StarCraft 2 to have... NO LAN!

runawayprisoner · July 1st, 2009

techPowerUp! News :: New Star Craft 2 Details Emerge

Is it just me or did they just kill the reason that made StarCraft so popular in the first place?

Bye bye, teammates in the same room. Hello stranger on the net.

Seriously, though, I thought I could make do with the $59.99 price tag (edit: this means I can "try" to cope with it for up to that much per game) for 3 different friggin' versions of the game (each has the single player campaign for a race), but this is just outrageous!

StarCraft 2 was the whole reason why I still consider building a gaming PC, but now...

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Proto · July 1st, 2009

Hmm... it's not as if you can't still make LAN parties, you just have to organize them through BN I guess. I would think this is a move against piracy, given that you can enforce stricter controls if you only allow legit keys to be used for multi player gaming.

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LoneWolf · July 1st, 2009

game without LAN is fail.

Proto · July 1st, 2009

Not really, people are just over playing this. Certainly it is a shame to lose it, but most of the multi playing takes place at the official servers anyway.

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PCXL-Fan · July 1st, 2009

Internet being as fast as it is now for most developed nations, and starcraft being rts, lag shouldn't be a problem.

They may even make a hybrid thing to facilitate fast bnet play if the ip address are all in the same location.

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BigIg · July 1st, 2009

Will this really prevent piracy?

...Or will there just be some hacked together unofficial servers like there has been with WoW?

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Proto · July 1st, 2009

It isn't to prevent as much as it is to control and alleviate.

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BigIg · July 1st, 2009

I don't think the negative press gathered by this is worth the drop in piracy.

I don't play the game so it doesn't matter to me though.

Couldn't they have done what Microsoft did to prevent tunneling programs with the 360 by setting a 50ms ping limit?

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Mad · July 1st, 2009

Well 50ms ping limi is very strict.
I know coz i mostly play games on servers from others state than mine, and my latency run around 100ms...

People will just find a way to make it work on LAN.

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skoreanime · July 1st, 2009

It is odd not to have a LAN option...what if BN were to crash

? No multiplayer with friends?

SolidSnake3 · July 2nd, 2009

Clearly Bnet 2.0 is going to be so flawless that is won't ever crash/go down so no lan is ok

Squall-Leonhart · July 2nd, 2009

i smell pvpgn 2.0 coming.

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Wildkatt · July 2nd, 2009

Surely they will have something with LAN-like abilities, otherwise the fans will just create their own servers to practice on like with nearly every other multiplayer game out there....

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Spyhop · July 2nd, 2009

Don't know why people are having a fit over this. Latency is really not a big factor in RTS games. Just play over bnet.

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BigIg · July 2nd, 2009

Really this is just another example of ****ting on your paying customers in an attempt to control piracy.

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Squall-Leonhart · July 2nd, 2009

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Don't know why people are having a fit over this. Latency is really not a big factor in RTS games. Just play over bnet.

lol, you FPS gamers don't know **** about RTS's :P

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Spyhop · July 2nd, 2009

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lol, you FPS gamers don't know **** about RTS's :P

With the exception of TF2, I'm not an FPS gamer. It doesn't require 5ms latency for RTS.

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Proto · July 2nd, 2009

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lol, you FPS gamers don't know **** about RTS's :P

I'm a Starcraft and Warcraft player, and while latency used to be a big use issue in the Stacraft days, I have never suffered any kind of latency related problem sicne the Warcraft times. So unless you are on a dialup connection I don't think you actually need to worry about anything.

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Noja87 · July 2nd, 2009

even with Dial Up i played Starcraft online with no problems =\

Spyhop · July 2nd, 2009

Zomg he commanded his forces to attack 1/5 of a second before i gave my command to defend! Lag!!!!!

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runawayprisoner Mobile Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 6,206	StarCraft 2 to have... NO LAN! techPowerUp! News :: New Star Craft 2 Details Emerge Is it just me or did they just kill the reason that made StarCraft so popular in the first place? Bye bye, teammates in the same room. Hello stranger on the net. Seriously, though, I thought I could make do with the $59.99 price tag (edit: this means I can "try" to cope with it for up to that much per game) for 3 different friggin' versions of the game (each has the single player campaign for a race), but this is just outrageous! StarCraft 2 was the whole reason why I still consider building a gaming PC, but now... __________________ cChip interpreter WIP - current status: Release Candidate LRx Filter RC - current performance rating: 9/10 Last edited by runawayprisoner; July 1st, 2009 at 16:38..

