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Poo
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada536 Posts
September 12 2011 04:01 GMT
#41
Ahh, hopefully that thread gets really popular on b.net forums... I really hope they add it.. =_=

but knowing blizzard it'll take a long long time even though the code is only a few lines probably (considering they've coded a similar feature on WoW)
Try hard or don't try at all.
ReaperX
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Hong Kong1758 Posts
September 12 2011 04:02 GMT
#42
On September 12 2011 12:50 benjammin wrote:
if valve can manage it, why can't blizzard?


It's different dude, WoW/SC2 names are different to TF2/COD names.
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Truedot
Profile Joined August 2011
444 Posts
September 12 2011 04:04 GMT
#43
On September 12 2011 12:50 desrow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 12 2011 12:50 benjammin wrote:
if valve can manage it, why can't blizzard?

valve doesnt have to deal with stream cheaters


Its not against the rules to stream cheat on starcraft either. not against BLizzard rules that is. And honestly, does someone force you to stream? Does a stream of your play automatically go out live when you boot up sc2 for the first time? Im having trouble understanding how this can be a valid coherent argument against name changes.
I used to spend my time not caring about people's language in chat. Until I got hit by blizz. Now I spend my time instigating people to verbal abusive levels, so I can ban them in turn. The circle of life.
graNite
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany4434 Posts
September 12 2011 04:04 GMT
#44
They should make an community AMA to answer all these questions; it can't ne true that we have a b.net 0.2, no free name change and can't watch replays together....
there is an endless list of things to implement.
"Oink oink, bitches" - Tasteless on Pigbaby winning a map against Flash
benjammin
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2728 Posts
September 12 2011 04:05 GMT
#45
On September 12 2011 13:02 ReaperX wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 12 2011 12:50 benjammin wrote:
if valve can manage it, why can't blizzard?


It's different dude, WoW/SC2 names are different to TF2/COD names.


why is it different? it seems like even a clan tag would be trivial to add
wash uffitizi, drive me to firenze
f0rzaa
Profile Joined August 2011
United States59 Posts
September 12 2011 04:06 GMT
#46
On September 12 2011 13:02 ReaperX wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 12 2011 12:50 benjammin wrote:
if valve can manage it, why can't blizzard?


It's different dude, WoW/SC2 names are different to TF2/COD names.

I don't really see why it would be impossible. In steam you have you username which you give to your friends to add you to their friends list, ie your Real ID email address. In steam you can freely change your displayed name however many times you want for free, why can't blizzard add this?
got'em
MarKeD
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia183 Posts
September 12 2011 04:06 GMT
#47
Blizzard could very easily deal with stream cheaters if they were competent/wanted to.
Truedot
Profile Joined August 2011
444 Posts
September 12 2011 04:06 GMT
#48
On September 12 2011 13:00 cHaNg-sTa wrote:
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On September 12 2011 12:46 DoNotDisturb wrote:
To everyone whining that name changes should be free

> Imagine if this feature would be free and unlimited ? The internet is already filled with assholes and stream cheaters imagine if they could change character code/portrait/name every day ?

Seriously guys?


by setting up a "pay to grief" system as you're stating, you're in effect legitimizing all people's claims that "they can be assholes and just buy their way out of it".

Seriously? is that the kind of way you think society should be? or are you just dumb?

What you may not have realized is that people already do this "paid name change" on their own, via selling their SC2 account/CD and buying a new one.

GMs and their friends have done it with smurf accounts that get revealed. You really think "pro" griefers and internet assholes dont do this as well? Some simply buy new CDs without even selling their old ones.

So saying that it should be a paid name change makes as much sense as shitting on the carpet.


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On September 12 2011 12:52 a176 wrote:
I don't understand why people would pay money to change their name in a video game.


exactly.



This is truie too. there's more political and philosophical issues behind this behavior and whether it is allowed or not.

Everything that is human behavior is serious business, even in pleasure or entertainment venues. Because that behavior corrupts or changes behavior in other venues of life.
I used to spend my time not caring about people's language in chat. Until I got hit by blizz. Now I spend my time instigating people to verbal abusive levels, so I can ban them in turn. The circle of life.
desRow
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada2654 Posts
September 12 2011 04:06 GMT
#49
On September 12 2011 13:04 Truedot wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 12 2011 12:50 desrow wrote:
On September 12 2011 12:50 benjammin wrote:
if valve can manage it, why can't blizzard?

valve doesnt have to deal with stream cheaters


Its not against the rules to stream cheat on starcraft either. not against BLizzard rules that is. And honestly, does someone force you to stream? Does a stream of your play automatically go out live when you boot up sc2 for the first time? Im having trouble understanding how this can be a valid coherent argument against name changes.

