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[ironjester]

Blizzard today confirmed for GameSpot that LAN functionality will be absent from Starcraft II's multiplayer component, as both a piracy prevention mechanism and a quality-assurance initiative.

This announcement really hits hard. When I think about starcraft and warcraft, all i think about was the mindless hours spent at lan parties, dormitories, or

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[nib]

Yeah I heard about this too. Me and my brother were discussing it, I kind of think LANs are useless now that everyone has a router that people can just connect to. Blizzard made waves clearing the path with multiplayer with battle.net.

I kinda think it would be easier to create a game on battle.net, have people join than it is making sure everyone is on the same server/workgroup, applying the current update, and etc etc. Still though, my life for auir.

[tminus5]

i agree with nib

[ironjester]

[tminus5]

BOXXY!!

[ashram_soulkill]

So. Damn. Annoying.

[acertaintragedy]

ridiculous.

[thewrath]

Yeah it sucks, but now it forces everyone to use the infinitely superior battle.net to play