I understand that people don't want random strangers knowing their name.
But it seems, at first glance, that requiring real names will cut down on the idiots. And that sounds good to me.
As I said, there are other ways to cut down on the idiots without giving someone the name that I use in real life. And as others have mentioned - this is especially great if you're a woman! Don't like being e-harassed? Guess what's going to happen even more often! Or, for that matter, if you're a celebrity, or an employee of a competitor, this is also not great.
A lot of people get paranoia over stupid things and their "right to privacy"
How about you venture into the WoW, counterstrike, Halo, Modern Warfare, or other gaming community with a female name. Or try a muslim name, perhaps even Mexican.
Come back here when you've experienced why people get paranoid "over stupid things".
I understand that people don't want random strangers knowing their name.
But it seems, at first glance, that requiring real names will cut down on the idiots. And that sounds good to me.
As I said, there are other ways to cut down on the idiots without giving someone the name that I use in real life. And as others have mentioned - this is especially great if you're a woman! Don't like being e-harassed? Guess what's going to happen even more often! Or, for that matter, if you're a celebrity, or an employee of a competitor, this is also not great.
So Blizzard's officially gone batshit insane and decided to make it so if you post on their Forums (any of their forums, not just WoW or SC2) after Battle.net 2.0 fully rolls out, you are forced to post with your real name. I wonder how many people cancelled their subscriptions today.
Oh my dear lord that's awesome. Blizzard's forums will probably gain 30 IQ points overnight.
Sacrificing any shred of privacy is a small price to pay to eradicate the stupid.
Actually on the balance this is a horrible idea.
Remember Something Awful's approach? Charge a dollar on a credit card. Keeps out the kids.
So Blizzard's officially gone batshit insane and decided to make it so if you post on their Forums (any of their forums, not just WoW or SC2) after Battle.net 2.0 fully rolls out, you are forced to post with your real name. I wonder how many people cancelled their subscriptions today.
It's a good thing my real name is Harris xXbLaCkDeAtHkIlLeRxX, isn't it?
Can't they just do it by the name on the credit card?
Dr Mario KartGames DealerAustin, TXRegistered Userregular
edited July 2010
With both Sony and MS bundling their motion peripherals in one of their console SKUs, shouldnt it be the case that there will be no price drop on the hardware until at least fall/winter 2011?
That is to say, it would be unusual to introduce a SKU and then drop the price on a few months later (spring 2011).
So Blizzard's officially gone batshit insane and decided to make it so if you post on their Forums (any of their forums, not just WoW or SC2) after Battle.net 2.0 fully rolls out, you are forced to post with your real name. I wonder how many people cancelled their subscriptions today.
It's a good thing my real name is Harris xXbLaCkDeAtHkIlLeRxX, isn't it?
Can't they just do it by the name on the credit card?
Negative. Your WoW / Battle.net account has a name associated with it when you make 'em. If it took the name off the credit card, a lot of people would have their identity hidden by virtue of their mother or father's name being on the card. Also, paying by credit card isn't the only way to pay in the first place.
A lot of people get paranoia over stupid things and their "right to privacy"
How about you venture into the WoW, counterstrike, Halo, Modern Warfare, or other gaming community with a female name. Or try a muslim name, perhaps even Mexican.
Come back here when you've experienced why people get paranoid "over stupid things".
What the hell are you doing in those communities anyways
You're pretty much going to get harassed there no matter what you do, even if your name is John Smith and you're a white male
EDIT: But then again I'm one of those people that's basically like "Put an RFID chip in my wrist" so I'm sure I'm probably outnumbered in privacy arguments anyways.
UnbreakableVow on
0
HenroidMexican kicked from Immigration ThreadCentrism is Racism :3Registered Userregular
Have fun trying to recover that account and the hundreds of hours logged onto it by proving you are Stewie Griffin with a photo ID.
It's not a forgone conclusion of a name. If the bank accepts checks made out to the alias for my account, Blizzard will accept my legal name for the alias.
Would anyone like to point out that if the Wii HD is released in late 2011, it will have lasted as long as the original Xbox, N64, SNES, and probably some others?
