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PostPosted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:46 am Reply with quote
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Apparently on the Blizzard Forums you now need to use your real name, according to this newsgroup thread.

I didn't bother to verify how they could verify the correctness of the name though, it works with battle.net somehow.

The reason is that the forums
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earned a reputation as a place where flame wars, trolling, and other unpleasantness run wild.

So the captn visited their forums too? tongue3.gif
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Removing the veil of anonymity typical to online dialogue will contribute to a more positive forum environment, promote constructive conversations, and connect the Blizzard community in ways they haven’t been connected before.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:39 pm Reply with quote
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Blizzard staff would be highlited in blue.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 1:00 am Reply with quote
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Dick_In_Your_Ass wrote:
Blizzard staff would be highlited in blue.

Wouldn't that be "hilited" then? icon_albino.gif
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 4:57 am Reply with quote
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berzerker wrote:
Dick_In_Your_Ass wrote:
Blizzard staff would be highlited in blue.

Wouldn't that be "hilited" then? icon_albino.gif
no it's highlighted
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:04 pm Reply with quote
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berzerker wrote:

So the captn visited their forums too? tongue3.gif
world of gaycraft isint captn's style.....btw some good new for you icon_cyclops_ani.gif

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:54 pm Reply with quote
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Gaming is really going the way of Deus Ex: from DRM to streaming games to citizen name databases, all we need is a walton simmons and a bob page to take over a publisher. my money's on EA
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