CouchWarriors League Online Results – April Recap

Welcome back, CouchWarriors family! It’s been a few months since we were forced into isolation by the COVID-19 pandemic. As tough as it has been to not get out to regular ranbats and weeklies, we have seen some great community efforts to stay connected and run online tournaments for any game which supports them.

Chief among these online events has been the CouchWarriors League, which we launched with incredible timing just before the coronavirus news started to hit. What was intended as a national leaderboard for state ranbats and majors has shifted with the times, and become a weekly online tournament for our rotating roster of top games. While that feeling of playing next to your opponent in a live venue is irreplacable, we have at least been able to enjoy some rare interstate matchup as each scene sends its best gladiators into the online arena! And thanks to a stack of $100 prize vouchers supplied by m-wave, there was a little bit more than pride and points on the line…

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CouchWarriors announce Mortal Kombat 11 as Platinum Sponsor for BAM11

[Press Release]

Most anticipated fighting game of 2019, Mortal Kombat™11, announced as Platinum Sponsor for BAM11, Australia’s major fighting game championships.

Thursday May 18, 2019 – In anticipation of this year’s biggest fighting game release, CouchWarriors today announced MORTAL KOMBAT™ 11 as the presenting partner for BAM11 – Australia’s largest open esports event and fighting game championships.

Leading the many prizes on offer, this major BAM11 Mortal Kombat™ 11 tournament will feature a $2,000 AUD cash prize bonus, while every participant will receive exclusive Mortal Kombat™ 11 merch for entering.

BAM11, or Battle Arena Melbourne 11, presented by Mortal Kombat™ 11, will welcome spectators, new players and pro players alike on May 17-19, 2019 at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The show floor will feature a dedicated Mortal Kombat™ 11 space where players will compete for the title of first MK11 national champion.

Register for the BAM 11 Mortal Kombat™ 11 tournament here: www.smash.gg/bam11

 

Entering the Realm: Community Launch tournaments in April

To kickstart the return of the famed series to Earthrealm, Mortal Kombat™ 11 will support four tournaments the week of launch packed with prizes. These events will be the first opportunity after the game releases for players to learn new tricks and show off their skills.

 

Mortal Kombat™ 11 is the latest instalment in the critically-acclaimed franchise, developed by award-winning NetherRealm Studios, and is scheduled for release beginning April 23 for PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, PlayStation®4 Pro computer entertainment system, the Xbox One family of devices including Xbox One X, Nintendo Switch™ system and PC.

 

Pre-order Mortal Kombat™ 11 to receive the in-game, playable character, Shao Kahn. To learn more about Mortal Kombat 11, visit www.mortalkombat.com or join the community conversation on Facebook (MortalKombat), Instagram (@MortalKombat), Twitter (@MortalKombat), Twitch (NetherRealm), YouTube (Mortal Kombat), Discord (MortalKombat) or Reddit (MortalKombat).

FGC Livestreams – Monthly subs PRIZE Announcement [BAM Path To EVO]

As part of the Aus FGC’s collective effort to raise awareness for the scene through BAM Path To EVO, we’re working together to produce live streams of monthly ranbats and majors.  These are great things to support and now, we have another reason to get behind it.

Prizes for subscribers every month! From digital codes from SAVEMI for video game giveaways with, Animelab subscriptions thanks to Madman, and more to be announced, just being a subscriber each month means you can win.

We’ll also have specials and discounts from our supporters to share with the community for watching and subscribing!

Make sure you are subscribed to one or more of these four channels. EVERY channel gets one of the prizes each month!:

BAM Path to EVO is crowdfunded – please support

Remember, every subscription, and bits spend cheering in channels, helps send ANZ players to the world stage!  So please get behind our players and help us bring them to BAM, and then send them to EVO!

 

Giveaways: It works like this.

Every month we check the subs list and draw lucky winners, 1 of each type of prize for the channel

If you’re already subbed, you’re eligible! As we’re just announcing prizes, we’ll do a special subs drive giveaway week until April 19th and announce on the 20th.

Then there will be a regular round up of prizes for the full month of April!

 

So what are the prizes for being a subscriber?

Special launch Prizes – Subscribe by April 19th.

April Prizes

More to be announced + prizes for May onwards!

 

Discounts all April!

Get 10% off the following games on PC thanks to SAVEMI

Just use the special discount code. SAVEMIBAM11

Keep an eye on the Twitch chatbot and stream hosts for more of this in the future!

