the whole claim is bogus if you ask me... as if Blizz didn't think they would amass a small fortune on the game despite piracy and casual copying :rolleyes:

uhm who said that nobody would download this game illegally without LAN function? somebody would still download cause mods still exist for offline play. even if it is not against humans. and sorry, not a programmer here but somebody is working for a LAN crack using i think it was called a battle.net emulator so whats the reason for not downloading? i thought ra3 was the same... anyways blizzard just ruined the whole international gaming scene by introducing not the random hit mechanic but the random lag mechanic. itll be laughable to see the announcers excitedly reporting the game events then it suddenly lags and then underdog takes the lag as a silver lining then gg.

the only problem with the idea is that it blows the idea of buying sc for the whole fam. my dad got sc and later i decited it looked cool and under the impression that since its on the fams cpu that the family could play (like comand and concer oblivion .etc) even if limited to off line play. ...........but no my dad purchesed it hts his property and if we all want to play ill have to go blow a fue hundred bucks sad it dosent verify the game to the cpu cerial# insted.

I'm amazed at the amount of people crying about the price of this game. Saying it should cost the same as a DVD??? This game has been in developement for over a decade! New games for the Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, AND PC cost the same amount as SC2!

It's CLEARLY a well made game. Obviously years of work have gone into it, and in this day and age, it's perfectly acceptable to require an internet connection and one copy of the game per individual to set up a "LAN". Times are changing people. God forbig you're required to actually PAY for a game right?

Yes, it sucks for a few random groups of people who want to LAN with one copy of the game. Dad and Son each have a cpu in the house and want to play aginst each other, boo hoo. You're in the military and don't have an internet connection overseas? OH NOES

Blizzard isn't catering to the one-off minorities of people who don't have a consistent internet connection. They know who their target audience is, and like it or not, they know how to make a high quality game that fits the price they're selling it for.

It's NOT overpriced. Taking away the option for LAN games was a GREAT decision, and sign as many boycott petitions as you want.. 250,000 "signatures" is a drop in a bucket when this company has over 10 million monthly subcribers to WoW, and over 10 million copies of SC1 sold. You're not going to make a difference and frankly the game is better off without you people in it

The name is "Microsloth" in game. Add me if you like. Love me or hate me, you decide, but my opinion is what it is.

Bottom line is if you have legit copies of the game you can play whoever you want. If you have two legit copies of SC2 & wanna play someone, guess what you can play. Seriously now the only ppl that are butt hurt over this are ppl who were going to download the game. Blizzard gave them a slap to the face.
Price: You're not paying any more for this game then you are for a brand new PS3/Xbox game. IMO you're getting a much better game with much more replay value then even the best console games. So it's a well purchased item. You can't expect the greatest PC gaming company to lower their costs to the price of a new DVD. You want to play the greatest PC games, you're gonna have to make a sacrifice.

Sadly for blizzard all they seem to have done with removing lan play is punish people who have bought the original game.

I have found several unofficial "battlenet" servers for this game.

I know it was not intentional but thanks for the kick in the nuts blizz

its all moot anyhow, you need a Battle.net account and have to register the CD-key to play the game anyhow. so piracy is almost virtually out of the question, even to enable offline mode you need to first authenticate with battle.net...I think blizzard is either being lazy or trying to boost margin quotas of Battle.net users online, for the stats they show stockholders and execs on how successful their new 'social community' is in this age of facebooks and blogs. eh...pissed either way.

i know this is kinda a late subject but im just trying to pass the news around to hopefully wake some
people up....

the reason they removed lan play is to sell ad space on BNET ... its even in the terms of use if u didnt read
it closely.... this is actually one of the few games i refuse to buy on principal cuz even on top of that there
is also another thing that is in the terms of use that says any mods you create using their custom map
editor becomes their property and they retain all rights to it.... aka they want to make sure if another DOTA
phenomenon happens that they get to cash in on that as well....

heck... in the future they prolly will want to charge everyone 5 dollars a month to use their bnet features or
you get it free if you have a wow account to try and get more ppl paying per month bcuz of that : /

this will not help piracy... Many people have already downloaded cracked versions of the game, and LAN emulations and mods have already been created or at least being created. I am not a blizzard fan, but I am a starcraft fan. That move actually deter me from buying the game completely. I mean, me and my friends use to play warcraft 3 LAN in our appartments, which was AWESOME! and we had limited or no internet. So, if I have friends over, well all have to be online to play LAN?
Blizzard makes good games, but they move very stupidly with their ideas.
I agree with many people's statements. Blizzard should stop making games completely and start making movies (their movies and stories are awesome).

Now there is an actual Starcraft 2 LAN Hack out there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1luhBXU1bd0
I have not yet tested if it works, but it looks promising.

Justin's right
but how bout the fact that the guest keys only last for 7hrs
and afterwards
every person that you play with online must buy the game
Blizzard's also grabbing money with piracy as an excuse