According to this Link, Shinnok (All Variations),Goro, Ermac (Spectral), and Kitana are banned in Tournaments.
cup.mortalkombat.com/uk/prize-rules/
My Friend Sayed Hashim won a tournament in Bahrain which is being sponsored by Warner Bros and the TOP 4 will qualify for a tournament in Dubai and the winner in Dubai will qualify to Paris and the winner in Paris to EVO 2015. and by using various character (Sub-Zero,Jax,Scorpion and Ferra/Torr for lolz) but his primary main is Shinnok, the tournament organizers had no idea what to do and they said that Shinnok is banned because he can do more than 40% combos ... i literally dropped on the floor laughing when i heard him say it. i know Shinnok is not Banned in the US and Europe, but why is he banned in the Dubai tournament.
can someone send this to Ed Boon to fix it.
Sorry for the Bad English