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Is it legal to use X-Mouse Button Control?

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COBRA
Profile Joined November 2010
United States26 Posts
September 08 2011 05:57 GMT
#1
It is a program that I like to use to simply map CTRL and SHIFT to the buttons on my mouse since my mouse does not have software that is capable of doing this for me. No macros or anything. I just press the key to hold either CTRL or SHIFT (depending on which of the two mouse buttons I press) and release the key to release CTRL or SHIFT.

I am honestly just curious about this. Would it be legal to use in a tournament also?
SCPlato
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States249 Posts
September 08 2011 05:59 GMT
#2

Custom hotkeys do the same thing in principle, they are remapping hotkeys. I don't see why custom hotkeys are allowed yet that wouldn't be. Maybe because it is a third party program, but I think it would be ok. Thought I doubt MLG or tournaments like that would allow you to have programs running while you are playing like that just in case you try and cheat or w.e
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caradoc
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada3022 Posts
September 08 2011 06:00 GMT
#3
If you're just binding the control or shift key to a mouse button it's legal in terms of Blizzard's rules.

If you automate anything (i.e. any sequence of more than one key, or two simultaneous keystrokes, like ctrl-1) to a single button, its illegal.
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Itisis
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada79 Posts
September 08 2011 06:05 GMT
#4
On September 08 2011 15:00 caradoc wrote:
If you're just binding the control or shift key to a mouse button it's legal in terms of Blizzard's rules.

If you automate anything (i.e. any sequence of more than one key, or two simultaneous keystrokes, like ctrl-1) to a single button, its illegal.


Macros are allowed, but not in most tournaments
taLbuk
Profile Joined April 2010
Madagascar1879 Posts
September 08 2011 06:07 GMT
#5
1:1 binding is allowed, once you have one keystroke do more than ONE action, its considered against the ToS
Amui
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada10567 Posts
September 08 2011 06:08 GMT
#6
On September 08 2011 15:00 caradoc wrote:
If you're just binding the control or shift key to a mouse button it's legal in terms of Blizzard's rules.

If you automate anything (i.e. any sequence of more than one key, or two simultaneous keystrokes, like ctrl-1) to a single button, its illegal.


I believe that mapping multiple simultaneous keystrokes to one key is perfectly fine. You could just as easily rebind ctrl+1 to q if you so desired to achieve the same effect in the options menu. So long as all that is performed is one action, it's legal. The line is drawn where you cannot automate sequences.

You could bind q to set hotkey group 1, w to group 1, and e to build marines, and it would be perfectly fine. What you can't do is have a 3rd party program such that if you press w, it will select your barracks and build a marine, because that is 2 actions.
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Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27154 Posts
September 08 2011 06:08 GMT
#7
On September 08 2011 15:00 caradoc wrote:
If you're just binding the control or shift key to a mouse button it's legal in terms of Blizzard's rules.

If you automate anything (i.e. any sequence of more than one key, or two simultaneous keystrokes, like ctrl-1) to a single button, its illegal.


Case closed!
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