StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm - official thread

[thranx]

Soleron said:

thranx said:

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Sorry got piracy on the mind right now. Wouldn't that be an end run around having to buy a copy to play yourself with others at the same time, or piracy? I know if everyone has there own copy than no, but the multiple people from the same house. Would that not be considered piracy unless each personed had their own copy?

But removing key features that enabled easier acces for more people is pretty much allways a bad idea. May stop sc2 from being the long lasting success that sc1 was

That is Blizzard's position, yes. They argue that LAN would lead to more piracy. This is also why they deny tournanments LAN copies, because they might leak.

I argue that allowing those things promotes the game, that piracy doesn't subtract from your game's sales and the exposure may add to it (of course I am against piracy). They are losing more by being so restrictive.

I don't think multiple people from the same household playing each other is piracy, I view it as local multiplayer like Mario Kart or DS Download Play games. I don't mean multiple people playing online simultaneously with one copy. Blizzard chose to restrict this.

Thats what I was thinking. What made Sc1 so great it was easy to get to play online free and legaly with the spawn copies, and that helped nurture a great community that helped keep the game selling for so long. I dont think sc2 will recreate that feel.