I haven't looked at the boards directly, but the blue tracker is just filled full of closed threads. They even brought in moderators from other games to help clean up stuff it looks like.
There's gonna be a lot of John Smiths on those forums. I went for John Doe when I created my most recent account My prediction: parents raise gigantic stink about sexual predators, function goes away. Alternatively: redneck teenager stabs his in-game pvp rival, function goes away.
I know for certain that just about anyone under 35 who comes into this building gets a quick facebook/Hyves(Dutch myspace)/google search done to them. And I really wouldn't want all posts on the WoW forum to show up for that. I don't have any of these, and this is only forum I really post on, so I don't have much of a stake in this, but it's monumentally stupid.
I remember when RealID came into the Starcraft beta and I immediately thought that having your RealID be your account email was really fucking stupid. The real name thing wasn't a big deal to me though because it was just people on your friendlist who would see it but now its kinda iffy if its plastered all over the forums.
Become sort-of-famous in some way in a Blizzard game (Leeroy!) and you posted that one time on the forum? You're getting stalked, are you a girl? You're getting stalked. This is pretty hilarious and I think it'll backfire bigtime on Blizzard tbh.
I think it's just stupid they use the email you use for battle.net as you default there because most people have one or two emails {I have 10 email accounts} and are going to get hit with the constant internet crap just for playing
I really wish people would get off the whole IT's A GIRL! Get them! online thing what I dislike is the women who like the attention they get from making it known they are a girl
It's not going to go away it's one of those ideas that looks nice on paper
You aren't the only one on this page using no periods, Oh God. Looks really odd, is all. Maybe its just too late and I wouldn't be noticing this shit normally. o_O
In any event, RealID sucks. Only time my personal information goes on the internet is when I buy something.
Speaking as a male who had a crazy Canadian woman from the internet start calling up my rl friends to try and find out more about me, back when I was in high school, I think this is a great idea
I'd like to see this imaginary job that is going to fire/not hire you because, after doing a google search, they found out you flamed somebody for doing 2500 dps in an Icecrown raid last week.
I'd like to think society isn't so fucked that we can't reasonably separate someones work life and private life. I know some people would like a line drawn somewhere (like say, they don't want a kindergarten teacher who's an S&M freak at night, though even then I'd say that's bullshit), but even then. As long as what you do in your home doesn't affect your work and social life, and isn't something flat out illegal like say child pornography, what kind of job is going to analyze it and fire you if they don't approve?
You do not know how modern HR department work, do you?
This shit happens all the time these days at corporations. It is especially used during the hiring process. And if they see you being a huge dick or something, or the fact that you spend waaaaaaay to god damn much time online? That can reflect poorly on you and reduce your chances of getting hired.
I've seen multiple reports in the news of people getting fired for putting incredibly dumb shit up on their facebooks.
So given that I -never- post on the forums, and only use RealID To connect to like my girlfriend and Fiatil, I shouldn't really be concerned right? I mean besides the principle of the thing.
So given that I -never- post on the forums, and only use RealID To connect to like my girlfriend and Fiatil, I shouldn't really be concerned right? I mean besides the principle of the thing.
You should be avoiding the forums anyway. They are a terrible place usually referred to as a cesspool.
My guild's GM announced that he can't support this change, and as a result has cancelled his subscription as of the end of the month.
He has to post on the forums for recruitment, so it's not like he can really opt out of it, and apparently he (and his wife, who is also in the guild), have been harassed in game. They aren't looking forward to being harassed out of game by people who can find out their real names.
I have 100% confidence in Shorn Scrotum's scenarios taking place out there, and becoming increasingly common. Seeing how online and social mediums developing the way they are there's an increasing difficulty in keeping your "private sphere" private. And with numerous accessible windows into a person's life and business becoming the norm, trying to keep your personal details secret will be percieved a deviant factor in the long run. For example, as mentioned yesterday, filling in your Battlenet realID with dummy information would probably be cause for raised flags if not a freezed account.
This shouldn't have to be in an ideal world but we're far from that right now, and with various shitheaded decisions like Blizzard's forum concepts (not entirely convinced it'll stop there but olol tinfoil) we're moving further away from it still .
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Suddenly my cancelling my WoW account seems like it was an even better choice now in retrospect.
Seriously? Real names? Wtf, Blizzard.
