Starcraft 2 not to have LAN support?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=366580

Be it only a post on another message board but it seems legit.

Original Source: http://www.incgamers.com/News/17129/NoLANInStarCraftIIConfirmed?gr_i_ni

Probably the worst move I have ever seen by a gaming company... ever.

No LAN?? Are you serious?

Yep sure they do, because Blizz always reveals info in some random interviews from some unknown guys...oh wait.

So you beleive news from some random news site no one has heard of and not the official blizzard site? Hmm interesting.Dr_Brocoli

Cue this means they'll charge for battle.net! comments.

I'm not buying this now, and it was my most hyped game of the decade.funked_up

even though this is an "lol wut" moment, not having LAN isn't the end of the world. I know many people will be very dissapointed, but many people may have not even played LAN with the original Starcraft. Now if they charge for B.Net services, then that is an extremely legitimate reason not to buy.

[QUOTE="Dr_Brocoli"]So you beleive news from some random news site no one has heard of and not the official blizzard site? Hmm interesting.MythPro1

It's on Bluesnews too so it's pretty much been confirmed. What a wonderful company Blizzard is. :D

If this is true, then it's a bad move on Blizzards part.Treflis

If this is true, then it's a bad move on Blizzards part.Treflis

I am not sure if this is a real problem.. The vast majority of people who have a lan network is already connected to the internet through high speed internet.. I would only see it as a major blow if they were gonna omitt spawn copies to which you only had to own one game to play with a few player.. But I think they have discontinued it sense starcraft, Warcraft 3 or Diablo 2 never had it..

Lol @ no LAN support.

As soon as the game is released and the Koreans realize it's true, they'll lay siege to Blizzard's HQ. True story.

Lol @ no LAN support.

As soon as the game is released and the Koreans realize it's true, they'll lay siege to Blizzard's HQ. True story.

Mograine

Lol @ no LAN support.

As soon as the game is released and the Koreans realize it's true, they'll lay siege to Blizzard's HQ. True story.

Not sure about that... I don;'t understand what the fuss is.. This is 2009.. The vast majority of us who are looking forward to the multiplayer as well as having a lan, already has a highspeed internet connection.. Whats wrong with just making a private game online or what not?sSubZerOo

This only applies to mostly not competitive players who play from home.

The guys who play the game competitively won't be able to play it properly at LAN parties, because with no LAN support LAN parties are meaningless, and the aforementioned guys can't bother playing with B.net latency.

Lol @ no LAN support.

As soon as the game is released and the Koreans realize it's true, they'll lay siege to Blizzard's HQ. True story.

[QUOTE="naval"]I have to say prety dissapointing on Blizzards part but not a big deal. Although If they charge for Battle. Net then that would be annoying. In that case it would be :- - CA charging extra for units with a specail Edition - Valve releasing L4D sequel just after one year - Blizzard charging for battle.net And worst - Trine $20 on PSN and $40 on PCDr_Brocoli

[QUOTE="Dr_Brocoli"][QUOTE="naval"]I have to say prety dissapointing on Blizzards part but not a big deal. Although If they charge for Battle. Net then that would be annoying. In that case it would be :- - CA charging extra for units with a specail Edition - Valve releasing L4D sequel just after one year - Blizzard charging for battle.net And worst - Trine $20 on PSN and $40 on PClettuceman44

Money-grubbing douchebag move by Blizzard. They know full well how many people play SC lan.

Just run it through Hamachi on LAN if it bothers you that much?

Money-grubbing douchebag move by Blizzard. They know full well how many people play SC lan.

F1_2004

[QUOTE="lettuceman44"]

[QUOTE="Dr_Brocoli"] I agree. I wont mind blizz charging IIFFFFF the 12-15$ monthly fee (depending on how many monthsyou buy). Buys time for WoW, SC DLC, D3 DLC, and constant support patching with fast rate for downloading the content. And maybe access to older games:) Blizz is the only respectable gaming company left in the world. Lets see what happens. Vavle is about to be bad depending on their next move which could break them. CA just plain sucks btw, im a ETW player, or ex. player and you probably already know my reasons.Dr_Brocoli

That isn't a very good idea.

If there's no LAN capabilities... good luck running Hamachi on LAN :|F1_2004

If there's no LAN capabilities... good luck running Hamachi on LAN :|F1_2004

[QUOTE="F1_2004"]

Money-grubbing douchebag move by Blizzard. They know full well how many people play SC lan.

