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On September 09 2011 10:19 PopcornColonel wrote:Alright, sent mine in! Also, I don't get this. Explanation?
That is Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. His nickname is Bobby Kotick.
Well known for quotes like this, this and this.
"if we can't run a game into the ground, we don't want it." - Bobby Kotick
Running games into the ground he most certainly did. Look at the Tony Hawk series, that's been through many games and almost annual releases. We're currently on the 11th Tony Hawk game (Shred) for consoles if you include 1, 2, 3, 4, Underground, Underground 2, American Wasteland, Project 8, Proving Grounds and Ride.
And look at the Guitar Hero franchise. Since Activision acquired it in 2006, 17 games in the series have been churned out. By the time they discontinued production of the series after the release of Warriors of Rock, they had not only milked the series dry but they had continued to dig up the grave of and milk the cash cow's decomposing corpse long after it had made its last dying breath.
And now look at Call of Duty. 7 games have been released in the COD franchise such as 1, 2, 3, MW, WaW, MW2 and Black Ops. These games have been released almost anually and have been further cashwhored by a bunch of expensive $12 map packs released after each new game.
His cashwhoring attitude is pretty much everything that's wrong with the gaming industry nowadays. Although it hasn't and cannot be proven, some think that Blizzard's semi-recent shitty decisions such as RealIDing the forums, the terrible Battle.net 2.0, removal of LAN support, always-online DRM introduced in Diablo 3 etc were influenced by this guy.
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Ticket answered.
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how much is name change for WoW? lol
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Apparently WoW name change is $10... Better than buying a new game, but seriously, why can't it be free?
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Here's the response I got:
At this time, we are unable to offer assistance in renaming your StarCraft II character. We encourage players to use caution when naming their character, as we are unable to provide any assistance in changing the choice of character name. We understand that you might not have a name you are happy with; in the future we plan to offer additional name changes for StarCraft II characters. I am unable to provide any additional information at this time, however, any updates will be posted on our StarCraft II Website: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/Should you feel the naming functionality needs adjustment, or wish to provide feedback on the process, please feel free to discuss the matter on the StarCraft II Forums: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/Thank you for your inquiry and we apologize for any frustration this may cause. If you have any other questions or concerns please click the green "I Still Have A Problem" button to request further assistance, or feel free to call us. Our contact information can be located at: http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/about/contact.html.
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This is what I wrote
I would like to change my starcraft II name because I deserve it and I think you can spend 5 minutes to code a database rewrite into your system without much effort.
Oh and Bobby Kotick is a cool guy
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On September 08 2011 18:10 DwmC_Foefen wrote:
Am I the only one who thinks it's unbelievably disgusting that you have to pay for a name change?
This.
It's cashwhoring plain and simple, quite frankly there is no other logical way to look at it.
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They shouldn't charge you to change your name, its a few characters in a text box on a server somewhere. They should implement a cooldown system so that you can only change your name once every 30 / 60 / 90 days or whatever, if they are really bothered about it. As we only have 1 account anyway, it's not like we can smurf under different names, why does it even matter. Ridiculous feature, and what with Blizzard adding real money auctions to Diablo.. I can see a trend appearing..
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On September 09 2011 12:06 Clbull wrote:Show nested quote +On September 09 2011 10:19 PopcornColonel wrote:Alright, sent mine in! On September 08 2011 19:44 SafeAsCheese wrote:Just buy a new account, guys. ![[image loading]](http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2008/05/bobby_kotick_mgray080528.jpg) Also, I don't get this. Explanation? That is Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. His nickname is Bobby Kotick. Well known for quotes like this, this and this.Running games into the ground he most certainly did. Look at the Tony Hawk series, that's been through many games and almost annual releases. We're currently on the 11th Tony Hawk game (Shred) for consoles if you include 1, 2, 3, 4, Underground, Underground 2, American Wasteland, Project 8, Proving Grounds and Ride. And look at the Guitar Hero franchise. Since Activision acquired it in 2006, 17 games in the series have been churned out. By the time they discontinued production of the series after the release of Warriors of Rock, they had not only milked the series dry but they had continued to dig up the grave of and milk the cash cow's decomposing corpse long after it had made its last dying breath. And now look at Call of Duty. 7 games have been released in the COD franchise such as 1, 2, 3, MW, WaW, MW2 and Black Ops. These games have been released almost anually and have been further cashwhored by a bunch of expensive $12 map packs released after each new game. His cashwhoring attitude is pretty much everything that's wrong with the gaming industry nowadays. Although it hasn't and cannot be proven, some think that Blizzard's semi-recent shitty decisions such as RealIDing the forums, the terrible Battle.net 2.0, removal of LAN support, always-online DRM introduced in Diablo 3 etc were influenced by this guy.
