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EDIT: Changed time to Thursday (TODAY) because everyone is saying they're going to forget. Plus the publicity is here already!
People over at /r/starcraft have been discussing our frustrations over still not having a paid name change option for SC2. The paid name change feature was announced by Blizzard over a year ago yet no feature has been implemented, nor has Blizzard said anything about it at all. Blizzard has truly lived up to their definition of the word "soon". When it boils down to it, a paid name change is basically just a database query that should only take days to implement. It's a sad state when we have to essentially beg to pay Blizzard to let us change our names.
The original discussion thread on reddit can be read here.
Every account has been given one free name change, but after using your free name change, your only chance at changing your name is either begging Blizzard via e-mail, a tactic which seems to have an extremely poor chance at working, or paying another $60 for another copy of a game. This is unacceptable. To be stuck with a name and not be able to even create a new account to make a new name like in Brood War is simple ridiculous - especially when there's no clan support for team tags.
Thus, a plan has been formed to voice our disgust at Blizzard's ignorance at the subject. On Thursday September 8, we are asking all who want the name change feature to contact Blizzard using their ticket form and tell them.
The Blizzard contact form is here.
Hopefully this "operation" will garner enough attention for Blizzard to start caring or tell us what's going on. Forum threads asking about when paid name changes are coming on Battle.net are simply getting ignored or deleted.
Thanks
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I'm frustrated as well. I opened a ticket for a name change because it causes me to get harassed periodically and Blizzard sent me some automated reply saying, "Use your free name change, if you have already used it pay us $60 and we'll throw in a new ladder account." I bumped my ticket because I wanted an actual reason and it turns out the reason is that they don't care.
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I'm guessing they will bundle battle net features with HOTS
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Yeah, I don't understand this at all. This is the easiest money they could possibly make and they haven't touched it, I can't imagine that their sales department just forgot about it.
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I wonder if they realize how much money they'd make if they made this feature happen. When I played WoW I spent and extra 50$ on server transfers and 30$ on name changes. There should be no reason for them not to implement this
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I called in 3 times and my 3rd operator was very kind and let me change it.
*The other 2 operators claimed that it was impossible... lol
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SC2 marketplace announcement is coming soon (TM), probably before HOTS, and probably in line with SC2 DOTA (or whatever its called). No chance the namechange isnt coming with this.
Sorry I don't have a link to the quote, but if you feel like fishing for it yourself, it was in a D3 gamescom interview related post on diablo.incgamers.com -- one of the ones to do with the real money auction house trading system that they're looking to implement for that game.
Edit: your petitioning is probably just gonna make them feel bad that they can't do anything about it `til the rest of the marketplace features are done ^_^
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ye also can't wait for a name change. no i don't need one but some mates do^^
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On September 08 2011 07:00 ReviLLuSion wrote:
I called in 3 times and my 3rd operator was very kind and let me change it.
*The other 2 operators claimed that it was impossible... lol
Well they probably gave you special treatment because you're a (semipro?) known comptetive gamer but I'm going to open another ticket and cite you lol.
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Meh I have tried many times they keep denying me. Those jerks going to do a ticket every day until they let me :D
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I have also had a negative experience with blizzard customer service
after they have your money they dont care about you
they just feed you some bullshit excuse why they cant help you
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ya, i remember when they said they would implement this, but they havent yet, it cant be to hard can it?
i dont wanna pay to change my name tho, but im sure some people will
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I support this. I want to change my name so badly.
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Man - this is pure profit for blizzard - I don't understand why they don't do this.
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Apparently, it would cost them more to implement paid name changes than they'd actually benefit from. So even though they said they'd do it, it won't happen for quite a while.
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Submitted a Customer Service ticket with the following text, hopefully if they get enough of these they won't ignore them.
"The paid name change service was announced over a year ago and still has yet to be implemented. I have been unable to change my name to accommodate a new team name and thus am stuck either paying another $60 for another copy (Unacceptable, I already fairly paid for your product) or using a name of a team I am no longer affiliated with (Unacceptable for a competitive medium). I respectfully request the ability to use this already implemented feature, even at a nominal fee."
UPDATE FROM BLIZ CS:
"Customer Service Representative
Greetings *********,
The StarCraft team has not given us an update on this but I would assume they are still working out the logistics of the service and how to implemented (i.e. how much to charge, etc. ). I would definitely hold off on purchasing a second copy. I would also, recommend putting your request on the SC2 forums as that is the only way to get this type of request to the Dev's and have your friends comment on the thread as well (the more the better). Let us know if you have any further questions about this or anything else."
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Is it really such a bad thing that you can't change your name? The LoL guys still only have 1.5 maps and not Riot made replay client.
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Blizzard soon is not the same as real world soon. It will come eventually. A lot of the time I have had excellent customer service from Blizzard when I needed it, maybe it is the way some people talk to them on how much they are willing to help.
Either way flooding their mail boxes will not help and is just childish. Choose a good name at the start and never put a clan tag in it until they release the clan support.
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Ugh, still don't understand why we're complaining about the lack of paid name change, when we should be complaining about the lack of free name change...just erases the stats, not too hard....jeez, I miss BW T_T
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How about instead of waiting for Saturday, we just submit trouble tickets every time we log in?
I'm up for that!
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On September 08 2011 07:11 Antisocialmunky wrote:
Is it really such a bad thing that you can't change your name? The LoL guys still only have 1.5 maps and not Riot made replay client.
if u change team u cant rly support them online with the old clanname
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Yes. I don't think the name changes should be paid. Then again if people were changing their name every day that could become an issue. So it sorta has to be paid. Also when the expansion comes out will we have to buy it for all our accounts if they are on the same server? If anyone knows pm me.
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Although this is almost childish, I guess that's what we have to resort to when, as a community, we bring up a problem that is then quickly forgotten.
I'm in full support of this, half of the most simple, basic functions I wish this game had, it doesn't, and it annoys the hell out of me at times, although, I don't support paid name changes, the function should be enabled for free.
I already paid for this game, and I should be entitled to whatever name I please, this isn't xbox live, and it shouldn't try to be.
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On September 08 2011 07:11 Antisocialmunky wrote:
Is it really such a bad thing that you can't change your name? The LoL guys still only have 1.5 maps and not Riot made replay client.
Was that bash even necessary or relevant? Sheesh downplay much.
Im confused on how HotS would handle this. Without infrastructure for name changes do we really keep our accounts as they hop over? Do we get another free 1 Namechange per copy? Would acti-blizzard be evil enough for us to require WoL accounts for HotS multi?
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On September 08 2011 07:17 Hodgy wrote:
Yes. I don't think the name changes should be paid. Then again if people were changing their name every day that could become an issue. So it sorta has to be paid. Also when the expansion comes out will we have to buy it for all our accounts if they are on the same server? If anyone knows pm me.
You can just have a clan support feature, which would fix most of the problems. Anyway, I'm sort of frustrated that they haven't implemented the name change, but whatever it's just a game 
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The transactions page for my wow account that detailed character transfers etc was truly depressing. Although as I have had my TL name changed shortly after I joined, naturally I'm wanting my name changed ingame also.
