Twin Tails
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Xbox One users can't use their real names online at launch
- Thread starter jwk94
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Age has nothing to do with it. Imagine the fun if you beat someone that can't handle losing and he uses your real name to find out where you live? I imagine this real name thing is only viewable by your friends list. At least I hope so. But what if followers can see it too? That could be very bad.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
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Best news to come out of the Microsoft camp recently.
Impeccable
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You think people would actually throw down in real life if you killed them in Halo?
Because bad things have never come about from some nutcase losing or feeling "dissed" in an online game.
timetokill
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I really don't want this feature ever implemented, honestly, there's so much other stuff that's more important to me.
I already know my friends by gamertag anyway, I really don't need to/care to see real names on there anyway.
I already know my friends by gamertag anyway, I really don't need to/care to see real names on there anyway.
Imagine properly implemented features where you can choose who to show it to!
That's why Microsoft is pulling a 180 and delaying it.
Impeccable
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I don't think it is a legit concern based of statistics but if that scares you, that scares you.
joshlpaige
Neo Member
Yeah. My gamertag is my real name too. What now, Microsoft?
I did think it was odd that those videos that were released yesterday had people's real names with their gamertags underneath....
SEGAvangelist
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So polygon equals liars?
So do they plan to turn Xbox Live into something like Facebook? I wouldn't mind being able to search for friends on Live using their real name. Much better than the awkwardness of asking to spell out their gamertag. Also I like it when I can tie my name to my Google account, that way whenever I use google it recognizes me and my devices.
More likely anonymous "microsoft rep" was wrong.
Wouldn't surprise me if they were a Microsoft online support chat bot.
I appreciate the idea of using real names to curb some of the fouler behavior people trend towards when peeking behind a safe veil of anonymity...
But most people will revert to being dickbags as long as there's no one physically there beside them threatening to slap them for it. In the end, real names would only serve to greatly increase the ability for internet tough guys to find and target the people they pick fights with, but in real life. Which is super crazy dangerous, just bad news for everyone.
But most people will revert to being dickbags as long as there's no one physically there beside them threatening to slap them for it. In the end, real names would only serve to greatly increase the ability for internet tough guys to find and target the people they pick fights with, but in real life. Which is super crazy dangerous, just bad news for everyone.
SEGAvangelist
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DJ Lushious
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show me your skeleton
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microsoft won't even LET me use my real name right now, so yeah...
Wat? No idea. My gamertag is my real name.
Whipped Spartan
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Don't they still support nicknames. Seems like that is what people use that for.
Kydd BlaZe
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Who fucking cares? lol
Will continue to use my gamertag the way it has been for years. This is such a non-issue.
Will continue to use my gamertag the way it has been for years. This is such a non-issue.
FullMetaltech
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Microsoft Executives said this. Most likely it had to do with maybe using them for business purposes. Didnt they say that it was possible for that? I couldnt imagine havin a skype business group chat and see user harryballz or somethin worse. But agan like most here said it can be abused.
NoMoreTrolls
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Not the end of the world, but wtf? At this point, MS needs to make a list of shit that I'll actually be able to do at launch with the damn thing.
They need to make a redacted version of the reveal, and edit out all the shit that doesn't work at launch. Would be 5 minutes.
EDIT: For clarification, this doesn't matter that much to me. It's pretty much a non-feature. However, this is yet another in a long line of shit that they said you could do that doesn't work at launch. Hence the snark.
They need to make a redacted version of the reveal, and edit out all the shit that doesn't work at launch. Would be 5 minutes.
EDIT: For clarification, this doesn't matter that much to me. It's pretty much a non-feature. However, this is yet another in a long line of shit that they said you could do that doesn't work at launch. Hence the snark.
SEGAvangelist
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Oh ok. Thought you meant the story was false. I get it now.
When your last name rhymes with a word that means 'female dog', you will think like I do.
Well, yeah. But it is not visible to anyone but me. Which is how I want it. And will keep it.
Yea, and if you think about it, they're pushing this back because they're behind, and have not implemented the proper "options" for users to toggle how they want their name to be shown.
Yep, and a lot of people in here seem to not understand that, or are just saying "this is ok" to make it seem like a good decision by Microsoft to delay it.
haha, first result.
Impeccable
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Why? Your real name is a tiny google search away. Makes no difference, if some crazy wants to slash a bitch over Call of Duty it isn't like they are slowed down.
ElectricBanquet
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I know that using real names for online services is a trend now because of Facebook and whatnot, but I still prefer not to use my actual name for anything that isn't business/work related. I may be a little paranoid when it comes to that, but the thing is once something's out there on the Internet chances are it's there for good, and I have heard stories of people getting fired because their employer didn't like something they put on Instagram and things like that.
NoMoreTrolls
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Loving the "it's totes fine, I like my privacy" comments. Several from people who said that the Kinect's invasion of privacy was a non-issue, because privacy doesn't matter.
Dafuq?
Stop trying to spin a delayed feature as a positive. Conversely, others shouldn't spin it as the end of the world, as if it was some sort of make-or-break feature in the first place.
Dafuq?
Stop trying to spin a delayed feature as a positive. Conversely, others shouldn't spin it as the end of the world, as if it was some sort of make-or-break feature in the first place.