Battle Arena Melbourne 8 Afterparty!

Hi guys,

We’re happy to announce that the official BAM8 afterparty will happen on Sunday night May 15 at 10PM-3AM at the Crafty Squire nearby on 127 Russell Street.

We will have drinks till late together with multiple setups there for your drunken team matches or moneymatches!

Drink specials for the night:

Happy hour prices ($8.50 pints) on tap beer & cider, house wines & house spirits for the night

$12 cocktails – Long Island, Apple pie & mojito

$5 “wet p***y” shots all night (vodka, peach schnapps and cranberries)

The kitchen will be open till late with the likes of: fish & chips, beef burger, chips, wedges, calamari, pork belly, school prawns, lamb ribs, sweetcorn fritters.

In addition, we’ll have our own Deejay: the infamous arcade Ryu player himself Phil “Def-P” Nguyen– feel free to hit him up with some requests.

Hope to see you guys there!
(Over 18 only!)

Facebook event link in case you missed it: https://www.facebook.com/events/261565857518169/

[Melb] CouchWarriors April Ranbats – 16th and 23th

The last CouchWarriors ranbats before BAM8 are back in April! We have traditional fighters and Melee: USF4, GGXRD, DOA5LR, MKX, Smash Melee and Project M on Saturday the 16th of April and Smash 4 and Rivals of Aether on the 23rd of April.

Be sure to check which weekend coincides with the games that you play, and hope to see you guys there!

Dates: Saturday 16th and 23rd of April
Time: 10:00am – late
Location: 6 Davies St, Brunswick North, VIC 3056
Entry Fee: $10 plus tournaments

For full details check out the official Facebook event pages for the April 16 (preregister here) and April 23 (preregister here) events.

Or hit the jump to see the full schedule for both days!

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EXPAND GONG- Wollongong’s first Major Fighting Game Tournament

expandgongFighting game players in Wollongoong heads up as The University of Wollongong’s Video Game Association (UOW VGA) and the Wollongong Fighting Game Community (Wollongong FGC) are proud to present Wollongong’s first major fighting game competition – EXPAND GONG.

This is a two-day event that will be held over the weekend of the 2nd / 3rd of April at the University of Wollongong.

In you’re in the area and love fighting games be sure to check it out!

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/962600253834274/
When: April 2nd and 3rd

Where: University of Wollongong’s own Building 11 https://www.uow.edu.au/about/campusmap/index.html

Games:

– Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Singles)
– Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Doubles)
– Super Smash Bros. Melee (Singles)
– Super Smash Bros. Melee (Doubles)
– Street Fighter V
– Mortal Kombat X
– Project M

Rego fees:

Venue Fee – $20 (covers entry to both days)
Tournament Entry – $10 per game

Stuff Yo’ Couch Episode 3 – February Ranbat/SFV Launch Tourney

Hi guys, Episode 3 of Stuff Yo’ Couch is up!

Filmed at our very successful Feb Ranbat/SFV launch tourney at the CQ hotel, in this episode we look at some behind-the-scenes action and what people think of SFV – and we also interview the new president of CouchWarriors: Daniel “Spoony” Finegan and the Treasurer Michael “Javi” Thai.

Check out the results for the ranbat here:

Hope you guys enjoy the episode, and see you at the March ranbat tomorrow!

CouchWarriors March Ranbat- Traditional Fighters/Melee: March 19 
CouchWarriors March Ranbat- Smash 4 and Rivals of Aether: March 26

BAM8 is a Dead or Alive 5 Last Round: Battle Royal: Worldwide Tournament Qualifier

CouchWarriors is proud to announce another international pro tour is joining forces with Battle Arena Melbourne 8 for its event on May 13-15, 2016.

Battle Royal is the official worldwide tournament circuit for Dead or Alive 5 Last Round, in which each event in the circuit offers a major prize bonus and official sponsorship to the Battle Royal world finals.

