Fans Petition For StarCraft II LAN, Blizzard Responds
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Everybody's up in arms aboutthis, but Blizzard knows what they're doing and isn't going to do something completely idiotic. They will, in all likelyhood, have some option to use B.net to play local games off-line. I could very well be wrong, though.
I've seen this happen with other game companies, and the public outrage is usually unwaranted.
I've seen this happen with other game companies, and the public outrage is usually unwaranted.
Well there goes the 8 player LANfest I was gonna have on launch day. Don't even know if I'll bother getting it now. Might as well just play SC1 instead. The difference looks negligible anyway.
Seriously, LAN play was pretty much all I was gonna do with it anyway. Logging in to B-net is annoying as it is. Also, what if I don't particularly like being on your global scoreboard. All that's gonna do is get me depressed. Not to say I'm a bad player (I school my friends all the time) but just how much worse I probably am to the best.
This is why PC gaming is such a lonely form of gaming. Split-screen doesn't work, and the closest thing to it (LAN) is being thrown out by everyone.
Also... WHO THE F*** CARES ABOUT PIRACY!!! THE GAMES GONNA BE A F***ING RUNAWAY SUCCESS ANYWAY!!! (Plenty will disagree with that point but, really. Can anyone see this game being hurt by piracy?)
Well my points have probably all been stated more times than worth mentioning. But as Anonymous always says: STFU NOoB!
Seriously, LAN play was pretty much all I was gonna do with it anyway. Logging in to B-net is annoying as it is. Also, what if I don't particularly like being on your global scoreboard. All that's gonna do is get me depressed. Not to say I'm a bad player (I school my friends all the time) but just how much worse I probably am to the best.
This is why PC gaming is such a lonely form of gaming. Split-screen doesn't work, and the closest thing to it (LAN) is being thrown out by everyone.
Also... WHO THE F*** CARES ABOUT PIRACY!!! THE GAMES GONNA BE A F***ING RUNAWAY SUCCESS ANYWAY!!! (Plenty will disagree with that point but, really. Can anyone see this game being hurt by piracy?)
Well my points have probably all been stated more times than worth mentioning. But as Anonymous always says: STFU NOoB!
Is there even any piratable copies of Blizzard games, because I just made a search and I'm not finding many that look realistic.
(I'm just wondering if Blizzard games are piratable, I don't want to dl them)
(I'm just wondering if Blizzard games are piratable, I don't want to dl them)
Make that 21,000 by now.
And Blizzard continues releasing bullshit PR. This doesn't have anything to do with piracy, it will sell tons and it will be pirated a lot just the same. And it doesn't have anything to do with B.Net 2.0 either: they could release all those oh-so-fantastic achievements, stats, and whatever while releaseing the game with LAN support.
They just want to put two tons of ads and control how everyone plays. And they're not going to do it with my money.
And Blizzard continues releasing bullshit PR. This doesn't have anything to do with piracy, it will sell tons and it will be pirated a lot just the same. And it doesn't have anything to do with B.Net 2.0 either: they could release all those oh-so-fantastic achievements, stats, and whatever while releaseing the game with LAN support.
They just want to put two tons of ads and control how everyone plays. And they're not going to do it with my money.
It's like listening to the clothing salesman from Hell.
Hi, I'd like blue jeans.
Okay, but have you thought about maybe buying these gym shorts instead?
No...I'm pretty sure I need blue jeans.
Right, well I'm a big fan of jeans too. That makes a lot of sense. But really, check out these gym shorts.
Hi, I'd like blue jeans.
Okay, but have you thought about maybe buying these gym shorts instead?
No...I'm pretty sure I need blue jeans.
Right, well I'm a big fan of jeans too. That makes a lot of sense. But really, check out these gym shorts.
In an official petition, you never use the words "absolutely awesome". Maybe avoiding "awesome" altogether may be a good idea.
Could someone please explain to me why LAN = Piracy?
I'm really confused because multiplayer is pretty much the #1 piracy deterrent.
I'm really confused because multiplayer is pretty much the #1 piracy deterrent.
Yeah I'm not very sure, but I think it has something to do with being able to play multi-player without a connection, so pirates can still experience a huge part of the game and the servers or whatever can't detect it because the pirates didn't use a internet connection to play.ElArabDeMagnifico said:
Fans unhappy about the recently announced lack of LAN support for Blizzard's upcoming StarCraft II have taken to the most honorable and unquestionably effective form of protest: the Internet petition.
Don't know why, but that made me lol.
Please just do what Steam does. They verify your games AND allow LAN play don't they? In the last 6 months a group of about 15-20 of my friends have had LAN parties with Starcraft 1, Warcraft 3, and Team Fortress 2. Everyone has legit copies of the games. I've personally bought about 10 copies of Starcraft 1 over the last 10 years (lost or scratched discs, some for friends, etc). Don't let the fear of piracy keep this out of the game.
Hamachi, a very popular program, allows players to play online over a virtual network. In other words, you and I could play a LAN game of SC right now if we wanted to using Hamachi.ElArabDeMagnifico said:
I use it regularly for games like Titan Quest because my friends and I can't connect to each other through the online component. In fact, many legit users use it because they can't connect to whatever service that particular game uses (their own, failspy, etc.). BNet won't be any different.
That's what they mean by piracy, but it's a very, very weak argument.
The point is that with a local network one person can buy the game and then let everyone else on the network copy it. Bypassing local cd-key detection would be much easier than bypassing bnet's. Still, perhaps it's possible to start something very similar to a LAN game once you're on bnet. Remember, from day one they've been making SC2 for the competitive crowd, and if they made it impossible to reduce latency by playing local matches I think there would be quite the uproar from South KoreaPsychosocial said:
Wrong. Blizzard's, and mainly StarCraft's main market is South Korea. They wouldn't dare to anger that crowd, because for the first sign of lag, they won't come with pitchforks and torches, no, they will come with internet terror and fucking NUKES. Blizzard will plant their best and fastest server all across South Korea.Dectilon said:The point is that with a local network one person can buy the game and then let everyone else on the network copy it. Bypassing local cd-key detection would be much easier than bypassing bnet's. Still, perhaps it's possible to start something very similar to a LAN game once you're on bnet. Remember, from day one they've been making SC2 for the competitive crowd, and if they made it impossible to reduce latency by playing local matches I think there would be quite the uproar from South KoreaPsychosocial said:
But what about us, living on the verge of civilization, in Europe? Sure, the lag won't be a problem is the US and Korea, but we europeans usually get the most shitty service there is. I tried to play StarCraft on Bnet, but after the fourth game full off "Waiting for Player..." and dropping, I gave up and went back to play on LAN with my friends, or over Hamachi.
We were a huge bunch of pirates back in secondary school, we never considered buying a game, but StarCraft and Diablo 2 was different. Those were only legit copies of games we bought for a loooong time. We pooled together and bought us each a copy, because we thought they deserve our support for the awesome LAN parties. Now, I'm not even considering pirating SC2... we will, however play SC1 on the upcoming LAN party
I hope they don't pull that for diablo 3 as well, bnet is slow enough as it is, its gonna be a lot worse if every starcraft 2 player has to play online