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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
When you weighted up all different options, LAN support will certainly do them more good than harm. It's not like taking away LAN will give them ultimate control of the community, soon or later rogue developers will make something that circumvent this, it's not technically impossible, watever network protocol they use can and will be reverse engineered and BW community is certaintly not short of capable programmers. Blizzard is a game production house, their existing business is more profitable than E-sport; look at e-sport now, who is actually making money? Why would blizzard want to take it over? If they just want a piece of the action, i think this will just be a huge overkill. Blizzard's business is innovation/creativity, pumping out great titles is a straight equation to get their profit; trying to be a sponsorship/tournament runner is not their business. | ||
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omninmo
2349 Posts
On June 08 2009 16:57 haduken wrote: Without examing/analysising too much into this; i wonder how a business decision such as this can be justified? When you weighted up all different options, LAN support will certainly do them more good than harm. It's not like taking away LAN will give them ultimate control of the community, soon or later rogue developers will make something that circumvent this, it's not technically impossible, watever network protocol they use can and will be reverse engineered and BW community is certaintly not short of capable programmers. Blizzard is a game production house, their existing business is more profitable than E-sport; look at e-sport now, who is actually making money? Why would blizzard want to take it over? If they just want a piece of the action, i think this will just be a huge overkill. Blizzard's business is innovation/creativity, pumping out great titles is a straight equation to get their profit; trying to be a sponsorship/tournament runner is not their business. my friend, Blizzard died long ago. From their ashes arose the Activizzard. We are not dealing with the company that brought us Starcraft. Then Blizzard was FGBG or for gamers by gamers. If Blizzard was Anakin. Activizzard is Vader. The innovative titles they create now are highly scrutinized to ensure that games are easily monetized and profit can be maximized, consider World of Warcraft and the new Battle.net. I do not underestimate the community's ability to circumvent lack of LAN but I also do not underestimate the Activizzard's cunning nerd-melting lazer eyes. | ||
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R3condite
Korea (South)1541 Posts
There many notable on consequences to the above- most notably is the fact that KeSPA, at least initially, will not run SC2 progaming. Activizzard and KeSPA, whose board of directors shares many names with progaming team SK-T1's, are currently in a heated battle over who will control SC2 esports. It would certainly make it easier for the latter to usurp power by simply removing that which allows the pro/starleagues to function, viz. LAN support. latter? u mean former rite? or did u get the mean of usurped confused? | ||
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omninmo
2349 Posts
On June 09 2009 04:11 R3condite wrote: latter? u mean former rite? or did u get the mean of usurped confused?  'preesh for that. | ||
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