07-09-2010, 03:33 PM
(07-09-2010, 02:31 PM)Zich Wrote: One of the more interesting realID-related screencaps I've seen in the epic 45k (and counting) Blizzard Forum thread:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/T...nsored.png
I assume /v/ is some 4chan-esque machination, but the content within is pretty good illustration of how flawed a person can be and still think they are being totally socially normal. I'd also wager, despite becoming more main-stream, WoW has a substantially higher populationg of creeps than other online formats which use real names, like Facebook, and so far RealID is showing far less concern for privacy
(like protection of minors being implemented long after RealID went live on servers as a freaking afterthought due to complaints, and that you can still data-mine RealID's with scripts from any toon you pass in Dal)
A couple of week's ago I was watching the stream of one of the European gladiators (it might have been Moonies) and his sister was speaking on Vent with him while they were playing.
IMMEDIATELY the horns were sounded and guys started hitting on her in the chat, asking to see pics, etc. Typical horny teenager bs right? Well then one of the jackasses managed to figure out which facebook profile was her and posted it into the stream. The reaction from there could only be described as...inflammatory and to me disgusting. Guys that were hitting on her before suddenly became obsessed while still others described this young lady who MAYBE weighed 125 as fat and put her down.
I cannot IMAGINE how much worse it will be under RealID. This is so bad that I'm considering cancelling my WoW account to protest.