Afaik, remapping keys is never legal in tournament situations and high level competitive play, and is most likely illegal on iccup too (or at least considered unfair/dishonorable if not outright banned).

Day[9]

United States7366 Posts

January 24 2010 06:47 GMT

key remapping was legal at all the WCGs I went to (including grand finals)

puppykiller

United States3126 Posts

January 24 2010 06:49 GMT

Koreans are cleearly not allowed to or all of them would do it. I assume that it isn't allowed, but there might not be any set rules yet that restrict hotkey reprogramming.

Of course, unless you played at a live event, no one could ever catch you so it would be easy to get away with.

It is extemely unsportsmanly to give oneself such an advatage, so in order to preserve integrity, I would not reccomend it.

EDIT: whoah it is legal? does anyone know any high level gamers that do it?

Whiplash

United States2928 Posts

January 24 2010 06:51 GMT

#10

Its more of a convenience and play style then atv, SC2 will have it so why not be ready for it anyway?

mmp

United States2130 Posts

January 24 2010 06:52 GMT

#11

How will anyone know if you remap your keys? If it can't be enforced, it's a meaningless rule.

Only at LANs can this sort of thing be checked.

Aux

United States78 Posts

January 24 2010 06:54 GMT

#12

Well I wouldn't want to have an unfair advantage at someone else's expense.

Aux

United States78 Posts

January 24 2010 06:54 GMT

#13

But then again, I do want to prepare for SC2.

Aux

United States78 Posts

January 24 2010 07:00 GMT

#14

So I take it that they're legal?

Vedic

United States582 Posts

January 24 2010 07:04 GMT

#15

It's more of an unspoken rule that people don't remap, but I wouldn't worry about it.

Jarvs

Australia639 Posts

January 24 2010 07:07 GMT

#16

It should definitely be legal.

I play with customkeys for War3, and while it is a bitch to install at LAN events (need to paste a .txt file in to the root directory), it is totally legal.

thopol

Japan4560 Posts

January 24 2010 07:08 GMT

#17

On January 24 2010 15:47 Day[9] wrote:
key remapping was legal at all the WCGs I went to (including grand finals)

Oh shit, I'm all kinds of wrong.

SuperKiller

United States97 Posts

January 24 2010 07:09 GMT

#18

speaking of, I wonder why nobody made a program to remap keys easily. I remember seeing how it was done years ago, but haven't seen anything since.

If it was more widespread, I don't see why it would be a problem.

zfr

Australia70 Posts

January 24 2010 07:10 GMT

#19

I'm pretty sure blizzard officially said they would not have key remapping on release.

edit
found mixed info.. lol so yeah not sure about this