Sparking Zero tournament players disqualified due to Flying Spam

Key Takeaways

Although Bandai Namco was discouraged from playing Sparking! Zero as an esports title, there is still competition.
That said, two players were recently disqualified for “flying spam” days after the tournament was held.
One of the players reportedly questioned whether or not this tactic was legal, but to no avail.
Fast forward to the present day, and the scheme has been used again in other calculations, although the event has not yet taken place.

Dragon Ball: Sparking Controversy! Zero, Bandai Namco's spiritual successor to the original Budokai Tenkaichi series.

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Even though the game doesn't feature the same level of co-op as fighting games like Street Fighter or Tekken, there is still some competition to be had. In the last tournament, the French tournament, players stopped fighting, instead choosing to fly around the map until time ran out. This infuriated the crowd, and the tournament commentators seemed to have given up on calling the game.

Fast forward to today, and the two players involved have now been suspended for violating the code of conduct. As a result, the third place winners were invited to a make-up competition. Not only the achievements of the two parties are in controversy, but the rules and management of the competition have also been targeted.

Fly me to the moon

First of all, it is important to remember that Bandai Namco discouraged the idea of Sparking Zero as any kind of sports title. In an interview with GamesRadar, producer Jun Furtani said of the anime fighter, that “it's not an esports game like FighterZ.” However, this did not prevent the competition as mentioned above from taking place.

One of the disqualified players is said to have asked if their strategy was legal or not. It is said that they did not receive an answer, so it was assumed that they were going to move on.

To make matters worse, in the Japanese tournament, the tactics that led to the banning of the original participants were also used. As of this writing, the player has not yet been banned, raising further questions about what is and is not applicable in a competitive environment.

It is not clear what procedures, if any, will be put in place. However, it is clear that if there is a competition, there must be more clarity, otherwise the players will end up in another situation similar to the one affecting society today.