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liquidninja on 31 August 2009

Some guy at on Blizzard related Forums has been posting of a incedent at the latest Blizzcon in his post "It's called LAN!" which was latter locked:

That's what a BlizzCon attendee shouted out after Rob "answered" a question regarding the reduction of multiplayer lag in Australia. And of course, there was also that earlier incident where Rob asked how many people still play games offline and a little over half the crowd gave a resounding uproar of confirmation. After an insulting snort of laughter, he asked "Really?" and quite a few people shouted out things like "Yeah!" and "Yes!" and "All the time!" Asking why they didn't play online, a handful of people gave reasons, the only audible answer being "College." Then he proceeded to blatantly brush away those reasons by giving the insulting response, "Well, those five people will be able to play in offline mode."


Nice one, Rob -- real nice.

He or someone apparentally posted it on Battle.net but it got removed for some reason:



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luvtospooge on 31 August 2009

Lol Wow...

Implement online feature as a plus, dont focus on it.



emilie autumn on 31 August 2009

its is as if games nowadays are made with the online component as a the main part, even if online is very important now, a solid single player is what gives games their true value.



 

Killergran on 31 August 2009

I guess they want to make money off Battle.net, either with advertising or paying for it.

That seems to be the only reason I can think of that they would not implement LAN play.



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luvtospooge on 31 August 2009

Hope they don't start online fees.



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Avinash_Tyagi on 31 August 2009

Someone is probably already working on a hack or workaround for the issue, just means less sales for Blizzard



 

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Mr Khan on 31 August 2009

I find it hard to believe that Blizzard themselves are getting like this. You'd figure this would be an attitude that would come down from high command (i.e. Kotick), but not from Blizzard.



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dsister44 on 31 August 2009
Mr Khan said:

I find it hard to believe that Blizzard themselves are getting like this. You'd figure this would be an attitude that would come down from high command (i.e. Kotick), but not from Blizzard.

Why do you find it hard to believe? Blizzard is a company. They are in it for a profit.



Avinash_Tyagi on 31 August 2009
Mr Khan said:

I find it hard to believe that Blizzard themselves are getting like this. You'd figure this would be an attitude that would come down from high command (i.e. Kotick), but not from Blizzard.

This is not the same Blizzard that existed back when the first starcraft came out



 

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Kenny on 31 August 2009

Very smooth. The Starcraft community was built over a period of years - are they actively trying to see how fast they can dismantle their own fanbase? If they keep insulting their own loyal users, then any failure Starcraft II meets with will be richly deserved. Nobody lasts long by going against their own audience.



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