Okay this is a TERRIBLE idea. I've been the victim of identify theft once before and so I am VERY private online now, I use NOTHING but aliases, I will not pay for anything that can't be done through PayPal, etc. Now you're wanting to put my REAL NAME on PUBLIC FORUMS?! I wouldn't mind making us select our main character to always have displayed so no1 can troll anymore, but JESUS! I know alot of people are going to just simply STOP using the forums when you do this, you're not bringing us together, you're making us all too afraid to interect with eachother out of fear of identity theft and the like. So now people who want to add me to their friend list will have my login Email, my real name, etc... ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!

I use realid, I like realid, I don't hand it out to anyone I don't know or trust, just like my real name. Hell, there are people and classmates in my real life that only know me by 'Dagoth' because I don't hand out my real name to just anyone.


please Please PLEASE don't do this! I guarantee you'll be tearing apart your community more than bringing us together. If this change goes through, it better not be retroactive to all previous posts, otherwise you better delete all previous posts ever made.

Goodbye WoW forums, hello MMO Champion forums, the untarnished warcraft forum.

Edit 4: ALTERNATIVES::

Just use First names?
Just use First names?
Just use First names? (I've heard seeing something three times makes it stick better :/ )

I'm okay with people knowing my first name is Danny, there's a million Danny's, and it could even be short for Daniel, my first name may actually be Daniel and I go by Danny sometimes, who knows? first name is nothing, LAST NAME is completely outrageous. I've met up with some of my WoW friends in real life, and most of them still don't know my last name.

I gave you my REAL information in good faith Blizzard, and you are now abusing our trust in you. I am glad to read in later posts that the change will not be retroactive, so I don't have to go through all my old posts and delete them, but I dearly love interacting with people, but I like doing it as my Character, not myself, gaming is not real life, it should never BE real life, and you shouldn't try to MERGE THEM.

Edit: my first 'First!' in over 6 years! lol
Edit 2: after reading the actual link /RANT

Oh and Edit 3: Is anyone starting to get a really nervous 'Star Wars Galaxies' vibe from Blizzard now? I'd really hate to have to jump ship from all the Blizzard games I love so much because they start to implement incompetent changes that drive everyone away.

possibly the worst idea in the history of bad ideas

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Battle.net Update: Upcoming Changes to the Forums

Recently, we introduced our new Real ID feature -www.battle.net/realid/ , a new way to stay connected with your friends on the new Battle.net. Today, we wanted to give you a heads up about our plans for Real ID on our official forums, discuss the design philosophy behind the changes we’re making, and give you a first look at some of the new features we’re adding to the forums to help improve the quality of conversations and make the forums an even more enjoyable place for players to visit.

For more details read more in this thread- http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=25626109041&sid=3000

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Great update with the post ratings - but I predict major discussion about posting with your real first and last name.

What if we don't use Real ID or if the parental controls have it turned off?

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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

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Does this mean we're forced to use Real ID to post on the forums at all?

If so, third party forums discussing WoW will become much more popular. Are there any other forums out there that force you to use your real first and last name? I can't think of any off of the top of my head.


EDIT:

I'm amazed that this thread is probably one of the largest on the WoW Forums and that I predicted it. I'm deeply concerned with having to use your first and last name in order to post on the forums, when the WoW staff directs me to post on the forums regarding technical issues and other matters. I haven't been a troll, but I don't even have a facebook account due to privacy concerns. Please reconsider this.

Um broken link? It dosnt work for me but i did read the post on the SC2 forums, and i would like to express that i am EXTREMELY unhappy with the upcoming changes. Being forced to show my real name to be a part of the forums is simply outragous, no amount of flamers, trolls, or haters can justify it.

GG forums, i enjoyed my time here.

Edit: Changed sig to reflect dismay, seriously i fail to understand this. I will no longer be a part of one of my favorite online communities, it was fun while it lasted.

It's bad enough you guys completely neglected to let players use cross game/realm/faction chat without Real ID, and now you're going to FORCE it on us in the forums? Anonyminty is double-edged blade, yes, but I assure you this will not stop people from flaming/trolling the forums, not even close. All it does is invade my privacy.

Also, the rating posts is just going to be abused like mad.

I seriously wish you could would reconsider this. As a long time forum-goer here this is such an awful decision to make.

Can I say it?

Epic Fail

People play video games to get away from everyday life. I don't want them to mix. Therefore I don't use realID. Forcing people to post on the forums using real first and last names is just a bad idea.

It's almost like Blizzard is coming out with bad ideas intentionally for some reason.


Edit: Fix your broken link!

Awesome way to keep the trolls and idiots off the forums. I like it.

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possibly the worst idea in the history of bad ideas

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I really hope you reconsider. I'm a long time player and forum poster. I manage to be constructive when I post and I don't troll. My reasons for liking my anonymity are my private reasons; they have nothing to do with how I treat people here or in game.

You will no longer have access to the (hopefully valuable) feedback I provide should you proceed with this change. the RealID feature is one thing, but at least there is a choice (and for similar reasons, I don't use it). You need to offer the choice on your forums as well or customers such as myself will not contribute to them.

Link isn't working for me either.

HAHA great april fools joke, awesome blizz. Whats that you say? This is july?? Really? Okay.

Wow this sounds like one Incredibly bad idea, I know one forum i wont be posting on anymore.

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WTS Space on the front page of this legendary post!

ugh..