Overall the kind of announcement that anyone who enjoys Blizzard titles wants to see from their favourite game maker. Definitely good to see that Blizz takes the community seriously when developing their games.

Tone_

United Kingdom554 Posts

July 09 2010 17:16 GMT

#63

Awesome. Now let's re-start ultra-rage about cross-realm play and chat channels!

vic_gn

Austria50 Posts

July 09 2010 17:16 GMT

#64

*clap clap* nicely done. +1 on the blizzard sympathy-o-meter which had recently some downs.

Wargizmo

1237 Posts

July 09 2010 17:16 GMT

#65

Do the battle.net team even use their brain and actually think about ideas before deciding to implement them? five seconds of thought would have told them that this would never have worked - just running the idea by one female staff member would probably have saved them to be honest.

Spidermonkey

United States251 Posts

July 09 2010 17:17 GMT

#66

On July 10 2010 02:11 Kashmir wrote:

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...for now.

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

I'm thinking the same. Yea they revoked a stupid idea... but now we are embracing them with loving arms? I simply don't trust that the people making the user settings decissions for Blizzard know what the hell they are doing anymore.

Senorcuidado

United States700 Posts

July 09 2010 17:17 GMT

#67

The first thing I thought when I read about real ID was that this will never actually happen. I'm glad to see they got their heads right, and maybe we can stop screaming that the sky is falling? Unlikely but I can dream.

Sergeras

Bulgaria185 Posts

July 09 2010 17:17 GMT

#68

On July 10 2010 02:15 Archerofaiur wrote:
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JHancho

United States166 Posts

July 09 2010 17:17 GMT

#69

While this is good, great even, it looks like there's something looming on the horizon. I'm on shaky ground for the moment with Blizzard.

Still not sure what prompted the proposed change, other than a lack of foresight and the promise of money.

Still, I applaud that it was reversed.

Lysis

United States147 Posts

July 09 2010 17:17 GMT

#70

So Blizzard didn't lose their "commitment to the community" after all. Very glad this happened, since in their FAQ they specifically state that Real-ID is an "optional" and "voluntary" service.

Scorch

Austria3371 Posts

July 09 2010 17:18 GMT

#71

Wow, I didn't think they'd step back, and certainly not this quickly. Mass whining ftw I guess.

Ndugu

United States1078 Posts

July 09 2010 17:18 GMT

#72

The real problem is the WoW forums.

All they need to do is force you to post on your highest level character or-- if you have multiple max levels-- you can pick one.

All the trolling they must have to moderate due to level one alts must be insane.

Edit: Someone with access to WoW/Blizzard forums should post this as a suggestion. :D

Schnake

Germany2819 Posts

July 09 2010 17:18 GMT

#73

Well, the 50.000 replies alone in this thread http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25712374700&sid=1&pageNo=2495 showed how upset people were. I am glad they are - at least temporarily - backing off from the forced real id issue.

Still, this won't be the last time the community will be faced with similar issues. It seems to me as you really need blunt force to hammer feedback into Blizzard's exec heads. To me it seems extremely unlikely that they DID NOT expect a backlash like this. Maybe they calculated that it would not have been such a big deal. Seriously, every big company does at least a little bit of market/marketing research in order to prevent PR disasters like this.

But let's just wait and see with which good or bad ideas they will come up with next...

we believe that the powerful communications functionality enabled by Real ID, such as cross-game and cross-realm chat, make Battle.net a great place for players to stay connected to real-life friends and family while playing Blizzard games.

NeoLearner

Belgium1847 Posts

July 09 2010 17:18 GMT

#74

Good thing they realized the value of their community. The staying power of people playing their games is their real strength.

NonY

8751 Posts

July 09 2010 17:18 GMT

#75

On July 10 2010 02:16 Tone_ wrote:
Awesome. Now let's re-start ultra-rage about cross-realm play and chat channels!

Yeah, if you can get a bunch of major news organizations to report on the monumental disappointment of SC2 lacking chat channels and cross-realm play during beta, you might be onto something. Otherwise save your energy