RANKING BATTLE JUNE 20, 2015

cw_june_ranbatTournaments, casual games, tips and training – CouchWarriors Ranking Battles are a day long fighters festival! Newcomers are welcome as well as tournament veterans.

Each “Ranbat” monthly is a chance to play long sets of casual games for practice, but also earn Ranking Points for the tournament games listed below.  Look for regular updates on the ranking points here on the site.  You can view the current rankings here.

Come play or BYO your setup. Enjoy some casuals or get in your tournament practice going with our structured events.

Event Info

When: SATURDAY JUNE 20 11am-10pm

Where: Brunswick Masonic Hall 6 Davies St, Brunswick North

Cost: $10 Entry + Tournaments (Expected pot fee is $5 per tournament)

Facebook Eventhttps://www.facebook.com/events/1605285139748090/

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Battle Arena Melbourne 7 Tournament Results and Videos

Battle Arena Melbourne 7 was the largest Fighting Game event on record in Australia, with 628 attendees, and competitors playing for fun and vying for glory, cash, prizes and a coveted BAM trophy or Medal across 16 events.  The chance to get together with fellow players in a big community with the excitement and atmosphere of a big tournament makes for a lasting experience.  We’re excited to share the results and videos with you.

There is also fantastic BAM7 Photo gallery on Facebook, including the Friday night Dinner and Cosplay events.

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We had over 8 international guests hosted by the event and community, with some additional visitors besides.  Including Perfect Legend (MKX, DOA5LR, KI, USF4) and a host of amazing guests in Super Smash Bros Melee, including Mango, Leffen, Lucky, Wife, Hugs, S2J, ChillinDude and Alex19

Brackets for most games found on the CouchWarriors’ Challonge page and Smash Challonge brackets are posted here.

You can find the results with embedded finals videos below.  Replays start here Read more

Thank you for a huge BAM7 event! Share your feedback and WIN a PAX Aus pass.

Thank you to all the players, partners, sponsors and organisers for helping make BAM7 a huge success.

Over 600 total attendees made it the biggest ever.  The fantastic community continues to make it one of the best.  More full results on the way.

Meanwhile, enjoy a small selection of event photos below. Official photos are coming soon!

To help us make the event ever better, please let us know what you think by filling out the BAM7 COMBATANT SURVEY

One lucky winner will win a pass to PAX Australia just for completing the form!
Plus more digital code spot prizes.
http://tinyurl.com/bam7survey

 

BAM7 Pools are up!

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Smash pools:

Melee Singles 1 http://melbournemelee.challonge.com/BAM7Pools
Melee Singles 2 http://melbournemelee.challonge.com/Bam7Pools2
Melee Doubles http://melbournemelee.challonge.com/Bam7teams
Smash 4 Singles http://melbournemelee.challonge.com/BAM7WiiUpools
Smash 4 Doubles http://melbournemelee.challonge.com/BAM7WiiUdoubles

 

For Ultra SFIV, MKX, UMVC3, KOFXIII, DOA5, VF, Skullgirls, KI, ST, GGX: 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nEfoNbAjMTquhtQ5lB-yOFU0Ao1fOAZv0QlHefeTKvE/edit?usp=sharing

Schedule: http://couchwarriors.org/battle-arena-melbourne-7/schedule/

Brackets will be found over the weekend at:  http://couchwarriors.challonge.com/

BAM7 MAJOR SPONSOR: WB Games Australia and MORTAL KOMBAT X

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CouchWarriors is exceptionally proud to have partnered with WB Games AU and Mortal Kombat X in support of Battle Arena Melbourne 7.

Like WB Games AU on Facebook and Follow WB Games AU on Twitter

Presenting the first major tournament for MORTAL KOMBAT X, we previously announced three major features of the event:

– Two time World Champion, PERFECT LEGEND, appearing as a guest of BAM7,  and competing in the tournament and exhibitions.

$1,000 Pot Bonus to the Tournament adding to the pool generated by tournament entries. This will be split across the Top 8.

