Comments on: RealID: Scare-Mongering From A Lot Of People With Funny Names

By: Blizzard eats even more of that bowl - Iggep's Realm

Blizzard eats even more of that bowl - Iggep's Realm — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:50:14 +0000

[...] it seems, is not without a sense of humor. BTW, Scott Jennings had even more to say. Share MMO, PC Games, WoW Blizzard, [...]

By: Fallen Earth: Meet Carlin « Exploring War Like Worlds.

Fallen Earth: Meet Carlin « Exploring War Like Worlds. — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:59:33 +0000

[...] take heed of all the recent feedback from female/minority players about the real id scandal and while you are trying to be nice to the GMs, try not to seem like a [...]

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:05:00 +0000

The trolls will still troll with fake accounts while reasonable posters simple won’t post. Fission Mailed.

By: The Best Of The Rest: Real ID Forum Fiasco Edition | We Fly Spitfires - MMORPG Blog

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:02:37 +0000

[...] Scott sums up our thoughts. [...]

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:13:53 +0000

This is a pro opinion (or at least not an anti one)
So, what if people can read you real name? What good does it do anyone? It only matters if additional information is found on other websites, such as facebook, linkedIn, etc. Is there a possibility for stalking? Sure. But it already exists all over the web.
I’m sick and tired of people insulting and harassing others online, because they can hide behind their STFUiPWNyo anonymous alias. I will definitely go and check out the WoW forums again, just to see if it made a difference.

By: Leon

Leon — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:15:20 +0000

Wryxian, Blizzard Europe: states quote "With our Real ID changes for the forums, this is still the case. The only difference will be, if you do choose to participate in the forums, then you will do so by using your real name. But only after you’ve been warned and accepted this in advance." This implies an informed adult giving legal thoughtfull consent to a computer GAME played by many minors who CAN NOT LEGALLY give informed consent. See the problem??? I know complaints have been made with authorities in many countries by concerned parents and users and the whole fiasco will be taken out of there hands.

By: If anyone could kill World of Warcraft…. « Nekomimi Mode

If anyone could kill World of Warcraft…. « Nekomimi Mode — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:32:25 +0000

[...] 8, 2010 in World of Warcraft It would be Blizzard themselves. Lum at Broken Toys quotes several Blizzard employees and bloggers response to change the way the forums there work to [...]

By: Blizzard makes plans to conduct largest internet social experiment ever

Blizzard makes plans to conduct largest internet social experiment ever — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:00:23 +0000

[...] II: Lots of people are angry. I’m not sure I disagree with them even. It’s a very tough [...]

By: Docmdnite

Docmdnite — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:33:40 +0000

Julian: The $64 bucks question (cheap) to me really is… … were they really not anticipating the huge backlash from this, or were they actually counting on it? We’ll find out soon enough.

No they weren’t. Kotick said as much in a May interview in USA Today. Link is…

http://www.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2010/05/blizzard-and-facebooks-friendly-social-networking-deal-launches-with-starcraft-ii-/1?imw=Y

By: Jhon Doe

Jhon Doe — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:29:01 +0000

Before commenting, I want to say that I made already my decision….
And I did cancelled my account that will expire in a couple of weeks. I took also time to fill a reason for cancellation that is: Eula and Privacy related

Ok, let’s suppose I’m someone with a lot of social netowrk stuff…
(in reality I don’t have even facebook…)
Anyway, even in facebook as I had been told you can select who can see you and what can see about you.

In blizzard forums it’s all public and searchable… bad idea…
Also there’s people that feel quite secure having a common name… But having a common name means only that is needed a little more refinement. like adding an interest (wow or sc2) and the search is already restricted

Also I would like to talk about something really happened to me….
I was levelling an alt with a name that sounded female….
I was near brill as my very first levels and someone whispered me just to “talk” and asking me my realname…. I’m male but refused to tell anything and noticed that he was keeping to chat with me even after I told him that I was male…. because he was “sure” I was cheating… bleah….
/ignore

hope many will follow the best method to say Blizzard that this is a bad idea…..
cancelling account

bye bye