So now, the community's happy about this meaningless change(come on, 99% of us never even posted there fuck that, besides it's not that big a deal, names...) And we'll all be pleased with Blizzard instead of looking at the currently still very very sad state of battle.net 2.0

Rinrun

Canada3509 Posts

July 09 2010 17:44 GMT

#164

A way to concede defeat without conceding defeat.
Seems like only one guy had to expose his real name to spook the Blizzard guys.

ourson

France27 Posts

July 09 2010 17:44 GMT

#165

Wait and see, Blizzard have many bad things still in their pockets, since this company is own by technocrats who didn't play their games, just collect our money.

x89

United Kingdom276 Posts

July 09 2010 17:44 GMT

#166

Well done blizzard! I wasn't overly concerned but _nobody_ wanted this Real ID to go through.

Badred

Canada129 Posts

July 09 2010 17:45 GMT

#167

Eh, I'm a little disappointed that Blizzard caved. I think it could have been a positive step forward in making the Internet a more sane place. I suppose I was one of the three or four people in the world who didn't really care if my real name was attached to my words.

agent_potato

Austria5 Posts

July 09 2010 17:45 GMT

#168

Maybe but only maybe it was a publicity stunt - I mean they got a lot of response in various magazines (online) for free.
And now in the end they even end with beeing the best company ever in your minds by doing what the comunity wants.

just my 2 cents..

DtE

France36 Posts

July 09 2010 17:46 GMT

#169

I won't say congratulations because this was just stupid.
Cross-region play, LAN, great interface... Some other things they might want to work on asap.

TUski

United States1258 Posts

July 09 2010 17:46 GMT

#170

Booyah! GG WP everyone :D

Now we have to do the same regarding chatrooms and the rest of battle.net 0.2!

Auronz

Brazil119 Posts

July 09 2010 17:47 GMT

#171

Gaming is seriouz biz, full of assassins, stalkers and evil people of doom, we need to protect our names, imagine the voodoo those 15-year olds could do with them.

Melt

Switzerland281 Posts

July 09 2010 17:47 GMT

#172

hmn... maybe they should think possible consequences through before trying to implement such changes.

But on the other hand it shows that they still care (and thats for sure what they wanted).

keV.

United States3214 Posts

July 09 2010 17:48 GMT

#173

On July 10 2010 02:16 Liquid`NonY wrote:

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They made a big decision that they said they put a lot of thought into and then they changed their minds before trying it because a bunch of little kids whined.

Not enough thought. lol.

Nice job, whining kids!

Keype

Sweden455 Posts

July 09 2010 17:48 GMT

#174

AWESOME!:D Blizzard has really changed their plans for sc2 alot really at the start they didn't even consider making cross-realm play or tourmanent lan possible, It were going down but its starting to move forwards instead of backwards, Cheer for blizzard!

Geo.Rion

7377 Posts

July 09 2010 17:49 GMT

#175

just when i was getting used to the idea

HopeNDespair

United Kingdom12 Posts

July 09 2010 17:50 GMT

#176

Well this is good news indeed.

Happy to see this today :D

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

July 09 2010 17:50 GMT

#177

On July 10 2010 02:15 Archerofaiur wrote:
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ahaahahah woohoo!

DrakanSilva

Chile932 Posts

July 09 2010 17:50 GMT

#178

On July 10 2010 02:08 Liquid`Jinro wrote:
Amazing

I actually wasn't sure they could be convinced to change this one, but I'm glad I was wrong.

Yeah, I also wasn't sure if we would be able to make the change but thanks to everyone... All the Blizzard Fans, thanks to the WoW community also, we always make jokes about them but they are also part of the Blizzard Fanbase.

Amazing U-turn.

clap clap clap

ZinY

Belgium123 Posts

July 09 2010 17:51 GMT

#179

the internet prevails

789

United States959 Posts

July 09 2010 17:52 GMT

#180

On July 10 2010 02:15 Archerofaiur wrote:
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This picture pretty much perfectly sums up my feelings right now.

I'm really glad Blizzard listened to us and changed their minds. Blizzard retains awesomeness.

On July 10 2010 02:40 Liquid`TLO wrote:
I am kinda thinking that Bashiok might have sacrificed himself to proof the point.
At least its a nice thought and nothing we can exclude.

If I am really right, I salute to him.

It could be true and if true, he deserves the salute. Bashiok would be badass enough to do it. I'll salute him for taking one for the team, whether intentional or not.