Starcraft II without LAN!

I don't know if this is a bad news for the fans, but It certainly is a bad news for some, i'm probably one of them

Before online gaming exist, there was LAN (Local Area Network) gaming, where every computer that's on the same network can play the game with each other without the internet. Widely preferable in cyber cafe or at home with multi computer and laptops.

And then internet gaming appear, i agree that it's far more convenient because of the fact that you don't need to go to a cyber cafe or have mutiple computers at home to enjoy multiplayer games.

Seems like the next upcoming blockbuster game will NOT include LAN capabilities base on Blizzard's game-designer Rob Pardo. Yes Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty won't be able to do multiplayer with LAN, online online using Battle.net. According to him, LAN wasn't famous anymore in the 90's, huh? Starcraft in Korea was made famous with LAN! and LAN is certainly not dead yet. What's the big deal if you include a simple LAN capability for the product you sell? Is it hard? The word LAN Party are widely used I think he got it all wrong, it seems he only plays game alone at home through the internet all the time, don't compare internet multiplayer and LAN multiplayer, they are different, so now anyone who wanted to play the game also needs an internet connection eh? I'm sure everyone has internet now, but what's the big deal if you include LAN anyway, this is probably due to pirates. Look at Demigod, they can even sell the game with LAN capability. This is just wrong..

Now Blizzard has made a big mistake, what's next, all Starcraft II series will have no LAN and worse yet Diablo III with no LAN, great...just great..very nice, everyone on the same network still have to connect to the internet and servers to play, doin unnecessary bit transfers, server down, internet down? No game? I like to rely on my network and my PC for multiplayer fun, I have bad experience with online gaming anyway, everyone's been complaining how laggy the experience was, not everyone has good internet connection and with 1 bad apple in the group, everyone will not enjoy the experience, further more I like playin' with my peers than someone else.

I wonder how many will pirate this game.

If it helps, please sign the petition regarding this stupid move at:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/LANSC2/