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EmeraldSparks
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States1451 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-07 08:00:10
July 07 2010 07:56 GMT
#1601
Posts in SC II General Discussion Rage Thread: 802
Posts in WoW General Discussion Rage Thread: 16226+

owned.
But why?
Jayson X
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Switzerland2431 Posts
July 07 2010 08:00 GMT
#1602
OMG the best buy line had me!!! Hahaha!
It's so crazy what happens these days when the internetz is in uproar.
Psychopomp
Profile Joined April 2010
United States237 Posts
July 07 2010 08:06 GMT
#1603
On July 07 2010 01:18 jamesr12 wrote:
worst idea in the history of forums?


It's actually a good idea, if it weren't for peoples paranoia. I've been part of forums that require you post under your real name, and they were probably the most civil places on the internet.

This will reduce the amount of trolling and shitposts in the official forums. It's just a huge PR hit, that's probably not worth it.

BTW, to people talking about invasion of privacy, this would never fall under any of those laws. You know what you're getting into by posting on the forums. An invasion of privacy would be Blizzard themselves giving everyone your name.
Saturnize
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States2473 Posts
July 07 2010 08:07 GMT
#1604
Wow, I have never seen a thread get so many pages in one day (save for live game threads). It feels like Blizzard is just doing these little things and seeing what kind of a reaction they will get from the community almost like they're... dare I say... Trolling. Well I still have faith in blizzard its not alot of faith but it is still there, that Blizzard the company that we all knew and loved will clean up the mess that they have made...
"Time to put the mustard on the hotdog. -_-"
purerythem
Profile Joined June 2009
United States245 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-07 08:09:15
July 07 2010 08:08 GMT
#1605
On July 07 2010 16:56 EmeraldSparks wrote:
Posts in SC II General Discussion Rage Thread: 802
Posts in WoW General Discussion Rage Thread: 16226+

owned.


TL forums will always out do blizzard forums for sc in general. As for wow, other than mmo-champion, I don't know of many other large sites.
ibutoss
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Australia341 Posts
July 07 2010 08:09 GMT
#1606
I understand where Blizzard is coming from, The official forums suck. But this is no solution it's completely retarded. Facebook gets heavily criticized for privacy issues and they only allow your friends friends to view your info, posting on a forum gives everyone your information.

Not happy with this direction blizzard is taking.
Nada got Yooned
kalleralle
Profile Joined July 2010
Sweden183 Posts
July 07 2010 08:10 GMT
#1607
Lol you guys are totally brainwashed conformists all of you. How can this possibly be a bad idea, for any1 but the idiot trolls who never think their posts through? Being responsible for ones post fucking rules, finally we can get constructive posts in the forums, this should be implemented everywhere, especially in political forums.

Brave and revolutionary move by Blizzard which will go down in history. Well done !

User was warned for this post
Thingdo
Profile Joined August 2009
United States186 Posts
July 07 2010 08:11 GMT
#1608
I'm not too happy about this at all.

I seriously dislike the thought of having my real name out there on official forums and in games. I've already made a battle net account that only shows the first letter of my last name, and I'm considering making another one that uses an entirely fake name altogether.

I don't understand what Blizzard gets out of it either. Trolls are still going to troll under fake names, and serious posters are going to be driven away. There is absolutely no benefit that I can think of.

I'm seriously hoping that Blizzard revokes this change. I'm normally a massive Blizzard fanboy, but they have really dropped the ball on this one. It seems like the team handling gameplay and stuff did a great job, but the Battle.net team has been screwing up left and right.
Saturnize
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States2473 Posts
July 07 2010 08:11 GMT
#1609
On July 07 2010 09:08 FuriousJodo wrote:
I like how people who are afraid of internet attacks have no qualms with attacking innocent people over the internet.


I'm not sure what you mean by that. Do you mean people who have problems with internet attacks via the internet or physical attacks via getting someones personal information on the internet?
"Time to put the mustard on the hotdog. -_-"
Psychopomp
Profile Joined April 2010
United States237 Posts
July 07 2010 08:12 GMT
#1610
On July 07 2010 17:10 kalleralle wrote:
Lol you guys are totally brainwashed conformists all of you. How can this possibly be a bad idea, for any1 but the idiot trolls who never think their posts through? Being responsible for ones post fucking rules, finally we can get constructive posts in the forums, this should be implemented everywhere, especially in political forums.

Brave and revolutionary move by Blizzard which will go down in history. Well done !


Lol you guys are totally brainwashed conformists all of you.


And now you've made everyone who thinks this is a good thing look like an annoying "rebelling" teenager
Antoniuss
Profile Joined November 2008
Portugal26 Posts
July 07 2010 08:12 GMT
#1611
This changes nothing, what keeps you from changing the real name to your nickname? Nothing, till now. You don´t know.
Over- reactiiing.....
Thingdo
Profile Joined August 2009
United States186 Posts
July 07 2010 08:15 GMT
#1612
On July 07 2010 17:12 Antoniuss wrote:
This changes nothing, what keeps you from changing the real name to your nickname? Nothing, till now. You don´t know.
Over- reactiiing.....


