Quote Originally Posted by Souca View Post
TL;DR: I just don't want to use my real name, that should be enough.

- Souca -
Yeah, to me this is the main point. A lot of people will not want to use their real names for forum access, and the concern is understandable in a day and age where identity theft and misuse of personal information is rampant.

I would love to have seen that 2000+ page thread full of people saying "I won't use the forums, I value my privacy too much." Instead it's filled with silly arguments (both for and against) by clueless people who are just trying to stir things up. I think the irony is that it probably confirms to Blizzard that if this leads to a mass forum exodus, all the better.