This isn't the first time it's happened and it's fucking embarrassing.
Are you saying it's acceptable that a match at an off line event has to be played connected to the internet and thus susceptible to disconnects and issues with the Blizzard servers?
That's how CoH works, right? This sort of DRM is getting more and more popular. Sim City even does it! It's a bunch of bullshit but we might have to get used to it.