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I think this is crazy over the top. They are not releasing game time played for every person. They are getting rid of anonymous commenting on their forums. I th

by rortian 16y ago

I think this is crazy over the top. They are not releasing game time played for every person. They are getting rid of anonymous commenting on their forums. I think it is a change for the better. If someone is a troll and/or exhibits anti-social behavior online should it effect their profession careers? I'm cool with it. If people have to think twice about being obnoxious, life just might be better. Don't forget that your prism account is not anonymous.

gte910h 16y ago
I know it's not. My name is unfortunately common enough it's hard for me get it on every website. My prism account is never taken. Additionally, I think you'll find I'm acutely aware of how non-anonymous my posts are, and have always been relatively tame in my posting history on all sights. It's not the acting out that will effect the professional careers of the people. It's the fact they have the hobby at all which is an issue professionally, especially in this job market. Which is going to be hired most places: 29 yr old who has a reasonably good background and hobbies include gaming, reading and music, or a 29 yr old who has a reasonably good background and hobbies include reading and music? For many fields, the second is a more attractive candidate, and not for completely irrational reasons.
- rortian 16y ago
  Yeah, but you're still not acknowledging that they are making forum posting non-anonymous not game playing. Second part of the question totally varies. I'm in agreement with you that the first is probably more attractive. But, there are millions of game players out there. Hard to think that all of them self-hate.
- catch23 16y ago
  Yeah, but after leaving Georgia Tech, who would still want to remember such an awkward email handle? I wonder if they are still using the lame randomly generated prism account handles for email these days, I don't think the average student actually needs terminal access in acme anymore.
  - gte910h 16y ago
    They still get them yes, and if you ever go back, you get the same one.
sounddust 16y ago
For every Warcraft 3 player, a profile¹ is created (that you can't opt out of) which lists every game the player has ever played, including timestamps and game lengths. The forum posters are already linked to these pages, so presumably their RealId will be as well when the new system is implemented. This means that if you post in the forums once (even for a technical support issue), your real name will be associated with your game history. [1] example: http://classic.battle.net/war3/ladder/w3xp-player-logged-games.aspx?Gateway=Lordaeron&PlayerName=WWW.BERYL.SM.TO http://classic.battle.net/war3/ladder/w3xp-player-logged-gam...
- rortian 16y ago
  Please read before you get started with the FUD. It will be optional to display your main characters name. EDIT: To be clear >so presumably their RealId will be as well when the new system is implemented. Is false on its face from Blizzard's announced policy. This, of course, eliminates the last concern of the parent.
  - silencio 16y ago
    > It will be optional to display your main characters name. Which is hilarious and retarded at the same time, cause I'm posting on the blasted Battle.net forums in the first place because of the game I'm playing (in my case, WoW). It should be in the context of the character in said game, not my real name. WTF does my real name have to factor in what I want to say in my realm's forums or something? And why require real names in subforums that are legitimately being used with little trolling that in-game GMs will actually tell you to go to to post about problems and such? In fact, WTF does my real name have anything to do with whether or not I will troll? I can go create a new account with a fake Real Name quite easily, and that's only to troll on the forums. Trolling outside of the forums and in real life is probably going to explode with this change. Which I'm sure is great for Blizzard, they can stop hiring so many CMs to moderate their forums.
efsavage 16y ago
You think that someone who would hold gaming against a candidate really cares how much time you played? When someone does a background check or even just googles you, they aren't looking for reasons to hire you, they're looking for reason NOT to hire you. If they see your 2000 word rant about how a class got nerfed, you think they are going to say "well he's just passionate about his hobby"? I'm all for people being able to use their Real Names to establish a little credibility, but forcing someone to do so is going to make things worse, not better, because the trolls probably don't have much to lose, while normal, sane people that give forums like this their modicum of value, will be silent.
- rortian 16y ago
  >If they see your 2000 word rant about how a class got nerfed, you think they are going to say "well he's just passionate about his hobby"? They will know that this will have their real name attached to it. If they don't have discretion before attaching their name to a long rant, I have no sympathy for them.

by rortian 16y ago

gte910h 16y ago

I know it's not. My name is unfortunately common enough it's hard for me get it on every website. My prism account is never taken. Additionally, I think you'll find I'm acutely aware of how non-anonymous my posts are, and have always been relatively tame in my posting history on all sights. It's not the acting out that will effect the professional careers of the people. It's the fact they have the hobby at all which is an issue professionally, especially in this job market. Which is going to be hired most places: 29 yr old who has a reasonably good background and hobbies include gaming, reading and music, or a 29 yr old who has a reasonably good background and hobbies include reading and music? For many fields, the second is a more attractive candidate, and not for completely irrational reasons.

rortian 16y ago
Yeah, but you're still not acknowledging that they are making forum posting non-anonymous not game playing. Second part of the question totally varies. I'm in agreement with you that the first is probably more attractive. But, there are millions of game players out there. Hard to think that all of them self-hate.
catch23 16y ago
Yeah, but after leaving Georgia Tech, who would still want to remember such an awkward email handle? I wonder if they are still using the lame randomly generated prism account handles for email these days, I don't think the average student actually needs terminal access in acme anymore.
- gte910h 16y ago
  They still get them yes, and if you ever go back, you get the same one.

sounddust 16y ago

For every Warcraft 3 player, a profile¹ is created (that you can't opt out of) which lists every game the player has ever played, including timestamps and game lengths. The forum posters are already linked to these pages, so presumably their RealId will be as well when the new system is implemented. This means that if you post in the forums once (even for a technical support issue), your real name will be associated with your game history. [1] example: http://classic.battle.net/war3/ladder/w3xp-player-logged-games.aspx?Gateway=Lordaeron&PlayerName=WWW.BERYL.SM.TO http://classic.battle.net/war3/ladder/w3xp-player-logged-gam...

rortian 16y ago
Please read before you get started with the FUD. It will be optional to display your main characters name. EDIT: To be clear >so presumably their RealId will be as well when the new system is implemented. Is false on its face from Blizzard's announced policy. This, of course, eliminates the last concern of the parent.
- silencio 16y ago
  > It will be optional to display your main characters name. Which is hilarious and retarded at the same time, cause I'm posting on the blasted Battle.net forums in the first place because of the game I'm playing (in my case, WoW). It should be in the context of the character in said game, not my real name. WTF does my real name have to factor in what I want to say in my realm's forums or something? And why require real names in subforums that are legitimately being used with little trolling that in-game GMs will actually tell you to go to to post about problems and such? In fact, WTF does my real name have anything to do with whether or not I will troll? I can go create a new account with a fake Real Name quite easily, and that's only to troll on the forums. Trolling outside of the forums and in real life is probably going to explode with this change. Which I'm sure is great for Blizzard, they can stop hiring so many CMs to moderate their forums.

efsavage 16y ago

You think that someone who would hold gaming against a candidate really cares how much time you played? When someone does a background check or even just googles you, they aren't looking for reasons to hire you, they're looking for reason NOT to hire you. If they see your 2000 word rant about how a class got nerfed, you think they are going to say "well he's just passionate about his hobby"? I'm all for people being able to use their Real Names to establish a little credibility, but forcing someone to do so is going to make things worse, not better, because the trolls probably don't have much to lose, while normal, sane people that give forums like this their modicum of value, will be silent.

rortian 16y ago
>If they see your 2000 word rant about how a class got nerfed, you think they are going to say "well he's just passionate about his hobby"? They will know that this will have their real name attached to it. If they don't have discretion before attaching their name to a long rant, I have no sympathy for them.