– Qualifiers for Mortal Kombat X Asia Championships with a flight to Bangkok for the top ANZ player, to compete in the top four of South East Asia Majors

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BAM7 MAJOR SPONSOR: BENQ Australia

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We’re proud to confirm BENQ Australia is a Major Event Sponsor for Battle Arena Melbourne 7, and indeed CouchWarriors events as a whole, through 2015.

Always a great supporter of competitive and esports gaming events, BENQ are an amazing event partner in providing additional monitors to the event so that players have the very best tournament experience.  BENQ monitors are the #1 choice for lag free play, essential for high level matches as demanded by top players across all games.  At the high speed and skill required in fighting games, this is a must.

What’s more, BENQ are presenting the SUPER SMASH BROS for WIIU tournament and providing a $750 CASH BONUS to the prize pot, added to the funds generated by entries.

Follow BENQ Australia on Facebook

 

BAM7 Event Partner: PAX Australia – Win Tickets to PAX!

 

 

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We are proud to announce that PAX Australia is an event partner to Battle Arena Melbourne!

PAX Australia are supporting BAM with additional consoles and a prize of PAX Aus passes for each of the feature game winners.

PRIZES:

10 Passes to PAX Australia

The winner of every feature game will receive a pass to the event on October 30-November 1

Plus one lucky attendee will also win a pass.

Look for CouchWarriors fighting game tournaments at PAX Aus 2015!

MADMAN: BAM7 Sponsor Prize Details!

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We are proud to announce MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT is a Sponsor of Battle Arena Melbourne 7!
http://www.madman.com.au/

Madman are Australia’s leading independent film and DVD distributor with the best and latest in anime, manga, asian cinema and cult films.
The huge Madman prize package will be shared across all games and the Cosplay Competition.

PRIZES:

Multiple copies of:

ADVENTURE TIME – THE COMPLETE FOURTH SEASON
ADVENTURE TIME SEASON 1 – 4 BOXSET
SPACE DANDY PART 1 (EPS 1-13) (BLU-RAY)
SPACE DANDY PART 1 (EPS 1-13)
ATTACK ON TITAN COLLECTION 1 (EPS 1-13) (BLU-RAY)
ATTACK ON TITAN COLLECTION 2 (EPS 14-25) (BLU-RAY)
JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: PHANTOM BLOOD (MANGA) VOL. 01
POKEMON XY (MANGA) VOL. 01
RICK AND MORTY SEASON 1

PLUS Madman web store gift vouchers for the Cosplay Winners, tournaments and stream

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Many thanks to MADMAN for their support of Battle Arena Melbourne!

Join MADMAN on Facebook – Join the Madman Cosplay Page
Follow Madman on Twitter @animemadman

 

MINDSCAPE, TEAM NINJA, TECMO KOEI: #BAM7 Sponsors!

We are proud to announce TEAM NINJA, along with Tecmo Koei Europe and Australian Distributor Mindscape, are supporting Battle Arena Melbourne 7!
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Team Ninja are the developer of DEAD OR ALIVE 5 LAST ROUND, which will see Australia’s very best fighting it out in the tournament on Sunday 24th.

International guest PERFECT LEGEND will be participating in the DOA5LR tournament.  Winner of EVO in 2006 for DOA, Perfect Legend remains a big supporter of the game. You can see him explaining the tutorial mode of the game here.

 

 

Team Ninja and local distributor Mindscape Australia have offered a round of Tecmo Koei games and special items,

PRIZES:

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BAM7 Sponsors: Capcom, CI Games, Deep Silver, Obsidian

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We’re happy to have the support of Capcom for Battle Arena Melbourne 7!  Expect more great things to come, while this year we have a fantastic prize bundle to give away:

JUST IN! UPDATED – CAPCOM MERCHANDISE PRIZES ADDED:

One special grade Capcom Classic Watch, and five each of the cool mugs and keyrings!

 

· Devil May Cry Definitive Edition: 2 each for PS4,and Xbox One

· Resident Evil: 2 x Xbox One

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