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I'm kinda curious if we're seeing a slow slide towards the beginning of the end. People mentioned multiple dubious business and design decisions taken by Blizzard in the last two years a couple of pages back, and having Vivendi/Activision breathing them in the neck can hardly have spurred development toward a more enjoyable and innovative game. Would this hamhandedness continue I have no trouble seeing WoW gradually lose its undisputable online gaming position. And I'm not entirely sure that'd be a bad thing either, fun as WoW might (currently) be.
I'd like to see this imaginary job that is going to fire/not hire you because, after doing a google search, they found out you flamed somebody for doing 2500 dps in an Icecrown raid last week.
I'd like to think society isn't so fucked that we can't reasonably separate someones work life and private life. I know some people would like a line drawn somewhere (like say, they don't want a kindergarten teacher who's an S&M freak at night, though even then I'd say that's bullshit), but even then. As long as what you do in your home doesn't affect your work and social life, and isn't something flat out illegal like say child pornography, what kind of job is going to analyze it and fire you if they don't approve?
....terribly irrational employment fears....
I think you guys vastly over estimate how much of a fuck people give that you play WoW.
If you voluntarily tell them that you play in an awkward or out of context manor, or talk about the intricacies of the game to non-players, they will probably form a slightly negative opinion of you. Not because its WoW. Just because you are socially awkward. Even with a gaff like that it should really be minor. Downplay the fact that you play games. Do not discuss them to people who don't enjoy them unless asked, and you should never have an issue.
I just can't see any remotely significant number of employers specifically checking your BLIZZARD REALID to see if it actually exists.
We have been planning this change for a very long time. During this time, we have thought ahead about the scope and impact of this change and predicted that many people would no longer wish to post in the forums after this change goes live. We are fine with that, because we want to change these forums dramatically in a positive and more constructive direction.
It's been very obvious over the last few years that the forums are an exceptionally valuable source of information both for players and for us to gather feedback. There are many threads on this forum now, and over the last few years, that people have been constructively discussing many aspects of the game. They've received new wisdom and have then been able to go back to the game and enjoy it further with the new knowledge acquired through the forums.
These threads, however, can often be lost amongst a great deal of other threads that are basically filled with trolling, name calling, flaming, off-topic conversations and that's just a small amount of some of the content that has been found in these forums over the years. We don't want that anymore, and we believe the Real ID change will bring about a lot of the improvement that we are hoping for.
There's a lot of scare-mongering going on about the change, but there seems a need to make something very clear. The forums have always been an optional extra -- something you can choose to participate in if you wish to. With our Real ID changes for the forums, this is still the case. The only difference will be, if you do choose to participate in the forums, then you will do so by using your real name. But only after you've been warned and accepted this in advance.
"Are you concerned? That's okay. We are fine with the fact that many people will stop using the forums."
I think a lot of people have inflated views of how private they are online. I really think privacy is a thing of the past.
The thing that doesn't worry me too much is that while trolling someone in a forum can be done without any repercussion, if you use someone's personal information to send him a severed human ear, buy a new car or have his parents assassinated, it becomes an actual crime. You can get in real trouble (jail, fines) for it.
Though I do believe that Real ID should have the option of having a nickname. The Real ID should still allow people to see your characters and all that jazz. I also think Real ID should give you the option to be "Invisible" while in game, kind of like MSN or ICQ do. That way if you want to play an alt and don't want to be hounded with "can you tank Nexus for me?", you can. I think both of these options would make Real ID an actually useful functionality.
I'd like to see this imaginary job that is going to fire/not hire you because, after doing a google search, they found out you flamed somebody for doing 2500 dps in an Icecrown raid last week.
I'd like to think society isn't so fucked that we can't reasonably separate someones work life and private life. I know some people would like a line drawn somewhere (like say, they don't want a kindergarten teacher who's an S&M freak at night, though even then I'd say that's bullshit), but even then. As long as what you do in your home doesn't affect your work and social life, and isn't something flat out illegal like say child pornography, what kind of job is going to analyze it and fire you if they don't approve?
....terribly irrational employment fears....
I think you guys vastly over estimate how much of a fuck people give that you play WoW.
If you voluntarily tell them that you play in an awkward or out of context manor, or talk about the intricacies of the game to non-players, they will probably form a slightly negative opinion of you. Not because its WoW. Just because you are socially awkward. Even with a gaff like that it should really be minor. Downplay the fact that you play games. Do not discuss them to people who don't enjoy them unless asked, and you should never have an issue.
