Lan 100% Confirmed For Televised Korean Tournaments

[ArcherofAiur]

If you're waiting for LAN, grow up. You no longer live in 1998. That's all.

Great attitude.

[Alex06]

If you're waiting for LAN, grow up. You no longer live in 1998. That's all.

People still play LAN StarCraft TODAY. And up until late last year, all LAN-capable games had LAN.

People have different cultures <GASP> . In North America, people buy their phones on contract and lock themselves into years....outside..people BUY out their phones. Buying an unlocked GSM for 599$USD is the norm in most countries outside of North America. So..GASP! This subscription service might APPEAL to that specific market.

This is something I hate with phone services here. I am stuck with a contract for 2-3 years if I get a new phone. But perhaps it might also be because people used to switch providers all the time when a provider changed its features and people switched cell phones every 3 months, causing cell phones to get thrown away and accumulate, thus polluting the environment.

But even then, I don't like how phones here work on contract. I'm still personally going to get an iPhone 4 anyway when it's out over here, even if my contract's not over. I don't really care, I'm just gonna give away my iPhone 3G to a friend or sell it on ebay or something.

[newcomplex]

If you're waiting for LAN, grow up. You no longer live in 1998. That's all.

Saharadrac, this was pretty obnoxious....are you implying people who like attend LAN events need to "grow up"? That the proper mode of online gaming is by yourself in a room? You might as well follow that up with people who watch esports need to get "get a life".

If your not referring to wanting to attend LAN, but rather the actual availability of LAN, and how we shouldn't expect that in 2010 thats equally lulzy considering every single PC multiplayer game save MW2 (lol) released recently had lan capabilities. Are you implying we should lose functionality as times progress?

[DemolitionSquid]

For me, removing LAN is like removing your cellphone's clock. Yeah, you don't really need it, you can just buy a watch... but why not include it if you can? The iPhone has 200,000 friggin apps for a reason.

[Norfindel]

They don't want to look like idiots in the case internet connection goes out during a televised tournament. They don't give a shit about normal lanparties.

[TheEconomist]

@SlickR: Once is fine. Twice is still okay. But, now you're getting into the border line ridiculous with how much you misunderstood the OP.

1) Battle.net IS free-to-play. You just have the extra option of not buying the retail product and just paying for the time you use. This is great for those who aren't sure if they want to make StarCraft a long term thing. Such a model is extremely effective in Asian countries. In fact, I'd be willing to bet they'd be outraged if this wasn't an option.

2) You do not have to pay for LAN. In fact, LAN is not an option for you. Therefore, you aren't paying 200$ for a feature that was invented 20 years ago for this simple reason.

Who doesn't read OPs? WHO?

For me, removing LAN is like removing your cellphone's clock.

This would only be relevant if adding this feature ramped up piracy among other countries and cost the manufacturer tons and tons of money. Blizzard was right in removing LAN. I'm glad they did. Obviously, LAN will be put into StarCraft 2 through emulating servers or offline hacks. Once we have that, we have nothing to have lost but Blizzard will have gained the right to enforce against piracy and spawned copies.

Quite simple. I'm soooo tried of repeating this

That the proper mode of online gaming is by yourself in a room?

Or you could, you know, online game with other people in a room. Nothing's stopping you from doing this. The only difference between Battle.net and LAN is that you need an online connection. Latency and everything else is supposedly removed when the game no longer requires you to connect to Battle.net during the game.

[Gradius]

Why are you people doing this?
Its like stealing from yourself. WT*?

Blizzard could remove battle.net 2 all-together, but as long as you pay for the game and decide that the entertainment value you will get out of it is good enough to not return it to the store, then it's more than a fair deal for you. The only way it could be considered "stealing from yourself" is if you're too stupid to decide whether a game is worth your money.

The simple and pure FACT is that they REMOVED features bnet 1 had from 12 years ago

The features were never programmed in, and therefore were not "removed". Half the things people claim were removed will be put into a future patch or expansion. Tell me what's better:
1) Pushing back the release date so that these features can be added.
2) Getting to play the game and just letting Blizzard add these features when they normally would have anyway.

[TheEconomist]

SlickR is either not taking the time to read correctly or is so blinded by anger that he can't help but misinterpret

[spychi]

What happened to "we want to promote pirates to buy our game by offering them more compelling experience with the original game"?

How is it no LAN helping blizzard make pirates actually want to buy the original game, rather than downloading it illegally and playing lan with a crack? HUH?
Where is your logic here?

WTH are you people even talking about, going on defending blizzard for reducing your experience?

I won't use LAN ever in SC2 or in any other game, because I'm all over it and I only used it when younger, but why not have the ability with a 20 years old technology, if i give a damn to be able to play LAN????? WHY OH WHY?

Why are you people doing this?
Its like stealing from yourself. WT*?

this is what I exactly thought about
are people that blind that they don't see that we are given things that should be for free and for everyone?
if people agree to buy mounts for fucking 25$ than it doesn't stop them to sell things like that in StarCraft 2!! For Fucks Sakes people, if they will see that we buy such crap from them they will sell even the ability to add friends in the future

defenders say "why bitch about that, why bitch about this?" well I say
why they removed all the features that SC1 had and gave other retarded things that are not needed in the game?
why they sell things that were within the content of the game at the release?
why the monetize things like LAN and only for pro-gamers?
because they fight with fucking pirates? this is the damn 21 century, there is no way you can fight them...well unless you designed the software for PS3
but that is the only exception, the fact is that Blizzard even pisted more some groups of fans that declare that they will pirate the game

and PW you think that I see only negative things and I am unreasonable, well I will tell you something, I'd rather be pessimistic and be surprised in a positive way than the other way around!
we either agree to buy games that have everything games had in the past years for free, or we want to get milked from money

again if you guys agree to pay for things like that even a god damn cent, fine, I'd rather stick to games that allow me to play for free
the damn LAN feature is just the begining, there is no telling what they will do after the release and don't tell me that they won't cause then it will be the same thing I am doing right now: speculation, yet my speculation sounds the alarm in a gamer's brain

@Gradius
I'd rather have the release pushed for the next few months than buying a pig in a poke, that is why I am not buying the game within the release, I will wait and see what they will do to save their sales and good name

2) You do not have to pay for LAN. In fact, LAN is not an option for you. Therefore, you aren't paying 200$ for a feature that was invented 20 years ago for this simple reason.

tell me why, tell me a one good reason why they removed the freaking LAN? and I will shut my mouth till the release

[SaharaDrac]

I never said you couldnt go to LANs. Your LAN just needs the GOD DAMNED INTERNET, which if you aren't a caveman SHOULDNT BE A PROBLEM.