Battle.net Update: Upcoming Changes to the Official Forums

I don't care about this.

Originally Posted by fenway

You have absolutely no idea what the word irony means. That's not even close to being ironic.

Thats ironic because my attempt at getting the feature removedresulted with me not being affected by either ending, since i now can't post on the forums so my name can't show up either way

Originally Posted by fenway

You have absolutely no idea what the word irony means. That's not even close to being ironic.

It is ironic, actually. He was worrying about showing his name on the forum, so he posted an argument against the change. So...they banned him and now he doesn't have to worry about his name showing up since he won't be able to post anymore

Originally Posted by Akenapriest80

For the dumb kids and little people who do get trolled because you make dumb remarks like "I'm for this!", "Great change keep it up!". You should of been a stillborn child. First this is illegal on the fact they are forcing you to use your IRL name. Second the privacy issue is huge. I am in witness protection and I do not use my legal name because if it. My life has been threatened by the people I testified against. This is the worst thing Blizzard has ever decided to do. All those posts about what will kill wow. Well here you go this will kill the entire player base. So for you little retards that are for this, have fun only running 5 man dungeons because your server will only have people like you on it.

I call bull because if you where in witness protection you sure as hell would not mention it here or anywhere else for that matter.

i bet infinty ward & bioware are gonna have a hugh party with cupcakes.

Originally Posted by oddf3llow

THIS!!

I was horrified when I invited my missis to be my RealID buddy our REAL NAMES showed up in the list!!

Not only do you have to give people your real email address, but then they also know your real name, and YOU HAVE NO CHOICE!!

Also, you can't log on in "invisible" mode. All my friends know what i'm doing, where I'm playing and when, and I CANNOT change it!

I just ask this; HOW LONG UNTIL OUR REAL NAMES ARE DISPLAYED UNDER OUR IN-GAME CHARACTER NAMES???! Hey, it's a great new RealID feature!.... /shakes head

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They said when the feature became available that that would be how it works. You had plenty of warning and the ability to not use the feature at all. This is quite a bit different.

Originally Posted by Syrra Coventry

Then you're just being rude...

Isn't that what you told me? Not giving someone my name yet having a conversation with them is rude?

Hypocrisy is an ugly thing...

IF i was being a hypocrit. It's all about choices. I'm not on the WOW fourms. As i previouly posted. People will now have to chose to post on those fourms or go elsewhere. Remember, if you don't like the options you have, get new ones.

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just got banned, guess I have nothing to worry wbout.

Apparently posting on a lvl 3 tuaren named John Connor telling people not to worry about skynet (Bnet) obliterating humanity is considered trolling.

Originally Posted by jericho

People want their anonymity. Not everyone on the internet is "safe". What Blizzard is basically doing, it giving out information about you that you wouldn't give out anywhere on the internet. You, wouldn't go walking around on the street with a name tag giving your name and address would you? No, because you open yourself up to a whole world of danger.

Except, basically or precisely, they aren't. You can still have in-game friends based on character names. That feature was not removed. They just added something else as an option.

You do not have to post on their official forums. 99% of WoW players don't. It has no affect on the game.

They're giving out people's addresses? Where did you see that? Oh wait, you're just making hysterical hyperbole in a ridiculous attempt to boost an argument with no merit behind it whatsoever.

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Originally Posted by Pnad

Apparently posting on a lvl 3 tuaren named John Connor telling people not to worry about skynet (Bnet) obliterating humanity is considered trolling.

Uh... yeah. That would be what trolling is.

Originally Posted by manniefaces

I call bull because if you where in witness protection you sure as hell would not mention it here or anywhere else for that matter.

Regardless if that specific person is in witness protection or not, someone else could be and this change fucks them over.

Originally Posted by Asheli

The ones who don't like this idea like to flame others and start heated discussions and just generally insult people. There are good and bad things about this, clearly. But i believe it will tone down all the negativity that's floating around the wow-europe.com-forums

CLEARLY you are one of those facebook/myspace voyeurs who don't think that privacy is a right. Sometimes there are just people who don't like plastering their names all over public places. Its not about hiding trolls and flamers because the solution is simple and bliz should consider it and that is to only have real names visible to moderators and staff. Or maybe have ONE character name available to the forums.

Originally Posted by Akenapriest80

For the dumb kids and little people who do get trolled because you make dumb remarks like "I'm for this!", "Great change keep it up!". You should of been a stillborn child. First this is illegal on the fact they are forcing you to use your IRL name.

Posting a comment using your real name is illegal? Quick, someone call EVERY NEWSPAPER IN THE COUNTRY and tell them to stop printing Letters to the Editor.

You're flat-out wrong, here. A company tagging your posts with your name is entirely normal and legitimate. It's the idea of anonymity that's new and without support, legally.

