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Should SC2 have In-game Team Logos/Banners?

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Archerofaiur
Profile Joined August 2008
United States4101 Posts
June 24 2012 15:07 GMT
#1
This week Valve announced that they would be introducing a new feature that allows professional teams to have in-game logos and banners for tournaments (http://blog.dota2.com/2012/06/did-you-see-that-kill/). Already some in the esports community are praising this as an esports victory (http://esportsbusiness.com/valve-show-developers-how-to-support-esports-with-dota-2/).

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Poll: Should SC2 have In-game Team Logos/Banners?

Yes (527)
 
87%

No (82)
 
13%

609 total votes

Your vote: Should SC2 have In-game Team Logos/Banners?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No






Im torn on this, on one hand team branding potentially offers tournament move revenue which allows them to provide more content free to the fans. However, I think of in-game advertisements as the slipperiest of slopes. I dont wanna see McDonald golden arches on my siege tank any time soon. So let me know what you guys think, is this a huge step forward for esports or more corporate invasion of our beloved past-time?

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NemesysTV
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States1088 Posts
June 24 2012 15:08 GMT
#2
Maybe allowing it as a decal or an icon of it on the loading screen would be nice
EvilDet
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany130 Posts
June 24 2012 15:11 GMT
#3
I think it would be great to see the team's logos being implemented into the game (e.g. as the decals surrounding your buildings), but it would be kinda hard to reach every team's satisfaction, because there are so many teams out there.
Monochromatic
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States997 Posts
June 24 2012 15:14 GMT
#4
On June 25 2012 00:07 Archerofaiur wrote:I dont wanna see McDonald golden arches on my siege tank any time soon.


I think you sum up my problem with this best with that statement. I can see a lot of potential for this to be abused. It is a interesting concept, but what will happen with it on the fog of war and such? If this were to be implemented, I think that blizzard would have to make this well thought out.
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Aterons_toss
Profile Joined February 2011
Romania1275 Posts
June 24 2012 15:15 GMT
#5
Maybe decals... that would be fine.
Also on the loading screen and maybe somewhere on the map where its not distasteful ( say instead of the "I Pistol" advertisement or what not )
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NOOBALOPSE
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada802 Posts
June 24 2012 15:18 GMT
#6
On June 25 2012 00:08 NemesysTV wrote:
Maybe allowing it as a decal or an icon of it on the loading screen would be nice

Excellent idea!
Also, I think they could make your HUD on the bottom (or whatever you wanna call it) customizable, so that way teams would have an easier time making overlays.
SomeONEx
Profile Joined April 2011
Sweden641 Posts
June 24 2012 15:19 GMT
#7
As long as it is team logos and such, I am all for it. But, of course it would probably be exploited to a point where I will change my mind TT
Anything that "helps" clan-support and similar stuff (making Starcraft 2 a bit less ghostly on the social side, meaning that you ladder, say gl hf and then don't really talk until you gg or gl hf'ing your next opponent) I whole-heartily support, and this could be a good step towards clan-support, even though it most likely will be bad in the end
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NOOBALOPSE
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada802 Posts
June 24 2012 15:19 GMT
#8
On June 25 2012 00:15 Aterons_toss wrote:
Maybe decals... that would be fine.
Also on the loading screen and maybe somewhere on the map where its not distasteful ( say instead of the "I Pistol" advertisement or what not )

Ahahahahahahaha
I'm pretty sure there's a Day9 Daily where he saw that and started laughing his ass off. I think it was on Metropolis or Metalopolis? hmm...
teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-24 15:22:06
June 24 2012 15:20 GMT
#9
warcraft 3 always had banners from the tournament in them
but lets be honest, there is NO chance of blizzard implementing it or allowing it in a way like dota2 or wc3
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caradoc
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada3022 Posts
June 24 2012 15:21 GMT
#10
Honestly, implemented well this would be pretty cool.
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RyanRushia
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2748 Posts
June 24 2012 15:25 GMT
#11
i liked in WC3 how tournaments had banners/designs throughout the map, would be cool to hvae htem for teams/tournaments in sc2!
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Drium
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States888 Posts
June 24 2012 15:31 GMT
#12
It's already possible to have "McDonald golden arches" in sc2 maps by just drawing them on the map. Several bw maps had the shinhan bank logo on them.

As for team logos I really don't see a good way that it could be implemented, but it would be cool.
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Champloo
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany1850 Posts
June 24 2012 15:33 GMT
#13
Wait, is this not doable in SC2 atm with the map editor? It sure worked in Warcraft 3 and I thought it was very annoying.

