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Blizzards Response to No Lan Support For Starcraft 2

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Many gamers have been heated when the confirmation broke out yesterday about Starcraft 2 not supporting lan. So furious that over 7,000 fans have signed a petition to Blizzard to add Lan support. Today, Blizzard reps have made a few posts defending their decision and addressing concerns fans may have.
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ruibo - 130 days 9 hours ago
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Blizzard has yet to really disappoint me but can't say the same about Activision.

Secondly, an internet connection going down or lagging is 10x more likely than power going out and 100x more likely than a blackout!
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Nikuma - 130 days 8 hours ago
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I would love to say blizz has yet to disappoint me but the way they ruined a once wonderful game (WoW) is really unsettling...
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Thugbot187 - 130 days 8 hours ago
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Really dispointed, bad enough we had to wait over 10 years for a game we all love and supported, to only get the back seat to WOW.
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tilamiles - 130 days 9 hours ago
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I've always had crappy bnet experience in the past, especially with the original SC. I hope bnet 2.0 won't be the same.
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jdktech2010 - 129 days 19 hours ago
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You don't think in the 4+ years (not really sure how long it's been) that techonological advances haven't occurred? I'm sure it will be fine. Blizzard wouldn't do this unless they had full confidence in 2.0
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OrganicMachine - 130 days 8 hours ago
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3 - GG piracy
still happy about pirating games?
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silencedisturber - 130 days 7 hours ago
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3.1 - Have belief on your own community
I think it would do Blizzard better, by trusting their community. They have a huge community to build upon (especially with the SC-community). Removing LAN could, and partially did, come off as disrespecting this community. And I sincerely hope this community will respond well in the end, since those will probably be the first ones who'd buy the game. This could affect Blizzard possibly even more.

Now, I understand developers and publishers need this gigantic profit, to work on other quality projects. But the way Blizzard deals with this problem with SC2, looks to me as a step backwards (just as EA did with RA3-Coop). Good games as Starcraft 2 (which it no doubt will be) will always sell, not at least thanks to die-hard fans of various series and devs. Removing LAN will mostly effect them who love you the most.

Nevertheless, the way I see it, this could be a very dynamite show!
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dogmeat eater - 130 days 8 hours ago
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4 - never liked starcraft
it never thrilled me.
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El_Colombiano - 130 days 7 hours ago
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You =/= PC Gamer

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You = Young little kid

Starcraft is the most refined and simply best RTS game I have EVER played. Nothing comes close. You obviously don't like RTS games to not like Starcraft.
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Rainne - 130 days 6 hours ago
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I love RTS however I never did like StarCraft either. I have the game but I stopped playing after a week. But who knows, maybe SC2 will do the trick for me.
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STK026 - 130 days 5 hours ago
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yeah, because SC is the be all end all of PC gaming right?
It never crossed your mind that not everyone likes RTS in the first place, and that SC is a rather basic one (when compared to more complex ones like CoH to name one).

Also, some people, like me, preferred the CnC RTS over SC and Warcraft. Same goes for AoE.
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kwicksandz - 130 days 1 hour ago
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Total annihilation > star craft.

more refined gameplay? GTFO

and it and the spiritual sequel sup com both support LAN ^^
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dchalfont - 130 days 7 hours ago
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isn't it just great to see that 7000 obsessed ( and obviously legitimate fans and no doubt first day buyers of starcraft)'s pleas have fallen of ears that aren't dear but are stuffed with wow money, there are many ways around piracy...activation with an activation key that you get online after registering your cd key (and checks if the cd key is registered to another person) examples being dead space, far cry 2, i'm yet to see reports of a keygen for that, and you can revoke your activation key whenever you like.

taking a major part of an rts game out is wrong
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dktxx2 - 130 days 5 hours ago
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Cd keys have been around forever. They protect against nothing.

Google is all you need and any crack you want is a click away.
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dchalfont - 130 days 5 hours ago
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i said ACTIVATION key which is obtained with your cd key....it verifies online. and yes everything has a crack, drm, and i'm sure someone will create a way to make LAN possible, but why should someone else have to when it should be available
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FantasyStar - 130 days 6 hours ago
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Blizzard does not trust its fans. Don't bull**** me with that "consolidating the fans" crap. Why do I need to connect to Battle.net before starting a LAN game. I'll tell you: D-R-M.

We use hubs Blizzard, not ROUTERS. Last time I checked, hubs don't act as a DHCP host. So now I have one annoyingly long wire connecting to the router that's on the other side of the house now. The true convenience of LAN is that the only wires that matter are those to the computer and one AC adapter to the power strip that's nearby.

Blizzard should just come out and say it.

"Hey folks, we want to cut down on piracy as much as possible so we require you to authenticate your copies and hassle you with long wires because we want as much money as possible. We know that this will be inconvenient to our fanbase, but you know what? **** em. We love money."
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dktxx2 - 130 days 5 hours ago
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How dare they! Thinking they are entitled to be compensated for their hard work. What a bunch of pricks!

They have families dude. They spent alot of their life going to college and making the best of themselves. They deserve every penny they get.
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El_Colombiano - 129 days 9 hours ago
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Yes they do, but this a very extreme.
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Calvin_D - 130 days 4 hours ago
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God forbid these guys actually want to profit after the years of hard work they put into this game.
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Coolrah - 129 days 21 hours ago
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8 - Seriously
Starcraft is the best RTS. No other RTS has received the same amount of awards or commercial success as this game. Starcraft prides itself on being easy to use but very stategic in its own right. Theres nothing that can compare.
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omegaortega - 129 days 18 hours ago
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9 - Heh
You cannot blame the developers for doing this... You can only blame your fellow game pirating buddies.

Lack of LAN, yep sucks. I'd rather lose LAN than to lose Starcraft as a whole or have it "consolized" because of piracy... Crysis anyone?

Fanboyism aside, it's nice to see Crysis come to other platforms, but exclusives drive a platform, and if it takes actions like this so the devs can make a freaking profit for all their hard work on their PC exclusive title... than so be it.
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Saryk - 129 days 17 hours ago
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10 - BS
The article if full of BS. If they were worried about piracy they simply could have incorporated LAN for Steam, Direct 2 Drive or Impulse Driven (and lot more). People are going to really pirate this game because of this move, aka Spore Piracy.

But in the end it is their product, it’s their choice. Just like it’s my choice to wait until it’s in the bargain bin.
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Altourus - 129 days 16 hours ago
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11 - Does anyone even believe...
Does anyone even believe this will be effective in stopping piracy? We all know there will be a lan crack in 3 months of release. Once again all they are doing is punishing their paying fans. Grats blizzard, grats...
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Voice_of_Reason - 129 days 12 hours ago
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I guess nobody else caught this...
"1) Pirated servers splinter the community instead of consolidating all players who love to play the game. Battle.net will bring players together in skirmishes, ladder play, custom games, and allow everyone the opportunity to share a common experience."
Okay that is all good I can understand that but what about this.

"The original StarCraft is an even better example of how 11 years later, players still love and play this title, and we will continue to support and evolve it with patches."

If Piracy didnt stop enough people from playing the first one to still get suppor why would it be any different? Granted I own a crackd version of Star Craft 2 but I have bought 2 legal copies over the years that I no longer have.
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