Actually you can't change the real name associated with an account. I tried earlier today.

The only way to get the real name changed is to get a new account, and if you already have games on an account, that means repurchasing them.
Wargizmo
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia1237 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-07 08:19:15
July 07 2010 08:18 GMT
#1613
Blizzard's official forums are a hive of immature, racist and inflammatory posts which reflect horribly on the company, they basically have 4 options:

1) keep it the way it is and continue to look unprofessional.
2) nuke the forums altogether
3) spend a lot of resources on moderators monitoring the forums 24/7, and constantly deleting, banning and warning people.
4) force people to use their real names.

Obviously 3 is the best option, but they went with 4, lets just hope the resources they save end up going into making a better product.
Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is best. - Frank Zappa
Turbo.Tactics
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany675 Posts
July 07 2010 08:19 GMT
#1614
Lol you guys are totally brainwashed conformists all of you. How can this possibly be a bad idea, for any1 but the idiot trolls who never think their posts through? Being responsible for ones post fucking rules, finally we can get constructive posts in the forums, this should be implemented everywhere, especially in political forums.

Brave and revolutionary move by Blizzard which will go down in history. Well done !


Besides pissing on everyones leg....you missed the point.
The whole rant has nothing to do with taking responsibility for forumtrolls, it is about the destruction of privacy. Big Blizzard is watching you.....as well as the rest of the world will be able to.
Zerg - because Browders sons hate 'em
Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
July 07 2010 08:20 GMT
#1615
On July 07 2010 17:08 purerythem wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 07 2010 16:56 EmeraldSparks wrote:
Posts in SC II General Discussion Rage Thread: 802
Posts in WoW General Discussion Rage Thread: 16226+

owned.


TL forums will always out do blizzard forums for sc in general. As for wow, other than mmo-champion, I don't know of many other large sites.


They have ElitistJerks for raiding and ArenaJunkies for PvP.
nukkuj
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Finland403 Posts
July 07 2010 08:23 GMT
#1616
rofl at the OP's video. Sad news indeed, I can't imagine what the hell were they thinking. Permabanning trolls from forums would be much better solution than this.
Thingdo
Profile Joined August 2009
United States186 Posts
July 07 2010 08:23 GMT
#1617
On July 07 2010 17:18 Wargizmo wrote:
Blizzard's official forums are a hive of immature, racist and inflammatory posts which reflect horribly on the company, they basically have 4 options:

1) keep it the way it is and continue to look unprofessional.
2) nuke the forums altogether
3) spend a lot of resources on moderators monitoring the forums 24/7, and constantly deleting, banning and warning people.
4) force people to use their real names.

Obviously 3 is the best option, but they went with 4, lets just hope the resources they save end up going into making a better product.


I don't really see 3 having to be an expensive thing.

Require a battle.net account with a game to post. Hand out bans to abusers. 90% of trolls would disappear in the first few weeks.

Trolls aren't gonna risk getting banned when they can't just make a new account and come back without repurchasing a game.

I'm pretty sure the forums do currently require a cd key, so that much is done already. All they need to do is really step up the moderation for about a month, and bring down the banhammer hard on offenders. Everyone would fall in line or be expelled.

Disastorm
Profile Joined January 2008
United States922 Posts
July 07 2010 08:25 GMT
#1618
I don't mind the real name thing too much, but I do think its a bad idea just because it takes away some privacy. However, it seems like the main argument is people not getting hired because some company saw them post in a starcraft forum. As long as they arent some trolling flaming prejudice guy making posts like that, I doubt companies will not hire you for the sole reason you play or post on video game forums lol??

If there really was a company that wouldn't hire someone for playing games, I would never want to work for them in the first place. At my job I make it pretty well known I play games all the time, everyone in my group knows me as the gamer and when they ask me what I do every weekend I tell them I pretty much just play games all day and do judo.
"Don't worry so much man. There won't be any more zergs left to QQ. Lots of QQ about TvT is incoming though I bet." - Vrok 9/21/10
Turbo.Tactics
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany675 Posts
July 07 2010 08:28 GMT
#1619
I'm pretty sure the forums do currently require a cd key, so that much is done already. All they need to do is really step up the moderation for about a month, and bring down the banhammer hard on offenders. Everyone would fall in line or be expelled.


How about a seminar for the Battlenet Forum Mods, beeing coached by TL-Mods? Do it for the sake of ESPORTS and our privacy!
Zerg - because Browders sons hate 'em
Defeat
Profile Joined March 2010
United States476 Posts
July 07 2010 08:29 GMT
#1620
That hitler youtube vid was hilarious.
"the metagame has really evolved to the point where the best chance to win the metagame is to game the metagame" -Bags
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