I recall alot of matches were played on HOME at the GVN Summer Jam pre-release tournament and I haven't heard anyone complain so far. In fact, I'm pretty sure a certain crowd within the FGC would actually prefer playing in it.
IMO, what has to be looked at are stages that might give an...
I just want a DLC unlock for all the locked characters (like what BlazBlue CS did for Mu-12). Makes tournament easier to run when you don't have to manually unlock the Gen Fu, the VF characters and Alpha.
Just avoid going for combos that put your opponents in critical stun. This is the only point where they can counter you mid combo. Think of it like TACs in Marvel 3.
Yes, I'm wondering the same thing. If it's techable, why ban it. Then again, I come from a 2D, SF background and we've never banned any combo save for stuff that actually glitched/crashed the game no matter how "cheap" they seemed (Sean/Ibuki touch of deaths in SF3:2I, Makoto's TOD in 3rd...