Starcraft II.. Blizzard likes to piss off their fanbase

What's a great way to piss off the fanbase of the Starcraft series who have been waiting for a very long time for the sequel to a great game? Not supporting LAN based action is a sure way to start the hate train rolling. I mean seriously, what the hell. So now if I want to play with friends while at their house we'll what? Have to log online to battle.net then get into a matchmaking room just to find our friends and join a game through that network when we have a perfectly good LAN in the house? Ridiculous.