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 |
| 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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