I just can't see any remotely significant number of employers specifically checking your BLIZZARD REALID to see if it actually exists.
You are aware that the blizzard forums can be searched through Google right? And that google searching prospective employees is becoming more common in businesses right?
The amount of fear mongering about this is staggering. By itself a name means nothing. It has no valuable information to it at all. The simple act of having your real name show up on the WoW forums does not make you a target. It does not put your job in jeopardy. It does not make you less hire-able to company X. It does not create a threat to your security and well being. It does not do anything. If another person sees your name and googles it with no other information it's a needle in a hay stack. What everyone is worried about is that someone people will see your name and then somehow back into where you are located or some other piece of information that will suddenly narrow down which Chris Morrison plays Terribaad on the Malorne server. That's when things can start to get interesting with searches. If using real names is such a threat why do so many people use their real name on facebook and myspace? Why does the management team at the company I work for post their name AND picture on our website for anyone to see? Why when I call UPS does the guy on the other line give me his first and last name before asking if he can help me? You know why? Because it doesn't matter, that's why. It's beyond me that so many people are so up in arms about this. It is one thing for Blizzard to announce they are opening up all of your bnet account information. As it stands it's just your first and last name. Contrary to what so many people want to believe, your first and last name is not some heavily guarded secret.
Turns out it was fake because the address that was posted as hours away from Irvine, CA. Where Blizzard employees work.
I don't think people commute 7 hours a day to get to work, then 7 hours to get back.
Turns out a lot of Blizzard employees telecommute. For instance, the GM department is located in Texas. And I think developers/artists don't necessarily have to work in the office. However that address is probably just the last known address for them, I very much doubt he still lives with his parents.
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The amount of fear mongering about this is staggering. By itself a name means nothing. It has no valuable information to it at all. The simple act of having your real name show up on the WoW forums does not make you a target. It does not put your job in jeopardy. It does not make you less hire-able to company X. It does not create a threat to your security and well being. It does not do anything. If another person sees your name and googles it with no other information it's a needle in a hay stack. What everyone is worried about is that someone people will see your name and then somehow back into where you are located or some other piece of information that will suddenly narrow down which Chris Morrison plays Terribaad on the Malorne server. That's when things can start to get interesting with searches. If using real names is such a threat why do so many people use their real name on facebook and myspace? Why does the management team at the company I work for post their name AND picture on our website for anyone to see? Why when I call UPS does the guy on the other line give me his first and last name before asking if he can help me? You know why? Because it doesn't matter, that's why. It's beyond me that so many people are so up in arms about this. It is one thing for Blizzard to announce they are opening up all of your bnet account information. As it stands it's just your first and last name. Contrary to what so many people want to believe, your first and last name is not some heavily guarded secret.
Facebook & Myspace: They're social Networking sites, and people can choose not to use them (personally I don't use either and have no plans to). People can also lock down their profiles heavily.
Your Company: So they can give the illusion of transparency to their customers.
UPS: See "Your Company" above, in addition, the UPS guy probably doesn't want to give it to you but he'll get dinged on the call if he doesn't. It's this way in the company I work for.
In addition, there are plenty of people out there with unique or rare name combinations. There may be 100 Chris Morrisons, but in Ghostcrawler's case, I saw in another forum where people had it narrowed down to 2 people (apparently his RL name is not that common of a name).
It's pretty easy to tell who's who of internet personas too. A quick facebook/google search and you can find pretty much everything that applies to that person just by how they talk on the web.
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not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
Poor PII security of this move non-withstanding, what intrests me most at this point about this change is how Blizzard will react to the totally unexpected (on their part) backlash against it. When I hit the sack last night the US forum post dealing with this was closing in on 15,000 posts, overwhelmingly negative. Some people went as far as to begin reporting Blizzard to the ESRB.
I'm curious what Blizzard will do when it becomes clear that the overwhelming majority of their subscribers vehemently oppose this change, and if they will listen to their customers and cease going forward with it. They won't, of course, the deal has been made and the paperwotk with Facebook has been signed, there is no going back from Blizzards point of veiw. But personally I see the blatant disregard for the desires of their customers to be a big deal, it alienates those who pay the company and could possibly lead to backlash in the form of canceled subscriptions.
