Man, that's a big leap, going from Farmville to WoW. There'd have to be long stretches of waiting in WoW for shit to happen, and Blizzard would have to incorporate lots of rewards for getting other people to play.
Oh.
Oh fuck.
Oh fuck.
THE MUFFIN MAN needs 6 more Pyresteel Bombs to destroy the gates leading to the inner sanctum of the dread Necromancer Arugal! Will you help him?
Man, that's a big leap, going from Farmville to WoW. There'd have to be long stretches of waiting in WoW for shit to happen, and Blizzard would have to incorporate lots of rewards for getting other people to play.
Oh.
Oh fuck.
Oh fuck.
THE MUFFIN MAN needs 6 more Pyresteel Bombs to destroy the gates leading to the inner sanctum of the dread Necromancer Arugal! Will you help him?
I am so glad I got out of facebook as early as I did when I saw where it was going. That said I never really used it much anyway as I tend to prefer my privacy. Must be all that sadomasochism I get up to.
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just read this on LEGO universe's site, and I thought it was funny, given this fiasco
When Signing up for LEGO Universe, kids should use an alias and not a real name. Not only is it fun for kids to come up with cool and creative user names, it also protects their identity and personal information. Also encourage your kids to give their in-game characters, pets etc. catchy nicknames instead of using real names. Get creative together, and keep your personal information safe!
just read this on LEGO universe's site, and I thought it was funny, given this fiasco
When Signing up for LEGO Universe, kids should use an alias and not a real name. Not only is it fun for kids to come up with cool and creative user names, it also protects their identity and personal information. Also encourage your kids to give their in-game characters, pets etc. catchy nicknames instead of using real names. Get creative together, and keep your personal information safe!
Man, that's a big leap, going from Farmville to WoW. There'd have to be long stretches of waiting in WoW for shit to happen, and Blizzard would have to incorporate lots of rewards for getting other people to play.
Oh.
Oh fuck.
Oh fuck.
THE MUFFIN MAN needs 6 more Pyresteel Bombs to destroy the gates leading to the inner sanctum of the dread Necromancer Arugal! Will you help him?
Isn't there somebody on this forum who has a quote sigged about how you should get Frost Badges for playing Farmville?
First paragraph sounds like arrogant bullshit to me.
Just sounds like he's angry and it did get to him, even though he's trying to hide it. A few of his posts come off short. In his position I think most people would be angry. He's been shit on by the internet to prove a point that some policy a guy X levels above him who doesn't give a shit about him made.
He did kinda bring it on by exposing himself though. It wasn't going to go any other way once he posted his name. Not saying people were right, it's just the nature of the net. It was a bad call which he'll be angry about too.
I kinda feel sorry for all the CM's. Ultimately they're taking the flak for this crap.
Weren't people here "sleuthing" that the Bashiok/Drysc RL information that was posted wasn't accurate? If it wasn't, then why would he even have to make a post like that? So, was it accurate after all?
Isn't there somebody on this forum who has a quote sigged about how you should get Frost Badges for playing Farmville?
I'm afraid Blizzard thought that was a good idea
Much like there's that Pokemon thing that levels your pets while you walk, I need more ways to get frost badges outside of raiding. I refuse to be penalized for having a "real life." This farm isn't going to harvest itself.
First paragraph sounds like arrogant bullshit to me.
Just sounds like he's angry and it did get to him, even though he's trying to hide it. A few of his posts come off short. In his position I think most people would be angry. He's been shit on by the internet to prove a point that some policy a guy X levels above him who doesn't give a shit about him made.
He did kinda bring it on by exposing himself though. It wasn't going to go any other way once he posted his name. Not saying people were right, it's just the nature of the net. It was a bad call which he'll be angry about too.
I kinda feel sorry for all the CM's. Ultimately they're taking the flak for this crap.
Weren't people here "sleuthing" that the Bashiok/Drysc RL information that was posted wasn't accurate? If it wasn't, then why would he even have to make a post like that? So, was it accurate after all?
Some of the information that was initially posted about him in the thread turned out to be wrong (or possibly just outdated), apparently.
But it wouldn't that hard to find the correct info, especially since we can make a pretty reasonable assumption about where he lives. Wouldn't surprise me at all to learn he was the victim of some harassing phone calls/snailmails.
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The first attempt which was widely linked to was incorrect but attempts that occurred afterwards found his Facebook which he then deleted or locked down or something. I don't know what happened exactly.
