EPTBlizzard to add name change if people show support - Page 8
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SoKHo
Korea (South)1081 Posts
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craz3d
Bulgaria856 Posts
On September 12 2011 12:54 tok wrote: All names on Steam are cosmetic. Valve definitely knows how to listen to the community. Somebody get a petition and hand it to Bobby Kotick. Better yet, somebody show Dustin B.net 1.0. | ||
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graNite
Germany4434 Posts
On September 12 2011 14:59 Sultan.P wrote: This requires no effort on the part of Blizzard, seriously guys. You can already change your SC2 char name once for free; I'm not computer expert but I imagine all you would have to do is change it to instead of only limited to 1 name change ---> unlimited name changes. yeah, its harder to implement a one time change than a unlimited change | ||
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Brotocol
243 Posts
The entire namechange operation is an UPDATE query in the database, which is approximately 2 lines (I'm being generous, assuming they generate the char# manually - it could be handled as Autonumber as well). Blizzard has become a major drag to deal with. How jaded are the employees there, that they have to even hesitate before adding the most basic of features, even if you say "I'll pay you to do it!" | ||
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thatsundowner
Canada312 Posts
On September 12 2011 15:20 graNite wrote: yeah, its harder to implement a one time change than a unlimited change I don't think anyone at all has claimed a name change system would be hard to implement, what takes time is figuring out the actual necessity of such a thing and how to go about implementing it (cost, cooldown, and so on) | ||
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Brotocol
243 Posts
On September 12 2011 15:20 graNite wrote: yeah, its harder to implement a one time change than a unlimited change No it's not, that's patently wrong. It's the exact same SQL query. The only addition is the payment system, which they already have, since bnet 2.0 is a storefront. They even already have the field in the database which stores the number of name changes that you have on your account... There is virtually no cost to implementing this. Source: Software engineer | ||
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Masada714
United States89 Posts
Regardless of whether you think it should be free or not doesn't really matter. If they make it so you have to pay for a Name Change, that is there right. They are adding extra features and services to the game which doesn't just come out of thin air. Also, maybe it hasn't been put in the game yet cause they are working on other cool stuff, like maybe the next expansion or new units, maybe other stuff that is just more important then something like this. We should be thankful for what we do have and that Blizzard is willing to try and improve things! I know a lot of people are passionate about this game but lets do it the right way, unless you are a Dev on the SC2 team we don't know what it takes to make changes or how simple or hard it is. | ||
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CuSToM
United States1478 Posts
On September 12 2011 15:29 Masada714 wrote: There is way too many people with a sense of self-entitlement. It really needs to stop! The money we paid for the game was for the Content of all the different game modes. This crap about these different things should already be in the game and "Give me what I want attitude or else" is something I think that just hurts the gaming community. Regardless of whether you think it should be free or not doesn't really matter. If they make it so you have to pay for a Name Change, that is there right. They are adding extra features and services to the game which doesn't just come out of thin air. Also, maybe it hasn't been put in the game yet cause they are working on other cool stuff, like maybe the next expansion or new units, maybe other stuff that is just more important then something like this. We should be thankful for what we do have and that Blizzard is willing to try and improve things! I know a lot of people are passionate about this game but lets do it the right way, unless you are a Dev on the SC2 team we don't know what it takes to make changes or how simple or hard it is. Thankful for what we have? Dude they took things away from us that we had 10+ years ago in Brood War and Warcraft III... | ||
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nvs.
Canada3609 Posts
On September 12 2011 15:32 CuSToM wrote: Thankful for what we have? Dude they took things away from us that we had 10+ years ago in Brood War and Warcraft III... And then charged us more for it, plus 2 expansions to pay for, plus the micro-transaction "b.net market thing" they said they will be setting up. O_O | ||
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Like a Boss
502 Posts
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Brotocol
243 Posts
On September 12 2011 15:29 Masada714 wrote: unless you are a Dev on the SC2 team we don't know what it takes to make changes or how simple or hard it is. - Just because computers seem like voodoo magic to you doesn't mean that nobody understands them. Name change is trivial, and this is not a debatable thing. - "Entitlement" - the free market economy is powered by paid entitlement. I paid 60$, now give me some standard services on par with what we had in 1997. - Battered housewife attitudes undermine the market and the economy. "It's not Blizzard's fault we're missing features that were standard in the 90s." Except it is their fault, and the solution is trivial. | ||
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tylermakesmusic
United States122 Posts
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rd
United States2586 Posts
On September 12 2011 15:29 Masada714 wrote: There is way too many people with a sense of self-entitlement. It really needs to stop! The money we paid for the game was for the Content of all the different game modes. This crap about these different things should already be in the game and "Give me what I want attitude or else" is something I think that just hurts the gaming community. Regardless of whether you think it should be free or not doesn't really matter. If they make it so you have to pay for a Name Change, that is there right. They are adding extra features and services to the game which doesn't just come out of thin air. Also, maybe it hasn't been put in the game yet cause they are working on other cool stuff, like maybe the next expansion or new units, maybe other stuff that is just more important then something like this. We should be thankful for what we do have and that Blizzard is willing to try and improve things! I know a lot of people are passionate about this game but lets do it the right way, unless you are a Dev on the SC2 team we don't know what it takes to make changes or how simple or hard it is. Blizzard has just as much of a right to charge for name changes as everyone who owns SC2 to get pissed off over it. Incentives. Also, "we don't know what it takes." Neither do you. You make the bold assumption it's difficult. You discredit blizzard, almost as if you're in other words, insinuating that they're incompetent. | ||
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thatsundowner
Canada312 Posts
On September 12 2011 15:35 Brotocol wrote: - Just because computers seem like voodoo magic to you doesn't mean that nobody understands them. Name change is trivial, and this is not a debatable thing. - "Entitlement" - the free market economy is powered by paid entitlement. I paid 60$, now give me some standard services on par with what we had in 1997. - Battered housewife attitudes undermine the market and the economy. "It's not Blizzard's fault we're missing features that were standard in the 90s." Except it is their fault, and the solution is trivial. The ability to make a new account at will isn't exactly the same thing as name changes, especially with the internet being a very different place. | ||
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fer
Canada375 Posts
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Kuja
United States1759 Posts
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JiYan
United States3668 Posts
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aNooburak
Australia190 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Yes please. | ||
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Brotocol
243 Posts
On September 12 2011 15:37 thatsundowner wrote: The ability to make a new account at will isn't exactly the same thing as name changes, especially with the internet being a very different place. That's not what's being discussed though. People are just asking for name change. And it really is a trivial addition. And they're even willing to pay. The point here is that Blizzard needs to stop being coy about name change. It's almost a tease at this point. | ||
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zeOllie
Australia486 Posts
Blizzard, always milking the cow. | ||
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