GAMES LINEUP & RULES
General Tournament Rules and Information
Battle Arena Melbourne will return on May 22, 23 and 24 at CQ Functions, 123 Queen St Melbourne. This is promising to be the biggest BAM yet, as we are expanding the floorspace to take over the entire venue with all three function room spaces. Take a moment to familiarise yourself with the standard rules governing all our tournaments. See below for the specific game settings.
BAM7 Feature Tournament Games
Scroll through for full listing of rules
Super Smash Bros: Melee, For Wii U Singles and Teams
For more info refer to the Australian forum on Smashboards
Pre-registration for these games is required, on the day sign-up will not be available.
Special International Pro Player Guests: A massive lineup of international Smash Bros luminaries will be guests of the Australian Smash community at BAM7:
Armada, Mango, Leffen, Lucky, Wife, Hugs, S2J, ChillinDude, Alex19. See the Guest announce trailer
Judges: The SMASH Organisers are Attila, Joey, and Darren
Mortal Kombat X 
Console: PlayStation 4 Console
Format: Default Timer. Double Elimination. Pools Matches, Best 2/3 Games. Top 4 Matches, Best 3/5 Games.
Rules: Double Random Stage Select at all times. Interactables ON. Winner is character and variation locked. Loser may change character and/or variation.
Jason Voorhees allowed.
Controllers: Wireless Dualshock 4 controllers are allowed. However, the profile for every DS4 must be deleted after every single match. Competitors that fail to do so will forfeit one life if their controller interrupts a match in progress. Details on how to do this procedure is listed below as well as asking your Tournament Organiser on the day. Two Dualshock 4 controllers will be at every station for competitors to use throughout the tournament.
PlayStation 3 Arcade Sticks are allowed but will require a Dualshock 4 to be active. The abovementioned rule regarding deletion of the Dualshock 4 profile applies.
Deletion of the DS4 Profile:
Step 1: Visit ‘Devices’ in the PS4 Settings Menu.
Step 2: Go to ‘Bluetooth Devices’.
Step 3: Select the ‘old’ profile/controller and hit ‘X’.
Step 4: ‘Delete’ the controller from the PS4.
Entry Fee: $10 per player
Prizes: Full prize pool to be announced in the lead up to the event.
The prize pool will include of a share of the cash entry fees for each tournament entrant, on top of a $1,000 pot bonus from WB Games Australia
Pot Bonus Prize money to be distributed among top 8. A range of product prizes from WB Games Australia will also be made available.
Asia Pacific Championships: Top placing Australian or New Zealand player will receive a flight to Bangkok, Thailand, and Qualify directly into the top 4 of Mortal Kombat Asia Pacific Championships, held at South East Asia Majors. The winner of the SEAM event will be flown to Las Vegas to compete in Mortal Kombat X at EVO World Championships. More Information
Special International Pro Player Guest: Carl White, aka Perfect Legend. Play the two time Mortal Kombat EVO World Champion
Judges: Rory Betteridge
Ultra Street Fighter IV
Format: 2/3 Rounds, 2/3 Games (LF, WF, GF – 3/5 games), Double Elimination, 99 Seconds, No Handicap, No Edition Select.
Console: Xbox 360
Rules: All characters allowed in a three (3) game set. Players who lose a game may change their character, and the winning player is character locked until they lose, however the winning player may change Ultra. Blind pick is available for all matches, contact a judge or bracket runner at the character select screen to adjudicate for you.
Entry Fee: $10 per player
Prizes: Full prize pool to be announced in the lead up to the event. The prize pool will include of a share of the cash entry fees for each tournament entrant. 1st Place – 60% and Trophy 2nd Place – 30% 3rd Place – 10%
Judges: The organiser for USFIV is Felix, George
Ultra Street Fighter IV Teams
Format: 3 Players per team, A-cho style. 2/3 Rounds, 1 Game, Double Elimination, 99 Seconds, No Handicap, No Edition Select.
Console: Xbox 360
Rules: A-cho style means teams player A from team 1 fights player A from team 2, player B fights player B, etc. Then the winners fight each other. Blind pick is available for all matches, contact a judge or bracket runner at the character select screen to adjudicate for you, players must stick with a character for a match, but not for the tournament. Teams may have the same character more than once.
Ultra Street Fighter IV Teams is available for New Challengers, players who are new to Fighting Game Tournaments, or who have never won a match in a Fighting Game Tournament may enter in a team without paying the $40 Competitor fee, and the highest placing team with a New Challenger will win a seperate prize.
Entry Fee: $10 per player
Prizes: Full prize pool to be announced in the lead up to the event. The prize pool will include of a share of the cash entry fees for each tournament entrant. 1st Place – 70% and Trophy 2nd Place – 30%
Judges: The organiser for USFIV is Felix, George
Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-
Format: 2/3 Rounds, 2/3 Games, Default Timer, Default Damage, Double Elimination,
Console: TBD
Rules: All characters allowed. In a multiple game set, the losing player may change their characters, however the winning player is locked to their characters.