Swiftstrike5

Disappointing, but a hit against potential pirates. One less feature of the game. Maybe Blizzard has forgotton that not everyone in the world has a good internet connection as in Korea where LAN matches are pretty much nonexistent now over there (simply no point as internet is fast enough).

We'll see what happens. Too early to judge the game now.

[QUOTE="F1_2004"]

Money-grubbing douchebag move by Blizzard. They know full well how many people play SC lan.

Swiftstrike5

Lol @ no LAN support.

As soon as the game is released and the Koreans realize it's true, they'll lay siege to Blizzard's HQ. True story.

Mograine

The Koreans arent going to care. They live in the most connected country in the world...everyone has access to super high speed internet.

You must be kidding, SC LAN in Korea is huuuuge. In fact I'm almost sure they'll put in some sort of LAN capability if they're any good at their jobs, because it would be a big mistake and big hit to the competitive community if Blizz excludes such a thing.

edit: also, internet connection speed and ping/lag aren't necessarily the same thing. I've got a 10MBps connection and I get serious lag issues in many online games. Such lag is unacceptable in competitions, people would laugh.

probably to keep pirates out from playing the game with hamachi although for me it won't affect me but for the professional crowd and all the Koreans this will suck big time for them it ruins the Lan party potential sc2 had. but for me as long as there don't start charging for battlenet im fine.

altough blizz would be crazy to not include a lan option at least exclusivsly for the korean verison of the game.

You must be kidding, SC LAN in Korea is huuuuge. In fact I'm almost sure they'll put in some sort of LAN capability if they're any good at their jobs, because it would be a big mistake and big hit to the competitive community if Blizz excludes such a thing.

edit: also, internet connection speed and ping/lag aren't necessarily the same thing. I've got a 10MBps connection and I get serious lag issues in many online games. Such lag is unacceptable in competitions, people would laugh.

F1_2004

Thats because when you play games online, you play with people that may often be fairly far away. Korea is a small country. Play an online game on a server in your state or close to you, and your going to get a ping less than 50.

besides, 10 Mbs is low end in Korea.

[QUOTE="F1_2004"]

You must be kidding, SC LAN in Korea is huuuuge. In fact I'm almost sure they'll put in some sort of LAN capability if they're any good at their jobs, because it would be a big mistake and big hit to the competitive community if Blizz excludes such a thing.

edit: also, internet connection speed and ping/lag aren't necessarily the same thing. I've got a 10MBps connection and I get serious lag issues in many online games. Such lag is unacceptable in competitions, people would laugh.

cobrax75

Thats because when you play games online, you play with people that may often be fairly far away. Korea is a small country. Play an online game on a server in your state or close to you, and your going to get a ping less than 50.

besides, 10 Mbs is low end in Korea.

[QUOTE="F1_2004"]

You must be kidding, SC LAN in Korea is huuuuge. In fact I'm almost sure they'll put in some sort of LAN capability if they're any good at their jobs, because it would be a big mistake and big hit to the competitive community if Blizz excludes such a thing.

edit: also, internet connection speed and ping/lag aren't necessarily the same thing. I've got a 10MBps connection and I get serious lag issues in many online games. Such lag is unacceptable in competitions, people would laugh.

cobrax75

Thats because when you play games online, you play with people that may often be fairly far away. Korea is a small country. Play an online game on a server in your state or close to you, and your going to get a ping less than 50.

besides, 10 Mbs is low end in Korea.

[QUOTE="cobrax75"]

[QUOTE="F1_2004"]

You must be kidding, SC LAN in Korea is huuuuge. In fact I'm almost sure they'll put in some sort of LAN capability if they're any good at their jobs, because it would be a big mistake and big hit to the competitive community if Blizz excludes such a thing.

edit: also, internet connection speed and ping/lag aren't necessarily the same thing. I've got a 10MBps connection and I get serious lag issues in many online games. Such lag is unacceptable in competitions, people would laugh.

F1_2004

Thats because when you play games online, you play with people that may often be fairly far away. Korea is a small country. Play an online game on a server in your state or close to you, and your going to get a ping less than 50.

besides, 10 Mbs is low end in Korea.

Well there is another factor to it also...part of the reason you get so much lag in games like Starcraf is because their P2P games, and not hosted on centralized servers like most FPS games. Meaning that another players poor connection would cause your ping to go up. This isnt at all a problem in Korea, where everyone has high speed internet.

I strongly suspect that the ping you would from this game being played in Korea would be so low, it would be effectivly unnoticable to all but the most vetren players.