#0 - July 6, 2010, 9:11 p.m.
"Recently, Blizzard Entertainment implemented a Real ID feature for some of its current games and all of its future Battle.net-based games. Today, Blizzard announced that it intends to require usage of the real names of Battle.net posters for its StarCraft II forums before release, and for its World of Warcraft forums shortly before the release of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. From the announcement: 'The first and most significant change is that in the near future, anyone posting or replying to a post on official Blizzard forums will be doing so using their Real ID — that is, their real-life first and last name — with the option to also display the name of their primary in-game character alongside it. These changes will go into effect on all StarCraft II forums with the launch of the new community site prior to the July 27 release of the game, with the World of Warcraft site and forums following suit near the launch of Cataclysm. Certain classic forums, including the classic Battle.net forums, will remain unchanged.'""
If this goes live, you will lose me as a paying customer.
my #1 rule with the internet is the ability to be anon. if you cant do that i dont use your services.
I have alot of reasons, but here are a couple
1. your real name can be searched via Google. And until this goes live no one in the WOW community can 'just find out your real name' in its current state.
2. employers who really hate WoW can now search the forums for 'posts made by' persons first/last name and put prejudice against WoW players looking for jobs
3. your real name is tied to your address and CC numbers. If they have your real names, how does blizzard plan on getting extra information from random callers/idiots trying to take over accounts (and yes, account information)
but those are just some of the issues im thinking off.
you implement this system, i will never buy another Blizzard product again.