Yeah, Once i found out Blizzard signed a collaboration with Activision. I knew that blizzard would turn in a cash cow machine, so damn quickly. They are not what they were in the past. I miss old blizzard (just like I miss old squaresoft).
Kotick owns blizzard  ...
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Why not use the energy to push for a FREE name change? I understand wanting a name change (trust me, for steam I'm changing my name and avatar on a daily basis) but paying for it? Yeah, sure, WoW makes you pay for it but seriously. I'd rather see a push for FREE name changes.
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frankly i think having to pay to change your name. something thats simply done by a script changing a single field in a database. ridiculous.
but Blizzard are looking to nickle and dime everything. considering all these features exist in wow and they are trying to turn diablo 3 and starcraft 2 into consistent micro transaction machines.
i dont think they will until people stop buying entire new games just to change their names (teams really shouldn't be forcing their players to put the tag on their name)
also i doubt kotick has any hand in decisions with Blizzard.
however.
both Blizzard and Activision answer to the same shareholders.
you can bet your ass they are comparing the two and saying "Blizzard. why aren't you milking your shit more? get on that. pronto. i dont give a shit about the integrity of your game/image. i want my stock to rise."
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I have made several threads about this on the blizzard forums, and even one on TL and the general consensus is it is coming out in HOTS so I bought a new account.
And yes, the fact that we have to pay to change our name is disgusting.
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In WoW i can understand paying for it cause you have several characters...but here we only have 1 account with one id/name....so its no big deal.
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I’ve opened a ticket 3-4 times. They have ‘stock’ answers that they post. I even lied one time and said my free name change didn’t work, they took the time to look up the date and time I changed my name, but still wouldn’t help me out.
The only way I see them ever caving into this is basically if a LARGE amount of the SC community just floods their ticket system with name change requests. You have to basically be relentless with you attempts.
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It makes perfect sense. If they implemented it right away everyone would have complained about how Blizzard was ripping people off. The longer they put it off the more comfortable people become with the idea.
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uhhhh, im not sure this is what tickets are supposed to be used for.
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I received an obvious no from Blizzard. Anyone else get their way?
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They let me change my name ones (apart form 1 free change) but it was because I written them an email about how my name was abusive for other players etc (TurboFucker but in polish).
I still wanna change my name on NA server coz I don't like it any more (imBM) but I can't :/
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On September 10 2011 10:19 Nillinch wrote:
how my name was abusive for other players etc (TurboFucker but in polish).
LMAO, a good laugh to start the day
ontopic: it's stupid to ask for a paid name change when it should be free. best with some sort of delay, like once every two seasons or something.
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On September 09 2011 12:38 FRGspin wrote:Here's the response I got: Show nested quote +At this time, we are unable to offer assistance in renaming your StarCraft II character. We encourage players to use caution when naming their character, as we are unable to provide any assistance in changing the choice of character name. We understand that you might not have a name you are happy with; in the future we plan to offer additional name changes for StarCraft II characters. I am unable to provide any additional information at this time, however, any updates will be posted on our StarCraft II Website: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/Should you feel the naming functionality needs adjustment, or wish to provide feedback on the process, please feel free to discuss the matter on the StarCraft II Forums: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/Thank you for your inquiry and we apologize for any frustration this may cause. If you have any other questions or concerns please click the green "I Still Have A Problem" button to request further assistance, or feel free to call us. Our contact information can be located at: http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/about/contact.html.
got this twice
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