Blizzard Banning Single Player Cheaters?

[HellsingerAngel]

Did you know that you have to check in every 30 days?

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

That's only in the case if you want to play online, which apparently these people do not and is why they're using trainers. If you ignore that 30 days, the only thing that happens is your account becomes deactivated and you have to reactivate it, because now with the new way Battle.Net registers games it's stuck to one account instead of five seperate accounts for each game you own, thus, Blizzard no longer has to delete the account but rather suspend it from being activate if you don't go online. This doesn't affect offline single player in the slightest.

NOW YOU KNOW!

 

[Exort]

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/090910-bug-responsible-for-starcraft-ii.html#comments

So it seems to me like there is indeed a requirement that the game "check in" every 30 days. That's the way it is supposed to work. Unless I am reading it wrong?

It is called bug?... Really...

 

[HellsingerAngel]

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Neat. I must have a really good copy because I booted up today in offline after all the hubbub started, then into B.Net and my last login was August something. (this, by the way, is not sarcasm, it's actual surprise)

I did some research and I do have to conceed this point. The game is intended to require you to login every thirty days to continue to use offline mode. Whether someone has actually put this to the test or not, I couldn't say. However, there is information that has been omitted for those of you out there:

You would need to connect to the internet at least once every 30 days to re-authenticate your StarCraft II account in order to continue to player the game in offline mode, that is correct. StarCraft II requires an active internet connection to play. This is stated in the System Requirements on the retail box, as well as our online System Requirements. Without an active internet connection, you will not be able to log in to Battle.net to authenticate your copy of StarCraft II.

Right next to the ESRB notice, it states that an internet connection is required and that Battle.Net registration is required. Now I do feel a tad sympathetic for those of us who takes long trips to places without internet for awhile, but considering that it does say "Hey, you need the internet to play this!" I sort of don't feel very considerate of people who purchased blindly without reading the system requirements.

In any case, failing to sign-in to Battle.Net would constitute authentication, no? I suppose we'll only find out once someone really gets banned.