There's already enough space for advertising on all the overlays, no need to put them into the game too.
Nabes
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada1800 Posts
June 24 2012 15:36 GMT
#14
as long as it doesn't distract much from the game, sure.
TheWorldToCome
Profile Joined January 2012
United States452 Posts
June 24 2012 15:37 GMT
#15
It clutters the screen too much, I think the overlays serve this purpose anyways.

My vote is no.
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emythrel
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United Kingdom2599 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-24 15:38:14
June 24 2012 15:38 GMT
#16
well there is nothing stopping map makers from putting in branding, GSL already do this. There are GSL decals on some of their maps, i'm sure i've seen them. Also MLG/GSL etc can have their logo's on the loading screen, MLG already do this for their versions of the maps.

I think allowing teams to have their logo as their decal would be cool, but allowing sponsors etc to have ads on the map.... no. We already have them showing on overlays and sponsor ad spots running between games... no more please, next we will be stopping the game every 3 minutes for a commercial like in handegg!!!
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Virtue
Profile Joined July 2010
United States318 Posts
June 24 2012 15:41 GMT
#17
We need freaking clan support first! Banners would be great and decals on the units would be cool too for pro teams, but they haven't even cared enough to put support for making and managing clans in the game yet. Unless some tournament pays them money to add this feature, I don't think they will do it anytime before Legacy of the Void
Maiden UK
Profile Joined November 2011
England61 Posts
June 24 2012 15:52 GMT
#18
I don't see why having the decals that are on units or around hatcheries etc couldn't be team logos - although maybe Blizz would have to manually give them to team members somehow so that there are no shenanigans...
Fueled
Profile Joined October 2011
United States1610 Posts
June 24 2012 15:55 GMT
#19
You know whats funny? I'm watching the Real Talk with Totalbiscuit and I just finished the part where they were talking about this.

Personally, I'm in favor of them adding something like this. It helps sponsors, teams, players, etc... Plus it will bring even more sponsors in.
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Gosi
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Sweden9072 Posts
June 24 2012 16:00 GMT
#20
I like it but I don't want it. At first it's just team logos, but after a while if possible we will see a tournament like MLG fill the map terrain with MLG, DR PEPPER, NOS and shit like that.
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Josh_rakoons
Profile Joined December 2011
United Kingdom1158 Posts
June 24 2012 16:00 GMT
#21
Totalbiscuit said that he is developing something for this.
Fueled
Profile Joined October 2011
United States1610 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-24 16:03:41
June 24 2012 16:01 GMT
#22
On June 25 2012 00:41 Virtue wrote:
We need freaking clan support first! Banners would be great and decals on the units would be cool too for pro teams, but they haven't even cared enough to put support for making and managing clans in the game yet. Unless some tournament pays them money to add this feature, I don't think they will do it anytime before Legacy of the Void

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Multiplayer replay viewing


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Fueled
Profile Joined October 2011
United States1610 Posts
June 24 2012 16:02 GMT
#23
On June 25 2012 01:00 Josh_rakoons wrote:
Totalbiscuit said that he is developing something for this.

Ya he's making the player banners have all their sponsors on it.
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TzTz
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany511 Posts
June 24 2012 16:05 GMT
#24
With the decals being added to the game since beta I always wondered why this wasn't one of the first things they introduced, because showing clan tags on them would be THE obvius thing you can do with it...
Cuce
Profile Joined March 2011
Turkey1127 Posts
June 24 2012 16:07 GMT
#25
I never liked this thing in wc3.

cluttered with compeletly non-art direction related stuff..
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Doublemint
Profile Joined July 2011
Austria8516 Posts
June 24 2012 16:09 GMT
#26
I am quite in favor if they are not too intrusive and implemented intelligently.

As already mentioned wc3 had something similar already and it was fine(apart from the 1000 different variations of the same map... )
bluQ
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Germany1724 Posts
June 24 2012 16:10 GMT
#27
You should edit the vote and add a 3rd option "In another way as suggested".
I would love to see that you could have TeamLogos as your Playerlogo but not ingame (and I think blizzard wouldnt like it either )
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RolleMcKnolle
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany1054 Posts
June 24 2012 16:15 GMT
#28
They had this kind of in Dawn of War 1. Where you could give your units and buildings logos and decals. But it quite often ended in people painting swastikas all around the map. I don't think it is really useful and if then only with restricted access for few people...
MaBe
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States97 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-24 16:21:02
June 24 2012 16:17 GMT
#29
In American Football they don't clutter the playing field with ads, they line the walls surrounding the field with them. For team representation they have a logo in the middle 50yrd line and the name "Giants" on each side in front of the goal lines. This is only apparent with the home team's playing field. SC2 has no home team playing field, unless you count your spawn as such. If team representation were to be implemented in SC it could have an icon in the middle of the map, but who's team gets to be the middle? And why?

