Blizzard Comments On No LAN Support In StarCraft II

Good for them. I trust that they will optimize Battlenet instead, and considering that almost everything they have done have been for the hardcore players they probably won't screw them over with this.

Edit: Clearly I was first. Now I can elaborate.

I don't even plan on playing it and it still pisses me off. Way to go Blizzard.

Thats a bit annoying

I had a starcraft lan pary 4 days ago

It doesn't ruffle my feathers, although I do think it's kind of a lame move to not include LAN. I always felt like Blizzard was a real "for the fans" sort of establishment sort of like Valve but this goes against that.

This is a horrible idea. Latency is a big issue, especially in the pro scene. It's seems absolutely insane for Blizzard to leave this feature out, although I can understand them doing it to fight piracy. This is going to hurt the pro scene big time, and since pro Starcraft has really only recently started hitting the main stream, it sounds like they will be crippling it before it can even get started. Great move.

I was only ever planning on playing the singleplayer, so it doesn't affect me too much, but how in the hell is preventing local multiplayer going to do anything about piracy? That makes about as much sense as saying you can pirate Halo 3 by playing split-screen co-op.

" I had a starcraft lan pary 4 days ago

this feature must be in the game!!!

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" This is a horrible idea. Latency is a big issue, especially in the pro scene. It's seems absolutely insane for Blizzard to leave this feature out, although I can understand them doing it to fight piracy. This is going to hurt the pro scene big time, and since pro Starcraft has really only recently started hitting the main stream, it sounds like they will be crippling it before it can even get started. Great move. "

I'm of the belief that this is stupid.

That is all.

Figures.

This is really stupid, there is no reason to not include LAN support. It's not like it's gonna stop anybody from pirating. My three bros and I still play over LAN when we can bc we don't have a corporate T3 line so the network can be inconsistent and laggy even within the same house. 

First they split the single player campaign into 3 separate titles and now this? It's like Blizzard knows the game will be great but they are just trying to get as much money from the players as possible.

I feel that this omission is ripping my nostalgic memories of SC parties at the seams... I don' know how I will live on.

" I was only ever planning on playing the singleplayer, so it doesn't affect me too much, but how in the hell is preventing local multiplayer going to do anything about piracy? That makes about as much sense as saying you can pirate Halo 3 by playing split-screen co-op. "

I predict battlenet will be an interface you need to login to first, then be able to play Starctrat 2. Its gonna be like steam - its all part of the plan.

"The entire nation of South Korea was engulfed in riots today at the announcement that alleged video game 'StarCraft II' will not support locally hosted games. Several of the rioters where heard chanting 'You make us beg: no more lag'."

...and so begins the reformation of Korea against the western world...

People will make a big deal about anything. Blizzard doesn't owe you jack. It's their game, they can put whatever they want in it. Don't like it? Don't buy the game.

At least they aren't going to have DRM that forces you to call support after 3 installs and installs rootkits on your computer. (Anno 1404)

lans are so 2007

hmm...well, whatever.

the best option to ensure a quality multiplayer experience with StarCraft II and safeguard against piracy.

I dont really care.. expect this seems kinda like a push to make battle.net a pay service like wow is... so yea... that wouldnt be good

Well I am unsold on the game now, shame about that. I still do LAN gaming with the people in my house. Also LAN gaming is really what all the competitive what and need so they have shot themselves in the foot for that.

I would probably never use that feature, but I would still like the option in some way.  It just seems a little silly that you would have to play online against some guy in the same room.  I bet the pirates will just find a way around it while I will buy this game and never figure it out.

To everyone bitter at Blizzard, you can redirect your anger torwards pirates or yourself if you're a pirate.

Just wait for a hack to allow LAN. And there will be one.

Oh wow. I can see why they'd do it, but thats going to piss alot of people off.

WTF? I love LAN parties :s And even though I mostly plan FPSes in LAN, I love WC3 in LAN and was really hoping for some SC2 LAN love from Blizz... This and the 7-min long boring video are making me wonder if I should actually get that game...

It's like gun control, it only stops honest people and the criminals get the "advantage", lol!

