Australian fighting game event runners and community. Hosts of BAM: Battle Arena Melbourne, Australia's largest fighting game/open entry esports event.
COUCHWARRIORS Proudly Presents
OFFICIAL STREET FIGHTER V LAUNCH TOURNAMENT
Supported by Capcom and Playstation 4
Celebrating the launch of Street Fighter V, join us at our major events venue for casual matches, and the first tournament. Who will set the pace for the new era of SFV?
Major prizes for Winners, Runners up, and a range of Participation prizes.
Update – Preregister for the event here
Sponsors:
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COUCHWARRIORS RANBATS:
FEBRUARY PREMIUM RANKING BATTLE 2016
– Fighting game tournaments and casuals – ALL Games!
Special event Ranbat at CQ (BAM VENUE) IN THE MELBOURNE CBD!
Note as a premium event there will be a $15 Entry
Tournaments, casual games, tips and training – CouchWarriors Ranking Battles (Ranbat) are a day long fighters festival!
At each Ranbat players can earn ranking points from participating in tournaments, with Prizes and Medals earned at the end of the year!
When: SATURDAY February 20th
Where: CQ Functions, 123 Queen St, Melbourne, 3000
Cost: $15 Entry + Tournaments (Expected pot fee is $5 per tournament)
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/213701462314018/
Current Schedule
10am – Doors, Casual play
11am – PM Singles
12pm- Smash 4 doubles
1.30pm- melee doubles
1:30[pm – Guilty Gear Xrd
2:30pm STREET FIGHTER V
3:30pm – MORTAL KOMBAT X
4pm – Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
3.30pm- smash 4 singles double elimination
4.30pm- melee singles double elimination
6pm – Rivals of Aether
6:00pm Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
Casuals for more games available!
LIVE STREAM
Additional Streams TBC
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 own! 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
Upcoming Event Dates
Regular Ranbats will take place at the regular venue Monthly on the 3rd and 4th SATURDAY of every month.
(Except BAM in May and TBC Premium end of year Dec)
Mason Hall, 6 Davies St Brunswick. Subscribe to our Facebook events list and look for updates at www.couchwarriors.org
CouchWarriors had it’s January Ranbat last weekend, once again split into two days on the 16th and the 23rd. Here are the full results!
CouchWarriors January Ranbat results
Smash 4:
1st: Attila
2nd: Boozer
3rd: Ignis
4th: Duon
t-5th: Earl
t-5th: Eternal
t-7th: Jei
t-7th: Tibs
We are pleased to announce as part of our massive 2015 final Ranking Battle our sponsors and prizes. Our top ranked players of the season will receive well deserved medals, but tournament winners and lucky attendees can win fantastic prizes.
The Ranking Battle event will be at our majors venue for BAM, CQ Functions, on December 12. Details here, and join us on Facebook here.
Thank you to sponsors BENQ, Plantronics Gaming, Elgato Gaming and VR Distribution.
Read on for details of the prizes! Read more
Tournaments, casual games, tips and training – CouchWarriors Ranking Battles are a day long fighters festival! Newcomers are welcome as well as tournament veterans.
NOTE – THIS MONTH THIS THE RANBAT WILL BE SPLIT OVER TWO DAYS. In response to the frankly incredible growth of our monthly events in which we are reaching between 150-200 attendees, we’re taking this step to maximise space and comfort.
We’re bowled over that the community is coming together so strongly and proud to be able to support everyone in having great events.
Day 1 – SMASH 4 tournaments and casuals (other games welcome but not official tournaments)
Day 2 – All other games: SMASH Melee, PM, All Fighters Tournaments – USF4, GGXRD, DOA5LR, MKX
View the changed schedule below
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.
When: SATURDAY September 26 and SUNDAY September 27 11am-10pm
Where: Brunswick Masonic Hall 6 Davies St, Brunswick North
Cost: $10 Entry + Tournaments (Expected pot fee is $5 per tournament)
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1625802467686607/
Current Schedule
Schedule Day 1 SATURDAY 26 SMASH 4
There will be no pre-registering for Smash 4 day
10am – Doors open
10:30am – Doubles signups close
11am – Doubles bracket begins
1pm – Singles Signups close
2pm – Wave 1 Singles Pools (Pools A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)
4pm – Wave 2 Singles Pools (Pools I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P)
6pm – Top 32 Singles Bracket
If we do not have enough setups th
Schedule (Subject to change)
Schedule Day 2 SUNDAY 27 ALL FIGHTERS + MELEE + PM
10am – Doors, Casual play
11am – Melee Doubles
12pm – SIGN UPS FOR MELEE SINGLES CLOSE (Sharp)
1pm – Melee Singles Groups 1 – 8 (2 Hour Block)
2pm – Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
3pm – Guilty Gear Xrd
3pm – Melee Singles Groups 9 – 16 (2 Hour Block)
3pm – MORTAL KOMBAT X
3:30pm – 6pm – Ultra Street Fighter IV
4:30pm – PM SINGLES (Double elim)
7:00pm – Top 32 Melee Bracket
LIVE STREAM
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
Upcoming Event Dates
With our first chance to play SFV at CouchWarriors Ranbat for August last weekend, many in the community had their first hands on with the game. Here are a couple of the photos from our Facebook page on the day. Read on for impressions and video!
