Valve puts their foot down; bans skin gambling sites, case opening sites from team jerseys and events
Valve have recently made a big change to their Tournament Operation Requirements (TOR) which sees them update their Limited Game Tournament License to restrict using Valve's IPs in an unauthorised manner. In simpler words, Valve has told tournament organisers to not let teams promote skin sites at the events on various team assets.
The update lays down the law for unranked events, who will now have to follow the same rules as ranked events and cannot feature logos, activations, advertisments or promote game case opening sites, skin gambling sites or skins trading sites. Tournament organisers have also been instructed to 'not distribute or display, including on team jerseys or in any other content that may be visible during the broadcast, any content or material that either violates Valve IP or the terms of the Steam Subscriber Agreement."
Section 2.4 e of Valve's Limited Game Tournament License states:
IP Protection. Licensee must not distribute or display, including on team jerseys or in any other content that may be visible during the broadcast, any content or material that either violates Valve IP or the terms of the Steam Subscriber Agreement (for example, game case opening sites or skin trading sites). Licensee shall not permit any content that violates Valve IP or the terms of the Steam Subscriber Agreement (e.g., logos on player jerseys) to appear in any broadcasts of the Tournament. Licensee will not accept sponsorships from sponsors that generate revenue through activities that violate applicable Valve agreements or violate local law or rely on Valve's game economies. This includes, but is not limited to, key resellers or companies that interact with players' Valve game inventories.
The update was first brought to public light Dust2.us with a lot of teams, who participated in the ongoing StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 already having taken the necessary steps.
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