Looking forward to talking to people in a boring ass wow raid, while i'm tech switching to colossi on this poor unsuspecting Zerg.'


Real ID is a joke...lol

However blizzard game's still are amazing and It will take people protesting by not using certain services b4 things change.

Final fantasy comes out in sept...my just play eve who knows

Originally Posted by g0hard

Final fantasy comes out in sept...my just play eve who knows

Waiting for the new Star wars game, been waiting for a while, so pumpedd for it.

Originally Posted by Dudedafool

Waiting for the new Star wars game, been waiting for a while, so pumpedd for it.

Never cared much for starwars (i know shun me haha)

Really looking forward to FF and also that Tera game looks beast its down between those 2 once they come out

"I'm voting with my wallet, after almost 6 years of loyal service from me, this is a slap to the face combined with a kick in the nuts."

indeed it is.

After 49,900 posts, Blizzard has finally decided against this decision.

World of Warcraft - English (NA) Forums -> Regarding real names in forums

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 the ability to rate posts up or down, post highlighting based on rating, 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, ( Blizzard Entertainment: Mission Statement ) 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

@ dudedafool.
that means that this is now optional to use your real name? or does it mean that its not a option in there forums anymore?

Originally Posted by biohazardous

@ dudedafool.
that means that this is now optional to use your real name? or does it mean that its not a option in there forums anymore?

Your real name will not be showing in the forums.

They say at this time, so for now it's a no, but in the future it may happen.

yeah they backed out, they always back out like that when community goes nuts.

I don't think i've seen people be that pissed in a long time, im glad this is all over now.

bout time.

other than multiple mirror names, real id may be alright