Author: CouchWarriors

SEPTEMBER RANKING BATTLE – Two Day Event!

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

NOTE – THIS MONTH THIS THE RANBAT WILL BE SPLIT OVER TWO DAYS.  In response to the frankly incredible growth of our monthly events in which we are reaching between 150-200 attendees, we’re taking this step to maximise space and comfort.

We’re bowled over that the community is coming together so strongly and proud to be able to support everyone in having great events.

Day 1 – SMASH 4 tournaments and casuals (other games welcome but not official tournaments)

Day 2 – All other games: SMASH Melee, PM, All Fighters Tournaments – USF4, GGXRD, DOA5LR, MKX

View the changed schedule below

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 September 26 and SUNDAY September 27 11am-10pm

Where: Brunswick Masonic Hall 6 Davies St, Brunswick North

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

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1625802467686607/

Current Schedule

Schedule Day 1 SATURDAY 26 SMASH 4
There will be no pre-registering for Smash 4 day

10am – Doors open
10:30am – Doubles signups close
11am – Doubles bracket begins
1pm – Singles Signups close
2pm – Wave 1 Singles Pools (Pools A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)
4pm – Wave 2 Singles Pools (Pools I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P)
6pm – Top 32 Singles Bracket
If we do not have enough setups th
Schedule (Subject to change)

Schedule Day 2 SUNDAY 27 ALL FIGHTERS + MELEE + PM
10am – Doors, Casual play
11am – Melee Doubles
12pm – SIGN UPS FOR MELEE SINGLES CLOSE (Sharp)
1pm – Melee Singles Groups 1 – 8 (2 Hour Block)
2pm – Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
3pm – Guilty Gear Xrd
3pm – Melee Singles Groups 9 – 16 (2 Hour Block)
3pm – MORTAL KOMBAT X
3:30pm – 6pm – Ultra Street Fighter IV
4:30pm – PM SINGLES (Double elim)
7:00pm – Top 32 Melee Bracket

LIVE STREAM

www.twitch.tv/newgameplustv

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 run!  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

The venue is a short walk from Moreland Train Station, Sydney Road Tram, and there is ample parking at the venue . It’s just off Sydney Rd, before Moreland Rd.

Upcoming Event Dates

October
Ranking Battle 17th and 18th
PAX Australia – Fighting games in the Console Tournament Area: October 30, 31, Nov 1
November
Ranking Battle TBC
Southern Cross Championships (Adelaide) Nov 28-29
December
Ranking Battle TBC

Street Fighter V at CouchWarriors Coverage

With our first chance to play SFV at CouchWarriors Ranbat for August last weekend, many in the community had their first hands on with the game.  Here are a couple of the photos from our Facebook page on the day.  Read on for impressions and video!

Getting the chance to play on on one with live opponents in the gamescom build of the game was a great chance for community to get a feel for the upcoming game.  The reactions have been generally very positive, and players are looking forward to the game.

CouchWarriors member and avid youtuber, Kevin “Burnout” Kim did a great job at pulling together some analysis of changes between the online beta version, which received coverage on Shoryuken.com

Check out the videos below and look for more community impressions and video from the event soon!

PLAY STREET FIGHTER V AT RANKING BATTLE AUGUST 22!

Get Ready to RISEUP – we will have a special preview of STREET FIGHTER V at this month’s Ranking Battle event.SF5 Preview

There will be two stations available for players to get a hands on experience in two player offline matches.  It will be the gamescom build, so try Ken and Necalli!

We will be running some house rules to move people through the preview with three matches on, then move to next players for most of the time.  We will also schedule some exhibitions with top players later in the day.

Thank you to Capcom for the opportunity to showcase the new game.

Regular event info follows

Tournaments, 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 AUGUST 22 11am-10pm

Where: Brunswick Masonic Hall 6 Davies St, Brunswick North

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

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/368998999977773/

Current Schedule

Schedule (Subject to change)

11am – Doors, Casual play
11:30am – Super Smash Bros. Wii U doubles
12pm – Super Smash Bros. PM Singles
12pm onward STREET FIGHTER V PREVIEW – CASUALS, EXHIBITIONS
1pm – Super Smash Bros. Melee Doubles
3pm – Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
4pm – Guilty Gear Xrd
3pm – MORTAL KOMBAT X
3pm – Super Smash Bros. Wii U Singles
4pm – Super Smash Bros. Melee Singles
3:30pm – 6pm – Ultra Street Fighter IV

 

LIVE STREAM

www.twitch.tv/newgameplustv

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 run!  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

The venue is a short walk from Moreland Train Station, Sydney Road Tram, and there is ample parking at the venue . It’s just off Sydney Rd, before Moreland Rd.

