@IzzoSc2: Go
I'm one of the most objective people I've met.
Contradictory statement is contradictory.
Anyway, this is the justification for this policy:
The guidelines are the standard bullshit that every company on the face of the planet will stick in their policy somewhere. The difference here is that Blizzard actually has the manpower to enforce those guidelines to a considerable degree. The reason they're doing this is not because they're fascist (or communist), but rather because these maps and their gameplay are all hosted on Blizzard servers and bandwidth. The game is also rated T, at least in the USA, which means, since Battle.net is an obligatory thing to log on to at least once, that Blizzard can't just cop out with "Online experience is not rated by the ESRB." Blizzard MUST enforce the custom maps and filter the language, otherwise ESRB would have grounds to change the rating to M (the rating change won't matter at all to Blizzard, but the press reports and news articles made from it CERTAINLY will be a gut punch to Blizzard's reputation). Worse still, because the maps are hosted by Blizzard, they might be sued for harassment or somesuch; of course, they would win the case, but they'd lose money due to court/lawyer fees.
My thoughts:
It's clearly unfortunate that we are limited severely in what we can do. Escape Gay Heaven is something that would probably be a perma-ban offense. Risk might be hit for a trademark, or it might be hit for all the country names, but it's hard to say. Civilization might have religions (if modeled after the fourth game, at least) along with the usual civilization names and figureheads. Russian Roulette, a funmap I made, would probably be blocked due to the entire core of the gameplay being based on trying to survive despite committing suicide. Even Mafia (like the party game) would be iffy because of the clear connotations of a real-life problem (the mafia), complete with illegal acts such as chain murdering and vigilante justice, plus the illegal AND sexual-connotation-ish role of prostitute/whore (roleblocker). Blizzard should post some more clear examples, for starters.
Contradictory statement is contradictory.
Anyway, this is the justification for this policy: The guidelines are the standard bullshit that every company on the face of the planet will stick in their policy somewhere. The difference here is that Blizzard actually has the manpower to enforce those guidelines to a considerable degree. The reason they're doing this is not because they're fascist (or communist), but rather because these maps and their gameplay are all hosted on Blizzard servers and bandwidth. The game is also rated T, at least in the USA, which means, since Battle.net is an obligatory thing to log on to at least once, that Blizzard can't just cop out with "Online experience is not rated by the ESRB." Blizzard MUST enforce the custom maps and filter the language, otherwise ESRB would have grounds to change the rating to M (the rating change won't matter at all to Blizzard, but the press reports and news articles made from it CERTAINLY will be a gut punch to Blizzard's reputation). Worse still, because the maps are hosted by Blizzard, they might be sued for harassment or somesuch; of course, they would win the case, but they'd lose money due to court/lawyer fees.
My thoughts: It's clearly unfortunate that we are limited severely in what we can do. Escape Gay Heaven is something that would probably be a perma-ban offense. Risk might be hit for a trademark, or it might be hit for all the country names, but it's hard to say. Civilization might have religions (if modeled after the fourth game, at least) along with the usual civilization names and figureheads. Russian Roulette, a funmap I made, would probably be blocked due to the entire core of the gameplay being based on trying to survive despite committing suicide. Even Mafia (like the party game) would be iffy because of the clear connotations of a real-life problem (the mafia), complete with illegal acts such as chain murdering and vigilante justice, plus the illegal AND sexual-connotation-ish role of prostitute/whore (roleblocker). Blizzard should post some more clear examples, for starters.
We can. Keyword is non-beneficial.