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[WoW] Have you been posting? I'm sorry but I'll have to see some [RealID]!

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  • CorehealerCorehealer The Apothecary The softer edge of the universe.Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    GoodKingJayIII wrote: »
    Corehealer wrote: »
    Agent Cooper wrote: »
    I think a lot of people will try TOR, but I don't think it's going to significantly impact WoW.

    GW2 probably won't because... believe it or not, because of no monthly subscription. People will assume it's a lesser game for that reason alone. Conspicuous consumption at its finest.

    Then those retarded people can enjoy being stalked on WoW's forums while not being able to even breathe without a minimum 5k + GS and breathing achievement, in triplicate. Or can hope for the best out of SWTOR, which is the other awesome game in the pipe right now.

    Several pages back, but I can't resist. Let's not forget that EA is running the TOR ship, and even if they had no other "big business vidja game" crimes, they're still pretty well known for one: making goddamn awful MMOs.

    I have taken more and more interest in what's out there in the genre, and the ArenaNet guys are looking better and better. Also, GW2 is looking badass.

    GW2 and TOR are near equal in my things that are awesome coming soon, but GW2 is still inching to being my number 1 most anticipated title for next year.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    edited July 2010
    Gnutson wrote: »
    People are reacting to what they assume is coming next at this point and not reacting to what has actually been announced.

    They did that when the first iteration of RealID was announced and it was just a cross-game friend thingie.

    Then what people assumed got announced.

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  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Echo wrote: »
    Gnutson wrote: »
    People are reacting to what they assume is coming next at this point and not reacting to what has actually been announced.

    They did that when the first iteration of RealID was announced and it was just a cross-game friend thingie.

    Then what people assumed got announced.

    Except nobody assumed the forums would suddenly display your real name.

    Everybody getting all paranoid about it was assuming much crazier shit.

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Corehealer wrote: »
    http://greyshades.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/an-open-letter-to-blizzard/

    Read it. Just do it.

    It's good stuff.

    That was quite good.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    edited July 2010
    shryke wrote: »
    Except nobody assumed the forums would suddenly display your real name.

    Everybody getting all paranoid about it was assuming much crazier shit.

    When boiling a frog...

    Echo on
  • OptyOpty Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I don't think that even the people who were full stop against in-game RealID exposing your full name to friends-of-friends let alone your friends assumed Blizz would go this far.

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  • mturalonmturalon Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Sexy...

    Female friend of mine just confirmed that there is a script going around that doesn't require you to update any malicious addons to find your Real ID info.

    They didn't download anything at all recently, and unless something was already on her PC (doubtful) you can access peoples real names now just by running it on their toon name.

    So sadly with this bit of information, now knowing that random people and not just 'friends of friends' can see your name... this changes things.


    Hopefully all this hullabaloo about security gets heard, but I'll be turning this off and those two people I talked to using it will now have to text me instead.

    /sigh

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  • MutilateMutilate Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    mturalon wrote: »
    Sexy...

    Female friend of mine just confirmed that there is a script going around that doesn't require you to update any malicious addons to find your Real ID info.

    They didn't download anything at all recently, and unless something was already on her PC (doubtful) you can access peoples real names now just by running it on their toon name.

    So sadly with this bit of information, now knowing that random people and not just 'friends of friends' can see your name... this changes things.


    Hopefully all this hullabaloo about security gets heard, but I'll be turning this off and those two people I talked to using it will now have to text me instead.

    /sigh

    I am fairly confident that saeris, who knows an infinite amount more about these things than the majority of us, has already debunked this. In fact I think he actually posted said script a few pages back.

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  • mturalonmturalon Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Mutilate wrote: »
    mturalon wrote: »
    Sexy...

    Female friend of mine just confirmed that there is a script going around that doesn't require you to update any malicious addons to find your Real ID info.

    They didn't download anything at all recently, and unless something was already on her PC (doubtful) you can access peoples real names now just by running it on their toon name.

