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StarCraft II has been in the center of a lot of controversy these days as the company behind it, Blizzard, has revealed that it will not include support for Local Area Networks (LANs) in the game. This is serious news, especially since the first title is still being played today because of its top-notch multiplayer mode and the variety of ways you can play, either on a LAN or on Blizzard's own Battle.Net online service.

But now, it seems that for this next game only Battle.Net will be supported. This made a lot of fans really angry and, some of them, almost 30,000, have signed a petition in which they express their feelings and why the large company should include support for multiplayer on a LAN.

Now, a Blizzard representative has revealed the main reasons why only Battle.Net will be supported and, as speculated, piracy is the main one, as it will hurt not only the sales of the game but also the community that tries to support and experience it.

“As mentioned by Rob Pardo in interviews, piracy is a serious problem and often times tie in closely with LAN. At the end of the day, we want the best for the community and fans that support our games, and having chunk of the community pirate the game actually hurts the community.

“1) Pirated servers splinter the community instead of consolidating all players who love to play the game. Battle.net will bring players together in skirmishes, ladder play, custom games, and allow everyone the opportunity to share a common experience.

“2) More people on Battle.net means more even more resources devoted to evolving this online platform to cater to further community building and new ways to enjoy the game online. World of Warcraft is a great example of a game that has evolved beyond anyone’s imagination since their Day 1 and will continue to do so to better the player experience for as long as players support the title. The original StarCraft is an even better example of how 11 years later, players still love and play this title, and we will continue to support and evolve it with patches.”

The representative concludes that we should worry about no LAN support and that this is the best way to be a correct person. “We would not take out LAN if we did not feel we could offer players something better. Don’t be a leech to society, innovation, and further awesome creations.”

After reading this, do you still support Blizzard in its decision? Or do you think that LAN support still needs to be included in this game? Drop a comment with your opinion below.

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