SC2Mapster

Actully you can, in a way, the same way I can play wow on one. Download a program that lets you see and control your pc on your tablet, works like a charm =p

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@lotsofcolors: Go

There was one mod that thought there may have been some kind of tampering. The poll was removed because of this suspicion. We have confirmed that suspicion to be false, however. There has been no "shady business" at any point.

Perhaps we can make a new poll, advertise it on the news to get a lot of votes, and see where it takes us? I have nothing against battle planets, by the way. I haven't payed too much attention to this thread untill now.

@IliIilI: Go

"I think that if you change the map name or the mode of a map, its popularity gets reset."

Which is why we won't be changing that.

dear god... he removed he due to the trolling option #3

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@SouLCarveRR: Go

I think you should remove the 'sues" part, since the original author will neither know nor care. Only reason blizzard cares now is because they force us to host on their servers, so if anything happens THEY are liable, not us. If, in the 1 in a trillion chance the original author did decide to sue, it'd be blizzard they sued, not you. Since it was hosted on blizzards server. That's why they're nazis when it comes to stuff like that. On SC and WC3 the maps were hosted peer to peer, so blizzard wasn't liable for the content. It could be as offensive or illegal as it wanted to be, it wasn't blizzards problem. I miss that system.

umm they could still sue you if they really wanted to, and if they sued blizzard, blizzard would then have legal reason to sue you for the loses. Though I agree I dont see any sueing happening at all.. he shouldnt removed it as it is "allowed" to happen.

Quote from lotsofcolors: Go

Is there no way mods can see who voted in the poll? Why is there the thought that just because my map was winning it was because of 'shady business'? Is it so impossible to think that some people might actually enjoy my map? There have been tournaments for it, after all.

drop this whole shaddy business stuff... its over,.. noone thinks that

Quote from SouLCarveRR: Go

Basically If you have a question regarding blizzards stance on you using additional assets then ask your self these couple of questions Is the asset owned by blizzard? - Then yes you can use them in your map. Is the asset a copyright protected item owned by someone else other then blizzard or yourself, and the owner has not publicly stated that the asset is available for public use? - Then you may not use said asset since its illegal. You could use it and get away with it.... but if the author of the asset sues you then ... your map will be removed and you may find yourself very broke.. Is the asset copyright protected under some kind of public domain use or GPL license scheme? - Then yes you may use it as long as you adhere to the license agreement.

exactly whats been said here, should answer any questions you have on it.

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@Molsterr: Go

No they didn't. They even spotlighted a map that used them. I can't remember a single time Blizzard prevented the use of resources from other games (proof: think of DotA's sounds).

Yes it is indeed what they said. I know what ended up in games. But I also know what blizzard had stated tyvm. We had a talk about this a long time ago as a sc2 community, and one of the things that was brought up was blizzards stance on wow models in wc3

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@Molsterr: Go

Stupid question - but just in case. What about public domain assets? Or copyrighted assets, such as ones under this copyright http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (CC-BY 3.0)

Although made by other authors and/or copyrighted, they are free to be distributed and sold commercially. Would this be ok too?

(Under CC-BY 3.0, you just need to credit the author)

yeah, when I say copyrighted, im referring to things copyrighted by companies..and not the free creative commons thing.

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i doubt they'd care and i doubt you'd get in trouble for a free map atleast if the custom marketplace ever comes out you will never be able to sell a map using assets striped from another game.

but otherwise it's fine. seen this alot. many starcraft 2 models are used in hon as user made custom skins. hydralisk for slither and roach for parasite

actually most maps that use other games' licensed items have been removed once reported. Maps have been removed for use the TF2 sounds for example...

I like the mousepad they have. but its so unpractical...as you would still be using a mouse...and never should be looking at your keyboard to see that display to begin with.

Quote from Lonami: Go

I think they said they didn't like us using WoW models.

The answer in that case is to upload them elsewhere (which works for single player maps only).

you have it backwards, they said it is ok. [it was in wc3 they said they didnt want wow models.]

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I have no idea what's happening here and I'm gonna steer clear of it, just want to say this; xSun and Sandtrout are indeed two different people and they've both got good reason to vote Battle Planets - they played this map with me before Map of the Week was even going on, iirc.

mozard....all that was taken care of... and the posts deleted... silly moz.

Quote from Lonami: Go

I guess it will be portraits+decals. Expect something weird. Last year it was a murloc marine portrait, a murloc skull decal and a shell decal.

I don't think it would be fair to give new models with BlizzCon. The CE, in the other hand, is ok.

@EternalWraith: Go

Previous ones were worse.

True story.

There would be nothing wrong with given a new model... It's something you can actully see... And it's a lot more enjoyable than the crap from last year

And I'm sick of the murloc pets. I <3 my mount with the murlock on it

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@Molsterr: Go

It's SO going to be an avatar and/or decal.

Uggg I know it will be... But deep down I'm really holding for model reskins... Anyone look on the ptr for hidden models yet? He'll even new decals...unless they plan to do ANOTHER patch (which I Don't think they would in 2 months when this is still on ptr) the "gifts" should already be in

But the good that comes from it outways the few that would use it for banlists. and they really cant blocking "losing the game" triggers.

we'll just have to see what happens with it I guess.

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I noticed. I was expressing disappointment that there was no 2011 custom map contest.

Yeah I know.. but i got confused cause I said "I didnt know of another" and then you linked the one from 2010.. maken me think there was one..

but though I would like to see one... I think its good they didnt, this year a lot of people are working on their own maps... plus I think they have a lot more going on this year at blizzcon. but like I said, I think when we get the EXP will get another one for sure.

thats from 2010.... the very first contest they did for this. It was their way of getting people into the editor and getting people to really see what they can push out. We will probably get another one like that for blizzcon when the exp comes out.