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I am collecting data on this issue
Poll: Did you use your one free name change?No (1527) 60% Yes (1010) 40% 2537 total votes Your vote: Did you use your one free name change? (Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
Poll: If you did not why?I don't want to use my only name change (972) 57% I will most likely never be changing my name (447) 26% I plan on changing my name once at some point but not now (283) 17% 1702 total votes Your vote: If you did not why? (Vote): I will most likely never be changing my name
(Vote): I plan on changing my name once at some point but not now
(Vote): I don't want to use my only name change
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You're going to ask Blizzard to charge you for something that should be free?
This can't end well.
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On September 13 2011 23:28 sluggaslamoo wrote:
Why paid? Why not free?
Because Blizzard is so smart that they didnt put paid name change at starcraft launch so that people wouldnt complain you have to pay for it. Now everyone is asking blizzard to take their money for a PAID name change which should be free.
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Sry but why do you want PAID name change? Why not for free?
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On September 14 2011 00:55 Titorelli wrote:
Sry but why do you want PAID name change? Why not for free?
Basically, at this point people will take what they can get from Blizzard. Plus, I think it's been mentioned that WoW has $10 name changes (I think? I don't actually play) so it's more of a "if you could do it for that game you made, why not this one?" thing.
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On September 14 2011 00:55 Titorelli wrote:
Sry but why do you want PAID name change? Why not for free?
Off course we want the free name change, but that's not gonna happen.
So we might aswell take the paid name change then.
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Because if it's FREE people might abuse it. Also, why do you presume it should be free and not paid?
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I think the result of this will end up being: Yeah we heard your complains and shit, and guess what just purchase hots for 40 bucks and you will be allowed to pay another 15 bucks to change your name, yeah we know we are that awesome.
@people who think it should not be free: Have you ever heard of any issue of people abusing the fact that you can change your name for free in any game that has that feature? No? Neither have I.
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On September 14 2011 01:02 Jakkerr wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2011 00:55 Titorelli wrote:
Sry but why do you want PAID name change? Why not for free? Off course we want the free name change, but that's not gonna happen. So we might aswell take the paid name change then.
That's a pathetic attitude.
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Yeah i REALLY don't understand why free name change is not an option. Before coming to SC2 i couldn't even imagine that someone would pay for this.
This community is great and all but this is just weird. Not being able to change its name is NOT normal. Paying for it is even less normal.
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in addition to not allowing you to change your name, which is ridiculous, why was the Clan/Tag feature a la Warcraft III not brought over? It'd be nice to be able to have a freely changeable tag or a clan system like WC3 had...
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cant wait to pay money for a service that should be free.
oh wait.
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Again. WHY isn't it normal to PAY for a service? Why do you presume this should be free?
it's a service. You should pay for a service. Changing your name it's not something you should be doing every day anyway. It's a thing you should only want and have to do once in a while. I think if you REALLY need that name change you can get 10 bucks from your pocket and pay for it. If not... just don't change your damn name.
Simple as that.
Making this FREE will only allow people to abuse it. I remember when the Free Change was implemented. I got like 10 people on my list who I didn't even know who the hell they were. I had to ask each one of them.
EDIT: When you go with your car to the service that puts AIR into your wheels... YOU PAY for that. It's not free even that he is pumping air. List can go on and on...
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On September 14 2011 01:10 simansh wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2011 01:02 Jakkerr wrote:On September 14 2011 00:55 Titorelli wrote:
Sry but why do you want PAID name change? Why not for free? Off course we want the free name change, but that's not gonna happen. So we might aswell take the paid name change then. That's a pathetic attitude.
Maybe, but I'd rather be a pathetic guy who can change his name for $10 than a prideful one who has to pay 60 bucks to do so-- I think people are trying to offer blizzard an incentive to work with us. Is it the high road? no, not really, and that's a fair point you raise. As it stands, however, name changes currently cost $60. We're trying to lower the price 
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On September 14 2011 01:16 PET wrote:
Again. WHY isn't it normal to PAY for a service? Why do you presume this should be free?
it's a service. You should pay for a service. Changing your name it's not something you should be doing every day anyway. It's a thing you should only want and have to do once in a while. I think if you REALLY need that name change you can get 10 bucks from your pocket and pay for it. If not... just don't change your damn name.
Simple as that.
Making this FREE will only allow people to abuse it. I remember when the Free Change was implemented. I got like 10 people on my list who I didn't even know who the hell they were. I had to ask each one of them.
EDIT: When you go with your car to the service that puts AIR into your wheels... YOU PAY for that. It's not free even that he is pumping air. List can go on and on...
Every other games offers free changes !
Changing a name in a database is not hard AT ALL. How can you even defend this ?
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On September 14 2011 01:16 PET wrote:
Again. WHY isn't it normal to PAY for a service? Why do you presume this should be free?
Why is it that name changes have only become a "service" in the last few years? Perhaps because it is complete bullshit, but if they can create the illusion of a service they can get away with charging for it.
I am also rather disgusted that blizzard has actually managed to get people begging them to implement stupid micro-transactions.
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On September 14 2011 01:20 Basique wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2011 01:16 PET wrote:
Again. WHY isn't it normal to PAY for a service? Why do you presume this should be free?
it's a service. You should pay for a service. Changing your name it's not something you should be doing every day anyway. It's a thing you should only want and have to do once in a while. I think if you REALLY need that name change you can get 10 bucks from your pocket and pay for it. If not... just don't change your damn name.
Simple as that.
Making this FREE will only allow people to abuse it. I remember when the Free Change was implemented. I got like 10 people on my list who I didn't even know who the hell they were. I had to ask each one of them.
EDIT: When you go with your car to the service that puts AIR into your wheels... YOU PAY for that. It's not free even that he is pumping air. List can go on and on... Every other games offers free changes ! Changing a name in a database is not hard AT ALL. How can you even defend this ?
This is not "other" game. It's SC2. Things that in other games apply, it might not apply here.
Just because changing a name in a database is not hard, that is not making it FREE.
Again. If this is free. People will abuse it. Hey, I can change the name again. Just for fun, I might name myself Liquid`PET. Then tomorrow I will name myself GOD and so on. It will only get more problems that it should.
The only way on stopping this is only allow 1 name change every X months, but isn't this making more harm that good? Limiting you again? With a $$ you can change your name whenever you want. You pay, you get.
Simple as that.
Changing my name it's not something I want to do often anyway and if I want to change my name, or I'm requied to change my name, I will play 10$ for the service and do it.
I am also rather disgusted that blizzard has actually managed to get people begging them to implement stupid micro-transactions.
I am more disgusted by blizzard for not implementing this feature for over 1 year, even as a payment then asking for $.
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Name changes don't even really exist in other games unless you create a new account all together do they? I think you can change ur name on xbl for a small fee. I'm just not sure why people feel entitled to a free name change when there is no precedent for it.
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