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Why do people feel this desperate need to defend blizz fuckups? Wibble Send a noteboard - 09/07/2010 11:49:57 PM


It's not like you have to use your real name when you play a Starcraft 2 game on battle.net, you still have a gaming alias for multiplayer.

Yes, you have to sign in to a battle.net account, but they are not forcing you to post on the forums, they're not forcing you to use the facebook feature. These are all voluntary.


Not directed specifically at you, more a general observation. People get to hooked into games and lose sight of the fact it's a massive profitmaking company and you are a consumer.

2nd, there is an exploit with Real ID which will show your real name in game. 3rd, forums are Blizz method of game support, a game which I pay for, since when did getting support for a product involve telling the whole world your name?

4th, who cares if it's 'voluntary', that doesn't stop it being plain wrong, nor does it stop the fact Blizz are trying to bring this in to exploit consumers via facebook and microsoft marketing.
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Blizzard demand that people use their real names when posting on their forums (WoW, SC2). - 08/07/2010 12:20:07 AM 1313 Views
I don't know how much to blame Blizzard - 08/07/2010 12:43:08 AM 860 Views
It's not 100% that this is the reason. - 08/07/2010 12:58:20 AM 1068 Views
or, honestly... - 08/07/2010 02:18:24 AM 916 Views
Yeah, that'll work. I hope Blizzard enjoys lawsuits. *NM* - 08/07/2010 01:08:58 AM 419 Views
Why should there be lawsuits? - 08/07/2010 03:46:11 AM 864 Views
Depends on how they implement it. - 08/07/2010 08:54:31 PM 861 Views
Isn't that also much easier when they know which county he lives in? - 08/07/2010 02:30:06 AM 897 Views
It depends. - 08/07/2010 03:52:17 AM 855 Views
I wonder how this works with prepaid time cards? - 08/07/2010 02:48:17 AM 991 Views
Hmm. - 08/07/2010 04:03:59 AM 944 Views
Yup, looks like you're right. - 08/07/2010 05:12:36 AM 887 Views
I'm sure if I used the forums I'd be more concerned... - 08/07/2010 02:59:48 AM 884 Views
I can understand why they're doing it. - 08/07/2010 11:08:52 AM 885 Views
Exactly. As if this were a bigger identity threat than Facebook... *NM* - 08/07/2010 02:46:18 PM 403 Views
In some ways, it is. - 08/07/2010 04:40:22 PM 814 Views
Actually ... - 08/07/2010 04:51:50 PM 859 Views
And *gasp* what if you did something to make someone mad on the "real life" server? - 08/07/2010 05:13:57 PM 823 Views
I think you meant Aemon's reply - 08/07/2010 05:19:55 PM 881 Views
Yeah, you're right. Aemon's. *NM* - 08/07/2010 11:09:29 PM 414 Views
Facebook is a free service where you can control your privacy settings - 08/07/2010 09:27:33 PM 848 Views
Joining Facebook is also completely voluntary, as is posting on the forums is completely voluntary. - 09/07/2010 12:13:51 AM 826 Views
Battle.Net is not voluntary - 09/07/2010 06:20:55 PM 918 Views
Posting on the Battle.net forum is voluntary, as is the facebook feature. - 09/07/2010 11:31:10 PM 1623 Views
Why do people feel this desperate need to defend blizz fuckups? - 09/07/2010 11:49:57 PM 907 Views
Forums are bad for you anyway. Didn't you hear? *NM* - 10/07/2010 01:35:13 PM 413 Views
Re: Blizzard demand that people use their real names when posting on their forums (WoW, SC2). - 08/07/2010 02:47:02 PM 838 Views
mmo-champion might be a good place to look? *NM* - 08/07/2010 03:07:51 PM 440 Views
Re: mmo-champion might be a good place to look? - 09/07/2010 05:23:43 PM 926 Views
then just read and don't post. *NM* - 09/07/2010 09:27:36 PM 403 Views
I'll be cancelling my subscription if this goes ahead on 27th *NM* - 08/07/2010 09:24:29 PM 442 Views
Wouldn't it be easier to just not post on the forum? - 09/07/2010 05:13:46 AM 781 Views
Also: I'm pretty sure that this is related to Blizz's social networking/facebok integration push - 09/07/2010 01:26:36 PM 969 Views
oO why don't they just let themselves be a game. - 09/07/2010 01:43:40 PM 860 Views
Oh come on, you know the answer to that. - 09/07/2010 02:57:24 PM 899 Views
The plan has now been scrapped. - 09/07/2010 07:03:52 PM 930 Views
Beat me to it! *NM* - 09/07/2010 08:11:38 PM 451 Views
Me too. Nate's quick as lightning. - 09/07/2010 08:34:21 PM 823 Views
Not surprising. That quickly and violently blew up in their faces. *NM* - 10/07/2010 12:01:32 AM 468 Views
straight from the horse's mouth *NM* - 10/07/2010 03:12:53 PM 512 Views

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