Will it kill WoW? Probably not. If 75% of WoW players quit over this, WoW will still have more active subscriptions than any other MMO on the market. But it would be a huge loss of revenue and could result in people getting fired.
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Poor PII security of this move non-withstanding, what intrests me most at this point about this change is how Blizzard will react to the totally unexpected (on their part) backlash against it. When I hit the sack last night the US forum post dealing with this was closing in on 15,000 posts, overwhelmingly negative. Some people went as far as to begin reporting Blizzard to the ESRB.
I'm curious what Blizzard will do when it becomes clear that the overwhelming majority of their subscribers vehemently oppose this change, and if they will listen to their customers and cease going forward with it. They won't, of course, the deal has been made and the paperwotk with Facebook has been signed, there is no going back from Blizzards point of veiw. But personally I see the blatant disregard for the desires of their customers to be a big deal, it alienates those who pay the company and could possibly lead to backlash in the form of canceled subscriptions.
Will it kill WoW? Probably not. If 75% of WoW players quit over this, WoW will still have more active subscriptions than any other MMO on the market. But it would be a huge loss of revenue and could result in people getting fired.
This would be a great time for another MMO to churn out a major overhaul of their system (I'm looking at you DAoC) to steal some subscribers.
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This isn't going to touch their game. I'd say less then 5% of the player touch the forums, and even less write on it.
What it is going to do, is raise a massive publicity stink. There has been a lot of attention on internet pricacy recently, and this is a boneheaded move. There will be some teenager that says something dumb online, and shit will go down IRL. And there will be accounts named after parents (Due to CC info) on which children say dumb things.
And that's the worst part. Suddenly this kid, let's give him the benefit of the doubt and say he got permission and doesn't act like a tard, posts on the forums and acts like a kid. Bad spelling, horrible posts all around, but still perfectly acceptable and much better than the common forum tripe of old. Now mommy needs a new job and Company A + B + C all do a google search on her name. They come across the wow forums and see this nonsense and her name is pretty unique. Well fuck that, they're not hiring her now.
At least with facebook you can lock it all down.
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not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
I have 100% confidence in Shorn Scrotum's scenarios taking place out there, and becoming increasingly common. Seeing how online and social mediums developing the way they are there's an increasing difficulty in keeping your "private sphere" private. And with numerous accessible windows into a person's life and business becoming the norm, trying to keep your personal details secret will be percieved a deviant factor in the long run. For example, as mentioned yesterday, filling in your Battlenet realID with dummy information would probably be cause for raised flags if not a freezed account.
This shouldn't have to be in an ideal world but we're far from that right now, and with various shitheaded decisions like Blizzard's forum concepts (not entirely convinced it'll stop there but olol tinfoil) we're moving further away from it still .
I worked with the HR department of an IT company for a while. I can tell you with 100% certainty that this shit happens.
I mean, is anybody gonna care to look up Joe Shmoe applying for a job flipping burgers? Hell no. But alot of places hiring white collar workers do this these days.
I mean, if they wanted to get the point across a bit more smooth they should've had someone with a less unique name or something. I'm fairly certain there probably aren't many Micah Whipples in the world. All they did was go "I bet if we give you a gun and point it at us and pull the trigger you won't hit us!" *BANG* "WELL FUCK WHAT THE SHIT, YOU SAID IT WOULD WORK ROB"
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normal person + anonymity + audience = total fuckwad.
take away the anonymity people might not act like total fuckwads, but if they do you better believe it will affect them getting hired by any job that pays over 30k a year.
not to mention gamers aren't seen in the best of light by most of the older crowd, and your name popping up on the wow forums might set off red lights for the hr rep
normal person + anonymity + audience = total fuckwad.
take away the anonymity people might not act like total fuckwads, but if they do you better believe it will affect them getting hired by any job that pays over 30k a year.
I'm ok with this.
If you think something you post on the interwebs might someday reflect on your personality, your probably right.
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I'm going to ignore the HR horror story where someone googles my name and discover I play WoW and troll my realm forum (which I don't).
It's a very real fear but I, however, am simply straight up just not comfortable with people knowing my real name when I'm not prepared to give it to them. Even in a real life, 'social' setting, I'm still only going to, at most, give you my first name if we've just met.
