Battlenet forums
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Where dumbfucks try to tell Blizzard how to do their job. A lot of the only good threads from the S2GDF and WGDF are thrown in here by the faggot mods. On the old ones, they would never get deleted.Įssentially the same thing as the Warcraft III General Discussion, only less active. You can spam it or post CP and it will stay up for 1-2 months, even with the new forums. You'll find some people write shitty fanfiction that rivals Twilight in quality, however it's usually just spammed with stupid shit.
Meaning there's nothing interesting about it.Ī popular forum with the least no moderation. One of the only Forums actually has serious on-topic discussion. Whenever someone goes there and whines how they got they cd-key disabled from, the common WGDF is "HACKER DOWN", because in reality, they are filthy hacking nerdgins. At least 15% of threads start with "So I". A quarter of discussions are political threads. Whatever on topic discussions that exist are raging over Orc being imba, or whatever race all the Koreans picked to win the latest big tournament. An example would be someone bumping all the threads whining about the trilogy to the front of the forum, and dozens of people getting trolled and starting even more threads whining about the trilogy.ī's Warcraft III board. Sometimes old threads from the back of the forums are bumped to troll idiots into thinking that the topic is relevant. The simplest way to deal with these threads is to derail them with SpongeBob porn, which causes the OP to run away in fear to the SC2 Gameplay Discussion. There's also a bunch of stupid or joke questions about StarCraft II, shitty unit suggestions, or people whining about something retarded (e.g. Usually found there are TL DR debates between fanboys about StarCraft vs. So what do you think, readers? Real names on RPS comments? (I jest. It could well simply create more shadow forums alongside it where privacy is supported. Perhaps it will do that, but I can imagine situations (as mentioned above) where it would discourage posting for one reason or another. Blizzard employees) posting by their real first and last names on our forums as well. With this change, you’ll see blue posters (i.e. Removing the veil of anonymity typical to online dialogue will contribute to a more positive forum environment, promote constructive conversations, and connect the Blizzard community in ways they haven’t been connected before. The official forums have always been a great place to discuss the latest info on our games, offer ideas and suggestions, and share experiences with other players - however, the forums have also earned a reputation as a place where flame wars, trolling, and other unpleasantness run wild. It seems that the move is an attempt to improve the atmosphere on the forums, and to create a more mature "social network" feel to the service. Nevertheless Blizzard seem certain it is in their interest, and that of the players. There are plenty of reasons why having your real name available to people you played videogames with might not be safe, or appropriate. Other people might find themselves attracting unwanted attention for quite different reasons.
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I certainly enjoyed not being Jim Rossignol from PC Gamer And Rock, Paper, Shotgun for most of the time I played Eve, for example (people not always comfortable with journalists, etc). But it does eat into net privacy, particularly that distancing of personal identity that we've all enjoyed for a long time with games. It's mature, and possibly healthy for net use as a whole. On the one hand, I can see the value of real names, and I've been on forums where they are mandatory. Certain classic forums, including the classic forums, will remain unchanged. 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. Big news for users, and possible important implications for net privacy as a whole, via this posting from Blizzard:Īnyone 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.