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Archerofaiur
United States4101 Posts
On July 07 2010 03:23 thragar wrote: Get a grip and gain some perspective. Is not posting on the official forums really going to drastically change your life? Ah the old "dont like it, dont play it" arguement how I missed you.... | ||
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Renaissance
Canada273 Posts
Code of Conduct - NO POSTS CONTAINING PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER PLAYERS. Facebook their name and find out more! | ||
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Deadlift
United States358 Posts
My name is Jim O'Hearn. Have at me!!!! IMO, unless you are a complete troll who everyone hates, nobody is going to try to get your personal info or care what your name is. | ||
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Lysogen
United States38 Posts
Luckily I'm not in google results yet. Unluckily, it's an uncommon name and you could easily find me on facebook. | ||
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McDonalds
Liechtenstein2244 Posts
On July 07 2010 03:26 theDragoon wrote: This is ridiculous. I've got a very unique name, if you google it first thing that comes up is my facebook page, not only that it shows pages from my school clubs and past competitions i've been to. A lot of information about me can potentially be revealed just by searching my name. I like the anonymity of the internet and value my privacy. This probably will stop the amount of trolls in the forums but I think other things could've been done instead of sacrificing users' privacy. You obviously don't value your privacy if you have a Facebook, much less a Facebook with anything public on it.  | ||
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Mjolnir
912 Posts
Q u o t e: One important point which I don't believe has been relayed yet is that the switch to showing RealID on the forums will only happen with the new forum systems we're launching for StarCraft II shortly before its release, and a new forum system for World of Warcraft launching shortly before the release of Cataclysm. All posts here on the current World of Warcraft forums, or any of our classic Battle.net forums, will remain as-is. They won't (and can't) automatically switch to showing a real first and last name. All posts in the future on the new forum systems will be an opt-in choice and ample warning will be given that you're posting with your real first and last name. This is good to know. That Blizz post should ease quite a few concerns. Still not ideal in my mind but better than how it sounded at the start. | ||
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One.two
Canada116 Posts
P.S. the new forum system LOOKS great. Just don't show our real name... | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
They should just start banning more often. | ||
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Mulloy
United States86 Posts
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Yomach
Croatia11 Posts
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Myles
United States5162 Posts
On July 07 2010 03:27 Kishime wrote: Who cares? My name is Jim O'Hearn. Have at me!!!! IMO, unless you are a complete troll who everyone hates, nobody is going to try to get your personal info or care what your name is. And you doubt that those people exist? It's called 4chan. There's no doubt that something happening would be rare, but I guarantee that it will happen if this goes through. | ||
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afirlortwo
United States161 Posts
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Aikin
Austria532 Posts
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DTown
United States428 Posts
On July 07 2010 03:29 StarStruck wrote: Cutos = Kudos = ) | ||
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Kambing
United States1176 Posts
On July 07 2010 03:23 thragar wrote:Either way, my point is that even if it is a bad idea, its effect is fairly minimal in terms of the game. If Blizzard isn't getting the necessary feedback anymore on their official forums, you can bet they'll revisit it or find some other method. Practically speaking, yes. Most people won't be using the official forums so it will be a non-issue. But there is room for concern because 1) We were previously led to believe that RealIDs were going to be for friends only. Blizzard is setting the precedent that this will not be the case. Even if this is only for opt-in public content, ala the forums, there is rightful concern this might be extended even further, further limiting participation of those who prefer to keep their RealIDs private from said content. 2) The "other option", a choice of a pseudonym for one's battle.net account, is infeasible for a variety of reasons: - Current battle.net accounts cannot change names without proof of an official name change. - Many people have accounts loaded with blizzard games (e.g., wow accounts) that cannot be transferred to a new account. - Even if you create a pseudonym battle.net account, recovery options for said account will not be available to you (e.g., if you get hacked) because they require proof of identification. | ||
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Hynda
Sweden2226 Posts
I've had my fair share of death threats over the internet, empty threats I'm sure but I'm also sure as hell that some of those people wouldn't hesitate to fight me if they got the chance to do so. The Internet is filled with way to many idiots for me to ever display my real name. | ||
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Archerofaiur
United States4101 Posts
On July 07 2010 03:27 Kishime wrote: My name is Jim O'Hearn. Have at me!!!! A bunch of people like you have already made posts just like the one you made and a few posts later someone posts thier identifying info. I know you think your being clever. Your not. | ||
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shinosai
United States1577 Posts
I think instead of blizzard game icons when we post they should just make it our facebook default to make it easier for everyone. | ||
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Deadlift
United States358 Posts
On July 07 2010 03:30 Myles wrote: And you doubt that those people exist? There's no doubt that something happening would be rare, but I guarantee that it will happen if this goes through. I'm all for this if it causes any reduction in people acting like complete chodes on forums. What's wrong with people having repercussions for acting like jackasses? | ||
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StayFrosty
Canada743 Posts
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