The only thing I can find feasible would be to, like most others said, represent them on the loading screen. It doesn't interfere with the playing field and easily implemented.

Just read the post above me and yeah having team logos as your player icon or avatar whatever they call it would be a good idea. That way you can also represent your favorite team while playing. Maybe someone would try harder to beat an EG fan if they were a TL fan.
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Strabismus
Profile Joined July 2011
United Kingdom65 Posts
June 24 2012 16:18 GMT
#30
I think they should and I think it's do-able. It would definitely attract more sponsors and add some eSport flash
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ArcticRaven
Profile Joined August 2011
France1406 Posts
June 24 2012 16:25 GMT
#31
On June 25 2012 01:00 Gosi wrote:
I like it but I don't want it. At first it's just team logos, but after a while if possible we will see a tournament like MLG fill the map terrain with MLG, DR PEPPER, NOS and shit like that.


Well. GSL already has GSL decals on say, Metropolis for example. Don't know if they're on ladder thou D:
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Catatonic
Profile Joined August 2011
United States699 Posts
June 24 2012 16:33 GMT
#32
I think it would a be a good idea if that could be implemented as like decals on units and like the symbols on the ground for a zerg and such. The flags might just be a little overkill but who knows im sure if they were put in with flags Blizzard could probably find ways to make it look natural though who knows. As people have said as long as it's teams only then yes it would be a great idea but if it started going to like McDonalds and Mountain Dew (Which I do love lol) then no it would be an absolutely horrible idea.
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usethis2
Profile Joined December 2010
2164 Posts
June 24 2012 16:35 GMT
#33
No thank you. It's going to make a mess of maps and it's not fun having to download a new version of map for every single replay.
RoyalCheese
Profile Joined May 2010
Czech Republic745 Posts
June 24 2012 16:36 GMT
#34
It's really hard to get this right...it must not be distracting and yet visible enough to make sense to put it. There would probably need to be strict guideliness in order to not make the game look like shit
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Xiphos
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada7507 Posts
June 24 2012 16:37 GMT
#35
Sponsors will love it, players will be imposed. At end of the days, fans will hate it.
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zimms
Profile Joined November 2009
Austria561 Posts
June 24 2012 16:38 GMT
#36
When you allow everybody to add his/her personal logo,
you're gonna have a bad time.

Then we would literally see a lot of dicks on the ladder.
Art.FeeL
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
1163 Posts
June 24 2012 16:42 GMT
#37
I remember in BW, there were some maps with sponsors on it (ie. like a watermark or smth), and Blizzard was against it.
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JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
June 24 2012 16:43 GMT
#38
a better question might be why not?
birchman
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Sweden393 Posts
June 24 2012 16:44 GMT
#39
Yeah, I think that would be a cool addition.
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Shunjal
Profile Joined August 2010
United States482 Posts
June 24 2012 16:53 GMT
#40
SC2 already has logos/decals, why couldn't they just utilize those? Seems pretty simple, and people would actually notice them, unlike the current ones.
CounterOrder
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada457 Posts
June 24 2012 16:59 GMT
#41
Yes. If the map was made by a member of said team.

Otherwise how would this even be possible? 30some logos on every map? Or several teams have their logos everywhere and no one else does? Not one person would like that at all. It would also ruin the aesthetic of the map.

Only makes sense if the map maker was from the team. Reminds me of Cloud Kingdom and GSL. Subtle signatures from map makers are cool. Blatant advertising all over a game map is beyond silly.
Leviance
Profile Joined November 2009
Germany4079 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-24 17:01:21
June 24 2012 16:59 GMT
#42
On June 25 2012 01:00 Gosi wrote:
I like it but I don't want it. At first it's just team logos, but after a while if possible we will see a tournament like MLG fill the map terrain with MLG, DR PEPPER, NOS and shit like that.


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like this? :D

I would love team logos on main buildings. I'm with you to not like ads.

