Major League Gaming is increasing in popularity and user base rapidly, particularly in the Call of Duty universe. Something that the MLG communitiy has been asking for is a dedicated MLG playlist that accommodates the League rules and requirements.
David Vonderhaar, more commonly known as Vahn, is Black Ops' Design Director for multiplayer. Vahn recently had a beautifully detailed post on the official Call of Duty message board, discussing what an MLG playlist requires from a designers perspective and what Treyarch can and cannot do.
Take a look at some snippets from the lengthy post and hit the source link at the bottom to read the full post.
Last weekend I attended my first MLG Pro Series event in Dallas, Texas. At that event, and via Twitter, many MLG players asked me about the possibility of an MLG playlist. I've been thinking about what this means at a design and technical level.
Not everything the MLG has in its rules are enforceable at a playlist level. In fact, most are not.
Some fans of the game assume "anything" is possible in a playlist. This isn't accurate. While many things are possible, many more are not. At least they are not without some significant engineering work. The more engineering (coding) required the more risky the change is. The more risky the change is the less likely we are to want to do it.
Settings - All Games
• Hardcore Mode = Disabled
• Allow Killcam = Enabled
• Headshots Only = Disabled
• Allow Sprint = Enabled
• Force Respawn = Enabled
• Wave Spawn Delay = None
• Max Health = Normal
• Health Regen = Normal
• Spectating = Team Only
• Friendly Fire = Enabled
• Class Editor = Allow Player Classes
• Killstreak Editor = Don't Allow Killstreaks
• Perk Editor = Allow Perks
• Game Recording = Enabled
• Party Privacy = Closed
Most of these can be enforced at a playlist level, but not all. It's not technically prudent to build a full "MLG Playlist" that echoes a changing set of rules for a specific league. The MLG isn't the only competitive league. It's just the one I have some (limited) firsthand experience with. MLG players are a micro fraction of our audience. Any MLG playlist would have lower user counts. I don't care about that all that much. Bringing exposure to professional competitive gaming and growing the Black Ops participating in it is my motivation.
For the full post, including a rule-by-rule breakdown of what a Black Ops playlist can and cannot do to support MLG, head to the source link below.
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