RaiderRich2001
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Quote:They are damned either way because the intent to do was still there.Originally Posted by LiquidX
Sooo... If they go through with this, then they are a horrible company for not listening to their playerbase and instituting a change that nobody likes.
If they don't, then they are a horrible company for "caving to their playerbase".
Damned if you do, damned if you dont. -
Quote:I don't care, it's the principal of the matter. And besides, Bobby Kotick can still overrule Blizzard's CEO.Originally Posted by _Echoo_
Before you rush anything: They've backpedaled.
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Trying to call Blizzard to cancel my battle.net account. Hold queue is full
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Quote:Inflated subscriber numbers due to the fact that Asian customers don't pay a monthy subscription.Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
And it wouldn't have dipped that much due to the fact that in China, they are used to being dictated to by large entities and would have continued to play. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
And thus goes World of Warcraft. Not with a sequel, but with some nerdrage.
So this is how privacy dies... with thunderous nerd rage. -
Quote:Slightly off, but not in a bad way.Originally Posted by McNum
Now they're going to copy Facebook? That's stupid. People don't go on WoW to network, they have Facebook for that. .
People don't go to Facebook specifically to network, they go to Facebook to maintain existing social networks and re-establish old ones.
I don't know if any of my old high school or college friends play World of Warcraft, so I'm not going to use it for the same purpose as I would Facebook. -
Quote:He's arguing from a pro-business point of view.Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
I don't get the correlation. Want to PM me the explanation?
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Is it bad to say I already voted for 8-bit Mickey?
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Quote:Well, in his world, leaking tons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico is perfectly acceptable so I don't blame you.Originally Posted by Smersh
...I think I'm with Kali in just talking past Venture, now.
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You know, I just thought of this...
I knew people who worked in a police task force on online sexual predators, and a few of their officers posed as 13 year olds kids on World of Warcraft and other games trying to catch potential child molesters.
I wonder how many law enforcement activities are going to be disrupted because of this. They kinda need the anonymity also to hunt down these predators.
(P.S. No, I'm not saying which agency or department these people worked for or if they play CoH also) -
Quote:Honestly, "We Are The World" not that long of a song, it just seems longer because the chorus repeats over and over again.Originally Posted by Eisregen_NA
Sounds like an effort. Why not have everyone give their real name as 'George Orwell' when the transition happens?
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I just hit on an idea after watching The Cleveland fans singing a parody of "We Are The World" in order to keep LeBron James.
Someone needs to get a bunch of WoW players together to sing about how bad this policy is. I mean come on, it's more important than some basketball player, right?
What I propose is this:
- Write a song to the tune of "We Are The World" against RealID (Hell we got 17 pages of material here, plus we can throw in references to Infinity Ward/Call of Duty as a bonus)
- Get a bunch of WoW players together to record it
- Make a video using machinima or something.
- Post it to YouTube
- Post the YouTube video on WoW forums (official and unofficial everywhere) and see what happens.
(I could take a stab at writing the lyrics, I guess, the rest I'd need help on because I don't have an active WoW account or audio or video editing software) -
Quote:He works for Blizzard, what did you expect?Originally Posted by KaliMagdalene
And he thinks this actually proves that RealID implementation is fine? He put his name online and someone just got massive amounts of harassment for it and this isn't a problem?
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Quote:No, no it doesn't give Blizzard the right. The way Blizzard is handling this is wrong.Originally Posted by Lastjustice
No matter how stupid some of the forum goers are, that doesn't give them a green light to toss everyone's ID out into the light.
Like I said, using dynamite to kill a fly. You blow up more than just the fly, and you're going to have a a hell of a time explaining the explosion to people.
Doesn't mean the forum goers aren't an issue though. -
Quote:Then you'd be a former Major League pitcher who was abused by his wife.Originally Posted by Gaderath
Having just watched Burn Notice, I will be the enigmatic, "Chuck Finley"
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Quote:Sounds like the governments solution to the immigration issue. Posting Warnings and doing nothing.Originally Posted by NinjaPirate
Also, spotted this gem on their boards:
"The US Department of Justice: Office on Violence Against Women advise women to choose gender neutral forum handles and never post their real names on message boards in order to protect themselves from being targeted by cyber-stalkers.
Maybe they know something Blizzard does not? " -
Quote:Holy ****, you play for the Titans?Originally Posted by Solos
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Quote:How about a nice game of chess?Originally Posted by KaliMagdalene
The only valid choice is not to play.
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Quote:What would that even look like?Originally Posted by ShadowsBetween
the Epic Pants of Snogging
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Quote:I didn't say what Blizzard was doing was right, or that Blizzard's "solution" wasn't worse than the problem (and it probably is), just using it to illustrate that there is a clear problem with the majority of people who use the World of Warcraft forums, which some people around here are unwilling to acknowledge.Originally Posted by LadyGrimrose
Soooooo the solution is to have MORE players cancel their accounts over fears of invasion of privacy or worse?
Today, and my MMO group represents a very slim majority, three people I know not only canceled their accounts over THIS, but removed the game from their computers. One went so far as to sell all their equipment and give the money away to their guild.
In fact, I would compare Blizzard's actions in this situation to using dynamite to kill a fly. Sure, you'll kill the fly, but you'll blow out a significant portion of your house. -
Quote:So are you when you try to gloss over WoW's forums and claim that they're not that bad.Originally Posted by KaliMagdalene
I said that someone else said something like that on WoW's forum. I argued with that person over there just as I'm arguing with you over here, because you're both full of ****.
You may disagree with how Blizzard's handling this, hell, I'm not even sure it's the best solution myself, but they apparently are getting enough feedback from people canceling their accounts about their forums that they feel the need to do *something* about it, even if it's a controversial something.
If there wasn't a problem, Blizzard would follow the status quo. -
Quote:You talking about "sweeping generalizations" is hypocritical to begin with, given that you yourself just said you made sweeping generalizations about CoH players on their forums.Originally Posted by KaliMagdalene
Also, I was part of the WoW community as well, and I wasn't trolling and flaming. And I was participating in constructive discussion, as were many in the role forums (esp tanking and healing).
Your sweeping generalization's pretty falsifiable.
But you're just astroturfing for the game, so whatever. -
Quote:Fixed.Originally Posted by KaliMagdalene
There's plenty of useful discussion on the forum, and the majority of posters are not trolls. The trolls are just the loudest and insufficiently moderated. -
Quote:You're probably right. Whether or not Blizzard does this though, they're never getting my dollar again.Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake
not really, maybe some action needed taken, i mentioned the whole "get a sufficient number of mods and enforce the existing tos" idea earlier, but this idea is simply one made in ignorance of the considerations needed for doing business online, and really is baffling given blizzard's usual name for good customer interactions. they drew their pistol to shoot the problem, and instead team killed half their allies, if i may make a game related metaphor.
Except they haven't and they're not going to, ergo a pox on the houses of both Blizzard and WoWtards.Quote:Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake
enforcement of the existing rules by a large and trained number of moderators could have thinned the moron herd fast, that is blizz's job really, they bring in more money than some countries, get a sufficient sized moderation staff, or get them pursuing disruptive elements more aggressively, they have the tools already to deal with the tools. -
Quote:You must be going to different WoW official forums than what I was going to when I played.Originally Posted by KaliMagdalene
They're extremely active. People use them for theorycrafting, casual conversation, they have a community there like we do here, just more active.
They're called "WoWtards" for a reason, Kali.
