Comments on: More than 100,000 sign StarCraft II LAN petition

By: jeremycafe

jeremycafe — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:18:25 +0000

all these complaints and comparisons are just dumb. They have every right to fight piracy and make every $$ they deserve.

Who the hell still lans? And when you do, i highly doubt its a problem to have an incoming connection plugged into the hub.

These complaints are not valid. the “100k signatures” are not “loyal fans”. most probably just dont understand how the system works.

God this lan thing is annoying. I wish they just never announced the legacy style of lan wouldn’t be there. LAN IS STILL THERE. who the f cares if you have to verify your account online first. FUCK.

By: Eury

Eury — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:18:00 +0000

First of all it was Kotick that compared it to Xbox Live for investors. That is like a blind leading a blind.

Second, Blizzard have already confirmed that it will be free to play Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 on Battle.net.

By: Phoenixblight

Phoenixblight — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:18:38 +0000

Valve is a much smaller company than Blizzard much much smaller. They have Activision which is the leading Publisher at the moment, so ofcourse they don’t care they smell money in this new Battle.net system. Article stated it was aimed to just be like Xbox live so another thing people will subscribe to.
It was a famous band (Pearl Jam?) Went exclusive to a top retailer and practically said fuck you to the small mom and pop record stores and didn’t let them get shipment of the upcoming cd where these mom and pop record stores had helped the band climb the top. People are just jack holes when it comes to money.

By: Hunam

Hunam — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:31:58 +0000

It’s a fair bit different really. And at the end of the day, it’s worth a try, only takes 60 seconds of someone’s time to sign and the community at least gave it a go.

Sitting around playing with your dick all day never really solved anything, letting developers know they are not serving their loyal fans might have a positive effect. It certainly got Valve on the defensive.

By: Gamoc

Gamoc — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:05:04 +0000

Well, as far as the ‘Why bother doing anything eh? Nothing will ever make a difference.’ thing goes – why bother doing anything? It won’t make a difference?

That has 100,000 signatures. Compare that to the millions on top of fucking millions who will buy the game? Yeah, Blizzard don’t care. Look at the Diablo 3 colour pallette conundrum – Blizzard openly mocked the people who complained about it.

By: Hunam

Hunam — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:05:45 +0000

I love that attitude. Why bother doing anything eh? Nothing will ever make a difference. It’s not a political statement anyway, I just want to get a good deal on something which so far seems kinda iffy. How is this bad?

By: Eury

Eury — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:46:57 +0000

Good for you. I just hope Blizzard can manage until then.

By: Hunam

Hunam — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:41:19 +0000

Then I’ll wait a decade, maybe get a good deal on the whole bullshit trilogy idea. Doesn’t bother me one bit

By: Eury

Eury — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:34:05 +0000

Why would anyone object to a game + two expansions?
More content is better in my book, but I guess you can always skip the last expansion, and it will be just like Starcraft + Brood War.

By: absolutezero

absolutezero — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:59:13 +0000

I like how most poeple have just accepted the fact that its one game split over 3 full price releases and have instead focused on something the vast majority never touch.

By: jeremycafe

jeremycafe — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:58:43 +0000

I think 90% of the people would be less upset if they actually realized that when you host a game with only people on the same network, you do not play over battle.net and the game functions as a lan game.

This system has to work for professional tournaments in south korea, i highly doubt it will fail to meet the needs of your average gamer wanting to lan.

By: Eury

Eury — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:12:19 +0000

Yeah, good luck with that. Blizzard games aren’t like console games, they sell for years, and they won’t lower the price for years either.
You will probably need to wait at least a decade for 7.99.

By: Hunam

Hunam — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:57:58 +0000

I won’t boycott the game, but when I don’t have the drive to buy something, It usually takes me a few years to get it, possibly at a nice £7.99 price point.

By: TristanMike

TristanMike — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:09:49 +0000

How many, do you think, out of the 100K are unique signatures ? And out of those, how many do you think will actually boycott Starcraft 2 when it’s released if LAN is not implemented ?

Just curious of what others here think. (Percentages are accepted)

By: Hunam

Hunam — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:04:26 +0000

I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if Battle.net will be a two-tier system with subscribers and normals getting different things.

By: Phoenixblight

Phoenixblight — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:45:04 +0000

They won’t change it Activision influence is too strong and they see Cash in the new Battle net system.

By: Hunam

Hunam — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:21:08 +0000

That’s handy then

By: Patrick Garratt

Patrick Garratt — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:15:00 +0000

I’ll be speaking to them tomorrow.

By: Hunam

Hunam — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:12:45 +0000

Have you poked Blizzard for a response to this 100,000 milestone?