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[Haly]

Paid custom game modes, fuck off Valve.

http://blog.dota2.com/2016/03/supporting-custom-game-developers/

I mean we all knew this was coming. That was the entire point of custom games.

The most unfortunate thing here is that hat creation is now no longer the (potentially) lucrative semi-volunteer work it once was because the pipeline, the standards, and secondary market were all mismanaged to hell, and I see the same happening for custom games one day down the road if this ever takes off.

 

[gai_shain]

Paid custom game modes, fuck off Valve.

http://blog.dota2.com/2016/03/supporting-custom-game-developers/

cant see any downside to this

 

[Sibylus]

Paid custom game modes, fuck off Valve.

http://blog.dota2.com/2016/03/supporting-custom-game-developers/

This is a good thing. Adds an optional avenue of support for the modding community and drives quality up.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

I mean we all knew this was coming. That was the entire point of custom games.

The most unfortunate thing here is that hat creation is now no longer the (potentially) lucrative semi-volunteer work it once was because the pipeline, the standards, and secondary market were all mismanaged to hell, and I see the same happening for custom games one day down the road if this ever takes off.

Valve can only blame themselves for fucking it up. It is their fault hat business went to shit in the first place with all the restrictions.

LOL enigma bracers

 

[BHK3]

No different than stamps or whatever they were for tf2

 

[Twookie]

Paid custom game modes, fuck off Valve.

http://blog.dota2.com/2016/03/supporting-custom-game-developers/

this doesn't look too bad honestly

like, one of the passes cost 1 dollar for 30 days, that's not too much is it

 

[Russ T]

Oh that's awesome!

Is what I want to say but I bet Valve is gonna take an enormous cut as usual.

 

[KingKong]

Oh that's awesome!

Is what I want to say but I bet Valve is gonna take an enormous cut as usual.

Why shouldn't they?

 

[Twookie]

Oh that's awesome!

Is what I want to say but I bet Valve is gonna take an enormous cut as usual.

30%

 

[Russ T]

Yeah I just read that it's the same cut they usually take for games sold. So, not too bad.

 

[kvk1]

just give me a good RPG mod with the dota characters

 

[Imp the Dimp]

Paid custom game modes, fuck off Valve.

http://blog.dota2.com/2016/03/supporting-custom-game-developers/

Eh seems reasonable to me. I find it perfectly acceptable to not work for free.

 

[Glass Shark]

People should stop being entitled children who think you should get everything for free

Valve didn't go far enough imo, they should have allowed the option to make mods that are paid only

I mean think about it, they don't offer community-made cosmetics for free and offer you a special version if you pay, that would be dumb

 

[kvk1]

some hot takes here

 

[Drkirby]

Cool. I wonder which mod will be the first to go full on P2W.

I fully expect Imba to make their pass some dumb pay to lose option. Like allow you to enable hard mode, where you take double damage.

You know, I wonder if Valve will make their own mod that has a Paid Subscription for it. They had some RPG demo a while back.

 

[Nere]

Anyone else has a tiny heart attack when a game is ready? I queue in alt tab to watch a video or something and then BOOM everytime I jump when a game is ready.

 

[LiQuid!]

us politics

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1197291

Every poster in this thread could be banned and nothing would be lost.

 

[TUSR]

dota was a free mod

dota2 is a free game

*this doesnt reflect my stance tho

 

[kionedrik]

So paid mods are back huh?

 

[Volodja]

People should stop being entitled children who think you should get everything for free

Valve didn't go far enough imo, they should have allowed the option to make mods that are paid only

I mean think about it, they don't offer community-made cosmetics for free and offer you a special version if you pay, that would be dumb

I think optional subs are actually the best choice. This way they get the visibility of being free and the chance to make some money out of it from something that they wouldn't have had the chance to before.
Paid only mods would probably be quite deserted in an enviroment where free is the standard and starting free and then going paid-only wouldn't be ideal either. With most mods being multiplayer based, the lack of a sizeable player pool would be terrible.

Also this could very well just be a transitional phase to introduce the idea to players.

What's left is to see what good and what horrible stuff modders will come out with as far as bonuses go. I look forward to the articles blaming Valve for the bad ones.

 

[SecretMoblin]

....lmao

 

[Hylian7]

Paid custom game modes, fuck off Valve.

http://blog.dota2.com/2016/03/supporting-custom-game-developers/

This actually looks fair. I don't see a problem with this.

 

[call_kotaku]

So paid mods are back huh?

they were never gone

 

[Haly]

Valve can only blame themselves for fucking it up. It is their fault hat business went to shit in the first place with all the restrictions.

LOL enigma bracers

Oh no doubt. Given the debacle with the Skyrim mods I feel they're going to fuck it up again with paid doto mods.

It'll take 2-3 iterations before they get something to stick, that's just the Valve way.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Paid custom game modes, fuck off Valve.

http://blog.dota2.com/2016/03/supporting-custom-game-developers/

I see lots of over-reactions here. It's good to read the piece before commenting.

Just a thought.

 

[Deleted member 77995]

I wouldn't mind giving some money to the guys who created Element TD

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

PAYING

FOR THINGS

IN 2016

 

[Drkirby]

PAYING

FOR THINGS

IN 2016

Wait, they are charging people money! For services!! The audacity!

 

[Haly]

When bernie is president he will make all the mods and hats free.

 

[call_kotaku]

when trump is president the modders will have to pay us to play the mods

 

[kvk1]

bush lied skyrim got paid mod

 

[Gully State]

Why is paid custom games a bad thing? If it's good, the content creators should get paid. This was an inevitability.

 

[Monochromaticx]

inb4 a thread in gaming side about how paid custom games are hemorrhaging dota2

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

Streaming Zelda, new game by an indie developer.

 

[shira]

ti6 should have a finals of some mod, like how dota finals were piggybacked onto wc3 lans

 

[Monochromaticx]

puppy will be talking on TED

Spoiler

x

on the 19th apparently

 

[Red UFO]

Streaming Zelda, new game by an indie developer.

u sound like stephen merchant

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

arent you english?

 

[Red UFO]

arent you english?

I'm from Leeds.

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

how does a west country accent sound anything like me?

 

[Red UFO]

how does a west country accent sound anything like me?

dunno mate that was just the face that appeared in my head when i heard your voice!

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

dunno mate that was just the face that appeared in my head when i heard your voice!

reported for racism

 

[Monochromaticx]

I'm from Leeds.

I lived in Leeds for 4 years. nice city

 

[Red UFO]

I lived in Leeds for 4 years. nice city

i was once in a relationship with someone from manchester and she described it as a "cultural hole"

we are no longer in a relationship

 

[Smithy C]

how does a west country accent sound anything like me?

Stephen Merchant always sounded like he was from the posh bit of Somerset. Not real West County.

 

[TUSR]

some guy thought my Canadian accent was Jamaican once

 

[kvk1]

worzel gummidge

 

[TUSR]

go back to your cat girls

 

[twobear]

a homeless guy in colorado told me i had a sexy accent

 

[TUSR]

are you sure he was homeless or just from Colorado