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consonance
Profile Joined April 2011
31 Posts
June 24 2012 17:02 GMT
#43
They should make it as decals. Like a self-made decal and then it'll show up where decals usually go.
GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
June 24 2012 17:05 GMT
#44
Once again Valve zooms ahead of Blizzard. :/
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Lumi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1612 Posts
June 24 2012 17:08 GMT
#45
Should SC2 have even the slightest team support at all? I dunno Blizzard, what do you think?
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baldgye
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom1092 Posts
June 24 2012 17:10 GMT
#46
I came across this in a ladder game on EU

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I have no idea how he did it
Gosi
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Sweden9072 Posts
June 24 2012 17:13 GMT
#47
On June 25 2012 02:10 baldgye wrote:
I came across this in a ladder game on EU

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I have no idea how he did it

It's a decal you unlock by being on Blizzcon or something.
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baldgye
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom1092 Posts
June 24 2012 17:15 GMT
#48
On June 25 2012 02:13 Gosi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 25 2012 02:10 baldgye wrote:
I came across this in a ladder game on EU

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I have no idea how he did it

It's a decal you unlock by being on Blizzcon or something.


well I guessed that much lol, but wasn't there a leak of team icons and tournament icons and things that supposidly you got from attending or winning tournaments?

I didn't think any where implemented
PanN
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2828 Posts
June 24 2012 17:16 GMT
#49
They definitely should implement this idea. Just ban the users with offensive ones if they get through, and have a few people that have to approve this shit or something.
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Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
June 24 2012 17:16 GMT
#50
They must implement this only with clan system, not need more
Kuni
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Austria765 Posts
June 24 2012 17:17 GMT
#51
Make an option to toggle it on/off, so tournaments etc. are able to use logos for sponsors etc. as they desire. EzPz
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zachMEISTER
Profile Joined December 2010
United States625 Posts
June 24 2012 17:19 GMT
#52
Valve has already initialized in-game advertising through Counter-Strike. I dont think this model of invading the game was profitable enough for them to force in-game advertisements into their new-er generation of games.
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AsymptoticClimax
Profile Joined May 2012
United Kingdom249 Posts
June 24 2012 17:22 GMT
#53
Sure it would be cool but the last thing we need right now is this stuff when our UI isn't even up to par. Shame really..Also we still have decals
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Femari
Profile Joined June 2011
United States2900 Posts
June 24 2012 17:23 GMT
#54
On June 25 2012 01:59 Leviance wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 25 2012 01:00 Gosi wrote:
I like it but I don't want it. At first it's just team logos, but after a while if possible we will see a tournament like MLG fill the map terrain with MLG, DR PEPPER, NOS and shit like that.


[image loading]
like this? :D

I would love team logos on main buildings. I'm with you to not like ads.


You know, if a sponsor pays for an entire event I have no problem seeing that on the map.
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mierin
Profile Joined August 2010
United States4943 Posts
June 24 2012 17:25 GMT
#55
On June 25 2012 02:23 Femari wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 25 2012 01:59 Leviance wrote:
On June 25 2012 01:00 Gosi wrote:
I like it but I don't want it. At first it's just team logos, but after a while if possible we will see a tournament like MLG fill the map terrain with MLG, DR PEPPER, NOS and shit like that.


[image loading]
like this? :D

I would love team logos on main buildings. I'm with you to not like ads.


You know, if a sponsor pays for an entire event I have no problem seeing that on the map.


Yeah, this is totally acceptable until SC2 becomes a serious worldwide accepted sport. Once (if) SC2 becomes "mainstream", they can dial down that kind of stuff a bit.
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HaXXspetten
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Sweden15718 Posts
June 24 2012 17:25 GMT
#56
Why the hell not? I mean obviously there are way more urgent stuff to introduce first (clan support etc), but I wouldn't see the harm in it.
AsymptoticClimax
Profile Joined May 2012
United Kingdom249 Posts
June 24 2012 17:26 GMT
#57
On June 25 2012 02:23 Femari wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 25 2012 01:59 Leviance wrote:
On June 25 2012 01:00 Gosi wrote:
I like it but I don't want it. At first it's just team logos, but after a while if possible we will see a tournament like MLG fill the map terrain with MLG, DR PEPPER, NOS and shit like that.


[image loading]
like this? :D

I would love team logos on main buildings. I'm with you to not like ads.


You know, if a sponsor pays for an entire event I have no problem seeing that on the map.


All we need now is "I hate you" writen in the fog of war in GSL games.
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lorkac
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States2297 Posts
June 24 2012 17:28 GMT
#58
I'm okay with NASCAR-ing up sc2 if it makes the sport bigger and more widespread. Golden arches and all.
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Mauldo
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States750 Posts
June 24 2012 17:36 GMT
#59
No. It will look god awful no matter how you do it. Even the beloved TL horse logo would look out of place on Nony's nexus, or TLO's hatch.

