Starcraft 2 Has no LAN

With the anticipation of Starcraft 2 for the past year or so, people have been bugging Blizzard about what will be in the game and what wont be. To the disappointment and shock of most, Blizzard has recently confirmed that there will be on LAN (Local Area Network) play. What LAN play allows you to do is play a friend who is on a computer that is on the same router as you without going out on the internet. The reason why LAN was so popular back when Starcraft, the original, was out is because the internet was slow so getting together to play over a network was a more appealing choice.

Although people are annoyed that there is no LAN play, they probably won’t care about it that much once people start playing. The internet is fast enough now that playing over the internet won’t give gameplay that much lag. But even if people want to still get together, they can. Its not like you can play each other on one computer. Each player still needs a copy of the game and their own computer. Although the lack of of LAN disappoints most, I think that it won’t bother many people once they get their hands on it.