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Blizzard To Require Real First and Last Names For Official Forums

Posted by Soulskill on from the guess-that's-one-way-to-get-rid-of-trolls dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Recently, Blizzard Entertainment implemented a Real ID feature for some of its current games and all of its future Battle.net-based games. Today, Blizzard announced that it intends to require usage of the real names of Battle.net posters for its StarCraft II forums before release, and for its World of Warcraft forums shortly before the release of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. From the announcement: 'The first and most significant change is that in the near future, anyone posting or replying to a post on official Blizzard forums will be doing so using their Real ID — that is, their real-life first and last name — with the option to also display the name of their primary in-game character alongside it. These changes will go into effect on all StarCraft II forums with the launch of the new community site prior to the July 27 release of the game, with the World of Warcraft site and forums following suit near the launch of Cataclysm. Certain classic forums, including the classic Battle.net forums, will remain unchanged.'"

3 of 833 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Now so bad. by nege · · Score: 0, Redundant

    KORGULL, Whats up Bro? Its Me, THOG 'TH UNTAMED! How have things been since the lynching?

  2. Re:Now so bad. by Arthur+Grumbine · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You think that is bad they won't even let me enter my name, stupid validation!

    Signed,

    Julius Andreas Gimli Arn MacGyver Chewbacka Highlander Elessar-Jankov

    You should have it so good!

    Sincerely,
    Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitz-weimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönedanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm

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  3. Re:In Blizzard's defense by Spazztastic · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'll probably get modded down for this, but... It looks like what you think should be is wrong.

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