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| dustpaint | What is Blizzard up to? | 2 | Aug 24 2010, 2:00 AM EDT by sg_hariharan | ||||
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Thread started: Jun 30 2009, 7:04 PM EDT
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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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| TACCLAN | Boycott | 0 | Friday, 8:28 PM EDT by TACCLAN | ||||
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Thread started: Friday, 8:28 PM EDT
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Greetings from the Tactical Operations Clan. We wish, as a group, to make a public statement. After playing the original StarCraft to its furthest ends for many years, we had highly anticipated the release of the sequel. However, after its release, and after having nothing but problems with the installer, and the inability to play the game unless you connect to battle.net, the clan has decided to boycott the game.
We may further boycott Blizzard games all together, depending on the release of Diablo 3. If it is in the same fashion, such that it cannot be played in any mode without connecting to Battle.net we will completely boycott Blizzard all together. Its a tragedy to see Blizzard/Activision take the highest selling game of all time and pervert the second version so badly. In fact many of our members feel the play action is almost identical to Brood Wars, which was a complete flop. Anyone want to buy StarCraft II disks? Only played a few times, never dropped. $40.
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| Baluds | The Reason why Games tend to be pirated. | 0 | Aug 12 2010, 1:12 PM EDT by Baluds | ||||
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Thread started: Aug 12 2010, 1:12 PM EDT
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This is one of the reasons why games tend to be pirated due to selfishness and greed for money. The game is damn expensive then you can't even share it even at home. I'd rather buy the pirated version if I can't even play with my kids...
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| Cainchild | OMFG ARRG! | 0 | Jul 28 2010, 4:26 PM EDT by Cainchild | ||||
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Thread started: Jul 28 2010, 4:26 PM EDT
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Dude. I have to buy 2 copies to play with my wife? WTF? Dust, you gotta make a big ole fatazz faq so that I guys like me can get all the aggravation in one big dose. SC2 officially blows.
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| ryan6236 | No Lan | 2 | Jul 28 2010, 3:33 PM EDT by Cainchild | ||||
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Thread started: Jul 27 2010, 11:01 AM EDT
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Yeah well what about the hundreds of thousands of us that don't have broadband because we live in rural areas?
I already have a stack of games that I went through the single player campaign and threw in a bin next to beer caps, SC1 and Diablo never made it there because I got my money's worth out of those. I look at all the games I dropped 50 bones on for a single player campaign and think, "Man, that was stupid, why did I spend all that money on these games I never play?" We all do. Battle.net doesn't do so hot on a mobile broadband card. I realize you don't care, but guess what... that's why we're mad. We know you don't care. You're another giant faceless game company that gives standard answers and crappy excuses for things. Which is why your game is already hacked and there are already russian unlock codes all over the internet.
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| Cainchild | Region codes too? | 0 | Jul 28 2010, 3:26 PM EDT by Cainchild | ||||
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Thread started: Jul 28 2010, 3:26 PM EDT
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So if I buy two copies, one for each machine in my house..I can't play LAN? I can't play overseas? I can't log into the 2nd machine and play my account because the local data key won't match the B.net key? WTF?!?! They are insane? Did microsoft buy them out? I've seen this kind of min requirement package before too. It will look like untextured poo figures on a single core XP machine, and won't look like the ads without a 5 core, windows 7 with 8 gigs of RAM, and twin crossfire 1 gig vid cards. The more I'm discovering the more disappointment I feel. Any word on Diablo 3? activation, no LAN. I got $1 that says they already have the expansion pack going, but wont release it for 9 months so they can charge $45 for it. I have been looking forward to this for so long, and Im already super bummed, and I won't be getting SC2 or d3 now. Bastards.
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| Cainchild | Anti Piracy | 0 | Jul 28 2010, 3:03 PM EDT by Cainchild | ||||
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Thread started: Jul 28 2010, 3:03 PM EDT
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Anti Piracy? Stats? Horse Manure. Here is the thing with piracy. 70+% of it isn't piracy. It's warped and scratched cds. Its being forced to re-activate a product over and over again due to bad ram, a botched install, and having the key spoil. Then there are the TOEE issues, the never been patched games like sacred. I have bought 2 copies of the Diablo chest, a couple of starcraft, for these reasons. The pirates will find a way around this, so the only people blizzard just screwed are those of us that spend our hard earned money on crap software that we can't even return. And the worst part is, we find out after we upgrade our machines for $400 worth of parts, upgrade an OS because the producers were so stupid they didn't realize that making it run for xp it would have still run on the latter windows but not vice versa. And when we finally get it installed? It's a useless $50 coaster that cost us $700 to learn was crap. In blizzards case I cant even wait for the game to hit the $5 bin, nope. It will be a $50 game, and then a $50 battle chest. I think im just done with blizzard. They have completely fallen.