The first attempt which was widely linked to was incorrect but attempts that occurred afterwards found his Facebook which he then deleted or locked down or something. I don't know what happened exactly.
Almost certainly just locked down. It takes a couple of weeks to delete a facebook account (not sure what it looks like during that time). My boss just deleted his, it told him if he even thought about it during the next 14 days the deletion would be canceled.*
That's what's funny about the whole thing. Even Kotick's wife locked hers down and all those videos and photos were removed. As if they had something to hide from internet stalkers, right?
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So is our Slippery Slope slip n' slide still setup? It's hot as balls out and I wanna play.
The first attempt which was widely linked to was incorrect but attempts that occurred afterwards found his Facebook which he then deleted or locked down or something. I don't know what happened exactly.
Almost certainly just locked down. It takes a couple of weeks to delete a facebook account (not sure what it looks like during that time). My boss just deleted his, it told him if he even thought about it during the next 14 days the deletion would be canceled.*
* - Slight exaggeration. slight.
How do you delete one? During this whole thing, I remembered I had a very barebones Facebook account and decided to get rid of it since I wasn't using it. But the only option I saw was "Deactivate Account" and when I did that they told me I could still receive invites and crap from people and that if I ever signed back into my account it would be there as if I never left.
To me, that sounds like I still have a fully functioning Facebook account unfortunately.
The first attempt which was widely linked to was incorrect but attempts that occurred afterwards found his Facebook which he then deleted or locked down or something. I don't know what happened exactly.
Almost certainly just locked down. It takes a couple of weeks to delete a facebook account (not sure what it looks like during that time). My boss just deleted his, it told him if he even thought about it during the next 14 days the deletion would be canceled.*
* - Slight exaggeration. slight.
How do you delete one? During this whole thing, I remembered I had a very barebones Facebook account and decided to get rid of it since I wasn't using it. But the only option I saw was "Deactivate Account" and when I did that they told me I could still receive invites and crap from people and that if I ever signed back into my account it would be there as if I never left.
To me, that sounds like I still have a fully functioning Facebook account unfortunately.
Luckily, there is a Facebook Group for how to delete your facebook account. Strange, I know.
Though honestly the emails that have been bouncing around between us have been interesting and amusing. Most seem like good folks.
Yesterday we sent an e-mail to a number of consumers who wrote to us in recent days expressing their concern with respect to Blizzard's Real ID program. Given the large number of messages we received, we decided to respond with a mass e-mail so those who'd written us would receive our response as quickly as possible - rather than responding to each message individually, as is our usual practice.
Through an unfortunate error by one of our employees, some recipients were able to see the e-mail addresses of others who wrote on the same issue. Needless to say, it was never our intention to reveal this information and for that we are genuinely sorry. Those who write to ESRB to express their views expect and deserve to have their contact and personal information protected. In this case, we failed to do so and are doing everything we can to ensure it will not happen again in the future.
The fact that our message addressed individuals' concerns with respect to their privacy underscores how truly disappointing a mistake this was on our part. We work with companies to ensure they are handling people's private information with confidentiality, care and respect. It is only right that we set a good example and do no less ourselves.
We sincerely apologize to those who were affected by this error and appreciate their understanding.
Sincerely,
Entertainment Software Rating Board
Oh, and they managed to send this one without mass-copying people! :P
Having just come back to wow after 15 months, I kinda wish the realID thing was around when I quit. The spam of people removed from my friends list because the character no longer exits was kinda . Plus I'm sure some of my old guildies are still around on different toons, etc.
Though honestly the emails that have been bouncing around between us have been interesting and amusing. Most seem like good folks.
Yesterday we sent an e-mail to a number of consumers who wrote to us in recent days expressing their concern with respect to Blizzard's Real ID program. Given the large number of messages we received, we decided to respond with a mass e-mail so those who'd written us would receive our response as quickly as possible - rather than responding to each message individually, as is our usual practice.
Through an unfortunate error by one of our employees, some recipients were able to see the e-mail addresses of others who wrote on the same issue. Needless to say, it was never our intention to reveal this information and for that we are genuinely sorry. Those who write to ESRB to express their views expect and deserve to have their contact and personal information protected. In this case, we failed to do so and are doing everything we can to ensure it will not happen again in the future.
