07-07-2010, 09:35 PM
(07-07-2010, 08:11 PM)Tal Wrote: Interesting blog post
I very much am against what Blizzard is currently trying to do with this RealID and how they have been handling things like the account name on battlenet. The link you gave is an excellent example of how quickly this stuff could be used to spin someones life out of control. Just look at examples of what headaches and heartaches some have had to go through with issues of identity theft.
If Blizzard is wanting to provide a more secure environment for their customers and also provide a way of curbing the trolling on the forums, their are good examples out there of doing these things in ways that provide both. I have recently been playing Champions Online and the method that Crypic(Atari) is using could provide much of that. My personal information is not used either for signing in or on the forums (not that I have posted there). You set up a sign in name and password and then are required to make a separate handle that will be attached to your account for identifying you in forum posting and in the in-game chat. Its up to you to block anyone using that name and wanting to look up your toons, but at no point do you use one of your toon names to do posting by.