CWC Sponsors and PRIZES!

Thanks to our sponsors we have a great set of prizes to give away at CouchWarriors Crossup!

Sponsors and Partners

This year’s event supporters are:

Bandai Namco AU | GG EZ BarLG Australia

Madman and Dragon Ball Super Movie: Broly

Prizes

Ordered by game, here are the prizes you can win by playing at or in some cases watching on stream, the action at CouchWarriors Crossup!

Each of the 10 Tournaments below will have an Unlucky Lucky winner, if you play and go out 0-2, you could win a Dragon Ball Super Movie Buy One Get One Free Pass!

Dragon Ball FighterZ

Aside from the $5,000 prize pool, 7th Dragon Ball as a trophy and trip to World Finals? Ok – sure, here are some more!Dragon Ball Super - Part 5

1st to 8th: Special Dragon Ball Australia gift package

Top 2 from ANZ will receive a Dragon Ball Super Movie: Broly Admit 2 Ticket

  1. Dragon Ball Super Pt 5 Blu-Ray (Madman)
  2. Dragon Ball Z Broly Movie Collection Blu-Ray (Madman)
  3. Dragon Ball Super Movie: Broly Admin 2 Pass
  4. Dragon Ball Super Movie: Broly Admin 2 Pass

Super Smash Bros Ultimate

  1. LG 24″ HD Gaming Monitor 24MP59G-P

1st to 4th: Warriors Orochi 4 Switch (Koei Tecmo)

 

Tekken 7

1st: Jump Force (Digital Code ready for release, Bandai Namco),

AND Terra Formars S1 Blu-Ray (Madman)

Soul Calibur VI

1st: Jump Force (Digital Code ready for release, Bandai Namco),

AND  Granblue Fantasy V1 Blu-Ray (Madman)

Street Fighter V

1st to 8th: Street Fighter Plushies!

1st to 4th Megaman 11 (PS4, Capcom)

Guilty Gear Xrd

  1. No Game No Life Bluray (Madman)

UNIST

  1. Ghost in the Shell Bluray (Madman)

Blaz Blue CT

  1. Altelier Lydie & Suelle (PS4, Koei Tecmo)Image result for atelier lydie & suelle ps4

Splatoon 2

Winning team (x4) – AnimeLab 3mth Premium Subscription

Dead or Alive 6

Saturday and Sunday 1st-2nd: Altelier Lydie & Suelle (PS4, Koei Tecmo)

 

PLUS MORE PRIZES FOR LUCKY DRAW AND LIVE STREAM INCLUDING ANIMELAB PREMIUM

Play it early: DEAD OR ALIVE 6 at CWC this Weekend

Thanks to Tecmo Koei and Team Ninja, at CouchWarriors Crossup this weekend, you will be able to play the latest preview build of Dead or Alive 6 direct from Japan’s Dead or Alive Festival. This version of the game is close to finished and has not been shown outside of Japan. More characters are available for play, including Bass, Tina and Mila. Team Muscle!

As the game evolves it’s looking better and better.

Due for release on February 15, 2019, Dead or Alive 6 will be available for casual play and there will be two fun tournaments, 2pm Saturday and 2pm Sunday 

Full schedule here. The DOA events will be streamed on twitch.tv/newgameplustv

All you need to join in is a venue Spectator pass and all Dead or Alive 6 events are FREE to enter.

Register here: www.smash.gg/cwc2018

Try the exciting new fighter before its release, and there will even be prizes! Thanks to Koei Tecmo, the JRPG Atelier Lydie and Suelle will be given away during the tournament. A range of Koei Tecmo titles will also be given away across other games, including Warriors Orochi for Switch, sharing the love with the Smash Bros Ultimate tournament, along with some door prizes too.

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October RanBat – SoulCalibur VI Launch Event

CouchWarriors has some good things in-store for all of our SoulCalibur fans attending this month’s RanBat! To celebrate the launch of SoulCalibur VI we’ll be giving away a whole assortment of goodies, with door prizes being given away at random and a chance to walk away with full collector packs, with one going to this month’s SCVI champion.

All of this is up for grabs:Winners and door prize:

  • Collector Edition ‘Sophitia’ Figurine

General giveaways to everyone while stocks last!

  • T-Shirts
  • SoulCalibur Playing Cards
  • Metal Plates
  • Free copies of the game for the PlayStation 4!