The fact that our message addressed individuals' concerns with respect to their privacy underscores how truly disappointing a mistake this was on our part. We work with companies to ensure they are handling people's private information with confidentiality, care and respect. It is only right that we set a good example and do no less ourselves.
We sincerely apologize to those who were affected by this error and appreciate their understanding.
Sincerely,
Entertainment Software Rating Board
Oh, and they managed to send this one without mass-copying people! :P
The only way they can make up for this is by releasing the personal information of the employee referenced by "an unfortunate error by one of our employees." : D
Have they said anthing about the possibilty of /ignore affecting the RealID instead of the character? Two different ignore-commands maybe? Cause that could always be something.
I noticed the Wow symbol when my brother logs on does this mean when I get starcraft he will see me playing it while he is on wow and is able to talk to me?
Even if I hadn't shut it off I doubt I'd be getting too much use out of the RealID friend system. Most of the people I play games with all congregate on the same teamspeak server.
Friends of friends will soon be opt-out, and other information about the future of Real ID (spoilered for length).
Answers to Common Community Questions About Real ID™
Since the launch of the Real ID™ system in World of Warcraft®, we’ve received a number of questions from the community about our plans for the service, features like StarCraft® II’s Facebook® integration, and how we see Real ID evolving in the future. We've been keeping tabs on the conversations on our forums, social media sites, and fansites, and have compiled some of the most common questions to answer for you here. We hope you find this information helpful, and we look forward to hearing your feedback and continuing the conversation in the thread below.
Q: Do you have any plans to allow players to not show their real name to friends of friends while using the Real ID system?
A: As with any new feature we add to our games, we've been evaluating how Real ID has been used since its release to identify new functionality that would help improve our players’ experience. The in-game Real ID “friends of friends” list is designed to give players a convenient way to populate their Real ID friends list with other players they know and trust in real life, allowing them to quickly and easily send Real ID friend requests to these people without having to enter their Battle.net® account names. However, we recognize that some players would prefer not to be displayed on friends lists in this fashion, so we plan to include an option that will allow players to opt out of appearing on their Real ID friends’ “friends of friends” lists. We're anticipating this feature to be available for StarCraft II shortly after release of the game, and World of Warcraft at around the same time -- we’ll have more information for you in the coming weeks.
Q: What are your plans for Facebook integration?
A: With regard to Facebook, our goal is to help Blizzard gamers on Battle.net more easily connect to their real-life friends and family. For the launch of StarCraft II, we are introducing an optional Facebook friend finder feature to help achieve this goal. The friend finder enables players who decide to use it to easily populate their Battle.net friends list by sending Real ID friend requests to the people on their Facebook friends list who have Battle.net accounts. We hope players will find this feature convenient, but it's completely optional. In the long term, we hope to give players who use Facebook some fun, and also optional, ways to share what they're doing in Blizzard games with their friends, similar to the optional World of Warcraft Armory integration now available, but we don’t have any specific plans to share at present.
Q: How does the friend finder in StarCraft II work? What's sent to Facebook?
A: When you use the Add a Friend feature in StarCraft II, one of the options you’ll see is to search your Facebook friends list for people who also have Battle.net accounts in order to quickly send them Real ID friend requests. When you click this button, you'll be asked to enter your Facebook login information, and you’ll then see a list of your Facebook friends who also have Battle.net accounts. You’ll then have the option to send any of these Facebook friends a Real ID friend request in-game. (Keep in mind that for someone to appear on the list, their Battle.net account email address must match their Facebook email address. In addition, you’ll see the names of any Facebook friends who have registered Battle.net accounts, regardless of whether they have Blizzard games attached to their account or just, for example, created the Battle.net account to make a purchase on the online Blizzard Store.)
It’s important to note that Blizzard Entertainment does not share any personal information with Facebook as part of this process. Keep in mind that as with other Real ID features such as the “friends of friends” list, our goal with the friend finder feature is to create convenient options to help players easily find people they know in real life on Battle.net without having to remember email addresses or account names. We hope players will find the feature easy to use and convenient.
Q: How can I prevent World of Warcraft add-ons from accessing Real ID first and last names without my knowledge?
A: As always, we recommend that you get your UI add-ons through reliable sources. It’s important to note that without installing a UI add-on specifically designed to retrieve that information, there’s no risk of it being accessed. On our end, we’re looking into the issue and are at work on some changes that we can make to help protect against these types of add-ons. We’ll provide further details as soon as we have more information to share.
