Australian fighting game event runners and community. Hosts of BAM: Battle Arena Melbourne, Australia's largest fighting game/open entry esports event.
CouchWarriors VIC Smash Ranbats for February 2020 were held on Saturday the 22nd at Davies St in Brunswick. Here’s a summary of the results in every game and how the top matches played out. A complete listing of match results and brackets for each game can be viewed on Smash.gg here.
Results for Smash U count towards the standings for the BAM Path To EVO series for that game, which can be viewed here.
The Couchwarriors team are excited to announce the full tournament lineup for
Battle Arena Melbourne 11.
The tournament structure is in four tiers – Platinum, Gold, Silver and Retro.
All Platinum and Gold have premium stage time, both winners will also get to take home the coveted BAM Trophy.
Silver Tournaments are community run tournaments where the winners are awarded the BAM medal.
Retro Tournaments are community run events run entirely for glory.
Register Here!
Platinum+ Tournament
Mortal Kombat 11
Platinum Tournaments (Trophy, Stage Time)
Tekken 7
Street Fighter V
Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Super Smash Bros Melee
Dragonball FighterZ
Gold Tournaments (Trophy)
Dead or Alive 6
Guilty Gear Xrd
Soul Calibur VI
Super Smash Bros Project Melee
Silver Tournaments (Medal Prize).
Million Arthur Arcana Blood
The King of Fighters XIV
Blazblue Central Fiction
Ultra Street Fighter IV
Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[st]
Super Smash Bros. 64
Pokken Tournament DX
Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Skullgirls
Blazblue Cross Tag Battle
Street Fighter II Turbo (Not Pictured)
Rivals of Aether (Not Pictured)
Retro Tournaments
Akatsuki Blitzkampf
Fate/Unlimited Codes
Hokuto no Ken
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R
Vampire Saviors
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
Recently we announced Tekken World Tour coming to Australia and covered the top players from the international scene heading to Melbourne. Now, lets look at the top Australian players thanks to our Tekken TO, Abi Adegbola.
The main threats to the international from Australian soil come in the form of newly sponsored Kanga|ChandNY and Dee-On Grey. Both have won multiple Australian majors between them. Dee-On Grey has amassed a great amount of international experience travelling to various tournaments around the world and even placing top 16 at EVO 2016.
Dee-On Grey 
Among the many international events Dee-On has attended, most recently competed in the Tekken World Tour Korea Masters.
– EVO 2016: top 16
– Battle Arena Melbourne 9: 4th
– OzHadou Nationals 14: 1st
– OzHadou Nationals 15: 7th
– EVO Japan 2018: 33rd
Kanga|ChandNY 
Keep careful note of that third place for ChandNY at BAM9. Who were 1st and 2nd? Only world champion Korean players SAINT and JDCR!
– OzHadou Nationals 13: 1st
– Battle Arena Melbourne 9: 3rd
– OzHadou Nationals 14: 5th
– OzHadou Nationals 15: 13th
Aside from them there are plenty of other high level Australian talent, some who have gain international experience as well that are vying for the top spot such as Aken, 4LCH3M15T, Cuteguy, and many more.
The Tekken community is always hyped up and full of energy at events, so look forward to an awesome gathering and spectator experience. To get a feel for the community as they practice, take a look at this trailer from Phil Boquida of PHILMS produced at the latest CouchWarriors Ranking Battle
The week leading up to BAM9 is chock full of events, so you can some serious last minute practice in before the big day!
Smash 4
Date: Tuesday, 9th of May
Name: “EBS Big Bam Saga”
Time: 4:30PM
Cost: $5 Entry $5 Singles
Events: Singles Bracket and Friendlies
Location: 109 Koonung Rd, Blackburn North VIC 3130
Date: Wednesday, 10th of May
Name: Guf Geelong
Time: 6:00PM
Cost: $5 Entry, $5 Singles
Events: Singles and Friendlies
Location: 28 Mallop st Geelong
Date: Thursday, 11th of May
Name: The BAM9 Salty Suite
Time: 12:00PM
Cost: $10 (Free Beverage included!)
Events: Friendlies and Mafia
Location: 3 Wellington St St. Kilda
Date: 12th-14th of May
Name: Battle Arena Melbourne 9
Time: Friday – 4:00PM, Saturday and Sunday – 10:00AM
Cost: $60
Events: Multiple Smash and FGC games
Location: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Melee + Project M
Date: Thursday, 11th of May
Name: The BAM9 Salty Suite
Time: 12:00PM
Cost: $10 (Free Beverage included!)
Events: Friendlies and Mafia
Location: 3 Wellington St St. Kilda
Date: Friday, 12th of May
Name: Project Melbourne 3
Time: 10:00 AM
Cost: $50 Entry, $10 Singles, $10 Doubles
Events: Project M Singles, Doubles
Location: 6-8 Davies St. Brunswick
Date: 12th-14th of May
Name: Battle Arena Melbourne 9
Time: Friday – 4:00PM, Saturday and Sunday – 10:00AM
Cost: $60
Events: Multiple Smash and FGC games
Location: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
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 March’s Ranbat.
Take a look at the Results Section for the full total.
| RoA | Points | Smash64 | Points | Melee | Points | Smash4 | Points | ProjectM | Points |
| SNC | 30 | Pete | 20 | Dekar | 28 | Snugs | 18 | Tyler | 30 |
| Jet | 18 | Indefa | 20 | Fess | 20 | Ghost | 16 | Dekar | 24 |
| Neeson | 16 | Mitch | 20 | SANick | 10 | Extra | 16 | Nido | 16 |
| SF5 | Points | DOA5U | Points | GGXrd | Points | KoF | Points |
| Somniac | 30 | AlexMD | 26 | Feri | 26 | Somniac | 16 |
| Reepuplzorg | 18 | Berzerk | 24 | Javi | 24 | Sketch | 16 |
| Zed | 12 | Ebabil | 10 | Julian | 16 | Toxy | 10 |
Another year, another huge PAXAus!
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 September’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 | BIGBOSS | 36 | Corspecreate | 30 |
| Splice | 22 | Ghost | 34 | 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 |
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:
CW Traditional Fighters+Melee September Ranbat – Preregister by making a Smash.GG account and visit here to register.
CW Smash 4 September Ranbat – Preregister by making a Smash.GG account and visit here to register.
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!
We’re incredibly excited to announce that CouchWarriors, in collaboration with NewGamePlus, will be running the Video Gaming area at this year’s Animaga convention!
We’ll be hosting Learn to Play along with casual matches and tournaments. To sign up simple ask our kind staff at the front desk of the VG area. If you want to swap to a particular game during freeplay time, just ask one of our staff members for assistance.
FREEPLAY RULES
Winner Stays On – Limit to 3 wins in a row (Then allow two new players on).
Freeplay is only allowed on systems that are not being used for tournament.
TOURNAMENT RULES
Specific game rules will be announced before tournament start.
All brackets are capped 32 or 64 man double elimination bracket. Please allows for upto 2 hours for a 32 man tournament. If you are unable to stay to play your matches please notify the TO.
Players may use their own controllers, but must remember to desync their wireless controllers between games. Match penalties may apply if an owners wireless controller disrupts another station.
