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http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/07/blizzard-post-about-starcraft-2-use-your-real-name.ars

Blizzard is making their forums post your real name as your user name now. Or will be soon.

Quote :

"...the forums have also earned a reputation as a place where flame wars, trolling, and other unpleasantness run wild. 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..."

Its got good and bad points. Then again a lot of forums are starting to do this in response to issues arising from 13 yr olds thinking they are god and can do anything online. Ill just wait and see though when Blizzard gets sued for a stalker like its said.

7/6/2010 5:09:45 PM

section 9

7/6/2010 5:30:20 PM

So what's to stop you from just lying about your name?

7/6/2010 7:28:37 PM

Probably the fact that it's on your credit card info.

7/6/2010 8:15:34 PM

^or if your account gets hax0red and they need ID to restore it. (no idea if they ever need ID)

7/6/2010 8:34:26 PM

^^Surely they don't require you to use the name attached to your credit card. What about all the kiddies that use their parents cards to play? Or a husband that uses a card in his wife's name? Or the fact that you can get a credit card with no name attached?

7/6/2010 8:42:52 PM

7/6/2010 9:04:24 PM

^lol

7/6/2010 11:24:17 PM

^^ Sweet!

I was expecting someone to also reference penny arcades total fuckwad comic.

7/7/2010 10:48:53 AM

i wouldnt want my real name being used because i dont want nerds stalkin me on facebook cuz I PKd their asses

7/7/2010 11:19:22 AM

^^



one of my fav's from PA

7/7/2010 12:07:17 PM

http://www.msu.edu/user/trescami/thesis.htm
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Internet_Fuckwad_Theory
and according to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_disinhibition_effect

and the idea has been around for a long time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Gyges

7/7/2010 12:40:58 PM

thank god that was cleared up

7/7/2010 12:51:19 PM

yeah douchebag

7/7/2010 1:54:25 PM

UPDATE!!!

So less than 24 hrs since this has come down, a blizzard employee posted his real name to prove a point on the privacy. Bad idea.

His house, parents house, sig other's house, several phone numbers, emails, twitter, facebook, SSN, and other info has been posted.

Pretty sure hes gonna need to do a complete identity change and better sue Blizzard to pay for it all.

7/8/2010 4:37:43 PM

yeah, probably would have been smart to wait until the jackasses posting his personal info had to do it with their real names as well

Are they going to make the forums where you have to be logged in to read? That would be my only real issue with this.

7/8/2010 5:03:57 PM

^ dunno

If you want to see the fun
[link]http://http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25712374892&sid=1&pageNo=2[/link]

Start at post 16. Gets real good on page 3.

7/8/2010 5:16:07 PM