SMASH & SPLATOON AT BAM GET POWERA PRIZES

We’re pleased to have the support of POWERA who have a massive range of controllers, cases and accessories.  This year PowerA is pumping up the prize pool for our Nintendo Switch titles,  Super Smash Bros Ultimate and Splatoon 3.

See the whole range at PowerA.com.au

There are 10 Prize bundles of Switch Controllers + Nintendo Switch Cases to win.

The Prize categories

  • Top 4 – Super Smash Bros Ultimate Singles: Controller + Case (Player choice where available)
  • Winning team (x2) – Super Smash Bros Ultimate Doubles: x2 Controller + x2 Sweet Friends Cases (1 each)
  • Winning Team (x4) – Splatoon 3: x4 Controller + Kirby Protect Case (1 each member of team)

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STEELSERIES is the BAM14 Headset Partner

We are proud to announce SteelSeries is the Official Headset partner for BAM 2024!

The Arctis Nova Pro will provide crisp audio on main stages for FGC, including Street Fighter 6, TEKKEN 8, Guilty Gear Strive, Granblue Fantasy VS Rising & Super Smash Bros Ultimate

We’ll have fantastic PRIZES to give away, with the Nova Pro & new Nova 5 for Platinum & Gold Games, Door prize, and Bounties!

The Headsets

 

For Stage Use – Nova Pro

The top of the line for all the major stages!

BAM Tournament Game Prizes

Platinum Titles

  • 1st Nova Pro
  • 2nd Arctis Nova 5

Street Fighter 6
TEKKEN 8
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Singles
GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-

Gold Titles

  • 1st – Nova 5

UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes
BLAZBLUE CENTRALFICTION
Mortal Kombat 1
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

Bounties
x8 Nova 5 to be won
Ladder winners receive a prize, and a bounty on their head. First person to beat them in tournament also wins the prize.

 
Door and raffle prize
x2 Nova 5 to be won.

Tekken 8 Launch and Other Tournaments at RMIT Game Day to kickoff 2024!

CouchWarriors League 2024 is just over the horizon, but the MASSIVE launch of the long-awaited Tekken 8 demands our attention – and all of yours!

We’re hosting our inaugural tournament for the latest installment of this juggernaut 3D fighter franchise at the long weekend RMIT Game Day, sporting a $250 prize bonus and all the hype that a brand new game has to offer!

 

CouchWarriors host a Tekken 8 Launch Event and other fighting game tournaments at RMIT Game Day on Sunday, January 28th. Details and signup at Start.GG/RMIT

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BAM13 Prize List

Thanks to our partners and event sponsors, we have an amazing prize list for BAM

Trophy Titles

Platinum: 1st: Trophy, 2nd and 3rd Medal

Street Fighter 6

  • 1st Aus: Aorus M27Q-P Monitor + Mwave $100
  • 2nd ASTRO A30 + Mwave $50
  • 3rd ASTRO A10

TEKKEN 7

  • 1st Aus: Aorus M27Q-P Monitor + Mwave $100
  • 2nd ASTRO A30 + Mwave $50
  • 3rd ASTRO A10

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Singles

  • 1st Aus: Steelcase Gesture high performance chair + Mwave $100
  • 2nd ASTRO A20 + Mwave $50
  • 3rd ASTRO A10

GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-

  • 1st Aus: Steelcase Gesture high performance chair + Mwave $100
  • 2nd ASTRO A20 + Mwave $50
  • 3rd ASTRO A10

Gold: Trophy

Rivals of Aether

  • 1st: Mwave $100
  • 2nd ASTRO A10

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

  • 1st: Mwave $100
  • 2nd ASTRO A10

The King of Fighters XV 

  • 1st: Mwave $100
  • 2nd ASTRO A10
  • Plus heaps of SNK Merch!

