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Dagobert
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Netherlands1858 Posts
September 12 2011 04:22 GMT
#61
Looks like Blizzard doesn't need my money for any more Blizzard products. Thank you Blizzard for informing me! I will never pay for your games again! Phew, feels good having that off my back.
Bobbias
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada1373 Posts
September 12 2011 04:22 GMT
#62
On September 12 2011 13:01 Stealthypoo wrote:
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)


Well it's already like 3 times the size of this one, and grew 2 pages in the time it took me to write a response....
lowkontrast
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States855 Posts
September 12 2011 04:23 GMT
#63
On September 12 2011 12:50 benjammin wrote:
if valve can manage it, why can't blizzard?


You can change the Steam account name?

aosifjas0tuq09ut3asg why didn't I know I thought I was stuck with the name I picked when I was 10 years old.
Ribbon
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5278 Posts
September 12 2011 04:24 GMT
#64
On September 12 2011 12:42 Licmyobelisk wrote:
should we TL.net provide awesum community spam for paid name change? I've been very very impatient to when this will be implemented.. -_-


Absolutely, we should spam. I'm generally quick to defend Blizzard from charges of being evil/stupid/hating e-sports, but if they think not enough people want this, then we need to change their minds.

Let's start pressuring for replay-with-friends, too!
benjammin
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2728 Posts
September 12 2011 04:24 GMT
#65
On September 12 2011 13:23 lowkontrast wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 12 2011 12:50 benjammin wrote:
if valve can manage it, why can't blizzard?


You can change the Steam account name?

aosifjas0tuq09ut3asg why didn't I know I thought I was stuck with the name I picked when I was 10 years old.


you can't change your login name, but your in-game name and the name you see on your friends list can be changed any time you want
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sh4w
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States713 Posts
September 12 2011 04:24 GMT
#66
On September 12 2011 13:22 Strivers wrote:
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..

As stated in the posts they haven't implemented it because "not enough people have asked for it", not because it is hard.
It doesn't really make sense why they haven't implemented a paid name change service though...more money for them. It's really illogical for them not to do it either way.
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rd
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2586 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-12 04:29:44
September 12 2011 04:25 GMT
#67
I don't think stream cheating is a valid point at all. Only a hand full of players actually make a living/relevant money from streaming. Obviously stream cheating is something that should be addressed, but millions of players shouldn't be punished for what will happen either way.

If/when name changes come along, they'll probably be $20. Pay a little more and you can just get a brand new account. Even if it's banned, people can simply find cheap accounts else where. If someone wants to pay to be stupid, let them pay to be stupid, or let blizzard provide an actual fix to stream cheating.

edit: quoted wrong post. cant even find it. oh well.

On September 12 2011 13:24 sh4w wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 12 2011 13:22 Strivers wrote:
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..

As stated in the posts they haven't implemented it because "not enough people have asked for it", not because it is hard.
It doesn't really make sense why they haven't implemented a paid name change service though...more money for them. It's really illogical for them not to do it either way.


Forcing people to change their names by having to buy an entirely new account seems plausible. I'm sure they make way more money from that anyways than a small name change fee. I certainly wouldn't doubt blizzard would do it, either (purposefully force people to buy more accounts).
Treetop
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States140 Posts
September 12 2011 04:25 GMT
#68
On September 12 2011 13:04 graNite wrote:
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.


Sadly, even doing this, we'd still get the same thing we always get from Blizzard when things are addressed publicly.

"That's something we're looking into."

"We are planning on releasing that at some point so keep your eyes open."

I don't blame them for not wanting to leak all their secrets and such. However, the most simple things like a name change (which is already there...people have used it...I have used it) not being available for something reasonable, such as...once per season, is just downright ridiculous.

BNet 2 has a lot of potential but I just don't think Blizzard cares too much to invest a whole lot into it. It's a one-shot game. People buy it once, then they have it forever. Their cash cow people pay them $15 a month and obviously makes them much more money.

Sadly, money is the only thing that speaks in the business world so seeing basic functions like replay sharing, clan support and all that are things they can just step aside or put on the back burner until eternity if they want.

The only way to show dissatisfaction in their product is to stop using their product. Which I don't believe anyone will do.
slicknav
Profile Joined January 2011
1409 Posts
September 12 2011 04:28 GMT
#69
The whole no clan support in the new bnet really boggles my mind. They had in WC3 and it worked it was pretty good. Would it be so difficult to import a similar system?
blah blah blah...
Bobbias
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada1373 Posts
September 12 2011 04:30 GMT
#70
On September 12 2011 13:28 slicknav wrote:
The whole no clan support in the new bnet really boggles my mind. They had in WC3 and it worked it was pretty good. Would it be so difficult to import a similar system?


No, no it wouldn't. Not with the skilled programmers they have. Something like that is essentially trivial.
vileChAnCe
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada525 Posts
September 12 2011 04:31 GMT
#71
What the fuck guys, you really really really really BELIEVE THIS? That they had no inclination that we wanted these features and they were worthwhile to implement????!?

