Australian fighting game event runners and community. Hosts of BAM: Battle Arena Melbourne, Australia's largest fighting game/open entry esports event.
National Fighting Game Esports League launched. Season one brings state champions together at BAM, Australia’s international finals
Australian esports events organisation, CouchWarriors, today announces a national points based league for fighting game tournaments. CouchWarriors League (CWL) is tying together monthly Ranking Battle tournaments across four states, with a special reward for top point scorers in each one of four feature titles. The state champions will be rewarded with a paid flight and entry to BAM, Australia’s international fighting game major.
The League Season tracks how players fare across “Ranbat” events in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. The monthly events are each the focal point for the local community and a step into the esports tournament scene. The success of CouchWarriors local ranking battle events has seen an average of 150 attendees at each city’s gatherings every month
Visit the CouchWarriors League site to follow the latest rankings!
The feature titles awarding travel in the first season of CWL are Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and Super Smash Bros Melee. Regular online events will also give players across the country the opportunity to edge ahead on points.
We support a big range of tournament titles, which will also have results tracked, so you can see how you compare with your fellow players.
Every month as events conclude you can follow the player rankings on a central points ladder. The ladder can be found at CouchWarriorsLeague.com.au
Each event is live streamed and featured in Twitch.TV front page promotion in ANZ.
CouchWarriors VIC Smash Ranbats for January 2020 were held on Saturday the 11th 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.
CouchWarriors VIC Smash Ranbats for November 2019 were held on Saturday the 23rd 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.
Smash Ultimate
1. GG|Ignis
2. Kanga|Jdizzle
3. ATH|DD
A tough month for Jdizzle and DD as they were both trying to snag a few extra BAM Path to EVO points for what is currently a tight race for top spot. In the end, Ignis denied both of them to bring home a win for the GACHA GANG! Jdizzle is still clear on top of the standings though, and also took away high honours in the Victorian scene’s awards ceremony.
The new game brought in a new MVP for VIC Smash as @Jdizzle_203 found himself on top of all others for 2019! Congratulations! pic.twitter.com/yHc4ZLZ63L
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.
Get Ready to RISEUP – we will have a special preview of STREET FIGHTER V at this month’s Ranking Battle event.
There will be two stations available for players to get a hands on experience in two player offline matches. It will be the gamescom build, so try Ken and Necalli!
We will be running some house rules to move people through the preview with three matches on, then move to next players for most of the time. We will also schedule some exhibitions with top players later in the day.
Thank you to Capcom for the opportunity to showcase the new game.
Regular event info follows
Tournaments, casual games, tips and training – CouchWarriors Ranking Battles are a day long fighters festival! Newcomers are welcome as well as tournament veterans.
Each “Ranbat” monthly is a chance to play long sets of casual games for practice, but also earn Ranking Points for the tournament games listed below. Look for regular updates on the ranking points here on the site. You can view the current rankings here.
Come play or BYO your setup. Enjoy some casuals or get in your tournament practice going with our structured events.
Event Info
When: SATURDAY AUGUST 22 11am-10pm
Where: Brunswick Masonic Hall 6 Davies St, Brunswick North
Cost: $10 Entry + Tournaments (Expected pot fee is $5 per tournament)
11am – Doors, Casual play 11:30am – Super Smash Bros. Wii U doubles 12pm – Super Smash Bros. PM Singles 12pm onward STREET FIGHTER V PREVIEW – CASUALS, EXHIBITIONS 1pm – Super Smash Bros. Melee Doubles 3pm – Dead or Alive 5 Last Round 4pm – Guilty Gear Xrd 3pm – MORTAL KOMBAT X 3pm – Super Smash Bros. Wii U Singles 4pm – Super Smash Bros. Melee Singles 3:30pm – 6pm – Ultra Street Fighter IV
BRING YOUR OWN CONTROLLER There is a BYOC / Sticks policy for the event. Our friendly players will often loan a controller, but we ask you to please bring your run! Also, while we should have enough equipment to run the tournaments, everyone will appreciate anybody who can bring setups for casuals and DIYs.
HOW TO GET THERE
The venue is a short walk from Moreland Train Station, Sydney Road Tram, and there is ample parking at the venue . It’s just off Sydney Rd, before Moreland Rd.
Upcoming Event Dates
September Animaga – Anime and Gaming convention – Melbourne – September 5-6 http://animaga.com.au/
Ozhadou Nationals 13 – Sydney September 11-13 www.ozhadou.net
CouchWarriors Ranking Battle September 19 (Melbourne)(TBC)
