This is a laughable decision. I'm very sad...this decision, when combined with the ever-increasing power creep and shrinking top-tier list, have finally pushed me over the edge. I'm not willing to sink any more money into a game where 90% of the things I pull are going to be useless, and now on top of that, some of the things will be outright outlawed from play.

I'll see what I can get out of my rares, but enjoy your game post-ban. I'm out.

A community can be destroyed over issues like this. The point of the game is to have fun. It's no fun when there is division. The decision has been made--time to get back to having fun.

Why?

Look we all know it is beating a dead bantha right now but hes is what you should worrie about

when they start to ban figs the game starts to go down the tubes

they did this with magic it go so bad one year they preposed to ban blue mana

I must have the wrong job, with all the whining you guys do back and forth over who's right or wrong, how do you even find the time to play? I have a hard enough time finding playing time let alone arguing over an issue that only effects DCI play!! Man I need to become a teacher or a pastor or something!! Seriously though most of you nay sayers are not DCI players! If you are then you are missing a lot of the point of the game. I honestly could care less if he is banned or not but I am so sick and tired of this issue I had to say something! Grow up all of you! This is a game, play it the way you want. If you want a highly structured set of rules with a bunch of uptight "know everythings" play DCI(sorry guys I have played quite a few games over the years and that is the way it is with most highly competitive players in the sanctioned events, some of you even make your living this way which is fine by me so you need to know the rules and follow every change), if you want a fun casual game dont!!! it is that simple. I have not scene one good arguement why he shouldn't be banned in DCI PLAY, you can't have the other side take you seriously when you begin acting like little kids. Sorry guys that is how I see it!
This has become like putting a christian, mormon, jehovah's witness, and catholic in the same room and expecting them to agree about religion before they can leave the room. Then when they agree to disagree, because NONE of the could possibly be WRONG, adding an aethiest to the room to just stir the pot some more!! GOOD GRIEF!!!

could you tell us why?

I did not really want to get into this, but I noticed that a lot of people want errata instead. I know from personal experiance that errata destroys games. Axis & Allies miniatures did this often, and it was horrible. First, it just started out with the SS Panzergrenadier and the US Rangers being recosted to make them more balanced. Then, they came out with an entire set based upon a scale change and recosting of old figures. It was horrible, half of your collection was useless because of the new set. Then, they released platoon cards that made units cheaper if you used them with certian other units. This was a round-about way of errataing the cost of old figures. They subsequently stopped supporting platoon cards. Then, finally, they made the ultimate mistake. They errataed hundreds of cards and released them in PDF form so you had to print them out yourself. These new erratas made the soldiers in each faction practically carbon copies of each other to "even the playing field", thus destroying flavor in the game. I would hate to see that happen to Star Wars Miniatures, and would much rather see a figure temporarily banned in DCI until the game catches up to him. Errata should be reserved for honest printing errors, not fixes for competitive play. If not, it is like putting a bandaid on an arterial wound. It does little to help the problem, you have to keep adding more constantly, and in the end all you end up with is a dead patient (game) and a bloody mess. I think a relatively hands off approach should be taken, the game generally takes care of itself. Examples: Jedi Weapon Master, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Boba Fett Bounty Hunter. When you mettle, that self-sufficient quality disappears. The problem is that **** was simply too much for the game to handle. Something had to be done. We will see **** again, but not now.