Should have been more careful with my free one I suppose  I'm of the opinion that you can spam up their inboxes all you want with disgusted messages, soon is still soon for Blizzard
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On September 08 2011 07:19 Snackysnacks wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 07:11 Antisocialmunky wrote:
Is it really such a bad thing that you can't change your name? The LoL guys still only have 1.5 maps and not Riot made replay client. Was that bash even necessary or relevant? Sheesh downplay much. Im confused on how HotS would handle this. Without infrastructure for name changes do we really keep our accounts as they hop over? Do we get another free 1 Namechange per copy? Would acti-blizzard be evil enough for us to require WoL accounts for HotS multi?
No I was just asking and someone answered at the top of the page. It does kinda suck if you have a clan tag if that is the case.
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I got a free second name change...had to reopen the ticket 7 times, but I got it =D
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awesome plan. let's do it! I don't really need to change my name but there are players changing teams who need it! Think of the pros!
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count me in i just want my old name back
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This is probably way against the ToS, + Show Spoiler +but if you have a bunch of your friends report your name, sometimes they'll just let you change it. Definitely not the right way to go about it, but uh... it works.
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They should really reconsider how many people they hire to take care of this game. If they can't even provide servise which is basically working now (1 change) and for which they would get money.
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On September 08 2011 07:31 Mortal wrote:This is probably way against the ToS, + Show Spoiler +but if you have a bunch of your friends report your name, sometimes they'll just let you change it. Definitely not the right way to go about it, but uh... it works.
That is soo xbox live haha.
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The fact that you may have to pay for a name change ingame is just silly, really.
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On September 08 2011 07:32 Chocolate wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 07:31 Mortal wrote:This is probably way against the ToS, + Show Spoiler +but if you have a bunch of your friends report your name, sometimes they'll just let you change it. Definitely not the right way to go about it, but uh... it works. That is soo xbox live haha.
Well it fits, because the person who was behind xbox live designed battle.net .2
Thus, we are full circle.
Edit : Cant believe we are asking to be charged for a feature that should of been free in the first place, =\
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You want to pay for a Name change?
I'm sorry but it's already outrageous that Blizzard doesn't let you change your name whenever you want.
If there seriously is something that would get messed up if you could change your name unlimited amount of time, they should AT LEAST let you change your name before a new season.
If people are willing to pay money for a simple name change, what comes next?
Extra paying if you want to use the ladder? Pay for playing cross server? (oh wait, you already have to do that, but imagine they would be capable of adding that feature)
Pay if you want to use additional Bnet features such as DND etc.?
What would stop them from adding additional fees for every little feature?
It makes me seriously angry first of all that costumers even consider paying for such things,
but the service that blizzard provides makes me even more angry, because it's lacking and just terribad.
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I guess its to expected. Gaming companies nowadays just want to nickle and dime you for shit that would be free. Things that should be already in the game are viewed as a fucking commodity, it baffles my fucking mind.
SC2 just gets more disappointing. First there were no chat channels during beta, then the issues with no lan lat fucking up major tournaments, and now theres the issue of people being spammed channel invites and lagging them out of games.
SC2 as a game I generally like, there are some things that bothered me but generally blizzard has done good with the patches. They completely dropped the fucking ball and let it shatter though when it came to bnet 2.0.
For the record, name changes should be free, and I think you should be able to have more then one SC2 account for a $60 game you paid for. Dunno how you can argue in blizzards favor, this isnt fucking WoW.
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what can i say - im fine with my name - and if you are a casual player, well 1 free namechange should be enough hehe.
anyhow, for pros with different teams - this is not acceptable - considering the whole "sc2 is esports" thing
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I still have my free name change from blizzard :D, good thing I had my account back then when they gave everyone that had the game one. :D
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hell i have no choice in the matter im signing this, because one day i will have an SC2 computer again, and in order to pwn face and fuckin become progamer, i need my wishbones back. (lent the account to friend let her reset the name using free name change) so im signing this asap. Not joking kids. When i get an sc2 comp expect the name wishbones to be famous
(EDIT: signed and sent)
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i actually tricked blizzard in to giving me a free name change, its a hassle though.
You need to email support and say you want to change servers because your moving to EU and they will do it. Play on EU for about a week or 2 and then email them back again saying that you are done working oversees and want to move back to NA server, the support guy then told me that this will be my last change and he will reactivate my old account. When my original NA account was back i saw that i had another free name change!
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It amazes me how Blizzard never does things the community actually wants but they implement things that leave you wondering who the hell was asking for it in the first place?
And where the hell is that clan support they mentioned a LONG time ago? The only good thing about bnet 2.0 is the match making system, everything else seems to be lacking. It almost seems like they went backwards.
/rant
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guys blizzard said "soon" like 8 months back. and by their standards, they are right one schedule.
In all seriousness...I support this idea and I hope it works.
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They found people who are begging to pay for things that should be free.
Respect blízzard! i was thinking the people are not so dumb
you won your bet...
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On September 08 2011 07:03 Chocolate wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 07:00 ReviLLuSion wrote:
I called in 3 times and my 3rd operator was very kind and let me change it.
*The other 2 operators claimed that it was impossible... lol Well they probably gave you special treatment because you're a (semipro?) known comptetive gamer but I'm going to open another ticket and cite you lol.
Well apparently When it comes to name changes, in the rare case that someone gets one after they have used their free one, this typically involves people who have by accident used their real information, or they put something that is blatantly offensive. is the reason illusion was allowed to change his name or Blizzard is bullshit.
They also said that me calling out that a customer service representative that didn't even notice that I stated I had already used my free name change These kinds of comments are considered non productive, and can limit our ability to help you.
TL;DR Blizzard says illusion had an innappropriate name and that I'm not supposed to hurt their felllow employees feelings even if they apparently didn't even read my request. WTF
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On September 08 2011 06:58 McKTenor13 wrote:
I wonder if they realize how much money they'd make if they made this feature happen. When I played WoW I spent and extra 50$ on server transfers and 30$ on name changes. There should be no reason for them not to implement this
I spent like
$250 on transfers/faction changes
Never spent anything on a name change although I would probably abuse the fuck out of that in SC2
obligatory makes no sense comment
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Alright ill do this. I'm not sure if I even want a name change its just the principle, you cant monetize fucking everything and not expect people to bitch.
* I am under the understanding this is whining that we cant get a free name change [forever] rather than whining about wanting to pay for it, right? A few people in this thread seem to think contrarily and im confused.
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I agree with this, even though I'm not particularly upset with my name.
I'll do it for those who are ^^
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I got my battle.net account name changed and I will go over the whole process:
First off I used this site's instructions to a T: http://hijinksinc.com/2010/08/05/how-to-change-your-battle-net-name-in-starcraft-2/ and it's over a year old now and it worked for me. So that tells you this is the way it needs to be done. Read that first, understand the format, and go from there. Understand they have no name changing format, understand they will not credit your account with 1 free name change again, they as a Blizzard employee will change it manually. Give them all the information they need in the original ticket so they don't have to waste time sending messages back and forth.
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Justin
Greetings,
I am requesting the chance to change my battle.net account name. My current battle.net starcraft 2 name has my old "clan/gaming team" name in front of my gaming handle which is just 'Nizzy'. At the time of this name change in November I did not know how rare they would be. I thought paid name change would be implemented by now. I am requesting to have a name change, and I promise I will never change my handle again. I want to be known just as "Nizzy". If I join a clan I will wait until clan support on battle.net is ready and show that I'm in a clan that way, while still being just "Nizzy." xiNizzy -> Nizzy
Thanks for understanding and your time.
