Blizzard to Associate Players Real Names With World of Warcraft Forum Accounts, Perpetuate Largest Cock Block in Human History.
In a surprising move earlier this week, Activision-Blizzard announced that they would be displaying all forum posters first and last names using the RealID system following the release of the latest WoW expansion, Cataclysm.
We think that this will dramatically cut down on the amount of abuse and flaming currently present on the forums. said Blizzard Community representative Ron Winters, For too long, abuse, threats and flaming have been commonplace in the forums and we feel that this move toward using a posters real name will shift the general tone of the forums to one of mutual respect, level-headed discourse and a healthy spirit of competition.
Also, were going to take away what little chance those fucking forum nerds ever had of having sex in the first place. As soon as someone Googles their name: boom. No one wants bang a level 80 Warlock who spends the better part of his Thursday nights debating the finer points of high level cooking recipes, listing the stats of Teebus Blazing Longsword and firing off 16 page missives as to why we cant sell a $25 glowing brine shrimp mount. Well guess what fellas? Fuck. You.
The World of Warcraft forums have exploded following the announcement, with an overwhelming percentage of posters opposing the move.
Cory White is one of the posters most upset with the changes.
Im just, you know, afraid that my personal information will be exposed. I use the forums to be a complete douchewad to people I dont even know, so that I can feel better about myself and now Blizzard is going to take away my anonymity? Its completely unfair. Where else can I go on the internet to be a random shithead to strangers so that I can distract myself from my boring and otherwise meaningless existence? Exactly: nowhere.
He added,And even if I do decide to post on the forums, any woman could Google me and see what I was posting. Any woman at all could Google Cory White, 32567 Lexington Avenue, Sacramento California, 94204 and find out that he works part time at Hot Dog on a Stick at the mall but gets off of work at 8 and you could reach him at 408.658.2579. Any woman could do that. Seriously. Any woman.