

Battle Arena Melbourne 7 (BAM7)

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Not sure if @SmashCapps thinks WIFE is just how my tag is written, or if he's REALLY hyped I'm going to Bam 7 pic.twitter.com/wdLzOQZ8fD — Chris Fabiszak (@War_and_Peach) March 24, 2015

Project M



Project Melbourne

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Australia has some amazing things going on in terms of Smash. Many weekly tournaments, strong regional events, and the entirety of their scene showing signs of growth and gaining strength. But the most exciting of all is the upcoming FGC major Battle Arena Melbourne 7.BAM7 is looking to be the most exciting things to be happening for the FGC and Smash in Australia! Many games will be featured including Ultra Street Fighter 4, Guilty Gear XRD -SIGN-, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Dead or Alive 5 Last Round, King of Fighters XIII, Killer Instinct, Skullgirls, Super Street Fighter 2: Turbo, Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown and Mortal Kobat X which will feature two time Evo winner Perfect Legend and the top Australian or New Zealand player will be flown out to the Mortal Kombat Asia Pacific Championships. But the most amazing thing happen in Australia for BAM7 is by far for Smash.BAM7 will feature Melee and Smash 4 Wii U as main events with a Smash 64 side event. Over $10,000 was raised by Australian Smashers to invite international guests to the event in BAM7 tradition which include Mang0, Leffen, Chillindude, Lucky, alex19, HugS, S2J, and Wife! Not only are there international guests, but two of the best players in New Zealand are coming as well. Thanks to the BAM 7 New Zealand Qualifier the top placing player from the Wii U, and Melee brackets, Flatfeet and Mojo Monkey respectively, will be flown out to compete!The international players are not the only strong threats attending, Australia boasts names like Skeletom, Dekar, S.D., Smoking Puppy, Syke, SA Nick, Redact, Splice, ZXV, and Jamwa, for Melee. For Wii U they have Villyness, Nikes, Tibs, ViVa, Earl, and Waveguider. Take some time to learn about the Australian threats for BAM7 The Smash 64 top 8 stream will begin at 9PM AEST (7AM EDT) and will be provided by Kaizmo The MelbourneMelee streaming schedule for the event is provided below. For more information about the event, check out its Smashboards thread Can't contain the excitement for BAM7? Need to sate that apatite for top players and Australian Smash? There is another popular Smash game gaining ground and poised to have an exciting event:. With many of the international guests for BAM7 there for the event it seemed right to get everyone together to take on some games of Project MFeaturing some of the international guests like Mango, Lucky, Leffen, S2J, Chillindude and more, this looks to be one of the most stacked Project M tournaments Australia has ever seen. There are even plans for a New South Wales versus Victoria 7v7 crew battle with a lot of characters variety and some exciting names to see!Doubles begins at 9AM AEST on May 22nd (May 21st at 7PM EST) and singles begins at 12PM AEST on May 22nd (May 21st at 10PM EST). The stream for the event will be provided by Melbourne Melee . For more information on the event check out it's Smashboards thread Hopefully this has sparked some intererest in Australian Smash! To learn more about the scene be sure to also check out the Australia Regional Forum on Smashboards to learn about their other exciting upcoming events. For any players in Oceania who want to become more connected as well it is worth visiting the Oceanic Netplay Thread on Smashboards as well. Hopefully these two events will be an incredible success for the Australian Smash community and great games will be had!