It's how I was raised, and running around with a giant fucking name tag leaves me feeling uncomfortable, especially in an environment like an online forum, where 90% of the people reading are not posting/contributing, and are instead sort of watching on the sidelines, like creepers on the edge of a conversation.
The trolling deterant thing is bullshit, and Blizzard has clearly got larger, commercial plans for RealID, Facebook deal included.
normal person + anonymity + audience = total fuckwad.
take away the anonymity people might not act like total fuckwads, but if they do you better believe it will affect them getting hired by any job that pays over 30k a year.
I'm ok with this.
If you think something you post on the interwebs might someday reflect on your personality, your probably right.
This post, for example, reflects yours.
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We have been planning this change for a very long time. During this time, we have thought ahead about the scope and impact of this change and predicted that many people would no longer wish to post in the forums after this change goes live. We are fine with that, because we want to change these forums dramatically in a positive and more constructive direction.
It's been very obvious over the last few years that the forums are an exceptionally valuable source of information both for players and for us to gather feedback. There are many threads on this forum now, and over the last few years, that people have been constructively discussing many aspects of the game. They've received new wisdom and have then been able to go back to the game and enjoy it further with the new knowledge acquired through the forums.
These threads, however, can often be lost amongst a great deal of other threads that are basically filled with trolling, name calling, flaming, off-topic conversations and that's just a small amount of some of the content that has been found in these forums over the years. We don't want that anymore, and we believe the Real ID change will bring about a lot of the improvement that we are hoping for.
There's a lot of scare-mongering going on about the change, but there seems a need to make something very clear. The forums have always been an optional extra -- something you can choose to participate in if you wish to. With our Real ID changes for the forums, this is still the case. The only difference will be, if you do choose to participate in the forums, then you will do so by using your real name. But only after you've been warned and accepted this in advance.
"Are you concerned? That's okay. We are fine with the fact that many people will stop using the forums."
I'm pretty pissed off that this post basically says: Anyone opposed to the Real-ID nicks is either a troll or doesn't get it.
The problem is that in a lot of discussion threads all over the web, half the people are trolls or don't get it, so I can see why Blizz would come to this conclusion. I just hope they realize why some of us who aren't dumb or trolls don't like this proposed change.
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Become sort-of-famous in some way in a Blizzard game (Leeroy!) and you posted that one time on the forum? You're getting stalked, are you a girl? You're getting stalked. This is pretty hilarious and I think it'll backfire bigtime on Blizzard tbh.
I really wish people would get off the whole IT's A GIRL! Get them! online thing what I dislike is the women who like the attention they get from making it known they are a girl
It's not going to go away it's one of those ideas that looks nice on paper
In any event, RealID sucks. Only time my personal information goes on the internet is when I buy something.
You do not know how modern HR department work, do you?
This shit happens all the time these days at corporations. It is especially used during the hiring process. And if they see you being a huge dick or something, or the fact that you spend waaaaaaay to god damn much time online? That can reflect poorly on you and reduce your chances of getting hired.
I've seen multiple reports in the news of people getting fired for putting incredibly dumb shit up on their facebooks.
You should be avoiding the forums anyway. They are a terrible place usually referred to as a cesspool.
My guild's GM announced that he can't support this change, and as a result has cancelled his subscription as of the end of the month.
He has to post on the forums for recruitment, so it's not like he can really opt out of it, and apparently he (and his wife, who is also in the guild), have been harassed in game. They aren't looking forward to being harassed out of game by people who can find out their real names.
This shouldn't have to be in an ideal world but we're far from that right now, and with various shitheaded decisions like Blizzard's forum concepts (not entirely convinced it'll stop there but olol tinfoil) we're moving further away from it still .
Seriously? Real names? Wtf, Blizzard.
I think you guys vastly over estimate how much of a fuck people give that you play WoW.
If you voluntarily tell them that you play in an awkward or out of context manor, or talk about the intricacies of the game to non-players, they will probably form a slightly negative opinion of you. Not because its WoW. Just because you are socially awkward. Even with a gaff like that it should really be minor. Downplay the fact that you play games. Do not discuss them to people who don't enjoy them unless asked, and you should never have an issue.
I just can't see any remotely significant number of employers specifically checking your BLIZZARD REALID to see if it actually exists.
"Are you concerned? That's okay. We are fine with the fact that many people will stop using the forums."
