"It's called LAN!"

[protoswarrior]

Cable internet has become soo affordable these days. Don't tell me you don't have 30$ (read: 1$/day) to spend a month on internet cable, but you have a $100-$150 or more to spend on other crapshit college students often throw their money at... Seriously... -__-;;



And, I am assuming that "LAN-copy" was not an original, and you were sharing CD keys, and stuff?

For emphasis

It's one thing to make one payment for something.

It's another to make multiple payments for something.

How much of a multiple (indiv or compounding) are you talking about? I can understand taht a college student budget is really tight; but then again, if you really want to be able to "afford" a cable internet connection, manage the money better, aka DON'T SPEND money on useless shit (read: drugs, pointless amts of alcohol, "casino" runs, in-dorm gambling, and shit)...

[Kalash]

That same person probably cant afford a decent computer to play sc2.
And if your college doesn't have wifi, your college just sux. This also doesn't stop 12 million WoW players.

I mean, none of this affects me, but I'd like to see the game succeed, and college students are a major demographic. Thats why I give a crap. Ive only used LAN maybe twice.

Not everything is the same on all countrys, i remember the person sayd that Battle.net was way too lag for australian to actually play a decent game.

[Genopath]

When a company blatantly decides to remove one of the key cornerstones of PC gaming as we know it, and they proceed to give insulting and idiotic reasons as to why, then I say we have a RIGHT to "qqing" about no LAN.

The piracy issues have been discussed on other threads, they are not idiotic reasons.

If you have Internet, you will be able to play the same way as before.

If you don't have Internet then I would worry more about getting Internet than actually playing SC2.

Again no disrespect intended here but If you are on college and if your college doesn't have internet, then blame your college, not Blizzard.

[Josue]

Cable internet has become soo affordable these days. Don't tell me you don't have 30$ (read: 1$/day) to spend a month on internet cable, but you have a $100-$150 or more to spend on other crapshit college students often throw their money at... Seriously... -__-;;



And, I am assuming that "LAN-copy" was not an original, and you were sharing CD keys, and stuff?

It was not mine, nor theirs, it was an internet where we used to go to play so I don't have the slightest idea... Spawn maybe...
it was so long ago... If I remember well... internet connection used to be even more expensive than it its nowadays... so we payed less for LAN gaming, besides of that, I was with my friends, it was an easy way to play with them...
Those days I didn't even had a computer with internet...
Now I have... but I'll miss those days a lot...

[n00bonicPlague]

drugs, pointless amts of alcohol, "casino" runs, in-dorm gambling, and shit

College stereotype, not a reality.

Plus, most of those people don't even know what a computer is.

And don't forget that the college excuse also covers poor quality internet coverage (if any coverage at all) in dorms and apartments. I've got a friend who is renting living space in a duplex of a high-end neigborhood development for $700 a month -- which was a friggin' steal of a deal -- and the internet is as slow as shit moving uphill.

Now just imagine if he had rented a mid- to low-end apartment...

[Crazy_Jonny]

Not everything is the same on all countrys, i remember the person sayd that Battle.net was way too lag for australian to actually play a decent game.

1) They better fix any lag issues with Bnet 2. Thats a whole different problem.
2) They couldve been setting him up for a LAN conflict.

[n00bonicPlague]

Not everything is the same on all countrys, i remember the person sayd that Battle.net was way too lag for australian to actually play a decent game.

It was actually after that question got answered that a dude shouted, "It's called LAN!"

[SpikeVorador]

siding apart if you are or arent agree with the removal of lan... i think the core reason of this post is the bad actitude that Rob take...

[Noise]

I thought Blizzard listened to their fans? Clearly, only when it'll make them more money.

[Xyvik]

The piracy issues have been discussed on other threads, they are not idiotic reasons.

If you have Internet, you will be able to play the same way as before.

If you don't have Internet then I would worry more about getting Internet than actually playing SC2.

Again no disrespect intended here but If you are on college and if your college doesn't have internet, then blame your college, not Blizzard.

Valve and Stardock are dealing with the piracy issue exceedingly well, and they haven't had to take LAN out to do it. Why? Because they are smart and actually care about their customers. There is absolutely NO REASON to take out LAN in order to fight piracy. Piracy can, and has, been fought successfully with other methods.

And I have an awesome internet connection too, but this still ticks me off. Why? Because I play almost all my MP games with my wife, whose computer is exactly four feet away from mine...on a gigabit router.

When I go to my quarterly LAN party, we all play...on a gigabit router. Why in HEAVEN'S NAME would ten people want to connect...TO THE INTERNET...in order to connect to computers that are already hooked up behind a gigabit router? The answer: we don't want to, we don't need to, and there is no reason for it.

So far nothing they have shown about Bnet 2 has been worth removing LAN. If they can come up with something better, I will listen. But it will have to be a darn good something.