Blizzard and the Real ID Backpedal
Posted on Jul 12, 2010 by Dana in Features, News, PC, Uncategorized
Just a few days ago, I wrote about Blizzard’s new real ID system. Shortly after that post, Blizzard folded like a n00b tackling Arathi Basin for the first time.
Some excellent points were raised—most importantly, just imagine what a troll would do with your real name—I must admit that I hadn’t considered that angle.
I still think that the WoW forums are a cesspool of the nastiest sorts of trollish behaviour. But perhaps making everyone reveal their secret identities is not the way to go. At least, not yet.
Unless you wrote a complaint to the ESRB—in which case, everyone already knows who you are.