Sega’s just confirmed to VG247 that last night’s rumours of the firm missing gamescom are true.
A brief statement from the company said the Cologne-based event remains to be “the most important European event in the calendar.”
Sega said the decision to miss this year’s show was purely “commercial,” and is not down to the location.
“Sega has made the decision not to attend gamescom this year,” said the firm.
“gamescom 2009 was a very successful show for us and continues to be the most important European event in the calendar. The decision not to show at this year’s event was not down to the location of Cologne and will not mean that Sega will never attend gamescom in the future, but simply a commercial decision made for 2010.”
Some of the big Sega titles expected on the German showfloor next month were Sonic 4, Valkyria Chronicles II, Vanquish and Shogun 2: Total War.
“We have to appeal to customers with different preferences. Sega did not succeed. Konami did not succeed. Namco Bandai did not succeed. Western publishers have not succeeded in selling in Japan. Nobody has succeeded at globalisation,” he told VentureBeat. “But it hasn’t succeeded because it was always based on Japanese direction. It was Japanese people who commissioned the western developers to make games.”
Wada said that his aim is to create an environment “where completely different ethnic groups can coexist in the same company”. Eidos, which Square acquired last year, is treated as an equal to the firm’s Japanese studios, he said, with former Eidos CEO Phil Rogers now holding the same title at Square Enix Europe.
“It is important that what’s in America should be handled by Americans,” Wada said. “The same goes in Europe and in Japan. These people who are deeply rooted in their own cultures can engage in their own dialogues. The mistakes I have seen so far are when Japanese people try to do everything the Japanese way, using Japanese workers in different areas of the world.”
Meanwhile, Nintendo continues to print money everywhere and Miyamoto continues to not give a fuck about Japanese gaming existential angst.
Out of curiosity, what was the last new IP (with a 'mascot') that Nintendo created?
Pikmin probably?
reVerse on
0
-Loki-Don't pee in my mouth and tell me it's raining.Registered Userregular
edited July 2010
The best way to see why 'western' and Japanese cultures don't really like the others games is to just look at the differences in their robots in popular media. Sure, you get some 'western' people who like humanoid robots that fly, and you get some in the Japanese audience who like heavy, hulking mechs, but it's two different schools of thought.
Though this might just be me wanting more games based on robots.
Maybe it's just being from the UK, but I don't see the rage behind this. Seems pretty normal to stop exposing kids to too much violence/sex/swearing etc.
I mean I'm pretty liberal and nothing is stopping the kid's parents from getting them the game anyway. Might even allow the parents to bond with their kids more by getting themselves involved in their hobby.
The issue isn't with keeping mature games away from kids, the issue is with making it a law. As the article said, the only things controlled for age by law right now are alcohol, tobacco and pornography. The movie industry self-polices, as does the game-industry, but politicians keep using games as a convenient scape-goat for political brownie-points.
Thats a shame about the AP IP, so Sega just decides to sit on it and let it wither instead of following up and trying to build a franchise. ME1 was popular I know but I thought it was an atrocious and bland game, I enjoyed AP so much more than most games Ive played in the last year and its just killed off by a bunch of douche reviewers and Sega's inability to properly market or manage games.
Yeah, I'm continually amazed at how well Mass Effect 1 was received, even showing up in the top 10 on our Games of the Decade poll. Sure I liked it but the gameplay was just as poor (if not poorer) as Alpha Protocol's, while the narrative wasn't as good (though still good).
That... Really seems like an idiotic move. I'm wouldn't be surprised if Sega actually sells far more games in Europe than they do anywhere else. In Europe Sonic's still actually popular, the PC market isn't dead (so Total War and their football sims sell really well) and reviewers realise that the narrative's . I'm sure shunning their loyal fans passes as a brilliant idea in the amazing Sega think tank.
Which reminds me of the rubbish Gamescom showings Microsoft have had in recent years. Whatever happened to their increased focus on Europe once they'd given up on Japan?
Posts
As I said, there are other ways to cut down on the idiots without giving someone the name that I use in real life. And as others have mentioned - this is especially great if you're a woman! Don't like being e-harassed? Guess what's going to happen even more often! Or, for that matter, if you're a celebrity, or an employee of a competitor, this is also not great.
