i edited the article yesterday and had my edit reverted. the subject was criticism of sc2, specifically the absence of LAN play, region locking, and no chat rooms.
i am very new to wikipedia, and i was actually just figuring out the code to use in putting refferences among other things. after communicating with the editor who reverted my work, he/she agreed that my source was valid, but suggested that i submit it to the talk page for approval of the group that is monitoring the sc2 page. the text of my edit is below. the reference is an interview with professional starcraft and starcraft 2 players, posted on the starcraft news site teamliquid. the interview was posted with the ability for teamliquid users to post comments on it ala forums, but it is not a forum post. further, the actual facts of the information like region locking and no lan play are all confirmed by blizzard and may actually already be part of the sc2 wiki article. i will be refining this edit in the near future and resubmitting it with better attribution, but i would appreciate any feedback the edit team has on this subject.
There has been extensive criticism of Blizzard and it's new owner Activision over their decision to eliminate all LAN (local area network) play, as well region locking the title so that a player with a North American copy will not be able to play against a player with an Asian copy. It is widely believed that these two decisions will tremendously hinder efforts to develop a long term Starcraft 2 community, and the absence of LAN play especially will make it impossible for the game to become a global E-sport in the style of it's predecessor.
There has also been an enormous outcry from fans about the absence of chat channels, which was later exasperated by poorly chosen comments from blizzard representatives.
source: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=129301
if necessary i can dig up some blizzard sources for the features that are intentionally left out.
Jeremysaint (talk) 20:18, 7 June 2010 (UTC)