You must now have an internet connection to install SC2.

[deadlock]

wow that's gay. i don't have the internet on my computer that can actually play games. i'll have to carry the fucking thing downstairs fuck you blizz

[Pandonetho]

wow that's gay. i don't have the internet on my computer that can actually play games. i'll have to carry the fucking thing downstairs fuck you blizz

So you have a computer that can't play games yet uses internet, and a computer that CAN play game, with no internet? Maybe your setup should be revised.

Second of all, buy a router.

[spychi]

Second of all, buy a router.

Yes you should buy a router, plus wi-fi card
I have it that way. In the weak PC that can handle only few games I have stationary internet, in my gaming rig I have put a wi-fi card.

[sulik]

This is not fun. I got a good amount of lag playing online, my connection here is not that good.

[Pick]

There will never be LAN play!! Blizzard needs to control the eSports community by having all games on B.Net.

Blizzard spent a "Bazillion Dollars"* making this game and they will profit from it for many years after the launch through eSports.


* My Bazillion Dollar estimate includes the cost of B.Net.

[hiru]

wow that's gay. i don't have the internet on my computer that can actually play games. i'll have to carry the fucking thing downstairs fuck you blizz

..... You are joking right?

[SaharaDrac]

Yeah, I think it'll be fine as well. ( I just wanted to stir the shit.)

Finished your post for you.

[n00bonicPlague]

Finished your post for you.

Makes it easier to flush

[Bisso]

This is not fun. I got a good amount of lag playing online, my connection here is not that good.

read again. It's not requiring you to play the game, just to connect to an authentification server to install the game. After this, you can play offline forever. This is only for installation purpose, to counter piracy.

For people that say it won't change anything. It will, of course, they will crack it. But it will take maybe a month. By this time, alot of people will have bought the game.

Also, even if Steam is "crackable". It never work for a very long time and is not as popular as a normal standalone game is.

I think this is the best (and only) way to secure a bit a game these days.

[Aldrius]

Wait, isn't DRM that stupid, stupid thing they put into the Mass Effect installation...?

I'm... not for that. But oh well.