EPTDo macro keys get you banned on Sc2?
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D3ath3nat0r
United States163 Posts
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SmoKe93
Germany162 Posts
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Nazarid
United States445 Posts
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KMARTRULES
Australia474 Posts
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bobbingmatt
Australia224 Posts
If you have a button the does one thing ('mouse4' presses '1') that's okay But if you have a button that does more then one thing ('mouse4' presses 'ctrl'+'1') then that is not okay. As i said i'm not sure if it is true, it's just what i heard. | ||
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caldor
Denmark41 Posts
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Nazarid
United States445 Posts
On December 02 2010 09:18 caldor wrote: No, they do not get you banned. Was a long forum topic about it. Blizzard even sells macro mouse and keyboard for their games, and it is probably one of the reasons pros are to bring their own keyboards. Got a link to that post? | ||
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k20
United States342 Posts
On December 02 2010 09:18 caldor wrote: No, they do not get you banned. Was a long forum topic about it. Blizzard even sells macro mouse and keyboard for their games, and it is probably one of the reasons pros are to bring their own keyboards. Yeah but I've never seen a pro play on a keyboard with macro keys. | ||
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Nazarid
United States445 Posts
On December 02 2010 09:33 k20 wrote: Yeah but I've never seen a pro play on a keyboard with macro keys. I have mostly seen them play on a mechanical keyboard and getting one of those with customizable keys is insanely priced well over 200$+, the basic mechanical keyboard runs 90-150$ | ||
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Marquise
United States50 Posts
On December 02 2010 09:09 bobbingmatt wrote: What I heard, not sure if it is true, If you have a button the does one thing ('mouse4' presses '1') that's okay But if you have a button that does more then one thing ('mouse4' presses 'ctrl'+'1') then that is not okay. As i said i'm not sure if it is true, it's just what i heard. This man speaks the truth, I'll try to dig up the blizz quotes supporting it if I have time | ||
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17726 Posts
On December 02 2010 08:34 D3ath3nat0r wrote: Does using the Customizable Macro Keys on a keybaord have the chance of getting you banned on sc2? You won't be banned using it on sc2 bnet. The only way its even possible to enforce it or detect someone is using one is through checking frame rate which seems rather impractical to code for something so small. I would say its banned in tournaments though. At least for most offline/live tournaments. | ||
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HocusPocus
Germany214 Posts
im not sure if this counts for the blizzard hardware, but there is a thread on tl about it so im pretty sure that it can get you banned when using macros. Using a Keyboard that has macro keys without using the keys is fine (i use a macrokeyboard myself but i dont use the macrokeys in sc2) edit: found the thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=146760 | ||
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vicariouscheese
United States589 Posts
but i highly doubt theyll get you banned, theyre just not allowed in tournaments | ||
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17726 Posts
On December 02 2010 10:04 HocusPocus wrote: using Macrokeys with multiple binds will get you banned from bnet2.0 im not sure if this counts for the blizzard hardware, but there is a thread on tl about it so im pretty sure that it can get you banned when using macros. Using a Keyboard that has macro keys without using the keys is fine (i use a macrokeyboard myself but i dont use the macrokeys in sc2) I wonder how they detect you're using macro keys though? | ||
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NihiLStarcraft
Denmark1413 Posts
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caldor
Denmark41 Posts
Yea, maybe they should consider changing business partners then. Selling Mouse and Keyboards ESPECIALLY designed for SC2 that supports easy macro making, is more than a little misleading. I guess maybe they just did not like Logitechs way of making macros, which they probably detected as a third party software doing something with SC2 that it was not supposed to be doing. I for one sure would not keep silent about being banned using something they are also promoting. I do not use macro keys, mostly because I would have to think out uses for it, and would probably end up having it screw a game or two just because I clicked the wrong macro at some point. But truly fail to have one part ban people for using macros, and then sell macro recording keyboards for the very same game. But then, on the EU forums we have a thread about this, buried somewhere, where a guy had a different response from a admin about this question. But if I was the person banned for using macros, I would probably ask about the: http://www2.razerzone.com/sc2/marauder.php And wth we are supposed to think? And just to nail it down so noone is mistaken: http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/1073985#blog Blizzard IS promoting this keyboard and have promoted macro enabled keyboards for their games since WoW. Maybe even since Warcraft 3, but I am not sure. Oh, I might as well add the kicker for this Starcraft 2 product: Designed exclusively for StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty™, the Razer Marauder StarCraft II gaming keyboard is a full-featured, tournament ready keyboard with an extremely compact design. The Razer Marauder’s elevated keys are perfected for rapid commands and improved gaming performance. Your increased performance is monitored by an all new APM (Actions-Per-Minute) Lighting System that provides real-time performance feedback through changing color hues for a completely immersive gaming experience. Enhanced with a dedicated on-the-fly macro recording system, the Razer Marauder is built with a gaming optimized design that reflects the StarCraft II universe and bolsters the gameplay experience. Yep, thats right: Enhanced with a dedicated on-the-fly macro recording system, the Razer Marauder is built with a gaming optimized design that reflects the StarCraft II universe and bolsters the gameplay experience. Its even in the same sentence. I think they need to make it a wee bit more transparant that players buying this not so cheap set, that they might end up losing their account if they use the full features of this SC2 controller set. | ||
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caldor
Denmark41 Posts
But as of now, there is nothing clear about not being allowed to use macros. I really doubt that a pro gamer would actually end up winning a game because of macros. My guess is that this person who got banned just got unlucky and won against an SC2 admin, he noticed he was using macros, and thought he would decide what was and was not allowed to use in SC2. | ||
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Minzy
Australia387 Posts
same thing happened a while ago in wow didnt it? | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
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hitman133
United States1425 Posts
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