Queensland Ranbats Are Back In Business!

If you’re a regular visitor to this site, chances are that you’ve seen this notice posted somewhere:

Excerpt from a monthly schedule post explaining that the Queensland ranbats have been cancelled indefinitely.

It’s been a tough stretch for the north-most arm of our FGC since the initial loss of their ranbat venue in March 2022. Over a year has now passed since the last official CWQLD offline event.

But don’t worry, the end is now in sight: the Queensland Ranbat is now set to make a triumphant return before the end of the month!

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Events Calendar: April 2023

Things are moving fast in the FGC this month, with the big announcements for #BAM13 starting to land and DreamHack Melbourne coming up just a few weeks away. We’re also well into the swing of weekly and monthly #CWLeague events, meaning there’s a ton of leaderboard points up for grabs across April and beyond…

Here are the dates and sign-up links for all our regular April CouchWarriors League events – both online and offline.

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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!

Events Calendar: March 2023

The FGC’s collective holiday hangover is fading away like the summer heat, and it’s time to dive back into the 2023 CouchWarriors League schedule! That schedule now includes The Game Expo Melbourne, which is set to be one of the first non-ranbat offline tournaments of the year.

Here are the dates and sign-up links for that, and all the other March CouchWarriors League events – both online and offline.

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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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Announcing FGC at The Game Expo

Starting the year off with a bang, we have teamed up with The Game Expo to bring you a huge FGC major this coming March! Featuring a large list of games and over $6000 in prize money, this will be an event all of you competitors out there won’t want to miss.

Date: March 11-12

Location: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre – 1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf VIC 3006

Schedule: See tournament registration page

Prizes: Over $6000 (see list below for specific numbers)

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CWL Results & Roundup for October

October’s events were the finish line of our CouchWarriors League points race, and with how fierce the competition has been this year that meant a ton more pressure on any leaderboard hopefuls.

CouchWarriors Crossup still looms as the season finale. But the points championship for each game is still a big prize – and for players who can’t travel to that event in person, the biggest one. With one more chance at the 2022 crown, who among them would muster the strength to seize it?

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CouchWarriors Crossup 2022 – Nov 19-20 – Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour

CouchWarriors Crossup (CWC) returns. The end of year major for the community has all the fantastic FGC and Smash titles. This year we are also hosting Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour with a Power Event, a call back to the first CWC

We’re at a fantastic new venue of St Kilda Town Hall for the CouchWarriors League end of season finals.

Registration: start.gg/cwc2022

Date: November 19-20, 2022

Location: St Kilda Town Hall Auditorium – 99A Carlisle St, St Kilda VIC 3182, Australia

Schedule: Fully listed on the Registration page above

Prizes: Over $15,000 in prize pool thanks to our sponsors ASTRO and MWAVE

  • Major prizes for 1st and 2nd in the top 8 titles
  • Minor prizes across additional games
  • Door Prizes for players and spectators

CouchWarriors League: Our final event of the year will see Bounties on the top players on the ladder by the end of October.

www.couchwarriorsleague.com.au

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