Battle.net

Battle.net is the online gaming platform Blizzard Entertainment. This platform is hosted in Europe by the provider Telia.

Eligible to play is there anyone who is in possession of a valid CD key. This is included with each respective game.

Battle.net is used for the games:

For release of StarCraft II Battle.net 2.0 went online, this is also the platform for Diablo III. As part of this change are many old Battle.net pages only with the prefix classic distance. For example, the page for Warcraft III no longer www.battle.net/war3 achievable but under classic.battle.net/war3.

Costs

In addition to the general internet fees and the cost of the games will be no additional cost to the user. To play, the player always requires the latest version of each game, which will be automatically downloaded when you log into Battle.net.

Functions

The offer is slightly different in each game. In general, you can host a server-wide games, join them and regardless of the game with which you have logged on Battle.net, enter different rooms and chat with each other. In addition, each player has a small profile, in which it can provide information about themselves.

There are four server cluster (also called Realms ): Asia, Europe, and US.East US.West. Here, each player has the freedom to connect to each server cluster, and so to play with others all over the world. However, the geographically -related data transmission delay can be a problem.

Cheating

Cheating on Battle.net will be punished. There are the so-called ( irregular ) " Judgement Days ", in which many players accounts and CD keys will be permanently banned on the game.

If a player of cheating transferred, the relevant accounts will be closed. The CD- Keys that were used to create them ( without which there is no access to Battle.net ) are usually locked for a month. Repeat offenders locked Blizzard almost always forever from the Battle.net out, which means that the branded players to the game (and a CD -Key ) Buy new would have to return to participate in the Battle.net. Blizzard released repeatedly figures on how many players or CD keys were excluded from Battle.net. These numbers are usually in the five-to six-figure range. The total number of locked CD key is already moving in the high six -, or even seven-figure range.

For the detection of cheaters Blizzard uses a specially developed to, as designated Warden anti-cheat system. It was initially used in Diablo II, and finally adopted on a trial basis in Warcraft III, World of Warcraft, and since the patch 1:15 even with Starcraft.