EPT[HDH2] Invited Players + Open Slots// Pre-Thread - Page 98
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Fluffy1
United States322 Posts
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HDstarcraft
United States577 Posts
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StorrZerg
United States13919 Posts
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yoshi_yoshi
United States440 Posts
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a_flayer
Netherlands2826 Posts
Blizzard demands full control of every single game of StarCraft II that is played. Ever. Hence Battle.net 0.2. Edit: Below someone is saying you break the law if you do not have a Blizzard license for a tournament. This is not the case. Blizzard WANTS you to think that, but it is simply not true. It is probably within their rights to ban your account from their servers if they don't like what you are doing, though. | ||
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bassbox
14 Posts
Oh, i didnt see the post above, at the time of my post. | ||
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urashimakt
United States1591 Posts
On September 09 2010 17:38 bassbox wrote: What's actually the difference, whether a tournament is licensed by Blizzard or not. Is it just, so you can call it an "official" tournament? If you hold a tournament without a Blizzard license, you are breaking the law. No exception. | ||
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Frankon
3054 Posts
HD and husky manage to get a blizzard approval for it during it. (it was all hectic way back then) Now they want to do everything right. | ||
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nam nam
Sweden4672 Posts
On September 09 2010 17:38 bassbox wrote: What's actually the difference, whether a tournament is licensed by Blizzard or not. Is it just, so you can call it an "official" tournament? Oh, i didnt see the post above, at the time of my post. If you hold a unlicensed tournament that blizzard doesn't like, you are screwed. Well, in most cases you'd probably be fine. | ||
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dcemuser
United States3248 Posts
On September 09 2010 17:40 urashimakt wrote: If you hold a tournament without a Blizzard license, you are breaking the law. No exception. Blizzard can force-cancel any unlicensed tournament. The approval process is near instant for small tournaments with low prize pools. The larger the player set (like this) and the larger the prize pool, the longer it can get. | ||
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WarChimp
Australia943 Posts
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nam nam
Sweden4672 Posts
On September 09 2010 18:37 WarChimp wrote: This licensing thing is a bit silly from Blizzard.... I can understand for massive tournaments like GSL but small time tournaments? Silly... Most likely it's just to protect their brand name. If you host a small time tournament that is sponsored/promoted by a Neo-Nazi company or something like that, they probably want to have the right to put a stop to that. | ||
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iD.NicKy
France767 Posts
anyway good pool of players ! | ||
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PanzerDragoon
United States822 Posts
On September 09 2010 17:33 a_flayer wrote: Any tournament requires a license from Blizzard. Even if you hold a tournament between 4 friends you would technically need a license. Especially if 4 of your other friends watch in on livestream. Blizzard demands full control of every single game of StarCraft II that is played. Ever. Hence Battle.net 0.2. Edit: Below someone is saying you break the law if you do not have a Blizzard license for a tournament. This is not the case. Blizzard WANTS you to think that, but it is simply not true. It is probably within their rights to ban your account from their servers if they don't like what you are doing, though. Pretty sure if you charge for it, or advertise it or show an advertised video stream, they can take legal action against you. Its like what happens if a bar shows the Super Bowl without paying the NFL compensation | ||
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PanzerDragoon
United States822 Posts
On September 09 2010 18:37 WarChimp wrote: This licensing thing is a bit silly from Blizzard.... I can understand for massive tournaments like GSL but small time tournaments? Silly... this really isn't Small time, its got like 60 of the best players in the world, hosted by 2 of the most popular casters in the US, sponsored by TLAF, with a prize pool in the thousands.... | ||
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Dookie1
United States70 Posts
this is probably going to be the best tourney to watch since it has a lot of the best players in the world GSL is big but it is mostly koreans and korean clans like prime ogs and werra, this has a lot more variety i think | ||
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Bhaalgorn
Slovenia214 Posts
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Nilaus
Denmark159 Posts
On September 09 2010 17:14 HDstarcraft wrote: Hey guys, just posted an update with regards to the tournament. What an exceptionally good move that is! I was getting kind of worried about this tournament, considering how long time it has been under way. Hopefully the hype can pick back up when you get the deal signed with Blizzard. | ||
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crappen
Norway1546 Posts
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Bullet
United States280 Posts
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