All this RealID system is going to do is enable schoolyard bullying into a kids recreation time.
True that the average age of the gamer is now in their thirties, but teens and tweens love games too. This is going to plummet the already low social standard on the mmo scene.
Mix kids with time and online game = the worst kind of teenage angst.
I quit playing WoW a long time ago, after they switched to the Battle.net login for WoW. Mainly because my account got banned, because someone hacked it. It's still banned, and I doubt any of the 7 level 80s and 15 or so level 30-79s have anything, including my main's 168,000 gold, and T8.5, but oh well. I'm not the only one. Several of my friends got hacked when the switch occured too. Now, they're just going to give out your name. Why not just give everyone your SSN, mother's maiden name, registered credit card, and address while they're at it...
Real ID is for your Real friends not your online friends. You know like the people that already know your real name. Giving out your name to your friends is not the same as your SSN, mother's maiden name, or registered credit card.
And what about your friends of friends? Are they all carefully vetted as well?
When I meet friends of real friends I use my real name. I personally use Real ID for my Real life friends. I don't care if a friend of a friend knows my real name. Hell when I meet people for the first time in real life i say Hi my name is Joe I don't make up something. When I tell friends of friends my Real name they don't all of a sudden know my SSN, mother's maiden name, registered credit card, or address. I didn't know so many people were afraid of telling people their real name. Are you all wizards?
I also now use realID and do not have an issue with it. I did at first, but now I find it useful. I do not care if friends of friends see my name. It's not as if it is a secret. Also to address the not being able to ditch people while playing because now no matter what toon you are playing people that have you on their realID list will know you are on - just use the new "away or busy" status toggle and you're good to go.
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I thought Facepalm and Gobble would be a hard act to follow on privacy violation. But well done Blizzard, you have added your name to that list.
I sense massive trollstorm on the horizon.
All this RealID system is going to do is enable schoolyard bullying into a kids recreation time.
True that the average age of the gamer is now in their thirties, but teens and tweens love games too. This is going to plummet the already low social standard on the mmo scene.
Mix kids with time and online game = the worst kind of teenage angst.
I also now use realID and do not have an issue with it. I did at first, but now I find it useful. I do not care if friends of friends see my name. It's not as if it is a secret. Also to address the not being able to ditch people while playing because now no matter what toon you are playing people that have you on their realID list will know you are on - just use the new "away or busy" status toggle and you're good to go.
yeah big brother is watching us all,load of bull crap.I cant understand the point of this article,and all posts.Just dont use it,simple fix