    So sadly with this bit of information, now knowing that random people and not just 'friends of friends' can see your name... this changes things.


    Hopefully all this hullabaloo about security gets heard, but I'll be turning this off and those two people I talked to using it will now have to text me instead.

    /sigh

    I am fairly confident that saeris, who knows an infinite amount more about these things than the majority of us, has already debunked this. In fact I think he actually posted said script a few pages back.

    I just got a call from said friend saying, and I quote.

    I haven't downloaded any new addons, only have 3 friends on my ID (me her BF and another RL friend of mine) and she just got a whisper in game from random guildie saying... Hey XXXXX is short for XXXXXXXXX and YYYYYY is your last name right?


    Said guildie isn't on her friends list...said they got it using a script.

    For me, that's enough to not care that someone I don't know on a forum 'debunked it' I'll go with what my friend has actually told me.

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  • MadpandaMadpanda suburbs west of chicagoRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Saeris wrote: »
    chthonian wrote: »
    Shorn Scrotum Man wrote: »
    They're getting to be worse than Facebook when it comes to personal privacy. I've disabled Real ID and won't be using anything that requires it.

    unfortunately it's coded to you at all times and a simple addon /script has already been made to view all other players realID information regardless of their settings

    Please don't keep spreading this mistruth. There is no such script.

    Addons do have access to your real name, but there's no way for other players to see it unless the addon is specifically designed to broadcast that data. It would be a maliciously designed addon, not some innocent fault that can be exploited. There is no exploit, there is no flaw; you just have to be careful what addons you install, like you should always have been. The script you saw posted on the Blizzard forums just demonstrates that your real name is locally available to addons, not that you can somehow view other people's names.


    Why those functions are available at all to 3rd party addons at all boggles the mind.

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  • CorehealerCorehealer The Apothecary The softer edge of the universe.Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I hardly believe addon scripts could be or are being mined for personal info. And even on the off chance this is the case, it will become obsolete once RealID is fully implemented and the names can be had, and by extension the other info, much much more easily. So it's a moot point.

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  • MutilateMutilate Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I obviously don't know one way or the other but I think Saeris has proven himself as a subject matter expert. Anything is possible I guess.

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  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    mturalon wrote: »
    Mutilate wrote: »
    mturalon wrote: »
    Sexy...

    Female friend of mine just confirmed that there is a script going around that doesn't require you to update any malicious addons to find your Real ID info.

    They didn't download anything at all recently, and unless something was already on her PC (doubtful) you can access peoples real names now just by running it on their toon name.

    So sadly with this bit of information, now knowing that random people and not just 'friends of friends' can see your name... this changes things.


    Hopefully all this hullabaloo about security gets heard, but I'll be turning this off and those two people I talked to using it will now have to text me instead.

    /sigh

    I am fairly confident that saeris, who knows an infinite amount more about these things than the majority of us, has already debunked this. In fact I think he actually posted said script a few pages back.

    I just got a call from said friend saying, and I quote.

    I haven't downloaded any new addons, only have 3 friends on my ID (me her BF and another RL friend of mine) and she just got a whisper in game from random guildie saying... Hey XXXXX is short for XXXXXXXXX and YYYYYY is your last name right?


    Said guildie isn't on her friends list...said they got it using a script.

    For me, that's enough to not care that someone I don't know on a forum 'debunked it' I'll go with what my friend has actually told me.

    Has she d/led any new addons recently?

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  • mturalonmturalon Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I'm sure they're very capable at what they do. But on this I'll ere on the side of caution.

    I only used it to talk to 2 RL friends anyway, it was convenient. This makes it less convenient, and if there is no such script. great.

    I argued that seeing a name won't matter if its friends of friends... who cares. random people I don't need knowing anything...problem. My own name is very common, but if there is a chance this script works, its moved from the realm of "no big deal, its just friends of friends seeing my name" to "chance some DBag I grouped with can now access my name and harass me if they find me, or some other poor sap that shares my name" that's not cool.