Second the privacy issue is huge. I am in witness protection and I do not use my legal name because if it. My life has been threatened by the people I testified against. This is the worst thing Blizzard has ever decided to do.

If you signed up with WoW using your original name, rather than your new one, and you're still using that account, you're a moron who didn't listen to his handlers.

Also, in witness protection, your new name IS a legal name. That's part of the process. Hell, in some places, all it takes for a name to be a legal alias is for you to use it and state it as such on your tax files.

Either way, the name on your Real ID should be the new name you're currently living under. If it wouldn't be, you didn't follow instructions and your risk is entirely your own fault for failing to do so. It sucks, yes, but your response should be to get a new account, not to want them to keep the thin curtain on the glaring security flaw you've left in your identity change.

Originally Posted by Pnad

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just got banned, guess I have nothing to worry wbout.

Apparently posting on a lvl 3 tuaren named John Connor telling people not to worry about skynet (Bnet) obliterating humanity is considered trolling.

Epic.

I won't be using the WoW Forums after that change goes through. It's not that I'm paranoid or anything, it's just not worth the potential risk of someone disagreeing with my post, finding me on LinkedIn and sending God-knows-what to all of my professional references, clients and employers.

There's just no reason for this change to go through. If they want a cleaner, easier-to-maintain forums, remove all of the Class/Role discussion and just leave Tech Support, Customer Service, Suggestions and Service Status. Plenty of games have left the theorycrafting-type discussion to a 3rd party site. It removes the maintenance from their end and puts it on someone else --- albeit someone more willing.

I'm just sad to see Blizzard shift from the "feed your inner geek" (those of us who are true geeks appreciate the anonymity that comes with being a Geek) towards a more Facebook-friendly atmosphere.

solution for starcraft II buyers:

1. make a new battle.net account
2. find a cool rl-name like "Robert Kotick"
3. post on starcraft II forum

Originally Posted by Impulz

"So, you played a bit WoW when you called in sick? Here's your pink slip. Now clean your desk." Might be a bit extreme, but personally I like to keep my gaming life and real life apart.

Employee tracking is among the most worrying to me. I'm medically retired, so I don't sweat it much, but I wouldn't want my daughter posting.

And for those that don't understand... I had someone "find" me via pretty easy online activity who started trolling a forum, then started e-stalking me. He sent me a picture from Google's Streetview of my house.

I know when I was working IT before I went into consulting that they tracked some folks by keystroke. You don't think if some employers can find a way to track your online habits in a public way, they will? And if you DO, say, get an achievement while sick in bed (I've played WoW on the laptop sick in bed more times than I care to mention) and yeah, I can see it being an issue. Savvy managers could easily use this during Cataclysm to make sure employees aren't missing work to play.

As for e-stalking, don't underestimate it. The laws in most jurisdictions do NOT allow for prophylactic measures. Meaning, even with enough digital proof that were it paper proof, they'd be in jail... nothing. It's only AFTER someone breaks a law that local law enforcement can do anything and if that law breaking includes violence or damaged property... oh well.

I absolutely am FOR some sort of accountability and I think outing a person's chars is fine. Make a person's toons public if need be, so no one can hide behind a lvl 1 alt unless they pay $15/mo just to troll (which some will). We really need the forums to be a better resource.

It's possible to foster community without creating dangerous vulnerabilities. Virtual communities thrive NOT based on real world IDs, but based on purpose, inclusion, consequence and value. All that is possible with nicknames.

Originally Posted by Prag

I won't be using the WoW Forums after that change goes through. It's not that I'm paranoid or anything, it's just not worth the potential risk of someone disagreeing with my post, finding me on LinkedIn and sending God-knows-what to all of my professional references, clients and employers.

There's just no reason for this change to go through. If they want a cleaner, easier-to-maintain forums, remove all of the Class/Role discussion and just leave Tech Support, Customer Service, Suggestions and Service Status. Plenty of games have left the theorycrafting-type discussion to a 3rd party site. It removes the maintenance from their end and puts it on someone else --- albeit someone more willing.

I'm just sad to see Blizzard shift from the "feed your inner geek" (those of us who are true geeks appreciate the anonymity that comes with being a Geek) towards a more Facebook-friendly atmosphere.

Agreed.

Wonder how long until privacy groups rally to sue Blizzard for such a blatant and ignorant abuse of user information.

WoW... Blizzard (or dare I say: Activision) is exploring a whole new dimension of stupidity!

Originally Posted by privateperson

CLEARLY you are one of those facebook/myspace voyeurs who don't think that privacy is a right. Sometimes there are just people who don't like plastering their names all over public places.

So, what did you do about your problem with Facebook? Did you not make a Facebook profile?

Cool. Don't make a wow-forum profile.

Problem solved.