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It is official. Starcraft 2 will have no LAN support and gamers are pissed.

Hundreds of negative comments are found nearly anywhere the LAN news has been posted, petitions are launching, and some long-time Starcraft gamers are even considering a boycott despite their desire to play the highly-anticipated and long-time coming sequel.

Why would Blizzard do this considering that people are still playing the original in a multi-player LAN setting over a decade after its release in 1998? Blizzard claims it is to safeguard against piracy.

What still is not clear is what this will do to the South Korean market where Starcraft is a televised professional sport.		Starcraft 2 LAN
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Here is Blizzard's Official Response to the Fan Outcry:

Bob Colayco"We don't currently plan to support LAN play with StarCraft II, as we are building Battle.net to be the ideal destination for multiplayer gaming with StarCraft II and future Blizzard Entertainment games. While this was a difficult decision for us, we felt that moving away from LAN play and directing players to our upgraded Battle.net service was the best option to ensure a quality multiplayer experience with StarCraft II and safeguard against piracy.

Several Battle.net features like advanced communication options, achievements, stat-tracking, and more, require players to be connected to the service, so we're encouraging everyone to use Battle.net as much as possible to get the most out of StarCraft II. We're looking forward to sharing more details about Battle.net and online functionality for StarCraft II in the near future." said Bob Colayco at Blizzard PR		Here's the original statement that spurred the outcry:

No LAN Support - StarCraft 2"We don't have any plans to support LAN" said VP of game design Rob Pardo in an IncGamers interview.




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dustpaint What is Blizzard up to? 0 Jun 30 2009, 7:04 PM EDT by dustpaint
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Why do you suppose Blizzard isn't including LAN. Do you really think it is just about piracy? Is it a control thing, or are they trying to make more money?

Though stat tracking is nice, I'd be okay with no fancy stats for LAN games.
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garbagecraft Blizzard, you suck bigtimes... 2 Jul 3 2009, 1:35 PM EDT by adrianoabobora
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If you're any bit like me, you'e playing SC1 a lot. That means you usually play with your friends via a LAN and can hardly do without it. I have found myself play with friends over a LAN while being at a hotel or on a trip, etc.
I have just ordered 10 copies to give for some other friends. You can be sure we will not be buying SC2 at all. No way, Jose.
Starcraft 2 is not WoW. Blizzard is ONLY about the money these days and I will be giving them the finger this time.
Boycott Starcraft 2!!!! Teach Blizzard a lesson.
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AbsolutTBomb Dear Blizzard: 0 Jul 1 2009, 2:49 PM EDT by AbsolutTBomb
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I had considered buying SC2 for the sole purpose of playing it over LAN - like every other RTS lets you do. But now since you want to force me to use Battle.net, I'm going to pirate your sh*t. GG.
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loonatik Blizzard is the new EA 0 Jul 1 2009, 1:09 PM EDT by loonatik
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This is just another example of Blizzards new attitude towards customers. Only a moron would think this is going to stop piracy. Just like steam doesn't protect its games. I give it 30 days before its cracked to allow private server play and that's being generous.

Blizzard is all about milking its customers for money in WoW. Treating them like shit with their support. Now they are onto inconveniencing their customers forcing battle.net on them so they can keep track of what everyone's doing for marketing.

I have bought almost every blizzard game with the exception of warcraft. I have multiple wow accounts. But I tell you this, if they force battle.net on us like this ill simply pirate the game.

Lose Lose
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