As you may or may not know, the fighting game created by Arc System Works, and licensed by Toei by the name of DragonBall Fighterz, has been pulled from multiple, highly publicised tournaments due to "unforseen circumstances".





It doesn't take a detective to conclude that these circumstances are the meddling of a corporation worried more about lining their pockets short term, than they are about growing a fanbase, and maintaining future success via this increased consumer base.





Arcsys has a history of producing and supporting prominent games in the fgc, and Bandai has been nothing but supportive, going so far as to personally contact and offer support to premier players of dbfz, including recent Evo champion sonicfox5000, who recently recieved a thank you package for being such a fantastic representative and ambassador of the community as seen in this tweet: https://twitter.com/BandaiNamcoUS/status/1076203938385252352?s=19





Despite this support from the games developers, Dragonball fighterz has been removed from 4 big events recently without any explanation.



Dreamhack Atlanta was supposed to host a large dbfz tournament, but was cancelled with little notice due to licensing issues



Bcf (Body count fighting) was muchof the same.



Most recently we've had even bigger events such as Evo japan being told they weren't allowed to host dbfz, and just a few days ago, we were informed that Anime Ascension would also be unable to host their planned dbfz tournament due to licensing issues.





The licensing issues all lead back to 1 source, Toei, the license holder for the Dragonball franchise.



This company appears to be so hell bent on making a short termtprofit off of the already not very well off Fighting game sub genre of e sports, that it's willing to let the current priemier game die off completely if they aren't compensated in a manner that would harm the entire core of the fighting game community.



By signing this petition, I'm hoping we can bring to Toei's attention the fact that this game is something special, and something the fgc plans to grow with, and support long-term. By killing such a promising game off this early in its life, Toei are guarenteeing a lack of growth from this large section of potential consumers.



There will be no more pro players if sponsors are unhappy with a lack of exposure in the game they play..that combined with zero prize pool tournaments mean that the top players will migrate in order to maintain their livelihood/sponsorships.



If you believe Toei should loosen their grip on the Dragonball license, so that a quickly developing gaming community can grow even further, and bring on even more fighting game, and Dragonball fans, then please sign this petition, and let our voices be heard.