Así es como lo han denominado en Joystiq:
Blizzard tells Shacknews it's working on a "pseudo-LAN" solution to the problem, that might allow play very similar to a regular LAN party, with Battle.net only being pinged once or periodically for authentication purposes.
Even better, Shacknews also reports that a similar system will be included with Diablo III. While it's not quite offline play, we're hoping it's close enough to keep both developers and fans happy.
Viene a decir que en principo podremos jugar al Starcraft2 (al Diablo3 también) en modo "LAN", únicamente condicionados a que periódicamente nos conectemos a Battle.net para verificar nuestras copias.
Hombre, no es la solución "más mejor" pero algo es algo, ¿no?
Fuente ==>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/24/starcraft-2-may-sport-semi-lan-solution/
Saludos!
--------------[EDITADO]Rob Pardo, vicepresidente de Blizzard:
"You don't technically have to (login), but you'll want to. You can play in offline mode if you want - I just don't think you're going to want to. You'll be giving up lots and lots of features, and why would you want to be giving up features?"
Vía Kotaku ==>
http://kotaku.com/5344013/starcraft-ii- ... ed-offlineEso SI me parece un acierto.