The thing that doesn't worry me too much is that while trolling someone in a forum can be done without any repercussion, if you use someone's personal information to send him a severed human ear, buy a new car or have his parents assassinated, it becomes an actual crime. You can get in real trouble (jail, fines) for it.
Though I do believe that Real ID should have the option of having a nickname. The Real ID should still allow people to see your characters and all that jazz. I also think Real ID should give you the option to be "Invisible" while in game, kind of like MSN or ICQ do. That way if you want to play an alt and don't want to be hounded with "can you tank Nexus for me?", you can. I think both of these options would make Real ID an actually useful functionality.
You are aware that the blizzard forums can be searched through Google right? And that google searching prospective employees is becoming more common in businesses right?
Turns out a lot of Blizzard employees telecommute. For instance, the GM department is located in Texas. And I think developers/artists don't necessarily have to work in the office. However that address is probably just the last known address for them, I very much doubt he still lives with his parents.
Facebook & Myspace: They're social Networking sites, and people can choose not to use them (personally I don't use either and have no plans to). People can also lock down their profiles heavily.
Your Company: So they can give the illusion of transparency to their customers.
UPS: See "Your Company" above, in addition, the UPS guy probably doesn't want to give it to you but he'll get dinged on the call if he doesn't. It's this way in the company I work for.
In addition, there are plenty of people out there with unique or rare name combinations. There may be 100 Chris Morrisons, but in Ghostcrawler's case, I saw in another forum where people had it narrowed down to 2 people (apparently his RL name is not that common of a name).
I'm curious what Blizzard will do when it becomes clear that the overwhelming majority of their subscribers vehemently oppose this change, and if they will listen to their customers and cease going forward with it. They won't, of course, the deal has been made and the paperwotk with Facebook has been signed, there is no going back from Blizzards point of veiw. But personally I see the blatant disregard for the desires of their customers to be a big deal, it alienates those who pay the company and could possibly lead to backlash in the form of canceled subscriptions.
Will it kill WoW? Probably not. If 75% of WoW players quit over this, WoW will still have more active subscriptions than any other MMO on the market. But it would be a huge loss of revenue and could result in people getting fired.
What the fuck do you have to hide blizzard? This is a great idea right? Probably another boneheaded decision from their CEO.
This would be a great time for another MMO to churn out a major overhaul of their system (I'm looking at you DAoC) to steal some subscribers.
What it is going to do, is raise a massive publicity stink. There has been a lot of attention on internet pricacy recently, and this is a boneheaded move. There will be some teenager that says something dumb online, and shit will go down IRL. And there will be accounts named after parents (Due to CC info) on which children say dumb things.
At least with facebook you can lock it all down.
I worked with the HR department of an IT company for a while. I can tell you with 100% certainty that this shit happens.
I mean, is anybody gonna care to look up Joe Shmoe applying for a job flipping burgers? Hell no. But alot of places hiring white collar workers do this these days.
Also, Micah Whipple is the 32nd most popular search on google. Lawl.
Man, sucks for him.
I suppose the point had to be made though, and he did open himself up to it.
take away the anonymity people might not act like total fuckwads, but if they do you better believe it will affect them getting hired by any job that pays over 30k a year.
not to mention gamers aren't seen in the best of light by most of the older crowd, and your name popping up on the wow forums might set off red lights for the hr rep
I'm ok with this.
If you think something you post on the interwebs might someday reflect on your personality, your probably right.
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It's a very real fear but I, however, am simply straight up just not comfortable with people knowing my real name when I'm not prepared to give it to them. Even in a real life, 'social' setting, I'm still only going to, at most, give you my first name if we've just met.
It's how I was raised, and running around with a giant fucking name tag leaves me feeling uncomfortable, especially in an environment like an online forum, where 90% of the people reading are not posting/contributing, and are instead sort of watching on the sidelines, like creepers on the edge of a conversation.
The trolling deterant thing is bullshit, and Blizzard has clearly got larger, commercial plans for RealID, Facebook deal included.
The whole situation does not seem alright.
This post, for example, reflects yours.
I'm pretty pissed off that this post basically says: Anyone opposed to the Real-ID nicks is either a troll or doesn't get it.
The problem is that in a lot of discussion threads all over the web, half the people are trolls or don't get it, so I can see why Blizz would come to this conclusion. I just hope they realize why some of us who aren't dumb or trolls don't like this proposed change.