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| Tychris1 | Meh.......... | 0 | Apr 4 2010, 9:51 PM EDT by Tychris1 | ||||
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Thread started: Apr 4 2010, 9:51 PM EDT
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In my opinion I can sort of understand blizzard. Ok now before you start breaking legs (presumably mine) think for a moment. Yes the loss of LAN is a big thing but all in all I think its cause they have something in store. You all have to admit technology is constantly evolving and blizzard has been known to keep things secret and make decisive moves. I dont know the future and neither do you so Im simply going to wait in store for SCII for me to judge it myself. Also Isnt SC about radical new things? before SC it was just two equal sides with different faces and gear when SC raised the bar with a new idea and frankly this is a new idea (for the blizz community anyway) all of the games haave something about them and SC is about changing things because in all truth the final metamorphises has just begun mwhahahha!
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| Slapit255 | Blizzard Gone Bad | 0 | Mar 6 2010, 1:59 AM EST by Slapit255 | ||||
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Thread started: Mar 6 2010, 1:59 AM EST
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This is a great example of a company going big enough, and great enough, to not care. They have been a great company in the past, but im sorry to say, it has just become a horrible company. I have been playing blizzard games since Diablo 1 and Starcraft. I played a bit of Warcraft 2, and still to this day play warcraft 3 TFT regularly.
I host large LAN parties. We rent out the gym in our local church, which does not have an internet connection. Im talking 50 - 100 people LAN competitions. I have promoted thier games for a very long time, but sadly, will no longer be doing that. For the hundreds of customers i have brought to your door with your great products, you have officially lost 1 of your customers respect. You have gone from being a great, customer driven company, to a big bad wolf, that is feeding greed, rather than customer satisfaction. That being said, you have left me with a bad taste in my mouth, from World of Warcraft heading the directions that it does, and working with your customer support many of times. You use to sell a much enjoyed product, for the customers, and with the customers in mind. I think its absolutely pathetic that you show these kinds of obvious greed, to deal with something that will lose maybe 3-4% of your overall revenue(Which is probably what you are going to lose from the people who hate this idea). To come off and say its because of your new battle.net system tracking stats, thats moronic. Many games out there has been able to create local user profiles, tracking LAN wins and losses and additional information. All you would need to do, is have a lan profile, and an internet profile. To say its to track stats, is just plain stupid. Anyways, long story short, i will no longer promote any of your products at my LAN parties. There are many great products out there, that we can play, and your obviously showing us, that its the right choice to go with someone elses product. |
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| grumbadfat | Blizzard. Please, act logically. | 1 | Mar 1 2010, 4:53 PM EST by Tocino | ||||
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Thread started: Feb 18 2010, 5:50 PM EST
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I love you. And yet, I am quite frustrated with you. TWELVE YEARS!?! I MEAN WHAT THE ****!!? But, since Starcraft is the best game EVER created, I have to deal with it, as we all should.
But.... NO LAN!!!! That's a fail. That's the stupidest announcement Blizzard has ever made. I have wanted to work at Blizzard, and am considering after I graduate (even though I live in Virginia) going to California and working for them there. But now, I'm not so sure. I mean, NO LAN!? Who's silly idea was that!? Besides the massive boycotts, petitions and bad press Blizzard is getting from this "semi - LAN" - (which is NO LAN at all) and not even correct, because the whole concept of LAN is to play WITHOUT the internet! Blizzard claims that this will stop piracy. Yeah, riiiggghhhhttttt. The only thing that Blizzard is going to do is slow down their profits. Please Blizzard. PUT LAN IN THE GAME!
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| garbagecraft | Blizzard, you suck bigtimes... | 2 | Jul 3 2009, 1:35 PM EDT by adrianoabobora | ||||
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Thread started: Jul 1 2009, 5:31 AM EDT
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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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Thread started: Jul 1 2009, 2:49 PM EDT
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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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Thread started: Jul 1 2009, 1:09 PM EDT
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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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| miagi | They just fear hamachi | 0 | Jul 1 2009, 8:00 AM EDT by miagi | ||||
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Thread started: Jul 1 2009, 8:00 AM EDT
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cant belive this LAN is far far far more important then internet. When there are finals where 2 koreans play against each other they can do it through internet its sensless but its possible. but what about big LAN-Partys with 100+ Gamers i dont think the normal LAN-Party has enough bandwidth to the internet so that 100 gamers kann play SC2 over the internet form the LAN...
there will be no SC2 on big LanAN-Partys like it was with Counter-Strike when STEAM had no offline-modus |
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| Freshjive | Hell... that makes me laughing... ok - not really. | 0 | Jul 1 2009, 8:00 AM EDT by Freshjive | ||||
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Thread started: Jul 1 2009, 8:00 AM EDT
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Thanks Blizzard - now it´s an easy decision for me... I will not buy Starcraft 2. What the hell is going on with you guys - why do you totaly abandon from you community!?
Starcraft, Diablo and Warcraft are only gone big because of their enormous support for Multiplayer - especially LAN! Argh - I can´t believe this... |
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