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The first and most significant change is that in the near future, anyone posting or replying to a post on official Blizzard forums will be doing so using their Real ID -- that is, their real-life first and last name -- with the option to also display the name of their primary in-game character alongside it. These changes will go into effect on all StarCraft II forums with the launch of the new community site prior to the July 27 release of the game, with the World of Warcraft site and forums following suit near the launch of Cataclysm. Certain classic forums, including the classic Battle.net forums, will remain unchanged.
So Blizzard are now making it so instead of showing your character on those forums, it'll instead show your real name with the option of attaching your char name too it (no option of not showing your real name).
Now I think it's fairly safe to say that this is perhaps the dumbest idea that anyone has ever had ever.
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Victory for Freedom of Speech - Blizzard cancels Real ID.
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=13816839821&sid=1
Removing all personal details now, they were only to prove a point and that has been achieved, congratulations everyone.
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ifywtf Jul 6, 2010 at 9:49 pm
+4 votes
Another picture of him! (Taken from his Photobucket Account)
http://s616.photobucket.com/home/bashiok/index
Now IMAGINE he wouldnt be working for Blizzard and his new Employee found this pic on the internet.
http://s616.photobucket.com/home/bashiok/index
Now IMAGINE he wouldnt be working for Blizzard and his new Employee found this pic on the internet.
Wodrot Jul 7, 2010 at 11:02 am
+1 votes
ifywtf said
Another picture of him! (Taken from his Photobucket Account)
http://s616.photobucket.com/home/bashiok/index
Now IMAGINE he wouldnt be working for Blizzard and his new Employee found this pic on the internet.
http://s616.photobucket.com/home/bashiok/index
Now IMAGINE he wouldnt be working for Blizzard and his new Employee found this pic on the internet.
boss (or in your words: employee) has a problem with that, I wouldn't
want to work for him.
I wouldn't want to work for you either, as
prude as you seem to be.
nubcoil Jul 7, 2010 at 5:44 pm
+1 votes
ifywtf said
Another picture of him! (Taken from his Photobucket Account)
http://s616.photobucket.com/home/bashiok/index
Now IMAGINE he wouldnt be working for Blizzard and his new Employee found this pic on the internet.
http://s616.photobucket.com/home/bashiok/index
Now IMAGINE he wouldnt be working for Blizzard and his new Employee found this pic on the internet.
ifywtf Jul 6, 2010 at 9:17 pm
+1 votes
Some additional Info:
His mothers house:
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/7924/micah.png
The family information google gave me:
Kimberly Keith Whipple (Mother)
Lela Nella Whipple (Sister)
Jason Stephen Whipple (Brother)
Micah Foster Whipple (Himself)
Twitter Account:
http://twitter.com/micahwhipple
Quote:
"I shouldn't feel old at 27 because I don't understand this new fangled twitter thing."
"@gingerbredthief The thread is still there, it just hit the cap." (3 hours ago)
"@fargard None so far, the number they have isn't mine." (1 hour ago)
His mothers house:
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/7924/micah.png
The family information google gave me:
Kimberly Keith Whipple (Mother)
Lela Nella Whipple (Sister)
Jason Stephen Whipple (Brother)
Micah Foster Whipple (Himself)
Twitter Account:
http://twitter.com/micahwhipple
Quote:
"I shouldn't feel old at 27 because I don't understand this new fangled twitter thing."
"@gingerbredthief The thread is still there, it just hit the cap." (3 hours ago)
"@fargard None so far, the number they have isn't mine." (1 hour ago)
kitchensink Jul 6, 2010 at 9:58 pm
-2 votes
Wow. The douchebaggery levels in that picture are overwhelming.
Yiska Jul 7, 2010 at 8:16 am
+1 votes
Nobbeh said
isnt that lipton with him?
Outerspace Jul 7, 2010 at 3:26 pm
+1 votes
ifywtf said
Picture of Micah Whipple. He is the guy on the left.
ifywtf Jul 6, 2010 at 10:13 pm
+2 votes
This is the house where Micah grew up:
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9012/lake.png (click for broader view)
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9012/lake.png (click for broader view)
Godsmak Jul 7, 2010 at 12:44 pm
+1 votes
mung said
dont care banned from forums
yunia Jul 6, 2010 at 4:34 pm
+7 votes
ive been permad on wow forums for years, but this is still dumb, like horrifically dumb
Lesane Jul 6, 2010 at 6:25 pm
+1 votes
yunia said
ive been permad on wow forums for years, but this is still dumb, like horrifically dumb
burden Jul 6, 2010 at 4:42 pm
+1 votes
wouldnt be surprised if you are one of those losers on 4chan that somehow finds out peoples real name and adress, from what seems like a random cam***** pic, then proceed to spam their facebook friends with it.
godmode Jul 6, 2010 at 4:44 pm
+1 votes
IM COMING FOR YOU!
ps. actually i dispiese 4chan and havent ever made a single post on that site, but im still coming for you
ps. actually i dispiese 4chan and havent ever made a single post on that site, but im still coming for you
Douce Jul 6, 2010 at 4:46 pm
-2 votes
burden said
wouldnt be surprised if you are one of those losers on 4chan that somehow finds out peoples real name and adress, from what seems like a random cam***** pic, then proceed to spam their facebook friends with it.
btt: worst idea ever, glad im banned on their forums too
TeeKoo Jul 6, 2010 at 5:23 pm
+1 votes
Damnit, I tried to call from skype just to fart on the phone and tell him that "you see why this real ID is a bad idea?" but he didn't answer.
godmode Jul 6, 2010 at 5:49 pm
+3 votes
TeeKoo said
Damnit, I tried to call from skype just to fart on the phone and tell him that "you see why this real ID is a bad idea?" but he didn't answer.