You can sign up now at https://smash.gg/CWRanbatOCT2018. This month’s RanBat is being held at a new location for CouchWarriors, with Bayview by the Park being host to the big launch event. With all of our monthly events under one roof, be sure to check out the updated schedule before Saturday. You can find more details on the facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/1705796982846057/.

Doors will open at 10am this Saturday (the 20th of October). Hope to see you all there!

You can find more details about SoulCalibur VI ahead of this week’s release at https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/soulcalibur/soulcalibur-vi.

BAM10 Cash Prize Bonuses Announced!

CouchWarriors and its partners are pleased to announce ALL Platinum and Gold level tournaments will receive a Pot Bonus!
As a Baseline, we are providing:
  • $1,000 cash to every Platinum tournament
  • $250 cash to every Gold tournament
And with sponsor or partner contributions, these can go up, and of course, general tournament entry goes into the prize pool! Remember the Platinum tournaments registration cuts off Sunday May 13th at midnight!
Register now at www.smash.gg/bam10
Here’s the full pot bonus list:

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BAM10 is a Tekken World Tour Master Event. Meet the International Pros!

We’re pleased to announce that our annual major this year, Battle Arena Melbourne 10, will be a Master Event in the Tekken World Tour. As one of thirteen similar events in the full forty-event tour, finishing in the top 32 will see you earn ranking points towards qualification for the Tekken World Tour Finals, held this year in Amsterdam.

Tekken at BAM10:

  • Tekken World Tour Master Points
  • Prize Pool Bonus $5,000
  • Tournament broadcast on official Tekken Twitch channel
  • International Tekken Pro Players

Global Tekken Superstars coming to Australia

Let’s take a look at some of the top international players from the worldwide Tekken pro scene coming to BAM10:

  • LowHigh (South Korea. Team Fursan)
    • 2018 Beast Arena Hong Kong Champion
  • Knee (South Korea. Team Rox)
    • 2018 EVO Japan Champion, 2013 EVO World Champion
  • Chanel (South Korea. Team Rox)
    • 2016  King of Iron Fist Tournament & 2018 EVO Japan Grand Finalist
  • JDCR (South Korea. Team Echo fox)
    • 2017 Evo World Champion,.
  • SAINT (South Korea. Team Echo fox)
    • 2016 Evo World Champion
  • Qudans (South Korea. Team UYU)
    • 2015 EVO World Champion, 2017 Tekken World Tour Winner
  • Yuu (Japan. Team Yamasa)
    • 2015 and 2016 EVO World Championships Top Ten

More players are likely to confirm, so keep your eye out and make sure you register to join in the fun at www.smash.gg/bam10

Battle Arena Melbourne 10 is Australia’s premier fighting games community event, taking place at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre on May 18-20

To find out more about the Tekken World Tour, including event dates, prize breakdowns and ranking point allocations, visit the official Tekken World Tour website here.

 

 

BAM10 Cosplay Competition supported by Madman Anime Festival!

We are pleased to announce Battle Arena Melbourne 10’s official cosplay competition! Join us in your best fighting game costume for a chance to win some awesome prizes and your very own BAM10 Trophy! Not only is BAM Australia’s biggest fighting game event, it’s a gaming and esports festival, so we would like to invite everyone to appear in character!

This year’s event is proudly supported by Madman Anime Festival and Animelab!

Follow the BAM10 Cosplay Facebook event here!

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INJUSTICE 2 Major PAXAUS Tournament: $20K Prize pool. CouchWarriors supporting

CouchWarriors is proudly supporting a major Injustice 2 tournament to be hosted at PAX Australia with a prize pool of AUD$20,000!

Qualifiers will be held on Friday 27th. The final eight will compete on Sunday 29th for glory and their share of the massive prize pool:

1st prize: $7,500

2nd place: $5,000

3rd & 4th place: $3,500

REGISTER HERE: https://smash.gg/tournament/injustice-2-major-pax-aus-tournament

When: Round 1 qualifiers – Friday 27th October on the PAX Arena stage

Final 8 – Sunday 29th October on the PAX Arena stage

Where: PAX Australia, Melbourne Convention Centre, 1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf VIC 3006

Cost: Entry to the tournament is free. Entry to the Friday session at PAX Australia required, valued at $65 – Sunday passes will be provided for anyone in the final 8 that doesn’t already have one. Tickets are available here.

BRING YOUR OWN CONTROLLER There is a BYOC / Sticks policy for the event. We have some available for emergency and our friendly players will often loan a controller, but we ask you to please bring your own!

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