No. SC2 is P2P just like SC1.If everyone got to send every info to Bnet server and the server to to route every info from every game it will just explode...
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02-21-2010, 04:33 PM
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Re: Starcraft 2 bandwidth requirement
"When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." - C. S. Lewis
"You simply cannot design a mechanic today to mimic the behaviour of a 10-year old mechanic that you removed because nearly nobody would like them today." - Norfindel, on the Macro Mechanics
"We want to focus the player on making interesting choices and not just a bunch of different klicks." - Dustin Browder
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02-21-2010, 06:01 PM
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Re: Starcraft 2 bandwidth requirement
I've monitored the packets, it averages around 5 kbps at a constant rate. I played for over 3 or 4 hours and only collected about 20 MBs.
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02-21-2010, 08:11 PM
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Re: Starcraft 2 bandwidth requirement
Peer to peer, but only peer to peer to your own internet IP (from your broadband modem). So you (and everyone else in the room with you) will still be sending a signal to your ISP and back again through the same pipe. Causing latency, etc.
Originally Posted by Nicol Bolas
We endorse the LAN in Starcraft 2 Please. Petition to Blizzard Entertainment.
http://www.petitiononline.com/LANSC2/petition.html
LANHAMMER: 252,778
252,778 against the removal of LAN in StarCraft 2!
IGN's Article Regarding The Petition Reaching 55,000, "...eliminating LAN play reduces choice"
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02-21-2010, 08:43 PM
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Re: Starcraft 2 bandwidth requirement
That's an assumption. It wouldn't be very difficult for Blizzard to tell if the two machines were on a LAN.Peer to peer, but only peer to peer to your own internet IP (from your broadband modem).
Um, and?So you (and everyone else in the room with you) will still be sending a signal to your ISP and back again through the same pipe. Causing latency, etc.
Even if you're sending packets to someone in the same room directly, you can expect a 50ms delay just from the fact that you're sending data."When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." - C. S. Lewis
"You simply cannot design a mechanic today to mimic the behaviour of a 10-year old mechanic that you removed because nearly nobody would like them today." - Norfindel, on the Macro Mechanics
"We want to focus the player on making interesting choices and not just a bunch of different klicks." - Dustin Browder
StarCraft 2 Beta Blog
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02-21-2010, 09:00 PM
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Re: Starcraft 2 bandwidth requirement
I'm on dial-up @ 26k. I can DL like 2-3 kb/s. 1v1 and 2v2 plays without a hitch. Well, there is an occasional hitch, but it is so so much better than SC1.
But maps need broadband.
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02-21-2010, 09:07 PM
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Re: Starcraft 2 bandwidth requirement
Are you seriously on dial up? Originally Posted by Gradius
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02-21-2010, 10:09 PM
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Re: Starcraft 2 bandwidth requirement
Impressive... most impressive. Originally Posted by Gradius
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02-21-2010, 10:11 PM
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Re: Starcraft 2 bandwidth requirement
Not everyone is lucky enough to have broadband. Remember that. Originally Posted by Hav0x
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02-21-2010, 10:17 PM
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Re: Starcraft 2 bandwidth requirement
I think I remember reading somewhere Gradius said his Dial Up was temporary (maybe he's somewhere without cable). Originally Posted by Nottoway
Regardless, its remarkable this actually works on Dial Up.
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02-21-2010, 10:22 PM
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Re: Starcraft 2 bandwidth requirement
A lot less people in the US have broadband than most know. Just take a look at Edfishys little map of Michigan broadband coverage. We have some really, really fast connections in the Detroit metro and Grand Rapids areas. If you don't live close to those places your choices for broadband drop to near nonexistent.
