Bliz splits with KeSPA

[Dragoonx]

I think the current beta is a good demonstration of how good their system has been at preventing piracy. Beta has been out for like 2+ months already and nobody has figured out how to play with other people yet (if you arent in the beta), just against AI computers.

Has there been any attempt to begin with?

[Maul]

I get a feeling that Blizzard has an army at the ready to continuously fix and reinforce the game to prevent piracy.

This can be said for hacks and other cheats, but not for LAN. Once you have a broken version for LAN play you'll never have to do anything else with it, nor can Blizzard change this once it's been done unless the user does so willingly.

[KadajSouba]

There is a lot of free time in the world. Crack will come either you want it or not. The proof is that Beta got cracked one week after the release, I mean, come on.

If you build it, people will come.

[TheRabidDeer]

Has there been any attempt to begin with?

Yes, there most definitely has been. I dont know how much, but the fact that there are map hacks available for the beta would lead me to believe that people would be trying to make it playable for people without beta.

[TheEconomist]

This can be said for hacks and other cheats, but not for LAN. Once you have a broken version for LAN play you'll never have to do anything else with it, nor can Blizzard change this once it's been done unless the user does so willingly.

They can alter the files themselves each patch. Sure, the hackers would just adjust but that could cause a delay that would deter people from this path.

[Noctis]

they can seed a hidden program into the game files that forces a patch, you think hackers are brilliant end-all genious's? Dont ever underestimate pro's from blizzard. I mean look at PS3, George Hotz is a little pansy who ruined Other OS for the small portion that used it. True piracy on PS3 is not remotely practical because the games are such huge files (Blu-Ray FTW)

[TheEconomist]

A simple IP block could stop any automatic patching.

[simples123]

Bliz are doing pretty bad decisions. Server lock being one of the baddest. Its a shame they are doing it, although they have to patch this.

[TheRabidDeer]

Bliz are doing pretty bad decisions. Server lock being one of the baddest. Its a shame they are doing it, although they have to patch this.

Region lock is the only thing I dont really like, and I really hope they remove it.

EDIT: Speaking of this however... I am going to be at work when they do the Q&A twitter thing, would somebody mind trying to ask them if they plan to keep the region lock in place?

[Noctis]

i think they made it seem like it's something they plan on fixing, try looking back at the original answer, could be wrong