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outscar
Profile Joined September 2014
2832 Posts
September 22 2016 17:19 GMT
#81
What the fuck... Blizz seems to be losing it's shit. Lame! Battle.net 1.0 forever in my heart!
sunbeams are never made like me...
207aicila
Profile Joined January 2015
1237 Posts
September 22 2016 17:33 GMT
#82
On September 23 2016 02:15 Excalibur_Z wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 23 2016 02:01 Lucumo wrote:
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.



Wow what since when?

Guess I'm glad I don't peruse that place anymore...
mfw people who never followed BW speak about sAviOr as if they know anything... -___-''''
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Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4133 Posts
September 22 2016 17:34 GMT
#83
german site says "Blizzard Tech" is the new name.
https://worldofwarcraft.com/de-de/news/20297652/update-von-„battlenet-21-09-2016
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Lucumo
Profile Joined January 2010
6850 Posts
September 22 2016 17:41 GMT
#84
On September 23 2016 02:15 Excalibur_Z wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 23 2016 02:01 Lucumo wrote:
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.

Are you sure they weren't "trolling" or something? If it's legitimate, then it would still be a bad move since then those...people speak bad about Blizzard instead of "BNET".

Google didn't give any results for "BNET FIX UR GAME" by the way
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12235 Posts
September 22 2016 17:52 GMT
#85
"BNET FIX UR GAME" was just an example :V You used to see it a lot in the early SC2 and D3 days. New casual users who didn't necessarily know the Blizzard name but did know the games.

The German WoW page reporting "Blizzard Tech" as a proper name is very unusual, because other versions of the report say "We'll just be referring to our various products and services using the Blizzard name instead." You shouldn't expect to log into the Blizzard Tech servers, or using the Blizzard Tech Launcher, that's not how it's going to be presented.
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NKB
Profile Joined February 2012
United Kingdom608 Posts
September 22 2016 18:08 GMT
#86
Well this is strange and unexpected, I am so used to called it battle.net :S Might take some time to get used to but will always be battle.net.
Some times you just gotta wish...
Lucumo
Profile Joined January 2010
6850 Posts
September 22 2016 18:11 GMT
#87
I know, I was just being cheeky (hence the smiley). Well, normally you see the developer's/publisher's name on the box you buy or the site you are buying it from etc. Do some people not even read what they are buying? I guess it's just unfathomable to me.

Either it's a mistake or they accidentally "spilled" (not that it's of any importance) it.
DuckloadBlackra
Profile Joined July 2011
225 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-09-22 18:23:59
September 22 2016 18:21 GMT
#88
Jesus... Blizzard is losing it. A lot of their decisions in many different aspects make it look like they don't know what they're doing anymore.

I feel like they're a shade of their former self. I don't know if Activision influence is somehow the problem, but something major has definitely changed over the years.
J. Corsair
Profile Joined June 2014
United States470 Posts
September 22 2016 18:30 GMT
#89
On September 23 2016 03:21 DuckloadBlackra wrote:
Jesus... Blizzard is losing it. A lot of their decisions in many different aspects make it look like they don't know what they're doing anymore.

I feel like they're a shade of their former self. I don't know if Activision influence is somehow the problem, but something major has definitely changed over the years.

Couldn't agree more.

These guys are responsible for Warcraft, Warcraft 2 (Tides of War or something epic), Warcraft 3, Brood War, SC2, DIABLO (possibly one of the best single-player experiences in gaming history).

What has happened...
“...it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.” - Scaramouche
redloser
Profile Joined May 2011
Korea (South)1724 Posts
September 22 2016 18:47 GMT
#90
Maybe they'll rename it Blizzard's Battle.net?
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13974 Posts
September 22 2016 19:05 GMT
#91
On September 23 2016 02:04 TheDougler wrote:
First online game I played was WC2 Battle.net edition. But honestly? I really don't think this is a big deal.

That's because you have no pashun
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Kerence
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden1817 Posts
September 22 2016 19:30 GMT
#92
Why would you throw away a well known brand name like this? Doesn't the marketing department have anything else to do?
I am here in the shadows.
emc
Profile Joined September 2010
United States3088 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-09-22 21:21:11
September 22 2016 21:14 GMT
#93
On September 22 2016 21:22 sparklyresidue wrote:
Wasn't the Half-life / Sierra service WON (world opponent network) a thing before Steam existed? Or am I hallucinating from a fever dream?


yes it was. I actually was very resistant to change back then too, I wanted to keep using single executables that launched a game, not download some "steam" thing. But of course, steam is great so maybe this will be too. The old name is great but I could care less in the end as long as the product is still good. We all know that a name change is only the beginning, as long as whatever new platform they roll out is godlike them I'm fine with whatever they call it.
andrewlt
Profile Joined August 2009
United States7702 Posts
September 22 2016 21:43 GMT
#94
It makes sense. Call it the Cadillac lesson. Blizzard's current customers are going to die eventually and new customers who aren't even born yet will have no clue why bnet existed.
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12235 Posts
September 22 2016 23:51 GMT
#95
On September 23 2016 06:14 emc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 22 2016 21:22 sparklyresidue wrote:
Wasn't the Half-life / Sierra service WON (world opponent network) a thing before Steam existed? Or am I hallucinating from a fever dream?


yes it was. I actually was very resistant to change back then too, I wanted to keep using single executables that launched a game, not download some "steam" thing. But of course, steam is great so maybe this will be too. The old name is great but I could care less in the end as long as the product is still good. We all know that a name change is only the beginning, as long as whatever new platform they roll out is godlike them I'm fine with whatever they call it.


It's already out: that's what the Blizzard Launcher is.
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Amazonic
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden239 Posts
September 23 2016 13:13 GMT
#96
I don't really have a big emotional connection to the name bnet or battle.net, to me this sounds like a pretty good idea from Blizzard.
"Amazing how something so simple as a fat person and gravity can be so amusing. Classic!"
NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
September 23 2016 13:19 GMT
#97
Petition against it. Lets do it?
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JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada16700 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-09-23 15:26:37
September 23 2016 15:19 GMT
#98
RIM changed their name to Blackberry. How'd that go?

On September 23 2016 03:21 DuckloadBlackra wrote:
Jesus... Blizzard is losing it. A lot of their decisions in many different aspects make it look like they don't know what they're doing anymore.

I feel like they're a shade of their former self. I don't know if Activision influence is somehow the problem, but something major has definitely changed over the years.


i won't get EMO and go overboard and claim Blizzard totally sucks balls in every way. That just ain't true. However, they are definitely not dotting every "i" and crossing every "t" the way they did when they pumped out 1 game at a time.

a lot of their work is still excellent, As they start mass producing games they drop the ball in small ways in areas they are not laser focused. For example, Blizzard's support of the OW console product is mediocre. And considering it is a multiplayer only game. That's bad.
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10009 Posts
September 23 2016 15:48 GMT
#99
so battle net is turning into blizzard net, bnet nonetheless
ab = tl(i) + tl(pc), the grand answer to every tl.net debate
Kitai
Profile Joined June 2012
United States873 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-09-23 16:06:25
September 23 2016 16:05 GMT
#100
Battle.net sounds way more badass, sad they aren't keeping it. Also member berries.
"You know, I don't care if soO got 100 second places in a row. Anyone who doesn't think that he's going to win blizzcon watching this series is a fool" - Artosis, Blizzcon 2014 soO vs TaeJa
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