Lan 100% Confirmed For Televised Korean Tournaments

[SaharaDrac]

http://tech.wp.pl/kat,1009785,title,...l?ticaid=1a6b0

milion people got banned for pirated software and pirated games in a one week action
for fucks sake are you that blind?

Ok a million Pollacks get banned on the Xbox. HOW DOES THIS PROVE REMOVING LAN INCREASES PIRATING!?!?!?

[spychi]

Ok a million Pollacks get banned on the Xbox. HOW DOES THIS PROVE REMOVING LAN INCREASES PIRATING!?!?!?

this proves what I said previously
despite PS3 firmware and technology everything so far developed by programers got cracked
there is no fucking way StarCraft 2 will be an exception as we all saw how fast SC2 beta was cracked

[DemolitionSquid]

LAN is a core feature everyone expects from a multiplayer computer game. No one likes lag. The ability to play without lag is a standard of good competitive gaming and it WILL be achieved.

[spychi]

LAN is a core feature everyone expects from a multiplayer computer game. No one likes lag. The ability to play without lag is a standard of good competitive gaming and it WILL be achieved.

and this is what pists me off so far in StarCraft 2, that I can't play the Beta with a LAN-like latency with my few neighbours who bought the beta for it...
a reason good enough to pirate the game? well for them it is enough to crack it...for me well I won't give my personal decision on what I will do after the release, so far I am disgusted what Blizzard did with the network

[SlickR]

this proves what I said previously
despite PS3 firmware and technology everything so far developed by programers got cracked
there is no fucking way StarCraft 2 will be an exception as we all saw how fast SC2 beta was cracked

Actually since I'm probably most familiar with it all, PS1 got cracked by scrambling the original chip and you can play pirated copies, PS2 also and PS3 also.
This proves that anything and everything can get cracked!

[SaharaDrac]

Actually since I'm probably most familiar with it all, PS1 got cracked by scrambling the original chip and you can play pirated copies, PS2 also and PS3 also.
This proves that anything and everything can get cracked!

No one said it couldn't be cracked. I never said that. I said people who pirate SCII multiplayer will be in their own little segregated group, missing features, out of the main group of gamers.

[spychi]

No one said it couldn't be cracked. I never said that. I said people who pirate SCII multiplayer will be in their own little segregated group, missing features, out of the main group of gamers.

oh really? what if I would support them? and give source codes for battle.net features? what if Blizzards employees will be the source of leaks for pirates?
what if there are workers there which disagree with their chiefs about the product selling policy and they will support pirates?

one thing is for sure, if Blizzard will stick to the developing direction they took right now they will loose more and more fans and I am an example of that
I don't trust them anymore, I think it's a greedy company since WoW and the merge with Activision, I hope they will bail-out if they will keep doing this bullshit they were doing for the past months and I won't even feel sad about it

[DemolitionSquid]

No one said it couldn't be cracked. I never said that. I said people who pirate SCII multiplayer will be in their own little segregated group, missing features, out of the main group of gamers.

Here's a realistic, very simple example.

A dorm with 20 people shares an internet connection.
If SC2 had LAN, all 20 may very well buy SC2 because it'll last them years.
If SC2 is missing LAN, they may be more inclined to just buy 5 copies, crack it, and all play LAN off that single copy and use the 5 real for battle.net at different times.
The other 15 people might buy SC2 eventually, but if they wait until its price goes down then Blizzard has lost money.

[TheEconomist]

The reason I actually don't want LAN is because I don't need, it, it brings no benefit for me. What it does bring, however, is a higher risk of pirates playing SCII multiplayer, which I don't want.

I thought so When I said all things being equal, I meant no danger of piracy from LAN. In that case, we're in total agreement.

@DSquid: Those numbers pale in comparison to the threat of piracy in tournaments and such. You can defend LAN all you want but less piracy can never be a legitimite reason.

[spychi]

The reason I actually don't want LAN is because I don't need, it, it brings no benefit for me. What it does bring, however, is a higher risk of pirates playing SCII multiplayer, which I don't want.

the thing is that the kid is poor and I don't give a fuck about him because I am rich and I won't give him anything, let him die
ignorant people act that way

I don't understand why a new game doesn't have features games had in the 99s
so far Blizzard game bullshit reason noone with half of a brain cell would consider reasonable enough

I don't know where is the logic in all this crap
few pages ago I asked for someone to explain me why they are not adding key features to the network and I still don't see anyone giving me a good reason...piracy you say? I say bullshit cause they won't prevent it, they will only make things worst than they are