no lan for starcraft 2, multiplayer will be on battle.net only

http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/999/999171p1.html

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Originally posted by Philby no lan for starcraft 2, multiplayer will be on battle.net only http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/999/999171p1.html

that's fucking shit.

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That's probably the dumbest thing to happen in the history of PC gaming.

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i bet those apples are tasting pretty sour captain cocaine! how you like them?

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lag.

If I die it's lag.

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That is indeed probably one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard.

I'm sure people will find a way to emulate the battle.net servers and do it anyway, but, seriously? What a stupid move on Blizzard's part.

Ah well, still gonna play it, and there will be workarounds (just connect via battle.net anyway)... just don't see the logic there.

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Originally posted by david.michael Ah well, still gonna play it, and there will be workarounds (just connect via battle.net anyway)... just don't see the logic there.

Yeah, it isn't THAT big of a deal, but it just seems like a dumb move to slap the gaming community in the face like that. A big reason Starcraft has such a following is because of its internet-cafe popularity (especially in Asia); a place that very much uses the LAN feature.

But really, this can be worked around. Nowadays if you have a system that can access a LAN, you can probably access the internet as well, which, obviously, allows Battle.net. However, like you said...don't see the logic here. It's creating an unnecessary second step.

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Originally posted by CONNERMAN2000 Yeah, it isn't THAT big of a deal, but it just seems like a dumb move to slap the gaming community in the face like that. A big reason Starcraft has such a following is because of its internet-cafe popularity (especially in Asia); a place that very much uses the LAN feature. But really, this can be worked around. Nowadays if you have a system that can access a LAN, you can probably access the internet as well, which, obviously, allows Battle.net. However, like you said...don't see the logic here. It's creating an unnecessary second step.

My big gripe is, what's the point in adding all the extra hops if you want to play with someone sitting next to you?

lol, lag

Looks like Blizzard is stepping up its anti-piracy by creating bnet only multiplayer where you have to have a battle.net account that verifies the legitness of the game.

I for one am happy for this change as I hate people that steal games.

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Originally posted by weymouth I for one am happy for this change as I hate people that steal games.

yeah, but i dont hate them so much that i want blizzard to fuck me in the arse too.

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