Australian fighting game event runners and community. Hosts of BAM: Battle Arena Melbourne, Australia's largest fighting game/open entry esports event.
Baxter at BAM, the first ANZ Champion in Dragon Ball FighterZ
The biggest fighting game release this year has been Dragon Ball FighterZ! Taking the community by storm, DBFZ has been an immediate hit as a tournament title. The debut major for DBFZ in Australia, BAM10, saw 122 entrants, as VSDS Baxter took home the first championship in a thrilling final.
Now, CouchWarriors is excited to announce we will be hosting a Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour Saga Event – one of only seven in the world. Find out more about Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour here https://dbfzworldtour.com/
This major global fighting game event will take place at our Ranking Battle Season finals, and because it’s a special occasion, we are creating a new event. CouchWarriors Crossup.
CouchWarriors Crossup will take place over two days, December 15-16, 2018. We will have more announcements around this new major event in the fighting game and esports calendar in the weeks to come.
This event is sure to attract the greatest players from around the world – expect to see top players from across Japan and South East Asia and perhaps even further afield, to battle against our local champions to claim the seventh Dragon Ball and a direct qualification into the World Finals in January.
That’s right, the winner of the event gets a free trip to the DBFZWT Finals! Alongside the incredible opportunity to go to World Finals, there is a $5,000 Prize Pool for Dragon Ball FighterZ
What – CouchWarriors Crossup – A Dragon Ball FighterZ Saga Event Down Under
When – December 15-16, 2018
Where – Batman Royale: Lieutenant Room. 14 Gaffney St, Coburg North VIC 3058, Australia.
Register – Smash.gg/CWC2018
Live Stream – www.twitch.tv/dragonballfighterz
Venue Fee – $30
DBFZ Tournament Fee – $10
DBFZ Prize Pot Bonus – $5,000
DBFZ Grand Prize – Dragon Ball, Invitation to Dragon Ball FighterZ World Finals
Facebook Event Click Here
That’s Not All
More Tournaments – Fighting game tournaments and casuals.
Tournaments, casual games, tips and training – CouchWarriors Ranking Battles are a fighters festival! As the CouchWarriors 2018 Ranking Battle Finals, CouchWarriors Crossup will also feature all of the games played in tournaments over the year. More announcements on special events across the event for a range of fighting games to come
The end of July sees the return of our monthly Ranking Battle events, with one slight change to the schedule. All of our Smash games are now being held under one roof, taking place on the 4th Saturday of each month alongside Rivals of Aether and Pokken!
Not only does our Smash scene benefit from joining together, this means our FGC RanBat will be packing in even more of your favourite games and events, with our TO’s hosting a free Tekken 3v3 tourney this month to start things off. If you are interested in running a bracket for any game for future events, please feel free to let us know and volunteer!
View the full brackets on Smash GG for FGC here and Smash Bros. + ROA here.
See below for the current year rankings to date. Read on after the break for this month’s winners.
(Smash + RoA results and RanBat points will be added after the event takes place)
| SF5 | Points | Tekken 7 | Points | DOA5LR | Points | GGXrd | Points |
| Somniac | 38 | Chand NY | 40 | Berzerk | 32 | Ashzu | 48 |
| Rupps | 24 | Lee Min Ho | 32 | AlexMD | 32 | Javi | 36 |
| syo | 22 | Aken | 24 | Ebabil | 20 | Feri | 20 |
| Burnoutfighter & Cadzow_ | 18 | Bboy Phoenix | 20 | ROBDAWGG619 | 14 | Rindows & popo | 12 |
| DBFZ | Points | Sm4sh | Points | Melee | Points | Project M | Points |
| DaBeast | 20 | Extra | 58 | Dekar | 46 | Tyler | 52 |
| Zed | 16 | Duon | 28 | Fess | 34 | Microsoft J | 32 |
| MajinBeng | 14 | Ignis | 21 | DonB | 22 | Dekar | 23 |
| TANA93 | 14 | Ghost | 20 | Sora | 16 | Bubby | 23 |
| UNIST | Points | Injustice 2 | Points | ROA | Points | Pokken DX | Points |
| Haiku | 54 | Zprime | 28 | OSU | 32 | AntWerp | 48 |
| Tomo009 | 36 | Hazzles | 25 | SNC | 26 | Dan Dandy | 28 |
| Spoony | 28 | 95leo | 20 | MAST | 18 | Sir Banana | 24 |
| Julian | 19 | GooGie | 18 | Neeson & Stutter | 14 | Techless | 24 |
Remember to Register early for BAM10! Platinum level tournaments rego will cut off strictly on May 13. The clock is ticking and you don’t want to miss what’s in store.
This includes SFV, Tekken, DBFZ and ALL Smash tournaments. This allows us to provide a better tournament experience, particularly as these games all start Saturday morning. Make sure you have your registration in and don’t let your friends let it slide!
Capcom Pro Tour, Tekken World Tour, the first major Dragon Ball FighterZ event in Australia, plus Armada for Melee and the biggest Smash4 event yet, it’s all on the line.
Venue registration is still only $50 but goes up to $60 on May 6, and $70 on May 18 (day of BAM10). However, you will NOT be able to register for the above games. All other games (Gold and Silver) will allow registration up to an hour before.
Full event info https://www.couchwarriors.org/bam10/
Across two massive stages, CouchWarriors will proudly feature tournaments across both Super Smash Brothers Melee and Smash 4.
The amazing growth in the Smash community sees its epicentre at BAM. The top Australian players will face off, where you will see the best of the best facing off in the biggest tournament this side of the equator.