Barrin Jul 6, 2010 at 6:02 pm
+4 votes
Oh man!
I had to register on this site just to tell you how epicly awesome this post is lololol.
I had to register on this site just to tell you how epicly awesome this post is lololol.
yourbad Jul 6, 2010 at 6:07 pm
-2 votes
If you're gonna try and insult someone dumb**** make sure its the same person. FYI Lakeport CA is in northern california, Blizz offices are in irvine ca over 500 miles away
godmode Jul 6, 2010 at 6:11 pm
+13 votes
yourbad said
If you're gonna try and insult someone dumb**** make sure its the same person. FYI Lakeport CA is in northern california, Blizz offices are in irvine ca over 500 miles away
Networks:
Blizzard Entertainment
Clearly wrong guy, my bad.
Barrin Jul 6, 2010 at 6:11 pm
+2 votes
If you think about it for a little bit, you'll understand why this is still a bad thing. That poor guy has nothing to do with this **** and his phone is probably going crazy.
It's not hard to extrapolate this logic into much worse situations in the future.
It's not hard to extrapolate this logic into much worse situations in the future.
godmode Jul 6, 2010 at 6:14 pm
+7 votes
Barrin said
If you think about it for a little bit, you'll understand why this is still a bad thing. That poor guy has nothing to do with this **** and his phone is probably going crazy.
It's not hard to extrapolate this logic into much worse situations in the future.
It's not hard to extrapolate this logic into much worse situations in the future.
But HE offered up HIS name as a way to placate all the people who are saying on the forums this is a bad idea.
He offered up his identity in defense of it, I'm giving everyone a look at the information that a normal person can retrieve about someone solely by their name in under 5mins.
Tokarev Jul 6, 2010 at 6:17 pm
+5 votes
You could easily convince someone on 4chan to do something to the guy even with randoms saying "not your personal army." They ****** up a chick's facebook over her refusal to show tits just the other day; it should be nothing to find a /b/tard that plays WoW that thinks this is a massive spasm of Asperger syndrome from Blizzard Ent. and feels like doing something humorous about it.
tokeshlol Jul 6, 2010 at 6:18 pm
+0 votes
hahah that was pretty ******* funny
dumb ***** should show tits next time
dumb ***** should show tits next time
Wodrot Jul 7, 2010 at 11:13 am
+1 votes
4chan is already bad, but Encyclopedia Dramatica is far worse, because unlike 4chan, everything there stays forever. I wonder why that website still wasn't closed by the authorities.
Ridiculouslyslick Jul 6, 2010 at 7:08 pm
+1 votes
Barrin said
If you think about it for a little bit, you'll understand why this is still a bad thing. That poor guy has nothing to do with this **** and his phone is probably going crazy.
It's not hard to extrapolate this logic into much worse situations in the future.
It's not hard to extrapolate this logic into much worse situations in the future.
elaglo Jul 6, 2010 at 8:40 pm
+4 votes
If you check the PeopleLookUp you'll notice the previous cities are Irvine, CA and Aliso Viejo, CA both seems reasonable enough for him to be a Blizzard employee when actually looking at the details that were uncovered and not just what you want to see.
Cruizectrl Jul 6, 2010 at 6:18 pm
-1 votes
yourbad said
If you're gonna try and insult someone dumb**** make sure its the same person. FYI Lakeport CA is in northern california, Blizz offices are in irvine ca over 500 miles away
Ever hear of telecommuting? I'm pretty sure there are many Blizz/Act employees work from home or a office away from HQ. (found a HR job posing for Bliz in Austin, TX)
sirflimflam Jul 6, 2010 at 6:58 pm
+0 votes
Idiot. That's because there's a Blizzard office in Austin, Texas. They do not do telecommuting at Blizzard. The idiot who posted this topic just posted some innocent guy's address and details. Just because he got one detail right (his facebook) doesn't mean it's the same person.
The idiocy of this topic is astounding.
The idiocy of this topic is astounding.
forkz Jul 6, 2010 at 7:11 pm
+6 votes
No matter if your right or not, crack jobs now have a reason to target this person if it is who they think it is or not. Still going to screw some "Micah Whipple" up in a way.
EightFour Jul 6, 2010 at 10:58 pm
+6 votes
And imagine real ID going live and watching the wrong person getting harassed cause of incorrect info like this.
godmode Jul 6, 2010 at 11:02 pm
+1 votes
EightFour said
And imagine real ID going live and watching the wrong person getting harassed cause of incorrect info like this.
Miyo Jul 6, 2010 at 8:48 pm
+1 votes
http://www.whitepages.com/search/FindPerson?firstname_begins_with=1&firstname=Micah&name=Whipple&where=CA
Check out the related people under sponsored links. That city just so happens to be damn close to Anaheim.
ETA: I used to live in Lower Lake, which is in the same county is Lakeport. Housing is cheaper there than in most parts of California, and it's also a popular vacation/summer home destination for people who work in the larger cities.
Check out the related people under sponsored links. That city just so happens to be damn close to Anaheim.
ETA: I used to live in Lower Lake, which is in the same county is Lakeport. Housing is cheaper there than in most parts of California, and it's also a popular vacation/summer home destination for people who work in the larger cities.
godmode Jul 6, 2010 at 8:52 pm
+2 votes
Seems I was right, I totally didn't see that coming really...
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