Post by michaelmorin on Mar 1, 2018 2:10:47 GMT -5
Hi,
It seemed such a bold step - and it was: Mike Morhaime, chief executive of Blizzard, makers of World of Warcraft, announced on its forums five days ago that from 27 July, people would only be able to use their real names to post in its forums. The reason: to "contribute to a more positive forum environment, promote constructive conversations, and connect the Blizzard community in ways they haven't been connected before".
Blizzard was just giving people some warning, so that they could get themselves in order. "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. The classic Battle.net forums, including those for Diablo II and Warcraft III, will be moving to a new legacy forum section with the release of the StarCraft II community site and at that time will also transition to using Real ID for posting."
So of course at the announcement everyone cheered! And danced in the (virtual) streets! And hung out bunting! And embossed the names of the Blizzard staff on their computers, because at last someone was taking a stand against pseudonymity being used to diss people endlessly in a sort of Beavis-and-Butthead style endless oneupwizardship.
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It seemed such a bold step - and it was: Mike Morhaime, chief executive of Blizzard, makers of World of Warcraft, announced on its forums five days ago that from 27 July, people would only be able to use their real names to post in its forums. The reason: to "contribute to a more positive forum environment, promote constructive conversations, and connect the Blizzard community in ways they haven't been connected before".
Blizzard was just giving people some warning, so that they could get themselves in order. "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. The classic Battle.net forums, including those for Diablo II and Warcraft III, will be moving to a new legacy forum section with the release of the StarCraft II community site and at that time will also transition to using Real ID for posting."
So of course at the announcement everyone cheered! And danced in the (virtual) streets! And hung out bunting! And embossed the names of the Blizzard staff on their computers, because at last someone was taking a stand against pseudonymity being used to diss people endlessly in a sort of Beavis-and-Butthead style endless oneupwizardship.
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