Then that’s as far as any of us who was not a participant will be concerned. We can certainly talk about it, but the difference is whether they openly advertised the tournament’s rules.
The whole thing skirts the line of what would be advertising such an event, but if it was a “private” tournament, then it’s a private tournament, that just so happens to a bunch of people watching.
If they aren’t talking about how they chose the participants or where that money came from, then there’s not much we can do.
this is quite literally what it was like for some of my fellow Paladins to try and convince a certain streamer about proper Paladin mechanics/testing on the beta…
no, i’m well aware of Alex’s legacy - I personally think he’s a ludicrous person and he has himself used his stream airtime to crap all over Killerduki and myself for playing Protection and Retribution Paladin specs respectively
that being said, I do think he was spot on with that video so even though I hate the guy…I do agree with him in this instance…
Looking at the key topic of Tournaments for money, this isn’t the same as the original link.
This is their e-sports wing and if you read the actual license there’s a whole lot of stuff that goes into this. It’s not just someone throwing a fighter list together.
the link that I included in this thread is what was given to me by a GM in his response to my ticket from last fall during the Classic Demo - when I reported Tipsout for hosting such a tournament cash prize tournament - as it was my understanding at the time that the original Warcraft ToS still applied as I have not played retail WoW since Cataclysm
They do allow organised competitions. The competitions are far more formal than that though. I don’t know why a GM would send you that link unless Tipsout actually filled the form in and was approved a license.
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There it is, but, you keep doing that dance of yours.
I read that reddit post. Two things jumped out.
Players that follow the streamers don’t care.
If the streamer says it’s wrong…it’s wrong. Herd mentality
The second concerning is about the PM (ex Blizz or not).
How in bed are these streamers with Blizzard. Probably more than I originally thought.
Move the tournament to gurubashi arena or dire maul arena. Congrats, PvP solution achieved.
Any other stupid assertions I need to refute? They CHOSE to host their tournament in a safe zone for horde, and rather than suffer the consequences of their decision, they cried at blizzard to fix the problem they created for them.
Sorry, not sorry… They aren’t entitled to a special snowflake safe space and/or any special treatment.