December 6th, 2013, 06:47
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(December 6th, 2013, 01:03)antisocialmunky Wrote: Apparently Riot changed the contract for competing in the next LCS season so players can't stream competing MOBA or Esports games on their personal streams...
Yup and people are maaaaad. Silly people. Riot pays the players a full salary to advertise their game (to play in LCS, but the reason LCS is ran is to advertise the game). Riot doesn't want them to advertise their direct competitors instead, especially when it's probably on the time and fame that they wouldn't have without Riot's help. There are still the other 99.9% of video games out there that they are allowed to stream, only a few direct competitors are forbidden. Not a big deal at all, and very sensible by Riot 
December 6th, 2013, 07:28
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(December 6th, 2013, 06:47)Jowy Wrote: (December 6th, 2013, 01:03)antisocialmunky Wrote: Apparently Riot changed the contract for competing in the next LCS season so players can't stream competing MOBA or Esports games on their personal streams...
Not a big deal at all, and very sensible by Riot
Stupid by Riot. While it is understandable that they don't want players to stream games that are direct competitors like Dota 2 or HoN, it makes no sense whatsoever to prohibit the streaming of games like "Fat Princess", a 2009 PS3 title. And banning every Blizzard title (Hearthstone? WoW? Really?) is just ridiculous.
Then again, Riot is a company who cares about making as much money as possible and they can do whatever they want with their game. It's probably not a smart PR move, though.
I personally decided not to spend any more money on LoL (the not so limited "limited edition" skins, anyone?  ) but since the game remains perfectly playable for free, new streaming rules do not impact my ability to play.
December 6th, 2013, 07:45
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(December 6th, 2013, 07:28)Gustaran Wrote: Stupid by Riot. While it is understandable that they don't want players to stream games that are direct competitors like Dota 2 or HoN, it makes no sense whatsoever to prohibit the streaming of games like "Fat Princess", a 2009 PS3 title. And banning every Blizzard title (Hearthstone? WoW? Really?) is just ridiculous.
Most of those games make sense though. Fat Princess being banned or unbanned makes no difference, Riot didn't fuck up by banning Fat Princess, it's just a tad silly. Blizzard games make perfect sense to be banned, Dota came from a Blizzard game and they are coming out with a new MOBA. Hearthstone is one of the most popular F2P games like LoL is. WoW is connected to Hearthstone and it has Arena PvP. When I started playing LoL, WoW arena was the only thing I knew that resembled it.
Quote:Then again, Riot is a company who cares about making as much money as possible and they can do whatever they want with their game. It's probably not a smart PR move, though.
I personally decided not to spend any more money on LoL (the not so limited "limited edition" skins, anyone? ) but since the game remains perfectly playable for free, new streaming rules do not impact my ability to play.
That's what companies do. They make money.
December 6th, 2013, 10:14
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Getting worked up over a non-compete agreement in a contract is not worth the effort. They are very standard and it is somewhat surprising that they weren't in place to begin with. How much $$ in free advertising have LCS-streamers given to Blizzard/Hearthstone? My ballpark estimate is in the low millions. Riot would be absolutely crazy to let this continue.
December 6th, 2013, 12:01
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(December 6th, 2013, 06:47)Jowy Wrote: (December 6th, 2013, 01:03)antisocialmunky Wrote: Apparently Riot changed the contract for competing in the next LCS season so players can't stream competing MOBA or Esports games on their personal streams...
Yup and people are maaaaad. Silly people. Riot pays the players a full salary to advertise their game (to play in LCS, but the reason LCS is ran is to advertise the game). Riot doesn't want them to advertise their direct competitors instead, especially when it's probably on the time and fame that they wouldn't have without Riot's help. There are still the other 99.9% of video games out there that they are allowed to stream, only a few direct competitors are forbidden. Not a big deal at all, and very sensible by Riot
Ah okay, that makes sense if they are salaried by Riot.
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December 7th, 2013, 01:01
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Well they reverted the contract clause. Now you just can't get paid by another company to play their games. I'm kinda glad because it opens a whole can of worms that might have affected Lets Players etc.
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December 22nd, 2013, 18:59
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Haven't played at all with the season 4 patch. But looking at LCS games, it seems Riot failed once again. Supports are still ways behind in gold and are still building the same old items: gold item, boots, sight stone. Junglers seem a bit buffed, but that might change when the farming junglers get nerfed.
December 22nd, 2013, 23:22
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Well we can't have the supports who get 0 cs get so much gold. If that was able to happen then we would be back to the 2-1-2 lane instead of the 1-1-2 lane.
December 23rd, 2013, 10:11
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(December 22nd, 2013, 23:22)BaII Wrote: Well we can't have the supports who get 0 cs get so much gold. If that was able to happen then we would be back to the 2-1-2 lane instead of the 1-1-2 lane.
They also wanted to buff jungler gold. Which they kinda did, though it might be just because people are playing farming junglers at the moment.
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