There has been plenty of debate about our decisions regarding streaming, and while we aren't going to address every single comment, we want to express that we aspire to create a fantastic tournament for the entire community - this means including as many people as we possibly can.
We've updated our policy once more, with a small, yet significant change for bigger streamers (marked with red in the text). This will, hopefully, allow and encourage as many streamers and viewers to engage in the tournament as possible.
- The tournament offers a semi-open streaming policy.
- To get streaming rights on Twitch or Mixer and get access to all tournament games throughout all five weeks, streamers must pay a one-time fee of 0.4$ per current subscriber, up to a maximum of 1,000$, on their biggest platform.
- To get streaming rights on YouTube and access to all tournament games throughout all five weeks, streamers must pay a one-time fee of 0.5$ per 1000 total views, up to a maximum of 1,000$, during the last 30 days.
- To get streaming rights on any other platform, you must pay a one-time fee of 50$.
- Broadcasters must provide documentation for their subscribers and views.
- Broadcasters must show the tournament banner and logo in-between games, during their streams. It must be made clear, during the stream, who is hosting and sponsoring the tournament. Furthermore; during the tournament, broadcasters are expected to host MembTV at the end of KotD2-related streams.
- Players paying to broadcast their point of view must add an extra 8 minutes delay to their stream.
- To get streaming rights on Twitch or Mixer and get access to all tournament games throughout all five weeks, streamers must pay a one-time fee of 0.4$ per current subscriber, up to a maximum of 1,000$, on their biggest platform.
This is not an invitation for more debate on the subject. If you have questions or feedback regarding streaming, please use the dedicated threads for this. [/td]