Well, I am using my real name for my nick here.

So it's nothing to me but something to you and him.

Either do what you preach or don't preach.

If mod allow me to change nick, then sure why not?

You could always publish in the next post or include it as your subnick or in any threads in the future.

Anyway, it ends. Either do it or don't.

I don't find anything wrong with it. This might not be a good example, but take it like you're entering a foreign country. You either provide them your passport with your full name & photo in it or you risk GTFO.

It's the same on the forum & it's for the same reason. People are hiding behind their anonymity to perform all kinds of mischief, trolling & con. Of course, you can choose not to post in the forum, hence saving you all this trouble but again, how many times did you shout "it's privacy invasion" when you're at the immigration?

Of course, I really do doubt the EFFECTIVENESS of such move but what I don't get is the commotion you guys are having. As mentioned by Blue, you have the option not to link your IGN ID so it's not really like a passport where your name have to match your photo. Did you provide your full name when you register at local bank or local mobile service provider? Well, guess what? They do share your info around & I didn't see anyone going FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU or doing anything about it other than ranting about it in /k/. Let's face it, your real life name is not a good identifier in the first place. Take a good look in our local telephone directory. Why did no one shout the same since the address & phone# is inside as well?

Label me as sucking up to Blizz or whatever (even if I say I'm not, you guys are still gonna say I am anyway), but you're basically arguing over something that most of you never use as well. How many of you have ever touched Bnet forum? Hands up.

It has come to the situation where I seriously think BW v2 is really what Blizz should have come up with to end all these rantings.

Tan Eng Hong. With my surname as well.

Even a Google on my nick is sufficient to reveal all.

You had underestimated the power of internet.... if you're active on internet, you will somehow leaked some of your personal info, intentionally or not. With your full real name.... tracking you down is not as hard as you think.
And, as H@H@ said, your real name is already a privacy issues.

You could always publish in the next post or include it as your subnick or in any threads in the future.

Anyway, it ends. Either do it or don't.

Again, it's not the same thing as what you're asking me to do here. As mentioned over & over again previously, you have the option to not reveal your IGN in the new Bnet forum, which means that if I were to use my real name without associating it to talexeh, there should be no issue at all.

There you go.

The internet nowadays is like a whole viral marketing place.
One little info will be able to dig up a whole gold mine.

HONESTLY,

You really lack of thinking my boy.

The arguments is not about the forum.
The arguments is not about boycotting the game.

The arguments lies here is invasion of your privacy.
It's all about P&C matters.

With all these arguments, I think it's appropriate to come to a conclusion that different people perceive private information in different manner.

For me & evo, having people know our real name is nothing while to some of you, it is something.

Just like Facebook where you still see someone with xXxUchihaSasukexXx while some with their real name. It's all a matter of how you set the line on how much you're willing to reveal to the outside world.

GG no re.

Tan Eng Hong. With my surname as well.

Even a Google on my nick is sufficient to reveal all.

Uhh guys can preorder this game already?

your first day on the internuts or wat?

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Added on July 7, 2010, 11:56 pm

1985, barely half a human's average lifespan, doesn't really qualify your father-son relationship. just sayin.

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Added on July 8, 2010, 12:05 am

(Y) (msn emoticon if any of you guys couldnt figure)

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Added on July 8, 2010, 12:09 am

did you really need to open "dat can" of [insert stuff here]? wwwwww

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Added on July 8, 2010, 12:05 am

(Y) (msn emoticon if any of you guys couldnt figure)

With this argument ... i rather join the US servers.

Rawr !