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  • mturalonmturalon Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    shryke wrote: »

    Has she d/led any new addons recently?

    nope

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  • OptyOpty Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Or that guildie could be friends of one of her friends and got her name that way. There's no script that can get your RealID info from you without your permission.

    Opty on
  • DecomposeyDecomposey Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Corehealer wrote: »
    http://greyshades.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/an-open-letter-to-blizzard/

    Read it. Just do it.

    It's good stuff.

    This is quite indeed excellent stuff, and should be read.

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  • LorahaloLorahalo Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Yahoo! It's being changed!

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  • mturalonmturalon Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Opty wrote: »
    Or that guildie could be friends of one of her friends and got her name that way. There's no script that can get your RealID info from you without your permission.

    except... Me and my RL friend are on alliance and don't know her guildie... and her BF only has her on his list.

    this is a very small circle of friends I'm talking about. Me, IRL friend, her, her BF. I have 2 people on my list rest are only friends with each other. and I'm 100% confident that my other friend has no connections horde side on my server, as they rerolled a toon on my server just to level with my alt on alliance.

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Shame they're also still going to garbage threaded threads, but at least now I can not feel totally locked out from the support forums.

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  • DecomposeyDecomposey Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Lorahalo wrote: »
    Yahoo! It's being changed!

    What? WHAT? Someone post a copy for the work filter blocked!

    Decomposey on
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  • MutilateMutilate Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Lorahalo wrote: »
    Yahoo! It's being changed!

    Copy>paste for us unfortunate souls at work? Please.

    edit: beat'd.

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  • SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Lorahalo wrote: »
    Yahoo! It's being changed!

    Mind posting detials here?

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Hello everyone,

    I'd like to take some time to speak with all of you regarding our desire to make the Blizzard forums a better place for players to discuss our games. We've been constantly monitoring the feedback you've given us, as well as internally discussing your concerns about the use of real names on our forums. As a result of those discussions, we've decided at this time that real names will not be required for posting on official Blizzard forums.

    It's important to note that we still remain committed to improving our forums. Our efforts are driven 100% by the desire to find ways to make our community areas more welcoming for players and encourage more constructive conversations about our games. We will still move forward with new forum features such as conversation threading, the ability to rate posts up or down, improved search functionality, and more. However, when we launch the new StarCraft II forums that include these new features, you will be posting by your StarCraft II Battle.net character name + character code, not your real name. The upgraded World of Warcraft forums with these new features will launch close to the release of Cataclysm, and also will not require your real name.

    I want to make sure it's clear that our plans for the forums are completely separate from our plans for the optional in-game Real ID system now live with World of Warcraft and launching soon with StarCraft II. We believe that the powerful communications functionality enabled by Real ID, such as cross-game and cross-realm chat, make Battle.net a great place for players to stay connected to real-life friends and family while playing Blizzard games. And of course, you'll still be able to keep your relationships at the anonymous, character level if you so choose when you communicate with other players in game. Over time, we will continue to evolve Real ID on Battle.net to add new and exciting functionality within our games for players who decide to use the feature.

    In closing, I want to point out that our connection with our community has always been and will always be extremely important to us. We strongly believe that Every Voice Matters, ( http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/about/mission.html ) and we feel fortunate to have a community that cares so passionately about our games. We will always appreciate the feedback and support of our players, which has been a key to Blizzard's success from the beginning.

    Mike Morhaime
    CEO & Cofounder
    Blizzard Entertainment

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  • mturalonmturalon Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Lorahalo wrote: »
    Yahoo! It's being changed!

    holy poop, the players won.

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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    wow, I can't believe it

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  • GrundlestiltskinGrundlestiltskin Behind you!Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    mturalon wrote: »
    Lorahalo wrote: »
    Yahoo! It's being changed!

    holy poop, the players won.

    Or they're lulling you into a false sense of security before they pull another questionable change. In game advertisements don't sound too bad in comparison to having your name plastered all over the internet, do they?