A) Your Full name as it appears: Justin (real full name that you see on battle.net real ID)
B) Battle.net account name: justin########@gmail.com
C) Your Current Character Name: xiNizzy
D) Your Character Code (Which may be verified by scrolling over your character portrait with your mouse): 652
E) Five character names that you would be happy with typed out exactly how you wish them to appear:
1 - Nizzy
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You'll get the email saying 24 hours blah blah, I woke up in the morning after doing this at like midnight to a changed name! I was so shocked I logged into battle.net so fast.
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Ikarimekki
Customer Service Representative
Account Name: SC21
Old Character Name: xiNizzy
New Character Name: Nizzy
As a special courtesywe have changed your StarCraft II character name. When you next login, your name should be selected.
If you have additional questions or concerns, please reply to this ticket. If you would rather speak with a representative directly, please contact Account & Technical Services. Our contact information can be found at
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Justin
Ikarimekki,
You are the fastest CSR for Blizzard Entertainment in history! MY name is now changed! Thank you so very much for changing my account name so fast. Why are you working at 11PM on a Monday night in California? I thought Blizzard Representatives were only open until like 8PM. Thank you thank you thank you! Too fast <3 This means so much to me, even though its such a small change. I recently started streaming myself playing SC2 off and on 7 days a week. www.twitch.tv/nizzysc2 I am a top 8 Masters Solo/2v2 Terran player. Message me at Nizzy.757 on battle.net and I will be happy to provide you with some training if you are not high masters or greater and interested. You're the best, Thanks.
Take care!
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Customer Service Representative
Thanks for the update! I am glad to hear that everything is fine. If you have additional questions or concerns, please reply to this email. If you would rather speak with a representative directly, please contact Account & Technical Services. Our contact information can be found at http://blizzard.com/support/article/cs
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Good luck everyone, however please realize they probably have some sort of form/system that they have to fill out and log into for these changes to happen on the backside. Give them all the information at once so it might only take them a few clicks. I bet you do have to get lucky with which representative/what time. Why was this guy working so late? Maybe he's some hardcore Tier 3 CSR that was staying late and knocking a bunch of tickets out.
Please note that I believe there's a better chance of getting your name change if you have a clan tag infront of your name. If you just want to change your handle you might have a tough time doing so.
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Well nizzy giving yours a shot now hopefully it works for me :D
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Change the thread name to Operation Free Name Change and I will sign on, until then I'll probably just buy another account to fill the void (they win either way).
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The fact that you guys are asking them to have you pay for a feature which is so simple that it has been free for almost every single game ever, excluding world of warcraft, is beyond ridiculous.
This shouldn't be a paid for feature at all. That is insane amounts of greed. Like you've said yourself, there is no effort involved in this process whatsoever.
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I fully support this rebellion!...oh wait just this idea. hope it works.
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What the hell?
It's amazing that blizzard's customers has to protest for this:
"PLEASE TAKE MY MONEY!"
-_-
+ Show Spoiler +
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I've always thought they didn't want to give name changes so that people go out and buy the game again.. $$$$ for blizz!
Though they probably would make more money in the long run if they just charged people for it so I'm not sure what's taking so long.
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Changed "ticket time" to tomorrow since people are saying they'll forget by Saturday! Get ready!
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How bout free name change?
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I never understood why people are up in arms about name changes. It doesn't change your game experience since the game is played the same way. The reason why they're holding out against name change is probably the same reason why the held out against name change in WoW. Even now there's a cool down for how often you can change your name. The reason is so that people keep a name that other players can identify them by.
Do you have some bizarre desire to change your name in real life? Are you Hank and next month you feel like being called David and next month you feel like being called Bob?
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On September 08 2011 11:57 movac wrote:
I never understood why people are up in arms about name changes. It doesn't change your game experience since the game is played the same way. The reason why they're holding out against name change is probably the same reason why the held out against name change in WoW. Even now there's a cool down for how often you can change your name. The reason is so that people keep a name that other players can identify them by.
Do you have some bizarre desire to change your name in real life? Are you Hank and next month you feel like being called David and next month you feel like being called Bob?
Joining a different team is a main one. Sense blizzard doesn't have clan support and a lot of players want to represent their teams then if something goes wrong and they want to go back to what they were before they can't.
of course you don't seem to understand but a lot of people like representing their teams whether its some top tier player or a lower tier player. Just how it is and shouldn't be seen as bad if they want to change their name back to whatever it was before they joined a team.
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Did Blizzard mention the word soon when announcing the paid name change feature?
If they did, it's perfectly fine for them to not add it even after a year.
...
Honestly though, I feel as though wanting to change your name even after you've used the free name change is just downright fickle. It's only understandable if you want to change your clan tag or if you bought the account from someone and want to change the name (<-LOL)
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Welp tried nizzy's way and they just responded with telling me how to change my character name lol >>.
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On September 08 2011 12:15 blade55555 wrote:
Welp tried nizzy's way and they just responded with telling me how to change my character name lol >>.
What do you mean by character name? So they're helping you?
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It's a sad state when we have to essentially beg to pay Blizzard to let us change our names.
Modern gaming is such a huge joke sometimes lol
Its so sad that Im almost at the point where the level of awful that is Battle.net 2.0 doesnt bother me everytime I have to get anywhere near it.
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On September 08 2011 12:12 Tatari wrote:Did Blizzard mention the word soon when announcing the paid name change feature? If they did, it's perfectly fine for them to not add it even after a year. ... Honestly though, I feel as though wanting to change your name even after you've used the free name change is just downright fickle. It's only understandable if you want to change your clan tag or if you bought the account from someone and want to change the name (<-LOL)
Whatever reasons they may be, the lack of option to do have such a possibility is an issue.
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You should go create an online petition and then create a forum post on the blizzard sc2 site and have people signing from here and there
Be sure to update the OP
I suspect they may just be waiting until HOTS to release a bunch of UI updates (as an added incentive to buy the game)
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On September 08 2011 12:16 Nizzy wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 12:15 blade55555 wrote:
Welp tried nizzy's way and they just responded with telling me how to change my character name lol >>. What do you mean by character name? So they're helping you?
oh no they are helping me use the free name change that doesn't exist anymore lol.
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This is rich. A year ago people were outraged you had to pay to change something as trivial as your name. Such a minor feature should come with this type of game. Now people are absolutely begging to pay for it. Bleh.
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On September 08 2011 12:44 blade55555 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 12:16 Nizzy wrote:On September 08 2011 12:15 blade55555 wrote:
Welp tried nizzy's way and they just responded with telling me how to change my character name lol >>. What do you mean by character name? So they're helping you? oh no they are helping me use the free name change that doesn't exist anymore lol.
Ugh, that sucks.
I really don't understand, my representative helped me very fast. Blizzard could open some paypal service and charge 10 bucks and literally just pay some rep 20 bucks/hour to constantly change player names. They'd still make a ton of money, and the people would be happy with literally 1 employee. Just 1 dedicated to this.
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I guess Blizzard must actually be pretty busy--with god knows what--if they can't handle a name change service.
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On September 08 2011 12:20 Liquid`Jinro wrote:Show nested quote +It's a sad state when we have to essentially beg to pay Blizzard to let us change our names.
Modern gaming is such a huge joke sometimes lol Its so sad that Im almost at the point where the level of awful that is Battle.net 2.0 doesnt bother me everytime I have to get anywhere near it.
