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July 09, 2010 Blizzard Real ID System Sparks Controversy - It Posted by Hellen Popovich Blizzard Real ID system sparks controversy - it -Blizzard fans expressing privacy concerns--as well as those dismissing such worries--have flocked to the company's still-anonymous official forums to sound off on new identification [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 08, 2010 Controversy Abound! Blizzard's RealID "Poses A Significant Problem ... Send by aphel BBC News - World of Warcraft maker to end anonymous forum logins BBC news has made developer Blizzard Entertainment the subject of frontpage news on. [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 09, 2010 Blizzard's RealID Forcing Real Names Send by Phantom A few days ago, Blizzard made an announcement that shocked the whole World Of Warcraft community, people who used to play but have quit, and even people who have never played the game before. Everyone seems to have an opinion on. [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 08, 2010 Fear: Some Final Thoughts Posted by Hellen Popovich Wow?51 comments on that last article. Thanks for everyone?s input into the discussion. I know a lot wanted me to respond to their questions, but it?s gotten a bit too much for me to handle. Usually, my rule is that I rarely comment or debate with people in the comments section of the blog. Text is j [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 09, 2010 RealID Exposes Your Family To HAXXORZ!! | Ripten Video Game Blog Send by John Landis Blizzard has just announced that their new RealID system, which you can read about here, is now not only going to allow you to talk to your friends no matter what faction, server, or (blizzard) game their playing on, but will now be [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 09, 2010 Bloggers Attack Real ID By Exposing Activision Head's Personal ... Send by RSS-Agent On its face, Real ID seems quite useful, enabling you to keep track of friends even if they have multiple characters. There is only one tiny problem ? you need to use your real name. Blizzard has stated publically that this is. [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 08, 2010 Foofy's CupCake Factory: RealID- Blizzard Forums Send by Foofy He is however not fine with the RealID. Only reason why he uses it is to send me messages in game when I'm on my alliance toon asking me to get him a sandwich. Either way, I will not be posting on the Blizz forums anymore. [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 08, 2010 StarCraft II Beta Returns Amidst Real ID Controversy | Spawn Kill ... Send by Jason "IcyStorm" Joo About a month ago, Blizzard ended Phase 1 of the StarCraft II beta and said that it would return for a second round of testing a few weeks before the game's release. That time has come and the beta has returned with patch 16, [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 08, 2010 Gamasutra: Shava Nerad's Blog - Blizzard's RealID -- Taking The ... Posted by Hellen Popovich RealID isn't even likely to be effective. No one is anonymous on forums -- your forum name is a pseudonym. Revealing your verified identity and email address to fellow forum members doesn't protect Blizzard -- they already know who you [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 09, 2010 More Real ID Links Than You Really Want To See? The Ancient ... Send by Wilhelm2451 Dee over at a Azeroth.me has compiled, with quotes, one helluva long list of links to various sources discussing Blizzards Real ID. You can find it here. It covers a wide spectrum of opinions from a diverse group of sources, [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 09, 2010 The Day Before Yesterday Posted by Hellen Popovich I had penned out a whole schpeel about the RealID bit yesterday, and a whole other post on here that I had been sitting on after the initial backlash when it was announced. But, instead, I decided to let it sit and keep reading forums and posts about the whole matter, which was quite entertaining. I [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 09, 2010 That Scary GearScore/Real ID Screenshot Is Fake, Guys ... Send by Going Pro Gaming Normally we wouldn't take an opportunity just to debunk an edited screenshot, but given how riled up people already are over Blizzard's upcoming forum change, [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 09, 2010 Blizzard On Worsening Real ID Backlash: ?No Comment? Send by Al McCarthy Blizzard has declined to comment on a growing backlash to its decision to implement a Real ID system on its forums, with multiple blogs posting person. [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 08, 2010 RealID On The Blizzard Forums: Problem? | Marks-365 Send by Morynne I'm no online security expert. I do consider myself to be rather well informed though. Blizzard is making a big mistake here, and it's been a PR nightmare for. [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

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