part of a team, the streamer life in Australia and the vicious NRS cycle. Recorded February 2nd, 2016 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Catch the show live every second Thursday, 8pm @ Twitch.tv/GamrahVideo archives - YouTube.com/Gamra Follow Jonno on Twitter @GamrahFollow Youssef on Twitter @_FaYd_

*Quick audio note: Unfortunately we had some pretty serious issues with audio this episode and had a lot of intermittent cuts. I edited out the silences but if the conversation jumps you know why! It's 2017 and as our humble little scene grows and grows, a lot more global tournaments are going to continue to pop up. They were all pretty terrible in 2016, so we asked Lord Ziggy to join us to talk about how they can get the format right Recorded January 19th, 2016 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah Follow Jonno on Twitter @GamrahFollow Youssef on Twitter @_FaYd_

The year's tournament calendar has well and truly wound down, but we decided to hang anyway to talk Japan, Capcom Cup, KOIFT, Season 2 of Street Fighter V and our favourite moments of 2016. Recorded December 21st, 2016 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah

It took us over a year to get to the Tekken episode, but we finally did it! We sat down with Lazy Dave and Alchemist to talk about the Australian Tekken Community and how 2D players can transfer their skills and prepare for the third dimension when Tekken 7 drops early next year. Recorded October 28th, 2016 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah

We're back with the second part of our KG interview, this time talking about how top tiers characters created his top tier mindset. KG shared some insight on how he prepared for previous OHNs, breaking down how his methods changes with new and old games. Pick a top tier. Recorded October 17th, 2016 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah

Disclaimer: In order to provide the 'authentic' KG experience, this episode is completely uncensored and contains much stronger language than previous episodes. It's the IDEP 1 year anniversary show! To celebrate, the Habibos sit down with probably our most anticipated guest yet, KG, to talk about how he got his start in the scene and his will to keep on hati- er, winning. Recorded September 25th, 2016 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah

The biggest OHN in history is in the books and we sat down with E.G.'s very own K-Brad to briefly catch up on everything that went down over the weekend. Recorded August 29th, 2016 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah

One of the biggest weekend in the AUFGC calendar year is almost upon us and to celebrate, we gathered to give our final OHN14 predictions. Recorded August 24th, 2016 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah

Reunited once again, the Habibos gather to discuss Youssef's gallivanting through EVO and beyond, as well as share the first half of their OHN14 predictions. Recorded August 10th, 2016

2/3 of the Habibos were at EVO this year and Erks is back to share his experiences at the largest FGC tournament in history, as well an in-depth chat about how scenes/players abroad are different to our little slice of heaven here in Australia. Recorded July 27th, 2016 Music by The Consouls - http://www.YouTube.com/TheConsoulsBand

No guest this week (every single person everywhere is still playing Overwatch), but our very own Erks-sports got sponsored! We talk about what the influx of new signings means for the Austrailan FGC as well Tekken 7, Injustice 2 and Street Fighter V news from E3. Finally, we give a hot take on the FGC's most pressing issue - How long do we have before every major is just an Overwatch LAN party? Recorded June 16th, 2016

Yeaaaaaah we're late, we know. Video games happened! BAM8 is done and dusted and we were sat down with Couchwarriors duo Spoony and Muttons to talk Australia's first Street Fighter V major and more. Originally recorded May 26th, 2016

We're a little later than normal this week but not without a good reason! ON | Colonov was in town this week so we fed him chicken and sat him down to talk Street Fighter V, the KOF franchise and how to git gud in both 2D and 3D games. Originally recorded March 26th 2016

We made it everybody! We are now live in a Street Fighter V world. It's the only game that has and will ever be played... What, are we IVgetting something? This week the Habibos are joined by one of Melbourne's finest, Somniac, to take a look back at the storied history of Street Fighter IV in Australia. Originally recorded February 25th, 2016

Truly a Habibolicious show this week. Youssef and Jonno are joined this week by VirtuaFigher.com's own Iron Myke and the helm of the Victory Road series, Made Man, to talk about the game that everybody respects but is too scared to touch - Virtua Fighter. Check OzHadou.net for show notes!Originally recorded February 12th 2016

The Habibos are joined by none other than the King of Street Fighter 4 in Australia, ShangTsung, to discuss his road to becoming the best as well as Street Fighter 4 locally and internationally, Street Fighter 5 and how he stayed on top while still being a family man.Originally recorded January 14, 2016

Erks and Youssef are joined this week by Team Exile5's Sam² (Baxter and FithAlucard) to wrap-up SXC 2015Originally recorded December 15 2015 Music by The Consouls www.theconsouls.com youtube.com/theconsoulsband

Joining the Habibos this week are Adelaide's very own Falco and Mooseking to discuss 2015's last major, SXC2K15, as well as the history of SAFGC.*JERP NOTE: There were some issues with audio this week so watch your volume. Apologies, it won't be there next time!Originally recorded November 8 2015 Music by The Consouls www.theconsouls.com youtube.com/theconsoulsband

Jonno, Erks and Youssef with special guest Mike aka Goodpart talk YSB #36, Tekken 7 finally arriving in Australian arcades and what to play in the pre-Street Fighter V lull.Originally recorded October 8 2015Music by The Consouls www.theconsouls.com youtube.com/theconsoulsband

The Habibos are back with the second part of the Goodpart spectacular to talk arcade horror stories, FGC memes in the real world and the incredibly lucrative business of streaming Australian FGC tournaments.

Jonno, Erks and Youssef talk OHN 13 and farewell the fighting games of the generation gone by.Originally recorded September 22nd 2015