Q: Are you secretly trying to build a social gaming platform with the new Battle.net?
A: It’s no secret -- as we’ve discussed openly since we first started sharing our plans about the new Battle.net, one of our goals is for it to serve as a social gaming service for Blizzard gamers. This was a deliberate and open design decision, driven 100% by the desire to create an even better online experience for our players by giving them powerful tools to compete with and stay connected to their real-life friends and family.
Q: If my account was compromised, what information about my Real ID friends would a hacker have access to?
A: We take account security very seriously, and we offer a number of ways to help players keep their account secure, including the Battle.net Authenticator and the free Battle.net Mobile Authenticator app, available for a wide range of mobile devices. Aside from your friends’ first and last names, no other personal information is shared through the in-game Real ID system.
Q: What’s a StarCraft II "character code"?
A: When you first log in to StarCraft II, you’re prompted to choose a single character name. This is the only name you’ll use on Battle.net, and it’s tied to your StarCraft II license. In order to allow players to select any name they wish regardless of whether another player is already using the same name, we then generate and assign a three-digit character code that uniquely identifies the player. When posting on the forums of the new StarCraft II community site, players will be posting using their StarCraft II character name and character code.
Q: Will the new StarCraft II forum posting name format (character name + character code) carry over into the forum communities of other Blizzard games?
A: Following our recent decision to no longer use real first and last names on Blizzard forums, we’re still evaluating how we’ll move forward with our other forums. Our ultimate goal is still to promote constructive conversations and improve the overall forum experience for our players, and we think increasing accountability is an important part of achieving that. StarCraft II already uses a character name and character code combo in-game, which serves as a unique player identifier and fits well with our goal for the forums. World of Warcraft handles player identification differently, so we still need to determine whether adding a character code system like in StarCraft II is the best solution. Ultimately, we want to come up with a system that makes sense for each community and fits our long-term vision for the forums.
Q: Are there any plans to change the in-game Real ID system so that players will have the option to display an assigned user name instead of their real names?
A: The Real ID system is designed to help real-life friends and family who decide to use it keep in touch with each other across Blizzard games, and our goal in using real names is to ensure that players will be able to maintain long-term, meaningful relationships on the service for years to come. One way it helps make that happen is by eliminating the need to remember who, for example, "Thrall123" really is when you see him or her pop up on your friends list again after months -- or years -- of being offline. Ultimately, we think this is the best way to ensure players who use Real ID are able stay connected with the people they enjoy playing with most in the long-term, and we don’t currently have any plans to change the system so it can be used with character names or alternate handles instead. That said, Battle.net is a living, breathing service that we will continue to evolve over time as we evaluate how players are using it and identify new ways to improve the experience.
Q: What plans are there to improve moderation since the use of real names on the forums has been changed?
A: Our new community sites’ forums, beginning with the StarCraft II site, will have an improved moderation system as well as a post-rating system which will help our players promote the conversations they find the most constructive, as well as help forum moderators identify quality discussions. This, coupled with the unique StarCraft II character name and code, will help us to create a more positive atmosphere based on community interaction and accountability.
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Friends of friends will soon be opt-out, and other information about the future of Real ID (spoilered for length).
Answers to Common Community Questions About Real ID™
Since the launch of the Real ID™ system in World of Warcraft®, we’ve received a number of questions from the community about our plans for the service, features like StarCraft® II’s Facebook® integration, and how we see Real ID evolving in the future. We've been keeping tabs on the conversations on our forums, social media sites, and fansites, and have compiled some of the most common questions to answer for you here. We hope you find this information helpful, and we look forward to hearing your feedback and continuing the conversation in the thread below.
Q: Do you have any plans to allow players to not show their real name to friends of friends while using the Real ID system?
A: As with any new feature we add to our games, we've been evaluating how Real ID has been used since its release to identify new functionality that would help improve our players’ experience. The in-game Real ID “friends of friends” list is designed to give players a convenient way to populate their Real ID friends list with other players they know and trust in real life, allowing them to quickly and easily send Real ID friend requests to these people without having to enter their Battle.net® account names. However, we recognize that some players would prefer not to be displayed on friends lists in this fashion, so we plan to include an option that will allow players to opt out of appearing on their Real ID friends’ “friends of friends” lists. We're anticipating this feature to be available for StarCraft II shortly after release of the game, and World of Warcraft at around the same time -- we’ll have more information for you in the coming weeks.
