Quote Originally Posted by Runespider View Post
Not everyone is the same, I know many posters enjoy being linked to their posts on a forum but that's not everyone. Some people just want to be able to play the game in peace but yet still have a place to express their opinions.

Remember that post a while back about fixing 100pdt pets and all the mouth breathers saying they were going to bother the person that made the topic? Sure it's only a game but many of us play the game as a source of relaxation and want to just play the game without having to worry about being bothered, good or bad from posts made on a forum.

For people that like the link and that already make it obvious who they are for the "fame?" or something this is a non-issue, for people that just want to state their opinions and have their game time totally seperate it will stop them posting. Unless you think that group of people have nothing worthwhile to contribute to this forum and them stopping posting is no loss?

The main thing I don't get is just what the point of it is, if it's purely being done to stop trolls they don't understand trolls at all. The worst ones revel in the fame of it and usually use their ingame name to post with in the first place anyway...hell they probably troll port jeuno as bad as they do here.

What I can see happening is this being applied to eu/us players and jp being exempt, many of them go bat crazy if you as much as examine them still let alone this.
Hmmm, You make some fine arguments i admit, I you say them in a coherent manner.

But I think that 1 example you described is literally the only one i can think of in the last ~4 years of foruming i've done. So its a very rare occasion. However i can also bet most of those people who said they were going to do something didn't.

While i agree this entire thing is pointless, I'm not against that idea, I'm just saying its not going to make the world stop. FFXIAH has been doing this for quite some time as is. The people who don't try to hide their name aren't always after "Fame", They simply take responsibility for their actions, good or bad.

Just because a person does not try to hide who they are doesn't mean they're after glory or are cocky or whatever. They simply do not fear their own actions. I personally trust what i say enough to not care rather people know or recognize me in-game from a forum post. Because i try my best to not make myself look like an idiot over and over (though i do fail sometimes).

I'm just trying to say while this change is pointless, i see it having very little negative impact on 99% of the users here. Anyone who's been foruming for more than a week knows what happens on a forum generally stays on a Forum, especially considering harassing someone in -game is against the ToS and most people who post on the forums care enough to not get their accounts banned.

And again i know its only 1 person, But i've been forumming for a long time and have yet to receive a single negative tell because of something i posted (and I'm not a very nice guy sometimes).