Blizzard/Activision Marketing team has learned time and time again that consumers will pay hand over foot for features that should have been implemented day 1. Blizzard also knows that they will make more money from the people who will buy the game multiple times because of server/name changes. I know hundreds of people (thats not even an exaggeration) who own multiple accounts because of this.

Now you have a front line agent who has just received a fucking mass email to answer the above question with that statement for viral marketing ect. Nothing you say or do will change the speed of which they will release the feature. Please for the love of god stop being bronze at life.
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Kazeyonoma
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2912 Posts
September 12 2011 04:32 GMT
#72
Does anyone else realize that talking to a customer service rep over the phone != blizzard developers or bigwigs? There's literall hundreds of cases of a customer service rep saying shit they are dead wrong about to try to difuse having to do more work for the customer when in fact changes are in development.

Service reps in wow often say there is nothing they can do for hacked accounts but if you push to talk to accounts managers or someone else on a different day and you'll get a speedy response that your account will be restored.

I'm sorry but 1 persons anecdotal phone conversation isn't suddenly going to turn me against a company that has been tried and true to trying to keep its customer base happy.
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desRow
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada2654 Posts
September 12 2011 04:35 GMT
#73
On September 12 2011 13:32 Kazeyonoma wrote:
Does anyone else realize that talking to a customer service rep over the phone != blizzard developers or bigwigs? There's literall hundreds of cases of a customer service rep saying shit they are dead wrong about to try to difuse having to do more work for the customer when in fact changes are in development.

Service reps in wow often say there is nothing they can do for hacked accounts but if you push to talk to accounts managers or someone else on a different day and you'll get a speedy response that your account will be restored.

I'm sorry but 1 persons anecdotal phone conversation isn't suddenly going to turn me against a company that has been tried and true to trying to keep its customer base happy.


maybe but if it happened for wow it can happen for sc2, even tho we have 1/11 their numbers :D
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Bobbias
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada1373 Posts
September 12 2011 04:35 GMT
#74
On September 12 2011 13:31 Whomp wrote:
What the fuck guys, you really really really really BELIEVE THIS? That they had no inclination that we wanted these features and they were worthwhile to implement????!?

Blizzard/Activision Marketing team has learned time and time again that consumers will pay hand over foot for features that should have been implemented day 1. Blizzard also knows that they will make more money from the people who will buy the game multiple times because of server/name changes. I know hundreds of people (thats not even an exaggeration) who own multiple accounts because of this.

Now you have a front line agent who has just received a fucking mass email to answer the above question with that statement for viral marketing ect. Nothing you say or do will change the speed of which they will release the feature. Please for the love of god stop being bronze at life.


Rage much? I'm less pissed off at blizzard than you seem to be at all of us. Maybe a unified public outcry will actually get some gears moving in blizzard. Weirder things have happened. Now quit being a dick just because this is the internet.
MavercK
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia2181 Posts
September 12 2011 04:39 GMT
#75
i will support free name change, maybe a cooldown or restriction on it.
i will never support paid name change.
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Destro
Profile Joined September 2009
Netherlands1206 Posts
September 12 2011 04:40 GMT
#76
how about earning one much like portraits? ex; 1000 games won = 1 name change available, this would allow pros to change their name (or clan..) when needed, but the casual player cant just do it willy-nilly
bring back weapon of choice for hots!
rd
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2586 Posts
September 12 2011 04:41 GMT
#77
On September 12 2011 13:39 MavercK wrote:
i will support free name change, maybe a cooldown or restriction on it.
i will never support paid name change.


Then pay even more to buy a new account.
Demonhunter04
Profile Joined July 2011
1530 Posts
September 12 2011 04:45 GMT
#78
The suggestion earlier in this thread - that you should be given a name change per season while active - sounds very reasonable. Maybe, since seasons vary in length, they could put it on a cooldown of a few months so it remains regular, but still, it's on the right track. Add clan tag support and the vast majority of people should be good
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Demonace34
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States2493 Posts
September 12 2011 04:48 GMT
#79
On September 12 2011 13:39 MavercK wrote:
i will support free name change, maybe a cooldown or restriction on it.
i will never support paid name change.


Same, I remember this game that was pretty good a long time ago, you could change your name whenever you wanted and do a bunch of other cool stuff. I think it was called Broodwar or something.

Set a cool-down or some type of limitation, but paying to change text from one name to another is just ridiculous. I guess that is just asking too much though.
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TheGiftedApe
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1243 Posts
September 12 2011 04:50 GMT
#80
dude i don't want to have to PAY just to change my name it should be free, I am very very very against this movement. Letting blizzard charge me for something that should be simply free is a bad precedent to set and will harm the future of all blizzard titles, including the popularity of sc2.
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