Blizzard, I want you to know, that I’m not angry, just disappointed. Apart from, y’know, the bit about being really really angry! Seriously Blizzard: What The Fuck? You were always the one company out there that I not only respected and admired, but actually liked. Your work is fantastic, your games are works of art beyond comparison, and throughout it all you’ve kept a sense of being a fun, interesting and friendly bunch of people. And then you screwed us.
I said my piece on this already, but I plan to continue protesting against it as long as Blizzard and their evil twin Activision keep going ahead with this shamelessly money-grabbing, immoral and borderline illegal plan. For now, here are some of the arguments against RealID that have really caught my eye and I feel are well worth a read.
Like myself, Jaedia has simply lost her faith in Blizzard.
Pokute presents a keen-eyed analysis of what this is all about (money) and how simply ragequitting won’t be enough.
Mental Shaman draws attention to how RealID will silence marginalised voices.
Deuwowlity discusses how Blizzard is turning it’s players into Unpersons, as well as sharing my fears over centralised ID systems.
Valis shows how damaging RealID will be, by taking up a forumites challenge to find him based on his real name. Valis phoned him 20 minutes later.
Snowy shows us how identity is what you choose, and highlights how policy creep makes RealID truly terrifying.
and finally, possibly my favourite of all reactions to RealID so far has been this letter to Blizzard by Shade. Because after all, Warcraft is about fighting internet dragons, not money-grabbing tyrants.
It’s sad that you don’t have tons more posters here, on this topic. This is something so insidious that millions should be waking up, but they aren’t.
I want to say though, I don’t think that the fact that they rescinded on the forum-real-id issue changes anything. I think they are using that as a diversion, to let us ‘think we won.’
Most players don’t bother with the forums – but real ID is still in the game, not ‘real Alias’ but ‘real ID.’
They’re fooling most people, sadly, as they usually do.
I quit after years, deleting toons and I will NEVER EVER trust them again, they’ve proven themselves to be hostile to our REAL LIFE PRIVACY, rights, freedoms and safety.