StarCraft 2 Trashed by Gamers, Called Incomplete

[Guest]

Loving SC2 - also to respond to one complaint from the military, (love you guys and girls and all you do for us) but since when is it Blizzard's responsibility to provide you with a good internet connection. You're in Afghanistan for crying out loud - the fact that you can log in at all should dazzle and amaze you!!! Get back safe and play on a real connection soon.

 

[dragonsqrrl]

[citation][nom]fulle[/nom]Not everyone lives in the city with a smooth broadband connection, kid. I do, and I can give a crap about SC2's authentication methods, but that doesn't mean it's not a problem for people in other situations... like the military, people who live in rural areas, etc etc etc. Suggesting such a person shouldn't bother using a computer, or gaming on it... makes you come across as a complete close minded moron.[/citation]
Thanks for the constructive flame up fulle... although my point wasn't really to incite your mislead criticisms, nor was I actually suggesting people return their computers due to dial up or low bandwidth connections. I was simply suggesting it's unlikely that someone who wants to play SC2 won't be capable of doing so. I was also criticizing what I felt were misdirected complaints by people who either don't own the game and thus don't know how the authentication process actually works, or from individuals complaining that they won't be able to run the single player campaign. In the vast majority of cases, this is completely untrue.

All that's required is a once monthly authentication, which really isn't an unreasonable thing to ask, even with dial up. And if you don't have a connection of any kind? But somehow own a computer capable of playing SC2 while having already bought SC2? Well then I'm truly sorry, but the world is moving in a different direction. But I think even you fulle can agree that this scenario seems rather unlikely in 2010, with the likelihood decreasing even further in the coming years. In fact, disagreeing with the inevitable expansion of broadband telecommunications could be viewed by many as completely "closed minded" and moronic.

Again I'm sorry if I'm offending anyone who actually falls under the hypothetical scenario I stated above, but some kind of authentication had to be implemented, and this method works for the vast majority of potential SC2 users.