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On July 07 2010 08:15 kajeus wrote:Show nested quote +On July 07 2010 08:13 Fen wrote:On July 07 2010 08:12 RodrigoX wrote:I am not sure if this has been linked but hereIt seems bashiok gave out his real name, and someone found out where he lived, his phone number, his facebook and other personal information. I realize that its only a bnet forum topic but there it is. Yeah its been posted, and its also been discovered that the person whos information was made public isnt actually Bashiok. Some poor guy has been getting bombarded with prank calls and texts thanks to a stupid decision by blizzard. This is their fault, and I hope they make some formal apology to that guy. No, take responsibility for your OWN stupidity. This is NOT Blizzard's fault. This is the fault of the people who decided they had a "point" to prove. You can pick any name out of the phonebook and rally people to harass that person. This is NOT new, nor is it Blizzard's fault.
are they not facilitating this trend?
if blizz has no responsibility whatsoever then what are we all typing about?
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While I find it silly to do that, I will not stop posting. OH NO THEY KNOW MY NAME. I CAN'T BE A COMPLETE TROLL ANYMORE!!! *Really you can, but you know.*
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On July 07 2010 08:12 RodrigoX wrote:I am not sure if this has been linked but hereIt seems bashiok gave out his real name, and someone found out where he lived, his phone number, his facebook and other personal information. .
lmao
karma is a bitch
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On July 07 2010 08:21 Tdelamay wrote:
Even if 3/4 of the forum poster stop posting, will it even matter?
Posting on the blizzard forum is a privilege, not a right.
If you decide not to post, fine. You can still read.
OMG fools are zerg rushing me.... but luckly i blocked my ramp and have hellions to support me! Saying that bnet forums are a privilage is like saying that having the game cost 60 dollars is a privilage. Hell blizzard could charge 100 bux if they wanted to. We are so luckly that they had mercy on us. I mean who are we to complain when the game we want is ridiculous priced /sarcasm
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To anyone who thinks you can't find information about someone just by searching their real name:
Please post your real name.
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On July 07 2010 08:15 MuTT wrote:Show nested quote +On July 07 2010 08:12 Alou wrote:
Do all of you guys even use their forums? Wasn't there a poll thread where 90% of TL said they never posted there? Just stay posting here. Problem solved. Sigh yet another young naive one. If you learned a skill that was supposedly taught to you in school called reading you will know that they have future plans for this that may or may not incorporate things that we do all use. namely sc2
You're post makes no sense and you fail hard sir.
Man I SWEAR if I was this terrified of my own name I would just like go live int he mountains. Again. Patrick F Soulliere II.
And guess what I use nothing but real-friend id on b.net2.0. Guess how many ppl have stalked and killed me? That's right 0.
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On July 07 2010 08:20 Fen wrote:Show nested quote +On July 07 2010 08:15 kajeus wrote:On July 07 2010 08:13 Fen wrote:On July 07 2010 08:12 RodrigoX wrote:I am not sure if this has been linked but hereIt seems bashiok gave out his real name, and someone found out where he lived, his phone number, his facebook and other personal information. I realize that its only a bnet forum topic but there it is. Yeah its been posted, and its also been discovered that the person whos information was made public isnt actually Bashiok. Some poor guy has been getting bombarded with prank calls and texts thanks to a stupid decision by blizzard. This is their fault, and I hope they make some formal apology to that guy. No, take responsibility for your OWN stupidity. This is NOT Blizzard's fault. This is the fault of the people who decided they had a "point" to prove. You can pick any name out of the phonebook and rally people to harass that person. This is NOT new, nor is it Blizzard's fault. 1. I did not send anything or phone anything 2. Yes this is blizzards fault. A high profile person put out the challenge to see what people could do with a name. That high profile person is at fault for the resulting problems to an innocent person. 3. Being a spokesperson for Blizzard, that high profile person represents the company. And the company is accountable for his actions. Thus Blizzard ARE at fault.
Nope, the people are. I DARE you to rob a bank, if you do I'll eat a moldy cooky.
Eventhough I dare you, I'm not accountable for your actions. If people followed every stupid action that is suggested to them and then held the other person accountable... wait, maybe idiots would have all killed themselves? And I'd have been in jail multiple times.
Someone else is only accountable if he is your superior or forced you to do it.
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On July 07 2010 08:00 Excalibur_Z wrote:Show nested quote +On July 07 2010 07:29 InfiniteIce wrote:On July 07 2010 07:25 kajeus wrote:On July 07 2010 07:22 baskerville wrote:On July 07 2010 07:08 kajeus wrote:On July 07 2010 07:07 baskerville wrote:On July 07 2010 06:49 Shirolol wrote:
I honestly don't see what the problem is at all, why would I care if someone knows where I live and what my name is? Or anything about me for that matter.
I think you're all being a tad paranoid here talking about e-stalking and the likes, this change means nothing apart from the people that act like tumors might stop now - and is that a bad thing? I don't think it is.
