Full List of BAM13 Games Now Revealed

It’s barely more than a month until the latest and greatest incarnation of Battle Arena Melbourne – #BAM13.

BAM is Australia’s biggest FGC event of the year, so naturally it also needs to show off the biggest range of different fighting games. After all, if you’re gonna find enough people anywhere to fill a bracket for your favourite niche fighter, it’s going to be at BAM!

 


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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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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!

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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COUCHWARRIORS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2022

Date: 27th of November. Time: 4pm.
Venue/Location: Brunswick Masonic Centre, 6 Davies St, Brunswick North VIC 3056.
“It’s time for the CouchWarriors Annual General Meeting!”

Annual General Meeting Structure: Our AGM is open to the public, if you feel like you would like to be a part of CouchWarriors, help out with tournaments and build up the fighting game community in Australia, please feel free to come along. Our scene is built on the passion and dedication of volunteers and organizers.

CouchWarriors Mission Statement: CouchWarriors is a not-for-profit association that was created in 2006 to help grow the Fighting Game Community. We aim to do this by providing services and events for the community such as: creating welcoming spaces for new and veteran players to learn and play, running monthly ranking tournaments, hosting our national-level tournament Battle Arena Melbourne (BAM), and providing support and resources for companion events in the community.

Nominations: 2023 Officer roles and positions of the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer will be determined at this event via the nominations of the CouchWarriors Committee. The first round will be received via nomination.
Nominees can make themselves known by emailing us at [email protected].
Only CouchWarriors Committee Members can cast votes, be nominated, and be elected. Not the general public.

At the AGM we will discuss the following agenda items:
– Review of major and ongoing events, this includes Battle Arena Melbourne, The Monthly Ranking Battles, Conventions, and Online tournaments.
– Financial Review,
– Review & clarification of our mission statement,
– Report from each interstate team,
– Our direction and strategy moving forward,
– Review of event and management structure,
– Look ahead to 2023,
– Questions/Roundtable.

If you require further information prior to the event, please reach out to us via our email at [email protected].

Looking forward to seeing you all there! 

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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BAM12 Expands With Bigger Tournament Schedule & New BAM Bounties

The hype train for Battle Arena Melbourne next month is picking up a ton of steam with each passing week, and we’ve got a couple more announcements here which are sure to help fuel that engine!

Not only has the list of fighting games represented in the tournament schedule grown significantly since the initial announcement, but CouchWarriors have now confirmed the return of the “BAM Bounties” competition – offering special prizes to anyone who can take down the top-ranked players of CouchWarriors League in their favorite game.

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