Brad (et al),  I'm thinking they could include a LAN-esque option inside Battle.net  So all the players (on a LAN) have to sign into the service, but then the game data itself goes directly between the players rather than via Battle.net - meaning zero latency but still the need for people to 'sign in' every game.

These matches would obviously have to be unranked though.

Good for blizzard trying to get around piracy issues, bad for honest consumers who might miss this feature. Personally lack of LAN support means absolutely nothing to me

It ruffles my feathers.  When you're at college, you can haul your computer somewhere and have a LAN party.  And we have used brood war before.

You hear that? That's the horde of thousands of angry Korean E-Sports players.


They do realize this just gives the Anti-DRM groups more to talk about right?

" lans are so 1997 "

This virtually ensures that d3 is internet only, couple this with the poor attention to the potential satanic de-emphasis of diablo and starcraft singleplayer split 3 ways suggests that the don't care about their fans. It was bound to happen, and hopefully they learn a thing or two about it in the process.

Will it be FREE battle.net like Starcraft 1 had .. or will it require a WOW style subscription to use it ??

Isn't LAN and the competitive scene what has given Starcraft its longevity in the first place? This doesn't affect me personally, I don't go to LANs or play competitively, but this isn't good for the core. Apparently that's not Blizzard's focus anymore.

Basically blizzard made this new shiny battle.net and they want to FORCE people to use it cause they spent alot of time developing it. basically fuck you blizzard.

yes this is dumb
starcraft2 will sell well enough you rich bitches,  give us LAN support geeze louise
Suddenly I would rather just keep playing the original..       well that not true i guess.   goddammit

I have to say I'm rather upset about this. I know the big event of a 'LAN Party' is somewhat a thing of the past, but I know at least a few people that still do it. Heck I used to play at a friends house with a bunch of people not 2 years go. I also have a roommate who I play pc games with. If we aren't playing with others online than we prefer the LAN situation. Don't people understand that the internet can still go down? And if you have a bandwidth cap per month I sure as hell don't want to waste my bits playing with someone in the next room!

Good, LAN is dead, and only supports the players who don't actualy buy  the damn game. I couldn't care less about LAN support. 

It would have pissed me off 8 years ago when I owned a LAN shop.  Starcraft was one of the most played games, along side Counter Strike and Diablo 2.  Any LAN was better then the DLS we had then.  Now?  It's no big deal. Even if I owned a LAN shop today, internet speed is much faster and cheaper then it was.

this does not bother me at all. glad to see this is the solution to piracy. lets hope the days of stealing games is at an end. 

" We are building Battle.net to be ideal destination for multiplayer gaming."

What a load of PR bullshit. Wasn't B.Net supposed to be the best destination for online multiplayer back in the 90's? Am I the one that remembers the train wreck that was Diablo 1 online multiplayer??? My limited experience with StarCraft 1 and Diablo 2 on Battle.net was laggy, cheattastic, and not a lot of fun. As I stated in the previous thread about this, I have no desire to return to Battle.net regardless of how much money they have thrown at it. I had little interest in StarCraft 2 before and now that I know I won't be able to LAN it with my friends and house mates I am not buying it since the LAN has been how I've played and enjoyed multiplayer in Blizzards games with every game they have produced since Diablo 1. To not include LAN play in such a majorly competitive multiplayer PC game is a mistake. With the way they are doing this it sounds like an X-Box 360 game, but they are making the mistake of releasing it on PC.

Also, the authentication bullshit with Battle.net to fight piracy is bullshit. My brother and his friend use pirated copies of StarCraft and Diablo 2 to play online on Battle.net just about every night. All they had to do was download the game ISO's and use their other friends CD-Keys from his legitly purchased copies and bingo they can play. The whole fighting piracy nonsense and the measures that publishers take for that is stupid, because it does nothing more than screw over the legitamate consumer. This isn't about protecting anything. It's about squeezing as much money out of the customer base as possible.

In order to add LAN, Blizzard requires more vespene gas.

If it means no (or very little) piracy I'm quite happy for the game to require logging in and connecting to Battle.net.

It's a shame that LAN had to go but I can totally understand the decision given the rampant piracy of PC games.  At this point I'm perfectly happy to make certain small sacrifices in order to stick it to pirates.