Either way I never post on the blizzard forums, it provides nothing I can't get elsewhere - and generally of a higher quality. (Here, for example.) good for you, how bout kids who don't know better and are careless about what they divulge online? blizz/activision are setting a dangerous standard for game forums And what stopped kids from doing this before...? ohhh nothing you are so spot on now they'll do it thinking it's expected, that's hardly an improvement since the launch of the internet the proper authorities have declared endlessly that the ONLY way to protect people from the dangers of the internet is to prevent (mostly kids and fragile people but it concerns everyone) from divulging their identity online (and any other info that are liable to be used by dangerous people) ... it's the only way that the professionals advocate, who are we to disagree? First of all, young kids can't legally post on a public forum with their real names. Second, how on earth did you decide that, because the Blizzard forums are real-name-only, everyone is going to assume that addresses and school names are also OK to share? At this point I SERIOUSLY doubt that you are reading this thread at all. READ WHAT HAPPENED TO BASHIOK BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR NEXT REPLY. It is very evident that you do not have to share your address and phone number etc., in order for people to find it using only your full name. PLEASE. READ ABOUT BASHIOK BEFORE YOU REPLY. Seriously. Thanks. Edit: link for everybody's convenience, though it's been posted before. http://wowriot.gameriot.com/blogs/Americans-are-bad-at-games/Real-Names-on-the-Official-Forums-New-REAL-ID-function?gr_i_ni That's not Bashiok's info. Lakeport is 500 miles away from Irvine. It's some other Micah Whipple. Read the comments on the wowriot post, the guy even admitted it's the wrong guy.
Micah Whipple isn't exactly a common name. And 2 names pop up on Whitepages.com
http://www.whitepages.com/search/FindPerson?firstname_begins_with=1&firstname=Micah&name=Whipple&where=
One is in Cali, and is listed as being 25-29. Here's Bashiok (Micah Whipple), sure looks like he could be 25-29.
http://media.photobucket.com/image/Bashiok/bashiok/n1057015183_132201_2902.jpg
And who knows, maybe they let their CM's work from home.
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Heres to reviving the esports movement.
Everyone who makes a new battle.net account with their sc2 copy make their first and last name "esports" lol.
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Their methodology is kind of hilarious.
A) "Hey guys, how do we fix this shithole forum of ours?"
B) "Better moderation?"
A) "Pfft fuck that. That costs money to hire people to do it."
C) "Hey, what if we disclose everyone's first/last name? That'll stop them from being dickheads to each other."
A) "Great idea!"
B) "But, what about the fallout and the anger of having personal information disclosed? Have you guys even been reading about Facebook lately?"
C) "Let's pick a fall-guy here in the office to disclose his info. That'll mitigate some of the damage and a lot of people should feel safe and secure about the whole thing"
B) "I dunno...that doesn't really make the problem go away. Just pretends like its okay. Who are you going to use, anyway?"
A) "Its okay Bashiok. I know a guy"
10 minutes later
B) "FML"
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btw fyi dont blame it on blizz, it's facebooks fault. everyone should delete their face book in protest.
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On July 07 2010 08:19 Anon06 wrote:Show nested quote +On July 07 2010 08:02 KlaCkoN wrote:
[So some completly random guy has been getting 1000s of disturbing phone calls flaming him for no reason? Yay that makes me feel much better about this whole thing -.- rofl best part is he'll never know why. on a serious note i can't imagine why blizz is locking/deleting all user posts about this on their forums, they knew what was going to happen and what are they trying to hide or stop it? blizz will prolly revolution their forums with this in a good way(good ideas usually seem like bad ones at first), though it will take so long to take effect the first fews months i expect desolate boards but then again the harassment....
Oh please the same thing happened with the WoW armory. People got over it. They even made a tinfoil hat April Fools joke on it.
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On July 07 2010 08:12 Alou wrote:
Do all of you guys even use their forums? Wasn't there a poll thread where 90% of TL said they never posted there? Just stay posting here. Problem solved.
That's an incredibly close minded and selfish point of view.
1) If you just let it happen now, when does it stop? Public e-mail? Forced facebook integration? This could just be the beginning, better to let them though this shit is dumb now.
2) Just because you don't use them doesn't mean thousands of kids don't visit the site every day, while also being careless with personal details elsewhere. Look at how many parents think if their kid goes on the internet they will get targeted by pedos. This makes it so much easier for anyone up to no good.
3) All it takes is one nut job for something very, very bad to happen because someone left too much information on the internet.
Someone said here's my name and I'm not dead yet. Once is all it takes and someone has lost their life. Doesn't matter if it isn't you, it's still somebody.
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On July 07 2010 08:26 whoopadeedoo wrote:
To anyone who thinks you can't find information about someone just by searching their real name:
Please post your real name.
James Ward
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On July 07 2010 08:26 iCCup.Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +On July 07 2010 08:15 MuTT wrote:On July 07 2010 08:12 Alou wrote:
Do all of you guys even use their forums? Wasn't there a poll thread where 90% of TL said they never posted there? Just stay posting here. Problem solved. Sigh yet another young naive one. If you learned a skill that was supposedly taught to you in school called reading you will know that they have future plans for this that may or may not incorporate things that we do all use. namely sc2 You're post makes no sense and you fail hard sir. Man I SWEAR if I was this terrified of my own name I would just like go live int he mountains. Again. Patrick F Soulliere II. And guess what I use nothing but real-friend id on b.net2.0. Guess how many ppl have stalked and killed me? That's right 0.
