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Looks like Blizzard just gave up..
deniter
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http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=13816839821&sid=1
No real names required, everything else stays as they've planned.
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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://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/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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And now they have to fix the bug or the feature that you can read the Real ID through addons ingame
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Personally I think Blizzard should be given a pat on the back for this decision.
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I bet my brother 50 cents they'd do a 180! He better pay up!
Looks like common sense finally kicked back in.
I honestly have no idea who and why at Blizzard thought that would've been a good idea.
No doubt it went into the hundreds of thousands. But it was the right decision - let's see if they stick to it, though.
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Maybe MMO is not your genre, go play Modern Warfare...or something you can be all twitchy...and rank up all night. This is seriously getting tired. -Ranyr
Highly doubt that but blizzard tends to shy away from moves that has such a backlash on their forums as this one.
This looks like good news, if true. But until they give up the idea totally, I wouldn't feel safe about subscripting to Blizzard.
So we reward Blizzard for saying 'I"m sorry" after they spit on the players? Considering they didn't do a 180 because if was the right thing to do.. but probably cause they saw that some actually backed up their words by cancelling.. I think I'll not pat them on the back and instead will keep the heat on.. Let them know they are not boss of my privacy
ps edit .. this still doesnt' address the real id addons in game that Blizzard can't see to stop.. they are only reversing their plans for the forums..
They still have future plans for RealID that are just as bad as this. This only bought players a bit of time. You can't trust the scum after this it just shows how far they are willing to go. The time lapse in a response only shows they really didn't want to back down out of this. I wonder if soon we will hear news from facebook about a contract breach lawsuit. I bet heads were rolling over this.
Good one Blizzard, no need to be asinine about such a dramatic change.
Even if you fully intend to take a big bite out of that "social gaming" pie, you don't need to throw up the one you've already had elsewhere.
Exactly, give them an inch they will take a mile. The community as now got to keep the pressure up. If you don't, I've got a feeling that you guys will wake up in three to six months and you will find your real names blasted all over the forums and in game.
Instead of 'keeping the pressure up' people could simply stop trolling? I give it an hour before people post about GS again. Now luckily that won't last for too long, because as they said:
''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.''
The forums may just enter a new era soon.
- And: ''you will be posting by your StarCraft II Battle.net character name + character code, not your real name.''. Seems like people won't be posting on their alt any more, rejoice!
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Lol. Thats what I said on the other thread. Same line. Just different wording.
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Yours is more accurate though. Activision is the real culprit here. Robert Kotick is the head of Activision Blizzard, Real ID would not have gone though without his nod of approval.
I am glad they backpedaled.
Yet, only a battle may have been won over the right to a person's privacy. Companies will continue to push here and there to see if consumers turn complacent.
Hopefully people will continue to retaliate every time a company tries this crap. It is never for the greater good in a company - only the greater revenue.
The point been is that they may have backed down for now. In the future they still might implement it, so that's why I think the pressure should still be kept up until they promise that real names will never be displayed anywhere, in game, forums, etc.
Yes, they should sort out the forums where the trolls are concerned. But it's shouldn't be at the cost of your or others privacy.
Aye, something still needs to be done. The only people who benefit from this decision are the same e-terrorists who plague the official forums now. As long as they can keep the general public running in fear of someone on the internets learning their real name, the forum trolls will just continue doing what they do.
Not really. They weren't being altruistic. They did not suddenly realize the personal implications. Lots of people quit, or enough people did so the bean-counters predicted enough future losses on the DOOM Scale. So to cut their losses or stem the tide of dropping subs, they backed away from RealID. It was about money, not a sudden attack of ethics.
Why congratulate them on barely evading one of their biggest mistakes ever?
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Didn't they just say that the ability to show your real name in the game is optional?
"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"
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Awesome. Comforting to see they haven't lost their minds completely yet.
Big up for all those who joined 'the resistance' against this player privacy and security sell-out.
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Because, unlike other companies, they DID decide to act on the customer feedback.
I'm personally not the kind of person who holds grudges when a person has realised the error that they made and are seeking to make amends. Changing your mind about a situation isn't a sign of weakness, if anything it shows that you are human and not perfect. No, I'm not condoning their RealID idea in the first place, I believe it was a mistake from the start.
But at least Blizzard have now realised the full implications of their idea, and have acted in response to the customer feedback. That's more than what others may have done. The likes of SOE, Funcom etc may have just "stuck to their guns" regardless.
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Optional for now, but in the future, who knows. That's why the fight isn't over until they give in totally on displaying real names in anyway.
So Aki, how are we going to keep the pressure on them?
Eleanor Rigby.
It is kinda funny to read all the "Thank you so much" posts in the WoW forums.
I mean, Blizzard kicked their player base in the balls, then expected you to like it, then after you shouted they said "at this time we don´t plan to do this again." And people say "thank you".