I am glad that Blizzard changed their mind, really shows the power of the community.
It's disturbing knowing how many people can dig deep into your life, only knowing your name, and I am glad this will be kept at minimum within Blizzard Forums =)

Doctorasul

Romania1145 Posts

July 09 2010 17:10 GMT

#27

So chatting cross-realm will still only be possible using real names?
I'm still happy the shitstorm worked in the end though.

mikki

United States9 Posts

July 09 2010 17:10 GMT

#28

April Fool's! Late ...

Deleted User 72834

247 Posts

July 09 2010 17:10 GMT

#29

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Thrasymachus725

Canada527 Posts

July 09 2010 17:10 GMT

#30

Honestly did anyone doubt this?

I mean there is no way blizzard was going to go through with this after the negative reaction.
No big surprise here. But its good to know, none the less.

Mulloy

United States86 Posts

July 09 2010 17:10 GMT

#31

They just need to have a single ID which shows all characters tied to an account, tbqh.

Takkara

United States2503 Posts

July 09 2010 17:11 GMT

#32

I'm glad Blizzard listened on this one. I thought they'd force it down our throats to save face. I'm glad they swallowed hard and took it on this one. It'll make the community better for it. The other forum improvements will make the forums significantly better. Not enough to be our main place to post, but enough to make them less of a cesspool than today.

Kashmir

New Zealand178 Posts

July 09 2010 17:11 GMT

#33

On July 10 2010 02:07 ta2 wrote:
WE WON

...for now.

Maybe I'm just the suspicious type but the whole fiasco sure hasn't left me trusting them much.

ibgeekn4me

United States75 Posts

July 09 2010 17:11 GMT

#34

I approve of the backbone here to recognize that community ties > bullshit. ^(-.-)> YAY BLIZZARD!

TheAngelofDeath

United States2033 Posts

July 09 2010 17:11 GMT

#35

Wow. GJ Blizz.

Grebliv

Iceland800 Posts

July 09 2010 17:11 GMT

#36

get a ton of "bad" publicity and then back down like a "hero" :D

Mastermind

Canada7096 Posts

July 09 2010 17:11 GMT

#37

Now we just need every media outlet in the world to take up all our other causes. When is the BBC going to write an article about cross realm play?

NuKedUFirst

Canada3139 Posts

July 09 2010 17:12 GMT

#38

LOL.. I'm not surprised, It would be total madness if they did have real ID, either people would get stalked or the battle.net forums would be vacant.

101TFP

420 Posts

July 09 2010 17:12 GMT

#39

On July 10 2010 02:06 gunsakimbo wrote:
Is this real? If so.. such a shame. I know everyone was bashing on it.. but I was excited for a company to be bold and to require people to treat eachother with respect.... even though someone would probably be murdered at some point because of it.

respect? so wrong.
every single player would have used a fake name, the only ones with real names would have been the blizzard guys, thus getting spammed in real life anytime they announce something