WoW Players Need to Convert to Battle.net Soon

A penguin for your troubles.

As comfortable as you may be with the way you've been playing World of Warcraft for years, it's time to change something in the routine because Blizzard demands it. It's all for a good cause though!

On November 11, 2009, all current World of Warcraft players (except for those in Europe, who have until November 12) will be required to merge their World of Warcraft accounts with a Battle.net account in order to log in to the game.

Why do you have to do that? Well, Blizzard is expanding and enhancing its online services, and there's really no better way to populate the user base other than to get all the WoW players on board.

Blizzard wrote in the FAQ: "We’re getting ready to launch the new version of Battle.net, which will include a number of new communication and community features designed to enhance World of Warcraft play, such as cross-realm World of Warcraft chat, cross-game chat (with the launch of StarCraft II), real-life friends lists, and more."

Whether you like it or not, you're going to have to merge over to Battle.net--but Blizzard will be giving to you a brand-new penguin in-game pet named Oswald (perhaps in reference to the Batman villain?) as compensation.

Read more about the process and how to migrate over to Battle.net here in the FAQ.

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guythepro , October 15, 2009 6:14 AM

El_CapitanReal-life friends list? What kind of friends list do they have right now?

In WoW your friends list is character based, so if a given friend has multiple characters, you have to have each character in your friends list as opposed to just one listing as the new battle.net will have.
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El_Capitan , October 15, 2009 6:07 AM

Real-life friends list? What kind of friends list do they have right now?

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twisted politiks , October 15, 2009 5:29 AM

old news, they started this months ago, and now their doing it again
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bh2o , October 15, 2009 5:32 AM

haha as soon as I saw penguin I thought of the South Park Chinpokemon episode. Ah good episode. But ya WoW is lame.
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El_Capitan , October 15, 2009 6:07 AM

Real-life friends list? What kind of friends list do they have right now?
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guythepro , October 15, 2009 6:14 AM

El_CapitanReal-life friends list? What kind of friends list do they have right now?

In WoW your friends list is character based, so if a given friend has multiple characters, you have to have each character in your friends list as opposed to just one listing as the new battle.net will have.
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TemjinGold , October 15, 2009 8:58 AM

El_CapitanReal-life friends list? What kind of friends list do they have right now?

Wait, WoW players have real life friends? Really?
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herniter , October 15, 2009 10:50 AM

El_CapitanWait, WoW players have real life friends? Really?

Wait, People that talk hide behind a computer screen talking trash have a life? Friends? Really!?
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herniter , October 15, 2009 10:52 AM

*that hide*
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unlicensedhitman , October 15, 2009 11:16 AM

I hope I don't lose my illy on the new battle.net.
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coonday , October 15, 2009 12:18 PM

What WoW players really need to do right now is stop playing WoW.
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wildwell , October 15, 2009 1:37 PM

All right! If the new Battle.net is ready, that means the new Starcraft should be coming soon!
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seboj , October 15, 2009 1:44 PM

herniterWait, People that hide behind a computer screen talking trash have a life? Friends? Really!?

Herniter, I'm reposting your comment so that you can read it, because apparently you missed it the first time.
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anamaniac , October 15, 2009 1:52 PM

wildwellAll right! If the new Battle.net is ready, that means the new Starcraft should be coming soon!

Battle.net accounts have been around for quite some time.
I just typed in my serials, and I just download Diablo2/Warcraft3 instead of finding the scratched discs...
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r3t4rd , October 15, 2009 3:51 PM

sebojHerniter, I'm reposting your comment so that you can read it, because apparently you missed it the first time.

Pure genius seboj.

Most WoW players I know...really don't have a life.
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r3t4rd , October 15, 2009 3:53 PM

Battle.Net is trying to clone Steam...

Thats what it looks like anyways.
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anonymous@guest , October 15, 2009 5:35 PM

RL Friends?!! 4 real, dude?! But what if I only know their Main's name in rl 2? FTW!
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jellico , October 16, 2009 12:03 AM

twisted politiksold news, they started this months ago, and now their doing it again

Well, what is news is that before, it was optional to setup a battlenet account. Now, you must have it done by November 11th.
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bill gates is your daddy , October 16, 2009 1:49 AM

So...did that homeless guy get this news?
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captmorganarr , October 16, 2009 1:51 AM

This makes good business sense. A lot of people jump between games and this will allow for better coordination of players.
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virtualban , October 16, 2009 2:21 AM

I would like to see characters jump from game to game , some futuristic game character with futuristic gear raping all those lvl80 characters just for fun.
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virtualban , October 16, 2009 2:22 AM

I should have formulated my idea better, so that I could copyright it and make them pay royalties to me, even though the idea has been used in movies and cartoons before, I really have intentions to implement it in the next 100 years or so, and I won't let those big evil companies screw me over this idea too.

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