On September 4, Valve introduced a new rule for streamers who want to broadcast Dota 2 tournament matches. Content authors will have to fulfill the requirements of the organizers – the innovation has been happily accepted by the esports community. However, some in the industry have questioned the implementation of the restrictions.
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Casters Roman CaspeRRR Lepekhin and Vitaly v1lat Volochay together with Artur Goblak Kostenko hurried to thank Valve for the new rule… According to Volochai, the change in the tournament regulations will help the organizers and will not affect the streamers.
Thank you Valve. A sensible solution to the problem. pic.twitter.com/QNH6Br0oVS
– Roman Lepokhin (@Casperenush) September 4, 2023
“I am glad that they support the tournament organizers and do not abandon those who support Dota. For streamers, nothing has changed. If you are a conscientious streamer and work for your community, place sponsored tournament banners, do not place your advertisements and work for people. Nothing will change, except that streamers will no longer be able to advertise various gray services and bookmakers. So this is great news for the community. Thank you Valve. “
Better late than never, right? So well done VALVE
– Artur (@ArturFissura) September 4, 2023
In a comment for Cybersport.ru, a representative of Epic Esports Events noted that the new rule would have a positive effect on organizers, but could negatively affect streamers who have their own sponsorship obligations. At the same time, only Valve will be able to fully control the implementation of the amended regulations.
“We believe that the situation will change in a positive direction for tournament operators, and streamers, of course, will have to get used to the new reality in which they will have to comply with maintenance requirements. How does this change the situation? Perhaps some streamers will be forced to abandon tournament content due to the conflict between their advertisers and tournament advertisers. We are sure that this issue will be raised more than once, but we think that the situation when a streamer advertises a competitor of an official partner during a tournament broadcast is unacceptable.
Most likely, no one will track the fulfillment of commitments by content makers. Unscrupulous streamers will be overtaken by bans for copyright infringement, which they will no longer be able to challenge. In general, of course, for a legitimate DMCA ban request, you need to have the rights to the content (that is, to the Dota 2 game), and only Valve has such rights. So the situation is not the most transparent. However, there is no other way with Valve. “
Other e-sports figures also spoke about possible problems with the implementation of the rule in practice. For example, caster Vladimir Maelstorm Kuzminov suggested that TO will ignore streamers, and the manager Alliance Maria Inverno Gunina pointed out the absence of a supervisory authority in this situation.
So far, I don’t share the enthusiasm of TO and studios regarding new rules for third-party streamers. The rules are great, but someone has to make sure they are followed. Who will be the supervisory authority? What tools will the platforms offer? Difficult, difficult, nothing is clear
– Marie Gunina (@gunina_ok) September 4, 2023
“I’m incredibly happy that Valve has finally made a point about the streamer and tournament operator situation. Not sure if the new rule will solve all the problems, but Valve at least responded, and pretty quickly. “
How will it be. My prediction: streamers want to stream a tournament, they are ignored, streamers are cut down, and they are banned because there are no sponsors.
– Maelstorm (@MaelstormOne) September 4, 2023
The streamer also shared his opinion about the new rule Evgeny Sh4dowehhh Alekseev… In a comment for Cybersport.ru, he said that additional obligations to maintenance would not be a problem for him.
“I think there shouldn’t be any problems, since I was not against doing it before, just no one suggested. I have no sponsors during the broadcast. It is not clear what is included in the collaboration, banners on the screen or under. In principle, it doesn’t matter. The main thing is that v1lat does not force cases to open during breaks, otherwise everything is fine. “
The new rule for streamers of official Dota 2 matches will take effect on September 15th. Valve has also previously announced approximate dates for the next DPC season and The International 10. Both events will take place in 2023.