And we know the Pringles and Shinhan examples from BW. Just wait until we have DR. PEPPER plastered over the top of the next map pool for MLG. Then we'll get nothing but "Wah, this went too far." Sometimes I think the community agrees to stuff just so that they have a built in something to bitch about later.
Appendix
Profile Joined July 2009
Sweden979 Posts
June 24 2012 17:40 GMT
#60
On June 25 2012 02:25 mierin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 25 2012 02:23 Femari wrote:
On June 25 2012 01:59 Leviance wrote:
On June 25 2012 01:00 Gosi wrote:
I like it but I don't want it. At first it's just team logos, but after a while if possible we will see a tournament like MLG fill the map terrain with MLG, DR PEPPER, NOS and shit like that.


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like this? :D

I would love team logos on main buildings. I'm with you to not like ads.


You know, if a sponsor pays for an entire event I have no problem seeing that on the map.


Yeah, this is totally acceptable until SC2 becomes a serious worldwide accepted sport. Once (if) SC2 becomes "mainstream", they can dial down that kind of stuff a bit.


I don't see any reason it should be toned down either. I mean, if you look at football there are ads all along the field, in the ice in the hockey rink. It is a bit weird that in e-sports, a business where it is constantly talked about how hard it is to attract sponsors, and where we are in total control of the arena, we do not have this yet. The amount of control we can exert over the arena is something the NHL can only really dream of, and we can be as adaptable that we could change sponsors on a game to game basis. There could probably even be dynamic areas or signs which alternate during a game, this is really an untapped goldmine.
CounterOrder
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada457 Posts
June 24 2012 17:43 GMT
#61
On June 25 2012 02:28 lorkac wrote:
I'm okay with NASCAR-ing up sc2 if it makes the sport bigger and more widespread. Golden arches and all.


Yeah making SC2 maps one big commercial is going to improve the sport without a doubt. We have to make sure the logos and golden arches obscure viewing too. We dont wanna see those SC2 units! We want to see more commercials about things we already know everything about!

I just hope most of the community doesnt have this attitude. SC2 isnt dying, jeez! Everyone gets way too giggity over
how much money is being made. There was no reason to even bring this up. Its depressing to know people actually want this kinda thing.
fireskull66325
Profile Joined January 2011
United States42 Posts
June 24 2012 17:49 GMT
#62
I would say that yes, they should be shown in game, but more along the vein of what TotalBiscuit was suggesting. I.e. logos shown in overlays and stuff during tournaments.
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xBillehx
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States1289 Posts
June 24 2012 17:50 GMT
#63
I'd prefer just sticking to the method we have now. Putting stuff in the game will just get out of control and make things too distracting. The players need to be focusing on the game not the flashy logos who's sole purpose is to attract attention and the viewers already see sponsors in overlays/commercials/jerseys. I'd hate the day when leagues no longer put effort into creating sick graphic overlays and stop focusing cameras on the players since all representation is cluttered over the map anyway.
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mewbert
Profile Joined April 2011
United States291 Posts
June 24 2012 17:53 GMT
#64
blizzard wont even put in clan support, I doubt they would ever do this, I guess mapmakers can but its kind of tedious
Frolossus
Profile Joined February 2010
United States4779 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-24 18:02:14
June 24 2012 17:55 GMT
#65
i think units should be a no-go but i don't mind seeing banners or ads on the ground or walls or something as long as they don't get too obnoxious

how it was done in that bw screenshot earlier is fine, or maybe they could have a squared off area on the map that rotates ads through it? think of it like a monitor or something embedded in a portion of the ground on the map that would flash different sponsors logos or whatever
jax1492
Profile Joined November 2009
United States1632 Posts
June 24 2012 17:55 GMT
#66
as other said it sounds cool till the the maps look like billboards, if they keep it under control it could be a cool idea.
Zorgaz
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden2951 Posts
June 24 2012 17:56 GMT
#67
Would be cool if the decals could be team logos! :D

They should really make it so that everyone can customize their decals. That would be awesome!
Furthermore, I think the Collosi should be removed! (Zorgaz -Terran/AbrA-Random/Zorg-Dota2) Guineapigs <3
AKnopf
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Germany259 Posts
June 24 2012 17:59 GMT
#68
In Warcraft 3 there where sponsor banners on the map. They were even ridiculously exposed on the most common creep spots. I have to say i did not mind at all. For me the beauty of starcraft 2 comes out of the strategy, the tension, the execution etc. I don not really care that much about how it actually looks.
So for me even sponsor banners would be ok.

Team logos would be totally awesome, of course.
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vindKtiv
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States215 Posts
June 24 2012 18:00 GMT
#69
On June 25 2012 02:43 CounterOrder wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 25 2012 02:28 lorkac wrote:
I'm okay with NASCAR-ing up sc2 if it makes the sport bigger and more widespread. Golden arches and all.


