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#1 2010-07-08 11:03:36
- Insured
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- From: Jkl, Finland
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About forced Real ID on WoW forums.
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#2 2010-07-08 18:35:22
- Skeletto
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Re: About forced Real ID on WoW forums.
Hahaha seriously funny.
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#3 2010-07-08 20:03:10
- Lydo
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Re: About forced Real ID on WoW forums.
Yeah, funny stuff 
Seriously youtube is full of stuff about the real id:
watch this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At7PIKUo … re=related
I got to 5 seconds and then I couldnt watch it anymore. Like what the hell?
"blaa blaa blaa blizzard blaa blaa blaa" and a stupid troll dancing. And it lasts like a lifetime. What is the point making a video like that, its just a waste of time and looks and sounds so retarded. Dont care if he is just repeating what everyone have read from fan sites already or if he is just commentting it. It's stupid anyways..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88BhJtDz … re=related = ROFL "dear world of warcraft and blizzard corporations" ..........sigh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAeVua5X … re=related = ROFL
im seriously rofling to these videos..
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#4 2010-07-08 20:25:53
Re: About forced Real ID on WoW forums.
People are making it such a bigger deal than it is. They make it sound like by giving your name on the forum, you'll get stalked and killed within 2 days.
I lol'ed of those videos though.
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#5 2010-07-09 01:42:56
- darkfear
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Re: About forced Real ID on WoW forums.
Well tbh i realy dont like the ide.. then again i allmost never post on wow forum maybe 2-5 post since 2005.. 1st name sure that would be fine but both 1st and last.. thats abit to mutch info..
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#7 2010-07-09 23:09:45
- Draken
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Re: About forced Real ID on WoW forums.
The problem with the IRL names on the official forums is that some people have unique names, which makes it very easy for other people to track such a person down, should they wish to. We've already seen examples of what can happen when people get too obsessed over MMOs in countries like china and japan, where it's actually ended in murder at least once over an ingame item. I'm sure there are morons who could just as easily obsess over MMOs in our part of the world.
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#8 2010-07-10 01:13:10
- Mox
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- From: Norway - Oslo
- Registered: 2007-09-03
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Re: About forced Real ID on WoW forums.
Considering the very large pool of players playing this game you are pretty much garantied that a few of us are both murderers and rapists. There are more people in wow than there are people living in most scandinavian contries. There is of course a difference between killing somone in a taxi line and killing somone over an item in wow. The last one would have been planned. I would say it's far safer to post with real names on public wow forums than there are standing in a taxi queue a late Saturday night.
The people that fought with tooth and nail over this suggestion about real id on the forum had lost all sence of perspective, but I'm kind of glad they did. I see no reason to have real names in a game forum.
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#11 2010-07-11 11:29:51
Re: About forced Real ID on WoW forums.
Apox wrote:
The only advantage is that it would make people think twice before acting like a retard, which is a huge one imo.
True, but on the other hand people will also think twice before posting anything at all. And at the end, some trolling ain't too bad anyway xD
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#12 2010-07-11 22:19:08
- Grimbold
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Re: About forced Real ID on WoW forums.
Apox wrote:
The only advantage is that it would make people think twice before acting like a retard, which is a huge one imo.
Because everyone on the internet knows you?
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#13 2010-07-12 00:39:50
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No, but the experience is that lack of anonymity makes people more aware of what they're writing. You wouldn't want to associate your real name with a huge load of crap troll posts even though nobody there know you would you?
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#14 2010-07-12 01:08:29
- Grimbold
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Re: About forced Real ID on WoW forums.
Apox, my point is real name or not, the people on those forums most likely will never know me, so what difference does it make?And if the actually get to know a person that has the same name as i do, how would they never know its me?
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#15 2010-07-12 13:37:00
- darkfear
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Re: About forced Real ID on WoW forums.
With real name show'n you can Easy get alot of stuff from internet, in sweden i can get your address how mutch you pay in tax your phone number and if you posted stuff google cache alot of stuff ,) Ofc its alot harder if you have a common name but some ppl do one of a kind name's with makes em easy targets
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#16 2010-07-14 11:58:19
Re: About forced Real ID on WoW forums.
http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/185 … -cancelled
Hello everyone,
I'd like to take some time to speak with all of you regarding our desire to make the Blizzard forums a better place for players to discuss our games. We've been constantly monitoring the feedback you've given us, as well as internally discussing your concerns about the use of real names on our forums. As a result of those discussions, we've decided at this time that real names will not be required for posting on official Blizzard forums.
It's important to note that we still remain committed to improving our forums. Our efforts are driven 100% by the desire to find ways to make our community areas more welcoming for players and encourage more constructive conversations about our games. We will still move forward with new forum features such as conversation threading, the ability to rate posts up or down, improved search functionality, and more. However, when we launch the new StarCraft II forums that include these new features, you will be posting by your StarCraft II Battle.net character name + character code, not your real name. The upgraded World of Warcraft forums with these new features will launch close to the release of Cataclysm, and also will not require your real name.
I want to make sure it's clear that our plans for the forums are completely separate from our plans for the optional in-game Real ID system now live with World of Warcraft and launching soon with StarCraft II. We believe that the powerful communications functionality enabled by Real ID, such as cross-game and cross-realm chat, make Battle.net a great place for players to stay connected to real-life friends and family while playing Blizzard games. And of course, you'll still be able to keep your relationships at the anonymous, character level if you so choose when you communicate with other players in game. Over time, we will continue to evolve Real ID on Battle.net to add new and exciting functionality within our games for players who decide to use the feature.
In closing, I want to point out that our connection with our community has always been and will always be extremely important to us. We strongly believe that Every Voice Matters, ( http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/about/mission.html ) and we feel fortunate to have a community that cares so passionately about our games. We will always appreciate the feedback and support of our players, which has been a key to Blizzard's success from the beginning.
Mike Morhaime
CEO & Cofounder
Blizzard Entertainment
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