StarCraft 2

[OGcritic]

What're the system specs? I know I won't have anything nearly powerful enough for a current RTS though.

[Chux]

Gave it a shot.

[bbobb]

I signed up.

[Mr_B]

I gave it a shot too. I registered my windows laptop. Probably should have registered my MBP instead. My have got a hit since it might be a smaller pool.

[Rumpy]

Battle Report #3
Protoss vs Zerg

[Tain]

No lan play in SC2.

StarCraft II will not have a local area networking (LAN) game mode.

Rob Pardo, senior VP of game design at Blizzard Entertainment confirmed in an interview with IncGamers that the StarCraft II development team "don't have any plans to support LAN," and clarified saying "we will not support it." The only multiplayer available will be on Battle.net.

IncGamers also got a clarification from Blizzard, shortly after the interview, saying the choice of excluding a LAN feature "is because of the planned technology to be incorporated into Battle.net," a topic they will reveal more about at a later date.

The original StarCraft gained popularity largely because of the easy LAN mode, used on massive LANs like Dreamhack or small personal networks between friends, so this is a surprising move by Blizzard.

Besides the full interview, make sure to check out our massive StarCraft II preview, videos, screenshots/art and other StarCraft II news from the event or visit our StarCraft channel StarcraftWire.net for further details.

http://www.incgamers.com/News/17129/...aftIIConfirmed

Shit's stupid.

[Chux]

saying the choice of excluding a LAN feature "is because of the planned technology to be incorporated into Battle.net,"

So, there is going to be a lan option under b.net?

[epmode]

There is absolutely no chance in hell that Blizzard won't include an option for local LAN play. It might require a connection to battle.net to start the game, but it'll be there.

Removing the option would pretty much destroy professional tournaments.

[epmode]

Oh hay, new Battle.net/Starcraft preview: http://www.starcraft2.com/features/misc/battlenet.xml

Lots of really neat stuff in there, especially for RTS idiots like me. Beta very soon maybe?

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[Shine]

I'm sure the exclusion of Lan is related to their "monetizing" plan for Battle.net. I'm sure it'll run similar to how Hellgate: London did; special features you can only access if you pay for the privilege, like leader boards, and such.