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July 1st, 2009	#2 (permalink)
Proto Knowledge is the solution Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Milwaukee, US. Previously in Mexico City Posts: 6,558	Hmm... it's not as if you can't still make LAN parties, you just have to organize them through BN I guess. I would think this is a move against piracy, given that you can enforce stricter controls if you only allow legit keys to be used for multi player gaming. __________________

July 1st, 2009	#3 (permalink)
LoneWolf she's my cherry pie Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Why do you want to know ? Posts: 1,255	game without LAN is fail.

July 1st, 2009	#4 (permalink)
Proto Knowledge is the solution Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Milwaukee, US. Previously in Mexico City Posts: 6,558	Not really, people are just over playing this. Certainly it is a shame to lose it, but most of the multi playing takes place at the official servers anyway. __________________

July 1st, 2009	#6 (permalink)
BigIg I tell you what. Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 2,272	Will this really prevent piracy? ...Or will there just be some hacked together unofficial servers like there has been with WoW? __________________ Arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand

July 1st, 2009	#7 (permalink)
Proto Knowledge is the solution Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Milwaukee, US. Previously in Mexico City Posts: 6,558	It isn't to prevent as much as it is to control and alleviate. __________________

July 1st, 2009	#8 (permalink)
BigIg I tell you what. Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 2,272	I don't think the negative press gathered by this is worth the drop in piracy. I don't play the game so it doesn't matter to me though. Couldn't they have done what Microsoft did to prevent tunneling programs with the 360 by setting a 50ms ping limit? __________________ Arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand

July 1st, 2009	#9 (permalink)
Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 3,300	Well 50ms ping limi is very strict. I know coz i mostly play games on servers from others state than mine, and my latency run around 100ms... People will just find a way to make it work on LAN. __________________ [Windows 7 RTM PRO X64] [Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L] [Intel E5200@2.5Ghz] [Corsair XMS2 DHX 4GB DDR2 800MHz] [HIS HD4670 1GB GDDR3] [19" LCD SyncMaster T190] [Samsung SATA II HD322HJ 320GB] [LG HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NS30] (@gigaherz) S.N.K.M.A.D.: Synthetic Networked Killing and Masterful Assassination Device

July 1st, 2009	#10 (permalink)
skoreanime Your resident reaper... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 6,031	It is odd not to have a LAN option...what if BN were to crash ? No multiplayer with friends?

July 2nd, 2009	#11 (permalink)
SolidSnake3 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Posts: 20	Clearly Bnet 2.0 is going to be so flawless that is won't ever crash/go down so no lan is ok

July 2nd, 2009	#12 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,851	i smell pvpgn 2.0 coming. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

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Wildkatt Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 6	Surely they will have something with LAN-like abilities, otherwise the fans will just create their own servers to practice on like with nearly every other multiplayer game out there.... __________________ Sys specs: ASUS K7N8X-E Deluxe AMD 2700+ Geforce 6600 1280 megs PC 2700 WD 120Gb SATA 8Mb Cashe

July 2nd, 2009	#14 (permalink)
Spyhop Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Edmonton Posts: 3,808	Don't know why people are having a fit over this. Latency is really not a big factor in RTS games. Just play over bnet. __________________ WINTERFELL - C2D E8400 - DFI Lanparty JR P45-T2RS MATX Motherboard - Mushkin Redline PC2 8000 DDr2 - EVGA Geforce GTX 285 - Silverstone SG01 case RIVERRUN - Pentium DC 2.5ghz - 4GB OCZ DDR2 - Cheapie ASUS Motherboard w/onboard vid - Antec Sonata III KING'S LANDING - 80GB Playstation 3

July 2nd, 2009	#15 (permalink)
BigIg I tell you what. Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 2,272	Really this is just another example of ***ting on your paying customers in an attempt to control piracy. __________________ Arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand*

July 2nd, 2009	#19 (permalink)
Noja87 White Void Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The End Has Come Posts: 1,931	even with Dial Up i played Starcraft online with no problems =\

July 2nd, 2009	#20 (permalink)
Spyhop Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Edmonton Posts: 3,808	Zomg he commanded his forces to attack 1/5 of a second before i gave my command to defend! Lag!!!!! __________________ WINTERFELL - C2D E8400 - DFI Lanparty JR P45-T2RS MATX Motherboard - Mushkin Redline PC2 8000 DDr2 - EVGA Geforce GTX 285 - Silverstone SG01 case RIVERRUN - Pentium DC 2.5ghz - 4GB OCZ DDR2 - Cheapie ASUS Motherboard w/onboard vid - Antec Sonata III KING'S LANDING - 80GB Playstation 3