Yeah eventually you just become hopeless and apathetic that it will ever change, I guess crossing our fingers for HOTS or some big UI change is all we can do at this point.
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im totally for this, ive been wanting to change the clan tag off my account for quite some time now
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On September 08 2011 07:39 Elefanto wrote:
You want to pay for a Name change?
I'm sorry but it's already outrageous that Blizzard doesn't let you change your name whenever you want.
If there seriously is something that would get messed up if you could change your name unlimited amount of time, they should AT LEAST let you change your name before a new season.
If people are willing to pay money for a simple name change, what comes next?
Extra paying if you want to use the ladder? Pay for playing cross server? (oh wait, you already have to do that, but imagine they would be capable of adding that feature)
Pay if you want to use additional Bnet features such as DND etc.?
What would stop them from adding additional fees for every little feature?
It makes me seriously angry first of all that costumers even consider paying for such things,
but the service that blizzard provides makes me even more angry, because it's lacking and just terribad.
THIS. ABSOLUTELY THIS. Why are we petitioning for a paid name change service?
It's just changing a single fucking variable on a server. Why should we have to be charged for it, especially if Blizzard has proven that they can do it once for free anyway.
To the OP, I suggest changing the plan to "Operation Name Change" to express our disgust at the following:
- The lack of name changing services currently available apart from the single-use per account free name change.
- The plans to make name changing a premium service in the future.
It's hardly like a paid character or faction transfer on WoW where there's more complicated logistics behind it which would make the service more complicated, and I think if we petition Blizzard for a paid option, we're just gonna let them cashwhore the SC2 community more and more.
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Well Blizzard makes a couple billion off WoW a year... pretty sure they just don't have the money to give us a decent battle.net
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demanding PAID name changes. Paid name changes would not have flied 5 years ago, fuck we got beat down. -_-
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im in, i've been waiting about 6 months for this shit and it still hasn't been implemented.
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On September 08 2011 12:59 GoKu` wrote:
Well Blizzard makes a couple billion off WoW a year... pretty sure they just don't have the money to give us a decent battle.net
I agree with you there. Battle.net 2.0 has easily been one of the biggest disappointments in gaming history, perhaps only just getitng narrowly beaten by ET: The Extra Terrestrial on the Atari 2600.
No offence, but crapple.net has been one of the worst gaming networks in existence. Since replacing LAN support and support for external servers like iCCup from popping up, it had a lot to stand up for including essential features like:
- Uptime - The only time when it's down is during maintenance, and there are rarely problems.
- Latency/lag - MLG plays a prime example here. It's not very ideal for LAN events.
- Privacy - Look at the people who fucking spam progamers and make them lag like fucking hell, and look at the amount of ninja invites to chat channels. It's like I remember watching the NASL Grand Final and seeing a guy post an insult about iNcontroL (or iNmcdonaldS which is the name the spammer used to describe him.)
- Cross-region support - Nonexistent, except when they marged NA and LA, EU and RU, and TW and KR together to form 3 larger regions out of the 6 regions affected. It's not like Battle.net 1.0 when you could make accounts on multiple gateways with one CD key or external servers like PGT, WGT or iCCup where there was one server for all. Instead, ActiBlizzard are like "$60 please or gtfo."
- Essential features - Name change? Nope. Clan/team tags incoprorated? Nope. Chat channel support? Took months to introduce.
- Lack of annoying spam - Certain issues cause a fuckload of text spam.
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So our solution is to spam the shit out of people who probably have no influence in the decision anyway, and so will result in nothing? I think that name changes should be allowed, yeah, but this isn't the right way to go about it.
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only took you guys a year to complain about it =] You talk, they listen
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On September 08 2011 12:20 Liquid`Jinro wrote:Show nested quote +It's a sad state when we have to essentially beg to pay Blizzard to let us change our names.
Modern gaming is such a huge joke sometimes lol Its so sad that Im almost at the point where the level of awful that is Battle.net 2.0 doesnt bother me everytime I have to get anywhere near it.
No communal replay viewing
No LAN latency
There, did I save you?
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Well at least they have us a free name change.
Even though I still feel like I wasted it.
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I agree, it's kind of ridiculous to not put in something as simple as name changes. I used the free name change like 1 month after I got the game last august, and have been waiting for like a year now for a stupid paid name change feature. Idk why it takes so long to put in something like name changes.
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On September 08 2011 13:26 Plexa wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 12:20 Liquid`Jinro wrote:It's a sad state when we have to essentially beg to pay Blizzard to let us change our names.
Modern gaming is such a huge joke sometimes lol Its so sad that Im almost at the point where the level of awful that is Battle.net 2.0 doesnt bother me everytime I have to get anywhere near it. No communal replay viewing No LAN latency There, did I save you?
to be fair, no lan is our fault, not blizzards.
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On September 08 2011 13:30 Soulish wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 13:26 Plexa wrote:On September 08 2011 12:20 Liquid`Jinro wrote:It's a sad state when we have to essentially beg to pay Blizzard to let us change our names.
Modern gaming is such a huge joke sometimes lol Its so sad that Im almost at the point where the level of awful that is Battle.net 2.0 doesnt bother me everytime I have to get anywhere near it. No communal replay viewing No LAN latency There, did I save you? to be fair, no lan is our fault, not blizzards.
Don't see how the paying customer is at fault.
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Why can't we just have free name changes and options to reset our stats? And support for clans and clan tags?
Why should something like a basic name change require you, the customer, who has already paid $60 to Blizzard for their game, pay them an additional fee?
I appreciate the changes in the PTR to prevent spamming, but these are pretty basic changes that should be in all modern games that can use them
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should we all submit with the same format?
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I think someone should formally write up a ticket that involves this name change and post it to the OP so we can be more uniform. Also perhaps throw in the request for replays in party and other features we want too :D
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i HAVE to support this thread, it's been said a million times but it's just ludicrous that paid name changes haven't been implemented yet (it's even more ludicrous that they're PAID)
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On September 08 2011 07:00 ReviLLuSion wrote:
I called in 3 times and my 3rd operator was very kind and let me change it.
*The other 2 operators claimed that it was impossible... lol
this. I'm actually going to try calling in now.
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My ticket got a response.
"We understand that you might not have a name you are happy with; fortunately, each StarCraft II account is entitled to 1 Free Name Change. To redeem this Free Name Change, please visit Battle.net Account Management: http://us.battle.net/."
Then they told me if I thought their "naming functionality needs adjustment" to create a thread on the Battle.net forums so I did lol.
Sigh... I will continue to reopen my ticket until I get a legit response.
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they need content for HoTS
simple as that
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On September 08 2011 07:35 Termit wrote:
The fact that you may have to pay for a name change ingame is just silly, really.
Worse, we have to beg to let them take our money. what.
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This is what I wrote:
Dear Blizzard,
About 6 months or more back, you said that you would implement paid name changes soon. But still nothing has been done for this simple feature. I am sorry for my language but wtf is going on. It hurts your company image when you say something but hide behind your own dictionary for the word "soon". Please get a grip.
Oh and btw please don't send a cookie cutter message because I have already seen them posted on TeamLiquid.net. I would like a legit response with substance. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Brood War/SC2 Fan
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On September 08 2011 14:22 CuSToM wrote:My ticket got a response. "We understand that you might not have a name you are happy with; fortunately, each StarCraft II account is entitled to 1 Free Name Change. To redeem this Free Name Change, please visit Battle.net Account Management: http://us.battle.net/."Then they told me if I thought their "naming functionality needs adjustment" to create a thread on the Battle.net forums so I did lol. Sigh... I will continue to reopen my ticket until I get a legit response.
