Australian fighting game event runners and community. Hosts of BAM: Battle Arena Melbourne, Australia's largest fighting game/open entry esports event.
Starting the year off with a bang, we have teamed up with The Game Expo to bring you a huge FGC major this coming March! Featuring a large list of games and over $6000 in prize money, this will be an event all of you competitors out there won’t want to miss.
Date: March 11-12
Location: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre – 1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf VIC 3006
Schedule: See tournament registration page
Prizes: Over $6000 (see list below for specific numbers)
CouchWarriors League returns for 2021, and as we steadily see restrictions pulled back, we are returning with live, offline events for the community!
Online and Offline
Online – This year we are once again running Online tournaments with feature games Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, Smash Bros Ultimate, Smash Bros Melee, and now – Dragonball FighterZ!
Offline – In addition, look forward to LIVE offline ranking battles every month in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide. Ranking battle events are the best place to learn, level up, just enjoy casuals and of course, to show your skills!
Prizes and rewards
We will have more to announce, similar to last year expect prizes for top of table placers, and pot bonuses for special events.
Points system
The points system remains the same, however post COVID with more live events, remember that offline events count for more points, and Majors count for double that!
This year we’re also including rankings for additional games often played at Ranking Battle live events (See ALL games sectoin). Track your progress and compare to your rivals including interstate using the CouchWarriors League website
Cospendium is a brand new event on the pop culture calendar, which is developing a new approach to convetions and will be including gaming in a big way!
As a major part of the event, Cospendium and CouchWarriors have joined forces, and with their fantastic support, we’ll be able to bring you an amazing Gaming Zone at Cospendium featuring our core Fighting Game Tournaments, PC Freeplay, Console Freeplay, Indie Games, Gaming Exhibitors, and much more to be announced. The gaming zone will be amazing for new fans and old, whether learning to play, showing your skills, or checking out cool new games.
As part of today’s first announcement we’ll reveal the first tournament titles which will each have a $1,000 prize pool!
Tournament Games with 1,000 Prize Pool
Street Fighter V
Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Tekken 7
Thanks to the amazing support from Cospendium, who are creating something special with this new convention, the same will be true of the CouchWarriors Gaming Zone. The tournaments hosted here will be consequential, supported with great prizes and an amazing, big screen spectator experience.
Tournament info
Here are the first round of CouchWarriors Gaming Zone Tournaments at Cospendium!
Each tournament will feature $1,000 cash prize pool, and will be open to everyone with a Cospendium ticket.
You will be able to preregister online and, if spaces are available, on the day for each tournament. Major tournaments will be run with a feature stage, and live stream to capture those clutch moments.
This past weekend CouchWarriors’ Battle Arena Melbourne (BAM10) reached its 10th Anniversary. ANZ’s largest open entry esports event, held May 18-20 at Melbourne Convention Centre, once again broke records with over 2,000 attendees. It was also the debut of a major partnership with Twitch TV to reward ANZ players and grow the fighting game esports scene.
Announced during BAM10, this will provide flights and accommodation for 3 players who reach the highest placement among Australian or New Zealand players at BAM. Also announced is an ongoing tournament points system which will lead to next year’s BAM11, in which players will once again have the opportunity to prove themselves and win a trip to EVO 2019.
Having become a major international event with over 30 global pro players attending, the addition of a premium event reward just for ANZ players provides a clear goal for local players to strive for. In this year’s event, the top players from Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, and Super Smash Bros 4 WiiU were chosen. These players came out on top:
The biggest tournament event in ANZ fighting game history, BAM10 grew again with over 2,000 attendees and over $40,000 in cash and prizes. The gaming convention and esports event featured global pro tour stops for Tekken World Tour as a Master Event, and Capcom Pro Tour as a Ranking Event. This alongside a huge lineup of national tournaments and convention activities including access to preview games, indiecade, Nintendo Game zone, PC LAN, Artist Alley and Cosplay.
CouchWarriors is proud to be providing the Fighting Game Tournaments services for PAX Australia 2015 this coming weekend Oct 30- Nov 1!
In the Console Tournament area we will have a full suite of consoles set with a library of fighters to play. Join us for one of the many tournaments each day, or come by and practice. We’ll even be providing time for Learn To Play, so if you want to dip your toes into the playing fighters at their best – side by side with other people – now’s your chance.
Tournaments! We have a small set rotating roster of excellent tournament games to play, plus a range of additional games to play in casuals. With some games being played in tournaments more than once over the weekend, we’re looking forward to a Best of the Best playoff each day and Sunday.
You can also challenge your friends with our friendly Winners Stays – Limit of 3 Wins rules for all games.
