Blizzard now moderating 'inappropriate' StarCraft 2 maps
by Richard Mitchell 
on Aug 5th 2010 9:00PM
Look out, all you naughty
StarCraft 2 map makers out there, Blizzard is
watching. A
thread popped up on the
StarCraft 2 community forum in which a user named Cyrileo complained of his map being removed from Battle.net. According to Cyrileo, the mapped was deemed "inappropriate" by Blizzard and subsequently deleted. Further on in the thread, as reported by our cohorts at
Big Download, Blizzard community manager
Lylirra noted that all maps are "subject to review to ensure that they promote a fun and safe environment for all players." Should a map fail to meet these criteria, it will be deleted and the creator contacted.
The reason such moderation wasn't enacted in the first
StarCraft, according to community manager
Bashiok, was that Blizzard simply didn't have the staff. Things have changed this time around, so take note of Blizzard's
official policy on inappropriate content: "Any content found to be offensive in nature has no place on Battle.net. Such content can be changed or removed, and the publisher warned or suspended." Bashiok
noted further that Blizzard is working to improve the system, which will hopefully offer map makers more detailed reasons for removal in the future. As a general rule of thumb, we'd say avoid building maps shaped like
wangs.
