Starcraft 2 makes major announcements (and I am off the hype train)

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Final-Fan said:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boycott
to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (as a person, store, or organization) usually to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions

So unless no LAN in SC2 causes them to refrain from purchasing ANY BLIZZARD GAME (not just SC2), it's not a boycott, even technically.

@ your first post. 

Yes it does sound strange but only because you used a horrible example.

Think of it this way, you boycotted the pencil because it was made from trees and you happen to be a tree hugger. There, you have succesfully boycotted the pencils even though you can still continue to buy pencil sharpers made by the same company.

@ your second post.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/boycott

1.	to combine in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of intimidation or coercion: to boycott a store.

2.	to abstain from buying or using: to boycott foreign products.

http://www.yourdictionary.com/boycott

transitive verb

1. to join together in refusing to deal with, so as to punish, coerce, etc.
2. to refuse to buy, sell, or use to boycott a newspaper

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/boycott

TRANSITIVE VERB: 
boy·cott·ed , boy·cott·ing , boy·cotts

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion.

When that stupid cheetos boycott came up, were the parent and teachers boycotting fritolays (the company) or cheetos (the product)?

When the farmers boycotted california lettuce, grapes and wine. Did they boycott everything from california or just the grapes, lettuce and wine?