CouchWarriors Annual General Meeting 2018

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!

CouchWarriors July 2018 Ranking Battle Results

The end of July sees the return of our monthly Ranking Battle events, with one slight change to the schedule. All of our Smash games are now being held under one roof, taking place on the 4th Saturday of each month alongside Rivals of Aether and Pokken!

Not only does our Smash scene benefit from joining together, this means our FGC RanBat will be packing in even more of your favourite games and events, with our TO’s hosting a free Tekken 3v3 tourney this month to start things off. If you are interested in running a bracket for any game for future events, please feel free to let us know and volunteer!

View the full brackets on Smash GG for FGC here and Smash Bros. + ROA here.

See below for the current year rankings to date. Read on after the break for this month’s winners.
(Smash + RoA results and RanBat points will be added after the event takes place)

SF5PointsTekken 7PointsDOA5LRPointsGGXrdPoints
Somniac38Chand NY40Berzerk32Ashzu48
Rupps24Lee Min Ho32AlexMD32Javi36
syo22Aken24Ebabil20Feri20
Burnoutfighter & Cadzow_18Bboy Phoenix20ROBDAWGG61914Rindows & popo12
DBFZPointsSm4shPointsMeleePointsProject MPoints
DaBeast20Extra58Dekar46Tyler52
Zed16Duon28Fess34Microsoft J32
MajinBeng14Ignis21DonB22Dekar23
TANA9314Ghost20Sora16Bubby23
UNISTPointsInjustice 2PointsROAPointsPokken DXPoints
Haiku54Zprime28OSU32AntWerp48
Tomo00936Hazzles25SNC26Dan Dandy28
Spoony2895leo20MAST18Sir Banana24
Julian19GooGie18Neeson & Stutter14Techless24

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CouchWarriors June 2018 Ranking Battle Results

CouchWarriors returned for more RanBat action in June, with players coming back refreshed after last months huge turnout at BAM10. Now halfway through the year, it’s time to look at the current points for each of our games.

View the full brackets on Smash GG for FGC + Melee here and Smash4 + ROA here.

See below for the current year rankings to date.  Read on after the break for this month’s winners.
 

SF5PointsTekken7PointsDOA5LRPointsGGXrdPoints
Somniac28Chand NY40Berserk32Ashzu42
Rupps24Lee Min Ho24AlexMD32Javi34
syo22Brownman17Ebabil20Rindows12
Burnoutfighter18DaBeast & Bboy Phoenix16ROBDAWGG61914popo12
MeleePointsSm4shPointsDragon Ball FighterZPointsUNISTPoints
Dekar36Extra50DaBeast20Haiku44
Fess30Duon24Zed16Tomo00928
DonB14Ghost20Tomo00912Spoony24
Microsoft J14Ignis15King & Issei & MajinBeng & Sketch10Julian18
ROAPointsInjustice2PointsPokken DXPointsProjectMPoints
OSU24Zprime28Antwerp38Tyler44
SNC16Hazzles19DanDandy28Microsoft J22
Neeson14GooGie18Sir Banana24Dekar19
MAST & Stutter12Ctay16Techless16Bubby17

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CouchWarriors July 22nd Ranbat – Smash 4 and RoA

Hi guys, the Melee+PM+FGC games CouchWarriors ranbat was last week, this Saturday is the ranbat for Smash 4 and Rivals of Aether.

Come for a full day of tournament fun and friendlies.


When: Saturday 22nd of July – 10am-10pm
Where: Brunswick Masonic Hall 6 Davies St, Brunswick North VIC 3056
Cost each day: $10 Entry + Tournaments (Expected pot fee is $5 per tournament)

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1442637635831069/
HOW TO REGISTER ONLINE:
1. Make an account with smash.gg
2. visit https://smash.gg/tournament/couchwarriors-july-ranking-battle-smash-4-roa

Schedule:

In the event that we have enough setups (NOTE: Rivals of Aether will not run if there are not enough sign ups)

10:30am – Doubles signups close
11am – Doubles bracket begins
1pm – Singles Sign ups Close
2pm – Singles Pools
Pro Smash 4 Bracket Starts when both waves finish
2:30pm – Rivals of Aether Bracket begins (Sign up at Venue before start time)


Schedule: In the event that we don’t have setups
10:30am – Doubles signups close
11am – Doubles bracket begins
1pm – Singles Sign ups Close
2pm – Singles Double Elimination
2:30pm – Rivals of Aether Bracket begins (Sign up at Venue before start time)


Please remember that the Smash 4 ranbat always falls on the third Saturday of the month, and the FGC+Melee Ranbat falls on the second Saturday.

Remember to also checkout the June CouchWarrior ranking points leaders as you compete at this ranbat! Win prizes and medals at the end of the year.

