Piracy is easier and cheaper, therefore the rate of piracy will rise.  Seems pretty logical to me.  If you want to believe that isn't the case then feel free, but you could at least attempt to explain what the rate of piracy has to do with the issue at hand.

There is allready an online petition.

http://www.petitiononline.com/LANSC2/petition.html

I think that for once we should sign one of these.
No LAN in a game like Starcraft 2 is a bad idea.

yea wtf I had a lan party with starcraft like 3 days ago

this makes no sense. hopefully if the fans speak out enough blizzard will take notice. so what if this delays the game couple of more weeks.......we've been waiting 10+ years for a sequel, two more weeks doesnt hurt.

How the fuck?  no lan?  Shit, that was the only reason I was gonna get it with my friends.  Oh man.. so how do you play with friends in the same place?  All have to be online?  I also hate online confrimation DRM that forces you to be online to play.  This is all shit, they better hear the backlash and change that.

*Shrug* Never used lan. Anytime I'd play was over B-net with friends.

Are blizzard in any doubt that people arn't gonna buy their game? battle.net is sale for me on its own, and something to do with it being starcraft is another winner.

You know what? I made a decision, I was a customer, but I wont get fucked over because of that, so I will be a pirate.
They want to fight piracy? They will have to fight me now.

Idiots.

Is the relationship between LAN use and piracy really so strong that they have to remove LAN from the game entirely? This sucks.

" Is the relationship between LAN use and piracy really so strong that they have to remove LAN from the game entirely? This sucks. "

" @RsistncE: I'm sorry you find it ludicrous, but that's almost certainly why they've done it.  There is nothing 'local' about LAN anymore.You have a better explanation I presume?  You think they just woke up one morning and decided to take unrestricted LAN out to piss people off?  Oh, you got me, that's totally it. "

Ugh, greedy greedy blizzard

" Ugh, greedy greedy blizzard "

" I think they've also said that they have no plans for Diablo 3 LAN. "

I still think this is crazy, but I'm always online so it probably won't impact my gameplay experience. At least they have a robust achievement system to go with it.

i m sure some group will emulate battle.net and add some lan support.
i like to see face of my opponent when i beat him.

"  @Jimbo said: 

" Piracy is easier and cheaper, therefore the rate of piracy will rise.  Seems pretty logical to me.  If you want to believe that isn't the case then feel free, but you could at least attempt to explain what the rate of piracy has to do with the issue at hand. "

The original premise of AndrewB's response was that piracy had increased hugely, therefore requiring more drastic measures, as though there weren't pirates physically copying disks or using tons of other methods to score free games beforehand. "

 
@velt  said: 

" @Gamer_152 said:

" Is the relationship between LAN use and piracy really so strong that they have to remove LAN from the game entirely? This sucks. "

There is not... is that they want to promote the new battle.net at all costs.
But LAN has nothing to do with battle.net  How are you going to set up a LAN game now?
"