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Badass... really?
This game contains it's fair share of "inappropriate" words on it's own. It also contains plenty of suggestive themes! (holographic pole dancer in cantina anyone?) Even blood and gore are abundant.... This is outright hypocrisy if you ask me... |
#101
8/2/2010
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Someone has told me about what I could seem the most inappropite thing with the map, basicly if someone failed to kill many of the wave and the pathing they followed it could create a image on the mini-map which would offend people, though this was rare to see becuase if stuff died it didn't look much like anything, I assume this is what it was. I have changed the terrain, pathing and other things so it now looks like a cross on the minimap from the pathing. Though the path is a bit shorter then what it was, to compensate for this I have reduced the movement speed on most of the waves so there should be no difference.
This version of the map will not be uploaded right away becuase my friend who has been doing my publishing for me is asleep, so it may be a few hours. I am sorry too anyone who was offended by this, was not my intention for it to path like that. I still do believe blizzard handled this in the wrong way, again it took me all of 3 minuites to change this stuff. The map did not need to be deleted and my publishing rights suspended. |
#102
8/2/2010
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While players are encouraged to share the maps they create through Battle.net, published maps are subject to review to ensure that they promote a fun and safe environment for all players. You can learn more about the StarCraft II content policy here: http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/33752
If a map is found to contain inappropriate content, it will be removed from Battle.net and the map maker will be contacted via email. Should a player have any questions or concerns regarding a specific action, he or she is welcome to contact our support representatives by using the following web form: http://us.blizzard.com/support/webform.xml?locale=en_US If you see a player-made map that contains inappropriate content, simply right click on the map image thumbnail under "Details" and then select the "Report this Content" option. |
#103
8/4/2010
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While players are encouraged to share the maps they create through Battle.net, published maps are subject to review to ensure that they promote a fun and safe environment for all players. You can learn more about the StarCraft II content policy here: <a href="http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/33752" target="_new">http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/33752</a> I mean no offense, but what was the point of posting this? It's not really helpful to those who are upset by the review process itself. And most of us know when we send an email to that address its pretty unlikely we'll get a helpful response. If a Blizzard representative is going to take the time to address an issue like this I would hope it would be with something a little more helpful than a help page copy/paste. |
#105
8/4/2010
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Rated "T for Teen" not "E for Everyone". Granted online interactions are not rated by the ESRB (says it right on the box). Why would the online community have a lower rating... than the game itself. Is online "E for Everyone" and the Single Player "T for Teen" seems backwards.
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#109
8/4/2010
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Edited by Brimcon on 8/4/10 12:18 PM (PDT)
Note the map was not originally removed for the word "Badass" it was actually removed because the waves depicted an inappropriate image on the Minimap.
Edit: Added link for clarification. Details here. http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/248296954 |
#110
8/4/2010
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I have to ask, why do you guys review maps "to ensure that they promote a fun and safe environment for all players" in this game, and not the original? That's all well and good but the relative anarchy (there was pretty much NO regulations on the original SC) promoted a HUGE map boom. The worst things I ever saw was "!#!# defense" and the random strip ones. OH NO! Less regulations=More creativity, just like in real life... We don't need our hand held, seriously.
Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. -Benjamin Franklin Corny as heck, but it applies to this situation. We don't need to be protected blizzard, we want creative control. |
#113
8/4/2010
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Edited by Bashiok on 8/4/10 1:01 PM (PDT)
I have to ask, why do you guys review maps "to ensure that they promote a fun and safe environment for all players" in this game, and not the original? Because we can. Literally. We have a support department now of size and ability to enforce these types of things. It simply wasn't possible when our in-game support used to consist of approximately 20 technical support agents. We did, however, actually police Warcraft III maps to a small degree if they were reported. But it was a rather archaic process. That's all well and good but the relative anarchy (there was pretty much NO regulations on the original SC) promoted a HUGE map boom. You're confusing our removal of inappropriate content with some draconian measure to delete maps as we see fit. Our goal is purely to ensure that maps don't contain inappropriate content, as defined here: http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=33752 Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. Keeping people from seeing your hate speech and obscene images on our private game service is not the same as relinquishing your constitutional freedoms in the hopes of increased personal/familial security. Ben would tie you to a kite and let go of the string for making such comparisons. |
#115
8/4/2010
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Edited by FixBayonets on 8/4/10 1:14 PM (PDT)
I literally just read through the expanded Starcraft II Inappropriate Content Policies (http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&tag=SC2icpolicies&rhtml=true) three times word for word and there is no reference to profanity whatsoever.
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#117
8/4/2010
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