Coiffio Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 It's a friend invite. My friends know my name. Funny thing about friendship... They actually know me. precisely. Why would you invite a buncha people, using a "friend" invite if you don't want them to know who you are? If you're that concerned with your identity, perhaps it's best if you just avoid that route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coiffio Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 This bulls**t is a lot like the issues I had with RealID in WoW, which was one of the reasons I quit WoW and refuse to play any of their products ever again. I have a great many online friends who only know me by my UserID. I do not use my real name and I do not agree to any company handing out my real name. When I received the news that I could invite 3 people to SW:ToR for a 7 day trial, I immediately started trying to narrow down who to send them to. The I discovered BW had no intention of introducing Combat macros and that the 1.2 patch had been pushed back to early April (probably later now that they have pushed it back once already). I promptly cancelled my account. I may be back whenever 1.2 comes out if some other game hasn't come along before then. Now that I know that BW is handing out my Real name, I will not ever send invites out until that stupidity is changed; not that I find the game is currently worth recommending. 1.2 may save the game if they get it out before the losetoo many players andcan no longer afford to develop 1.2 . . . Except no company does this, YOU have to take steps to use whatever product that gives out your real name. With real ID YOU had to set it up where other people could know your name, etc etc. Don't blame the company for this. The user has the option to not use these features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IIII-IIII-IIII Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) Appreciate the heads up, OP. I gotta change my name from: Must Love Butterflies to Death Rocker Jesus or something now. Edited March 10, 2012 by IIII-IIII-IIII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blavatsky Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 A predictable reply...so everybody you know online and maybe like/play with knows your real name? Or you would only invite people that know your real name? are you redefining the term friend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IIII-IIII-IIII Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) are you redefining the term friend? I don't think he is, pal. Edited March 10, 2012 by IIII-IIII-IIII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSA_shadow Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 You best watch your self. I'm a wanted man. I have the death sentence on 12 systems. This made me lol hard... Hahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodan Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 OMG! they gave my real name! considering the email i use is my name i dont see a problem with this. i invite my friend who i got into lotro, she wont play this because she'd have to pay for it. i invited a FRIEND, hence she already knows my name. OP = fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agemnon Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) I found this rather shocking actually. So I asked a lot of online friends who would want an invite to the 7 day trial (I have 3 real life friends who basically let me tell them whom to invite aswell) and when I get the first few replies back its basically goes: <real name> (Valhingen) has invited you to... Now what makes you think that anyone I get along with online is supposed to know my real name that I trusted you with in my details? Oh, and very clever that you cannot change your name in the settings either. Personally I regret having sent out invitations (though my 3 I dont consider critical) but can only advise my friends not to use this. I know right! Online gaming friends are different from Facebook friends (unless they are Cityville/Farmville/etc. friends just for that purpose, but "social" gaming doesn't really count as gaming but rather a subset of Facebook friend.) are different from forum friends are different from IRL friends (sometimes), and those boundaries need to be respected. Edited March 10, 2012 by Agemnon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nozybidaj Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 This will cause BW some issues if they have any folks from Europe use this. Disclosure of personal information is regulated pretty heavily there. Not to mention the fact it is simply common sense not to disclose personal information from a customer's account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darka Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 The TOR forms, Blowing everything out of proportion since 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiyana Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I know right! Online gaming friends are different from Facebook friends (unless they are Cityville/Farmville/etc. friends just for that purpose, but "social" gaming doesn't really count as gaming but rather a subset of Facebook friend.) are different from forum friends are different from IRL friends (sometimes), and those boundaries need to be respected. lol as sarcastic as that sounds pretty much nailed it. Privacy is Privacy don't need a game company deciding that for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asavar Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 OH NOES, NOT YOUR FULL NAME. Because that's so damaging! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLonelyTusken Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 People are so scared of privacy on the internet these days... Yes it is a problem, identity theft is a growing crime, yada, yada. Seriously, what is he going to do with your name, I can go on facebook and find hundreds and thousands of full names, but that doesn't mean I'm going to find them, break into there house and kill them. Thin skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halofax Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 How the crap is someone your friend if you are scared they might hurt you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elysith Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) I found this rather shocking actually. ... To all the replies going over the semantic of the word "friend": face-palm. I agree with you. The matter is not wherever Bioware is providing your name to someone else. The matter is Bioware does it without clearly expressing so. "on your behalf" is vague. Myself I expected them to use my public account identification (the forum name) not my real name. A simple "The name used to register your account will appear on the message transmitted with the invitation" or something like that. That would have simply be more clear, and you could decide to proceed or not in good knowledge. I'm sure if Bioware suddenly replaced the forum names with real names, some of the people who just said their real name does not matter in this thread would suddenly have a change of heart (assuming they used their real name to subscribe). I seem to remember the uproar when another "freezing wind" big game company tried to do it Edited March 10, 2012 by Elysith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadezilla Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 The TOR forms, Blowing everything out of proportion since 2008 This! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodySunBoy Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I agree with everyone going... lolol but they are you friend who cares if they know your name. However i did look at my invite friend thing and no where does it say your name will be disclosed which i can imagine would be a problem for people who have no friends in real life so aren't used to people knowing their name. Funny thing is the invite i sent to my mate... HIS EMAIL IS HIS FULL NAME! oh noes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peaceandpassion Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) ............................ Edited March 10, 2012 by peaceandpassion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vember Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) Mortimer Sneed?? Have we met? Edited March 10, 2012 by Vember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serpenttt Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 You sound like one of those crazy **** people on that new show Doomsday Bunkers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddballEasyEight Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Their full, family name? Like of your whole guild, Steam list etc or would you just not call them friends / consider sending an invite? Actually no, i wouldnt consider sending them an invite since they would be more or less strangers or aquaintances of mine... not actual friends. sending invites to people on your steam list or your whole guild is tantamount to sending invites to complete strangers. Why not just invite your friends and if they join, they can invite their friends and so on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phenyr Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 It's a friend invite. My friends know my name. Funny thing about friendship... They actually know me. Same here. One, we know eachother back 20 years ago...the other friend is my sister and her partner. If you invite some 'friends' met on other games that maybe never seen them once..oh well can understand the reason of the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightmaguz Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 This doesn't make any sense. Do you use a fake name when introducing yourself to strangers in real life? You know them even LESS than how you know people in game. I thought this one made so much *********** sense lol. I don't know where you guys get that parannoia from and will probably die not knowing... A guy with my name might look me up and then what? Afraid someone you trolled is going to kill you? It'll be too much of a hassle to frame someone else and not get caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elenda Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Tbh I agree with both sides here.I mean what are the odds of using my name to purposely track me down and do nasty stuff to me right? It may never happen. Then again it might.All it takes is one person deciding on it. Or several. You might say "ye but im just sending it to my friends".Hey man, accidents happen.Your mail might just be send to the wrong person/adress/whatever.Paranoid or practical?If you choose to be active on the internet every little bit of information about you is a key to find out more. This is why we have legislation concerning privacy.The internet is not you.Its the world and there are a lot of sick people out there who couldnt care less about the value you place on your life.Or, care too much. Besides this, if a company does not respect their own ToS, why should I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghaiana Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 If I consider people friends, I know at least their name (and a whole lot more actually). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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