Racism and prejudice based on my Real name

#0 - July 6, 2010, 11:44 p.m.
Blizzard Post
Thanks, Blizzard, thanks for removing what to me was one of the greatest advantages of pseudonyms - the fact that people can't discriminate / hold prejudices against you based on your name.

As someone with a rather "foreign" real name I get this all the time. People interpret whatever I say within the context of my so-called "foreignity". Amidst it, my message gets distorted, blurred, and lost.

It is similar to how people armory posters and talk about their armory rather than what they have posted. I bet there will be some people talking about my race rather than what I have posted about.

Also, even if people don't hold overt prejudices, my real name will subconsciously affect the way in which people interpret my message. (Kind of like how female writers back in the day would write under pseudonyms so people don't hold prejudices - consciously or not - against the content of their message)

To me, one of the greatest advantages of an online community such as the WoW forums, despite all the trolling, flaming, etc. was that we were treated as equals - something that is but an ideal in the "real" world - no matter our race & gender (information revealed by our names).

I thought you would've come up with a more creative solution against trolling, when you guys are so creative when it comes to game design. I am utterly disappointed.
#1 - July 6, 2010, 11:45 p.m.
Blizzard Post
Please keep Real ID conversations to one thread: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25712374700&sid=1