Australian fighting game event runners and community. Hosts of BAM: Battle Arena Melbourne, Australia's largest fighting game/open entry esports event.
It is with great pleasure to present this years community award to our colleague and long time friend, Jason O’Callaghan, for his hard work & contributions for the CouchWarriors Committee. It’s thanks to him and the team at New Game Plus, we have been able to run our events and tackle new opportunities.
From the team and people at CouchWarriors, thank you for all of your hard work and dedication, we couldn’t do it without you.
Battle Arena Melbourne 11 was our largest event yet, we would like to thank everyone that came down to compete, spectator or celebrate our passionate community.
Have some thoughts on this years BAM event? We want to hear about it!
Also, as a thank you, we’re giving away 5 Plantronics RIG 500 Pro Headsets to five vocal attendees!
How do you get one of these beauties? Simple!
We will be announcing the winners at the end of June! Plenty of time to gather your thoughts.
We look forward to hearing from you and good luck!
Another year at PAXAus for another year of fighting games! We have some exciting stuff in store this year, with early access to the Tokyo Game Show demo of Dead or Alive 6 thanks to the folks at Koei Tecmo Games.
Also a first for us this PAXAus, we’ll be hosting a panel on Saturday to showcase the Console Tournament finals for Dragonball FighterZ and Super Smash Bros 4! Plus, a DOA6 exhibition and some cool surprises and announcements!
Now you can marvel in the comfort of a theatre while the best players at PAX go at it live on stage. Read below for more details.
Panels:
CouchWarriors Fighting Game Community Tournament Finals
Featuring the Saturday finals for Smash Bros 4 and DragonBall FighterZ live on stage with commentary! 6:30pm Saturday, Fruitbat Theatre
http://aus.paxsite.com/schedule/panel/couchwarriors-fighting-game-community-tournament-finals
Console Tournament Area:
CouchWarriors have been called upon once again to host the fighting game section of the Console Tournament area at PaxAus, running through all three days and hosting a wide variety of games to suit any gamer, new or old.
As usual, between tournament sets we are open for learn to play sessions and casual matches. So feel free to take a break between all those panels, cosplaying and indie games to come join in for some competitive fun!
Winners for each tournament will receive a limited edition PAXAus medal!
Direct link to our schedule with tournament rules can be found here.
Games Available:
With the Annual General Meeting now wrapped up, we are happy to announce our elected officer roles for 2019!
President – Jack “Pudge” Gorman.
Vice President – Cailan “CK” Kingsbury.
Secretary – Dean “DeanSG” Eddy.
Treasurer – Michael “Javi” Thai.
Brisbane Treasurer – Ellis Johnson
Congratulations and thank you to the whole team for another massive year!
With more exciting events and initiatives to come, the CouchWarriors team in both Melbourne and Brisbane are looking forward to continuing to build these plans for the community.
Thank you to all the players, supporters, volunteers and viewers.
CouchWarriors has some good things in-store for all of our SoulCalibur fans attending this month’s RanBat! To celebrate the launch of SoulCalibur VI we’ll be giving away a whole assortment of goodies, with door prizes being given away at random and a chance to walk away with full collector packs, with one going to this month’s SCVI champion.
All of this is up for grabs:
Winners and door prize:
General giveaways to everyone while stocks last!
You can sign up now at https://smash.gg/CWRanbatOCT2018. This month’s RanBat is being held at a new location for CouchWarriors, with Bayview by the Park being host to the big launch event. With all of our monthly events under one roof, be sure to check out the updated schedule before Saturday. You can find more details on the facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/1705796982846057/.
Doors will open at 10am this Saturday (the 20th of October). Hope to see you all there!
You can find more details about SoulCalibur VI ahead of this week’s release at https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/soulcalibur/soulcalibur-vi.
CouchWarriors and Twitch extend esports partnership with 2018-19 Fighting Game Ranking Season: BAM Path to EVO
Thursday, 27th September – CouchWarriors and Twitch TV have announced BAM Path To EVO, a qualifying path for ANZ fighting game esports players across multiple local and upcoming online events. The series, featured front page of #1 gaming streaming platform Twitch TV, starts as of this month. Points earned will be tallied on a combined league ladder, leading to the national championships at BAM (Battle Arena Melbourne). From there, champions in three games will go on to EVO World Championships in 2019.
