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Namakaye
Australia114 Posts
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JosephAM
Canada131 Posts
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Malpractice.248
United States734 Posts
On February 15 2013 09:26 JosephAM wrote: I still wish they stacked. So much this. Just because i havent used mine, doesnt mean i never will. :/ | ||
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DusTerr
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aike
United States1629 Posts
On February 15 2013 09:27 Malpractice.248 wrote: So much this. Just because i havent used mine, doesnt mean i never will. :/ lol well eventually they'll add the thing for paid name changes and you wont have to worry about it hahaha. | ||
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-JoKeR-
Canada387 Posts
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Ettick
United States2434 Posts
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Malpractice.248
United States734 Posts
On February 15 2013 09:33 aike wrote: lol well eventually they'll add the thing for paid name changes and you wont have to worry about it hahaha. Meanwhile, some people have gotten 3 changes for free. | ||
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NExt
Australia1651 Posts
On February 15 2013 09:51 Malpractice.248 wrote: Meanwhile, some people have gotten 3 changes for free. we all got the same # of changes, others used it, others didn't. you didn't miss out. you passed. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
On February 15 2013 09:33 aike wrote: lol well eventually they'll add the thing for paid name changes and you wont have to worry about it hahaha. This post could be dated July 2010 and nobody would consider it abnormal. | ||
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vividred
88 Posts
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Rorra
Australia1066 Posts
Cool to see blizz giving out another free name change, but they should really stack them... | ||
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Integra
Sweden5626 Posts
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archonOOid
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chadissilent
Canada1187 Posts
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/8397166/Free_Name_Change__Paid_Name_Change_Update-1_11_2013 Clans/groups are going live within the next few days, so this is your chance to remove the clan tag from your name. | ||
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Aunvilgod
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Conti
Germany2516 Posts
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dAPhREAk
Nauru12397 Posts
On February 15 2013 10:28 Conti wrote: I miss the days where people were laughing at the idea of having to pay for a name change in a computer game, because it sounded like such an insanely idiotic concept. some of us are still laughing. one more free name change, and still not going to use it. i kind of wish i could sell mine to others on the RMAH. | ||
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Arghmyliver
United States1077 Posts
On February 15 2013 09:57 NExt wrote: we all got the same # of changes, others used it, others didn't. you didn't miss out. you passed. Hmm - maybe they should say when they are giving one out and then if you want to change you can have a buffer to do so. | ||
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ODKStevez
Ireland1225 Posts
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Csong
Canada396 Posts
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PXEnTei
United States209 Posts
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Cokefreak
Finland8095 Posts
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dynwar7
1983 Posts
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Malpractice.248
United States734 Posts
On February 15 2013 10:38 Arghmyliver wrote: Hmm - maybe they should say when they are giving one out and then if you want to change you can have a buffer to do so. Or announce theyd have another? Ukwim? | ||
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xHadoken
United States171 Posts
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Rantech
Chile527 Posts
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Randomaccount#77123
United States5003 Posts
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Rokevo
Finland1033 Posts
So after months of planning I finally got it! I'm pretty sure I will be the only person with this name + Show Spoiler + lIIllIIllIIllI | ||
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Scootaloo SC2
United States122 Posts
While a good gesture from Blizzard, it's a gesture that shouldn't have to exist in the first place. It's simply yet another way for them to squeeze money out of people, and it irks me whenever this subject comes up. Take a look at Steam, which allows one to freely update one's profile name on a whim. Since, as with Blizzard, your account is tied to your e-mail, not your name, there's no worry about name collisions or whatnot. That is, profile/usernames need not need be unique. At least Blizzard doesn't pull what Microsoft does for Xbox Live, where your profile name does indeed have to be unique. The only not-for-profit reason I can think of for having this microtransaction in place is to prevent flooding Blizzard servers, etc. with name changes. However, this is easily mitigated through several other means, and shouldn't require a monetary investment to pursue. ~ End rant ~ Sorry, little nickel and diming techniques like this just make me cringe. | ||
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Greenei
Germany1754 Posts
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Epamynondas
387 Posts
On February 16 2013 22:59 Rokevo wrote: I've been thinking long and hard about a new name, I want something creative So after months of planning I finally got it! I'm pretty sure I will be the only person with this name + Show Spoiler + lIIllIIllIIllI Good name, nice distribution of I and l, but a tad to symmetric for my tastes. 9/10 | ||
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Zerg.Zilla
Hungary5029 Posts
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a_flayer
Netherlands2826 Posts
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Twinkle Toes
United States3605 Posts
On February 15 2013 09:26 JosephAM wrote: I still wish they stacked. Very much this... | ||
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Targe
United Kingdom14103 Posts
