There's not even a point to trying to debate anything with you. You're set in your ways and no matter what I bring up you'll throw out all manner of irrelevant "facts" and thrust more words in my mouth. I'm done with you. Wallow in your ignorance.
I read your post. You have no proof of anything. LAN players are the vast minority? According to what statistic? Last I checked, LAN games were untraceable from the Internet side.
Have you lost your marbles? Let's just base it on this- how many people on this forum are complaining about the loss of LAN? How many daily post about their experiences on LAN? How many create threads daily about starting over again on LAN? Hardly any.
Let's look at the opposition- How many people are not complaining about the loss of LAN? How many people are posting daily about their experiences on Battle.net? How many create threads daily about starting over again on Battle.net?
If you ignore this or even try to claim it as invalid you have nothing to back up your argument.
Removing LAN play is a step forward? You have not adequately explained what is gained by tossing LAN options.
Actually, I did. You didn't read my post.
According to the petition count, Blizzard has already placed over $100,000 worth of sales at stake. That number is only going to get bigger considering it just barely went up.
As games get more sophisticated, their bandwidth requirements get higher, NEVER lower.
That isn't what's being argued. Furthermore, as technology develops, smoother online experiences become cheaper and cheaper to afford. I've paid very little for my internet and router, and a wireless card came built-in to my computer. Heck, you don't even need a router. Just upgrade. It gets cheaper every day and you're going to need to sooner or later.
If you're not willing to stay with the standard of the times then you can't complain about lagging issues. It would be like complaining that cars drive too fast on the highway if you were riding a horse and buggy.
The performance of all technology develops together. They're developing this game, as they've said numerous times, to function well with older systems. At the same time, newer technology is becoming cheaper and cheaper as the latest breakthroughs become yesterday's news.
No, we all won't be using the same connection. For each realm they have tons of servers. Furthermore, you're basing lag on games that are far out dated and have long since lived out their income-use ratio for Blizzard.
There are times when my Internet goes down for a day or two. Mock me all you want, but I want to be able to play my game whenever I want to. Starcraft 1 had LAN play; how can Starcraft 2 just drop the feature? That's a step backwards, my friend.
It's a step forward. Like it or not, there aren't a million people out there like you. LAN-exclusive players are in the vast minority. The vast majority, however, is affected every day on Battle.net by piracy and third-party hacking programs that could be further impeded by relinquishing the power of any client-side interaction to the server.
I'm completely and utterly sick of what Battle.net has become. If we need to sacrifice something that most people don't use or is in the minority to achieve a better world for the majority of gamers, then so be it.
Furthermore, if this bandwidth threshold is really small, then this is a non-issue. Get better internet- you're going to need it soon, anyway, with the globalization of everything from medical to shopping.
I really don't understand why you guys complain so much about lag. I get almost none over Battle.net playing a game that by all means probably shouldn't still have service ten years after release. Furthermore, bandwidth is on your connection, itself. You'll be using it whether you're playing online or on LAN.
I'm going to hold all of you who say you're not going to buy it for your word. Documenting all of your names for future reference.
SCII will be wonderful online. If I want to play with my friends I'll just create a closed game. I don't have to worry about a Hamachi or anything that way.
Have you lost your marbles? Let's just base it on this- how many people on this forum are complaining about the loss of LAN? How many daily post about their experiences on LAN? How many create threads daily about starting over again on LAN? Hardly any.
Let's look at the opposition- How many people are not complaining about the loss of LAN? How many people are posting daily about their experiences on Battle.net? How many create threads daily about starting over again on Battle.net?
If you ignore this or even try to claim it as invalid you have nothing to back up your argument.
Do you, in all honesty, even believe for one second even a majority of the people on that list are not going to buy SCII because of this?
I'll hold you to it. In fact, I'll put it in my signature.
Please reread it.
Actually, I did. You didn't read my post.
Source please so that I can read this for myself.
That isn't what's being argued. Furthermore, as technology develops, smoother online experiences become cheaper and cheaper to afford. I've paid very little for my internet and router, and a wireless card came built-in to my computer. Heck, you don't even need a router. Just upgrade. It gets cheaper every day and you're going to need to sooner or later.
If you're not willing to stay with the standard of the times then you can't complain about lagging issues. It would be like complaining that cars drive too fast on the highway if you were riding a horse and buggy.
The performance of all technology develops together. They're developing this game, as they've said numerous times, to function well with older systems. At the same time, newer technology is becoming cheaper and cheaper as the latest breakthroughs become yesterday's news.
It's a step forward. Like it or not, there aren't a million people out there like you. LAN-exclusive players are in the vast minority. The vast majority, however, is affected every day on Battle.net by piracy and third-party hacking programs that could be further impeded by relinquishing the power of any client-side interaction to the server.
I'm completely and utterly sick of what Battle.net has become. If we need to sacrifice something that most people don't use or is in the minority to achieve a better world for the majority of gamers, then so be it.
Furthermore, if this bandwidth threshold is really small, then this is a non-issue. Get better internet- you're going to need it soon, anyway, with the globalization of everything from medical to shopping.
I don't think that's quite what he was saying
SCII will be wonderful online. If I want to play with my friends I'll just create a closed game. I don't have to worry about a Hamachi or anything that way.