Why using real names is BAD

#0 - June 23, 2010, 12:26 a.m.
Blizzard Post
In order to use Real ID safely you must trust the WHOLE entire community. People from all different realms may know your real name. Not just your realm, but all realms. Let's say someone who is very emotionally unstable loses a loot roll to you.

They pay off someone who is friends with your friend, for your name. They attempt to murder you. That's not good.

Let's say someone is very infatuated with you. Same thing happens, they pay off a friend of a friend for your name. They stalk you, leave you creepy messages, just plain creepy.

Both of these situations would have to be taken out of game into the justice system, and that's not good.

Basically a whole mess of BAD. Please allow aliases. Or even just use our first name and then they can put a note by it using their main's name. Like in my case, Erin "Luxy". Unless they make changes to this system I will not be using it and my cross realm friends will have to suck it up.

TL;DR Everyone can find out your name on different realms. They can find you.

This also reminds me of in middle school where they taught us how simple things can help a child predator find out where you live. It scared me, a lot.

#234 - July 7, 2010, 12:51 a.m.
Blizzard Post
Please keep Real ID conversations to one thread: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25712374700&sid=1