"Familiar nowadays battle net, what kind of is past?

The player that has played blizzard game will be new to battle net scarcely, it is contacting all players, provide the platform of communication and athletics. But, how is battle net born after all?

Be in early 1995, " demon animal contend for hegemony 2 " when releasing, blizzard build with respect to the hope can join so the platform of all players.

At that time, the United States is online (AOL, american Internet serves a provider) still be to press a hour to collect fees, microsoft just just also releases browser of generation IE. Although online game does not calculate too curious, but the thing that is special difficulty as before. Major online game is based on a local area network or two computer have link through the modem, in those day, players want to go to friend home online, besides pulling one caboodle thing, spend a few time even apparently.

because of such, " demon animal contend for hegemony 2 " although had had a local area network online function, but blizzard is right online game produced new think of a way with chatting function. Rob Bridenbecker of vice president of blizzard battle network thinks: “ we feel at that time, if create to allow players online chat, game, and integrated we are all the software of the product, that certain and special club. ”

In addition, blizzard the software that locates its to can be freely all players serve at the beginning.

1997, net of generation battle as " dark black destroy a god " was born together. Without doubt, the blizzard development in battle net is earlier without any experience, but it is difficult that they still overcame everything with enthusiasm, completed the development of battle net, of course also bequeath a few problems.

First battle network is an extremely concise platform, can support only merely " dark black destroy a god " the player enters game. Battle network system becomes setting of a player leader, join game by other player again, not exclusive server; players do not have Zhang date, name of OK and optional use user is landed there is good friend list in ascending; battle net, have a pallet chatting room however. Be worth what carry is, blizzard not be the chatting function that is not willing to optimize battle net. The matter that they did not become so is the technology does not amount to mark merely.

Very fast nevertheless, net of this piece of battle is cruel showed him issue.

It is cogged above all, " dark black destroy a god " part information is memory is in this locality machine, the result is players need not get on even the net OK and cogged, cogged player runs rampant in great quantities.

Blizzard is very fast corrected this problem, zhang order system was solved " interstellar contend for hegemony " in faceless the confused situation that cause. " dark black destroy a god 2 " in, blizzard added appropriative server system, and keep part data existence server carry, restrict thereby (cannot put an end to) cogged likelihood. Not only such, blizzard the more outstanding server that uses oneself acts as lead plane, improved the quality of the player that connect a line.