How about you venture into the WoW, counterstrike, Halo, Modern Warfare, or other gaming community with a female name. Or try a muslim name, perhaps even Mexican.
Come back here when you've experienced why people get paranoid "over stupid things".
Fair enough.
Remember Something Awful's approach? Charge a dollar on a credit card. Keeps out the kids.
Can't they just do it by the name on the credit card?
Uh, this probably isn't the example you want to use for 'stops silly goosing'.
3DS Friend Code: 2165-6448-8348 www.Twitch.TV/cooljammer00
Battle.Net: JohnDarc#1203 Origin/UPlay: CoolJammer00
That is to say, it would be unusual to introduce a SKU and then drop the price on a few months later (spring 2011).
Does that sound right?
Negative. Your WoW / Battle.net account has a name associated with it when you make 'em. If it took the name off the credit card, a lot of people would have their identity hidden by virtue of their mother or father's name being on the card. Also, paying by credit card isn't the only way to pay in the first place.
What the hell are you doing in those communities anyways
You're pretty much going to get harassed there no matter what you do, even if your name is John Smith and you're a white male
EDIT: But then again I'm one of those people that's basically like "Put an RFID chip in my wrist" so I'm sure I'm probably outnumbered in privacy arguments anyways.
But it at least makes a profit off it.
3DS Friend Code: 2165-6448-8348 www.Twitch.TV/cooljammer00
Battle.Net: JohnDarc#1203 Origin/UPlay: CoolJammer00
It's not a forgone conclusion of a name. If the bank accepts checks made out to the alias for my account, Blizzard will accept my legal name for the alias.
(Please do not gift. My game bank is already full.)
I can't think of how that relates, no.
Weren't Europe the ones that LOVED SONIC?
What publisher doesn't snub Europe? I would die in that gameless, liberal wasteland.
They got Terranigma and Disaster: Day of Crisis so they can still eat a dick
Or we can at least, I don't know, call it even or something if you don't want that violent of a response
Meanwhile, Nintendo continues to print money everywhere and Miyamoto continues to not give a fuck about Japanese gaming existential angst.
Pikmin probably?
Though this might just be me wanting more games based on robots.
Pikmin or Animal Crossing?
XBL |Steam | PSN | last.fm
Captain Fucking Brenner!
TURN BASED METAL!
The issue isn't with keeping mature games away from kids, the issue is with making it a law. As the article said, the only things controlled for age by law right now are alcohol, tobacco and pornography. The movie industry self-polices, as does the game-industry, but politicians keep using games as a convenient scape-goat for political brownie-points.
Advance wars was just an evolution of Famicom Wars.
What about Captain Rainbow? Didn't make it to the US, though.
3DS Friend Code: 0404-6826-4588 PM if you add.
Yeah, I'm continually amazed at how well Mass Effect 1 was received, even showing up in the top 10 on our Games of the Decade poll. Sure I liked it but the gameplay was just as poor (if not poorer) as Alpha Protocol's, while the narrative wasn't as good (though still good).
That... Really seems like an idiotic move. I'm wouldn't be surprised if Sega actually sells far more games in Europe than they do anywhere else. In Europe Sonic's still actually popular, the PC market isn't dead (so Total War and their football sims sell really well) and reviewers realise that the narrative's . I'm sure shunning their loyal fans passes as a brilliant idea in the amazing Sega think tank.
Which reminds me of the rubbish Gamescom showings Microsoft have had in recent years. Whatever happened to their increased focus on Europe once they'd given up on Japan?
No they weren't.
Good thing this wasn't a Miyamoto game or we'd know way more about his hobbies than anyone should.
Then again Nintendo might be trying hard to forget Captain Rainbow exists.
It still hurts Nintendo.
Edit: Yea, officially the last original addition to Nintendo's pantheon of characters was Captain Olimar/Pikmin.
Wii X series isn't considered a character driven series, Nintendo wants to forget they ever made Captain Rainbow.
Nintendo Network ID - Brainiac_8
PSN - Brainiac_8
Steam - http://steamcommunity.com/id/BRAINIAC8/
Add me!