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  • LilnoobsLilnoobs Alpha Queue Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Lorahalo wrote: »
    Yahoo! It's being changed!

    Bashiok is pretty funny.
    I think the main thing that, I'd at least, like to impress on people about real names on the forum is that it brings together a sense of wwwwwwwwuuuuuuuuuUUUUHHHHHHH!?

    ;)

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  • DecomposeyDecomposey Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I'm actually smiling in real life.

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  • MutilateMutilate Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Grundlestiltskin wrote: »
    mturalon wrote: »
    Lorahalo wrote: »
    Yahoo! It's being changed!

    holy poop, the players won.

    Or they're lulling you into a false sense of security before they pull another questionable change. In game advertisements don't sound too bad in comparison to having your name plastered all over the internet, do they?

    Queue into LFD. Loading screen pops up "Heroic Oculus brought to you by Gold Bond Medicated Powder"

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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Mutilate wrote: »
    Grundlestiltskin wrote: »
    mturalon wrote: »
    Lorahalo wrote: »
    Yahoo! It's being changed!

    holy poop, the players won.

    Or they're lulling you into a false sense of security before they pull another questionable change. In game advertisements don't sound too bad in comparison to having your name plastered all over the internet, do they?

    Queue into LFD. Loading screen pops up "Heroic Oculus brought to you by Gold Bond Medicated Powder"

    "Too soon, Executus! You have awakened me too soon! .... now I need to buy over the counter Sominex. Ask a doctor if you have heart problems or are pregnant or nursing."

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  • SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Mutilate wrote: »
    Grundlestiltskin wrote: »
    mturalon wrote: »
    Lorahalo wrote: »
    Yahoo! It's being changed!

    holy poop, the players won.

    Or they're lulling you into a false sense of security before they pull another questionable change. In game advertisements don't sound too bad in comparison to having your name plastered all over the internet, do they?

    Queue into LFD. Loading screen pops up "Heroic Oculus brought to you by Viagra. Guaranteed to provide you an hardon that lasts longer than what you will get from the epics at the end of the run."
    FTFY

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  • mturalonmturalon Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Xaquin wrote: »
    Mutilate wrote: »
    Grundlestiltskin wrote: »
    mturalon wrote: »
    Lorahalo wrote: »
    Yahoo! It's being changed!

    holy poop, the players won.

    Or they're lulling you into a false sense of security before they pull another questionable change. In game advertisements don't sound too bad in comparison to having your name plastered all over the internet, do they?

    Queue into LFD. Loading screen pops up "Heroic Oculus brought to you by Gold Bond Medicated Powder"

    "Too soon, Executus! You have awakened me too soon! .... now I need to buy over the counter Sominex. Ask a doctor if you have heart problems or are pregnant or nursing."

    Common.. that's perfect for the...

    "need a minute? Twix!" commercial

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  • autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    How nice :o

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  • SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Every time you drop a Fish Feast your character will /say
    "The Feast! It's ruined"
    And another nearby character will /say
    "Try a Snickers bar instead, so yummy and delicious"


    These /say will show up (with chat bubbles) without any way to disable it.

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  • CorehealerCorehealer The Apothecary The softer edge of the universe.Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    "I RETURN, ANOTHER CHANCE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF SWITCHING YOUR CAR INSURANCE TO GEICO!"

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Man, the new RP for Saurfang is unbearable. But I really want to buy some Nikes now...

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  • 815165815165 Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    This will still stop me from ever posting on the new forums, if they have the means to make such a change I can't really post there fully sure they'll never decide to make this change again.

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  • Waffles or whateverWaffles or whatever Previously known as, I shit you not, "Waffen" Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I wish I could've seen the emails going between Activision and Blizzard over Real ID. I bet those were some very "interesting" and "professional" emails going back and forth.

    Also internet first. Doesn't this mark the first defeat for Bobby Kotick?

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  • SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Quick, someone order pizza to his house!

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