Starcraft - No LAN Support!

[Hunter9G]

yea i was hoping to get it around winter break and try it out before school started up again but now i gotta wait till like May, which leaves alot more time for changes and whatnot. just hoping theres LAN because that is how i can only play with half of my friends.

 

[zeldarules28]

Yes Im sort of disapointed theres no Lan me and my brother used to play with LAN but hey Blizzard doesnt want people installing it on multipple cpu's and stuff so thats ok. But ya I pre ordered the game to get here like sometime around now and then the next day blizzard says "by the way were extending the release date by a year have fun waiting". =[

 

[redmarine]

Yes Im sort of disapointed theres no Lan me and my brother used to play with LAN but hey Blizzard doesnt want people installing it on multipple cpu's and stuff so thats ok. But ya I pre ordered the game to get here like sometime around now and then the next day blizzard says "by the way were extending the release date by a year have fun waiting". =[

Blizzard never set a release date. It was an internal release date for them but the only thing they got finished was StarCraft II and not Battle.net 2.0.

 

[MGCǂSpectre]

But this means no LAN finals, I think players play LAN right? So what some guys are on finals and cause they will only give us Bnet - Waiting To Disconnect ... Beep Beep... Your connection has been lost. I hope they make Garena work somehow, and we won't need LAN. Garena = virtual IPs in a virtual network.

 

[PurplePoot]

Once you're in the game it doesn't run through the bnet servers. Damnit, please try to understand how the game handles networking before making stupid posts.

 

[real138]

for the people complaing about how they need lan because of their limited bandwith? that is a stupid excuse. have you ever checked how much playing lets say 2 hours of bnet takes from your monthly GIGABYTES. well about 2-3 MEGABYTES. So ya that wont be a problem for you guys

 

[s4nji]

I need LAN D:

 

[Mechanical Man]

for the people complaing about how they need lan because of their limited bandwith? that is a stupid excuse. have you ever checked how much playing lets say 2 hours of bnet takes from your monthly GIGABYTES. well about 2-3 MEGABYTES. So ya that wont be a problem for you guys

Dude, many people pay for minutes they are on. I remember when on modem 56k, how much money was gone due for playing starcraft. So I had to quit playing.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Mechanical Man, "used to" is a key word you were missing from that sentance. Fact is everyone in South Korea has high speed internet with few restrictions (which is what the rest of the world should be like but that is another story). Fact is most people who play games have some sort of flat rate for internet capable of gameing. Fact is if you have a massive LAN network with 4-8 computers how the hell can you not aford a simple internet flatrate like ADSL as you are looking at atleast 8000$ in gameing equipment.

People complaining about SC2's lack of LAN support are making a mountain out of a mole hill.

 

[CyberDuelX16]

Meh, I Don't Use LAN Anyways

 

[The World Is Flat]

Mechanical Man, "used to" is a key word you were missing from that sentance. 1. Fact is everyone in South Korea has high speed internet with few restrictions (which is what the rest of the world should be like but that is another story). 2. Fact is most people who play games have some sort of flat rate for internet capable of gameing. Fact is if you have a massive LAN network with 4-8 computers how the hell can you not aford a simple internet flatrate like ADSL as you are looking at atleast 3. 8000$ in gameing equipment.

People complaining about SC2's lack of LAN support are making a mountain out of a mole hill.

1. good for them.

2. NO.

3. most ppl buy computers seperatly and for tasks other than SC. and online crap. most ppl write things on them. fancy that.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

i have contacted blizzard to try to get them to add lan to the game. though my account will most likely get deleted becouse i post.

 

[Fussiler1]

Like they'll listen to one fan.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

i spoke for many fans.

 

[Fussiler1]

And how will they know you do?

Also, boycots and protests never work if it's not the majority of the players speaking.

 

[redmarine]

Blizzard confirmed that there won't be LAN. I'm happy with Battle.net 2.0 from SCII so yeah... not an issue for me at all.

http://starcraft.incgamers.com/blog/comments/no-starcraft-ii-lan-support-official/

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=240704

 

[The World Is Flat]

yeah, well i'm at least glad they didn't make it so you have to be online all the time.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

they have made it so that people have to be online all the time.

 

[redmarine]

they have made it so that people have to be online all the time.

For multiplayer. However, for campaign it is still optional but if you decide to play offline you won't be able to gain any achievements nor be able to chat with other people.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

just follow the link you posted yourself. that say that people is always connected when playing starcraft 2.

 

[The World Is Flat]

you never let up? do you?

SC2 has been confirmed for offline if you want. but you can be online to save achivements, and share progress with you account.

 

[LordDz]

just follow the link you posted yourself. that say that people is always connected when playing starcraft 2.

I also heard that they will only allow 7 players, 5 probes and 3 cows.

 

[redmarine]

just follow the link you posted yourself. that say that people is always connected when playing starcraft 2.

http://kotaku.com/5344013/starcraft-ii-can-be-played-offline

Also confirmed by Rob Pardo(one of the lead designers of StarCraft II) during the Battle.net 2.0 presentation on BlizzCon.

