Capcom unveils controversial esports Community License Agreement guidelines, and the FGC isn’t happy

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On February 28, Capcom announced a new set of guidelines for its Community License Agreement. While the intent seemed to be to make it easier for small-to-medium-sized community events to officially run Street Fighter V: Champion Edition, the result was quite the opposite. Going over these new guidelines, Capcom seems to have made an ultimatum for any events running its flagship game. That being our way or the highway. We will go over these changes below, as well as what local level tournament organizers have had to say about the changes.

First, we will go over the positives of these changes, as there is really only one. By agreeing to Capcom’s terms, all events now have an official outlet to legally run Street Fighter tournaments approved by Capcom. That’s good, but this is clearly a Faustian bargain, as the negatives greatly restrict and limit what tournament organizers can do. All events will now have a cap for the amount of their prize pools. Any event giving out over $10,000 in prizes a year must apply for a license to do so. While that might sound like a lot, the amount breaks down to $200 a week for weekly events. Considering the typical percentage breakdown for the top three players at any given local is typically 60/30/20, players are limited to $120, $60, and $20 for first, second, and third place respectively.

Now, most weekly events probably won’t hit that number every week. But most tournament circuits have larger events that take place a few times a year, or even larger regional events. This basically means that tournament circuits can run weekly events and no regionals, or the opposite. There isn’t enough wiggle room to do both in a way that makes it worth it for the players involved.

One other thing that