I'm not unaware of that. Neither was I debating that this was an invasion of my privacy, because Blizzard can do whatever the flying fuck they want with their o

I'm not unaware of that. Neither was I debating that this was an invasion of my privacy, because Blizzard can do whatever the flying fuck they want with their own game and their own servers, and it requires ME to do something for it to become any kind of privacy breach, but at the same time it limits what I can do with what I'm paying with. (Now, if this was a retroactive change, we then have a problem....) Therefore, my choice is to stop playing the game if they force Real ID on people, where originally they claimed they would only use this for friends to keep in touch with each other. It's not a privacy thing, it's just a proposed change that doesn't fix the problem and screws over other people, and I don't really care to participate in this game if Blizzard continues down this path. For what it is worth, this is not the only change/addition to the game that would prompt me to quit playing. Claiming that this will cut down on trolling is fallacious. The other features that Blizzard intends on introducing to the forums (voting and threading, etc.) and that they could implement (no posting rights outside of tech support for toons under level 10, for example) will do far more to cut down on this kind of behavior than forcing people to use Real ID. Because it's entirely possible to create accounts with fake details or someone else's details, and it doesn't even take someone to post on the forums to see details about people that can enable them to troll elsewhere and in real life (see: Blizzard employee Bashiok on 4chan today after he posted his real name). This just reduces the overall usefulness of the official forums.