Medal Titles

 

Mortal Kombat 11: 

  • 1st: Playstation Plus 1 year code
  • 2nd Mwave $50

DRAGON BALL FighterZ 

  • 1st: Playstation Plus 1 year code
  • 2nd Mwave $50

Dead Or Alive 6 

  • 1st: Mwave $50

Killer Instinct

  • 1st: Mwave $50

Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown

  • 1st: Mwave $50

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore

  • 1st: Mwave $50

BlazBlue Centralfiction

  • 1st: Playstation Plus 1 year code
  • 2nd Mwave $50

Melty Blood Actress Again: Current Code

  • 1st: Mwave $50

SAMURAI SHODOWN

  • 1st: Mwave $50
  • SNK Merch

Granblue Fantasy: Versus

  • 1st: Playstation Plus 1 year code
  • 2nd Mwave $50

UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[cl-r]

  • 1st: Mwave $50

GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2

  • 1st: Playstation Plus 1 year code
  • 2nd Mwave $50

Project+

  • 1st: Mwave $50

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite

  • 1st: Mwave $50

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

  • 1st: Mwave $50

MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA

  • 1st: Playstation Plus 1 year code
  • 2nd Mwave $50

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

  • 1st: Mwave $50

SOULCALIBUR VI

  • 1st: Mwave $50

Pokkén Tournament DX

  • 1st: Mwave $50

Brawlhalla Singles

  • 1st: Mwave $50

DNF Duel

  • 1st: Mwave $50

HDR Singles

  • 1st: Mwave $50

 

OTHER CATEGORIES

STREET FIGHTER 3v3 

  • Winning team Mwave $50 Each

 

BOUNTIES Knock the ladder champ into loser bracket

  • Ladder Champs: ASTRO A20, Mwave $50
  • Bounty Claimants: ASTRO A10, Mwave $50

 

DOOR PRIZE / RAFFLE Every entrant gets 1 ticket, additional tickets available

Saturday Draw ~ 6pm

  • DUAL SENSE EDGE
  • GIGABYTE M28U 
  • X2 Playstation Plus 12mth Voucher

Sunday Draw ~ 4pm

  • DUAL SENSE EDGE
  • AORUS FO48U-AP 
  • X2 Playstation Plus 12mth Voucher

BAM13 Chair Partner Steelcase

Announcing our partnership for #BAM13 with Steelcase

Equipping our FGC Main stage and Smash Main stage each with high grade ergonomic chairs, players will enjoy the best in gaming comfort

The Steelcase chairs used on stage at #BAM13 this weekend:

Gesture

https://au.steelcase.com/products/gesture?variant=40342086877337

Leap

https://au.steelcase.com/products/steelcase-leap?variant=35674840105113

Use code BAM152023 for 15% off

AMAZING PRIZES

Whats more, the top of the line Gesture, RRP $2,188 are Giveaways to

  • 1st place (Aus only) in Super Smash Bros Ultimate
  • 1at place (Aus only) in Guilty Gear Strive

Winners must arrange own transport of chair from venue – pickup times post show available

EVENT DISCOUNT

??Event 15% discount Code: BAM152023
?https://au.steelcase.com/discount/BAM152023

Code applies sitewide except new release “Karman”

 

Thank you Steelcase!

Events Calendar: May 2023

DreamHack Melbourne has come and gone – and with it, the last ever Street Fighter V LAN for CouchWarriors League. Coming up in just a few weeks is Battle Arena Melbourne, where the new age of Street Fighter 6 will kick off in style!

Of course, #BAM13 is bigger than any one game, even if SF6 is getting a lot of hype. You can check out the hashtag on social media (or the BAM13 tag on couchwarriors.org) to find all the details announced for the major so far. In the meantime, here are the dates and sign-up links for all our May CouchWarriors League events.

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Events and Details: July 2022

Halfway through another year – can you believe it??
If you’re still planning to make your mark on the 2022 CouchWarriors League, here are the dates and sign-up links for all July’s CWL events – both online and offline.

You can also send us your highlights, photos and stream links on Discord, Facebook or Twitter – help us share your favourite tournament moments with the rest of the AUS FGC!

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Events & Details: June 2022

BAM12 was a huge success and a well-earned celebration of everything fighting games… but that doesn’t mean we’re taking the next month off! Here are the dates and sign-up links for all June’s CouchWarriors League events, both online and offline.

You can also send us your highlights, photos and stream links on Discord, Facebook or Twitter – help us share your favourite tournament moments with the rest of the AUS FGC!