This new phase of the esports partnership will support ongoing events across the ANZ fighting game community. Players at monthly CouchWarriors, Ozhadou and Standing Fierce events around the region will be able to earn points to see who is performing best at local tournaments, while event streams feature on the front page of live streaming platform, Twitch.TV
Players in Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, and Super Smash Bros 4 WiiU will each earn points tallied on a shared leaderboard at BAMPathToEVO.com.au, and the top scorers will receive travel and a qualifier opportunity at BAM11 in May, 2019. The top ANZ player at BAM in each game, will once again travel to Las Vegas, USA, to participate in the EVO World Championships!
The first phase of the partnership began in May at Australia’s largest Fighting game major, BAM. Three champions then played for Australia at EVO. Now, the pathway is now open to more players around Australia and New Zealand, starting this month.
National Ladder and Community Partners
The centralised ladder has launched on BAMPathToEVO.com.au and will grow in features as event results roll in. For more information on the ranking points system, visit https://www.couchwarriors.org/bam-path-to-evo-with-twitch/
The first three states to join the series with their regular events will be in Victoria and Queensland through CouchWarriors, Sydney through Ozhadou, and New Zealand through Standing Fierce.
Next events and where to watch
Each regional points champion will be provided travel and entry into BAM11!
Online tournaments each month
In addition to the local community events, further points are available for participants in one online tournament each month per game. More details of each tournament and how to sign up will be shared on couchwarriors.org/bam-path-to-evo-with-twitch/ and BAMPathToEVO.com.au very soon.
Events for everyone
Players in other fighting games will still earn local ranking points. So if you love playing more than SFV, Tekken and Smash 4, players are always encouraged to build their local scenes by playing all games they would like to learn or compete in.
To find out more about each fighting game community in ANZ, visit:
CouchWarriors: www.couchwarriors.org
Ozhadou: www.ozhadou.net
Standing Fierce: www.standingfierce.com
How to join as a partner event or sponsor the series: [email protected]
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About CouchWarriors
CouchWarriors, established 2006, is an expert in gaming tournaments and esports events. A community run not for profit with over 10 years experience, grown from the vibrant fighting game community.
Hosts of Battle Arena Melbourne (BAM), Australia’s largest open entry esports tournament event. CouchWarriors offer casual and grassroots events, scaling to tournaments at the national level. Both beginner to expert players have room with our inclusive approach, from a professionally minded tournament team.
CouchWarriors also offers commercial events services from tournament organisation and administration, live streaming, event management and staffing. CouchWarriors have supported events including Melbourne Esports Open, Madman Anime Festival and PAX Australia.
For more information
www.facebook.com/couchwarriors | www.twitter.com/couchwarriors
Contact
Press [email protected] | General [email protected]
Hello Warriors, due to scheduling issues and certain key people within the committee unable to make this Sunday’s date, we are moving the date of the AGM to the 14th of October. The venue and the time will remain the same and the post has been updated accordingly.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused for you, this will be the final set day and we hope to see you there.
UPDATE: The venue has since been changed to reflect the new venue. The new location for the meeting will be held in Activity Room 1 at the Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre.
Please refer to the AGM update posted listed here.
– The CouchWarriors Committee.
Tuesday September 4, 2018 – CouchWarriors today announced it will be working with the Brisbane and Gold Coast fighting game communities to support growth of events for the Queensland scene. Monthly ranking events begin this month, and the combined team will launch a new major esports event in 2019.
Primarily Melbourne based, CouchWarriors host a successful monthly ranking event series, events management services at gaming conventions, and Australia’s largest fighting game (FGC) event with the globally recognised Battle Arena Melbourne (BAM – See Infographic).
After a request from QLD based TeamSolid and Checkpoint Esports, with regular venue support from QUT, CouchWarriors brings its expertise, name and resources to join forces and integrate with existing organisers in Queensland. The former TeamSolid will now run events as CouchWarriors QLD.
The aim of joining these communities is to strengthen the events offered in Brisbane and Gold Coast, and for the fighting game scene Australia wide.
“I’ve had the privilege of working with CW during BAM in the past few years, and I am happy to announce that Queensland is finally back on the map with this team up.” said Brisbane based Tom Ho of TeamSolid.
Starting September 29 at QUT, CouchWarriors QLD Ranking Battles will occur monthly. The events will join CouchWarriors Melbourne and Ozhadou’s Sydney YSB events as state destinations for players to gather, practice, and compete.
The events will also be part of the upcoming, Twitch powered BAM Path to EVO series. At each of these events every month, players in Street Fighter V, Tekken and Super Smash Bros 4 will earn points leading to an international qualifier at BAM 2019.
Ellis Johnson, QLD Smash Bros event organiser, added “Together with Couchwarriors, QLD really has an opportunity to improve and showcase their talent on the national stage. I’m really excited to be a part of and see the quality events that are going to result from CouchWarriors’ inclusion in our Sunshine state.”
