
With the tragedy of the ongoing bushfire affecting large parts of Australia, the Oceanic Fighting Game Community banded together in support of those who are affected by the bushfires. On the 18th and 19th of January, the community ran a two day online tournament event covering a multitude of games across the community. Partnering with Gamer Aid Australia, a charity drive was hosted for all affected. All money raised, including tournament entry fees, will be transferred to Gamer Aid Australia’s donation fund for NSW Rural Fire Service and WIRES. These funds will be split evenly before being donated to the two organisations.
We’re absolutely floored with the reception this event has had. With an initial estimate of $2,000, we easily achieved that within a few hours of the event, closing off the first day with a bit over $4,000! With one more day to go, we managed to double that to raise just over $8,000!
From the larger games like Tekken 7 and Street Fighter V, to the smaller or lesser known games like Killer Instinct and Touhou Hisoutensoku, it’s wonderful to see people from all corners of our FGC come together. From participating in the chats of eachother’s communities, to the many enjoyable quips and shoutouts that were made over the weekend. We hope you all had as much of a good time as we did with this event.
From all of us who organised this, we’d like to extend a heartfelt gratitude for all of you who helped make this the success it was, from viewers, donators to competitors. It was an absolute pleasure to see the community come together for such a cause.
Here are some quick facts about the weekend
Total Unique Entrants: 166 players across 16 games!
Total Stream Time: Over 40 hours of games!
Total Money Raised: $8264.35AUD
Total Money earned from Entrants: $1195.70AUD
Total Money earned from Donations: $7068.65AUD
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For those wanting to catch up to the event we have a quick list of results and a link to the brackets and VODs (where applicable) just below.
Interested in a game that you may have saw this weekend? Be sure to check out some of the various community discords linked below to get started!
Tekken 7
1st) Kanga | Wowzer
2nd) Mia
3rd) twygs
Bracket | VOD | Discord |
Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st]
1st) Silent
2nd) Rusecruise
3rd) 394_
Bracket | VOD | Discord |
Street Fighter V
1st) Schenkan
2nd) Damosk
3rd) freeser
Bracket | VOD | Discord |
Mortal Kombat 11
1st) gilbagz
2nd) GilbagzSlayer
3rd) Wizard_of_Aus
Bracket | VOD (Soon) | Discord |
Guilty Gear Xrd REV2
1st) Toneblerone
2nd) Blackwind
3rd) Mercy
Bracket | VOD | Discord |
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
1st) Julian
2nd) Dr. Kimble
3rd) raiyouden
Bracket | VOD | Discord |
Soul Calibur VI
1st) Atheroll
2nd) Dylan
3rd) Goat
Bracket | VOD (Soon) | Discord |
BlazBlue: Central Fiction
1st) Morpher
2nd) Life’s Mental Scars
3rd) 394_
Bracket | VOD | Discord |
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo
1st) Helixodron
2nd) Genxa
3rd) gov
Bracket | VOD | Discord |
Dragon Ball FighterZ
1st) Agent17805
2nd) SweetLeaves
3rd) CugeltheClever1
Bracket | VOD | Discord |
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
1st) Rusecruise
2nd) ArtyBlazy
3rd) RaodenNZ
Bracket | VOD | Discord |
Samurai Shodown
1st) Genxa
2nd) Somniac
3rd) TAJGarou
Bracket | VOD | Discord |
Skullgirls 2nd Encore
No Tournament Exhibition Matches
VOD | Discord |
Touhou Hisoutensoku
1st) Cirno Man
2nd) xyzcv5
3rd) Helixidron
Bracket | VOD | Discord |
Killer Instinct
No Tournament Exhibition Matches
VOD | Discord |
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Dark Souls
1st) MOLBY199
2nd) Ippo
3rd) It is the end | Cestial
Bracket | VOD | Discord |
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Gamer Aid Australia is a not for profit charity focusing on assisting and supporting charity drives amongst gamers. Our fighting game community is proud to work with them to support such an important cause
Check out some of their previous collaborations on their twitter
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Charities donated to
WIRES – A wildlife life focused charity. Helping rescue and support many of our native animals during this crisis.
NSW Rural Fire Service – New South Wale’s volunteer fire brigade
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