LOL they gave me the same response (when I just tried another ticket) exact same message rofl. Those bastards.
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On September 08 2011 07:03 Chocolate wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 07:00 ReviLLuSion wrote:
I called in 3 times and my 3rd operator was very kind and let me change it.
*The other 2 operators claimed that it was impossible... lol Well they probably gave you special treatment because you're a (semipro?) known comptetive gamer but I'm going to open another ticket and cite you lol.
Lulz!
Ya I can't understand why they haven't either. Not from a technological or business perspective...I still have my free one though ^^
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On September 08 2011 16:47 MassHysteria wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 07:03 Chocolate wrote:On September 08 2011 07:00 ReviLLuSion wrote:
I called in 3 times and my 3rd operator was very kind and let me change it.
*The other 2 operators claimed that it was impossible... lol Well they probably gave you special treatment because you're a (semipro?) known comptetive gamer but I'm going to open another ticket and cite you lol. Lulz! Ya I can't understand why they haven't either. Not from a technological or business perspective...I still have my free one though ^^
I wish they would let people send others their free one. Then I would use my friends :D
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I sent my ticket in. Here's to hoping it will actually accomplish something...
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Blizzard, where a single update query takes 6 months to implement and costs money to perform.
The only other companies that could pull such stupid crap to customers are Microsoft, Google and Apple.
I badly want a name change too, but since I have to wait for 6 months for the option to be available AND I have to pay money for a simple column change in a database I doubt I will ever use it out of sheer protest.
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I cant see the reason for paying for a name change. In WC3/BW i could make as much accounts as i wanted to and change my server region.
Ok i can live with the fact that in sc2 i have to stay in my region AND have only one account. But i dont see the point in paying for a name change.
That is one of the reasons why i hate blizzard sometimes. I thought they would care about their gamers as one of the last developers...but i was wrong.
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On September 08 2011 07:14 Kimaker wrote:
Ugh, still don't understand why we're complaining about the lack of paid name change, when we should be complaining about the lack of free name change...just erases the stats, not too hard....jeez, I miss BW T_T
QFT.
that was the best part of boodwar.
have a few diferent names for doing different things, wether it was laddering, customs or what have you.
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Am I the only one who thinks it's unbelievably disgusting that you have to pay for a name change?
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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?
Sadly you cannot expect anything else by blizzard.
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Just buy a new account, guys.
![[image loading]](http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2008/05/bobby_kotick_mgray080528.jpg)
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You're asking for a paid name change?
This is a sad day..
If what ask for multiple accounts and free name changes!
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Alright, it's today, now. Do we have a set time? If not, I'll just do it later tonight.
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Why to pay for a name change... in Wc3 we can make new accounts for free! Why not the same feature for SC2.
In another article i read, that many Players got inactive, I think it also have to do something with that there is no function to get a new account, or that there is a hard ladder reset with including name change!
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On September 08 2011 19:44 SafeAsCheese wrote:Just buy a new account, guys.
Nothing says "Give me your fucking money" quite like a trollface.
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On September 08 2011 19:44 SafeAsCheese wrote:Just buy a new account, guys.
I lol'd, I raged, I cried.
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On September 08 2011 19:44 SafeAsCheese wrote:Just buy a new account, guys.
I want to punch him in his shiteating grin face.
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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?
they really did get more lame after Kothick joined...
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submitted my ticket just now. freaking want a paid name change =O
lol 5 seconds later i get
Recently, Blizzard announced that Paid Name Changes were coming soon on the StarCraft II community page. As of yet, we do not have an exact release date for when this feature will go live. Please keep an eye on our forums and patch notes to find out when this service becomes available. If you have additional questions or concerns, please reply to this ticket. If you would rather speak with a representative directly, please contact Account & Technical Services. Our contact information can be found at http://blizzard.com/support/article/cs.
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After my ticket got a response I reopened it after getting a bullshit answer and then they responded again saying this:
"I can let you know that I did read your ticket and I understand your frustration of not being about to change your name a second time. I can let you know that the name change feature is still being looked into being added into the game. A time frame on when it will be added however has not been made apparent to myself or anyone in the game master staff so for the time being it is a waiting game until it is announced. Maybe Blizzcon? = )"
I don't know if he's blowing smoke or if it's something that will actually be announced at Blizzcon but it's better than the last response I got...
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On September 08 2011 13:32 Herper wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 13:30 Soulish wrote:On September 08 2011 13:26 Plexa wrote:On September 08 2011 12:20 Liquid`Jinro wrote:It's a sad state when we have to essentially beg to pay Blizzard to let us change our names.
Modern gaming is such a huge joke sometimes lol Its so sad that Im almost at the point where the level of awful that is Battle.net 2.0 doesnt bother me everytime I have to get anywhere near it. No communal replay viewing No LAN latency There, did I save you? to be fair, no lan is our fault, not blizzards. Don't see how the paying customer is at fault.
don't see how it's possible to put in lan and distinguish between paying and pirating.
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On September 09 2011 07:25 CuSToM wrote:
After my ticket got a response I reopened it after getting a bullshit answer and then they responded again saying this:
"I can let you know that I did read your ticket and I understand your frustration of not being about to change your name a second time. I can let you know that the name change feature is still being looked into being added into the game. A time frame on when it will be added however has not been made apparent to myself or anyone in the game master staff so for the time being it is a waiting game until it is announced. Maybe Blizzcon? = )"
I don't know if he's blowing smoke or if it's something that will actually be announced at Blizzcon but it's better than the last response I got...
Sounds to me like they're just trying to be positive because you're upset. Those people probably don't get told any of that kind of stuff. I wouldn't think anything of it whatsoever.
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i called and got name change
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Paid name change is just ripping you off. It costs Blizzard more space and bandwidth when you make a new forum post on battle.net complaining about the lack of a name change feature, and that's free because the cost is completely negligible. Charging you £6 to change your name is not for 'covering costs'; it's just charging you an arbitrary high price for a basic feature because they can.
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Alright, sent mine in!
On September 08 2011 19:44 SafeAsCheese wrote:Just buy a new account, guys.
Also, I don't get this. Explanation?
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Thank you for your follow-up.
I can definitely appreciate your frustration. While I'm afraid I still don't have an ETA on the paid name change service for Starcraft II, I highly recommend sharing your concerns on the community site forums (http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/).
So long as the feedback, or even complaint, is constructive, it will be seriously reviewed by one of our community managers. Showing your interest (and I'm sure other's as well), is the best way for us to get a public update : )
Best regards,
John G.
Game Master Zalikir
Blizzard Entertainment
this is what i got.
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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.
![[image loading]](http://i51.tinypic.com/264pb0p.png)
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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. 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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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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Blazinghand
United States25551 Posts
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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Blazinghand
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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 ?
1) Blizzard is slow to implement name change,
2) I'd like name change before the next three years.
3) Currently, name change costs $60 (for a new account)
Blizzard will definitely not implement multiple free name changes (say, 1 per season), since if they were going to they would have done so when they implemented the first free name change. When someone asks for a $10 paid name change service, they're arguing for reducing the price of name change by $50.
