Blizzard Reverses Mandatory Use of Real Names in Forum Real ID Postings

The blue posting is here.
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25968987278&sid=1

I think Blizzard was wise to reverse this policy.  I also think they have damaged relations with the WOW player community.  I'm starting to see posts like these--Escape Hatch says Blizzard's customers are advertisers, not game players, so their games will be made to please advertisers instead of gamers.
http://esc-hatch.blogspot.com/2010/07/who-is-activisionblizzards-customer.html

And Gordon is looking to the future when Bioware eats Blizzard's lunch.
http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2010/07/blizzard-backpaddles.html


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