Last time I commented on the no LAN thing coming in StarCraft II, the trolls came out in droves to explain how the lack of features was somehow good for me. Now we see how that's working out - StarCraft II is delayed until 2010, apparently due to a longer than expected time to upgrade BattleNet:

The reason for the delay? A longer-than-expected development time for upgrading Blizzard's Battle.net online multiplayer service, according to the company. Battle.net first launched with the Blizzard title Diablo in 1997 and revolutionized online gaming by providing an in-game multiplayer service that contrasted with external online multiplayer services at the time. Battle.net has since become an extremely popular method for playing online and an integral part of the Blizzard gaming experience.

Yeah, this is really a pro-gamer move. Somehow. Also a pro Blizzard move, if you count lost revenue and extra development time as somehow being good...

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