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I don't think the big issues is what they allow on their servers. I think the bigger issues is that a lot of new games don't allow you to host your own content outside their system. I can see reasons for this (and I am sympathetic), but I do miss the old days of getting a WarCraft map from a friend.

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You can still do that for single-player maps AFAIK -- the Map Editor lets you run any map that you can download.

Yeah, you can create a map and distribute it for single player vs. the AI.

- http://www.sc2mapster.com/maps/

- http://sc2.curse.com/downloads/sc2-maps/default.aspx

Don't forget that Blizzard plans to rake in some money off of content creation (for Blizzard and the developers).

The company that spent millions making the game intends to make money off it? The horror!

I don't think they're concerned about money at this point. Akin to the iTunes app store (1% of Apple's gross profit), they're not going to make a ton off of it all.

What they probably want is a really awesome modding community surrounding their games that they control and are able to reward for efforts produced. Which is awesome in my mind.

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