Q: What are your plans for Facebook integration?
A: With regard to Facebook, our goal is to help Blizzard gamers on Battle.net more easily connect to their real-life friends and family. For the launch of StarCraft II, we are introducing an optional Facebook friend finder feature to help achieve this goal. The friend finder enables players who decide to use it to easily populate their Battle.net friends list by sending Real ID friend requests to the people on their Facebook friends list who have Battle.net accounts. We hope players will find this feature convenient, but it's completely optional. In the long term, we hope to give players who use Facebook some fun, and also optional, ways to share what they're doing in Blizzard games with their friends, similar to the optional World of Warcraft Armory integration now available, but we don’t have any specific plans to share at present.
Q: How does the friend finder in StarCraft II work? What's sent to Facebook?
A: When you use the Add a Friend feature in StarCraft II, one of the options you’ll see is to search your Facebook friends list for people who also have Battle.net accounts in order to quickly send them Real ID friend requests. When you click this button, you'll be asked to enter your Facebook login information, and you’ll then see a list of your Facebook friends who also have Battle.net accounts. You’ll then have the option to send any of these Facebook friends a Real ID friend request in-game. (Keep in mind that for someone to appear on the list, their Battle.net account email address must match their Facebook email address. In addition, you’ll see the names of any Facebook friends who have registered Battle.net accounts, regardless of whether they have Blizzard games attached to their account or just, for example, created the Battle.net account to make a purchase on the online Blizzard Store.)
It’s important to note that Blizzard Entertainment does not share any personal information with Facebook as part of this process. Keep in mind that as with other Real ID features such as the “friends of friends” list, our goal with the friend finder feature is to create convenient options to help players easily find people they know in real life on Battle.net without having to remember email addresses or account names. We hope players will find the feature easy to use and convenient.
Q: How can I prevent World of Warcraft add-ons from accessing Real ID first and last names without my knowledge?
A: As always, we recommend that you get your UI add-ons through reliable sources. It’s important to note that without installing a UI add-on specifically designed to retrieve that information, there’s no risk of it being accessed. On our end, we’re looking into the issue and are at work on some changes that we can make to help protect against these types of add-ons. We’ll provide further details as soon as we have more information to share.
Q: Are you secretly trying to build a social gaming platform with the new Battle.net?
A: It’s no secret -- as we’ve discussed openly since we first started sharing our plans about the new Battle.net, one of our goals is for it to serve as a social gaming service for Blizzard gamers. This was a deliberate and open design decision, driven 100% by the desire to create an even better online experience for our players by giving them powerful tools to compete with and stay connected to their real-life friends and family.
Q: If my account was compromised, what information about my Real ID friends would a hacker have access to?
A: We take account security very seriously, and we offer a number of ways to help players keep their account secure, including the Battle.net Authenticator and the free Battle.net Mobile Authenticator app, available for a wide range of mobile devices. Aside from your friends’ first and last names, no other personal information is shared through the in-game Real ID system.
Q: What’s a StarCraft II "character code"?
A: When you first log in to StarCraft II, you’re prompted to choose a single character name. This is the only name you’ll use on Battle.net, and it’s tied to your StarCraft II license. In order to allow players to select any name they wish regardless of whether another player is already using the same name, we then generate and assign a three-digit character code that uniquely identifies the player. When posting on the forums of the new StarCraft II community site, players will be posting using their StarCraft II character name and character code.
Q: Will the new StarCraft II forum posting name format (character name + character code) carry over into the forum communities of other Blizzard games?
A: Following our recent decision to no longer use real first and last names on Blizzard forums, we’re still evaluating how we’ll move forward with our other forums. Our ultimate goal is still to promote constructive conversations and improve the overall forum experience for our players, and we think increasing accountability is an important part of achieving that. StarCraft II already uses a character name and character code combo in-game, which serves as a unique player identifier and fits well with our goal for the forums. World of Warcraft handles player identification differently, so we still need to determine whether adding a character code system like in StarCraft II is the best solution. Ultimately, we want to come up with a system that makes sense for each community and fits our long-term vision for the forums.
Q: Are there any plans to change the in-game Real ID system so that players will have the option to display an assigned user name instead of their real names?