Entry Fee: $10 per player
Prizes: Full prize pool to be announced in the lead up to the event. The prize pool will include of a share of the cash entry fees for each tournament entrant. 1st Place – 60% and Trophy 2nd Place – 30% 3rd Place – 10%
Judges The organisers for GG Xrd is Javi
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 
Format: 3/5 Games, 99 Second Timer, Default Damage, Double Elimination, Auto Jump Off
Console: Xbox360
Rules: All characters allowed In a multiple game set, the losing player may change their characters, however the winning player is locked to their characters, assists, team order and assists until they lose. You may not use any glitch that prevents the game from being played.
Entry Fee: $10 per player
Prizes: Full prize pool to be announced in the lead up to the event. The prize pool will include of a share of the cash entry fees for each tournament entrant. 1st Place – 60% and Trophy 2nd Place – 30% 3rd Place – 10%
Judges The organisers for UMvC3 is Muttons
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
Format: 3/5 Rounds, 2/3 Games, Top 4 3/5 Games, Double Elimination, 60 Second Timer, Normal Life
Console: PS4 (Also Xbox One, Xbox360)
Rules: All characters allowed. Loser may change character. Winner is character locked. Random stage select. Danger zones on
Entry Fee: $10 per player
Prizes: Full prize pool to be announced in the lead up to the event.
Includes Product Prizes from Mindscape Games and Team Ninja. The prize pool will include of a share of the cash entry fees for each tournament entrant.
1st Place – 60% and Trophy, 2nd Place – 30%, 3rd Place – 10%
Judges: The organisers for DOA5 are Berzerk and Gab
The King of Fighters XIII 
Format: 2/3 Games (LF, WF, GF – 3/5 games), Double Elimination, Standard Timer, No Handicap
Console: Xbox360
Rules: DLC Characters will be playable. The losing player may change their characters, however the winning player is locked to their characters until they lose. The winning player may change character order.
Entry Fee: $10 per player
Prizes: Full prize pool to be announced in the lead up to the event. The prize pool will include of a share of the cash entry fees for each tournament entrant. 1st Place – 60% and Trophy, 2nd Place – 30%, 3rd Place – 10%
Judges The organiser for KOFXIII is Muttons
Killer Instinct
Format: 2/3 Rounds, 2/3 Games (LF, WF, GF – 3/5 games), Double Elimination, 99 Seconds, No Handicap
Console: Xbox One
Rules: All characters allowed In a 3 game set, the losing player may change their character, however the winning player is locked to their character until they lose.
Entry Fee: $10 per player
Prizes: Full prize pool to be announced in the lead up to the event. The prize pool will include of a share of the cash entry fees for each tournament entrant. 1st Place – 60% and medal, 2nd Place – 30%, 3rd Place – 10%
Judges The organiser for Killer Instinct is TBD
Side Tournaments
Super Smash Bros: N64
For more info refer to the Australian forum on Smashboards
Judges: The SMASH Organisers are Attila, Joey, and Darren
Skullgirls
Format: 2/3 Rounds, 2/3 Games (LF, WF, GF – 3/5 games), Double Elimination, Tournament Mode
Console: Xbox360 or PC. TBD
Rules: All characters allowed In a 3 game set, the losing player may change their character, however the winning player is locked to their character until they lose.
Entry Fee: $10 per player
Prizes: Full prize pool to be announced in the lead up to the event. The prize pool will include of a share of the cash entry fees for each tournament entrant. 1st Place – 60% and medal, 2nd Place – 30%, 3rd Place – 10%
Judges The organiser for Skullgirls is CM
Super Street Fighter 2 : Turbo
Format: 2/3 Rounds, 3/5 Games , Double Elimination, Speed setting JP Turbo 3
Console: Supergun with Japanese Arcade Board
Rules: Akuma is banned. O. Gief is banned. Players are responsible for inputting their own character select codes.
Entry Fee: $5 per player
Prizes: Full prize pool to be announced in the lead up to the event. The prize pool will include of a share of the cash entry fees for each tournament entrant. 1st Place – 60% and medal, 2nd Place – 30%, 3rd Place – 10%
Judges The organiser for SSF2:T is Igor.
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown
Format: 3/5 Rounds, 3/5 Games, Double Elimination, 45 Seconds, No Handicap
Console: Xbox360
Rules: Life: Default, Time: Default, Dural is banned
Custom Characters will be allowed (bring them on a USB stick)
Entry Fee: $5 per player
Prizes: Full prize pool to be announced in the lead up to the event.
The prize pool will include of a share of the cash entry fees for each tournament entrant.
1st Place – 60% and Medal, 2nd Place – 30%, 3rd Place – 10%
Judges: The organisers for Virtua Fighter 5 are Berzerk and Gab
Special events and sideshows TBC:
Cosplay Competition
Retro Gaming Section
Exhibitions
Pre Event Dinner at Hofbrauhaus
Guests and surprises