Getting the chance to play on on one with live opponents in the gamescom build of the game was a great chance for community to get a feel for the upcoming game. The reactions have been generally very positive, and players are looking forward to the game.
CouchWarriors member and avid youtuber, Kevin “Burnout” Kim did a great job at pulling together some analysis of changes between the online beta version, which received coverage on Shoryuken.com
Check out the videos below and look for more community impressions and video from the event soon!
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.
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)
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/368998999977773/
Current Schedule
Schedule (Subject to change)
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
LIVE STREAM
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
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)
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.
See how players in each game are faring – take a look at the Results Section for the latest total rankings table.
In short, our current leaders are:
| Melee | Points | Smash 4 | Points | Project M | Points |
| SD | 40 | Earl | 44 | SD | 36 |
| Redact | 32 | Viva | 27 | Redact | 30 |
| Dekar | 26 | Jei | 19 | Moxie | 22 |
| USF4 | points | MKX | points | DOA5U | points | GGXrd | points |
| Toxy | 58 | Geoffbedlam | 18 | Ebabil | 48 | Scalora | 38 |
| Burnout | 26 | Pan1cmode | 12 | Berzerk | 36 | Javi | 36 |
| Hoppa | 18 | GoogiePLZ | 10 | Touko | 28 | Feri | 22 |
Join us for our next event on August 22 for fun casuals and perhaps to add your name to the ongoing tallies!
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.
When: SATURDAY JUNE 20 11am-10pm
Where: Brunswick Masonic Hall 6 Davies St, Brunswick North
Cost: $10 Entry + Tournaments (Expected pot fee is $5 per tournament)
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1605285139748090/
BAM7 MELBOURNE QUALIFIER!
MORTAL KOMBAT X Debut Tournament!
Tournaments, casual games, tips and training – CouchWarriors Ranking Battles are a day long fighters festival! Newcomers are welcome as well as tournament veterans. This is the traditional CouchWarriors event since formation in 2006!
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 last year’s Ranking Tally here
Come play or BYO your setup. Enjoy some casuals or get in your tournament practice going with our structured events.
When: SATURDAY April 18 11am-10pm
Where: Brunswick Masonic Hall 6 Davies St, Brunswick North
Cost: $10 Entry + Tournaments (Expected pot fee is $5 per tournament)
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/354178668105150/
Current Schedule
Schedule (Subject to change)
11am – Doors, Casual play
11:30am – Smash Melee Doubles
12pm – Smash Wii U Singles (Finals Stream by NGP)
1:30pm – Smash Project M Singles
2pm – 4pm – Dead or Alive 5 Last Round (Stream by NGP)
2pm – 4pm- Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
3pm – 4pm – Guilty Gear Xrd (Finals Stream by NGP)
3pm – MORTAL KOMBAT X – (Blue Room)
3:30pm – 6pm – Ultra Street Fighter IV (Stream by NGP)
4pm – Smash Melee Singles
5pm – Smash WiiU Doubles
4pm – 7pm – SkullGirls
6pm – 8pm – Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown
Additional tournaments (Times TBC – casual stations available):
Killer Instinct
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Also available for play:
BBCP
Persona Ultimax
King of Fighters XIII
LIVE STREAM
Provided by New Game Plus www.twitch.tv/newgameplustv
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
Tournaments, casual games, tips and training – CouchWarriors Ranking Battles are a day long fighters festival! Newcomers are welcome as well as tournament veterans. This is the traditional CouchWarriors event since formation in 2006!
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 last year’s Ranking Tally here
Come play or BYO your setup. Enjoy some casuals or get in your tournament practice going with our structured events.
When: SATURDAY March 21 11am-10pm
Where: Brunswick Masonic Hall 6 Davies St, Brunswick North
Cost: $10 Entry + Tournaments (Expected pot fee is $5 per tournament)
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/933554300018368/
Current Schedule
11am – Doors, Casual play
11:30am – Smash Melee Doubles
12pm – Smash Wii U Singles (Stream by NGP)
1:30pm – Smash Project M Singles
2pm – 4pm – Dead or Alive 5 Last Round (Stream by NGP)
2pm – 4pm- Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
3pm – 4pm – Guilty Gear Xrd (Stream by NGP)
3:30pm – 6pm – Ultra Street Fighter IV (Stream by NGP)
4pm – Smash Melee Singles
5pm – Smash WiiU Doubles
4pm – 7pm – SkullGirls
Casuals –
Killer Instinct
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown
Also available for play on request or if community BYO added setups:
King of Fighters XIIII
Persona 4A Ultimax
LIVE STREAM
Provided by New Game Plus www.twitch.tv/newgameplustv
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
Upcoming Event Dates
Apr 18th
May 22,23,24: BAM7 (Major Event, No Ranbat)
Jun 20th (Tentative)