Yeah making SC2 maps one big commercial is going to improve the sport without a doubt. We have to make sure the logos and golden arches obscure viewing too. We dont wanna see those SC2 units! We want to see more commercials about things we already know everything about!

I just hope most of the community doesnt have this attitude. SC2 isnt dying, jeez! Everyone gets way too giggity over
how much money is being made. There was no reason to even bring this up. Its depressing to know people actually want this kinda thing.

There are definitely way too much people who seem to forget what StarCraft 2 is all about. StarCraft 2 is about the fans and the players of StarCraft 2, it is not a pissing contest of how many sponsors the scene can get or how big the scene can get before it crashes. I don't understand why so many newcomers can't seem to remember that the last time there was a rush of "NASCAR-ing up" a game for the sole reason of making the "sport bigger and more widespread," the e-sports bubble burst.

We as a community should not be pushing growth for the sake of growth, we should be pushing for better content and better events for the fans and the players to the point that there is growth. Growth is a byproduct of what we do, not the end goal of what we want to achieve.

And while the banners seem cool and all, does the majority of people really think that banners should be focused on despite all the flaws of B.net 2.0? Really? VALVe can do cool stuff like that with DotA2 because they have already made a competent UI with sufficient features. B.net 2.0 is sorely lacking in both features and competency, we should definitely not be giving Blizzard the impression that we are satisfied with that and want to move on to more secondary features.

I agree banners are really cool, but in the end they are just a gimmick. I definitely prefer real substance over gimmicks.
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
June 24 2012 18:01 GMT
#70
no thank you, I don't want it detracting from the game or view!

Dota have safe bases and thus its ok to add some customization.

There is no safe area for SC2 players
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Big-t
Profile Joined January 2011
Austria1350 Posts
June 24 2012 18:02 GMT
#71
I would love to see in the far background of starcraft some "Blizzard" logos.
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Leviance
Profile Joined November 2009
Germany4079 Posts
June 24 2012 18:19 GMT
#72
On June 25 2012 02:36 Mauldo wrote:
No. It will look god awful no matter how you do it. Even the beloved TL horse logo would look out of place on Nony's nexus, or TLO's hatch.



Naaahh, it would look awesome.
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AnYvia
Profile Joined November 2010
Bulgaria474 Posts
June 24 2012 18:20 GMT
#73
On June 25 2012 01:00 Gosi wrote:
I like it but I don't want it. At first it's just team logos, but after a while if possible we will see a tournament like MLG fill the map terrain with MLG, DR PEPPER, NOS and shit like that.

That. Pretty much my thoughts exactly.
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Striborg
Profile Joined June 2011
United States47 Posts
June 24 2012 18:22 GMT
#74
Was about to vote no, but then thought about the decals present on buildings and some units anyway. I don't see why teams couldn't replace those generic decals with their team logo. It's tasteful and unobtrusive. Obviously banners and streamers don't fit SC2's sci-fi style at all, so a big no on that. GSL is doing it right already with the more subtle map features.
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Lavit2099
Profile Joined November 2011
United States390 Posts
June 24 2012 18:32 GMT
#75
TB talked about this on Real Talk with JP. It's a very good idea and way to help the sponsors of teams/players feel as if they're brand is getting more eyeballs than otherwise. I'm not quite sure how they'd do it in game, but it'd be something they should look into.
shaglol
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden11 Posts
June 24 2012 18:33 GMT
#76
As long its no commercial i think its ok.
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Probe1
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States17920 Posts
June 24 2012 18:36 GMT
#77
On June 25 2012 03:20 AnYvia wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 25 2012 01:00 Gosi wrote:
I like it but I don't want it. At first it's just team logos, but after a while if possible we will see a tournament like MLG fill the map terrain with MLG, DR PEPPER, NOS and shit like that.

That. Pretty much my thoughts exactly.

IPL China

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I do not understand the hypothetical phrasing in this thread. SC2 may not have team banners but it certainly has in game ads.
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mango_destroyer
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada3914 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-24 18:49:16
June 24 2012 18:47 GMT
#78
I think having ads in the overlays is more than enough. It will be shown throughout the entire game AND won`t be distracting on the map. No need to take it a step further with silly decals and shit on the map. Also having it on the loading screen is a good idea.