A: The Real ID system is designed to help real-life friends and family who decide to use it keep in touch with each other across Blizzard games, and our goal in using real names is to ensure that players will be able to maintain long-term, meaningful relationships on the service for years to come. One way it helps make that happen is by eliminating the need to remember who, for example, "Thrall123" really is when you see him or her pop up on your friends list again after months -- or years -- of being offline. Ultimately, we think this is the best way to ensure players who use Real ID are able stay connected with the people they enjoy playing with most in the long-term, and we don’t currently have any plans to change the system so it can be used with character names or alternate handles instead. That said, Battle.net is a living, breathing service that we will continue to evolve over time as we evaluate how players are using it and identify new ways to improve the experience.
Q: What plans are there to improve moderation since the use of real names on the forums has been changed?
A: Our new community sites’ forums, beginning with the StarCraft II site, will have an improved moderation system as well as a post-rating system which will help our players promote the conversations they find the most constructive, as well as help forum moderators identify quality discussions. This, coupled with the unique StarCraft II character name and code, will help us to create a more positive atmosphere based on community interaction and accountability.
I'm pretty much happy with this. I mean, being able to select a permanent handle to display over all would be best, but as it is once these changes are made I will start using the RealID system.
Their response to the question about using a username instead of your real name confuses me. They want RealID to be used for people who already know each other right (that's what they seem to be saying anyway)? Wouldn't that mean they ALREADY know their names?
Their response to the question about using a username instead of your real name confuses me. They want RealID to be used for people who already know each other right (that's what they seem to be saying anyway)? Wouldn't that mean they ALREADY know their names?
Yes, but then that forces you to remember, as they put it, which one of your friends "Thrall123" is. Cause (hopefully) you don't call him that in real life.
To put it another way, they want you to know that Brian is online, not that "HotSylvanasAss669" is online and then leave you going "Which one of my friends is that again?".
That's their thinking right now anyway.
That shit from the Q&A sounds perfect. Just bring something just like that Starcraft2 handle over to the WoW forums and everythings perfect.
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Real ID is more or less suppose to help with, say, some of you fuckers who have your name on this forum, then a different name on Twitter, and then a different name on Steam. Or any combination thereof. That actually annoys me a bit. Not enough to like, hate people for it, but it makes things frustrating trying to keep track of who is who. So even if you use a username for Real ID (as opposed to your actual name), it's probably not going to help in some situations.
So... fuck it, I'll forever have to put up with people rebranding themselves with names. <_<
Edit - In this post, I realize the system won't actually help me at all.
Why couldn't a nickname just be first name last initial or something like that? it solves both problems of friends being able to find you and people not wanting their full name shown. and even if you have two brian L's on your list you can still leave something in the note slot to distinguish can't you?
Here's hoping they finally crack and make it so you use a handle to be your realid.
Even if this was an option, I still don't think I would use it. I don't care that it shows my real name; I don't want to broadcast every time I log on to a bank toon that I'm online. Worse yet, I don't want you to be able to see if I'm playing an entirely different game.
I want privacy of my actions, not necessarily my name. If I'm giving you my b.net email address, chances are I probably trust you enough that you know my name.
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THE MUFFIN MAN needs 6 more Pyresteel Bombs to destroy the gates leading to the inner sanctum of the dread Necromancer Arugal! Will you help him?
I am so glad I got out of facebook as early as I did when I saw where it was going. That said I never really used it much anyway as I tend to prefer my privacy. Must be all that sadomasochism I get up to.
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I should hurry so I can reserve xXL3g0Sp4c3M4nXx
Isn't there somebody on this forum who has a quote sigged about how you should get Frost Badges for playing Farmville?
I'm afraid Blizzard thought that was a good idea
Much like there's that Pokemon thing that levels your pets while you walk, I need more ways to get frost badges outside of raiding. I refuse to be penalized for having a "real life." This farm isn't going to harvest itself.
Some of the information that was initially posted about him in the thread turned out to be wrong (or possibly just outdated), apparently.
But it wouldn't that hard to find the correct info, especially since we can make a pretty reasonable assumption about where he lives. Wouldn't surprise me at all to learn he was the victim of some harassing phone calls/snailmails.
Pluto was a planet and I'll never forget
Almost certainly just locked down. It takes a couple of weeks to delete a facebook account (not sure what it looks like during that time). My boss just deleted his, it told him if he even thought about it during the next 14 days the deletion would be canceled.*
* - Slight exaggeration. slight.
There are not enough faces or palms in the world.
I got the email but it shows to privacy@esrb.org so gmail either filters them or they only partially fucked up big time
I got 2 in my gmail, one that was sent out using BCC and one that lists out everyones. So much fail.
