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.
Look, I have no issues with telling people who I am in real life. I don’t think I’m that big of an asshat that people would want to do bad things to me in real life. You should have better things to do. Now, if you want to send me gifts, naked pictures of yourself (ladies only), or baked goods (the dog would taste test for poison) then I’m fine with that, my name is right there at the top of the post. But I understand that people want to keep their online persona’s separate from their real life ones. Blizzard should respect that choice, beyond just saying “if you don’t like it, don’t post.” (note: Blizzard hasn’t said that to my knowledge, but I think they might)
We have a good discussion going about this subject on our forums. I suggest you head on over and join in!
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[...] 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 [...]
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
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.
[...] 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. [...]
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[...] 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 [...]
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
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.
[...] 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. [...]
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