Bnet forums to be Real Name Only - Page 114

On July 08 2010 12:26 lemonade wrote:
I decided to register just so I could post on this issue. I am a female who plays WoW, and I have a battle.net account tied to my real name, but when SC2 is released, I'm going to make a new, fake battle.net address with a fake (male or at least ambiguous) name. I have a spare authenticator thingie around here somewhere so hopefully I won't ever have to try to prove to Blizz that I am the fake name.

I have a pretty common name, but even so I don't even want future employers to know that I game. People will hold that against you. Also I work for a state government agency, and if I want a better position there are some very invasive background checks involved. Of course they will google people.

Lots of great arguments by people in this thread, and in Husky's video.

I think it boils down to the Korean law issue, personally. Don't know if it was in this forum that I saw it, but it's here, from a blog at harvard.edu so personally I feel that gives it more weight than just coming from some random doofus. Take that for what you will.

Blizz is just trying to give some other reason that makes no sense. I have to say that this issue has sort of galvanized me, and I deleted all pictures of me from my flickr / made them private, and am considering deleting my facebook account (not much on there anyway). I was thinking about what nickname I'd like to use with SC2, and filled a whole notecard front & back with possibilities, but couldn't decide on one. I think I will use all of them for various sites around the internet. I have been too lax with my usernames and passwords online and this has sort of brought it into focus that I need to be more careful.

I get this creeping dread about this issue. There is this convergence of identities from the people who want to monetize every damn scrap of information on people they can get their hands on, and it has to be fought.

On July 08 2010 12:35 Filademo Muñiz wrote:
I should use this name for my sc2 account

On July 08 2010 12:35 dogabutila wrote:
I should use this name for my sc2 account

On July 08 2010 12:34 Prophecy3 wrote:
ActiBlizz Strikes again!!!


If anyone has proven how to moderate a forum, it's TL.net. People are banned and temp banned for trolling and being stupid. How is it blizzard hasn't caught on?

The problem with this is you can't control who knows who you are

In real life and in print, you have control of who know who you are. If this goes through and is unchallenged by the community and possibly a user rights lawyer, it will mean that companies will have the legal right to post your personal info online, without your consent. You can't give out my fucking info without my fucking consent. End of story. Anything less is stomping on my rights as a user. Same for everyone else.


This is a precedent in computer and online game and Clearly Activision is having a stronger effect on how Blizzard operates then people original thought they would.

This is clearly a move in the wrong direction and is clearly not good for the future of esports and the community in general.

Trolling and Flaming come from immature morons and will not be solved opening everyones name up to the world

On July 08 2010 12:38 dogabutila wrote:


This is pretty much wrong. You do have control of who knows who you are. Don't post on forums. This is not a precedent. Other forums have required use of real names before.

This does not mean companies have the legal right to post your personal info. It just means they can require you to use your name to post on their forums. You consent to release of your name by usage of forums. If you don't consent, dont use them.