Also there is a lot of other stuff with more priority I`d like to see implemented rather than little team logos as decals.
Deleuze
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United Kingdom2102 Posts
June 24 2012 19:01 GMT
#79
On June 25 2012 03:36 Probe1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 25 2012 03:20 AnYvia wrote:
On June 25 2012 01:00 Gosi wrote:
I like it but I don't want it. At first it's just team logos, but after a while if possible we will see a tournament like MLG fill the map terrain with MLG, DR PEPPER, NOS and shit like that.

That. Pretty much my thoughts exactly.

IPL China

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I do not understand the hypothetical phrasing in this thread. SC2 may not have team banners but it certainly has in game ads.


Exactly, even having GSL or whatever in the title, and even player names as the team is an in game sponsor.

I do agree though that this is potentially a slippery slope - a graphic here and there is fine, but big banners can easily distract the eye - and there's LOADs of distracting stuff going on anyway.
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ntssauce
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany750 Posts
June 24 2012 19:11 GMT
#80
hi , i guess if they were implemented into the game , like in those dota screenshots you as a player , should really be able to remove them in the options. I mean. this is only inportant for the casters and you don't want to get distracted by it as a player!
Like in Cs for example where you can deactivate Logos/Sprays in options !
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NeMeSiS3
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Canada2972 Posts
June 24 2012 19:15 GMT
#81
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.
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Eatme
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
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.
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NeMeSiS3
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
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.
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fire_brand
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
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.
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Zocat
Profile Joined April 2010
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
Profile Joined July 2009
Sweden979 Posts
June 24 2012 19:31 GMT
#86
On June 25 2012 04:22 NeMeSiS3 wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


Is this where we start linking the zerg is female feminist article?
NeMeSiS3
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Canada2972 Posts
June 24 2012 19:32 GMT
#87
On June 25 2012 04:31 Appendix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 25 2012 04:22 NeMeSiS3 wrote:
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.


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


? Don't get it.
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onlinerobbe
Profile Joined August 2010
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
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zhurai
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
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.... >_>
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ShatterZer0
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1843 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-24 19:44:59
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...
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Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-24 20:00:17
June 24 2012 19:59 GMT
#91
EG is currently playing and running with this
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not bad but it is sorta hard to see the sponsor logos(when there are so many of them)
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Wihl
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Sweden472 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-24 20:01:23
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
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
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.
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NeMeSiS3
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Canada2972 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-24 20:12:54
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)
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Maxd11
Profile Joined July 2011
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.
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Derez
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
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
Profile Joined September 2010
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
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
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
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Restrider
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany129 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-24 20:47:11
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
Profile Joined May 2010
Mexico96 Posts
June 24 2012 21:11 GMT
#100
Oh yes.

Can't wait to spam porn "logos".
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AsymptoticClimax
Profile Joined May 2012
United Kingdom249 Posts
June 24 2012 21:14 GMT
#101
On June 25 2012 04:15 NeMeSiS3 wrote:
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.


GSL for example? I don't recall the GSL placing logos on maps. But yeah I agree It's not an issue since I think advertisment on maps is pretty much the equivalent.
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Archerofaiur
Profile Joined August 2008
United States4101 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-25 14:47:13
June 25 2012 14:45 GMT
#102
As others have pointed out, Total Biscuit did a segment on this


Im slowly being won over to the tournament logos on UI, score and matchup screens. It kinda has the best of both worlds allowing for increased sponsor presence (as TB puts it) while also firmly drawing a line in the sand against Mountain Dew Motherships.
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Raven068
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States90 Posts
June 25 2012 14:56 GMT
#103
I think the problem with this that people have is it's a bit too vague. Say, for example, we have faded team logos that appear behind the person's name id in the loading screen? That would not be particularly intrusive and is easier to keep associated to the player. (Rather than having them on every unit.)
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Equity213
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada873 Posts
June 25 2012 14:57 GMT
#104
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SnipedSoul
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada2158 Posts
June 25 2012 14:58 GMT
#105
I wouldn't like it. Also, you'd have to pay Blizzard an assload of money to get them to agree to it.
Neurosis
Profile Joined October 2010
United States893 Posts
June 25 2012 15:04 GMT
#106
As long as you could do it without distracting the players or disrupting gameplay then how could it possibly be a bad thing?
Polygamy
Profile Joined January 2010
Austria1114 Posts
June 25 2012 15:38 GMT
#107
Lets be honest DOTA2 is leagues ahead of SC2 as far as infrastructure. I love sc2 but its the truth.
crms
Profile Joined February 2010
United States11933 Posts
June 25 2012 15:45 GMT
#108
As long as it's done in a cool, tasteful way like in dota2, I don't see a problem. The banners in dota2 are cool because each team has a base and now it feels more visceral and teamlike. I like the addition in dota2.
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Noobity
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States871 Posts
June 25 2012 16:53 GMT
#109
On June 25 2012 23:58 SnipedSoul wrote:
I wouldn't like it. Also, you'd have to pay Blizzard an assload of money to get them to agree to it.


