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Yeh, not posting ever again.

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Yarr, stopped by account management today and nominated my account as a minor.

So no sharing real name with scary people in windowless vans for me :(

I'll start using RealId when its gotten a sanity check and alot more filters.

Seems like Blizz is getting a whole lot of criticism for it, from a whole lot of different directions though. Even my hang outs have pointed it out, and protested, and its really not gaming forums.
I have problem seeing this actually happening, not letting people have their privacy might end them up with a world of problems I doubt they really want.

For those that don't lurk on places like MMO...


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Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment 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, ( Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or ) 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

Victory!!
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Trying to make the WoW forums a friendly place... good luck. :P Last time I gave it a look was about 3-4 years ago.

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And the back peddling continues, you'll be able to opt out of being displayed on "friends of friends" lists, they will be going ahead with facebook integration but it'll be optional, some info on addons accessing RealID, and possible "character codes" on the forums.

Result!