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ioncreature
Profile Joined February 2016
18 Posts
September 22 2016 10:57 GMT
#61
for me Battle.net is a big and famous name. One of Blizzard's product
Creager
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany1920 Posts
September 22 2016 11:18 GMT
#62
battle.net forever!
... einmal mit Profis spielen!
207aicila
Profile Joined January 2015
1237 Posts
September 22 2016 11:48 GMT
#63
On September 22 2016 16:30 ndesktop wrote:
I think "The Artist formerly known as Battle.net" would be a good name.


Haha, shame no one got this reference.
mfw people who never followed BW speak about sAviOr as if they know anything... -___-''''
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sparklyresidue
Profile Joined August 2011
United States5523 Posts
September 22 2016 12:22 GMT
#64
Wasn't the Half-life / Sierra service WON (world opponent network) a thing before Steam existed? Or am I hallucinating from a fever dream?
Like Tinkerbelle, I leave behind a sparkly residue.
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13990 Posts
September 22 2016 12:51 GMT
#65
Fucking hereasy
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404AlphaSquad
Profile Joined October 2011
839 Posts
September 22 2016 13:13 GMT
#66
I feel a little insulted by this. They must think that their playerbase are utter and complete morons. We get easily confused by the slightest mental challenge. Like that we have to log into Battlenet to play a Blizzard game is too mentally demanding for puny nerd brains. I dunno Blizzard used to respect its costumers intelligence more.
aka Kalevi
slit
Profile Joined March 2013
Spain212 Posts
September 22 2016 13:21 GMT
#67
On September 22 2016 20:48 207aicila wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 22 2016 16:30 ndesktop wrote:
I think "The Artist formerly known as Battle.net" would be a good name.


Haha, shame no one got this reference.


Sign o' the times bro
I wasbanned fromthis
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
113 Posts
September 22 2016 13:27 GMT
#68
bnetd pvpgn

*claps*
Big-t
Profile Joined January 2011
Austria1350 Posts
September 22 2016 13:57 GMT
#69
strange, battle.net sounds so powerfull, well it´s their desicision
monchi | IdrA | Flash
rotta
Profile Joined December 2011
5598 Posts
September 22 2016 13:57 GMT
#70
On September 22 2016 20:48 207aicila wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 22 2016 16:30 ndesktop wrote:
I think "The Artist formerly known as Battle.net" would be a good name.


Haha, shame no one got this reference.

Nah, it just wasn't that funny.
don't wall off against random
207aicila
Profile Joined January 2015
1237 Posts
September 22 2016 14:00 GMT
#71
On September 22 2016 22:57 rotta wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 22 2016 20:48 207aicila wrote:
On September 22 2016 16:30 ndesktop wrote:
I think "The Artist formerly known as Battle.net" would be a good name.


Haha, shame no one got this reference.

Nah, it just wasn't that funny.


Everyone's a critic eh.
mfw people who never followed BW speak about sAviOr as if they know anything... -___-''''
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DSK
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
England1110 Posts
September 22 2016 14:25 GMT
#72
This seems a bit daft, but I can kind of understand why they'd do it. However Battle.net is famous anyway :/
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Lucumo
Profile Joined January 2010
6850 Posts
September 22 2016 15:46 GMT
#73
This is dumb. They should just keep it for the older games (< Warcraft 3) since at least back then it was still good.
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
September 22 2016 15:58 GMT
#74
On September 22 2016 14:34 Spazer wrote:
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On September 22 2016 14:14 BigFan wrote:
Pretty stupid change if you ask me. As mentioned many times, battle.net is already known throughout the gaming industry. Why change it now?

Because they want their brand to be easy to find for people who aren't necessarily part of the gaming industry.

I think the history greatly outweighs this name change. Terrible idea.
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
paralleluniverse
Profile Joined July 2010
4065 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-09-22 16:03:26
September 22 2016 16:00 GMT
#75
On September 22 2016 06:58 Qwyn wrote:
Wat? The name has always been Battle.net . Does that mean it's Blizzard.net now? Doesn't feel quite right to log onto Blizzard.net .

No. I think it simply won't have a name.

You just play multiplayer online and that's it, like how there's no name for the single player service.

It's understandable but I like Battle.net and will continue to call it that.
DickMcFanny
Profile Blog Joined September 2015
Ireland1076 Posts
September 22 2016 16:07 GMT
#76
On September 23 2016 00:46 Lucumo wrote:
This is dumb. They should just keep it for the older games (< Warcraft 3) since at least back then it was still good.


That would be nice.
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Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
September 22 2016 16:27 GMT
#77
On September 23 2016 00:46 Lucumo wrote:
This is dumb. They should just keep it for the older games (< Warcraft 3) since at least back then it was still good.

I think because of the confusion about bnet 1.0 and 2.0, it merges to "Blizzard Launcher" (Bnet 2.0 functionality) and we can play D2 LoD HD, D1 HD, WC3 HD and SC:BW HD on "Blizzard Launcher".
Grubby | ToD | Moon | Lyn | Sky
Lucumo
Profile Joined January 2010
6850 Posts
September 22 2016 17:01 GMT
#78
On September 23 2016 01:27 Dingodile wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 23 2016 00:46 Lucumo wrote:
This is dumb. They should just keep it for the older games (< Warcraft 3) since at least back then it was still good.

I think because of the confusion about bnet 1.0 and 2.0, it merges to "Blizzard Launcher" (Bnet 2.0 functionality) and we can play D2 LoD HD, D1 HD, WC3 HD and SC:BW HD on "Blizzard Launcher".

Was there ever confusion though? It was always Battle.net for Blizzard and the names completely belong together. Even for people who are new and never visited a forum or anything for the game they are playing, it's not hard to see that this is the platform for the game and the platform's name obviously isn't the company's name.

From the way I see it, the move is partly to increase the Blizzard brand (make it more visible) and partly to say: "Hey, you guys are too dumb to see that this belongs to us".
TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8306 Posts
September 22 2016 17:04 GMT
#79
First online game I played was WC2 Battle.net edition. But honestly? I really don't think this is a big deal.
I root for Euro Zergs, NA Protoss* and Korean Terrans. (Any North American who has beat a Korean Pro as Protoss counts as NA Toss)
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12240 Posts
September 22 2016 17:15 GMT
#80
On September 23 2016 02:01 Lucumo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 23 2016 01:27 Dingodile wrote:
On September 23 2016 00:46 Lucumo wrote:
This is dumb. They should just keep it for the older games (< Warcraft 3) since at least back then it was still good.

I think because of the confusion about bnet 1.0 and 2.0, it merges to "Blizzard Launcher" (Bnet 2.0 functionality) and we can play D2 LoD HD, D1 HD, WC3 HD and SC:BW HD on "Blizzard Launcher".

Was there ever confusion though? It was always Battle.net for Blizzard and the names completely belong together. Even for people who are new and never visited a forum or anything for the game they are playing, it's not hard to see that this is the platform for the game and the platform's name obviously isn't the company's name.

From the way I see it, the move is partly to increase the Blizzard brand (make it more visible) and partly to say: "Hey, you guys are too dumb to see that this belongs to us".


It wasn't uncommon to read posts on the Battle.net forums that said "BNET FIX UR GAME", "I HAVE BEEN A BNET CUSTOMER FOR YEARS" and so on.
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