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Guess what. Loss of "anonymity" isn't going to do ANYTHING about that problem. There will still be plenty of people with fake Real Names and the Real Names of t

Guess what. Loss of "anonymity" isn't going to do ANYTHING about that problem. There will still be plenty of people with fake Real Names and the Real Names of the people being billed (read: not the actual people playing the game, i.e. in the case of minors) trolling, except now they get to do it elsewhere with other players' real names. Welcome to the Internet. This is a big loss for people who go to the tech support forums, bug requests, and do guild recruitment. None of those need real names, and I've almost never seen any flaming going in most of those threads. This is also quite retarded for realm forums where the context of your character is more important than your real name, so what now? Now you get to associate your toons with your real name, and well shit it keeps snowballing from there. No, this is not a good thing because it doesn't solve the problem at all.

jasonlotito 16y ago
> Loss of "anonymity" isn't going to do ANYTHING about that problem. Well, if it silences people like you, I think it will do something. Saying it won't do ANYTHING is pretty black and white. > There will still be plenty of people with fake Real Names and the Real Names of the people being billed (read: not the actual people playing the game, i.e. in the case of minors) trolling, except now they get to do it elsewhere with other players' real names. You can't change your name in your account. Also, not having your real name will affect your ability to recover your account. Finally, your account name doesn't have to match the billing name. And, unless I'm mistaken, the account owner needs to have their real name their anyways, according to the TOS. > This is a big loss for people who go to the tech support forums, bug requests, and do guild recruitment. That's a valid argument, but one easily solved. Bug reports can have a different mechanism to be reported then forums. Tech Support already has an official mechanism for support outside the forums. Guild Recruitment is another issue entirely, but again, this is something that can be solved outside the forums in a controlled manner, via something like the Armory. Whether they do any of this is another matter entirely, but these are valid issues. > This is also quite retarded for realm forums where the context of your character is more important than your real name, so what now? The problem is, you'd have people still getting quite aggressive and less than polite, throwing around insults and calling things 'retarded' and not keeping a civil tongue. I like this part: > Now you get to associate your toons with your real name, and well shit it keeps snowballing from there. Like your entire post, you don't actually present why this is a problem. > No, this is not a good thing because it doesn't solve the problem at all. I think it will help with the problem. Even perceived anonymity turns otherwise rational people into raving lunatics. Do you really have conversations with people and call things retarded, shit and yell at them, Jane?

jasonlotito 16y ago

> Loss of "anonymity" isn't going to do ANYTHING about that problem. Well, if it silences people like you, I think it will do something. Saying it won't do ANYTHING is pretty black and white. > There will still be plenty of people with fake Real Names and the Real Names of the people being billed (read: not the actual people playing the game, i.e. in the case of minors) trolling, except now they get to do it elsewhere with other players' real names. You can't change your name in your account. Also, not having your real name will affect your ability to recover your account. Finally, your account name doesn't have to match the billing name. And, unless I'm mistaken, the account owner needs to have their real name their anyways, according to the TOS. > This is a big loss for people who go to the tech support forums, bug requests, and do guild recruitment. That's a valid argument, but one easily solved. Bug reports can have a different mechanism to be reported then forums. Tech Support already has an official mechanism for support outside the forums. Guild Recruitment is another issue entirely, but again, this is something that can be solved outside the forums in a controlled manner, via something like the Armory. Whether they do any of this is another matter entirely, but these are valid issues. > This is also quite retarded for realm forums where the context of your character is more important than your real name, so what now? The problem is, you'd have people still getting quite aggressive and less than polite, throwing around insults and calling things 'retarded' and not keeping a civil tongue. I like this part: > Now you get to associate your toons with your real name, and well shit it keeps snowballing from there. Like your entire post, you don't actually present why this is a problem. > No, this is not a good thing because it doesn't solve the problem at all. I think it will help with the problem. Even perceived anonymity turns otherwise rational people into raving lunatics. Do you really have conversations with people and call things retarded, shit and yell at them, Jane?