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Kaz1
Profile Joined April 2015
35 Posts
September 23 2016 17:16 GMT
#101
So this is why Chris left.
hansonslee
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States2027 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-09-23 18:20:48
September 23 2016 18:15 GMT
#102
I think this might be somewhat related to the fucking PoodleCorp incident when they have constantly DDOS'd Blizzard servers. But please correct me, if I am wrong...

For those who don't know, PoodleCorp has DDOS'd Blizzard servers twice and ransomed the servers for 2000 and 3000 retweets respectively. They are a notorious hacker group for hacking into big youtube channels and prominent gaming servers. They have just realized a threat to DDOS the upcoming Battlefield game.

Just want to inform you guys as much as I can because people seem to be stuck in the nostalgia trip.
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Creager
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany1906 Posts
September 23 2016 18:25 GMT
#103
On September 24 2016 03:15 hansonslee wrote:
I think this might be somewhat related to the fucking PoodleCorp incident when they have constantly DDOS'd Blizzard servers. But please correct me, if I am wrong...

For those who don't know, PoodleCorp has DDOS'd Blizzard servers twice and ransomed the servers for 2000 and 3000 retweets respectively. They are a notorious hacker group for hacking into big youtube channels and prominent gaming servers. They have just realized a threat to DDOS the upcoming Battlefield game.

Just want to inform you guys as much as I can because people seem to be stuck in the nostalgia trip.


Don't see what this has to do with a hacker group DDOS'ing Blizzard servers lol. It's highly unlikely they'll stop due to a name change of the service like "Shit, Battle.net is gone, where did it go?! What the fuck are we gonna DDOS now?!?!".
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BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
September 23 2016 19:11 GMT
#104
On September 24 2016 03:25 Creager wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 24 2016 03:15 hansonslee wrote:
I think this might be somewhat related to the fucking PoodleCorp incident when they have constantly DDOS'd Blizzard servers. But please correct me, if I am wrong...

For those who don't know, PoodleCorp has DDOS'd Blizzard servers twice and ransomed the servers for 2000 and 3000 retweets respectively. They are a notorious hacker group for hacking into big youtube channels and prominent gaming servers. They have just realized a threat to DDOS the upcoming Battlefield game.

Just want to inform you guys as much as I can because people seem to be stuck in the nostalgia trip.


Don't see what this has to do with a hacker group DDOS'ing Blizzard servers lol. It's highly unlikely they'll stop due to a name change of the service like "Shit, Battle.net is gone, where did it go?! What the fuck are we gonna DDOS now?!?!".

lol same thought here. What does a name change have to do with this hacker group? :S
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Excludos
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway8111 Posts
September 23 2016 19:25 GMT
#105
On September 24 2016 00:48 TT1 wrote:
so battle net is turning into blizzard net, bnet nonetheless


I wish it was Blizzard.net, that would make half a sense. It's confirmed they're naming it "Blizzard Tech", which just sounds stupid and doesn't roll off the tongue at all.
DeepElemBlues
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States5079 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-09-23 20:07:45
September 23 2016 20:06 GMT
#106
This seems like another incidence of a bunch of Really Smart People sitting around in a conference room coming up with Really Dumb Ideas that they think are Really Smart because they're Really Smart. They all pat each other on the back about how Really Smart their idea is and there's no one to pop the bubble of the echo chamber so they go ahead with it.

Battle.net is a strong brand, there's no reason to abandon it for a new brand.
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Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12237 Posts
September 23 2016 20:12 GMT
#107
It's not a new brand.
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DeepElemBlues
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States5079 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-09-23 20:14:16
September 23 2016 20:14 GMT
#108
On September 24 2016 05:12 Excalibur_Z wrote:
It's not a new brand.


Judging from the reaction it certainly is being taken that way. Consumer perception > all.
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Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12237 Posts
September 23 2016 21:19 GMT
#109
On September 24 2016 05:14 DeepElemBlues wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 24 2016 05:12 Excalibur_Z wrote:
It's not a new brand.


