blindhobo13 posted...
Tournaments do allow DLC because of the justification that if it's in the game, you can't ban it unless it's broken or otherwise harmful to the metagame. It's why there was the initial uproar about DLC gems because tourney organizers were wondering if they had to buy every single gem because it's a part of the game. Also why things that may have been added just for casuals e.g. Star Wars characters in SCIV have to be dealt with in tournament. Casuals may want it but tourney players also have to deal with it, even if they don't want to.
Are you sure? Star Wars characters were banned from tournaments for SCIV, though that may have been because of exclusivity.
I thought DLC characters were banned unless it was a full-out update, like AE for SF4. Wasn't the problem with gems a matter of "If we don't ban them outright, do we allow all of them?"
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