You wouldn't need to pay them anything. Adding logos to the UI/geometry is all possible through the galaxy editor, and would be no more against the ToS or end user agreement than any of the modified maps that blizzard encourages the creation of.

I'm sure they could theorhetically try and pull some legal stuff, but I don't think they would.

I said it in another thread about sponsorship, it would be a very simple fix involving some additions to geometry and texturing. You might need to hard-craft these items and create 3x however many teams are competing in "races" but it would not be difficult, simply time consuming.
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Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
June 25 2012 17:09 GMT
#110
If the upcomming Blizzard Arcade is going to allow people to pay money the creator for well built custom maps, I see no reason why they can't do it for teams as well. Personally, I think it would be a great way to support teams directly, get them exposure and make my SC2 look more awesome. If Sponsors wants to throw their dollars in, great as long as their adds are not on the units/builds themselves and always on the sidelines.
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Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
June 25 2012 17:14 GMT
#111
On June 26 2012 01:53 Noobity wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 25 2012 23:58 SnipedSoul wrote:
I wouldn't like it. Also, you'd have to pay Blizzard an assload of money to get them to agree to it.


You wouldn't need to pay them anything. Adding logos to the UI/geometry is all possible through the galaxy editor, and would be no more against the ToS or end user agreement than any of the modified maps that blizzard encourages the creation of.

I'm sure they could theorhetically try and pull some legal stuff, but I don't think they would.

I said it in another thread about sponsorship, it would be a very simple fix involving some additions to geometry and texturing. You might need to hard-craft these items and create 3x however many teams are competing in "races" but it would not be difficult, simply time consuming.


The only issue with adding textures to units is that the game is optomized for specific amount of memory per texture/unit. Blizzard would still need to approve any addition to the game itself, since they do not want some logo/unit dragging down people's preformance. But as long as they took the effort to optomize everything that was submitted, it can be done.
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Rassy
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands2308 Posts
June 25 2012 17:16 GMT
#112
This is a no brain yes.
Realy good idea and cant see anny drawbacks.
Only need to convince blizzard but that should not be to hard? it will only help sc as an esports.
Noobity
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States871 Posts
June 26 2012 04:07 GMT
#113
On June 26 2012 02:14 Plansix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 26 2012 01:53 Noobity wrote:
On June 25 2012 23:58 SnipedSoul wrote:
I wouldn't like it. Also, you'd have to pay Blizzard an assload of money to get them to agree to it.


You wouldn't need to pay them anything. Adding logos to the UI/geometry is all possible through the galaxy editor, and would be no more against the ToS or end user agreement than any of the modified maps that blizzard encourages the creation of.

I'm sure they could theorhetically try and pull some legal stuff, but I don't think they would.

I said it in another thread about sponsorship, it would be a very simple fix involving some additions to geometry and texturing. You might need to hard-craft these items and create 3x however many teams are competing in "races" but it would not be difficult, simply time consuming.


The only issue with adding textures to units is that the game is optomized for specific amount of memory per texture/unit. Blizzard would still need to approve any addition to the game itself, since they do not want some logo/unit dragging down people's preformance. But as long as they took the effort to optomize everything that was submitted, it can be done.



That's not an issue. Even a ridiculously high-res texture, with a high poly model to attach it to of the size it would need to be in order to show everything it needs to show, would add absolutely nothing to the game's performance. You would need considerable numbers of these models/textures running around to notice any gameplay snags at all. It is simply not something that tournaments/teams seem to have wanted to/thought of implementing.
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AirbladeOrange
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2573 Posts
June 26 2012 04:20 GMT
#114
I don't think it would work for SC2. Very cool for DOTA2 though. SC2 is more individual and DOTA2 is more team.
Fealthas
Profile Joined May 2011
607 Posts
June 26 2012 04:41 GMT
#115
Im glad the poll says yes. Blizzard won't on it though.
LavendrGooms
Profile Joined May 2011
United States134 Posts
June 26 2012 04:47 GMT
#116
I think they should allow decals. As long as they're simple they'll be easy to see. I like the idea though.
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Dismay
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1180 Posts
June 26 2012 04:58 GMT
#117
I wouldn't mind seeing Polt with a TSL emblem on his CCs or something but it might detract from the aesthetic of the game? I don't know. It's a neat idea but not really something I'd want Blizzard to devote resources to. There's other things they could focus on.
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