On February 16 2013 22:59 Scootaloo SC2 wrote: ~ Rant warning ~ While a good gesture from Blizzard, it's a gesture that shouldn't have to exist in the first place. It's simply yet another way for them to squeeze money out of people, and it irks me whenever this subject comes up. Take a look at Steam, which allows one to freely update one's profile name on a whim. Since, as with Blizzard, your account is tied to your e-mail, not your name, there's no worry about name collisions or whatnot. That is, profile/usernames need not need be unique. At least Blizzard doesn't pull what Microsoft does for Xbox Live, where your profile name does indeed have to be unique. The only not-for-profit reason I can think of for having this microtransaction in place is to prevent flooding Blizzard servers, etc. with name changes. However, this is easily mitigated through several other means, and shouldn't require a monetary investment to pursue. ~ End rant ~ Sorry, little nickel and diming techniques like this just make me cringe. It's just so you can remove clan tags from your name. They aren't nickel and diming anything. If you care so much that it is hard for you to change your name with Blizzard then why don't you complain you cannot change your name after 500 posts on TL? | ||
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JustPassingBy
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opisska
Poland8852 Posts
On February 17 2013 00:44 JustPassingBy wrote: Why are people so agitated about name changes? Don't tell me all of you married in the past few months and changed your last name... :o I for on am agitated about the idea of having to possible pay for a thing that does not actually cost antyhing. It would be completely fine if this was a free2play game and the monetizes on there little extra things. But I don't know about you, but I have payed fucking 50 Euro for SC2, so I would expect not to pay for nonsensical reason. I don't actually want to change my nickname, I have one that I use universally and I like it but still, it makes me go nuts everytime I hear about the idea of paying for it. It is just so monumentaly idiotic that it overflows even my very high level of idiocy-resistance that has been nurtiured by many years on the internet. | ||
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llIH
Norway2147 Posts
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MasterOfPuppets
Romania6942 Posts
On February 15 2013 10:18 Aunvilgod wrote: I just renamed myself "ilovegroov´" Nice one lol. I miss oov. ;; On February 17 2013 00:44 JustPassingBy wrote: Why are people so agitated about name changes? Don't tell me all of you married in the past few months and changed your last name... :o Lol. Yeah it's because in the past we didn't have to pay a dime or otherwise spend any considerable amount of effort in order to be able to play StarCraft under a different name. Plus the fact that we could do so whenever we goddamn pleased. That's why. | ||
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Conti
Germany2516 Posts
On February 17 2013 00:44 JustPassingBy wrote: Why are people so agitated about name changes? Don't tell me all of you married in the past few months and changed your last name... :o Next up: Paid race change! Hey, we change our race at most once or twice in our career anyhow, so why not?  | ||
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Scootaloo SC2
United States122 Posts
On February 17 2013 00:32 Targe wrote: It's just so you can remove clan tags from your name. They aren't nickel and diming anything. They are nickel and diming by making users pay money whenever they want to change their names, a service that costs them essentially nothing. If you care so much that it is hard for you to change your name with Blizzard then why don't you complain you cannot change your name after 500 posts on TL? Apples and oranges. When other online games lets one change profile names at one's leisure, coming up to a "pay me to advance" roadblock is naturally frustrating. Gaming profile names should not be immutable. Plus, TL at least provides an explanation for their "500 posts" rule, and it's not one I'm gonna bump into anytime soon, anyway. : ) | ||
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rasnj
United States1959 Posts
On February 17 2013 01:13 opisska wrote: I for on am agitated about the idea of having to possible pay for a thing that does not actually cost antyhing. It would be completely fine if this was a free2play game and the monetizes on there little extra things. But I don't know about you, but I have payed fucking 50 Euro for SC2, so I would expect not to pay for nonsensical reason. I don't actually want to change my nickname, I have one that I use universally and I like it but still, it makes me go nuts everytime I hear about the idea of paying for it. It is just so monumentaly idiotic that it overflows even my very high level of idiocy-resistance that has been nurtiured by many years on the internet. You can't really separate costs like that though. If you really think like that you could also say that Blizzard maintains servers, patches their game and occasionally bans a hacker, all of which cost money, but you only paid for the initial game, not the subsequent services which Blizzard provides for free (my point is obviously that it is not really free, it is part of the initial cost of the game, but it need not be). Maybe their game really should cost 52 Euro if they didn't charge for name changes (not really since apparently Blizzard doesn't want to implement paid name change, but hypothetically the point stands). Obviously name change could be free and that would be fine, but personally I would actually prefer name changes to have a small cost associated to them (maybe $5 or something along those lines). That way it is much easier to keep track of who you are playing and therefore knowing whether they are an asshole, cheeser, hacker or a generally nice dude. | ||
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jake1138
United States82 Posts
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Cokefreak
Finland8095 Posts
On February 18 2013 01:43 jake1138 wrote: So they're giving something for free that should be free anyway. Care to give at least one argument as to why it should be free? | ||
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Conti
Germany2516 Posts
On February 18 2013 01:46 Cokefreak wrote: Care to give at least one argument as to why it should be free? ..it costs Blizzard quite literally nothing to change your name in their database? | ||
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