love2winalot
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Quote: News, "Trolls, spammers and flamers begone! Blizzard is vowing to out yer nasty arses … and is angering a whole lot of "World of Warcraft" players along the way.
Earlier this week Blizzard — the company responsible for the mega online gaming phenomenon known as "World of Warcrack"… er "Warcraft" — announced that it would begin requiring those who play its games to use their real names when posting comments in its official Battle.net discussion forums.
That's right, a company that has made its fortunes off a game that encourages players to adopt fake identities and spend vast amounts of their time in a fake world has decided it wants players to get real.
Needless to say, the resounding response has been: WTF?
Blizzard will force players to say bye-bye to forum anonymity starting later this month. The new rule will go into effect on forums for the highly anticipated "StarCraft II" game prior to its launch July 27 and will move on to the "WOW" forums near the launch of the game's "Cataclysm" expansion (coming later this year).
"The official forums have always been a great place to discuss the latest info on our games, offer ideas and suggestions, and share experiences with other players — however, the forums have also earned a reputation as a place where flame wars, trolling, and other unpleasantness run wild," the announcement stated. "Removing the veil of anonymity typical to online dialogue will contribute to a more positive forum environment, promote constructive conversations, and connect the Blizzard community in ways they haven’t been connected before."
But hell hath no fury like 11.5 million "WOW" players scorned. The announcement has been met with thunderous (and, yes, anonymous) protest on Blizzard's forums with gamers calling the decision "ridiculous," "idiotic," and "horrible" and others vowing to cancel their pre-ordered copies of "Cataclysm" or just plain cancel their monthly subscription to "WOW" period."
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All I can say is i don't really think it will help a lot. "Hi, my name is Hugh, I live in Vegas, and you are all jerks! You don't like it, what are you gonna do?"
hehehehe
I mean the Board Patrol can bann Love2winalot just as easy as they can bann Hugh. Besides, a long time ago, UO did a poll, and found out a lot of people Board name, is also their account name.
having to use your real name on message boards would actually help protect your account from Password Guessers. ie, people who know the account name, and then just keep trying to guess what your password might be. Example would be, Board name=DragonSlayer. Account name= Dragon, password = Slayer, and things like that.
What do you all think of Blizzard doing this, and what if Casinomeister did it here?
Earlier this week Blizzard — the company responsible for the mega online gaming phenomenon known as "World of Warcrack"… er "Warcraft" — announced that it would begin requiring those who play its games to use their real names when posting comments in its official Battle.net discussion forums.
That's right, a company that has made its fortunes off a game that encourages players to adopt fake identities and spend vast amounts of their time in a fake world has decided it wants players to get real.
Needless to say, the resounding response has been: WTF?
Blizzard will force players to say bye-bye to forum anonymity starting later this month. The new rule will go into effect on forums for the highly anticipated "StarCraft II" game prior to its launch July 27 and will move on to the "WOW" forums near the launch of the game's "Cataclysm" expansion (coming later this year).
"The official forums have always been a great place to discuss the latest info on our games, offer ideas and suggestions, and share experiences with other players — however, the forums have also earned a reputation as a place where flame wars, trolling, and other unpleasantness run wild," the announcement stated. "Removing the veil of anonymity typical to online dialogue will contribute to a more positive forum environment, promote constructive conversations, and connect the Blizzard community in ways they haven’t been connected before."
But hell hath no fury like 11.5 million "WOW" players scorned. The announcement has been met with thunderous (and, yes, anonymous) protest on Blizzard's forums with gamers calling the decision "ridiculous," "idiotic," and "horrible" and others vowing to cancel their pre-ordered copies of "Cataclysm" or just plain cancel their monthly subscription to "WOW" period."
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All I can say is i don't really think it will help a lot. "Hi, my name is Hugh, I live in Vegas, and you are all jerks! You don't like it, what are you gonna do?"
hehehehe
I mean the Board Patrol can bann Love2winalot just as easy as they can bann Hugh. Besides, a long time ago, UO did a poll, and found out a lot of people Board name, is also their account name.
having to use your real name on message boards would actually help protect your account from Password Guessers. ie, people who know the account name, and then just keep trying to guess what your password might be. Example would be, Board name=DragonSlayer. Account name= Dragon, password = Slayer, and things like that.
What do you all think of Blizzard doing this, and what if Casinomeister did it here?