This is the first time Battle Royal gone global, with BAM8 one of only two international tournaments included in the prestigious circuit.  Thanks to the generous prize pool, DOA5LR at BAM8 will be a free entry tournament.  Get practicing!

Prizes and International sponsorship

Team Ninja are supporting this tournament with a $1,000 Prize Bonus
The 1st place winner of Dead or Alive 5 will receive player sponsorship of flight, hotel, venue and entry to December’s NEC XVIII finals in the USA

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Dead or Alive 5 Last Round: Free Entry tournament at BAM8

With such an amazing prize pool and international opportunity on offer, CouchWarriors has made DOA5LR a FREE entry tournament!  (Venue entry to BAM8 is still required)

Players of all levels are welcome to experience the fun of competition or just to participate and enjoy the game with a great community.

UPDATE – Ebabil Guney wins DOA5LR at BAM8

Fantastic effort by Ebabil, winning his first major in a huge tournament with the most competitive top 8 in Aus DOA5 history, after fighting through a 41 player pool.

Watch the final match:

Full BAM8 Event results

Battle Royal Official Website

Thank you to Team Ninja for their incredible support. Follow them:

Dead or Alive Facebook | Team Ninja Twitter

Join the Australian DOA Community on Facebook | DOA Community site FreeStepDodge

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CouchWarriors March Ranbats – 19th and 26th

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After a really successful Street Fighter V launch tournament at the CQ with over 300 attendees, the CouchWarriors ranbats are back in March! We have traditional fighters and Melee: USF4, GGXRD, DOA5LR, MKX, Smash Melee and Project M on Saturday the 19th of March and Smash 4 and Rivals of Aether on the 26rd of March, and we’ll be back at the mason’s hall at Brunswick.

Be sure to check which weekend coincides with the games that you play:

Dates: Saturday 19th and 26rd of March
Time: 10:00am – late
Location: 6 Davies St, Brunswick North, VIC 3056
Entry Fee: $10 plus tournaments

For full details check out the official Facebook event pages for the March 19 (Traditional Fighters+Melee) and March 26 (Smash 4+ Rivals of Aether) events.

CouchWarriors February Ranking Battle Round-Up

Thanks everyone for coming to the February Ranking Battle. It was a great event, we had 307 attendees, and huge tournaments for Smash 4 with 160 attendees and a fantastic first tournament to launch Street Fighter V with 85 attendees. Here are the results

12734257_1000572996656413_6586182108268743408_nYou can find all of the Challonge brackets for the FGC games at the CouchWarriors Challonge page, and all the Smash brackets on the Melbourne Melee Challonge page.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Street Fighter V

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CouchWarrior’s own secretary Rory Betteridge has written a comprehensive beginner’s guide to getting into and understanding Street Fighter V via Kotaku AU.

He covers character archetypes, use of normals, spacing, frame data and much more. Hope you guys enjoy it, and here’s hoping more of our local community and content make it onto mainstream media channels!

Rory also maintains his own FGC news site: The Saltmine.

Street Fighter V Launch Feb 20 – Prizes

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Celebrating the launch of Street Fighter V, join us at our major events venue for casual matches, and the first tournament.

Here are the full details of the event. You can preregister at this link

Now lets talk prizes!

1st Place:

  • Chun Li Statue
  • Plantronics RIG500 headset
  • SFV Merchandise incl: bag, key ring, t-shirt and 2x post cards
  • 60% of cash prize pot

2nd Place:

  • Plantronics RIG500 headset
  • SFV Merchandise incl: bag, key ring, t-shirt and 2x post cards
  • 30% of cash prize pot

 

3rd Place:

  • SFV Merchandise incl: bag, key ring, t-shirt and 2x post cards
  • 10% of cash prize pot

Plus x3 copies of the game and more of the above prizes for participation

Thanks to Capcom Australia and Plantronics Gaming for the prize giveaways

Thanks to Playstation and Benq for equipment support.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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