Out of nowhere, DreamHack Atlanta 2018 has made the decision to cancel its Dragon Ball FighterZ event. Seeing how DHATL is set for Nov. 16th-18th, the suddenness of the announcement is understandably bizarre and frustrating for anyone that may have gone just for DBFZ.
I regret to inform those registered for DBFZ at #DHATL18 in a few weeks that we will no longer be able to host a tournament for it. Please see my statement below that I have emailed out to those signed up through https://t.co/doletRas1E already. pic.twitter.com/zPn98HT0lB
— Jebailey
#DHATL18 (@CEOJebailey) November 3, 2018
Wow we don’t know what the reasoning was for canceling the event, FGC Director of DreamHack Jebailey insists that it had nothing to do with the number of signups:
I would never cancel any tournament at an event because of entry numbers. I can't publicly speak on exact reasons.
— Jebailey
It’s easy to believe Jebailey here considering there are other games that, at the time of this writing — such as Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, and Tekken 7 — with fewer entrants than what DBFZ had when cancelled. Based off the tweet above, it sounds like there might be a legal constraint — which could mean, for speculative example, licensing issues. Unless DHATL releases a statement, though, this will remain a mystery as to why just DBFZ was targeted for cancellation.
Source: CEOJebailey