Competitive Gaming Thread

[Tellis]

How does this work considering the three different versions of the game? Is there an agreed upon version that's standard for competitive play? Are the guest characters simply not allowed to be utilized? What happens when a Link main is set against a Spawn main?

No clue about "official" standards (if any), but everyone on my campus who plays does the Gamecube version. Just as well, since I play Link.

Officially, Soul Calibur II's Arcade version is played in tournaments I think. If using the console version, I think the console exclusive characters like Link, Spawn, and Heihachi are banned.  I think Necrid is banned too???

I could have sworn I replied to this question before but I guess not! Huh. Maybe it was a different thread? Deja vu? Eaten post?

Anyway, that's not actually true now that Soul Calibur II HD exists. Well, actually, the bit about the arcade versions being used wasn't even true except for before the console versions were released. Soul Calibur II (and the rest of the series, actually) has had an interesting history with banning characters and you can read all the gritty details of that here. It's also a good read if you want a look into what it's like running/participating in a competitive gaming community!

For the short answer, though, currently the Soul Calibur community plays both SCV and SCIIHD. The issue of characters is solved by the fact that both Heihachi and Spawn are available in it. No Link but he was a bad low tier character and nobody liked him except massive scrubs. Necrid's hella broken tho, so like... yeah he's banned still. To be clear though, he's not banned because he's console exclusive, he's broken because he's console exclusive (no balance testing from arcade play) and THAT'S why he's banned. Hope that clears things up.