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Seriously now...I'm hoping this is not intentional. If it is, with the purpose being to remove trolling in game which does exist to an extent, then this is ridiculous.
EDIT: edited the original pic to white out names
RealID is a blast
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
Seriously now...I'm hoping this is not intentional. If it is, with the purpose being to remove trolling in game which does exist to an extent, then this is ridiculous. EDIT: edited the original pic to white out names | ||
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Bearigator
United States233 Posts
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disformation
Germany8352 Posts
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Dog22
United States140 Posts
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Issor
United States870 Posts
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uNiGNoRe
Germany1115 Posts
 I'm happy I'm not female and playing WoW. That has to be horrible. | ||
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
On July 09 2010 08:36 Dog22 wrote: vhell from nurfed back on Archimonde?!?! No, found this on MMO-Champion. I'm Raichu on US-Malfurion  | ||
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
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daysofstatic
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On July 09 2010 08 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 09 2010 08 end_of_the_skype_highlighting:28 EtherealDeath wrote: So RealID is out, everything is cool. Now, I don't mind forum posts being under real ID. Not in WoW anyways. The WoW forums are full of trolls and people who are bad at the game, so I never use them anyways, as the alternative are far superior. so.. tell me please: How is it possible to be good or bad regarding world of warcraft.. world of warcraft is not a game where it is possible to be good or bad.. its just a question of TIME investment..or money.. nothing else.. it has NOTHING to do with skill... got it ??? | ||
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
On July 09 2010 08:51 daysofstatic wrote: so.. tell me please: How is it possible to be good or bad regarding world of warcraft.. world of warcraft is not a game where it is possible to be good or bad.. its just a question of TIME investment..or money.. nothing else.. it has NOTHING to do with skill... got it ??? Skill is directly proportional to effectiveness of practice, learning, and time invested. Thus it exists The difference is most notable in arena. PvE is balls easy, but somehow there are those with hundreds of days of playtime who nevertheless manage to excel at being bad at it. | ||
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moon`
United States372 Posts
There's a billion skills that I don't even know how players activate in the middle of battle -_-" | ||
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Chuiu
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On July 09 2010 08:40 Issorlol wrote: That's what you deserve for using GearScore. Except even if he wasn't using it, people could still see his RealID? | ||
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Sonnet
Ireland39 Posts
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
On July 09 2010 09:02 TheYango wrote: Except even if he wasn't using it, people could still see his RealID? I don't think they would be able to, though the relevant code could be put into any addon. You would just have to /run BNGetInfo() on yourself, or if you want your addon to broadcast the names of others on your friends list, there is a similar way to do that. | ||
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Count9
China10928 Posts
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FyRe_DragOn
Canada2055 Posts
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Bearigator
United States233 Posts
On July 09 2010 09:37 FyRe_DragOn wrote: i donno wtf is happening in that screen..can some1 explain this to a non-wow player? whats it have to do with realID Look in the bottom right. There is a window that says Skizofrenic Jenkins Clan WMD Level 80 Blood Elf Mage (player) etc etc. This window is created by an addon called 'GearScore'. The purpose of this addon is to give you a number that correlates to how high the level of that person's gear is. It is an easy way to generalize how far a player has progressed, or at least how much time they have played. Now if you look at the 2nd to bottom line, it says "Real ID:" and then the OP whited out the name. This addon enabled/enables you to see anybody's real name who is near you. The nice people who made GearScore apparently took down the version of the addon that did this, but if they could do it, anybody could make an addon to tell you people's real names. EDIT: To make it clear, that is the real name of the guy on the right side of the screen, riding the clear/stary horse thing. | ||
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synapse
China13814 Posts
On July 09 2010 09:37 FyRe_DragOn wrote: i donno wtf is happening in that screen..can some1 explain this to a non-wow player? whats it have to do with realID Yeah, me too... I'm very confused :T | ||
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calgar
United States1277 Posts
The relevant part of the picture is the square window in the bottom right. A UI addon called gearscore that accesses and rates the gear level of other players apparently now has access to players' RealIDs. The ID in the picture is whited out. But basically anyone can see your real name which is pissing people off. | ||
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ShoCkeyy
7815 Posts
User was warned for this post | ||
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RumZ
United States956 Posts
On July 09 2010 10:08 ShoCkeyy wrote: i read gearscore and just stopped reading. Really? Because it was a really good post about the intrusion of privacy via a 3rd party mod, regardless of the name of the mod the mechanic of an add-on being able to shout out your real name is utter bullshit. You should try being more open minded, you'd learn a lot around here. | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On July 09 2010 10:08 ShoCkeyy wrote: i read gearscore and just stopped reading. But you decided to scroll down and post about it anyways. *throws an egg at ShoCkeyy* | ||
Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
On July 09 2010 10:08 ShoCkeyy wrote: i read gearscore and just stopped reading. User was warned for this post I read ShoCkeyy and just clicked warn. | ||
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ShadowDrgn
United States2497 Posts
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/08/that-scary-gearscore-real-id-screenshot-is-fake-guys/ | ||
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Craton
United States17235 Posts
Jinro, you're still the cutest probe around these parts. + Show Spoiler + Just don't tell boes I said that :o | ||
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RumZ
United States956 Posts
On July 09 2010 10:37 ShadowDrgn wrote: Two minutes of digging says that this is fake. http://www.wow.com/2010/07/08/that-scary-gearscore-real-id-screenshot-is-fake-guys/ From inside the very same article. We reported on a possible security loophole in addons that could, with enough black magic, reveal your Real ID name -- but this isn't what's happening here. Still possible as of now, apparently. | ||
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ShadowDrgn
United States2497 Posts
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Subversion
South Africa3627 Posts
lol, pwned :D | ||
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FyRe_DragOn
Canada2055 Posts
rofl. thnx for explanation OP, thats pretty fucking gay :/ | ||
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ShoCkeyy
7815 Posts
On July 09 2010 10:11 Joey.rumz wrote: Really? Because it was a really good post about the intrusion of privacy via a 3rd party mod, regardless of the name of the mod the mechanic of an add-on being able to shout out your real name is utter bullshit. You should try being more open minded, you'd learn a lot around here. Yea I read that and like I said, once I read gearscore, I stopped reading. If you don't want to get your information sent across to some random person, then don't install a crappy add-on. I should of made myself clearer. edit: I've been around here since '05, I've learned a lot. | ||
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tyr
France1686 Posts
You kill them in arenas or camp them for like 2 hours in ironforge or whatever, and they may do something stupid if they know your real ID. This really has nothing to do in a mmo. | ||
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wanderer
United States641 Posts
btw wtf frozen | ||
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