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Why Robin Makes Batman Better THIS GAME IS BROKEN. YOU NERFED IT. THE NEW SERVICE SUCKS. I HATE THIS NEW THING. Listen to “fans” of games on the internet and a lot of the time that’s what you’ll hear. Loud, indignant complaints.
Blizzard, the studio behind StarCraft and World of Warcraft, was planning on rolling out a compulsary “Real ID” system, requiring gamers to use their real first and last names on Blizzard’s forums.
Following an overwhelmingly negative response from fans, Blizzard has decided not to implement the planned forum changes that would require players to post using their real names.
How do you stem the tide of a forum flooded with flame wars, trolling and other unpleasantness? Just do what Blizzard is doing for the official forums for StarCraft II and World of Warcraft: Display posters’ real names.
Mythic launches their four-month long Call to Arms live update for Warhammer Online this week, with the Bitter Rivals live event and the launch of their official forums.
Maybe the Internet really is serious business – being banned from Electronic Arts’ support forums may carry more serious consequences than previously thought.
Sorry, that was a little alarming. You, of course, knew that already. It’s not as if games PR types sit around in ivory towers getting their information from carrier pigeons and whispers on the wind. They find out what you like, don’t like and go “eh” about their games by, yes, trawling through your favourite forum, and reading up on what you – Average Joe – thinks about their games. Same goes for developers as well. Keen to hear more about how it all works? Please, hit the link below for the full 1UP feature, which features chats with, among others, PR reps from 2K & Capcom, as well as NeoGAF owner Tyler Malka. Chairman of the Boards [1UP][Pic]
Several members of the Nintendo NSider forums have mailed us today to inform us that the popular community forums have been closed. Members seeking to continue discussions today are being greeted by the following message: Nintendo is working on a major overhaul to Nintendo.com to support the continued success of Nintendo DS and Wii. As we prepare for this huge site update, Nintendo must unfortunately close the Nintendo NSider Forums message boards indefinitely beginning Sept. 17, 2007.
The forums are now set to read only for the next week, to be removed from public view on the 24th. Fear not, brave Nintendo forum posters, for hope is on the horizon. With the Tokyo Game Show kicking off I can only imagine that they are closing down the NSider forums in order to make way for something better, as the parting message on the page seems to suggest. “Thanks for your understanding and continued support. We’ll see you soon elsewhere on the Web”.
Nintendo NSider Forums Update [NSider Forums - Thanks Huelen10 & Chromium Blue]