Nope, and one person has used the Replied to all button so far. I'm just amazed it's not more.
How do you delete one? During this whole thing, I remembered I had a very barebones Facebook account and decided to get rid of it since I wasn't using it. But the only option I saw was "Deactivate Account" and when I did that they told me I could still receive invites and crap from people and that if I ever signed back into my account it would be there as if I never left.
To me, that sounds like I still have a fully functioning Facebook account unfortunately.
Luckily, there is a Facebook Group for how to delete your facebook account. Strange, I know.
What's funny is it has 62000 fans.
Though honestly the emails that have been bouncing around between us have been interesting and amusing. Most seem like good folks.
Oh, and they managed to send this one without mass-copying people! :P
Origin: Galedrid - Nintendo: Galedrid/3222-6858-1045
Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand
Since the launch of the Real ID™ system in World of Warcraft®, we’ve received a number of questions from the community about our plans for the service, features like StarCraft® II’s Facebook® integration, and how we see Real ID evolving in the future. We've been keeping tabs on the conversations on our forums, social media sites, and fansites, and have compiled some of the most common questions to answer for you here. We hope you find this information helpful, and we look forward to hearing your feedback and continuing the conversation in the thread below.
Q: Do you have any plans to allow players to not show their real name to friends of friends while using the Real ID system?
A: As with any new feature we add to our games, we've been evaluating how Real ID has been used since its release to identify new functionality that would help improve our players’ experience. The in-game Real ID “friends of friends” list is designed to give players a convenient way to populate their Real ID friends list with other players they know and trust in real life, allowing them to quickly and easily send Real ID friend requests to these people without having to enter their Battle.net® account names. However, we recognize that some players would prefer not to be displayed on friends lists in this fashion, so we plan to include an option that will allow players to opt out of appearing on their Real ID friends’ “friends of friends” lists. We're anticipating this feature to be available for StarCraft II shortly after release of the game, and World of Warcraft at around the same time -- we’ll have more information for you in the coming weeks.
Q: What are your plans for Facebook integration?
A: With regard to Facebook, our goal is to help Blizzard gamers on Battle.net more easily connect to their real-life friends and family. For the launch of StarCraft II, we are introducing an optional Facebook friend finder feature to help achieve this goal. The friend finder enables players who decide to use it to easily populate their Battle.net friends list by sending Real ID friend requests to the people on their Facebook friends list who have Battle.net accounts. We hope players will find this feature convenient, but it's completely optional. In the long term, we hope to give players who use Facebook some fun, and also optional, ways to share what they're doing in Blizzard games with their friends, similar to the optional World of Warcraft Armory integration now available, but we don’t have any specific plans to share at present.
Q: How does the friend finder in StarCraft II work? What's sent to Facebook?
A: When you use the Add a Friend feature in StarCraft II, one of the options you’ll see is to search your Facebook friends list for people who also have Battle.net accounts in order to quickly send them Real ID friend requests. When you click this button, you'll be asked to enter your Facebook login information, and you’ll then see a list of your Facebook friends who also have Battle.net accounts. You’ll then have the option to send any of these Facebook friends a Real ID friend request in-game. (Keep in mind that for someone to appear on the list, their Battle.net account email address must match their Facebook email address. In addition, you’ll see the names of any Facebook friends who have registered Battle.net accounts, regardless of whether they have Blizzard games attached to their account or just, for example, created the Battle.net account to make a purchase on the online Blizzard Store.)
It’s important to note that Blizzard Entertainment does not share any personal information with Facebook as part of this process. Keep in mind that as with other Real ID features such as the “friends of friends” list, our goal with the friend finder feature is to create convenient options to help players easily find people they know in real life on Battle.net without having to remember email addresses or account names. We hope players will find the feature easy to use and convenient.
Q: How can I prevent World of Warcraft add-ons from accessing Real ID first and last names without my knowledge?
A: As always, we recommend that you get your UI add-ons through reliable sources. It’s important to note that without installing a UI add-on specifically designed to retrieve that information, there’s no risk of it being accessed. On our end, we’re looking into the issue and are at work on some changes that we can make to help protect against these types of add-ons. We’ll provide further details as soon as we have more information to share.
Q: Are you secretly trying to build a social gaming platform with the new Battle.net?
