Koki on 8/7/2010 at 14:49
(
http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=25626109041&sid=3000) Not for long.
There is also (
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25712374700&sid=1&pageNo=1792) this juicy post on one thousand seven hundred ninety second page of the thread about it on NA WoW forums:
Quote Posted by "Nocny Łowca"
Got in touch with my ex-flatmate, whose sister works as a GM for Blizzard, to see what the internal buzz on this was. Apparently, at the moment the employees are largely as pissed as the players, and she stated that despite attempts to keep it hushed, it has become known that the big creative players within Blizzard are pretty much as unhappy about this as we are. Everybody has been told they are not free to comment on this situation outside of specially prepared statements.
It's still going ahead, however (and here's where in-house rumours and hearsay really start coming into play): from what they've picked up, the Blizzard leads have been told in no uncertain terms that the non-gameplay-related direction of the game is working to a different blueprint now. GC and company are free to play with shiny new talent trees all they like, for example, but for the first time the decisions regarding Battle.net implementation, Real ID, and plans for the general acquisition of new players for the business are no longer in Blizzard's own hands, and that's not going down too well.
Oh my!
sNeaksieGarrett on 8/7/2010 at 15:14
I was going to post about this, but I see you beat me to it. I'll just add this (
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6268568.html) link.
I'm not realyl apart of those forums, but I happened to come across the gamespot article, and I just think it's ridiculous. Having plainly stated rules and regulations and moderators to back them up, there should be no need for a RealID system. I don't really see how it will promote anything other than people being afraid to post anymore, or trolls continuing to be trolls. I could be wrong though.
DDL on 8/7/2010 at 15:59
I love all the people saying "if you're not doing anything wrong, what do you have to hide?"
"The fact that they play fucking world of warcraft, you tools."
If a prospective employer googles your name and comes up with 3000 blizzard forum posts detailing the best weapon sets for PvP ganking or something, it's not going to sell you well, is it?
Renzatic on 8/7/2010 at 16:14
Hmmm, your resume is excellent, your references impeccable, and your go-getter attitude quite enjoyable. I believe you're well on your way to being one of our next rising star senior executives. All I have to do now is a quick standard Google background check and...oh fuck. You're one of those piece of shit Alliance mouthbreathers.
I'm sorry, but I don't think you'll have a place at our great Fortune 500 company. We believe your ganker tactics in Warsong gulch show a complete lack of character, and just...damn...just the fact you're alliance show how bad you suck, dude. Seriously. Horde only here at our multi-billion dollar corporation. I believe it's in your best interest to get out before I call security.
Jason Moyer on 8/7/2010 at 16:25
Obviously the solution to being a WoW-obsessed layabout without anything to contribute to society is to spend all day trolling on forums using an alias rather than taking steps towards becoming more productive and making your services more desirable to prospective employers.
SubJeff on 8/7/2010 at 17:53
Replace WoW with LGS games and who do you have Moyer, WHO DO YOU HAVE? :p
Jason Moyer on 8/7/2010 at 20:17
I dunno, I can't imagine not getting a job because someone read my posts on TTLG. If some prospective employer did read my posts and decided not to hire me, then I'd have to wonder if I would want to work there anyway. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of privacy, but I don't think there's anything wrong with people taking accountability for their online behavior either. I think people should use their real names instead of aliases as a personal choice to take some pride in their opinions and so forth, but I don't have a problem with a private company running a forum with their own resources having a "real name" policy either. Or a "you can't just say whatever the fuck you want to" policy, like TTLG and other forums flaunt in the face of people who don't understand the first amendment (assuming you're American, of course).
I feel pretty strongly that companies (or governments, for that matter) doing retarded things ultimately comes back to hurt them. If someone doesn't want to hire WoW players, then they're missing out on any WoW players who might have positive contributions to make to their company (assuming they exist).
Sulphur on 8/7/2010 at 20:33
I don't see what the big fuss is. I think all the people involved in ratifying this idea at Blizzard are tremendous idiots, regardless of how much of a social experiment sheen they seem to be wrapping this little turd of an idea in; so, if I were an active poster on those forums, I'd just fuck off and post somewhere else. Maybe help setup another forum to function like the old forums before Blizzard decided to piss on everybody because it couldn't handle having its ego bruised.
If what they want out of this move is forced moral and personal culpability, I personally think it undermines the entire idea behind the freedom of the fucking internet. You don't force that sort of shit on people unless you have a very good reason to, and this isn't one. What do they intend to do next, set up a home base on the 'net and call it the Ministry of Truth?
Jason Moyer on 8/7/2010 at 20:54
I don't think their policy interferes with the concept of "freedom of internet" at all. Freedom and responsibility are two sides of the same coin, imho. If someone's not willing to be held publically accountable for something they say, then they shouldn't be talking in a public forum (online or otherwise).
Sulphur on 8/7/2010 at 20:57
They are publicly accountable by their internet handle. You can use a nom-de-plume to write an inflammatory piece of text in the real world; why not here?
