Sorry, but I've been soured on the whole "constant internet connection and accoutrements" since the whole "Windows LIVE" fiasco. At least with me...I bought a LEGITIMATE copy of Halo 2 for PC--and on top of that, had to wait until I got a NEW rig since even on min settings, it dragged like molasses. When I finally got a new rig--the first thing I did was try to play online. Well, Windows LIVE first didn't recognize my e-mail address, even though I'd had that hotmail for something like 7 years--then it said I had an invalid serial number, and, when I finally got past all that--it said my account name had already been taken...even though it was something like EmeraldSabre888 or something like that--pretty sure that that specific account name wasn't used. And things only started working when I went to No-CD and got a .exe crack...

Weird as hell. So, yeah, I will -always- support: Boxed copies, legitimate offline play, bot support, and full LAN support in every game. The day that games stop including these features is the day I stop buying games.