Which Street Fighter era was the hardest to compete in? | Extra Trashy

Listen to Trash Talk and Extra Trashy on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6q4KFX6... We launched a Patreon! - ⁠⁠Patreon: Brian_F for early access to main Trash Talk episodes, Q&A with the community for Extra Trashy, and more. WARNING/DISCLAIMER: The following debate is FOR FUN, and we steel-man our positions for the sake of ENTERTAINMENT. For serious opinions, make it to the end of the episode. ​‪@HollywoodRobTV‬ is back on Extra Trashy to defend his position that Street Fighter 6 is the most competitive Street Fighter due to its large player base, whilst ‪@iDomNYC‬ defends Street Fighter 5 as the cleanest and most simplistic, making it the hardest due to the lack of gimmicks. However, Brian believes the introduction of input buffers and reducing the execution requirements to even do basic things makes Street Fighter 4 the most competitive. Episode: Extra Trashy #18 Recorded on: September 22nd 2025 Follow us YouTube - ⁠@brian_f Brian_F - ⁠https://x.com/Bri4nF⁠ iDom - ⁠https://x.com/iDomNYC Edited by ‪@nugieboy‬ SECOND CHANNEL: @morebrian_f TRASH TALK + EXTRA TRASHY PODCAST: https://open.spotify.com/show/6q4KFX6... Patreon: Patreon: Brian_F Twitch stream: Twitch: brian_f Twitter: Twitter: bri4nf Merch: https://brian-f.creator-spring.com/ Fighting Game gear/PC Setup: https://www.amazon.com/shop/bri4nf Amazon Affiliates link: https://amzn.to/2C3sIKb Headphones: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SKVNS00?... TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 NuckleDu is winning tournaments in Street Fighter 10 Years later 1:42 SF6 has the most entrants 3:01 iDom won Capcom Cup 2019. SF5 Random? 4:49 SF4 execution was art 8:32 Knowledge Gaps and how to get information 11:35 You couldn’t be ready for Pepeday El Fuerte 13:13 Lower execution barrier makes mistakes more punishing at all levels 14:16 Daigo vs Alex Valle at SCR 2010 was the epitome of neutral 15:39 Hitconfirming in SFV and dishonest low forwards 16:45 Resource Management & Noahtheprodigy 20:49 Losing to Johnny Donuts 22:30 Love of the game vs $1M prize pools 30:35 None of this started before SF4 35:14 Execution check bred consistency 36:24 Content Creators are reducing the knowledge gap 38:16 You should’ve been born in Japan 38:57 Child Prodigies 42:36 Picking a Top Tier vs Downplaying on Twitter 46:49 The Daigo Standard 49:41 Consistency in SF4 VS SF6 51:42 Fundamentals over all 55:35 Character Specifics vs Strong Universal System Mechanics 1:02:36 There’s never been a Drive Impact that was godlike 1:04:52 Information disparity vs bringing everyone up 1:06:01 Jwong didn’t know about crouch tech 1:10:13 Japan was not prepared for Laura 1:12:12 The loss of surprise strategies 1:15:13 Momochi pushed SF4 to its limits 1:20:12 SF6 is the most fair at the mid level 1:24:38 Remember to take this as seriously as possible