Australian fighting game event runners and community. Hosts of BAM: Battle Arena Melbourne, Australia's largest fighting game/open entry esports event.
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!
Games Available:
Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator Pokken Tournament King of Fighters XIV Super Smash Bros for WiiU Street Fighter 5 Dead or Alive 5: Last Round Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Direct link to the fighting game schedule can be found here.
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.
Here are the Top 3 in each game after October’s Ranbat. Take a look at the Results Section for the full total.
CouchWarriors ranbats are back in October – the traditional fighters + Melee ranbat will be on the 15th of October. And we have the Smash 4 + Rivals of Aether July Ranbat on the 22nd of October. This will also be the first time we run KOFXIV at our ranbats – the tournament starts at 2PM (The traditional fighters tournament was cancelled in September due to a double booking at the venue.)
Be sure to check which weekend coincides with the games that you play:
Dates: Saturday 15th and 22nd of October Time: 10:00am – late Location: 6 Davies St, Brunswick North, VIC 3056 Entry Fee: $10 plus tournaments
Official Facebook event pages and pre-registration:
Come join in the SFV and KOFXIV tournament held by our friends over at Over9K (Deer Park) this Grand Final weekend. Uber-experienced TO of Shadowloo Showdown and Galactic Circus fame Chris Ho will be helming this so come down and support the event!
Date: Saturday, 8th of October, 2015 Venue:Over9K Gaming Lounge Address: 421 Foleys Road, Deer Park, 3023 (Located on the 2nd Floor of Derrimut Indoor Soccer Centre)
TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION & PRIZES:
Sign Up – On the Day Venue Entry Fee – $10.00 per Player Street Fighter 5 – $5.00 King of Fighters 14 – $5.00 Spectators – Free
For the official schedule and for more information please check out the official Over9K Facebook event page.
Update: The CW ranbat today on the 17th of September is CANCELLED due to an unfortunate double booking by the venue that we just discovered today. We sincerely apologise for this, and we will process refunds for all pre-registrations. If you’re on your way – please turn back or contact your fellow ranbat attendees for a house meet instead!
CouchWarriors ranbats are back in September – the traditional fighters + Melee ranbat will be on the 17th of September. And we have the Smash 4 + Rivals of Aether July Ranbat on the 24th of September. This will also be the first time we run KOFXIV at our ranbats – the tournament starts at 2PM.
Be sure to check which weekend coincides with the games that you play:
Dates: Saturday 17th and 24th of September Time: 10:00am – late Location: 6 Davies St, Brunswick North, VIC 3056 Entry Fee: $10 plus tournaments
Official Facebook event pages and pre-registration:
We’re also very pleased to announce a partnership with Royal Stacks Brunswick– a joyous burger joint less than 300m (3min walk) from our ranbat venue on 6 Davies Street.
The good folks at Royal Stacks Brunswick (800 Sydney Road) will give any of our ranbat attendees 10% off their order – simply show them the CouchWarriors ranbat event page on your smartphone- and they will apply the discount to your order!
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.
Due to GGXrd’s rising popularity, today we are adding it to our rankings including the results from June.
Here are the Top 3 in each game after July’s Ranbat. Take a look at the Results Section for the full total.
Melee
Points
Smash 4
Points
Project M
Points
S.D
54
Earl
45
Tyler
64
DonB
32
Ghost
34
Corspecreate
30
Splice
22
BIGBOSS
32
Splice
24
SF5
Points
MKX
Points
DOA5U
Points
GGXrd
Points
Toxy
40
GooGie
26
Ebabil
30
Julian
14
Somniac
29
Kdeee-10
26
Isaac
24
Feri
14
ZG
20
Pan1cmode
20
Bezerk
20
Javi
12
Join us for our next Traditional Fighters + Melee day on September 17th and Smash 4 day on September 24th for fun casuals and perhaps to add your name to the ongoing tallies!
Guest article by Anthony Albert Schweitzer Ducusin aka “Tones”
Hello everyone. Tones here, I’m out in Chicago lining some things up for myself.
The other day I was walking through the Harold Washington Library when I noticed in the people in the teens’ chillax area playing smash.
Top floor of the Harold Washington Library. Such a beautiful building
Talked with the staff there and when they tell me about this Hugo guy, a local teen that has been organizing regular competitions and how “he’s extremely passionate and outgoing, we let him run and lead things.” So I talked about how the scene is back in Melbourne Australia, about how I’ve part of this group called Couch Warriors and how we’ve been doing events since 2007.
They invite me to the “Library of Smash” tournament where Hugo will be doing his thing.
Here is his story…
Like a lot of us Hugo has always enjoyed playing video games, he got involved with the offline Smash scene. Found it fun, awesome and hype and all that cool stuff but was put off by how salty rude it can get.
So what does he do?
At the age of 16 he goes out and creates his own scene with the culture he thinks the scene deserves – a positive and friendly competitive environment.
Library of Smash 6. Events have been going for about a year now
Now they are frequenting 50 a tournament, he has single handedly TOed a 74 man tournament all the way through despite a fire break out in the middle of it. Sounds pretty serious yeah? Well, he calls it semi competitive.
What it is though is just super hype and friendly. He understands the importance of building community.
Hugo: “My main objective for my tournaments is to show people that a video game tournament isn’t all about winning. It is about having a good time with others. ”
Taylor works at the Library and is Hugo’s right hand girl for tournament duties.
This is his final year at this location because he’s finishing his senior high school year, so he’s looking to duplicate – to create a self-sustaining system while he moves off to further himself, leaving his mark with the scene no matter where he goes. As for what he wants people to take away from his work:
Hugo: “I wanted people to see that if you have the passion and effort, you can do so much for the things you enjoy, no matter what it is”.
Be sure to send him some love if you’re in the area. Hugo is a positive ball of energy doing good things for the e-sports scene on the ground level. Was a pleasure to meet him in the area of Chicago at Library of Smash and to send him some love.
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.
Here are the Top 3 in each game after July’s Ranbat. Take a look at the Results Section for the full total.
Melee
Points
Smash 4
Points
Project M
Points
S.D
44
Earl
35
Tyler
54
DonB
24
Ghost
34
Corspecreate
30
Splice
22
BIGBOSS
24
Splice
24
SF5
Points
MKX
Points
DOA5U
Points
Toxy
32
GooGie
26
Ebabil
30
ZG
20
Kdeee-10
26
Isaac
24
Somniac
19
Pan1cmode
20
Bezerk
20
Join us for our next Traditional Fighters + Melee day on August 20th and Smash 4 day on August 27th for fun casuals and perhaps to add your name to the ongoing tallies!
CouchWarriors ranbats are back in August – the traditional fighters + Melee ranbat will be on the 20th of August. And we have the Smash 4 + Rivals of Aether July Ranbat on the 27th of August.
Be sure to check which weekend coincides with the games that you play:
Dates: Saturday 20th and 27th of August Time: 10:00am – late Location: 6 Davies St, Brunswick North, VIC 3056 Entry Fee: $10 plus tournaments
Official Facebook event pages and pre-registration:
We’re also very pleased to announce a partnership with Royal Stacks Brunswick– a joyous burger joint less than 300m (3min walk) from our ranbat venue on 6 Davies Street.
The good folks at Royal Stacks Brunswick (800 Sydney Road) will give any of our ranbat attendees 25% off their order – simply show them the CouchWarriors ranbat event page on your smartphone- and they will apply the discount to your order!
