Australian fighting game event runners and community. Hosts of BAM: Battle Arena Melbourne, Australia's largest fighting game/open entry esports event.
2017 is over and the results are in!
Here are the Top 4 in each game – Congratulations to all our winners!
Take a look at the Results Section for the full total.
Photos from the December ranbat can be found on our Facebook page via the link below
December Ranbat 2017 – 10 Year anniversary
Ranbat 2017 ranking point winners
Melee players
FGC area and crowd
Every month at the CouchWarriors Ranking Battles, the results are tallied. At the end of the year, we’ll celebrate our most consistent placers with a top of table medal.
Here are the Top 3 in each game after September and October’s Ranbats.
Take a look at the Results Section for the full total.
Photos from the October ranbat are below the table.
| Smash64 | Points | Melee | Points | Sm4sh | Points | ProjectM | Points |
| Pete | 54 | Dekar | 50 | Extra | 64 | Tyler | 80 |
| Mitch | 42 | Fess | 34 | Jdizzle | 30 | Nido | 56 |
| Indefa | 42 | Saucy | 32 | Duon | 25 | Dekar | 38 |
| SF5 | Points | USF4 | Points | DOA5U | Points | GGXrd | Points |
| Somniac | 68 | Sketch | 28 | Berzerk | 66 | Feri | 72 |
| Zed | 54 | Somniac | 16 | AlexMD | 54 | Javi | 62 |
| Reepuplzorg | 44 | Repuplzorg | 14 | Robdawgg | 32 | Julian | 30 |
| Tekken7 | Points | MvC:I | Points | RoA | Points |
| Bboy Phoenix | 35 | Toxy | 20 | SNC | 78 |
| Daniel | 22 | FknBun | 8 | Neeson | 48 |
| Chandy | 20 | Burnoutfighter | 8 | Osu | 26 |
Doing our part to support PAXAus for yet another year! Read on for our console tournament schedule, but let us share the other awesome activity around the show:
Panels:
What Makes a Fighting Game Good?
Featuring CouchWarriors and Ozhadou Community members! 6pm Friday, Gamespot Theatre
http://aus.paxsite.com/schedule/panel/what-makes-a-fighting-game-good
CouchWarriors: 10 Years Building a Gaming Community 9pm Friday, Kookaburra Theatre
http://aus.paxsite.com/schedule/panel/couchwarriors-10-years-building-a-gaming-community
Tournament Stages
CouchWarriors team members are helping run these tournament stages:
Throwdown Street Fighter V with Red Bull
Throwdown Esports $16K Street Fighter V tournament at PAX Aus: CouchWarriors Supporting
Injustice 2 with ESL Australia and 18point2
INJUSTICE 2 Major PAXAUS Tournament: $20K Prize pool. CouchWarriors supporting
Console Tournament Area:
CouchWarriors have been called upon once again to host the fighting game section of the Console Tournament area at PaxAus, running through all three days and hosting a wide variety of games to suit any gamer, new or old.
As usual, between tournament sets we are open for learn to play sessions and casual matches. So feel free to take a break between all those panels, cosplaying and indie games to come join in for some competitive fun!
Winners for each tournament will receive a limited edition PAXAus medal!
Direct link to our schedule can be found here.
Games Available:
Street Fighter 5
Tekken 7
Injustice 2
Super Smash Bros for WiiU
Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite
Dead or Alive 5: Last Round
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!
Finals on Throwdown Stage Saturday 29th October
Every month at the CouchWarriors Ranking Battles, the results are tallied. At the end of the year, we’ll celebrate our most consistent placers with a top of table medal.
Here are the Top 3 in each game after the July and August Ranbats.
Take a look at the Results Section for the full total.
| Smash64 | Points | Melee | Points | Sm4sh | Points | ProjectM | Points |
| Pete | 54 | Dekar | 36 | Extra | 44 | Tyler | 60 |
| Mitch | 42 | PROLIFIC | 28 | Jdizzle | 30 | Nido | 52 |
| Indefa | 36 | Fess | 26 | Eternal | 20 | Dekar | 24 |
| SF5 | Points | USF4 | Points | DOA5U | Points | GGXrd | Points | KoF | Points |
| Somniac | 58 | Sketch | 18 | Berzerk | 48 | Feri | 62 | Sketch | 36 |
| Zed | 36 | Carnage | 10 | AlexMD | 46 | Javi | 54 | Somniac | 24 |
| Reepuplzorg | 34 | Somniac | 8 | Ebabil | 30 | Julian | 30 | Toxy | 10 |
| Tekken7 | Points | VF5LR | Points | Injustice2 | Points | RoA | Points |
| Bboy Phoenix | 25 | AlexMD | 30 | googie | 18 | SNC | 60 |
| Daniel | 22 | Berzerk | 22 | hazzles | 16 | Neeson | 40 |
| Chandy | 20 | Forever 0-2 | 14 | DaBeast | 12 | Jet | 22 |
CouchWarriors together with both OzHadou and Iesf are proud to present you this months special OHN and Iesf Qualifier. Both will be part of the August 19th Ranking Battle event.
Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/255153218310657/
Smash.gg signup page https://smash.gg/cwranbataug17
For OHN, We will be running seeding qualifiers for the upcoming Sydney Major OzHadou Nationals 15 on September 15th – 17th.
OHN Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/705996702903573
The games we will be running qualifiers for are as follows:
Street Fighter V
Tekken 7
Injustice 2
Guilty Gear Xrd Rev2
Blazblue Central Fiction
Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
The King of Fighters XIV
Also in conjunction we will be using the Tekken tournament as the qualifier for the International Esports Federation Event where the winner gets sent to compete in another qualifier in NSW and the winner of THAT goes to BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA to compete!
http://www.ozhadou.net/ozhadou-x-iesf-tekken-7-qualifiers/
It is a great honour to join hands with such organizations so please bring the hype!
Hi guys, the Melee+PM+FGC games CouchWarriors ranbat was last week, this Saturday is the ranbat for Smash 4 and Rivals of Aether.
Come for a full day of tournament fun and friendlies.
When: Saturday 22nd of July – 10am-10pm
Where: Brunswick Masonic Hall 6 Davies St, Brunswick North VIC 3056
Cost each day: $10 Entry + Tournaments (Expected pot fee is $5 per tournament)
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1442637635831069/
HOW TO REGISTER ONLINE:
1. Make an account with smash.gg
2. visit https://smash.gg/
Schedule:
In the event that we have enough setups (NOTE: Rivals of Aether will not run if there are not enough sign ups)
10:30am – Doubles signups close
11am – Doubles bracket begins
1pm – Singles Sign ups Close
2pm – Singles Pools
Pro Smash 4 Bracket Starts when both waves finish
2:30pm – Rivals of Aether Bracket begins (Sign up at Venue before start time)
Schedule: In the event that we don’t have setups
10:30am – Doubles signups close
11am – Doubles bracket begins
1pm – Singles Sign ups Close
2pm – Singles Double Elimination
2:30pm – Rivals of Aether Bracket begins (Sign up at Venue before start time)
Please remember that the Smash 4 ranbat always falls on the third Saturday of the month, and the FGC+Melee Ranbat falls on the second Saturday.
Remember to also checkout the June CouchWarrior ranking points leaders as you compete at this ranbat! Win prizes and medals at the end of the year.
This ranking table is helpfully collated by our Sarah Morris every month, so thanks Sarah!
Every month at the CouchWarriors Ranking Battles, the results are tallied and at the end of the year, we’ll celebrate our most consistent placers with a top of table medal.
Here are the Top 3 in each game after June’s Ranbat, which saw the debut of TEKKEN and INJUSTICE 2.
Take a look at the Results Section for the full total.
Photos from this month are below the table.
| Smash64 | Points | Melee | Points | Smash4 | Points | ProjectM | Points |
| Pete | 40 | Dekar | 36 | Extra | 30 | Tyler | 48 |
| Indefa | 30 | Fess | 20 | Jdizzle | 22 | Nido | 34 |
| Mitch | 28 | Saucy | 14 | Snugs | 18 | Dekar | 24 |
| SF5 | Points | DOA5U | Points | GGXrd | Points | KoF | Points |
| Somniac | 48 | AlexMD | 46 | Feri | 42 | Sketch | 26 |
| Reepuplzorg | 32 | Berzerk | 32 | Javi | 40 | Somniac | 24 |
| Zed | 28 | Robdawgg | 17 | Julian | 20 | Toxy | 10 |
| Tekken7 | Points | VF5LR | Points | Injustice2 | Points | RoA | Points |
| Daniel | 14 | AlexMD | 10 | googie | 10 | SNC | 40 |
| Bboy Phoenix | 14 | Berzerk | 8 | kd | 8 | Neeson | 24 |
| Chandy | 10 | BonBon | 6 | hazzles | 6 | Jet | 22 |
This weekend sees the return of OzcomicCon to Melbourne! 
Among the fun of guests, panels, cosplay and stalls you will find CouchWarriors hosting fighting game casuals and tournaments in the OCC Gaming area. So come join us to enjoy some gaming at the convention.
We’ll be hosting Learn to Play along with casual matches and tournaments.
Games:
Street Fighter 5
Tekken 7
Injustice 2
Super Smash Bros for WiiU
Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator
Dead or Alive 5: Last Round
Here is the schedule, read on for list of games and rules. Click here for live schedule link
