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7 Jul 2010, 14:44
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http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/07/06/1823202/Blizzard-To-Require-Real-First-and-Last-Names-For-Official-Forums
And the response in the forums: http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=25626109041&sid=3000
Also: some idiot community manager also posted his full name on the forums to try and prove that nothing bad would come of it and well.... it hasn't gone too well...
My battle.net is already under some silly slightly racist pseudonym but I'm still not sure I want to purchase SC2 from a company like this. No doubt this will kill the WoW forums since most are forced to use real names for payment reasons. Although I don't see why they'd stop here, no doubt you'll have your real name displayed under your guildname when Cataclysm launches! (or something equally stupid)
ps: firefox 4 beta out and it's pretty fucking nice
pps: random pic
And the response in the forums: http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=25626109041&sid=3000
Also: some idiot community manager also posted his full name on the forums to try and prove that nothing bad would come of it and well.... it hasn't gone too well...
My battle.net is already under some silly slightly racist pseudonym but I'm still not sure I want to purchase SC2 from a company like this. No doubt this will kill the WoW forums since most are forced to use real names for payment reasons. Although I don't see why they'd stop here, no doubt you'll have your real name displayed under your guildname when Cataclysm launches! (or something equally stupid)
ps: firefox 4 beta out and it's pretty fucking nice
pps: random pic
GAMING is not supposed to have REAL life info
i use gaming to say fuck shit tard........ a lot, it will loose THE FUN because trolls can actually use real life info to troll on you
" It looks like he's staying in the same house as his mother =[ "
after leaked info he deleted fb account lol
Me and
not gonna buy
Good stuff tho! :DD
you have to use your real name on sc2 & wow forums
just want to use this thread as an excuse to show of my pro skills at changing my character =DD oh how i miss TBC
http://www.cracked.com/article_14982_9-manliest-names-in-world.html
Dick Pound
HAHA =DDD
Anonymity is cool also but it's nice to discuss with static actual identities sometimes.
How does one come up with these kind of bright ideas? Deathwish maybe?
On the subject or Real Names, it's just absolutely propostrous in so many ways.
(I'll leave it there and not counter the obvious arguments against this unless someone actually asks).
Yes, I can see the arguments that it is a problem. I think the benefits massively outweigh the screams, wailing and gnashing of teeth from hardcore internet denizens who don't realise that the real world doesn't work that way.
This has a twofold answer - firstly, blatantly rude/offensive things people shouldn't be putting on the net in the first place; secondly, such authority figures need to learn to lighten up (not be so concerned by the fact that people get drunk, or play computer games - almost all the 'good employees' I know do both) and this will only come with greater freedom of personal information, imo.
Not exactly.
I disagree entirely, the internet is often exactly a place to say something you wouldn't in real life. Sure spamming a gaming forum with pictures of hitler is still unacceptable but showing somebodies real name is not going to remedy that problem, firstly because if they were smart they wouldn't use their real name in the first place (so the genuine users are punished, not trolls) but also some people just do not give a shit. They'll happily troll and flame under a real name.
The main issue I see with all this is that there is no philosophical need. One of the greatest strengths of the internet and the anonymity it provides is that your ideas/beliefs are judged solely on the posts/content you are writing and on nothing else. Even without research same names will give people reason to pre-judge and I really don't like that.
Also Tim Buckley is a fucking moron.