Blizzard simply will not give out additional free name changes. So our options are: Pay $60 for new accounts all the time, or argue for a cheaper, paid name change service. I chose the latter.
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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...
There's no reason why a database query with 0 marginal cost should require a $10 fee, it's free to change your nickname in almost all other games.
On a side note, it is often free to fill your tires with air. It is free at virtually all Swedish gas stations for example.
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Agreed with Basique...there is no real defense for forcing people to pay money to change their name, one of the most basic of functions that probably takes less processing power than to open a chat window in SC2 and trying to initiate a conversation with the silent 20 people who are usually in general chat.
It has existed for nearly every other video game in existence...and to PET if you don't like that your friends are changing names, then ask you friends to stop or tell you in advance...the logic there shouldn't be "force everyone to pay money".
If people are changing names too often and its having some negative effects, then limit the number of name changes to once every two months or so. But this whole scheme is nonsensical. Reminds me of Blizzard's decision to force people to show their real names on the battle.net forums...hopefully this is just a remainder of their bad decisions phase.
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On September 14 2011 01:01 Melchior 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? 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.
People shouldn't just let blizzard, or any company for that matter, walk all over them though because they want it bad. Having to pay for a name change when they limit you to 1 account is totally unacceptable.
The fact people support this stuff really pisses me off. £10 for a service that can be done automatically by a computer, yea ok thats reasonable guys....
But i guess its mostly down to kids with too much money these days.
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On September 14 2011 01:28 MintBerryC 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... There's no reason why a database query with 0 marginal cost should require a $10 fee, it's free to change your nickname in almost all other games. On a side note, it is often free to fill your tires with air. It is free at virtually all Swedish gas stations for example.
There's a wonderful reason to force people to pay for name changes - it filters out all the trolls with bad intentions and forces you to pony up if you want it. It doesn't have to be much, just a nominal amount will do the trick. Heck, $2-3 at least forces someone to have a credit cards (what I think the filter should be).
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On September 14 2011 01:29 radscorpion9 wrote:
Agreed with Basique...there is no real defense for forcing people to pay money to change their name, one of the most basic of functions that probably takes less processing power than to open a chat window in SC2 and trying to initiate a conversation with the silent 20 people who are usually in general chat.
It has existed for nearly every other video game in existence...and to PET if you don't like that your friends are changing names, then ask you friends to stop or tell you in advance...the logic there shouldn't be "force everyone to pay money".
If people are changing names too often and its having some negative effects, then limit the number of name changes to once every two months or so. But this whole scheme is nonsensical. Reminds me of Blizzard's decision to force people to show their real names on the battle.net forums...hopefully this is just a remainder of their bad decisions phase.
They are not forcing you to pay any money since they are not forcing you to change your name.
Charging for playing games, charging to login now that would be absurd.
But name change is not something you should be doing on regular basis and such it's ok for it to cost something. Again, the cost is the only way to stop people abusing the system. The other way would be to limit the name change to X months, but that can do more harm.
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Blazinghand
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On September 14 2011 01:29 eRoN_ wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2011 01:01 Melchior wrote: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. People shouldn't just let blizzard, or any company for that matter, walk all over them though because they want it bad. Having to pay for a name change when they limit you to 1 account is totally unacceptable. The fact people support this stuff really pisses me off. £10 for a service that can be done automatically by a computer, yea ok thats reasonable guys.... But i guess its mostly down to kids with too much money these days.
That's a fair point, and I think there's a lot of truth to it. However, currently the marginal cost of selling an additional copy of Sc2 for blizzard is about 30-40 cents. Furthermore, they've already covered the fix costs related to developing the game. This doesn't mean I think they should charge 30-40 cents for the game though.
If Blizzard offered a free name change every season, I'd vastly prefer that. They won't, though-- so I'm gonna be realistic and ask for the option to change by name for $10 rather than the $60 it currently costs for a new account.
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On September 14 2011 01:31 0neder wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2011 01:28 MintBerryC wrote: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... There's no reason why a database query with 0 marginal cost should require a $10 fee, it's free to change your nickname in almost all other games. On a side note, it is often free to fill your tires with air. It is free at virtually all Swedish gas stations for example. There's a wonderful reason to force people to pay for name changes - it filters out all the trolls with bad intentions and forces you to pony up if you want it. It doesn't have to be much, just a nominal amount will do the trick. Heck, $2-3 at least forces someone to have a credit cards (what I think the filter should be).
That would only really be a problem at the highest levels - a valid point though. I think one change per season is a better fix.
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I just need to fix my name please. Blizzard help us out and recognize the necessity for teams and players.
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On September 14 2011 01:37 MintBerryC wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2011 01:31 0neder wrote:On September 14 2011 01:28 MintBerryC wrote: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... There's no reason why a database query with 0 marginal cost should require a $10 fee, it's free to change your nickname in almost all other games. On a side note, it is often free to fill your tires with air. It is free at virtually all Swedish gas stations for example. There's a wonderful reason to force people to pay for name changes - it filters out all the trolls with bad intentions and forces you to pony up if you want it. It doesn't have to be much, just a nominal amount will do the trick. Heck, $2-3 at least forces someone to have a credit cards (what I think the filter should be). That would only really be a problem at the highest levels - a valid point though. I think one change per season is a better fix.
Why limit someone with TIME when you can limit them with MONEY?
Let's say, you are a PRO gamer. You join a team. You change your name. Then something happens and you leave your team for another after 1 month. Now you have to wait 2 months. You have the money, but you can't.
Time limit it's wore than money limit.
After all SC2 servers cost money.
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Blazinghand
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On September 14 2011 01:37 MintBerryC wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2011 01:31 0neder wrote:On September 14 2011 01:28 MintBerryC wrote: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... There's no reason why a database query with 0 marginal cost should require a $10 fee, it's free to change your nickname in almost all other games. On a side note, it is often free to fill your tires with air. It is free at virtually all Swedish gas stations for example. There's a wonderful reason to force people to pay for name changes - it filters out all the trolls with bad intentions and forces you to pony up if you want it. It doesn't have to be much, just a nominal amount will do the trick. Heck, $2-3 at least forces someone to have a credit cards (what I think the filter should be). That would only really be a problem at the highest levels - a valid point though. I think one change per season is a better fix.
Yeah, I'd consider "1 free name change per season" to be ideal. If season get longer, I'm cool with "1 free name change per 3 months" as well-- this would allow people to more easily move between clans, etc. Actually just having a clan tag system like S2 has for HoN or Blizzard had for War3 would be awesome too. OR BOTH.
Failing that I would settle for paid name change. And I think realistically that's what will happen.
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If the fee to change your name is reasonable its not that absurd. Having no name change feature means having to purchase a new account to change your name o_O Don't hate on Blizzard hate on your ability to select names 
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Blazinghand
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On September 14 2011 01:44 GohgamX wrote:If the fee to change your name is reasonable its not that absurd. Having no name change feature means having to purchase a new account to change your name o_O Don't hate on Blizzard hate on your ability to select names
To be fair to my debating adversaries, they're arguing for name selection features not because they want to change their name from "herpderp123" to "puddinghead", but because some GM player or professional player wants to change teams, and needs to change their name. sPsBlade, which some of you may know as Blade5555555fivefivefive, isn't even in sPs any more, but because he used his free name change to add the sPs tag, he's stuck with it. This is more for them than the "herpderp123" to "puddinghead" changes.