Smash 4 will feature International guests, the first challenger is SoCal USA’s Nakat, with more to be announced.
Hyper Magazine, the longest running independent gaming magazine in Australia, has released its quarterly special, with the theme of esports.
The issue features a six page special feature on the Australian fighting game scene by CouchWarriors own Daniel “Berzerk” Chlebowczyk and members of the FGC!
In print at newsagents everywhere now.
The piece features interviews with top players and organisers:
Xavier “Somniac” Nardella (SFV),
Sam “SD” Darroch (Melee),
Adric “Falco” Middleton (SFV),
Jacob “Cabjoy” Bynes (MKX),
Kevin “Burnout” Kim (SFV),
Youssef “FaYd” Faddoul,
Daniel “Spoony” Finegan (CouchWarriors),
Henry “Genxa” Sham (OzHadou)
Plus standalone interviews with Somniac, SD, Berzerk and more.
Here’s a preview shared by Berzerk on Twitter:
Update: The CW ranbat today on the 17th of September is CANCELLED due to an unfortunate double booking by the venue that we just discovered today. We sincerely apologise for this, and we will process refunds for all pre-registrations. If you’re on your way – please turn back or contact your fellow ranbat attendees for a house meet instead!
CouchWarriors ranbats are back in September – the traditional fighters + Melee ranbat will be on the 17th of September. And we have the Smash 4 + Rivals of Aether July Ranbat on the 24th of September. This will also be the first time we run KOFXIV at our ranbats – the tournament starts at 2PM.
Be sure to check which weekend coincides with the games that you play:
Dates: Saturday 17th and 24th of September
Time: 10:00am – late
Location: 6 Davies St, Brunswick North, VIC 3056
Entry Fee: $10 plus tournaments
Official Facebook event pages and pre-registration:
CW Traditional Fighters+Melee September Ranbat – Preregister by making a Smash.GG account and visit here to register.
CW Smash 4 September Ranbat – Preregister by making a Smash.GG account and visit here to register.
We’re also very pleased to announce a partnership with Royal Stacks Brunswick– a joyous burger joint less than 300m (3min walk) from our ranbat venue on 6 Davies Street.
The good folks at Royal Stacks Brunswick (800 Sydney Road) will give any of our ranbat attendees 10% off their order – simply show them the CouchWarriors ranbat event page on your smartphone- and they will apply the discount to your order!
BAM8 Schedule:
Smash Schedule:
Be sure to check when your games/pools/finals are on so you don’t miss out!
Check out which pool you are in here: https://smash.gg/tournament/battle-arena-melbourne-8-3/brackets
COUCHWARRIORS Proudly Presents
OFFICIAL STREET FIGHTER V LAUNCH TOURNAMENT
Supported by Capcom and Playstation 4
Celebrating the launch of Street Fighter V, join us at our major events venue for casual matches, and the first tournament. Who will set the pace for the new era of SFV?
Major prizes for Winners, Runners up, and a range of Participation prizes.
Update – Preregister for the event here
Sponsors:
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COUCHWARRIORS RANBATS:
FEBRUARY PREMIUM RANKING BATTLE 2016
– Fighting game tournaments and casuals – ALL Games!
Special event Ranbat at CQ (BAM VENUE) IN THE MELBOURNE CBD!
Note as a premium event there will be a $15 Entry
Tournaments, casual games, tips and training – CouchWarriors Ranking Battles (Ranbat) are a day long fighters festival!
At each Ranbat players can earn ranking points from participating in tournaments, with Prizes and Medals earned at the end of the year!
When: SATURDAY February 20th
Where: CQ Functions, 123 Queen St, Melbourne, 3000
Cost: $15 Entry + Tournaments (Expected pot fee is $5 per tournament)
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/213701462314018/
Current Schedule
10am – Doors, Casual play
11am – PM Singles
12pm- Smash 4 doubles
1.30pm- melee doubles
1:30[pm – Guilty Gear Xrd
2:30pm STREET FIGHTER V
3:30pm – MORTAL KOMBAT X
4pm – Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
3.30pm- smash 4 singles double elimination
4.30pm- melee singles double elimination
6pm – Rivals of Aether
6:00pm Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
Casuals for more games available!
LIVE STREAM
Additional Streams TBC
BRING YOUR OWN CONTROLLER
There is a BYOC / Sticks policy for the event. Our friendly players will often loan a controller, but we ask you to please bring your own! Also, while we should have enough equipment to run the tournaments, everyone will appreciate anybody who can bring setups for casuals and DIYs.
HOW TO GET THERE
Upcoming Event Dates
Regular Ranbats will take place at the regular venue Monthly on the 3rd and 4th SATURDAY of every month.
(Except BAM in May and TBC Premium end of year Dec)
Mason Hall, 6 Davies St Brunswick. Subscribe to our Facebook events list and look for updates at www.couchwarriors.org
CouchWarriors had it’s January Ranbat last weekend, once again split into two days on the 16th and the 23rd. Here are the full results!
CouchWarriors January Ranbat results
Smash 4:
1st: Attila
2nd: Boozer
3rd: Ignis
4th: Duon
t-5th: Earl
t-5th: Eternal
t-7th: Jei
t-7th: Tibs
CouchWarriors is bringing home 2015 with a huge final event at the CQ hotel in the Melbourne CBD running all games on the same day!
There will be prizes for every game, and we will award our ranking battle winners for 2015!
Dates: Saturday, December 12
Time: 10am-10pm
Location: Event Room #2: CQ Functions, 123 Queen Street, Melbourne
Entry Fee: $10 Entry + Tournaments (Expected pot fee is $5 per tournament)
For the full details, check out the Facebook event page. Read more