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The Drunk LAN then?

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NeoLearner
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Belgium1847 Posts
May 31 2010 13:35 GMT
#1
Ok, so The Drunk Button is out, due to abuse by the sober people. It is not possible to verify that you are playing against an actual drunk person through battlenet2.0

In the battle.net2.0 is a restaurant thread I found this:

Sharing food between you and your loved one is completly forbidden since there have been case where people would eat for free by doing this (no lan)


For me it is more like this:

You have 5 friends over and you want to order some take out. However, you're not allowed to call and order for all 6 of you. No, they all have to order their own food. During a separate call. On their own fucking phone, cause they can't use yours

I understand a lot of the choices Blizzard has made from a business standpoint. I even understand (if support is big word) that Blizzard wants to force everyone to use battle.net2.0.

But lets say my same 5 friends want to play some SC2 after ordering this aforementioned take-out. How the hell am I supposed to do this? They can bring their own PC but I do not have 5 internet connections ready. Has anybody found an easy solution to this?

If so, I could invent "The Drunk LAN" and I could be sure I would be playing against people who are equally drunk.

Also, how possible would authenticated LAN be? I mean, you make a local, offline party, you connect to battle.net though 1 PC, Blizzard authenticates all your licenses and you can play your own little LAN.
Possible?

Bankai - Correlation does not imply causation
Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
May 31 2010 13:41 GMT
#2
They can bring their own PC but I do not have 5 internet connections ready. Has anybody found an easy solution to this?

Have 5 internet connections ready. I mean its not like you can substitute an Ethernet cable with a shoelace. How would they connect to you otherwise?
NeoLearner
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Belgium1847 Posts
May 31 2010 13:52 GMT
#3
On May 31 2010 22:41 Sadistx wrote:
Have 5 internet connections ready. I mean its not like you can substitute an Ethernet cable with a shoelace. How would they connect to you otherwise?


Hehe, oops. Ok, point taken MacGuyver could do it though. He'd have enough shoulace left to cook diner.

I have the Ethernet cables. But should we really all connect to the Blizzard servers, causing horrible lag because we're trying to run 6 UDP connections through my useless bandwidth?

Let's say you are planning to throw a LAN-party a few weeks after release. How would one go about making sure the people can play the game?
Bankai - Correlation does not imply causation
LastWish
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
2015 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-31 15:09:58
May 31 2010 15:07 GMT
#4
The crackers/hackers will always be one step ahead of Blizzard.
Whole effort is pointless, just injects rage into the heads of thousands of people.

Server shall be cracked, Lan shall be implemented by enthusiasts, map development will be out of Blizzards control.
Blizzard business/product management has entered medieval ages...
- It's all just treason - They bring me down with their lies - Don't know the reason - My life is fire and ice -
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