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BAM 2022 PRIZES

We all compete for different reasons, for fun, for improvement, and to enjoy the challenge of facing our friends and rivals – for the glory!

Trophies and Medals apply down the game list, and we also love to recognise players achievements with Prizes.  Thanks to our amazing partners ASTRO and MWAVE we have something across all tournaments

Plus all games have a split of the entry cash pool, and a cash pot bonus for the four feature CouchWarriors League titles!

Major Titles Prizes:

Street Fighter V, Smash Bros Ultimate, Tekken 7, Guilty Gear Strive, Smash Bros Melee, Dragon Ball FighterZ all receive prizes 1st through 3rd as below.

  • Top 3 each receive a top notch ASTRO headset:
    • A40TR+Mixamp for 1st
    • A20 for 2nd
    • A10 for 3rd.
  • Mwave voucher for Top 3:
    • 1st $150
    • 2nd $100
    • 3rd $50
  • We also have $50 from MWAVE for every 1st place singles Medal tournament!

ASTRO:

MWAVE:

TROPHIES AND MEDALS:

Each of the Trophy titles at BAM will have the famous boxing glove trophy, plus recognition for 2nd place with a Silver medal and 3rd with Bronze.

Each other title will receive a Gold medal for its 1st place Winner!

 

POT BONUSES

As Part of CouchWarriors League, our ongoing feature titles have a $500 Pot Bonus. These have a monthly online tournament – making for a weekly CWLeague event – on top of the monthly Ranbat Locals in Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane.

BAM BOUNTIES

Can you topple the best? If you can, an ASTRO A10 Gen 2 and $50 from Mwave can be yours!  You must defeat the BAM Bounty in the game they placed top of ladder in. Good luck!

BAM12 COSPLAY COMPETITION With Guest Judges and CrunchyRoll Expo Prizes

We are pleased to announce BAM12’s official cosplay competition! Join us in your best fighting game costume for a chance to win some awesome prizes and your very own BAM Trophy! Not only is BAM Australia’s biggest fighting game event, it’s a gaming festival, so we would like to invite everyone to appear in character!

Join our cosplay guests TJ Cosplay and AstroKerrie Cosplay on SUNDAY MAY 15 at BAM, held at MCEC. All you need to register is a Spectator Pass ($25) at smash.gg/bam12

INFO

There’s over $250 in cash and prizes for the Cosplay, Plus, TOP 4 – Passes to CrunchyRoll Expo!

Photography: On the floor of BAM, we will have a photo wall and photographer onsite, so there’ll be great shots to come from the event. We also welcome photographers to join the event!

Cosplay Changerooms: There will be a dedicated space off-floor for Cosplayers to change.

WHAT:
Battle Arena Melbourne 12 Cosplay Competition

BAM Info: www.battlearenamelbourne.com.au

When:
May 15 (Cosplay welcome all three days of event)

Cosplay registration:
Just register in person at the Registration Desk. You can also pre-fill some info for our judges by entering details on this form

Event Entry: Only a spectator pass ($25 for weekend) is required.

TIMES:

  • Registration Ends 12:30PM Sunday
  • Pre-Judging 1pm to 2pm (Marshall at Photo wall 12:45)
  • Parade: 2:30PM Sunday (Marshall at Photo wall 2:15)

Theme:
Fighting Game characters (Has appeared in a fighting game)

Where:
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Bays 23 & 24

Cost:
Spectator pass – $25

 

PRIZES:

TOP 4 – Pass to CrunchyRoll Expo

1st Place $125 Cash and a BAM Trophy!

2nd place $75

3rd place $50

Plus, Anime Blu-Ray and Merch!

Follow the BAM12 Facebook Event for updates

 

COSPLAY GUESTS

TJ Cosplay and AstroKerrie Cosplay

RULES

  • You must purchase a spectator pass to compete.
  • Please register for the cosplay competition at the registration desk at entrance
  • Your costume must be a character that has appeared in a fighting game.
  • Handmade and bought costumes are both acceptable, however handmade costumes will be rated higher in judging.
  • When you’re on stage, we want to see you embody the character! Be ready to answer some questions about your costume, too.
  • Most importantly, have fun!
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