| damndl0ser said: There is nothing wrong with them making plenty of money on it. From my understanding Blizzard has put 100million into it so they should get all they can out of it. And if the game is good I hope they make tons of cash, that would only mean more SC. But when they start taking features away primarily due to a pirating issue, this is where I take offense. Most of these people who would put a hacked version on their computer would probably never purchase the game to begin with any way. So the only thing they are actually doing is limiting the paying customer out of a feature that many want. Besides, I would be willing to bet that eventually someone will figure a way of playing multiplayer without using Bnet anyways. Probably within the first 6 months or less. |
I'll guarantee you its not a piracy issue. Pirating will be common with or without lan. Hell people cracked the beta to pay off-line and I can't imagine Blizzard didn't notice that given how openly it was discussed. Removing it does allow Blizzard to maintain control over large tournaments, which they lost with Starcraft. Essentially they are blocking other companies from running private tournaments and making a fortune off of their product, which is fair if you ask me. KESPA kind of forced their hand here. Anyone who heavily advertises using the cracked server open themselves up to DMCA and other avenues for lucrative lawsuits.
All that said there will be a "tournament patch" coming up. I am cautiously optimistic they will adress it in some form. Most likely by letting local players cut out the constant back and forth to the server, and just limiting it to authentication checks. That is just wishful thinking though until they formally announce what will be in the tournament patch.
