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Blizzard Publishes FAQ on Real ID and Facebook for Battle.net and its Games
by Brian Leahy, Jul 16, 2010 2:15pm PDTBlizzard has published a set of answers to some frequently asked questions in regards to the company's Real ID system, Facebook integration, and privacy concerns.
Many of the community's concerns are addressed here, but it is clear that Blizzard is moving forward with its plan to turn Battle.net into a social gaming network in some capacity. The company stresses that much of this information is subject to change as development on Battle.net and its games continues.
One of the central complaints -- that friends of Real ID friends could see a player's real name -- will be addressed:
We recognize that some players would prefer not to be displayed on friends lists in this fashion, so we plan to include an option that will allow players to opt out of appearing on their Real ID friends' 'friends of friends' lists. We're anticipating this feature to be available for StarCraft II shortly after release of the game, and World of Warcraft at around the same time -- we'll have more information for you in the coming weeks."
If you have concerns about Real ID and Blizzard's plans, do yourself a favor and read the full FAQ. It certainly won't answer every question, but should at least clear up a lot of misinformation surrounding the controversial program.
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Edited for dumb mistake.
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A: The Real ID system is designed to help real-life friends and family who decide to use it keep in touch with each other across Blizzard games, and our goal in using real names is to ensure that players will be able to maintain long-term, meaningful relationships on the service for years to come. One way it helps make that happen is by eliminating the need to remember who, for example, "Thrall123" really is when you see him or her pop up on your friends list again after months -- or years -- of being offline."
If you really care you will keep up with who you play online with. I have been playing with a group of people for 10 years+ and OMG I didn't need RealID to do it.
A money scam if I have ever seen one.
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Starcraft 2 wasn't free also, I paid with real money for it.
Why do I have to pay again in personal data?
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But, as game players, we see games as more than the sum of their parts. This is the reason tons of games (especially MMOs) fail horribly even though they have all their "feature boxes" checked. You can't just cherry pick features from games and make some horrible Frankenstein (Patchwerk?) bullshit and assume it will succeed.
SC2's social networking features only have a prayer of success because it'll be linked to WoW. It has nothing to do with it actually being a good idea or a feature anyone really wants.
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