Australian fighting game event runners and community. Hosts of BAM: Battle Arena Melbourne, Australia's largest fighting game/open entry esports event.
Wondering where you can find details for all upcoming CouchWarriors events for the month in one place?
Well, it’s always a good idea to check our Facebook. But now these simple roundup posts will also serve as a quick reference here on the site.
Check out what we have for November, and look forward to a fresh update on the 1st of each month!
Wondering where you can find details for all upcoming CouchWarriors events for the month in one place?
Well, it’s always a good idea to check our Facebook. But now these simple roundup posts will also serve as a quick reference here on the site.
Check out what we have for October, and look forward to a fresh update on the 1st of each month!
CouchWarriors QLD Ranbat – October 5th, 9AM-9PM. QUT Gardens Point Campus, 2 George St Brisbane, S Block Level 4. (Past event, included for reference)
CouchWarriors VIC FGC Ranbat – October 19th, 11AM-10PM. 6-8 Davies St, Brunswick.
CouchWarriors VIC Smash Ranbat – October 26th, 10AM-10PM. 6-8 Davies St, Brunswick.
Good luck to everyone signing up to fight at these events! Remember to check back here for post-event results and Path to EVO updates.
Thanks to Tecmo Koei and Team Ninja, at CouchWarriors Crossup this weekend, you will be able to play the latest preview build of Dead or Alive 6 direct from Japan’s Dead or Alive Festival. This version of the game is close to finished and has not been shown outside of Japan. More characters are available for play, including Bass, Tina and Mila. Team Muscle!
As the game evolves it’s looking better and better.
Due for release on February 15, 2019, Dead or Alive 6 will be available for casual play and there will be two fun tournaments, 2pm Saturday and 2pm Sunday
Full schedule here. The DOA events will be streamed on twitch.tv/newgameplustv
All you need to join in is a venue Spectator pass and all Dead or Alive 6 events are FREE to enter.
Register here: www.smash.gg/cwc2018
Try the exciting new fighter before its release, and there will even be prizes! Thanks to Koei Tecmo, the JRPG Atelier Lydie and Suelle will be given away during the tournament. A range of Koei Tecmo titles will also be given away across other games, including Warriors Orochi for Switch, sharing the love with the Smash Bros Ultimate tournament, along with some door prizes too.
CouchWarriors has some good things in-store for all of our SoulCalibur fans attending this month’s RanBat! To celebrate the launch of SoulCalibur VI we’ll be giving away a whole assortment of goodies, with door prizes being given away at random and a chance to walk away with full collector packs, with one going to this month’s SCVI champion.
All of this is up for grabs:
Winners and door prize:
General giveaways to everyone while stocks last!
You can sign up now at https://smash.gg/CWRanbatOCT2018. This month’s RanBat is being held at a new location for CouchWarriors, with Bayview by the Park being host to the big launch event. With all of our monthly events under one roof, be sure to check out the updated schedule before Saturday. You can find more details on the facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/1705796982846057/.
Doors will open at 10am this Saturday (the 20th of October). Hope to see you all there!
You can find more details about SoulCalibur VI ahead of this week’s release at https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/soulcalibur/soulcalibur-vi.
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
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)
| SF5 | Points | Tekken 7 | Points | DOA5LR | Points | GGXrd | Points |
| Somniac | 38 | Chand NY | 40 | Berzerk | 32 | Ashzu | 48 |
| Rupps | 24 | Lee Min Ho | 32 | AlexMD | 32 | Javi | 36 |
| syo | 22 | Aken | 24 | Ebabil | 20 | Feri | 20 |
| Burnoutfighter & Cadzow_ | 18 | Bboy Phoenix | 20 | ROBDAWGG619 | 14 | Rindows & popo | 12 |
| DBFZ | Points | Sm4sh | Points | Melee | Points | Project M | Points |
| DaBeast | 20 | Extra | 58 | Dekar | 46 | Tyler | 52 |
| Zed | 16 | Duon | 28 | Fess | 34 | Microsoft J | 32 |
| MajinBeng | 14 | Ignis | 21 | DonB | 22 | Dekar | 23 |
| TANA93 | 14 | Ghost | 20 | Sora | 16 | Bubby | 23 |
| UNIST | Points | Injustice 2 | Points | ROA | Points | Pokken DX | Points |
| Haiku | 54 | Zprime | 28 | OSU | 32 | AntWerp | 48 |
| Tomo009 | 36 | Hazzles | 25 | SNC | 26 | Dan Dandy | 28 |
| Spoony | 28 | 95leo | 20 | MAST | 18 | Sir Banana | 24 |
| Julian | 19 | GooGie | 18 | Neeson & Stutter | 14 | Techless | 24 |
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.
| SF5 | Points | Tekken7 | Points | DOA5LR | Points | GGXrd | Points |
| Somniac | 28 | Chand NY | 40 | Berserk | 32 | Ashzu | 42 |
| Rupps | 24 | Lee Min Ho | 24 | AlexMD | 32 | Javi | 34 |
| syo | 22 | Brownman | 17 | Ebabil | 20 | Rindows | 12 |
| Burnoutfighter | 18 | DaBeast & Bboy Phoenix | 16 | ROBDAWGG619 | 14 | popo | 12 |
| Melee | Points | Sm4sh | Points | Dragon Ball FighterZ | Points | UNIST | Points |
| Dekar | 36 | Extra | 50 | DaBeast | 20 | Haiku | 44 |
| Fess | 30 | Duon | 24 | Zed | 16 | Tomo009 | 28 |
| DonB | 14 | Ghost | 20 | Tomo009 | 12 | Spoony | 24 |
| Microsoft J | 14 | Ignis | 15 | King & Issei & MajinBeng & Sketch | 10 | Julian | 18 |
| ROA | Points | Injustice2 | Points | Pokken DX | Points | ProjectM | Points |
| OSU | 24 | Zprime | 28 | Antwerp | 38 | Tyler | 44 |
| SNC | 16 | Hazzles | 19 | DanDandy | 28 | Microsoft J | 22 |
| Neeson | 14 | GooGie | 18 | Sir Banana | 24 | Dekar | 19 |
| MAST & Stutter | 12 | Ctay | 16 | Techless | 16 | Bubby | 17 |
Australian esports fans will be spoiled by the presence of three of the greatest of all time players when BAM, our biggest fighting game event returns May 18-20.
