Yeah, itâs understandable that everyone thinks so. I also believe it doesnât have any impact on the gameplay footage when using visible addons in the videos [other than maybe looking stupid to have the EXP Calc open, which obstructs a part of the screen].
However, there are 3 points that might change your point of view once you take them into consideration:
- The rules clearly state zplus as an example for using addons when making the video:
- Do not use any add-ons (ex. zplus) when shooting your video.
However, they made no exemption for the rule by changing the rule text to the level that it clearly states that only addons are forbidden that help you to actually tweak the video by changing the camera angle e.g., as it uses the word any. We could discuss on the meaning of the word use here if it means installing=using, however, due to the fact that Excrulons Addon Manager actually allows you to one-click install and one-click uninstall addons without sweat or time loss, itâs pointless to argue about that since they couldâve spent 1 min to uninstall the addons prior and reinstalled them later on to match the [maybe unclear] rules.
- Having tweaked the videos by using animations gives an unfair advantages over simple cutting&cropping the footage; they are not original gameplay footage anymore which was stressed already by allowing only the ingame recording function :
Shoot a 20 to 60 second-long profile video for your character using the in-game video recording function (F12)
This heavily reduces their value for advertising purposes , which is ± the goal of this event; getting free advertisements made by the community:
[âŠ]by making a submission to this event, you agree to have your video used in Tree of Savior promotional materials without prior notice.
- The most important aspect is that using any Addons during the recording process reduces the value as advertising material to 0. The reason is that
1.) Addons are not part of TOS; they are optional content, similar to how you can play with mouse/controller/keyboard, but using a special brand/model of controller/keyboard/mouse could enhance your gameplay manifold.
2.) IMC does not hold any legal tenures of Addon content. The code is the solely property of those who created them, so IMC canât use them for advertising or they might be in a legal dispute, leading them to have to pay high fines for copyright infringement issues[or even fraud charges because people didnât recieve the advertised content on download].
E.g. if IMC decides to use parts of the videos to make an ad from it, Excrulon or some other programmer could sue them to remove the content and might even recieve some good money. This is just some âwhat ifâ-scenario, however, IMC would have close to 0% chance to come out unharmed because they excluded addon useage from the event the footage stems from but ignored the issue when choosing their TOP 10 videos and even put the footage on air.
Thereâs also the issue that, although they could just get the rights to use the footage featuring the programmers property, it might either cost them money to do so [which they want to prevent by hosting this âeventâ in the first place] or the bitter rejection of the copyright holders, leaving them with less-no content to use for advertising.