New Zealand’s own GhostChips joined us to talk about how he ruined a bunch of holidays at Combo Breaker (while hopefully enjoying his own) before diving into the Samurai Showdown and Granblue Fantasy Versus betas, the future of Street Fighter V, what we’d want out of a Tekken 8 and much more.
Recorded June 12th, 2019 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah
York Shodown Battles Edition
After a Runback comes the showdown. With the release of Samurai Showdown we’ll be back at YSB for our monthly tournaments!
Payment for YSB may be performed either online via credit or debit card, or at the venue in cash. Entry must be paid for anyone who plays on any setup at the venue, whether for a tournament or casually. All payments at the venue are cash only. Spectators may attend the event for free, provided they do not play on any setup.
Registration and/or payments may be settled at the door until 1pm on the day. If arriving after this time, please find a tournament organiser to pay the entry fee and/or any pre-registered tournament fees.
Controllers are not provided for this event – players are expected to bring or arrange their own controllers for any casual or tournament matches at the event. All games are played on PS4, except for Virtua Fighter 5 which is run on XBOX 360 and Pokken Tournament on Nintendo Switch (Controllers provided)
Tournament Schedule
Games Currently Scheduled
Blazblue Central Fiction
Blazblue Cross Tag Battle
Dead or Alive 6
Dragonball FighterZ
Guilty Gear Xrd Rev2
Mortal Komba 11
Pokken Tournament
Samurai Shodown
Skullgirls
Soul Calibur VI
Street Fighter III: Third Strike
Street Fighter V
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Tekken 7
Ultra Street Fighter IV
Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st]
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Virtua Fighter 5
Schedule will be posted at a further date
Check out the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/355008425219290/
Sign up to the event here: https://smash.gg/tournament/york-street-battles-69
Follow the action here: https://www.twitch.tv/ozhadou
Special thanks to the following
Battle Kat Bunker – Sydney’s fighting game hang-out https://www.facebook.com/BattleKatBunker/
GVP Esports – Newcastle’s fighting game scene https://www.facebook.com/GVPesports
Catch up with the community on our discord https://discord.gg/DGMyGKw
BAM11 is the books and we brought in the INTERNATIONAL SLAYER Reck Daddy himself to talk about his big win over Noroma. In addition to re-capping everything else that went down over the weekend, we shared our thoughts on the latest controversy in the FGC Twitter – Are Hitboxes actually CHEATBOXES!?
Recorded May 23rd, 2019 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah
As always, show notes/YouTube archive are available after the jump.
Bankstown Runbacks is now all about the runbacks. Have a challenge? Want to feature an exhibition match?
Be sure to check out all the changes to our events here
http://www.ozhadou.net/brb-ysb-changes/
Doors will open at 11:00am for the day. Please confirm entry and registration at the door before playing any games. **Tournament registration will be available until 2.00PM.** If you’re arriving later be sure to pre-register on smash.gg and make sure you’re signed up as we won’t be taking any tournament sign-ups after.
Payment for BRB may be performed either online via credit or debit card, or at the venue in cash. Entry must be paid for anyone who plays on any setup at the venue, whether for a tournament or casually. All payments at the venue are cash only. Spectators may attend the event for free, provided they do not play on any setup.
Registration and/or payments may be settled at the door until 2pm on the day. If arriving after this time, please find a tournament organiser to pay the entry fee and/or any pre-registered tournament fees.
Controllers are not provided for this event – players are expected to bring or arrange their own controllers for any casual or tournament matches at the event. **All games are played on PS4, except for Virtua Fighter 5 which is run on XBOX 360.**
Please also note the following
– The venue is restricted to guests of age 18+ only, Guests that are younger must be accompanied by an adult to sign-in
– While alcohol is served within the venue, it is forbidden within the event room
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Schedule
1PM – King of Fighters 13
2PM – Pokken Tournament Wargames
3PM – Virtua Fighter Wargames, Million Arthur Arcana Blood, Skullgirls, Mortal Kombat 11 2v2
4PM – Melty Blood Actress Again
5PM – Marvel vs Capcom 3 New Avengers Tournament, Tekken 7 Random Characters
Sign-ups for Pokken and Virtua Fighter will be done on the day
Marvel vs Capcom 3 tournament will be open to new players
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Games will be streamed on
https://www.twitch.tv/ozhadou
Check out the Facebook event here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/854854298221149/
Check out the event here
https://smash.gg/tournament/bankstown-runbacks-04
Special thanks to the following
Battle Kat Bunker – Sydney’s fighting game hang-out https://www.facebook.com/BattleKatBunker/
Catch up with the community on our discord https://discord.gg/DGMyGKw
As we onto the Post-BAM period and in the lead-up to OHN, the community has displayed a demand for even more events
Thus we’re happy to announce that we’ll now be hosting two events per month
Below are the following confirmed dates
York Street Battles – June 29th, July 27th
Bankstown Runbacks – June 8th, July 6th
To accompany this, we’ll be making a few changes to these events over time.
York Street Battles will continue to be our monthly ranbats series where we will continue to host many tournaments across multiple games.
Bankstown Runbacks will serve as our casual meetups with a number of off-events and exhibitions.
Got an idea for an event at BRB? Want to run a grudge match? Be sure to contact your TOs to see if we can accomodate!
Be sure to check out this upcoming Bankstown Runbacks page
http://www.ozhadou.net/event/syd-bankstown-runbacks-04/
BAM11 is just around the corner! This week we cover our expectations for the big weekend, what Street Fighter V announcements can win us over this season (if any) and cover all the new patches/character news from the last couple of weeks across the entire FGC landscape.
