Eythavon

Considering that similar situations exist with other devices—for example, Logitech mice have macro functionality, yet Logitech mice themselves are not banned from competitive tournaments. Instead, what matters is whether the macro function is actually enabled or being used. I think this sets a very good precedent. A feature itself is neither inherently good nor bad; what matters is how you use it. Of course, I completely understand how complicated and time-consuming it can be for tournament organizers to inspect every device. So requiring controllers to use a dedicated tournament firmware in which these functions are completely unavailable before they can be used in competition also seems like a perfectly reasonable approach to me. I can also share some of my own experience leading product development. Originally, I wanted to build a controller purely as a competitive FPS peripheral. However, many players who play FPS games also play other types of games, and they do not want to buy another controller just for those games—especially when a single controller is already relatively expensive. Because of that, I was ultimately pushed to include features I originally did not want to add, such as vibration and gyroscope support. At the same time, I also knew that these features are unnecessary for FPS games, especially in competitive tournaments. That is why I decided to provide two separate firmware options: an FPS-focused firmware and a general-purpose gaming firmware.