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On September 12 2011 14:12 ThE_OsToJiY wrote:
Blizzard will do it if enough people ask for it. Until then its not on their list of priorities as they have A LOT to do. I have been trying to get one for a while and talked to several employees about it however there is a lot of bureaucracy involved and won't happen any time soon unless the community demands it. Good initiative!
Employees DO read the forum and if enough people keep asking it will be discussed.
if its a good initiative why don't I see your post on the blizz forums <3 !
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On September 12 2011 14:13 thatsundowner wrote:
the game warns you that the name you choose is permanent, maybe ya'll should have thought about your names when you picked them
(and yes i realize there was a short window at launch where it didn't, but we all got free name changes)
Ya, you should all be able to see into the future to know that you're going to change teams!
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I don't understand the thought behind why name change must be "Paid" to stop abuse...
seriously..
Add a 30/60/90 day Cooldown on the name change button, no abuse. No one pays for something ridiculous such as changing one line of writing in a text file. Everyone is happy.
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we need name change options please
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On September 12 2011 14:18 SpinmovE wrote:Show nested quote +On September 12 2011 14:13 thatsundowner wrote:
the game warns you that the name you choose is permanent, maybe ya'll should have thought about your names when you picked them
(and yes i realize there was a short window at launch where it didn't, but we all got free name changes) Ya, you should all be able to see into the future to know that you're going to change teams!
clan/team tag support would be great, easily abused free name changes is not the way to support that though
basically if name changes are ever introduced it's going to be a paid service no matter how easy it might be to go into the database and change somebody's name, and it's almost entirely due to how easily you could abuse it
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I'll probably pass on HotS if they add name changes for $$. The shortcomings of b.net 2.0 still blow me away. It's been a year, how are things like group replay watching and clan support not in?
Even chat channels were done pretty half assed imo but I guess something is better than nothing in that regard.
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Shit like this makes me want to just play Brood War instead. At least Blizzard is hands off with that game.
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LOL as if we haven't been begging for this for the past year? What a joke.
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"paid" namechange, I am sure the WoW community asked for it, espacially the paid part.
Its a simple change in a database, like when your game results are written in it after you played a match. I dont pay money after everygame so my results are updated to the SC II database, so why should I pay for a gamename update ?
Some sort of cooldown to not permanently change the name would suffice.
The tech is already implemented because we already had a onetime namechange opportunity but all they wanna do is get money for simple features.
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On September 12 2011 14:22 Gingerninja wrote:
I don't understand the thought behind why name change must be "Paid" to stop abuse...
seriously..
Add a 30/60/90 day Cooldown on the name change button, no abuse. No one pays for something ridiculous such as changing one line of writing in a text file. Everyone is happy.
Its all about milking the customers. There is lots of ways to prevent abuse, Blizzard just wants our money.
Unfortunately a lot of dumb people on the blizzard forums are asking for paid name change instead of name change and even saying it is needed to prevent abuse....sighhh...
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On September 12 2011 14:29 Holy_AT wrote:
"paid" namechange, I am sure the WoW community asked for it, espacially the paid part.
Its a simple change in a database, like when your game results are written in it after you played a match. I dont pay money after everygame so my results are updated to the SC II database, so why should I pay for a gamename update ?
Some sort of cooldown to not permanently change the name would suffice.
The tech is already implemented because we already had a onetime namechange opportunity but all they wanna do is get money for simple features.
continue comparing key game functionality to a purely cosmetic thing, and no, a cooldown on name changes would not stop abuse, only slow it down
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And what's to stop Deezer paying $5 to change name to abuse people? Slowing it down stops constantly changing name to hide identity, you can't be afraid to choose such an option because it will happen regardless of what you do, making 95% of us pay money to change username is ridiculous.
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On September 12 2011 14:34 DarKcS wrote:
And what's to stop Deezer paying $5 to change name to abuse people? Slowing it down stops constantly changing name to hide identity, you can't be afraid to choose such an option because it will happen regardless of what you do, making 95% of us pay money to change username is ridiculous.
you don't see how just the pure fact that there's a real cost involved heavily cuts down on the abuse a name change system will have? it'll obviously still exist, you don't make the problem worse by making it easier to harass people
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Has anyone made a thread on the sc2 forums for us to post in?
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Hm for most people its not that important but I would pay $70 for a name change simply because I don't want to get another account with top 10 mmr and add 200 friends again...
Obviously I am an anomaly but still $15 and a 2 month cooldown is more than reasonable and would be mutually beneficial as I see it, so with enough of a push I can see this happening easily.
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Paid name change would obviously be a great thing, especially for the pros. I SUPPORT
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On September 12 2011 13:10 DoNotDisturb wrote:Show nested quote +On September 12 2011 13:00 Truedot wrote: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. 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.
it was a question with a choice you could answer, and my point stands, as you failed to refute it.
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Personally I think everyone should just create a topic on bnet requesting name change. Hard to ignore 20+ topics of it 
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I don't understand why Blizzard is taking steps back, I mean bnet 2.0 is so much worse than the original just prettier. And now without name changing they are taking another huge step backwards I mean that has been in multiplayer games since they were multiplayer... It is unbelievable that they are not allowing name changing, I still feel like this is some how Activision's fault.
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On September 12 2011 14:31 thatsundowner wrote:Show nested quote +On September 12 2011 14:29 Holy_AT wrote:
"paid" namechange, I am sure the WoW community asked for it, espacially the paid part.
Its a simple change in a database, like when your game results are written in it after you played a match. I dont pay money after everygame so my results are updated to the SC II database, so why should I pay for a gamename update ?
Some sort of cooldown to not permanently change the name would suffice.
The tech is already implemented because we already had a onetime namechange opportunity but all they wanna do is get money for simple features. continue comparing key game functionality to a purely cosmetic thing, and no, a cooldown on name changes would not stop abuse, only slow it down
Nothing will completely stop abuse on the internet. Payed name changes will also slow down abuse. The difference is a cool down on a name change or per season is reasonable. Paying for a such a simple feature is not acceptable, and will set a terrible precedent for the future of interactions between dumb customers and micro transacations.
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