With sustained releases of Starcraft 2 followed by WoW: Cataclysm, then SC2 Part 2, then probably Diablo 3 and so on, Activizzard can keep BNet tag alive and kicking on social networks for years to come.

Imagine as people who wistfully shook their heads at video games suddenly find their relatives, friends, trusted employees, colleagues, and bosses to all be playing on this newfangled 'BNet2' thing. By publically outing its entire player base, the goal is to blur the us versus them boundary on Blizzard games. Activizzard is planning to make it virtually impossible for you to hide the fact that you're playing on BNet 2.0. Now THIS is where RealID comes into play. All that is left is to ensure the visibility of this massive following. This group generally operates on two primordial principles:Д«y bringing the big three Blizzard franchises of Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo under BNet 2.0, Activizzard has created, without a doubt, the critical mass of players needed to generate the initial wave of buzz. The main mass of that social networking ball that determines its current obsessions and direction are composed of pathologically vain and codependent individuals, basically people who love to think themselves as leaders when they are followers in every way. While some of us may idealize social networks as tools for making new friends and sharing new experiences, the reality is much more. While this may seem like your typical superfluous Facebook integration, the key difference is that Activizzard understands how social networks work. The point behind constructing 2.0 was to bring all of their customers under one banner, and the next step would be to firmly plant that banner in social networks. Even though millions of Americans were playing WoW, not enough were openly discussing and mindlessly praising WoW to truly bring it into the mainstream, often due to players' fears they would be looked down upon, or even jeopardizing their social life and careers. What Blizzard didn't anticipate fully was just how deep the cultural trench against video games is (it being a thing for young boys to play in America and nothing more despite all evidence to the contrary). Even Blizzcon is marketed as a pop culture spectacle instead of the usual 'convention-style' marketing. Starcraft took the form of competitive sports in South Korea, so Blizzard tried to push WoW arena as a competitive sport when WoW attained the popularity potential in the US. China's a bit off topic, so I'll skip it. What it does care about is money, mountains and mountains of it.Д«lizzard's strategy in at least the last five years have been in large part trying to recreate their success with Starcraft in South Korea in other regions (most notably China and United States). Activizzard is not the least bit concerned about consumer privacy nor trolls.

If you want to stop RealID, you'd have to first understand the reasoning behind its implementation.

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