This ranking table is helpfully collated by our Sarah Morris every month, so thanks Sarah!

 

April ’17 Ranking Points Update

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 April’s Ranbat.
Take a look at the Results Section for the full total.

RoAPointsSmash64PointsMeleePointsSmash4PointsProjectMPoints
SNC30Pete30Dekar36Extra22Tyler40
Jet18Indefa28Fess20Snugs18Dekar24
Neeson16Mitch20Azri11Eternal18Nido24
SF5PointsDOA5UPointsGGXrdPointsKoFPointsTekken7PointsVF5LRPoints
Somniac38AlexMD36Feri32Sketch26Chandy10AlexMD10
Reepuplzorg24Berzerk32Javi32Somniac24Aken8Berzerk8
Zed22Robdawgg13Julian18Toxy10Daniel6BonBon6

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March ’17 Ranking Points Update

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.

RoAPointsSmash64PointsMeleePointsSmash4PointsProjectMPoints
SNC30Pete20Dekar28Snugs18Tyler30
Jet18Indefa20Fess20Ghost16Dekar24
Neeson16Mitch20SANick10Extra16Nido16
SF5PointsDOA5UPointsGGXrdPointsKoFPoints
Somniac30AlexMD26Feri26Somniac16
Reepuplzorg18Berzerk24Javi24Sketch16
Zed12Ebabil10Julian16Toxy10

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February ’17 Ranking Points Update

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 February’s Ranbat.
Take a look at the Results Section for the full total.

RoAPointsSmash64PointsMeleePointsSmash4PointsProjectMPoints
SNC20Pete20Dekar18Ghost16Tyler20
Jet16Indefa14Fess14Jdizzle12Dekar16
Osu10Mitch12SANick10Extra10Nido12
SF5PointsDOA5UPointsGGXrdPointsKoFPoints
Somniac20AlexMD18Javi18Toxy10
Reepuplzorg10Berzerk14Feri16Somniac8
Burnoutfighter10Ebabil10Julian14Sketch6

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CouchWarriors February Ranbats: 18th (Melee+FGC) & 25th (Smash 4+RoA)

CouchWarriors Ranbats return this February!

Just a reminder that we will stick to this format for the entire year:

3rd Saturday of the month: Melee + Traditionals Fighters Ranbat (e.g. SFV, MKX, GGXrd, DOA5, KOFXIV)

4th Saturday of the month: Smash 4 + Rivals of Aether

Here are the details for this month’s ranbats.

CouchWarriors 18th of February Melee+ Traditional Fighters ranbat

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1666377263654815/

Location: 6-8 Davies Street

Preregister: https://smash.gg/tournament/couchwarriors-february-ranking-battle-melee-pm-and-fgc-games

Cost: $10 Entry + Tournaments (Expected pot fee is $5 per tournament)

Schedule: 

10am – Doors, Casual play
11am – PM Singles
12.30pm – Melee Doubles
2pm – Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
2pm – King Of Fighters XIV
2:30pm – Melee Singles Pools (2 waves)
3pm – Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator (Free)
4pm – Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
5pm – 7pm – Streetfighter V
Top 32 Melee Bracket Start when both waves finish

CouchWarriors 25th of February Smash 4 + Rivals of Aether

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1670173219947208/

Location: 6-8 Davies Street

Preregister: https://smash.gg/tournament/couchwarriors-february-ranking-battle-melee-pm-and-fgc-games

Cost: $10 Entry + Tournaments (Expected pot fee is $5 per tournament)

Schedule:

In the event that we have enough setups (NOTE: Rivals of Aether will not run if there are not enough sign ups)

10:30am – Doubles signups close
11am – Singles Sign ups Close
11am – Doubles bracket begins
2pm – Singles Pools (Top 32 Will start 30 minutes after pools are done)
2:30pm – Rivals of Aether Bracket begins (Sign up at Venue before start time)

Schedule: In the event that we don’t have setups for RoA

10:30am – Doubles signups close
11am – Singles Sign ups Close
11am – Doubles bracket begins
2pm – Singles Double Elimination
2:30pm – Rivals of Aether Bracket begins (Sign up at Venue before start time)

Updated Ranbat points rankings can be found here.

See you guys there for an exciting day of tournament fun!

 

January ’17 Ranking Points Update

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 January’s Ranbat.
Take a look at the Results Section for the full total.

RoAPointsSmash64PointsMeleePointsSmash4PointsProjectMPoints
SNC10Pete10Dekar10Extra10Tyler10
Jet8Indefa8Fess8Popp18Dekar8
Neeson6DSC6PROLIFIC6Ghost6Nido6
SF5PointsDOA5UPointsGGXrdPoints
Somniac10Ebabil10Javi10
dszg8AlexMD8Julian8
Zed6Berzerk6Feri6

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