hahahah this is soo fail!!
damnit blizzard! you are just making it worse for yourself with not having lan!

Reason why sc/bw did so well was because of pro scene took it to a new level. Without support for tournaments (pro standards with no lag) the game won't really get that far.

maputo

United States16 Posts

August 11 2010 18:54 GMT

#42

I can hear the Korean commentators now..... "LAAAAAAAAAAAAGUUUUUU!"

Senx

Sweden5901 Posts

August 11 2010 18:58 GMT

#43

On August 12 2010 03:54 maputo wrote:
I can hear the Korean commentators now..... "LAAAAAAAAAAAAGUUUUUU!"

lol

"YAAAAAAAAAAAA DROP SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEENUUUU!!!!!"

1 minute later...

"GEEEEEEEEEE GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

Tester wins GSL.

vek

Australia936 Posts

August 11 2010 18:58 GMT

#44

I have to say that is pretty hilarious... We knew it was going to happen though.

D10

Brazil3409 Posts

August 11 2010 19:24 GMT

#45

And give us chat channels!!!

damn how imcompetent can greed make you

Merikh

United States918 Posts

August 20 2010 11:42 GMT

#46

lol no lan is ruining the madfrog vs tarson and idra vs sarens matches

I sure wish there was lan

Linage

Canada5 Posts

August 20 2010 12:53 GMT

#47

ya that sucked it happened between idra and sarens I was watching. I was like well this is great...

Piski

Finland3461 Posts

August 20 2010 13:01 GMT

#48

Maybe they actually take notice because of this but it was thaaaat bad. The games still could be finished

shawabawa

United Kingdom417 Posts

August 20 2010 13:01 GMT

#49

I can't believe blizzard are so late getting lan sorted, it really hurts their image when they still have lag problems in huge tournaments :/

BuzzJuice

United States97 Posts

August 20 2010 13:03 GMT

#50

I think the bigger concerns of pros, like Idra and White Ra pointed out is not just that there needs to be LAN for no lag and these sorts of situations where lag ruins the game's rythm (there was significant lag in the Idra vs Sarens game in the Intel Extreme Masters and had to be paused for 15 minutes till everything was fine and dandy), but both players also stated LAN should be available for practice so that their micro skills are up to speed. Playing on internet connections 24/7 and then playing on LAN really hampers your potential for micro.

I really think that Blizzard should have made LAN available and it wouldn't have taken much to prevent (or greatly reduce) the chance of piracy if that is their main concern. However since they have made such strides very recently (I am of course talking about the $ 85,000 SC2 tournament and pro leagues) this issue will be fixed in due time.

Sooner or later. Hopefully sooner.

Spaceninja

United States211 Posts

August 20 2010 13:08 GMT

#51

Happened in IdrA vs. SarenS as well...

XsebT

Denmark2980 Posts

August 20 2010 13:11 GMT

#52

Laughable... You would think Blizzard (like the rest of us) could see this coming a million miles away.
So, option one: Blizzard is quite stupid not to have thought of it (I really doubt it).
option two: It is Blizzard's intention never to patch lan mode. (Due to risk of it getting hacked etc... I guess)

Rabiator

Germany3948 Posts

August 20 2010 13:13 GMT

#53

On August 20 2010 22:08 Spaceninja wrote:
Happened in IdrA vs. SarenS as well...

And in MaDFroG vs. Tarson ... but thats only a 15.000$ tournament and not worth bothering with.

SmoKim

Denmark10307 Posts

August 20 2010 13:16 GMT

#54

this is the best thing that could have happened to the whole "No LAN" situation

hope it happens in MLG and GSL so Blizzard is forced to do something about it

FusionCutter

Canada974 Posts

August 20 2010 13:17 GMT

#55

Relax guys.. the game's only been out for a few weeks...

Teeny

Austria885 Posts

August 20 2010 13:18 GMT

#56

Either LAN-Mode or some kind of Tournament server where the Runners of the tourney geht accounts for their gamers which isn´t overrun by every gamer in EU.

Stegosaur

Netherlands1231 Posts

August 20 2010 13:18 GMT

#57

On August 20 2010 22:16 SmoKim wrote:
this is the best thing that could have happened to the whole "No LAN" situation

hope it happens in MLG and GSL so Blizzard is forced to do something about it

Either that, or SC2 gets kicked to the sidewalk and LAN support shows up when people just don't care anymore

That's what I'm afraid of to be honest.

0neder

United States3733 Posts

August 20 2010 13:25 GMT

#58

Hey Pardo, I think pros REALLY want LAN, unless you're lying about your e-sports aspirations then put it in.

EDIT: Has somebody made a bnet thread about this, and posted pics along with tourney prize pools? Do it! (don't have the game yet)

MadLag

Poland82 Posts

August 20 2010 13:27 GMT

#59

i think they will ad lan support in full version :<

Denizen[9]

United States649 Posts

August 20 2010 13:31 GMT

#60

I think they will have it fixed by GSL