Australian fighting game event runners and community. Hosts of BAM: Battle Arena Melbourne, Australia's largest fighting game/open entry esports event.
Announcing the Platinum and Gold tournament lineup for #BAM10!
The tournament structure for BAM10 will be in three tiers – Platinum, Gold and Silver. Platinum and Gold areawarded the coveted BAM glove Trophy. Silver (Medal DIY events) will be announced soon.
Cost: Entry to the tournament is free. Entry to the Friday session at PAX Australia required, valued at $65 – Sunday passes will be provided for anyone in the final 8 that doesn’t already have one. Tickets are available here.
BRING YOUR OWN CONTROLLER There is a BYOC / Sticks policy for the event. We have some available for emergency and our friendly players will often loan a controller, but we ask you to please bring your own!
This weekend sees the return of OzcomicCon to Melbourne!
Among the fun of guests, panels, cosplay and stalls you will find CouchWarriors hosting fighting game casuals and tournaments in the OCC Gaming area. So come join us to enjoy some gaming at the convention.
We’ll be hosting Learn to Play along with casual matches and tournaments.
Games:
Street Fighter 5
Tekken 7
Injustice 2
Super Smash Bros for WiiU
Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator
Dead or Alive 5: Last Round
Across two massive stages, CouchWarriors will proudly feature tournaments across both Super Smash Brothers Melee and Smash 4.
The amazing growth in the Smash community sees its epicentre at BAM. The top Australian players will face off, where you will see the best of the best facing off in the biggest tournament this side of the equator.
Smash 4 will feature International guests, the first challenger is SoCal USA’s Nakat, with more to be announced.
COUCHWARRIORS: BATTLE ARENA MELBOURNE 9
#BAM9 is going BIG!
As hosts of Australia’s largest fighting game event, and one of the biggest community gaming events in the country, CouchWarriors is proud to make this first announcement.
Each of the last few years has been a record breaker, with over 800 players and spectators enjoying BAM8 last year, we have much more in store in 2017.
Watch the announce video to see why this year’s theme is “BIG BAM”.
Date: May 12, 13 and 14, 2017.
Venue: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Hosted in two bays of Melbourne’s famous convention centre, with more space than ever. A major gaming and esports festival for the Fighting Game Community. More BIG announcements to come.
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 November’s Ranbat.
Take a look at the Results Section for the full total.