I am asking, if based on historical events, Blizzard would ban a map. Here is where I run into the questionable "offensiveness" of the map:
1. There would be a Nazi Germany ("as Third Reich")
2. Actual countries and land would exist with their names proper.
3. There would be a hero mode where actual battlefield generals from the time period would be present (ex: Rommel might be a hero, and add an aura to all land vehicles that gives them some speed bonus). These heros would level up, but only in "knowledge" - there would be no "killing" heros, kind of like DotA heros but without attacks, just abilities that add to your units.
4. I have considered actually starting the game earlier, during the early 1900's, so that the Communist Revolution can happen, and World War 1 can happen (these events would not 'cause' defeat for players), then the Great Depression.
5. Territories would be present ex: "Ireland" "Germany" "Italy" etc.
There would be no "concentration camps," so no worries about that. I'm just looking at recreating a "Diplomacy" style map of the first and second Great Wars.
I have seen "World War Zombies" and "Risk" up there, and they have "real" places, so I'm wondering what limits, if any, would Blizzard place on recreating history?
Edit: I'm not asking in the official forums because I feel like I'd be fishing for trouble even asking this, where there's a chance to 'get away' with it, if you know what I mean, by not even bringing up the topic there instead of having some admin think about it for two seconds and deem that it's against the rules according to their policy. ,~
I don't see a problem with recreating historical events. But if those events had "offensive" material, then yes, they could get banned.
Blizzard banned one map that was a TD, because the units formed the nazi symbol on the minimap. So I doubt blizzard would like a game with actual nazis, although I cannot be 100% sure. I would stay away from it if I were you.
The only problem I see is actually making it semirealistic, how are you going to get all that bloodshed and just that horrible feeling of war into a game that is limiting?
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I am asking, if based on historical events, Blizzard would ban a map. Here is where I run into the questionable "offensiveness" of the map: 1. There would be a Nazi Germany ("as Third Reich") 2. Actual countries and land would exist with their names proper. 3. There would be a hero mode where actual battlefield generals from the time period would be present (ex: Rommel might be a hero, and add an aura to all land vehicles that gives them some speed bonus). These heros would level up, but only in "knowledge" - there would be no "killing" heros, kind of like DotA heros but without attacks, just abilities that add to your units. 4. I have considered actually starting the game earlier, during the early 1900's, so that the Communist Revolution can happen, and World War 1 can happen (these events would not 'cause' defeat for players), then the Great Depression. 5. Territories would be present ex: "Ireland" "Germany" "Italy" etc. There would be no "concentration camps," so no worries about that. I'm just looking at recreating a "Diplomacy" style map of the first and second Great Wars. I have seen "World War Zombies" and "Risk" up there, and they have "real" places, so I'm wondering what limits, if any, would Blizzard place on recreating history?
Edit: I'm not asking in the official forums because I feel like I'd be fishing for trouble even asking this, where there's a chance to 'get away' with it, if you know what I mean, by not even bringing up the topic there instead of having some admin think about it for two seconds and deem that it's against the rules according to their policy. ,~
It would be banned.
@Uberfuchs: Go
I don't see a problem with recreating historical events. But if those events had "offensive" material, then yes, they could get banned.
Blizzard banned one map that was a TD, because the units formed the nazi symbol on the minimap. So I doubt blizzard would like a game with actual nazis, although I cannot be 100% sure. I would stay away from it if I were you.
Could you email them and ask? lol
It would probably be safest to call Germany "Germany" and not "Nazi Germany". I cant see a problem with anything else.
The only problem I see is actually making it semirealistic, how are you going to get all that bloodshed and just that horrible feeling of war into a game that is limiting?