Recorded May 14th, 2019 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah
As always, show notes/YouTube archive are available after the jump.
Congratulations to all the winners this past BRB, and thanks to all who helped out at the event.
Special thanks to Warner Brothers Australia also for providing prizes and swag to entrants!
Results for all games are below:
| Mortal Kombat 11 1) DS | Waz 2) Wrathful 3) GhostPolice Bracket | VOD |
Tekken 7 1) Kanga | Reck 2) GG | 4LCH3M15T 3) BoX Bracket | VOD |
Street Fighter V 1) GG | Rumours 2) Kanga | Bug 3) NuBlud Bracket | VOD |
| Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] 1) OH | Kyokugen 2) Hugo 3) AlexK Bracket | VOD |
Guilty Gear Xrd REV2 1) PCP | Audacity 2) Risky / CrazyDiamond 3) JJ Bracket | VOD |
Ultra Street Fighter IV 1) AfterDeath 2) Old School | Shaaaaa 3) Centurion Nugget Bracket |
| BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle 1) Rusecruise 2) Weaboo | Life 3) ASF | jeese Bracket | VOD |
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike 1) YuNeck | Yunus 2) Old School | Shaaaaa 3) Risky / CrazyDiamond Bracket |
Soul Calibur VI 1) Runaes 2) AsurasAbyss 3) WhitePointer Bracket |
| Super Street Fighter II Turbo 1) Vargus 2) Hugo 3) AfterDeath Bracket |
Dragon Ball FighterZ 1) Dailou 2) Marmiteinajar 3) YuNeck | Yunus Bracket |
BlazBlue: Central Fiction 1) Weaboo | Life 2) Runaes 3) Retired | AwakenedBeing Bracket |
| Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 1) twofiveseven 2) Jfizzman 3) AfterDeath Bracket |
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown 1) MadeMan 2) Yam 3) Hugo Bracket | VOD |
Dead or Alive 6 1) Runaes 2) iPlayPad 3) TSF Goat Bracket | VOD |
| Skullgirls 2nd Encore 1) Risky / CrazyDiamond 2) Demise 3) Eterpay (Project_Munt) Bracket |
You can catch the event archives for all stations over on the OzHadou YouTube page.
If you haven’t already, please complete this survey to help us with future events: https://goo.gl/forms/bwV1B3xjPSydIGUT2
General anonymous feedback for this event or anything else can also be submitted here: https://goo.gl/forms/qHlKN0f2KSLtIMlo1
As previously mentioned, the next OzHadou event will be held at 99 on York Street on May 11th: https://smash.gg/ysb68
See you there!
York Street Pre-Battle Arena Melbourne Battles edition
Thanks to Warner Brothers Australia we’ll also have prizes for Mortal Kombat 11 to give away and thanks to Koei Tecmo Europe, Dead or Alive 6 will once more have another $100 pot bonus.
Doors will open at 11:30am for the day. Please confirm entry and registration at the door before playing any games. **Tournament registration will be available until 1.00PM.** If you’re arriving later be sure to pre-register on smash.gg and make sure you’re signed up as we won’t be taking any tournament sign-ups after.
Payment for YSB may be performed either online via credit or debit card, or at the venue in cash. Entry must be paid for anyone who plays on any setup at the venue, whether for a tournament or casually. All payments at the venue are cash only. Spectators may attend the event for free, provided they do not play on any setup.
Registration and/or payments may be settled at the door until 1pm on the day. If arriving after this time, please find a tournament organiser to pay the entry fee and/or any pre-registered tournament fees.
Controllers are not provided for this event – players are expected to bring or arrange their own controllers for any casual or tournament matches at the event. **All games are played on PS4, except for Virtua Fighter 5 which is run on XBOX 360 and Pokken Tournament on Nintendo Switch (Controllers provided)**
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Games currently scheduled
1:00pm – Mortal Kombat 11, Dragonball FighterZ, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st]
1:30pm – Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
2:00pm – Skullgirls 2nd Encore, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Soul Calibur VI, Blazblue Central Fiction
3:00pm – Street Fighter V, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Pokken Tournament
4:00pm – Tekken 7, Dead or Alive 6, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo
5:00pm – Guilty Gear Xrd REV2 , Ultra Street Fighter IV
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Check out the Facebook event here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/425648578212029/
Sign up to the event here:
https://smash.gg/tournament/york-street-battles-68
Special thanks to the following
Battle Kat Bunker – Sydney’s fighting game hang-out https://www.facebook.com/BattleKatBunker/
GVP Esports – Newcastle’s fighting game scene https://www.facebook.com/GVPesports
Couchwarriors and Twitch for organising the BAM Path to Evo league https://www.bampathtoevo.com.au/
Catch up with the community on our discord https://discord.gg/DGMyGKw
Pats on the back everyone, we did it! Australia made it to Summit, the crabs are jumping, MK11 is out and uhh… well that’s about it. We kept it nice and chill this week because it’s just a good time to be playing games
Recorded April 25th, 2019 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah
As always, show notes/YouTube archive are available after the jump.
OHN 16, Expand Gong and an Aussie at the Mortal Kombat 11 Summit!? A lot of big local news this week so we got on Waz and Gilbagz to talk about the MK11 beta, the current state of NRS and getting Waz in the Summit!
Recorded April 9th, 2019 live @ Twitch.tv/Gamrah
As always, show notes/YouTube archive are available after the jump.