Since Valve is competing with Blizzard I doubt they'll reuse an idea fetched by the competition... Sadly, I doubt we'll ever see something like this, but teams are already placing such logos on the maps anyway (note GSL for example) so it's not an insanely big issue, especially since Blizzard is already letting us use tournament maps in ladder pool.

Eatme

Switzerland3919 Posts

June 24 2012 19:19 GMT

#82

If it's done in a tasteful way I'm all for it. Dont know how it should be implemented in an optimal way so we dont get people with huge cocks on their Command Centre.

NeMeSiS3

Canada2972 Posts

June 24 2012 19:22 GMT

#83

On June 25 2012 04:19 Eatme wrote:
If it's done in a tasteful way I'm all for it. Dont know how it should be implemented in an optimal way so we dont get people with huge cocks on their Command Centre.

Lol, I think it's mainly for tournament organizers : D imagine a spire.

fire_brand

Canada1123 Posts

June 24 2012 19:30 GMT

#84

I think if you allowed this people all over the ladder would just have penises and tits on all their banners.

Zocat

Germany2229 Posts

June 24 2012 19:31 GMT

#85

On June 25 2012 02:17 Kuni wrote:
Make an option to toggle it on/off, so tournaments etc. are able to use logos for sponsors etc. as they desire. EzPz

This.

Wasnt there a discussion about the MLG shirt? Because some tournament sponsors werent too happy with players showing their teamsponsors on their shirts (and therefore on stream?).
Why would it be any different ingame? A tournament sponsored by Razer but every team in the final is sponsored by steelseries - so the steelseries exposure would be higher compared to the Razer one. Not sure if Razer would be too happy about it (since they're competing for the same market).

Appendix

Sweden979 Posts

June 24 2012 19:31 GMT

#86

On June 25 2012 04:22 NeMeSiS3 wrote:

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Lol, I think it's mainly for tournament organizers : D imagine a spire.

Is this where we start linking the zerg is female feminist article?

NeMeSiS3

Canada2972 Posts

June 24 2012 19:32 GMT

#87

On June 25 2012 04:31 Appendix wrote:

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Is this where we start linking the zerg is female feminist article?

? Don't get it.

onlinerobbe

Germany547 Posts

June 24 2012 19:41 GMT

#88

allowing self-made decals (like spray logos in cs) should be fine, then every team can create their own if they want to have one

ps. maybe this has been said before here but I can't read the whole thread right now

zhurai

United States5660 Posts

June 24 2012 19:43 GMT

#89

I don't agree with ingame team logos on the map

I agree with sponsor images however

also ^ yeah decals would be nice though, probably should plug into the clan feature once/if they implement it.... >_>

ShatterZer0

United States1843 Posts

June 24 2012 19:44 GMT

#90

Microtransactions plox. Seriously, why can't team logo decals get put on during tournament games? It'd only help/look awesome!

I do remember a similar thread where the OP actually made them for in game use...

Kipsate

Netherlands45349 Posts

June 24 2012 19:59 GMT

#91

EG is currently playing and running with this

not bad but it is sorta hard to see the sponsor logos(when there are so many of them)

Wihl

Sweden472 Posts

June 24 2012 20:00 GMT

#92

Having signs ingame with the different logos is a nice idea (think of the iPistol ad that runs on some of the billboards ingame). But there's a lot to think about, such as:

Which sponsor is your main sponsor?
How much exposure should each sponsor get?
Must all maps have the same amount of billboards?
Where will they be displayed?
How is this supposed to work in a tournament setting where there might be dozens of people using the same computer?
Will these logotypes be attached to the replays as well?
What rules are there for the ads? Static? Motion? Will rapid blinking be allowed?
How do players add the sponsors?
What about old games, what happens when a team changes their main sponsor and the vast majority of the replays on their site feature ads from their main competitor?
Who is a "pro" that is allowed to use the ads feature? Is everyone allowed to use them, if so there will be goatse everywhere.

etc, etc.

Balgrog

United States1221 Posts

June 24 2012 20:06 GMT

#93

I think this is the next big step in esports, especially from a sponsorship point of view. I think how this could be best used is if someone there is a spectator mode that only in that mode do the logos and everything appear, that way actual gameplay is unaffected.

NeMeSiS3

Canada2972 Posts

June 24 2012 20:12 GMT

#94

A step up would be making it so protoss/terran/zerg units got EG embllems on their uniform (or pro teams)... That would sure as hell go "yo valve, look at we got" : D

Just like a tiny symbol, that only pro teams can have (like a shoulder patch on a marine)

Maxd11

United States680 Posts

June 24 2012 20:13 GMT

#95

I think this sounds like a cool idea. Pro teams should get portraits with their team symbol on it so you know it's the real player on ladder (if they want). As far as building these types of things into maps I guess it's okay as long as it's not too intrusive.

Derez

Netherlands6068 Posts

June 24 2012 20:17 GMT

#96

I think its a terrible idea that clutters up the screen even more than some of the terrible maps doodads already do (spaceshark anyone?). It's just gonna end up as additional sponsor messages, but instead of only intruding in the command box they'll now be in more places.

I wouldn't waste any time on it if I were blizzard, and I don't see why anyone is excited about more ads.

FeyFey

Germany10114 Posts

June 24 2012 20:35 GMT

#97

yes what a victory for esport, which wasn't there before. Not even on warcraft 3 maps ... (or dawn of war)
Also easy to do with the galaxy editor. If people(tournaments) don't bother with it, why should Blizzard (who actually showed on meta an example, i gun anyone ?).
I mean you can fix the colors on the player spot. Player 1 = red, Player 2 = yellows. And the colors would decide which banner is shown. Rest would be copy paste on every map.
Observer could decide what commercials will run on the screens, by choosing his color lol.

Really hate when people sell something as a first timer, when they just stole the idea. Not that valve itself says it wasn't done before.

teddyoojo

Germany22369 Posts

June 24 2012 20:37 GMT

#98

On June 25 2012 02:05 GhandiEAGLE wrote:
Once again Valve zooms ahead of Blizzard. :/

valve is miles ahead of blizzard in terms of not fucking their customers over and over again

Restrider

Germany129 Posts

June 24 2012 20:46 GMT

#99

The idea itself does not sound bad. But I think the examples shown (e.g. lambda symbol) are problematic, since this symbol could cause copyright issues.
So, if they implement something like that, they would have to have some kind of pre-set icons/decals you can choose (like in WoW Arena-Teams and Guilds) or they would have to check the uploaded decals/icons.

Edit: Of course I realize that the lambda symbol originates from the Half-Life series, of which Valve holds the copyrights (so no problem with this example).

TheChostoProject

Mexico96 Posts

June 24 2012 21:11 GMT

#100

Oh yes.

Can't wait to spam porn "logos".