A: It’s no secret -- as we’ve discussed openly since we first started sharing our plans about the new Battle.net, one of our goals is for it to serve as a social gaming service for Blizzard gamers. This was a deliberate and open design decision, driven 100% by the desire to create an even better online experience for our players by giving them powerful tools to compete with and stay connected to their real-life friends and family.
Q: If my account was compromised, what information about my Real ID friends would a hacker have access to?
A: We take account security very seriously, and we offer a number of ways to help players keep their account secure, including the Battle.net Authenticator and the free Battle.net Mobile Authenticator app, available for a wide range of mobile devices. Aside from your friends’ first and last names, no other personal information is shared through the in-game Real ID system.
Q: What’s a StarCraft II "character code"?
A: When you first log in to StarCraft II, you’re prompted to choose a single character name. This is the only name you’ll use on Battle.net, and it’s tied to your StarCraft II license. In order to allow players to select any name they wish regardless of whether another player is already using the same name, we then generate and assign a three-digit character code that uniquely identifies the player. When posting on the forums of the new StarCraft II community site, players will be posting using their StarCraft II character name and character code.
Q: Will the new StarCraft II forum posting name format (character name + character code) carry over into the forum communities of other Blizzard games?
A: Following our recent decision to no longer use real first and last names on Blizzard forums, we’re still evaluating how we’ll move forward with our other forums. Our ultimate goal is still to promote constructive conversations and improve the overall forum experience for our players, and we think increasing accountability is an important part of achieving that. StarCraft II already uses a character name and character code combo in-game, which serves as a unique player identifier and fits well with our goal for the forums. World of Warcraft handles player identification differently, so we still need to determine whether adding a character code system like in StarCraft II is the best solution. Ultimately, we want to come up with a system that makes sense for each community and fits our long-term vision for the forums.
Q: Are there any plans to change the in-game Real ID system so that players will have the option to display an assigned user name instead of their real names?
A: The Real ID system is designed to help real-life friends and family who decide to use it keep in touch with each other across Blizzard games, and our goal in using real names is to ensure that players will be able to maintain long-term, meaningful relationships on the service for years to come. One way it helps make that happen is by eliminating the need to remember who, for example, "Thrall123" really is when you see him or her pop up on your friends list again after months -- or years -- of being offline. Ultimately, we think this is the best way to ensure players who use Real ID are able stay connected with the people they enjoy playing with most in the long-term, and we don’t currently have any plans to change the system so it can be used with character names or alternate handles instead. That said, Battle.net is a living, breathing service that we will continue to evolve over time as we evaluate how players are using it and identify new ways to improve the experience.
Q: What plans are there to improve moderation since the use of real names on the forums has been changed?
A: Our new community sites’ forums, beginning with the StarCraft II site, will have an improved moderation system as well as a post-rating system which will help our players promote the conversations they find the most constructive, as well as help forum moderators identify quality discussions. This, coupled with the unique StarCraft II character name and code, will help us to create a more positive atmosphere based on community interaction and accountability.
http://blue.mmo-champion.com/t/26137024221/answers-to-common-community-questions-real-id/
I'm pretty much happy with this. I mean, being able to select a permanent handle to display over all would be best, but as it is once these changes are made I will start using the RealID system.
Yes, but then that forces you to remember, as they put it, which one of your friends "Thrall123" is. Cause (hopefully) you don't call him that in real life.
To put it another way, they want you to know that Brian is online, not that "HotSylvanasAss669" is online and then leave you going "Which one of my friends is that again?".
That's their thinking right now anyway.
That shit from the Q&A sounds perfect. Just bring something just like that Starcraft2 handle over to the WoW forums and everythings perfect.
So... fuck it, I'll forever have to put up with people rebranding themselves with names. <_<
Edit - In this post, I realize the system won't actually help me at all.
Even if this was an option, I still don't think I would use it. I don't care that it shows my real name; I don't want to broadcast every time I log on to a bank toon that I'm online. Worse yet, I don't want you to be able to see if I'm playing an entirely different game.
I want privacy of my actions, not necessarily my name. If I'm giving you my b.net email address, chances are I probably trust you enough that you know my name.
get your own starcraft 2 signature at sc2sig.com
You can set your visibility in Steam.
No. It works similarly?
get your own starcraft 2 signature at sc2sig.com
Where do you think the idea came from?
Shit X-Box Live does the same thing, doesn't it?
This isn't new or controversial.
And in WoW too.