Starcraft 2 Without Lan Action

Blizzard’s most anticipated RTS sequal, Starcraft II, will be released with no LAN. Although this may not seem sound like a big deal to most of you folks, but I had to say I couldn’t stand playing on BattleNet with all the lag issues and spam.

Blizzard Community Manager Kevin Yu took part in a Q&A session with StarCraft fans, including IncGamers’, Starcraft Wire, answering questions about the game’s balance and individual unit statistics. However, when it came to the LAN issue, Yu was unable to confirm or deny its inclusion in the RTS sequel.

This is surely a big disappointment, now I’m forced to play on Bnet with friends and see all the nice ads that are installed for us. I do hope the issue with multiple computers playing on the same IP will be fixed since that was the biggest flaw of the original Starcraft.

The two biggest concerns Blizzard probably has with providing LAN access are piracy issues and monetizing on their ads. Seems like they have good intentions of milking the most out of Starcraft 2 fans. $100 for the game, Bnet ads, and although they say Bnet is free now– its always a possiblity of a premium memberships.

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