Cinge
Ahn'Qiraj Raider
- 7,370
- 2,436
Starting October 4, 2022, all players across all platforms, including consoles, are required to have a phone number attached to their battle.net account to launch Overwatch 2.
- 1
- 1
Overwatch 2
- Thread starter Araxen
- Start date
Starting October 4, 2022, all players across all platforms, including consoles, are required to have a phone number attached to their battle.net account to launch Overwatch 2.
Hekotat
FoH nuclear response team
- 12,507
- 12,396
I'm okay with this only because hackers and trolls ruin everything. It's sad it's come to this really.
However, anyone paying this company for anything is beyond my understanding.
Cinge
Ahn'Qiraj Raider
- 7,370
- 2,436
I mean does requiring a phone number stop that? These days, to me, its just like another email. Especially for cheaters, who will have no issue using a new number for every new account.
Sure it might stop the majority of the more mundane problems(language, threats, ToS violations etc) , were those people the ones going out to buy a new license and make a new account just to play again? I think not, at least the vast majority of them(and the ones that do go through that trouble, can easily find a new number). So its really just the cheaters that are the problem, and this wont do jack to them. It's just another layer of red tape everyone will have to cut through.
- 2
Utnayan
F16 patrolling Rajaah until he plays DS3
- 16,822
- 14,169
GuardianX
Perpetually Pessimistic
- 7,450
- 19,102
You really think this will solve that issue?
Their cross game chat-ban system couldn't even stop people. You expect something like binding to a persons phone to do that?
I'll spoil this shit for you. Someone will figure out how to beat the system, then the system will be pointless against the direct people it intends to stop and it will be inconvenient for anyone playing by the rules.
I know I won't ever give them my number, fuck that noise. I wish I hadn't given them my IRL name for my account back when they mandated that shit too.
- 1
- 1
Cybsled
Naxxramas 1.0 Raider
- 17,402
- 13,921
They’re referring to the Real ID thing they did like 10+ years ago. Instead of displaying your handle, it showed your actual name and they wanted to link it to your socials as well. It was their half assed attempt at a social network and predictably it failed
- 1
GuardianX
Perpetually Pessimistic
- 7,450
- 19,102
I don't know why they don't just require credit card on file. It's the same deal as using a phone number but at least you can veil it in "Hey you'll Want this!! You don't have a credit card?!?" as they tie it to some in-game reward.
I'm actually shocked "The Root" hasn't come out and said it's racist sicne you can't use disposable phone numbers.
gauze
Molten Core Raider
- 1,121
- 396
I don't know why, but I found this absolutely hilarious. Maybe because smol brain... but the trailer transitions a hanzo cosplayer into hanzo shooting his ult, then a black kid shooting lightning out of his hands, then to the new bitch and some weird net/hand transition spin thing mimicing her ult?? or w/e, then to a sombra cosplayer ulting.
timestamp'd
timestamp'd
Blazin
Creative Title
- 7,405
- 37,286
hypes up live service game
Can't even have a launch where it doesn't suck dick.
Fuck this company.
Can't even have a launch where it doesn't suck dick.
Fuck this company.
- 2
Araxen
Golden Baronet of the Realm
- 10,647
- 8,077
You are lucky! I've been trying for a couple hours now. I was hoping to play some on my lunch, but no dice.
Blazin
Creative Title
- 7,405
- 37,286
Second match server crashed and back into the queueYou are lucky! I've been trying for a couple hours now. I was hoping to play some on my lunch, but no dice.
Avatar of Nyx
Molten Core Raider
- 1,245
- 478
I keep getting stuck in a "game server connection failed....retrying" loop. Guess Ill have to wait a few days for all the lapsed OW1 players to come and go to get in reliably.
edit - oh good, in a queue of 40k. Guess that's progress...
edit - oh good, in a queue of 40k. Guess that's progress...
My son and I got like 2 matches together, then he got kicked, back into 40000 queue or some shit. Fuuuu