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On September 14 2011 01:43 Blazinghand wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2011 01:37 MintBerryC wrote:On September 14 2011 01:31 0neder wrote:On September 14 2011 01:28 MintBerryC wrote: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... There's no reason why a database query with 0 marginal cost should require a $10 fee, it's free to change your nickname in almost all other games. On a side note, it is often free to fill your tires with air. It is free at virtually all Swedish gas stations for example. There's a wonderful reason to force people to pay for name changes - it filters out all the trolls with bad intentions and forces you to pony up if you want it. It doesn't have to be much, just a nominal amount will do the trick. Heck, $2-3 at least forces someone to have a credit cards (what I think the filter should be). That would only really be a problem at the highest levels - a valid point though. I think one change per season is a better fix. Yeah, I'd consider "1 free name change per season" to be ideal. If season get longer, I'm cool with "1 free name change per 3 months" as well-- this would allow people to more easily move between clans, etc. Actually just having a clan tag system like S2 has for HoN or Blizzard had for War3 would be awesome too. OR BOTH. Failing that I would settle for paid name change. And I think realistically that's what will happen.
I agree with all of this. I also think that I've heard that clan tag system will be implemented blizzard-soon.
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Can someone explain to me why they are in the need to program a name changing service when it already exists?
You are already granted with a 1 name change for free, and it runs fully automatically.
Shouldn't it be an easy as fuck task to change the variable from 1 free, to 50, or to 1 per week, 1 per season, or what ever?
WHY should we PAY for such a trivial, automated task? WHY should it be ok for Blizzard to charge anything?
That's ridiculous.
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So i'm supposed to beg blizzard to take my money? FUCK that, we already have to buy the game three times.
Whatever happened to companies showing their loyal fans some gratitude instead of trying to screw them over?
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On September 14 2011 01:51 Elefanto wrote:
Can someone explain to me why they are in the need to program a name changing service when it already exists?
You are already granted with a 1 name change for free, and it runs fully automatically.
Shouldn't it be an easy as fuck task to change the variable from 1 free, to 50, or to 1 per week, 1 per season, or what ever?
WHY should we PAY for such a trivial, automated task? WHY should it be ok for Blizzard to charge anything?
That's ridiculous.
This pretty much. But the guy that said that its a way to filter trolls and such is also correct. IMHO u can have a free name change for lets say every 1-2 months and if u want to change again in that period u have to pay a small fee.Having to pay 10$+ for a freaking name change that costs the company nothing at all to do is absurd and WE as customers shouldnt let this pass. My 2 cents .
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I'd really prefer if they implemented the ability to watch replays with other players before they implemented free name changes, although I understand the latter change probably be much easier to add.
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Blazinghand
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On September 14 2011 03:08 Rubber wrote:
I'd really prefer if they implemented the ability to watch replays with other players before they implemented free name changes, although I understand the latter change probably be much easier to add.
I'm sure it's easier to make free name changes, given that they have the functionality already built into their system, and have voluntarily decided to limit it to 1 change.
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i cant believe some of you guys are defending blizzard for charging money for a name change when it should be free as it has always been pre-WoW.
its automatized, with a limit to one per season or one per month, it does not hurt anyone.
trolls/people that want to abuse the system? why hurt the majority of good people just because a few baddies are abusing the system? you should worry about map hackers first.
there is only one very, VERY obvious one reason to charge for name change; to make money.
if you want blizzard to grab every penny possible, be all for it but if you'd like some for the blizzard to give back to community, there is no reason why name change should be charged.
at this rate, diablo 3 is going to be monthly payment game.
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Blizzard is a company. Like every company they have costs. SC2 has HUGE server costs and since SC2 is not like WoW with a "monthly fee", there is no way to lower those server costs.
Paying 10$ for a name change it's not much especially since you are not going to do it often. So you QQ to much.
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On September 14 2011 04:00 PET wrote:
Blizzard is a company. Like every company they have costs. SC2 has HUGE server costs and since SC2 is not like WoW with a "monthly fee", there is no way to lower those server costs.
Paying 10$ for a name change it's not much especially since you are not going to do it often. So you QQ to much.
i guess they've been doing it all wrong with warcraft 2, starcraft, diablo 2, warcraft 3.
they really didn't take in the consideration when prepping sc2 servers that they werent going to have monthly income for the servers?
and you think $10 per name charge can support the server? -,.-
(and really, you think $10 is ok for a fracking name change??????)
just sayin, why are people defending blizzard for charging people for name change when it really doesn't deserve a cost.
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Blazinghand
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On September 14 2011 04:25 jinorazi wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2011 04:00 PET wrote:
Blizzard is a company. Like every company they have costs. SC2 has HUGE server costs and since SC2 is not like WoW with a "monthly fee", there is no way to lower those server costs.
Paying 10$ for a name change it's not much especially since you are not going to do it often. So you QQ to much.
i guess they've been doing it all wrong with warcraft 2, starcraft, diablo 2, warcraft 3. they really didn't take in the consideration when prepping sc2 servers that they werent going to have monthly income for the servers? and you think $10 per name charge can support the server? -,.- just sayin, why are people defending blizzard for charging people for name change when it really doesn't deserve a cost.
I'm not defending blizzard charging for a name change. If anything, I think name changes should be free, and we should be able to have multiple characters per account (on whatever server/region we like).
On the other hand, given the choice between the current system and one that's exactly the same but with $10 name changes after an initial free one, I choose the option to get name changes-- the alternative being $60 new accounts. I don't expect blizzard will give us free changes.
I hope they will.
But I don't expect it.
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On September 14 2011 04:00 PET wrote:
Blizzard is a company. Like every company they have costs. SC2 has HUGE server costs and since SC2 is not like WoW with a "monthly fee", there is no way to lower those server costs.
Paying 10$ for a name change it's not much especially since you are not going to do it often. So you QQ to much.
Ugh LOL @ at paying to change your name, what a joke really. It's been done in the past but now Blizzard has no monies? BW, W2, W3 etc etc etc
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On September 14 2011 03:45 jinorazi wrote:
i cant believe some of you guys are defending blizzard for charging money for a name change when it should be free as it has always been pre-WoW.
its automatized, with a limit to one per season or one per month, it does not hurt anyone.
trolls/people that want to abuse the system? why hurt the majority of good people just because a few baddies are abusing the system? you should worry about map hackers first.
there is only one very, VERY obvious one reason to charge for name change; to make money.
if you want blizzard to grab every penny possible, be all for it but if you'd like some for the blizzard to give back to community, there is no reason why name change should be charged.
at this rate, diablo 3 is going to be monthly payment game.
Agreed. The last thing I'm going to do is fight for my right to PAY blizzard.
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Let's not kid ourselves here.. Blizzard has plenty of money.
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I think it is best to have 1 name change a month, why are we arguing and begging blizzard to take our money?
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Blazinghand
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On September 16 2011 18:34 phodacbiet wrote:
I think it is best to have 1 name change a month, why are we arguing and begging blizzard to take our money?
I agree that free name changes are better. I think that where our views diverge is in regards to practicality. I think blizzard will under no circumstances electable by us implement free name changes, whereas you believe that is possible. Try not to misunderstand my point of view-- in an ideal world, I would be doing the same thing you are. I just don't think we live in that world, and that the best we can possibly hope for is paid-for name changes.
