> This whole episode has been a massive face plant for Blizzard. It was a stupid decision and I'm sure there were many angry fans, but if I've learned anything

> This whole episode has been a massive face plant for Blizzard. It was a stupid decision and I'm sure there were many angry fans, but if I've learned anything from spending too much time on Reddit for the past couple of years it's that people will forget this pretty quickly. Take Football Manager 2009 as an example. In order to halt piracy Sports Interactive added an online authenticator for all installs, and to cut a long story short for the best part of three days the authentication server was down due to load, and the only people playing the game happily were the growing number of people who pirated it. After a month or two, it was completely forgotten. Yes, if a poor developer makes mistakes they'll suffer, but Blizzard is loved by all and all will be forgotten when the fans get their hands on sweet, sweet Diablo action...