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    Re: Blizzard's RealID forcing real names

    Quote Originally Posted by Oricalcos View Post
    Thats the decision you have to make - are you willing to give up something you dedicate your time to for the sake of a little privacy loss or are you going to accept the change and move on. I don't see how that's difficult to understand.
    Sigh...

    Blizzard are implementing a system that 99.9% of players think is a bad idea. That's reason enough not to do it.

    Just because you have the decision not to use it, that doesn't make it a good idea. What are your arguments FOR this idea OTHER than "you don't have to use it"?

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    Re: Blizzard's RealID forcing real names

    I'm not saying I'm either for or against it. I'm responding to all the whining.

    As you yourself put, 'it doesn't affect me'.
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    Re: Blizzard's RealID forcing real names

    I agree you should be able to opt out if your one of the people who doesnt want your information to be shown, but im pretty sure alot less than 99.9% of wow players care xD

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    Re: Blizzard's RealID forcing real names

    Fair enough, i respect your opinions.

    It's not only this change, this is just the start. You wait and see Kotick milk Battle.net for all it's worth.

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    Re: Blizzard's RealID forcing real names

    Yet people will already link their wow accounts and facebook, levels of stupidity boggle the mind on both parts of client and developer.

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    ...I think Blizz should take this list of names, and title it, the "Mandatory 2011 Euthanasia List". Would solve a lot of problems!

    Seriously though, gamers use Nicknames and Alias's because they don't want to be found. Imagine if you had to play CS:S with your real name, or BF2... People take both of these games way too seriously at times, and when they can (and you all know they can) find your address, phone number, and more with a simple google search, you might start to feel uneasy...

    Then again, they could just do the smart thing, and NEVER USE THEIR REAL NAME ON THE INTERNET. That would also work.

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    Seriously though,

    this idea is meh, and DK for once has a good point; although most of my ArmA II platoon call me 'Kelly' now (it's my last name if you didn't know), I wouldn't want to be popularly known as any of my real names on a game like EVE or CSS, where people do take stuff seriously (even more so on EVE, if for once I actually did get a kill on something big, that person would generally be pissed.)
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    Re: Blizzard's RealID forcing real names

    Quote Originally Posted by D_K_Head View Post
    Then again, they could just do the smart thing, and NEVER USE THEIR REAL NAME ON THE INTERNET. That would also work.
    If you want to post on the forum, you have to.

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    Re: Blizzard's RealID forcing real names

    Quote Originally Posted by Phantom View Post
    If you want to post on the forum, you have to.
    Are you forced to enter your real name in any forum registration? Surely the clever ones will just change their first and last name boxes to something other than their real names? IE: Richard Hedley?

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    Re: Blizzard's RealID forcing real names

    Quote Originally Posted by D_K_Head View Post
    Are you forced to enter your real name in any forum registration? Surely the clever ones will just change their first and last name boxes to something other than their real names? IE: Richard Hedley?
    If you have a WoW subscription, I'd assume they can force your real name through your billing information. If you buy game cards or buy Starcraft 2 boxed, yeah I'm not sure how they're going to enforce it, you're right.

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    Re: Blizzard's RealID forcing real names

    Hang on, isn't billing information confidential? That can't be right...

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    Re: Blizzard's RealID forcing real names

    Quote Originally Posted by D_K_Head View Post
    Hang on, isn't billing information confidential? That can't be right...
    You'd have thought so wouldn't you.

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    Re: Blizzard's RealID forcing real names

    Aeternus Pax - I liek

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    Re: Blizzard's RealID forcing real names

    Quote Originally Posted by Moeshi View Post
    Aeternus Pax - I liek
    I'm guessing this is the wrong thread

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    Re: Blizzard's RealID forcing real names

    Quote Originally Posted by Oricalcos View Post
    I'm guessing this is the wrong thread
    ROFL. fail marshy is EPIC fail...

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