Schedule:
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Doors open 10:00
10:30
Dead or Alive 5: Last Round + Killer Instinct (Learn to Play)
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 + Killer Instinct (Learn to Play)
Super Smash Bros: Melee + Dead or Alive 5: Last Round (Learn to Play)
11:00
Dead or Alive 5: Last Round + Killer Instinct Tournament
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 + Killer Instinct Tournament
Super Smash Bros: Melee + Dead or Alive 5: Last Round (Learn to Play)
13:00
Super Smash Bros for WiiU (Learn to Play)
Super Smash Bros for WiiU (Learn to Play)
Super Smash Bros for WiiU (Learn to Play)
13:30
Super Smash Bros for WiiU Tournament
Super Smash Bros for WiiU Tournament
Super Smash Bros for WiiU Tournament
15:30
Guilty Gear Xrd + UMvC3 (Learn to Play)
Guilty Gear Xrd + UMvC3 (Learn to Play)
Ultra Street Fighter IV (Learn to Play)
16:00
Guilty Gear Xrd + UMvC3 Tournament
Guilty Gear Xrd + UMvC3 Tournament
Ultra Street Fighter IV Tournament
18:30
Ultra Street Fighter IV (Learn to Play)
Ultra Street Fighter IV + Dead or Alive 5: Last Round (Learn to Play)
Close
19:00
Ultra Street Fighter IV Tournament
Ultra Street Fighter IV + Dead or Alive 5: Last Round Tournament
We are proud to announce we are once again working with OzComicCon Melbourne to present an entertaining Fighting Game area at the convention, which will be held at the Melbourne Convention Centre on June 27 and 28.
Join in the fighting game action at OzcomicCon! Beginners to pros welcome!
Learn to play, casual winner-stay matches, and Prize Winning Tournaments will be available each day.
Announcing the CouchWarriors schedule of events for 2015! We had a brilliant 2014 with fantastic ranking battle attendances each month, a gangbusters national event in BAM6. We also added Meet N Mash Friday weeklies in the city and hosted tournaments at events like CHAOZ, ANIMAGA and of course PAX AUSTRALIA.
We’re proud to be supporting the fighting game community and looking forward to a fun fighting game filled 2015! We hope to see you at one of these events to compete, learn to play or just have some great sets in your favourite games.
RANKING BATTLES – MONTHLY TOURNAMENTS
We can confirm the first SIX MONTHS of 2015 tournament dates have been booked, on a Saturday every month at our regular Brunswick hall venue just off Sydney road, next to convenient train and tram transport and plenty of parking.
Dates
Jan 24th – Facebook Event available here
Feb 21st
Mar 21st
Apr 18th
May 22,23,24: BAM7 (No Ranbat)
Jun 20th (Tentative)
Prizes and medals! We’ll do the same this year. There may be prizes at some of the monthlies as well in addition to the pot prizes. Stay tuned.
MEET N MASH – FRIDAYS WEEKLY IN THE CBD
Join us weekly for fighting game casuals in the Melbourne CBD, at MoeMall Hobby Shop in Bourke St (Near McDonalds) Find the schedule and info here and watch the CouchWarriors facebook page for regular invites
The Melbourne community major event, and one of Australia’s main National tournaments, BAM returns. It will once again
be at the CQ Functions Room on Queen and Collins st, Melbourne. We’ve got big plans to entertain the whole community, plus it’s a big year for fighters
with new releases.
For a refresh on some of the great things that happened at last year’s BAM, check out: Six Reasons You Can’t Miss BAM6 BAM6 Media Wrapup BAM6 Results and Awards
Community help and volunteering:
We’re all volunteers and always appreciate help from people who want to contribute, which in turn helps the whole community. Want to take part and help keep these great events running?
Volunteers are always welcome and needed, from an extra pair of hands transporting or unpacking gear at ranking battles to running brackets and spreading the word
about each event.
Just bringing your friends to play your favourite game is a big help!
CouchWarriors Committee and Roles:
As a not for profit community organisation, we have a committee and elected official positions. We would like to announce the 2015 officer positions, and some highlight community roles.
Officer positions: Secretary
Rory Betteridge Treasurer
Michael “Javi” Thai President/Chair
Daniel “Berzerk” Chlebowczyk
Further community heads are to be announced as part of the Ranking Battle and BAM organising team. First, we are pleased to announce our head TO for BAM
Battle Arena Melbourne Head Tournament Organiser:
Daniel “Spoony” Finegan
Look forward to more announcements and community initiatives. To enquire about events, community support, volunteering, or sponsorship of BAM and other events, please contact:
The Monthly Ranking Battles have been a great fixture this year, running consistently since their return in April and averaging 74 attendees each month.
This results Tally shows the results of tournaments run through this period, collating the points earned by players based on the following system: Read more
It’s the biggest gaming event of the year – and CouchWarriors is proud to be providing the Fighting Game Tournaments services for PAX Australia this coming weekend!
In the Console Tournament area we will have a full suite of consoles set with a library of fighters to play. Join us for one of the many tournaments each day, or come by and practice. We’ll even be providing time for Learn To Play, so if you want to dip your toes into the playing fighters at their best – side by side with other people – now’s your chance.
Tournaments! We have a small set rotating roster of excellent tournament games to play, plus a range of additional games to play in casuals. With some games being played in tournaments more than once over the weekend, we’re looking forward to a Best of the Best playoff each day and Sunday.
You can also challenge your friends with our friendly Winners Stays – Limit of 3 Wins rules for all games.
Plus! Panel! Don’t forget there will be an Australian Fighting Game community panel at PAX, hosted by New Game Plus and featuring panelists from across the scene
We are proud to announce we are once again working with 
It’s the biggest gaming event of the year – and CouchWarriors is proud to be providing the Fighting Game Tournaments services for 