Comments on: Blizzard sez, “Hey, that guy who killed you…”

By: RealID linkspam. [ 6D ]

RealID linkspam. [ 6D ] — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:53:40 +0000

[...] Blizzard sez, “Hey, that guy who killed you…” Blizzard announced via their forums today that you’ll no longer have to go through a long and arduous procedure to stalk your WoW enemies and virtual love kittens in real life. They’ll make it that much easier for you by giving you their real names on the forums. That’s right, with the help of Battle.net’s RealID feature you can find that guy who sold you that wicked glowing axe, which you later found to be way over priced, and track him down on the forums. After you get his name, it should be a Google search or two away from getting his home address, the home address of his dentist, love slave, and fishing buddies, and anything else you might want to know before finding him, and doing unheard of horrors to him in real life. [...]

By: Steve "Slurms" Lichtsinn

Steve "Slurms" Lichtsinn — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:32:53 +0000

Yeah, I’m really torn with this. I think overall it was a boneheaded move, and what you posted is a crappy reaction. But if they are going to stick to their guns on this, that’s about the only response they can have.

again….dumb move though, even from someone like me who puts his name on what he says.

By: Aiiane

Aiiane — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:31:29 +0000

Sadly, Blizzard *has* actually said “if you don’t like it, don’t post”. A number of times. For example:

http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=13816838128&sid=1&pageNo=455#9092

By: Blizzard Entertainment: A Whole New Level Of Fail « Im Talkin Games

Blizzard Entertainment: A Whole New Level Of Fail « Im Talkin Games — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:36:09 +0000

[...] spoken bloggers usually weigh in. I usually refrain from joining in because those people say it so much better than I could and usually have it covered. This is different, and I think it requires [...]