Players in every fighting game at QLD Ranking Battles will also earn local ranking points. As with all CouchWarriors and FGC monthly events, all players are encouraged to build their local scenes by playing in any games they would like to learn or compete in.
Finally, the combined organisation will work together on BAM, and develop a new Queensland based FGC major to take place in 2019, filling a vacant spot in the Australian fighting game calendar. More details on the new event will be announced later this year.
Ongoing events will partner with venues at QUT Esports in Brisbane, and Checkpoint Esports Bar in the Gold Coast. Bar owner Luke Mengler, in support of the QLD fighting game scene, stated:
“Checkpoint is excited to partner with CouchWarriors to help expand the Queensland grass roots scene into professionally run tournaments and help the community grow and provide better prizes and competitions that has never been provided before in Queensland.
We are also excited to help bring back a FGC major event to showcase the local talent against our interstate and international rivals.”
CouchWarriors, established 2016, is an expert in gaming tournaments and esports events. A community run not for profit with over 10 years experience, grown from the vibrant fighting game community.
Hosts of Battle Arena Melbourne (BAM), Australia’s largest open entry esports tournament event. CouchWarriors offer casual and grassroots events, scaling to tournaments at the national level. Both beginner to expert players have room with our inclusive approach, from a professionally minded tournament team.
CouchWarriors also offers commercial events services from tournament organisation and administration, live streaming, event management and staffing.
For more information
www.facebook.com/couchwarriors | www.twitter.com/couchwarriors
Contact
Press [email protected] | General [email protected]
Date: 14th of October.
Time: 1PM-5PM
Venue: Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre, Activity Room 1, 251 Faraday Street Carlton VIC 3053.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1786899318073600//events/1786899318073600/
It’s time for the CouchWarriors Annual General Meeting!
Another successful year behind us, we have a lot to talk about and a lot to be excited for.
CouchWarriors Mission Statement:
CouchWarriors is a non-for-profit association that was created in 2006 to help grow the Melbourne 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.
Annual General Meeting:
Our AGM is open to the public, if you feel like you would like to be a part of CouchWarriors and to help out with tournaments and building up the fighting game community in Melbourne, please feel free to come along. Our scene is built on the passion and dedication of volunteers and organisers.
Nominations:
2018 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 rould will be recieved via nomination will be sent out within the next two weeks before the event, Nominees can make themselves known by emailing us at [email protected].
Only CouchWarriors Committee Members can cast votes, be nominated and elected.
A nomination form will be posted leading up to the event, cutoff September 21st.
At the AGM we will discuss an agenda of the following:
– Review of BAM10, Ranking Battles and Conventions,
– Financial review,
– Review & clarification of our mission statement.
– Our direction and strategy moving forward,
– Review of event and management structure,
– Define, nominate and elect secondary officer roles,
– Election of board members,
The secretary will add a detailed agenda based on last year’s AGM agenda soon.
Our current secretary Dean Eddy will be posting a detailed Agenda within the next two weeks leading up to the event, you can find the venue at 6-8 Davies St, Brunswick VIC 3056, Australia within the Masonic hall in their meeting room.
Looking forward to seeing you all there!
We’re teaming up with Melbourne Esports Open to bring fighting games to #MEO2018! Catch all the action on the FGC Stage, one of four esports stages on Margaret Court Arena. Join us for the debut of this new major esports event!
SCHEDULE FOR FIGHTING GAMES AT MEO
Tekken, Street Fighter V and Dragon Ball FighterZ
Doors Open for registration:Check in at the MEO registration desk between 9am and 11am on the day to confirm your spot in the bracket.
All tournaments will start at 12pm. All games are double elimination.
Finals:
Street Fighter Top 8: 3pm
Soul Calibur VI Exhibition 3pm – Streamed on www.twitch.tv/couchwarriors
Tekken Top 8: 3:30pm – Streamed on www.twitch.tv/couchwarriors
Dragon Ball FighterZ Top 8: 3:30pm – Streamed on www.twitch.tv/newgameplustv
Smash 4 and Smash Melee
Doors Open for registration:Check in at the MEO registration desk between 9am and 10am on the day to confirm your spot in the bracket.
All tournaments will start at 11am. All games are double elimination.
Finals:
Smash 4 Top 8: 2:00pm – Streamed on www.twitch.tv/couchwarriorssmash
Smash Melee Top 8: 2:3pm – Streamed on www.twitch.tv/melbournemelee
