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StarCraft II Delayed Until 2010
Blizzard has just announced that StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty won't be released this year. From their announcement: "Over the past couple of weeks, it has become clear that it will take longer than expected to prepare the new Battle.net for the launch of the game. The upgraded Battle.net is an integral part of the StarCraft II experience and will be an essential part of all of our games moving forward. This extra development time will be critical to help us realize our vision for the service. ... As we work to make Battle.net the premier online gaming destination, we'll also continue to polish and refine StarCraft II, and we look forward to delivering a real-time strategy gaming experience worthy of the series' legacy in the first half of 2010."
So keep playing the originals? Or play any of the thousands of other games that do include LAN support? Being pissed that you can't play one new game is silly.
Point being: you and others who also, for any reason, can't connect to battle.net, represent a tiny portion of their audience. You might even say that you're not even part of their target audience... much like you're not part of World of Warcraft's target audience. This is the direction that games are moving... and for the vast majority of people it's not a problem. You may not buy the game, but there are thousands of others that will. Maybe when you get back, you can be one of them.