Events Calendar: August 2023

August looks to be an intriguing month around the CouchWarriors League, as many players return from a post-BAM hiatus to once again focus on tournament competition. The Street Fighter 6 metagame continues to mature, and barring significant patches this month’s ranbats should tell us a lot about who currently has a claim to being Australia’s best player.

Meanwhile, this month’s CWL Online bracket offers the Smash scene as a chance to scout interstate matchups ahead of the Big Cheese major – as well as a big chunk of points. That’s just a taste of the action on offer though – read on for the dates and sign-up links for all of August’s #CWLeague events.

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BAM13 Results Roundup

Another big year of Battle Arena Melbourne is in the books, and that means it’s time to celebrate our new Major champions!

#BAM13 packed 1018 Unique attendees into full halls at Moonee Valley Racecourse, with over 40 different fighting games on display across 7 different tournament stages! Our wonderful TOs worked hard to fit the maximum variety of tournaments into a three day event – and the result is that we can now add the following names to the honour roll of Battle Arena Melbourne top finishes!

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BAM13 Prize List

Thanks to our partners and event sponsors, we have an amazing prize list for BAM

Trophy Titles

Platinum: 1st: Trophy, 2nd and 3rd Medal

Street Fighter 6

  • 1st Aus: Aorus M27Q-P Monitor + Mwave $100
  • 2nd ASTRO A30 + Mwave $50
  • 3rd ASTRO A10

TEKKEN 7

  • 1st Aus: Aorus M27Q-P Monitor + Mwave $100
  • 2nd ASTRO A30 + Mwave $50
  • 3rd ASTRO A10

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Singles

  • 1st Aus: Steelcase Gesture high performance chair + Mwave $100
  • 2nd ASTRO A20 + Mwave $50
  • 3rd ASTRO A10

GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-

  • 1st Aus: Steelcase Gesture high performance chair + Mwave $100
  • 2nd ASTRO A20 + Mwave $50
  • 3rd ASTRO A10

Gold: Trophy

Rivals of Aether

  • 1st: Mwave $100
  • 2nd ASTRO A10

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

  • 1st: Mwave $100
  • 2nd ASTRO A10

The King of Fighters XV 

  • 1st: Mwave $100
  • 2nd ASTRO A10
  • Plus heaps of SNK Merch!

Medal Titles

 

Mortal Kombat 11: 

  • 1st: Playstation Plus 1 year code
  • 2nd Mwave $50

DRAGON BALL FighterZ 

  • 1st: Playstation Plus 1 year code
  • 2nd Mwave $50

Dead Or Alive 6 

  • 1st: Mwave $50

Killer Instinct

  • 1st: Mwave $50

Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown

  • 1st: Mwave $50

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore

  • 1st: Mwave $50

BlazBlue Centralfiction

  • 1st: Playstation Plus 1 year code
  • 2nd Mwave $50

Melty Blood Actress Again: Current Code

  • 1st: Mwave $50

SAMURAI SHODOWN

  • 1st: Mwave $50
  • SNK Merch

Granblue Fantasy: Versus

  • 1st: Playstation Plus 1 year code
  • 2nd Mwave $50

UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[cl-r]

  • 1st: Mwave $50

GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2

  • 1st: Playstation Plus 1 year code
  • 2nd Mwave $50

Project+

  • 1st: Mwave $50

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite

  • 1st: Mwave $50

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

  • 1st: Mwave $50

MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA

  • 1st: Playstation Plus 1 year code
  • 2nd Mwave $50

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

  • 1st: Mwave $50

SOULCALIBUR VI

  • 1st: Mwave $50

Pokkén Tournament DX

  • 1st: Mwave $50

Brawlhalla Singles

  • 1st: Mwave $50

DNF Duel

  • 1st: Mwave $50

HDR Singles

  • 1st: Mwave $50

 

OTHER CATEGORIES

STREET FIGHTER 3v3 

  • Winning team Mwave $50 Each

 

BOUNTIES Knock the ladder champ into loser bracket

  • Ladder Champs: ASTRO A20, Mwave $50
  • Bounty Claimants: ASTRO A10, Mwave $50

 

DOOR PRIZE / RAFFLE Every entrant gets 1 ticket, additional tickets available

Saturday Draw ~ 6pm

  • DUAL SENSE EDGE
  • GIGABYTE M28U 
  • X2 Playstation Plus 12mth Voucher

Sunday Draw ~ 4pm

  • DUAL SENSE EDGE
  • AORUS FO48U-AP 
  • X2 Playstation Plus 12mth Voucher

BAM13 Schedule

UPDATE: Check the BAM13 Tournament Rules for your game HERE!

FLOORPLAN

STREAM SCHEDULE
Channels

twitch.tv/tekken (TWT)

twitch.tv/arcsysworksu (GGStrive Top 8)

twitch.tv/couchwarriors

twitch.tv/couchwarriorssmash

twitch.tv/Couchwarriors2

twitch.tv/fishelfgc

twitch.tv/Pichy_and_Pals

twitch.tv/auraisbad

twitch.tv/GTR1H

twitch.tv/amph_pm

twitch.tv/thatjerryboy

twitch.tv/SkullgirlsOceania

twitch.tv/the_rowdy_howdy

twitch.tv/PokkenAustralia

twitch.tv/AusKombat

twitch.tv/locallegacyl2 (SAMSHO and SCVI)

Full List of BAM13 Games Now Revealed

It’s barely more than a month until the latest and greatest incarnation of Battle Arena Melbourne – #BAM13.

BAM is Australia’s biggest FGC event of the year, so naturally it also needs to show off the biggest range of different fighting games. After all, if you’re gonna find enough people anywhere to fill a bracket for your favourite niche fighter, it’s going to be at BAM!

 


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Battle Arena Melbourne RETURNS in 2023!

Get ready – the road to Oceania’s most celebrated fighting game tournament starts now.

CouchWarriors have publicly announced the 2023 installment of Battle Arena Melbourne, BAM13, for the weekend of June 9th-11th.

Signup is NOW LIVE! Book your weekend pass as a player ($60) or spectator ($25) on start.gg!

There are so many exciting details still to come: the tournament lineup, prize pool, sponsorships, World Tour support, international visitors, featured artists, afterparty venue… just make sure you save those dates, and stay tuned for more announcements!

CouchWarriors League 2023: Updated Points Structure & Schedule

CouchWarriors League is officially back for 2023, announcing a new format and points system for the Summer and Winter championship seasons.

The 2023 format emphasizes more local and community events while pivoting the CWL Online schedule from weekly to monthly tournaments. The points awarded at each state’s monthly ranbats have been doubled, making them an even more important battleground for our championship hopefuls.

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