If you got any new information specifically from Blizzard that clearly states single player won't be playable offline please tell me. So far I've heard none.

I'm guessing you're going to try to crawl around and say that there is no guest mode because the button isn't in the beta. Well, actually Blizzard just removed it from the beta. Check the video and you'll see that the feature is still there.
http://www.starcraft2.com/features/misc/battlenet.xml

 

[thisruoy]

I've do have some decent connection, but does show some bad latency for Battle.Net. Some countries are still developing, and internet isn't their solution yet; some more developed countries such as China and Australia can easily get fast internet.

Again, the reason I have posted it is because of my brother and poverty which inequality around the world still exists. Its free, and its fast and you can set it up easily; simple .

Wow.. What a dumb sh*t! You think Australians don't have fast Internet? You think Chinese don't have Internet? Seems like the only reason you want LAN implemented is so your brother and you can share 1 game.

 

[Mechanical Man]

We'll get LAN. If not from Blizzard, then from crackers.

 

[The World Is Flat]

Wow.. What a dumb sh*t! You think Australians don't have fast Internet? You think Chinese don't have Internet? Seems like the only reason you want LAN implemented is so your brother and you can share 1 game.

He just said they do i think mate. And i don't Think that what he meant. I want LAN so i can play a game with my brother. Without going way over my broadband and without LAG. and anyway, 2 computers using the same broadband unit cant communicate. (atleast in my experience) so... (and anyway my littlest brothers arent allowed to do online gaming, so its fun to play a LAN game with them)

 

[thisruoy]

Yes but blizzard can't cater for everyone.

Also understand this everyone: you just need to connect to battlenet, and when you strt the game, it's a local connection. So you should be able to hook your computers up to some kind of connection.

 

[Fussiler1]

Wow.. What a dumb sh*t!

That was extremely unneeded for, and read the post better next time.

He said that Australia can get a decent internet, not that they didn't have it.

 

[thisruoy]

Originally Posted by pha0001
I've do have some decent connection, but does show some bad latency for Battle.Net.
Some countries are still developing, and internet isn't their solution yet;
If theyre developing, i doubt fast internet is a priority.

some more developed countries such as China and Australia can easily get fast internet.
What does this have to do with anything in any way? And you are grossly misinformed if you think China is developed.

Again, the reason I have posted it is because of my brother and poverty which inequality around the world still exists.

So let me get this straight. Your reasons are poverty and your brother. "great" reasons. I take it that your speaking on behalf of every developing country?

Its free, and its fast and you can set it up easily; simple .

Bnet 2.0 is free, fast, set it up easy: simple


@fussiler1 it just dissapoints me when people like him speak bs to try to convince other people. We are not stupid.

 

[Fussiler1]

Originally Posted by pha0001
I've do have some decent connection, but does show some bad latency for Battle.Net.
Some countries are still developing, and internet isn't their solution yet;
If theyre developing, i doubt fast internet is a priority.

Fast internet is good for the economy.

some more developed countries such as China and Australia can easily get fast internet.
What does this have to do with anything in any way? And you are grossly misinformed if you think China is developed.

Rofl. China is developed, actually. Did you ever see such ghettos (sorry, couldn't find any other word for it) in China like those in India? Heck, extremely much factories settle in China for economic benefit.

Again, the reason I have posted it is because of my brother and poverty which inequality around the world still exists.

So let me get this straight. Your reasons are poverty and your brother. "great" reasons. I take it that your speaking on behalf of every developing country?

Pretty much developing countries have many poor people. So, I assume he does speak for most of them.

Its free, and its fast and you can set it up easily; simple .

Bnet 2.0 is free, fast, set it up easy: simple

As far as I know LAN requires a less stable connection.

@fussiler1 it just dissapoints me when people like him speak bs to try to convince other people. We are not stupid.

It all depends on opinions.

 

[CloudMax]

Okay, there is no reason at all to jump on people like this only becouse they want LAN.
I can understand why they want it. Myself i do not need it at all, i find it useless.
But there is times where a LAN feature could be very good to have.
I know that sometimes when my friends LAN they do not always have internet connection, becouse it start to lag if all of them try to connect at the same time, so they just play LAN against each other, etc.
Not everyone have access to internet all the time, i know a few of my RL friends that only have connection when they are at their dads house. And becouse they go back and forth between mom and dad every week, it ends up with only having access to internet every second week.
And only becouse they do not have internet, they cant even play with someone sitting next to him/her, and that seems a bit odd, doesnt it.

So there is valid reasons to why people want lan, but there is also good reasons to why blizzard doesnt want to support lan.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

lan wouldnt make much sense with the always online way of playing. if blizzard shall add lan they have to first enable offline play.

 

[thisruoy]

Fast internet is good for the economy.

Rofl. China is developed, actually. Did you ever see such ghettos (sorry, couldn't find any other word for it) in China like those in India? Heck, extremely much factories settle in China for economic benefit.

