Real Names will not be required for Blizzard forums (We did it!)

[dustinbrowder]

Impressive, I didn't think they'd buckle under the community pressure but they did.

I didn't mind the whole real-ID feature but I guess the hardcore blizzard forum posters can breathe easy again.

I was pretty sure they'd buckle, after all how things were going, they probably would not have had a community to speak of.
There were literally thousands of posts and hundred of articles over the internet and such negative reaction and bad press can sway away anyone.

PS: Great sig, did you made it yourself?

[Kknewkles]

I hope people will remember this next time something happens that they don't like. Blizzard is no where near as evil as people think. Despite what some claim, they do care about their fanbase and namesake.

Or! Or they know when their ass is in danger - cuz they've really started to see the people carrying pitchforks and torches.
But I want to hope they really care about us.

[Hav0x]

They hardly "buckled". They wanted to try something new, there was an overwhelming number of people against it, so they decided not to do it a certain way. It's called feedback.

[Warsaw]

They hardly "buckled". They wanted to try something new, there was an overwhelming number of people against it, so they decided not to do it a certain way. It's called feedback.

I agree with that exactly. People are to negative towards Blizzard sometimes. I hate Kotick, but Blizzard is okay. :P But I flame blizzard for it anyway because they did merge with him.

Also I like gifted. I didn't get the joke though about the other thread. haha sorry just went over my head. :P But anyway... haha

[Norfindel]

Excellent. Facebook managed to work this way, because using real names was central to their service, as there wasn't any other way to do it. I don't use it, anyways, and wouldn't use a forum that requires my real name to be displayed.

[BusinessMonkey]

SUCK IT KOTICK! ;P

Anyhoo. I'm back from vacation, and I can't wait for the EU realm to go up!!!
Been goddamndiddely logging on B.net for ages to see if it's up...

[Hav0x]

But I flame blizzard for it anyway because they did merge with him.

They had no choice in the matter. They were already owned by Vivendi. Vivendi Games and Activision merged (and Blizzard along with it) to form Activision Blizzard. Vivendi has a controlling interest in the company.

[SinsWage]

I would opt in for that 100% Ed, as long as the two were kept separate and there was no way to switch back and forth.

And I've always enjoyed your comments archer. I think calling me a baby was uncalled for.

[Broadside]

I was pretty sure they'd buckle, after all how things were going, they probably would not have had a community to speak of.
There were literally thousands of posts and hundred of articles over the internet and such negative reaction and bad press can sway away anyone.

PS: Great sig, did you made it yourself?

True, they have had other issue's in the past which didn't exactly have all the fans lined up cheering but that nevertheless whent trough.

I guess this time all the media attention also helped.

OT: Yup I make my own sigs .

[ArcherofAiur]

And I've always enjoyed your comments archer. I think calling me a baby was uncalled for.

Asking me to make my personal info public just because your confortable with the idea puts me on edge. But lets not fight about something thats past anyway.