 

Upcoming Event Dates

 

September
Animaga – Anime and Gaming convention – Melbourne – September 5-6
http://animaga.com.au/

Ozhadou Nationals 13 – Sydney September 11-13
www.ozhadou.net

CouchWarriors Ranking Battle September 19 (Melbourne)(TBC)

July 2015 Monthly Ranking Battles points updated

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.

See how players in each game are faring – take a look at the Results Section for the latest total rankings table.

In short, our current leaders are:

Melee Points Smash 4 Points Project M Points
SD 40 Earl 44 SD 36
Redact 32 Viva 27 Redact 30
Dekar 26 Jei 19 Moxie 22
USF4 points MKX points DOA5U points GGXrd points
Toxy 58 Geoffbedlam 18 Ebabil 48 Scalora 38
Burnout 26 Pan1cmode 12 Berzerk 36 Javi 36
Hoppa 18 GoogiePLZ 10 Touko 28 Feri 22

Join us for our next event on August 22 for fun casuals and perhaps to add your name to the ongoing tallies!

August Ranbat Facebook Event

Ranking Battles Section

Dead or Alive Festival – Australian Qualifier – Winner to fly to Japan

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We are happy to announce that CouchWarriors will be hosting a special qualifier tournament for the DEAD OR ALIVE FESTIVAL.  This is a special exhibition tournament taking place in Tokyo, Japan on August 1, 2015.  We are honored to partner with Team Ninja to create this opportunity for Australian fighters, and to host the tournament at OzComicCon.

The winner of this tournament will be awarded with a qualified spot in the Festival along with flights and accommodation in Tokyo for the event!

More information on Dead or Alive Festival


What:  Dead or Alive Festival: Australian Qualifier

When:  June 28, 1pm

 Where: OzComicCon Melbourne www.ozcomiccon.com

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CouchWarriors hosting Fighting Games at OzComicCon! June 27-28

occposterWe are proud to announce we are once again working with OzComicCon Melbourne to present an entertaining Fighting Game area at the convention, which will be held at the Melbourne Convention Centre on June 27 and 28.

Join in the fighting game action at OzcomicCon! Beginners to pros welcome!
Learn to play, casual winner-stay matches, and Prize Winning Tournaments will be available each day.

There will even be unique OCC medals for winners!

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UPDATE – DEAD OR ALIVE 5 LAST ROUND TOURNAMENT NOW A QUALIFIER TO DEAD OR ALIVE FESTIVAL IN JAPAN

Schedule

The basic schedule is found in the image below and linked here

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 Event: https://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 Cash Pot Bonuses for EVERY Major Game!

The fun of playing in a major tournament is the main reason for coming, win or lose, you’re going to learn a lot and find new people to play in the community.

For those gunning for the top spots, there’s a lot to motivate you.  The glory of winning a major event which so few get to do; the trophy, the recognition.  Lets not forget though, the cash value of the pot.  Every tournament entry fee goes into this cash prize pool to be shared among the top 4 and in some cases the top 8 placings.  This year, we are encouraging more tournament entries with cash bonuses on top of those pot prize pools – and EVERY game gets at least $100 bonus!

Here’s the big announcement of all the Pot Bonuses we have lined up for the major games at BAM7

Sponsor Pot Bonus
Mortal Kombat WB Games 1000
Smash 4 BenQ 750

CouchWarriors Pot Bonus
Ultra Street Fighter 4 500
Super Smash Bros Melee 500 – This is a Local Hero bonus, distributed among ANZ players only!
Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- 100
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 100
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round 100
The King of Fighters XIII 100
Killer Instinct 100

Cosplay 200

Along with regular pot earnings, we will give away…

Over $7,000 in cash.

Total Cash and Prizes for BAM7 will be well over $10,000!

 

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