There is no rest for the wicked I see... No matter i will crush your weak mind! The point isn't people making fun of the names!!!! its about the power of cross referencing to obtain more sensitive information such as phone number, family members, and address. If you don't think this is a big deal tell me your phone number and service carrier so i can spam you with my email! I will show you like how they showed Bashiok!
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Question. What are people afraid that will happen if a random nerd will know your name?
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Turns out you have an easier time finding info about me through Google by just using "Bibdy", than using my real name, or my real name + Bibdy.
Hah.
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On July 07 2010 08:26 fyyer wrote:Show nested quote +On July 07 2010 08:00 Excalibur_Z wrote:On July 07 2010 07:29 InfiniteIce wrote:On July 07 2010 07:25 kajeus wrote:On July 07 2010 07:22 baskerville wrote:On July 07 2010 07:08 kajeus wrote:On July 07 2010 07:07 baskerville wrote:On July 07 2010 06:49 Shirolol wrote:
I honestly don't see what the problem is at all, why would I care if someone knows where I live and what my name is? Or anything about me for that matter.
I think you're all being a tad paranoid here talking about e-stalking and the likes, this change means nothing apart from the people that act like tumors might stop now - and is that a bad thing? I don't think it is.
Either way I never post on the blizzard forums, it provides nothing I can't get elsewhere - and generally of a higher quality. (Here, for example.) good for you, how bout kids who don't know better and are careless about what they divulge online? blizz/activision are setting a dangerous standard for game forums And what stopped kids from doing this before...? ohhh nothing you are so spot on now they'll do it thinking it's expected, that's hardly an improvement since the launch of the internet the proper authorities have declared endlessly that the ONLY way to protect people from the dangers of the internet is to prevent (mostly kids and fragile people but it concerns everyone) from divulging their identity online (and any other info that are liable to be used by dangerous people) ... it's the only way that the professionals advocate, who are we to disagree? First of all, young kids can't legally post on a public forum with their real names. Second, how on earth did you decide that, because the Blizzard forums are real-name-only, everyone is going to assume that addresses and school names are also OK to share? At this point I SERIOUSLY doubt that you are reading this thread at all. READ WHAT HAPPENED TO BASHIOK BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR NEXT REPLY. It is very evident that you do not have to share your address and phone number etc., in order for people to find it using only your full name. PLEASE. READ ABOUT BASHIOK BEFORE YOU REPLY. Seriously. Thanks. Edit: link for everybody's convenience, though it's been posted before. http://wowriot.gameriot.com/blogs/Americans-are-bad-at-games/Real-Names-on-the-Official-Forums-New-REAL-ID-function?gr_i_ni That's not Bashiok's info. Lakeport is 500 miles away from Irvine. It's some other Micah Whipple. Read the comments on the wowriot post, the guy even admitted it's the wrong guy. Micah Whipple isn't exactly a common name. And 2 names pop up on Whitepages.com http://www.whitepages.com/search/FindPerson?firstname_begins_with=1&firstname=Micah&name=Whipple&where=One is in Cali, and is listed as being 25-29. Here's Bashiok (Micah Whipple), sure looks like he could be 25-29. http://media.photobucket.com/image/Bashiok/bashiok/n1057015183_132201_2902.jpgAnd who knows, maybe they let their CM's work from home.
Blizzard doesn't allow telecommuting I'm pretty sure. Very few game companies do. When you apply to a position at Blizzard one of the very first things they mention is that you must be available to work on-site full time.
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On July 07 2010 08:13 Fen wrote:Show nested quote +On July 07 2010 08:12 RodrigoX wrote:I am not sure if this has been linked but hereIt seems bashiok gave out his real name, and someone found out where he lived, his phone number, his facebook and other personal information. I realize that its only a bnet forum topic but there it is. Yeah its been posted, and its also been discovered that the person whos information was made public isnt actually Bashiok. Some poor guy has been getting bombarded with prank calls and texts thanks to a stupid decision by blizzard. This is their fault, and I hope they make some formal apology to that guy.
It isn't the wrong guy.
http://wowriot.gameriot.com/blogs/Americans-are-bad-at-games/Real-Names-on-the-Official-Forums-New-REAL-ID-function?gr_i_ni
The comment below the article where the OP "admits" that it's the wrong guy was sarcasm. Blizzard Entertainment is listed in the guy's Networks on his Facebook page. While that may not be 100% proof, it sure as hell slides the probability bar greatly in favor of it being real.
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You guy's realize that every move that blizzard has made with starcraft 2 was to make it successful as a E-sport
They are dropping everything they can that tarnishes the name of video games, and this is exactly what we as a competitive scene want. I know that chat rooms and ID's have real meaning to us, and can be viable at times but they also come with a heavy toll.
I always have a hard time believing that everyone here is so ignorant that they immediately see something and react. Think a little bit, this entire thread garners enough proof for real name's alone.
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