Tag Archives: Blizzard

Why the real money auction house in Diablo 3 is a good thing

6 Aug

Diablo 3's joke logo featuring a rainbow and unicorns

Some gamers have been outraged at Blizzard’s decision to put an auction house accessible to Diablo 3 players that will require real money. The main issues mostly turn around these points:

  • Cheapening the experience by allowing players to buy their way to the top
  • Destroying the regular auction house because people will obviously favor real money over item trades
  • Blizzard making money from it

All valid points, but here’s why they don’t matter. (more…)

How Blizzard could fix its forums without Real ID

13 Jul

Last week, Blizzard tried to introduce a new feature in its forums: forcing users to post using their real name. Of course, this was met with a lot of controversy about the dangers and negative impacts of having your real name being associated with a comment on a gaming forum (employers having prejudices against gamers, stalkers or just crazy people wanting revenge against other players). I won’t go into more details about why forcing users to use their real names is a bad idea, this topic has been covered enough.

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