LANfest Sacramento Bnet Blacklist - Page 5

On April 15 2012 13:58 UmbraaeternuS wrote:


This.

I don't think it's fake. I still remember Dallas 2010 and all the issues at the time.

On April 15 2012 14:00 rasnj wrote:

There is no doubt it is real. Back before Lone star clash rob simpson (Blizz employee) tweeted:

robert simpson ‏ @robpsimpson
If you know anyone running Lone Star Clash this weekend, hit me up! Want to make sure your IPS are whitelisted for the event

Which clearly shows the need to get added to some sort of whitelist.

On April 15 2012 12:25 No_Roo wrote:


Do you know for what reason? Or are you just guessing? I can demonstrate 60-100 people on the same IP without any problem, so if they or you did get blacklisted the cause is probably something else unrelated to the number of connections.

EDIT: For example if it's a BYOC, it's entirely possible bnet has detected something unsavory with one of the clients game files and maybe that triggers a blacklist, For example the dc/tie hack that was going around for a long time, old versions of that some time get the source IP blacklisted.

EDIT EDIT: Or as people in the reddit thread are pointing out, there is a myriad of other offenses for other titles that share the bnet log in that can trigger the black list, WoW bots seem to be a common cause.

On April 15 2012 12:25 No_Roo wrote:


Do you know for what reason? Or are you just guessing? I can demonstrate 60-100 people on the same IP without any problem, so if they or you did get blacklisted the cause is probably something else unrelated to the number of connections.

EDIT: For example if it's a BYOC, it's entirely possible bnet has detected something unsavory with one of the clients game files and maybe that triggers a blacklist, For example the dc/tie hack that was going around for a long time, old versions of that some time get the source IP blacklisted.

EDIT EDIT: Or as people in the reddit thread are pointing out, there is a myriad of other offenses for other titles that share the bnet log in that can trigger the black list, WoW bots seem to be a common cause.

On April 15 2012 14:54 TheMatrix wrote:
Why are we not demanding Blizzard introduce LAN right now or else we boycott all company games?

I mean battle.net sucks, its a regress from the old 1998 battle.net, the gameplay is worse than Brood War, the campaign was worse compared to Brood War and the support hasn't been there at all.

Blizzard should put in LAN else people shouldn't buy their games anymore and that's the story.

They've used and abused the fan base enough already and have become from one of the best and friendlier companies around to one of the worst and evil companies out there. Blizzard right now are the EA of 10 years ago.

On April 15 2012 14:56 Orracle wrote:


It shocks me why people would buy HOTS with so many issues revolving around WOL, including their shitty chat system, interface, etc.

I for sure will not be buying it until they fix these problems.

On April 15 2012 14:58 TheMatrix wrote:

I'm not buying it either and not buying D3 either. In fact I may even download it from the internet just because they've been so arrogant and so corrupt.

On April 15 2012 12:20 No_Roo wrote:
Pretty sure this is fake, and that blizzard has no such policy towards multiple connections from a single IP.

As some one who has organzied LAN events with much more than 10 people, I've never had to contact blizzard to warn them about multiple logins from a single IP, and neither have the LAN centers that we've been to.