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melissamarx302

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I need to bring awareness to those who have gender issues when it relates to game policies that don't make sense. I posted these screen shots of my issue with Blizzard and their policy regarding legal names. If you agree with what you read upon reading my screen shots, please help me spread the word to Blizzard using create a support ticket option under Battle.net Support, on the support topic=Account Management>Change my information>Change account holder name. This issue is not just for people with gender issues but for those who thinks it's ridiculous or makes no sense or is abusive. I mean no one really uses their legal name unless it's for job applications, school or some government service or agency or something like that, not a gaming industry unless you were getting a job there not for regular customers who like to play the games.View attachment 5133View attachment 5134View attachment 5135
 

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Not agreeing with positive change for Transgender people and Blizzard's policies affecting Transgender people is rude and transphobic.
 
I'm talking about using your real name and ID when creating your account which i think is a good way to secure your account. If your account gets hacked it's quite easy to get it back. If you could change your battle.net name hackers would have an easy task when taking over someones account. For example creating fake IDs to change your name on your account.
 
Kazkier and anyone else who reads this, please keep in mind that we allow you guys a fair amount of latitude in the bracket forums under the belief that a little feistiness is good for your brackets, but you're out of your ponds in this thread. The OP has made a request to raise awareness, and did not ask for personal feedback. Please feel free to either help the OP in the manner requested, or to ignore the thread, but I'm going to fault on the side of politeness to newcomers in this thread and look very sternly upon anyone who can't abide by that.

Edit: This was being written while you made your most recent post Kaz so I'm not calling you out and as long as it remains polite and constructive, don't worry.
 
Incidentally, Melissa, I was able to find similar posts of similar requests on Blizzard's official forums going back a couple of years. If you haven't already done a web search for "Blizzard account name change" you may want to, as you might be able to find more information and/or more people in the game who have faced similar concerns.
 
Hey, Melissa. You might want to take new screenshots zooming in a bit 'cause it's difficult to read :(
This could help to get more attention to the issue. I am interested but my eyes aren't helping me D: D:
 
I think they may also not allow this because it would make it easier to trade characters between different accounts. Yeah, upload new SS as I can't really read them.
 
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Kazkier and anyone else who reads this, please keep in mind that we allow you guys a fair amount of latitude in the bracket forums under the belief that a little feistiness is good for your brackets, but you're out of your ponds in this thread. The OP has made a request to raise awareness, and did not ask for personal feedback. Please feel free to either help the OP in the manner requested, or to ignore the thread, but I'm going to fault on the side of politeness to newcomers in this thread and look very sternly upon anyone who can't abide by that.

Edit: This was being written while you made your most recent post Kaz so I'm not calling you out and as long as it remains polite and constructive, don't worry.
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I'm sorry but if you don't want discussion don't come to a forum. There are many other ways to spread information.
 
melissamarx302 said:
I need to bring awareness to those who have gender issues when it relates to game policies that don't make sense. I posted these screen shots of my issue with Blizzard and their policy regarding legal names. If you agree with what you read upon reading my screen shots, please help me spread the word to Blizzard using create a support ticket option under Battle.net Support, on the support topic=Account Management>Change my information>Change account holder name. This issue is not just for people with gender issues but for those who thinks it's ridiculous or makes no sense or is abusive. I mean no one really uses their legal name unless it's for job applications, school or some government service or agency or something like that, not a gaming industry unless you were getting a job there not for regular customers who like to play the games.View attachment 5133View attachment 5134View attachment 5135
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1. If you are trying to discuss this issue without compromising personal information, you should probably white-out your name on the ticket you linked a screenshot of.

2. Blizzard might be a gaming company, but when you check the box on their end user agreement, it is a legal agreement between you and Blizzard. If someone can't prove they are the named person on an account, then Blizzard is legally obligated to protect the account for the named person (which is why they lock accounts whenever there is an issue). Just because you are suffering from gender identity issues doesn't give you a free pass to ignore their policies regarding account protection.

3. Your story could easily be a scam by a person trying to compromise an account. If you really are a transgendered woman, you would have ID proving who you are for other reasons. It isn't Blizzard's fault if you don't feel obligated to show them you ID and the proper paperwork proving a name change. I've had to deal with Blizzard on a few separate occasions when it comes to name changes and/or getting an account unlocked. When my son was 5 I let him make his own Wow account. Of course he didn't put his real name on his account (what 5 year old does), and when I went to fix his account information later on, I had to submit his birth certificate as proof of his name, as well as provide all the other relevant account information.

Last time my account was locked I had to provide a picture of my ID next to a current nationally published newspaper in a manner that showed the published date proving the picture was recent AND it was really me. Blizzard is a billion dollar company. Their policies exist to protect their users as well as themselves. If that doesn't matter to you, maybe you should stop playing their games?
 
melissamarx302 said:
no one really uses their legal name unless it's for job applications, school or some government service or agency or something like that, not a gaming industry unless you were getting a job there not for regular customers who like to play the games.]
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Pretty much any commercial account requires this. Doing otherwise is fraud.
 
There are other ways Blizzard can verify your account, they don't need your state I.D or driver's license card to do it. How do you think other gaming companies do it.
 
It's not a commercial account, it's just a game. It's not fraud because Blizzard can't sue you over using a name that you go by that differs from your legal name. Blizzard is not a government agency and I don't trust a support agent with important information like that, an employee can steal my information and use it for themselves, no written policy or word of mouth can protect someone's identity. You don't need an I.D to verify who you are, people should get the authenticators if they are worried about their accounts being hacked, it's not for Blizzard to be responsible for our protection on gaming accounts, only their responsibility to fix the issues with hacked accounts and you don't need an I.D to verify who you are, there are other ways.
 
You can't compromise information by someone having your name. It is Blizzard's fault because they don't need to ask for I.D, they are not a job, school or government agency and I don't trust a Blizzard employee with important information like that, they could steal my information, the world's identity thieves can get your other information just by simply using your information on your I.D. No one uses their real names and a gaming industry has no right to know my legal name, there are other ways of verifying who you are.
 
melissamarx302 said:
It's not a commercial account, it's just a game. It's not fraud because Blizzard can't sue you over using a name that you go by that differs from your legal name. Blizzard is not a government agency and I don't trust a support agent with important information like that, an employee can steal my information and use it for themselves, no written policy or word of mouth can protect someone's identity. You don't need an I.D to verify who you are, people should get the authenticators if they are worried about their accounts being hacked, it's not for Blizzard to be responsible for our protection on gaming accounts, only their responsibility to fix the issues with hacked accounts and you don't need an I.D to verify who you are, there are other ways.
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First of all if you're not comfortable with storing your real-life name on the website. You should probably play other games that are not supported by Blizzard. When you buy services or games from their website you can only use Paypal accounts or credit cards that match the name you set on the account. This is a good solution to prevent the use of stolen credit cards. An ID is a good way to prove that you are you if your account gets hacked and you want to get it back. These are of course my opinions and I'm open to argue.
 
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If you don't like it don't play their games. No one is forcing you to play blizzard games.

you signed up to abide by their rules and that's that. If you want the name changed you can follow their rules and have it changed but if not they don't have to change it for you.

also this feels like a troll post
 
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I don't need to enlighten you. How do you think other games verify who you are? Not all of them ask for I.D to verify you.
 
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