LAN Parties (Score 1)

Who goes to a fucking LAN party with no internet? Even when I was playing SC1 10 years ago at LAN parties, internet was MANDATORY. Are you guys really going to go to a gaming center/LAN center and not have internet access? Because as long as you have net, you can still have your LAN party. And the additional 60ms of latency isn't going to ruin your game. I, for one, would play on a hosted server before LAN any day. Off the top of my head: 1. It's much less likely the server will drop the game than your hosting PC freeze/crash/get coke spilled on 2. I'll be able to invite my friends who can't make it to the LAN center to play 3. Stat tracking, etc That said, someone enlighten me as to why taking out LAN play is any detrimental to anyone EXCEPT pirates? (I'm open to good reasons, I just dont see any myself)