Pretty much developing countries have many poor people. So, I assume he does speak for most of them.

As far as I know LAN requires a less stable connection.

It all depends on opinions.

Is this guy serious?

I would love to beat your argument to a pulp, but then i will be accused of trolling. So I wont, but i just want to say that 60 percent of what your saying is complete bs. China isn't a developing nation? Learn the facts, I study honours economics, what do you do? I think I have a better grasp of economies, and what affects them. Please refrain from posting ludicrious messages with the vocabulary of a 12 year old.

 

[Fussiler1]

Is this guy serious?

I would love to beat your argument to a pulp, but then i will be accused of trolling. So I wont, but i just want to say that 60 percent of what your saying is complete bs. China isn't a developing nation? Learn the facts, I study honours economics, what do you do? I think I have a better grasp of economies, and what affects them. Please refrain from posting ludicrious messages with the vocabulary of a 12 year old.

Heya. You guessed my age right.

Sure, maybe China is a developing nation, but I've never heard of anyone dying of starvation there either.

 

[thisruoy]

Then you haven't heard much my friend. Also it could be the fact that the government is censoring any media. But in the future, please refrain from posting false statements.

Oh and dying of starvation is the main characteristic which seperates developing and developed nations?oh god...

 

[The World Is Flat]

Okay, there is no reason at all to jump on people like this only becouse they want LAN.
I can understand why they want it. Myself i do not need it at all, i find it useless.
But there is times where a LAN feature could be very good to have.
I know that sometimes when my friends LAN they do not always have internet connection, becouse it start to lag if all of them try to connect at the same time, so they just play LAN against each other, etc.
Not everyone have access to internet all the time, i know a few of my RL friends that only have connection when they are at their dads house. And becouse they go back and forth between mom and dad every week, it ends up with only having access to internet every second week.
And only becouse they do not have internet, they cant even play with someone sitting next to him/her, and that seems a bit odd, doesnt it.

So there is valid reasons to why people want lan, but there is also good reasons to why blizzard doesnt want to support lan.

i agree with this.
i just think that the good from LAN outweighs the bad.

Quote:
Originally Posted by thisruoy
Originally Posted by pha0001
I've do have some decent connection, but does show some bad latency for Battle.Net.
Some countries are still developing, and internet isn't their solution yet;
If theyre developing, i doubt fast internet is a priority.

'Fast internet is good for the economy.'
Fuss hit it right on the nose.

 

[Fussiler1]

Oh and dying of starvation is the main characteristic which seperates developing and developed nations?oh god...

Hm, sorry, was a stupid statement. :|

 

[The World Is Flat]

Yes but meeting ignorance with animosity is not the way to go either. Hostility is unpleaseant and pointless when it just a discussion.

 

[thisruoy]

The world is flat: fast Internet may be "good" for the economy, but a government cann do far better things to improve it's position. His argument is illinformed and he is tryin to sway the crowd.

 

[The World Is Flat]

i'm not saying it the best tthing, and i don't think it is. whats wrong with trying to sway the crowd? most of his arguments are fine. most countries have their developed and undevelpoed regions, jsut like china. there is a large online community there, seperated by a lack of good internet sevices. i've done some study into it myself. and i've been to china. i saw what it was like there. his arguments are mainly rooted in fact. for the mos part, China IS developed. and it has a pwoerful industrial core. but liek many nations large parts of it are undeveloped. just liek in america. developed doesnt just mean cities. (i live on a small farm on a dirt road five hours for New York City.) if translated correctly and put into context his argument makes sense. THATS MY OPPINION.

 

[CloudMax]

And how people dying in china becouse of starvation related to no LAN in starcraft 2?
And pretty much everything else..
Feels like you are talking about economy and not LAN, am i right?
I was going to post this yesterday but it thought that you guys were done talking about it, so i didnt. But i guess i were wrong.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

the lack of lan means that i will need to buy maybe 3 copies. then create 2 extra accounts. i often play games either with myself or with friends that dont have those games.

 

[The World Is Flat]

I jsut had to clear things up. anyway...
I'm probably going to buy one. install it on two computers. and when the LAN hacks come out, i'll put it on both, and me and my bro will go some gaming.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

according to what i read. it will be released at the same time as the game or something like that. it will most likely be a private server. since the entire game is online.

 

[Dark.Revenant]

Piracy: the answer to everything. Even if you buy the game, you're going to want to have a hacked version laying around for things like room-wide LAN sessions.

 

[The World Is Flat]

Dark.Revenant: Lol

andreasaspenberg:
the game is NOT entirely online.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

unfortunately it is. just ask blizzard.

 

[The World Is Flat]

Unfortunatly it isint.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

listen. blizzard specifically stated that the player is always online and connected to battle.net

 

[The World Is Flat]

during multiplayer obviosuly becuase that is what multiplayer is. but for single player campaign that is only an option. it seems like you want that to be the fact...