Petition for StarCraft II LAN reaches 250,000 signatures

Dany Argueta - Saturday, July 31, 2010 9:54pm (PST) 2 Favourite (0)

Give 'em what they want, Blizzard!

Petition for StarCraft II LAN reaches 250,000 signatures Image 1

StarCraft II would be perfect for fans if it wasn't missing one feature that's still used in other PC games today: LAN play. Even though the initial announcement about the lack of local play was made back in mid-2009, the effort continues to request the feature patched in.

Blizzard removed LAN play over piracy concerns but the players weren't going to have any of that. The same petition that was started following the announcement has now reached 250,000 signatures and it remains steady on its reasons that LAN should be implemented such as offering players a choice and there being no real disadvantages to having the feature present.

Will Blizzard comply? There may be a renewed interest to push the issue with the recent release of the game but it's all on Blizzard in the end. Even if they don't step up to it, a group in the community just might develop their own unofficial solution. Hit up the source link to make yourself heard and hope for the best.

Source: Petition Online

Alternate Source: SoftSailor

Section: PC Games

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Hacksaw907 Jul 31, 10

To be honest, there was a petition for the dedicated servers for MW2 that reached numbers even larger than this, and still Activision (which owns Blizzard now) didn't listen.

I wouldn't get my hopes up on this one.
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messerchmidt Jul 31, 10

if blizzard does not, then someone will release a utility to allow for it using the battle.net interface for example. its best not to resist the tide!
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Spark Jul 31, 10

can't you just join someone you know's game?
Staff

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Reenee Jul 31, 10

quote Spark
can't you just join someone you know's game?
The main point of LAN matches is to host and play games without the need of an internet connection. LAN play has its own benefits like lag-free play.
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Aulis Vaara Aug 1, 10

And fun tournaments.

If Blizzard doesn't implement this, and someone else will, it's just another example of why piracy is just superior to actually buying the game, in my humble opinion. Isn't that exactly what they want to avoid?
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Dragoshi1 Aug 1, 10

DRM still turns me off, I can't buy the game regardless until I get a wireless adapter to get on the internet. I have no internet

And one of my friends was mad that the game did not come with LAN or something. We have the original Starcraft and I'm pretty sure we played LAN together at least twice.
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Lorx Aug 1, 10

The game could be pirated either way, a rumor I've been hearing for forever, and seems somewhat more likely to me, is that Acti/Bliz is trying to get at the korean tournaments, make some money off that. Without lan on the regular version, the people have to use Bnet, which gives Bliz complete control, or they have to grab the tournament version, which no doubt has strings attached.
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DeathMonkey Aug 2, 10

Well this and the Activision price of £45 pretty much means I won't be buying this.
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messerchmidt Aug 2, 10

the game has been broken open completely by the Razor1911 group. the battle.net protection was useless. if they make an emu app to allow lan, blizzard is out of luck
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fudgeboy Aug 2, 10

i wonder if these people realise that 99% of major companies wont accept a petition that does not have a persons signature.