I don't know enough people that I'd trust with that information to even bother using, as the people I DO trust already know all my character names.
I don't know enough people that I'd trust with that information to even bother using, as the people I DO trust already know all my character names.
Now playing: WoW (Garona)
The reason I think I won't consider using this new feature :
From http://us.battle.net/realid/faq.html
How will I become Real ID friends with another player?
Both players must first mutually agree to become Real ID friends. To send a Real ID friend request to another player, simply enter his or her Battle.net account name (an email address) using the Add Friend function in-game. The other player will see the pending request in their friends list, and if they accept, you will become Real ID friends with each other.
My battle.net account name is an email adress I created for this solely purpose and I don't want to run the risk of it being added into friends' address books or being used by friends to contact me (yeah you always can explain the situation to them but once something starts being spread you have no more control over it..)
They only see your email address when you give it to them to add you. Unless they write it down, then there is no record of it, they cannot "look it up" or access it again.
If you're that paranoid, you can take off the tinfoil hat and just have them give you theirs.. then they never see your email, at all.
Sorry for the snide remark, but all the issues so far have just been fearmongering, and slightly neurotic. This isn't marketed to give to just anyone. This is for those people who you trust, and want to stay in contact with no matter what server you are on. So far, I've reconnected with two players from my pre-wotlk horde server, that in all honesty, I've missed the hell out of.. and could never catch them online. Fact of the matter is, if you don't trust the people enough to keep your account private, and you don't trust them with your email account name.. don't use the feature.
I think it's a brilliant idea for Blizz to implement something like this. It caters to those who may not have all their friends on the same server. Or people who may have moved servers a lot and miss some of their old friends. Sure, it doesn't cater to everyone.. but there is enough people who will use it that it is a welcome feature.
I can see the benefits of making this available. But since it's designed to be used for keeping contact with RL friends, it's not something I will use, as I already have more ways to contact them than I know what to do with. Lately I'm more concerned with reducing the number of ways people can get in touch with me.
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Fiddlesticks, you can mock me but I don't want my battlenet account name to be confused with an email address people can toss into their adress book and include when they send funny emails to their hundreds friends. There are people I will easily trust but there are others that despite being very good friends are not very aware of such concerns.
Originally Posted by Daeri
Fiddlesticks, you can mock me but I don't want my battlenet account name to be confused with an email address people can toss into their adress book and include when they send funny emails to their hundreds friends
No mocking intended. it's more a frustration aimed at a lot more than just you.
I realize there are concerns about releasing your email address to these people... but like I said, if they want you to be their real id friend, just get their email.. then they never come in contact with yours, at all. They don't see it.. or touch it.. or feel it.. so they can't add it to their address book.
I have roughly 7 RID friends now, and not once has anyone gotten ahold of my email address. Not because I am protective of it, but because they offered their emails to me. The system isn't designed to compromise your security, or secret email names you don't want made public... its merely designed to integrate more social aspects to the game without being restrictive on faction/server. Like I said, just trick them into giving you their email.. and you'll never have to worry about your secret one being out there.
So if one of the people you are friends with has a beef with you, you won't mind at all if they put your real name out on the forums and all your char names with it? Not just 1 char they are pissed at, but every single one you play on. That won't bother you at all? I am not talking about family members. I am talking about a friend, that lets his GF use his computer while he goes and eats and she gets pissed that you supposedly ninja'd and item that she wanted (even if you didn't)? You trust her? You trust a brother-in-law that lets his 10 year old get on the computer and then speak out over Vent, "Whose is thiss Real Name persone thatt keps messaging mee?" You won't mind your full name given out? I think 99.9999% of the problems people have is there isn't an option to be anonymous. Give friends real names, fine, but let us give out a screen name to people if we want.
Nope, not worried about it. These are friends... not acquaintances
Owltoid, Thatblueguy, Thisblueguy, Otherblueguy, Whichblueguy
this. I don't know what kind of friends some people have out there.. but I don't just befriend people who are childish and hold grudges.
Yeah the real friends I play wow with already know my real name, the names of many of my toons if not all and much more, so that's not much of a concern for me.
And about my email address concern, I guess Fiddlesticks is right : I can let my friends who don't mind giving out their emails and sending stuff to many people give me their battle.net ID so I can add them to my friend list :P
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