Judging from the reaction it certainly is being taken that way. Consumer perception > all.


Is "Blizzard Streaming" a new brand? Is "Blizzard Voice" a new brand? They're subsets of the Blizzard brand. The "Battle.net Desktop Agent" is now called the "Blizzard Launcher", and that's a prime example of how things will change moving forward. It's not the "Blizzard Tech Launcher" or anything like that. It's actually extremely straightforward and people are overthinking it. It's consumer confusion.
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Scrubwave
Profile Joined July 2010
Poland1786 Posts
September 23 2016 21:23 GMT
#110
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OtherWorld
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
France17333 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-09-23 22:25:23
September 23 2016 22:25 GMT
#111
On September 24 2016 03:15 hansonslee wrote:
I think this might be somewhat related to the fucking PoodleCorp incident when they have constantly DDOS'd Blizzard servers. But please correct me, if I am wrong...

For those who don't know, PoodleCorp has DDOS'd Blizzard servers twice and ransomed the servers for 2000 and 3000 retweets respectively. They are a notorious hacker group for hacking into big youtube channels and prominent gaming servers. They have just realized a threat to DDOS the upcoming Battlefield game.

Just want to inform you guys as much as I can because people seem to be stuck in the nostalgia trip.

People these days DDOS servers for... retweets?
What?
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McRatyn
Profile Joined January 2013
Poland901 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-09-23 22:29:47
September 23 2016 22:26 GMT
#112
I'm actually downloading the launcher right now and it says "Installing Battle.net" which does sound pretty awkward.
Edit: Also in this iteration it doesn't seem to support the titles deemed as Classic on the Battle.net website (Starcraft 1, Diablo 2, WC3) so maybe that will change along with this.
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10010 Posts
September 24 2016 01:30 GMT
#113
On September 24 2016 04:25 Excludos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 24 2016 00:48 TT1 wrote:
so battle net is turning into blizzard net, bnet nonetheless


I wish it was Blizzard.net, that would make half a sense. It's confirmed they're naming it "Blizzard Tech", which just sounds stupid and doesn't roll off the tongue at all.


BecH, fuck lets just call it Beck
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DuckloadBlackra
Profile Joined July 2011
225 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-09-24 02:47:28
September 24 2016 02:44 GMT
#114
Edit: Nevermind
Pejota
Profile Joined December 2012
Chile14 Posts
September 24 2016 15:45 GMT
#115
Stupid, stupid change... If it aint broke, dont fix it!
Inter arma, silent Leges
Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4135 Posts
September 24 2016 16:27 GMT
#116
I really hope the "new" Launcher faster than the current one. It takes more times than the game itself.
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Excludos
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway8111 Posts
September 24 2016 16:50 GMT
#117
On September 25 2016 01:27 Dingodile wrote:
I really hope the "new" Launcher faster than the current one. It takes more times than the game itself.


It's only a name change you know
[F_]aths
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany3947 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-09-25 00:35:56
September 25 2016 00:34 GMT
#118
Not the best idea Blizzard ever had.

Battle.Net is a name with such a depth and prominence, built since Diablo 2 was released. Battle.Net stands for countless hours of grinding but also for the highest peaks of e-sports.

While admittedly slightly confusing in these days, Battle.Net has such recognition and reputation, I would not let this name go.
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Clbull
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom1439 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-09-25 12:56:20
September 25 2016 12:55 GMT
#119
I don't get why Blizzard would do such a rebranding.

Battle.net is a very strong and recognisable brand across the PC gaming community. It may have made sense back when RealID and the early launch of Wings of Liberty were tainting the brand that Battle.net 2.0 was built upon, but Battle.net 2.0 is almost as strong as its pre-WoW predecessor and we put the controversy that always-online DRM in Diablo III and the lack of LAN support in SC2 generated behind us long ago.
brickrd
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States4894 Posts
September 25 2016 14:24 GMT
#120
this thread is literally a bunch of consumers who dont work in marketing arguing about how marketing works lol
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