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You missed the point.
The user you replied to mentioned local private
matches by originating the game over
battle.net. What that means is that everyone
on your LAN connects to battle.net to start the
game rather than listening on the LAN. Once
the game begins, all the major game traffic is
sent within the LAN. That's what a local
private match is. The only difference now is
that you will have to verify that your copy is
legitimate by originating the game on
battle.net first. Minor game information may
still be forwarded to battle.net for the
purposes of other battle.net users wanting to
view the game in progress or see real-time
stats, but it should not and most likely will
not cause the game to lag since it is not time-
sensitive.

So, after understanding how that works, how
does your lag issue change at all from any
local starcraft 1 game? The answer is, it
doesn't. There's just the minor incovnenience
of having to have a live internet connection to
connect to battle.net to begin the game.

Blizzard is making the right move. Steam, Xbox
Live and Windows Live paved the way for this
type of DRM. It's non-invasive and effective
at MITIGATING piracy (certainly not
eliminating).
Posted by: Uncle Ebeneezer   Posted on: 07/08/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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This will last all of two months  frgough | 07/07/09
That's a novel idea  rarsa | 07/07/09
Why so angry?  tikigawd | 07/07/09
Yes you are right... humm.. nope, you forgot to mention the LAG  magallanes | 07/07/09
lag?  gregg.judge@... | 07/08/09
No, you need to say more  tikigawd | 07/08/09
You missed the point.  Uncle Ebeneezer | 07/08/09
I am not quite sure about it.  magallanes | 07/08/09
Confusing...  Uncle Ebeneezer | 07/08/09
I refuse to drink that Kool-aid  nucrash | 07/09/09
RE: Starcraft II jettisons LAN support  Guzhno | 07/07/09
Agreed  gnesterenko | 07/07/09
AMEN  Species8472 | 07/07/09
Nice change of pace.  Uncle Ebeneezer | 07/08/09
I don't see this as likely  nucrash | 07/09/09
What about the LAN Party hosts  nucrash | 07/09/09
Gaming is evolving out from under you  Uncle Ebeneezer | 07/09/09
Thank you for encouraging sloth.  nucrash | 07/09/09
RE: Starcraft II jettisons LAN support  Socratesfoot | 07/07/09
From Blizzard  gnesterenko | 07/08/09
From LAN Organizers  nucrash | 07/09/09
RE: Starcraft II jettisons LAN support  raistlin64 | 07/07/09
RE: Starcraft II jettisons LAN support  raistlin64 | 07/07/09
Things could change  Uncle Ebeneezer | 07/08/09
Good to see Blizzard let out the drones.  nucrash | 07/09/09
You found me out...  Uncle Ebeneezer | 07/09/09
We can't afford that  nucrash | 07/09/09
RE: Starcraft II jettisons LAN support  FrioMuerte | 07/07/09
1  gnesterenko | 07/08/09
Pay attention to History  nucrash | 07/09/09
monthly fee for BNET 2  _Lobo_ | 07/08/09
?  gregg.judge@... | 07/08/09
Sure  gnesterenko | 07/08/09
Wrong.  Uncle Ebeneezer | 07/08/09
Angry? mostly amused  rarsa | 07/08/09
Welcome to 2009  gnesterenko | 07/08/09
Meanwhile...  nucrash | 07/09/09
The idea is to reduce piracy, not eliminate  Uncle Ebeneezer | 07/08/09
This worked out well for StarDock  nucrash | 07/09/09
RE: Starcraft II jettisons LAN support  mindhammer | 07/09/09
Give us something new  Uncle Ebeneezer | 07/09/09
Oh you didn't pull the Terrorist Argument  nucrash | 07/09/09
I thought my point was quite clear  Uncle Ebeneezer | 07/09/09
Let's see what happens  nucrash | 07/09/09
RE: Starcraft II jettisons LAN support  jakestonet | 07/09/09
Ditto  nucrash | 07/09/09
Boycott? Yeah, right...  reverand1297 | 07/09/09
So be it  nucrash | 07/09/09
I respect that...  Uncle Ebeneezer | 07/10/09
Atlas Shrugged  nucrash | 07/10/09

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