I could be wrong.
I hope I'm wrong.
But I don't think I am.
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On September 08 2011 07:00 -Illusion- wrote:
I called in 3 times and my 3rd operator was very kind and let me change it.
*The other 2 operators claimed that it was impossible... lol
same for me
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On September 16 2011 19:07 VaMp wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 07:00 -Illusion- wrote:
I called in 3 times and my 3rd operator was very kind and let me change it.
*The other 2 operators claimed that it was impossible... lol same for me
What did u tell them?
edit: wrote a ticket and i hope it works .......
+ Show Spoiler +Greetings,
I am requesting the chance to change my battle.net account name. My current battle.net starcraft 2 name has my old "clan/gaming team" name in front of my gaming handle which is just 'xxx'. At the time of this name change I did not know how rare they would be. I thought paid name change would be implemented by now. I am requesting to have a name change, and I promise I will never change my handle again. I want to be known just as "xxx". If I join a clan I will wait until clan support on battle.net is ready and show that I'm in a clan that way, while still being just "xxx".
Thanks for understanding and your time.
A) Your Full name as it appears: xxx
B) Battle.net account name:xxx
C) Your Current Character Name:xxx
D) Your Character Code : xxx
E) Five character names that you would be happy with typed out exactly how you wish them to appear:
1 - xxx
I know you can do it and it would be very nice if you would allow me a name change, too.
I am looking foward to hearing from you,
xxx
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I would have expected this thread to head in the direction of a huge push for clan tags. That feature would seem incredibly easy to implement and solve the majority of the problem.
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I submitted my ticket, did it for the pros out there that need their names changed.
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On September 14 2011 03:45 jinorazi wrote:
i cant believe some of you guys are defending blizzard for charging money for a name change when it should be free as it has always been pre-WoW.
its automatized, with a limit to one per season or one per month, it does not hurt anyone.
trolls/people that want to abuse the system? why hurt the majority of good people just because a few baddies are abusing the system? you should worry about map hackers first.
there is only one very, VERY obvious one reason to charge for name change; to make money.
if you want blizzard to grab every penny possible, be all for it but if you'd like some for the blizzard to give back to community, there is no reason why name change should be charged.
at this rate, diablo 3 is going to be monthly payment game.
I agree with you but I don't think the majority thinks the same way, and they are the one that complains the most anyway on blizzard forums. They like to listen to those people often times.
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On September 16 2011 19:10 WeedRa wrote:What did u tell them?
I explained to them that I took part in tournaments that required name and code for entry.
I wasnt able to do this because the name id I had changed to, had characters in it that did not work with the tournament site format.
If you are persistant and have a good arguement you will get a free name change.
It took me 3 replies.
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On September 14 2011 04:00 PET wrote:
Blizzard is a company. Like every company they have costs. SC2 has HUGE server costs and since SC2 is not like WoW with a "monthly fee", there is no way to lower those server costs.
Paying 10$ for a name change it's not much especially since you are not going to do it often. So you QQ to much.
no no no thats not the way you cover costs.
there are better ways to bullshit the community.
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On September 16 2011 21:21 VaMp wrote:
I explained to them that I took part in tournaments that required name and code for entry.
I wasnt able to do this because the name id I had changed to, had characters in it that did not work with the tournament site format.
If you are persistant and have a good arguement you will get a free name change.
It took me 3 replies.
Nice, i have an open ticket now and if it doesnt work i call them up
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Whenever I posted by small guide to how I got my name changed...I think I didn't stress the time. I submitted my ticket at almost midnight on a thursday night on the east coast. 2 hours later it was changed. So I really think you just have to get lucky. It's really a shame/unfair, but that's blizzard.
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Just got answered on my ticket by Garvalkin... and ofc he cannot do it...
+ Show Spoiler +Greetings! Thanks for contacting us! My name is Matt, and I'll be helping you with this situation. 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/Have a great rest of the day! Matt B. Blizzard Entertainment www.blizzard.com/support
and answered that i still have a problem with this and so on maybe he changes his mind... if not I'll open up another ticket
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did you guys see this?
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/GpqVZ.png)
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![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/4KKYf.jpg)
I wonder if starting a web petition would do anything? I'll code one up real quick when I get home from work today, and see if it gets any traction.
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I don't want paid name change i want free name change. Seariously Blizzard doesn't support us at all....
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On September 19 2011 16:05 Kroml. wrote:did you guys see this?
Social commentaries put aside, this was hilarious.
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Just give us back the good old b.net xd.
Man i miss it =/
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Vote for name change 2012!
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is there any way of converting people to not offer money??? why offer money????
fight blizzard without "i'm willing to pay" factor!
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http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/3229033487
Recently, some inaccurate information was shared with the community in regard to the future of a paid name change service, so we wanted to take some time to clarify our current stance on the implementation of this feature. Our original plans to implement a paid name change service have not changed, and it is indeed something that we would like to make available as soon as possible. As with any feature, however, it remains a matter of scheduling it among our other development projects before it can be introduced. We’re not able to give a specific timeframe yet, but we are targeting work to begin late this year or early next year. We’ll share release plans once we’re further along in the process.
As always, your ongoing constructive feedback is appreciated.
Cool.
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good operation, i changed mine already last yea, so i can't change it again to help this event =(
but with changing it at all i think i contributed to this event already =)
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Honestly, it has been over a year and still no word about name change.
*sigh*
I hope they at least take their time to implement this when HOTS gets released -_-
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Shut up and take my money... takes on a whole new meaning here. They could charge something retarded like $20 and make tons of money.
I literally cannot believe this. It boggles my mind that Blizzard does not impiment this. To me, its like some fat lazy dog who's eaten WAY too much, and with his stomach bulging and tounge hanging out, can't muster the strength to get up and eat a big juicy steak you've just made for him.
On top of that, it shows how little they care about changing things just because people want them- for changing clans and things- even for noobs, this is something people want in the game. Couple this with the Game Seconds being "Blizzard Seconds" and not real seconds, which was also promised to us YEARS ago, makes me feel ill... ESPECAILLY with all the money they are pouring into Tournaments...
... imagine an interface where you can click to watch pro replays, sorted by tournaments or player... streams and tournament brackets linked right in game... goddamn this is just a mockery.
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It boggles my mind that people are BEGGING blizzard to take their money. WHY do you people want blizzard to take your money so bad? If you want a name change, just write them a nice ticket and ask for one. People say "but but if name changes are free people will abuse it." In that case, just have the cooldown be like a week/month or something. Also, WHERE is my clan features O_O?? Bnet .2 doesnt have the technology yet or something or blizzard is still thinking "do they really want clan service?"
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On September 18 2012 13:38 phodacbiet wrote:
It boggles my mind that people are BEGGING blizzard to take their money. WHY do you people want blizzard to take your money so bad? If you want a name change, just write them a nice ticket and ask for one. People say "but but if name changes are free people will abuse it." In that case, just have the cooldown be like a week/month or something. Also, WHERE is my clan features O_O?? Bnet .2 doesnt have the technology yet or something or blizzard is still thinking "do they really want clan service?"
I think they said HotS will have clan functionality.
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hello world.
edit: sry though..
technology still not there?
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On December 28 2012 21:57 winthrop wrote:
hello world.
edit: sry though..
technology still not there?
Nope, not yet, buy Hots and maybe they MIGHT give you a name change, so you can buy LoTV
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