...
people like destiny who people abuse and stream cheat against, at least since people cant have free name change, destiny can recognize those people and black screen his stream or put his 2nd monitor
http://twitch.tv/desrowfighting http://twitter.com/desrowfighting http://facebook.com/desrowfighting
storm44
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
1293 Posts
September 12 2011 04:09 GMT
#50
Bnet 2.0 sucks so bad..its actually ridiculous they are planning to release hots before fixing it. No name changes, the custom gui sucks with no new popular maps ever having a chance, and then we can't even get real chat rooms instead we get this small window where you have a group... I mean really? How hard can it possible to have a full screen chat room like there was before. I'm not going to support a paid name change just because I believe this should be a free functionality
Stancel
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Singapore15360 Posts
September 12 2011 04:10 GMT
#51
On September 12 2011 13:00 Truedot wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 12 2011 12:46 DoNotDisturb wrote:
To everyone whining that name changes should be free

> Imagine if this feature would be free and unlimited ? The internet is already filled with assholes and stream cheaters imagine if they could change character code/portrait/name every day ?

Seriously guys?


by setting up a "pay to grief" system as you're stating, you're in effect legitimizing all people's claims that "they can be assholes and just buy their way out of it".

Seriously? is that the kind of way you think society should be? or are you just dumb?

What you may not have realized is that people already do this "paid name change" on their own, via selling their SC2 account/CD and buying a new one.

GMs and their friends have done it with smurf accounts that get revealed. You really think "pro" griefers and internet assholes dont do this as well? Some simply buy new CDs without even selling their old ones.

So saying that it should be a paid name change makes as much sense as shitting on the carpet.


Show nested quote +
On September 12 2011 12:52 a176 wrote:
I don't understand why people would pay money to change their name in a video game.


exactly.


Quick to jump to personal insults, aren't you?

I'm more amused that people are thinking that Blizzard is actually willing to give free name changes.
ffxiv enjoyer
lotrscwow
Profile Joined September 2011
Afghanistan27 Posts
September 12 2011 04:11 GMT
#52
guess stop hating on blizzard. I know that battle.net 2.0 has some missing features but blizzard is doing their best. Without blizzard there wouldn't even be this awesome game Starcraft 2 so I think we should give them a break
darunia
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States139 Posts
September 12 2011 04:11 GMT
#53
On September 12 2011 13:06 MarKeD wrote:
Blizzard could very easily deal with stream cheaters if they were competent/wanted to.


Would it really be that easy? I mean you need info about whether one client is streaming and whether the other client is accessing that specific stream. I'm not sure that is something the SC2 client can handle easily...
If it sounds good, it is good.
Falling
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada11534 Posts
September 12 2011 04:11 GMT
#54
It's silly that Blizzard won't implement something because we aren't clamouring for it... We're not clamouring for it because you said, you were working on it and we're patient like that (okay, only sometimes patient.)

But names changes, clan support, and shared replays are some pretty basic gaps in Battlenet 2.0 that make it more 0.5 then anything else.
ModeratorDavid Duke, Richard Spencer, Nick Fuentes, Daily Stormer... "Some very fine people on both sides"
Namkung
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada151 Posts
September 12 2011 04:14 GMT
#55
the point about not having free name change reducing spam / stream cheating etc. is certainly a valid point . but this problem only exists because we are only allowed to make one "id" (if you will) for one sc2 account and not as many as you want (like you could in wc3 or bw)
graNite
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany4434 Posts
September 12 2011 04:14 GMT
#56
On September 12 2011 13:11 lotrscwow wrote:
guess stop hating on blizzard. I know that battle.net 2.0 has some missing features but blizzard is doing their best. Without blizzard there wouldn't even be this awesome game Starcraft 2 so I think we should give them a break


It is not the problem that they don't have the time to implement it; nor is it difficult to code.
It is rather simple and already existing, but I don't know why they are not omplementing it.

Maybe they just dont know how to get the most money out of it...
Blizzard, do aou want no second name change so that we have to buy another copy?? wtf...
"Oink oink, bitches" - Tasteless on Pigbaby winning a map against Flash
benjammin
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2728 Posts
September 12 2011 04:15 GMT
#57
On September 12 2011 13:14 Namkung wrote:
the point about not having free name change reducing spam / stream cheating etc. is certainly a valid point . but this problem only exists because we are only allowed to make one "id" (if you will) for one sc2 account and not as many as you want (like you could in wc3 or bw)


it's not really a valid point when it reflects 0.001% of the userbase's interests
wash uffitizi, drive me to firenze
ECA.BruTATroN
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States282 Posts
September 12 2011 04:19 GMT
#58
Just give us the option to change our names. Everyone has their own reason on why they want to. Personally i would probably change my name once a month due to clans and cooler ideas for a name. Lets just say i haven't found my life-long gamer name yet. Untiillllllll now!!! ^_^ i vote yes implement this as a if/then or yes/no code and it will take less then 5 minutes to make happen!
http://www.twitch.tv/brutatron
lizzard_warish
Profile Joined June 2011
589 Posts
September 12 2011 04:20 GMT
#59
We shouldnt be demanding a paid name changing, we should be demanding simple free name changes. Monetizing THIS is fucking pathetic and unacceptable.
Strivers
Profile Joined November 2010
United States358 Posts
September 12 2011 04:22 GMT
#60
How hard would it be for Blizzard to implement a name-change feature? Seems like an easy thing to do is there something I'm missing..
These little dudes really like the blue stuff..
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