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post #21 of 49
7/8/10 at 8:24am
Just a heads up for anyone that hasn't made a battle net account, you wont be able to edit your real name after its created. I've had my b.net account since it was required to log on to WoW and last night I tried to edit my name but it was grayed out.
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post #22 of 49
7/8/10 at 8:34am
Someone stole my batte.net account(havent played in weeks). So now someone has my email address since its my account login aswell as my real name awesome. GG blizzard. Best part is according to my phone i have called them 26 times and they haven't answered yet, also no email back.
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post #23 of 49
7/8/10 at 8:40am
Horrible ideas. First you have to add a persons Battle.net email login. that is the first part to recovering someones account. Second you would have to know their real name. This will be a dead giveaway now. What they should do is keep Real-ID in game and add a appear offline option.
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post #24 of 49
7/8/10 at 8:43am
I'm surprised at how many of you are okay with being stripped away of your privacy. Just when I think Blizzard couldn't make World of Warcraft any worse, something like this comes out. They never cease to disappoint me.
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post #25 of 49
7/8/10 at 8:56am
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One World of Warcraft player, Jim Brand, contacted BBC News to say how disappointed he was over the change.

"I have been using the forums for over five years, reporting bugs and trying to be helpful. Now, to have the privilege to help people on the forums I have to reveal my real name; I'm dead against it," he said.

"I work in a charity and deal with governments officials. If they do a search and see I am a gamer, it could affect my employment prospects," he added.

Although most social networking sites have links to a person's real world name, gaming sites have always used anonymous handles.

There have been a few rare cases of online gaming disputes spilling out into the real world, and users are mostly reluctant to reveal personal details, given that video games can sometimes elicit strong emotions.

Mr Brand said that one Blizzard employee posted his real name on the forums, saying that there was no risk to users, and the experiment went drastically wrong.

"Within five minutes, users had got hold of his telephone number, home address, photographs of him and a ton of other information," said Mr Brand
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Why I think there is a chance blizzard will back down for it.

If you haven't ever been to the WoW forums then I can sum it up for you: Epeen stroking, flame wars and trolling. There are many threads like this that make me want to stab my eye balls out. You can't make a serious post without saying you are a troll, and you get other trolls trying to troll you.

Honestly I am all for it. The WoW forum users are cancer, and blizzard is curing it.
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post #26 of 49
7/8/10 at 9:15am
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I'm surprised at how many of you are okay with being stripped away of your privacy.
Um...did you read the thread? The prevailing opinion is that this is a bad idea. I think I only counted three posts that don't seem to have a problem with it...counting my own, and one that was posted after yours.
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post #27 of 49
7/8/10 at 9:22am
Can't say I'm fond of my real name being out there in any way connected to me.

I like being able to google it and not get anything back in return.
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7/8/10 at 9:25am
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post #29 of 49
7/8/10 at 9:52am
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Originally Posted by 5entinel View Post
There are some who, want to keep their personal details to themselves and there are those who just don't care. I for one, DO care.

In this digital age, employers are googling potential candidates and see how their personality is.

I for one am a private person, don't like my name being widely known. I would think this would concern people with unique names not the very generic names.

Having an alias is important, it protects who you are, after all, being human, you are known to say stupid things once in a while.
And that's why you went from ONLY your first name to 5entinel, right? As if you're the only one with that name.
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post #30 of 49
7/8/10 at 10:07am
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Um...did you read the thread? The prevailing opinion is that this is a bad idea. I think I only counted three posts that don't seem to have a problem with it...counting my own, and one that was posted after yours.
That's three too many. Apparently you missed my point.
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