Friday, July 9, 2010

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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Auctioneer and the Snatch Function

How to use the Snatch function in Auctioneer.  Read the comments as this seems to be buggy for some folks.
http://greedygoblin.blogspot.com/2010/07/snatch.html

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Guide to Halion (Ruby Sanctum)

A guide for healers doing the Halion raid.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/08/raid-rx-healing-halion-in-ruby-sanctum/

One for paladins.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/11/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-healing-through-halion-and-friend/

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Real ID Firestorm and The Internet Dragon

Shade spells out his objection to Real ID in this phrase--"I want to kill Internet dragons."  A instant classic.
http://greyshades.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/an-open-letter-to-blizzard/

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