Source: HowTo: Disable RealID
How to disable Blizzard's Real ID
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Flamethrøwer
New Member
This is a good fix, and I've done it already, but I think most of the uproar is that people now cannot use the forums, and they foresee it taking over other parts of the game
You can /tinfoilhat me all you want, but I don't like the direction Blizzard has been going and I've been saying so for a long time... sad because the game changes for Cataclysm look really cool. I hope I can stick around long enough to see them, but if these trends go much further, I see myself hunting for a new game.
How long until Star Wars again?
You can /tinfoilhat me all you want, but I don't like the direction Blizzard has been going and I've been saying so for a long time... sad because the game changes for Cataclysm look really cool. I hope I can stick around long enough to see them, but if these trends go much further, I see myself hunting for a new game.
How long until Star Wars again?
Not sure. You might ask the guys over in the SWTOR chapter forums.
Mordos
New Member
Yes, and would it be lieing if you are not a child? As a Christian are we ok with that? Unlike Liberty U I am not fond of lieing.
jokitaylor
Banned
Interestingly enough I was wondering the same thing - is the source of this how to disable directly from Blizzard - if it is then I am ok with that - if not, well it does seem to advocate dishonesty.
I am not hurling accusations here - I am just wondering aloud because I think when something is new - we need to ask questions in order to make sure we are upholding our integrity as believers.
Lloren
Christian Gamers Alliance Forums Administrator
(imma double-post)
I have to admit, I do this ALL the time. Look at those "age checks" for video games in steam where they ask you your birthday. Do you put in your REAL BIRTHDAY? LOL I just scroll to the nearest low year so I can get to the game page.
So is aberration of data a bad thing to a corporation? If you want to get biblical we could pull up Abraham and his lying about Sarah as his sister. Why did he do it? God allowed Abraham and his family to be blessed through that lie. I think he did it to protect his family.
I have always wondered about the commandment that says "not to bear false witness AGAINST your neighbor", but does that mean lying about your birthday? Food for thought.
Flamethrøwer
New Member
I never stated to Blizzard that I had a child, and Blizzard never said parental controls may not be used by people without children.
So I'm ok with it.
So I'm ok with it.
ewoksrule
Active Member
I am not playing a blizzard game so it doesn't apply to me but I would have zero problem with using the parental controls. In this situation it is hardly the same as lying in my opinion and besides the fact that I think it would be worse for me to be hung up on it, more like a Pharisaical/works based thing then having freedom in Christ.
jokitaylor
Banned
I don't think you can use the - its legalism to care about this - argument. Let me state very clearly this is nothing to do with Ewoksrule, but the content of the statement made.
Too many much needed conversations get shut down by the use of the accusation of Pharisaical attitudes.
True legalism by Biblical definition is depending upon your adherence to the law for salvation. I think the term legalism has been hijacked to shut down conversations and if anything say that my way is right yours is wrong and if you disagree you are simply a legalist.
In the case of this issue it is a question of ethics that should be resolved with proper thought and discussion because it affects all of us in the game.
ewoksrule
Active Member
Point taken and I am not offended. However, you are using your own logic against your self here. Many conversations like this need to have mentioned "works righteousness". It is proper thought and discussion and quite appropriate for this ethics based conversation. You trying to shut my statement down is just as wrong as if I was trying to shut the conversation down, which I was not.
Any time we talk about minutia like "using parental controls on a video game account to protect privacy vs dishonesty" we need to bring up if we are making decisions based on grace or the law.
I used words like "i think" and "my opinion" and "for me" Those are not words that are about shutting down a conversation, those are words of a brother conversating with you and giving you what the Spirit is working on in his life.
Now I do agree that people use the situation you mentioned to fight you vs me = legalism, but if you reread my post I think you would find I did not do that here.
Any time we talk about minutia like "using parental controls on a video game account to protect privacy vs dishonesty" we need to bring up if we are making decisions based on grace or the law.
I used words like "i think" and "my opinion" and "for me" Those are not words that are about shutting down a conversation, those are words of a brother conversating with you and giving you what the Spirit is working on in his life.
Now I do agree that people use the situation you mentioned to fight you vs me = legalism, but if you reread my post I think you would find I did not do that here.
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Odale
Active Member
I think it is far better than other options I know people are/were considering (such as changing the name on the account to something that is inaccurate - it's against the TOS).