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Masq
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1792 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-08 15:05:56
July 08 2010 15:02 GMT
#2701
I don't think has been posted yet, anyway, here it is.

US customers of game maker Blizzard are up in arms tonight as news of a new policy is set to require all posts on the Blizzard forum to use their Real ID system. That means that every post is accompanied by the real first and last name of the user. People are unsure what to make of this and I haven't seen any communication from Blizzard stating why they are making this change.
I'm going to make the suggestion that South Korea's Real Name System. In 2009 South Korea's government created a law that was meant to curb online defamation by insisting that all users who comment on sites with greater than 100,000 users per day must use their real name. The first US company to feel the effects of this law was Google. South Korea insisted the Youtube comments require all users to post with their real first and last name. Google got around this law by forbidding anyone with a South Korean IP address from posting to Youtube. Recently South Korea backed down and exempted Youtube from the Real Name system.
Given these facts it might not make sense why South Korea might enforce the Real Name system on Blizzard. My guess would be that the government is very aware of the immense popularity of Starcraft in South Korea. Some have joked it is their national sport. South Korea even has professional SC leagues with sponsors and packed arenas. I don't think Blizzard can take the Google approach here and just ban South Korean users from posting to their forums. The South Korean market must make a ton of profits for Blizzard and unlike Google they don't have revenue coming in from other sources.

Source: http://watchingthewatchers.org/indepth/1365085/korean-law-driving-policy-blizzard


It's interesting because so many people are saying governments wouldn't stand for this sort of thing. Yet, it was apparently the (South Korean) government who initiated this in the first place.

xti.aden
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany65 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-08 15:10:13
July 08 2010 15:08 GMT
#2702
this whole thing is so sad.
the only thing battle net 2.0 is designed for is to cash milk the customers.
in every way imageinable. i´m just wondering what comes next.
and what makes me even more angry is that everything could be stopped by just boycotting the game for 1 month. if almost nobody would buy starcraft 2 in the beginning they would have to rethink their plans, undo a lot of unpopular changes.
all the complanining will not help at all if everybody buys the game anyway. and activisionblizzard knows you will.
so i´d suggest if you really care about gaming, if you really want to promote esports just grow some nuts and don´t buy the game until it´s "done". wasn´t that one thing about blizzard games everybody was so proud of ? that they take as much time as they need to finish the game till it´s perfect? well starcraft 2 is far away form perfect. and if blizzard won´t take the time i guess we´ll have to.
so please extend your wait by just 1 month, enjoy summer or other games and do your thing in stopping this evolvement.

- no lan support
- no crossregion play
- major realid / facebook privacy flaws
- pay for community maps

what will be next ?

sorry for my bad english, i´m just a drunk german ( DAMN YOU PAUL DAMN YOU !!! =) )
disformation
Profile Joined July 2009
Germany8352 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-08 15:16:22
July 08 2010 15:15 GMT
#2703
Huh... wait a second. Take a look at all the posters names... did I miss something? *confused*
edit: lol, awesome!
junemermaid
Profile Joined September 2006
United States981 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-08 15:16:52
July 08 2010 15:16 GMT
#2704
On July 08 2010 23:20 Brent Robles wrote:
EDIT: failpost.


Bro?????
the UMP says YER OUT
z]Benny
Profile Joined April 2006
Romania253 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-08 15:17:22
July 08 2010 15:16 GMT
#2705
Wait, what? Why's everyone name shown here? Uh?

edit - lol they're fake names. FUCKING AWESOME!
disformation
Profile Joined July 2009
Germany8352 Posts
July 08 2010 15:22 GMT
#2706
Yeah, I am still contemplating if I should make a new Bnet Acc for future games and register it under a fake name.
If I'll do so, the Acc will be registered to Frank Schwartz.
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
July 08 2010 15:23 GMT
#2707
On July 08 2010 23:38 Snowfield wrote:
Im a fairly old broad

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/profile.php?id=20207269&ref=search

and i just llluuuv
The Say So, Fight The Dawn, Midnight Vine, En Plein Air, 2010 Denver Mercury Cafe Poetry Slam Team

a/s/l? ^^
ModeratorNow I'm distant, dark in this anthrobeat
Snowfield
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
1289 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-08 15:31:34
July 08 2010 15:30 GMT
#2708
But yeah, most companies google new aomplyees names, and id rather not have my professional life mixxed up in my social life / free time.

This is why i use a nick

and edit: is these real names a mix of real names and your TL name?
Newborn
Profile Joined February 2010
United States69 Posts
July 08 2010 15:30 GMT
#2709
I really really hope they listen to their customers and retract this horrible idea.
His dreams were of houses, their cellars and attics. Ultimately of this city in the sea.
Snowfield
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
1289 Posts
July 08 2010 15:32 GMT
#2710
The only thing this will lead to, atleast in my case, is that i will just use a fake name. i might just use this one.
]343[
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States10328 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-08 15:33:03
July 08 2010 15:32 GMT
#2711
rofl this thread is very amusing...

edit: lol this has nothing to do with my name
Writer
[NyC]HoBbes
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States803 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-08 15:33:12
July 08 2010 15:33 GMT
#2712
DOes this thread just give you a random name?

edit: yes
Where'er you walk cool gales shall fan the glade
Cedstick
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Canada3336 Posts
July 08 2010 15:34 GMT
#2713
Hahahaha, love whoever modded this thread.
"What does Rivington do when he's not commentating?" "Drool." ~ Categorist
HeroFighter
Profile Joined June 2010
United States51 Posts
July 08 2010 15:36 GMT
#2714
what is my name?
Soldiers Fight For You, Heroes Die For You
Phil4994
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States143 Posts
July 08 2010 15:38 GMT
#2715
This is pretty funny actually
Snowfield
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
1289 Posts
July 08 2010 15:39 GMT
#2716
I just found it weird since my nick on TL is Snowfield, and it game me this name
z]Benny
Profile Joined April 2006
Romania253 Posts
July 08 2010 15:39 GMT
#2717
Wow, shit hitting Blizzard's fan. People posting all sorts of shit in Blizz's employee's personal lives. Such as this wedding guestbook. I'll refrain from posting the link but other people started leaving messages there too.
Chriamon
Profile Joined April 2010
United States886 Posts
July 08 2010 15:41 GMT
#2718
ROFL this thread is hilarious. I can see many people posting here just to see what the RNG names them.
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/274906/1/Blaze/
goldrush
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Canada709 Posts
July 08 2010 15:42 GMT
#2719
I'm a lemming. Here's to hoping that I'm someone famous!
Robeezy
Profile Joined June 2010
United States33 Posts
July 08 2010 15:46 GMT
#2720
I am willing to bet there will be some kind of fallout from this. Eventually someone will be a victim of RealID and I hope they sue Blizzard
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