Free Character Name Change Coming Soon

We wanted to let everyone know that in the near future we'll be allowing everyone a chance to change their chosen StarCraft II character name for free.

In some cases, people chose character names that don't represent their usual multiplayer nicknames, as they were unaware of how the character names were being used. It's important to us that everyone is represented by a name of their choosing in their multiplayer games, ladders, and on the forums and community site.

In addition, beyond this initial free name change, we’ll be launching a service similar to the one we offer for World of Warcraft which will allow additional character name changes for a fee. We'll announce more details on how the free name change and additional paid character name changes will be implemented in the near future.

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Lovebunny #723
Lovebunny
6 days ago
CANT WAIT MY NAME IS SOO EMBERISING
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iLoveVivaldi #584
iLoveVivaldi
1/25/2012
Coming Soon™: Blizzard's way of telling everyone to !@#$ off!
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Sherman #939
Sherman
1/22/2012
is there a free name change or what....im so confused.....
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Gizmo #774
Gizmo
1/19/2012
coming soon boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Kosmos #961
Kosmos
1/1/2012
Just replying to say: ffs, add the free name changes already. Don't charge us for this feature. Let's do it, this is long over due
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CLGFluX #383
CLGFluX
12/29/2011
why is everyone that comments on this bronze-gold?
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Merkafide #500
Merkafide
1/1/2012
@CLGFluX: Why do you think that because you got easy placement into plat you should come on here to troll?
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comaddog #316
comaddog
12/28/2011
uh guys my friends call corndog lol i wanna change my name to lordofhurt!
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TheAssassin #270
TheAssassin
12/23/2011
yes please I am part of the Mystic team and i need to change my name
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darklizard #842
darklizard
12/21/2011
Any day now, Blizzard. Any day...
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SynergiX #719
SynergiX
12/20/2011
Still waiting on this...
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withoutname #244
withoutname
12/16/2011
damn
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Diomedez #801
Diomedez
12/13/2011
I got a free character name change credit but i dont need it. can i give it to a friend who does though?
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SpEcTaTe #594
SpEcTaTe
12/30/2011
@Diomedez: Yes i would love something like that xD I am part of TeamSeTT and i need to change my name to include the tag. Possibly osemthing like SeTTSpec
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ihateTHORS #260
ihateTHORS
12/13/2011
i wanna change my name lol
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Dizzle #932
Dizzle
12/11/2011
also I would get comfortable with your name because I don't think Blizzard will be giving this out for a very long time.
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Dizzle #932
Dizzle
12/11/2011
...I'm not changing my name and letting go of all my progress...
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Gilgamoon #437
Gilgamoon
1/23/2012
@Dizzle: you don't lose any progress man
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Dizzle #932
Dizzle
12/11/2011
I wonder if blizzard people laugh when they see what people post here.
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DeekZ #111
DeekZ
12/10/2011
August 16th 2010 this was posted and still no feature to buy name changes? Come on this is annoying.
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Forboding #469
Forboding
12/7/2011
Blizzard. Figures that this company would fail so hard.

LOL! I HERD U LIEK LAN! So we removed it.
I also herd that you like changing your name, so we give you one "free" name change before !@#$ing you in the %^- and making you pay to change YOUR *!@#ING NAME!

Blizzard sucks @%*!.
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Purpledrank #930
Purpledrank
12/4/2011
@SteelLegend

Thread deleted. Go figure.
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SteelLegend #514
SteelLegend
12/1/2011
Just want a name change for the holidays this year? Then head over to this thread and show your support:

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/3657277955
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DuBSteP #940
DuBSteP
11/30/2011
ahh blizz you guys fail me soo much.... im under the age so u want my birth cirtificate!!! no thanks... bliz bliz bliz... please comewith the name change soon because me asking to change in my reason before screwed me up with them...
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HalfSqawt #892
HalfSqawt
11/27/2011
Eventually some people will get good enough to go pro and they might have chosen the dumbest name in history (HalfSqawt for instance).... I'm not going pro any time soon... but i would still like the free name change and I know others out there feel the same way.
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XxAjayxX #405
XxAjayxX
11/27/2011
NEED HELP
was wondering, if you click change your name, can you back out of it if the name you want is used?
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GOSmark #527
GOSmark
11/27/2011
@XxAjayxX: Dude... you can use whatever name you want... you can pick GOSmark if you want... doesn't matter
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Jellypancake #457
Jellypancake
11/25/2011
You guys do know that there is a free name change already right? That is if you haven't used it.
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Jellypancake #457
Jellypancake
11/25/2011
@Jellypancake:

And i totally agree bring this thing to Starcraft 2. I might do it but i might not who knows you'll get it out of my somehow... :)
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It's been 3 months and one week. How soon is soon Blizzard?
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Purpledrank #930
Purpledrank
12/4/2011
@Azn:

You mean its been 1 year, 3 months, and one week. GG on noticing the 2010 on the original date, the free name change was given over a year ago.
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NomedJA #476
NomedJA
11/17/2011
Stuck with a dead clan tag in my name. Not being able to change my name kills my motivation to start playing again.
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NomedJA #476
NomedJA
11/17/2011
@NomedJA: I was an original sc2 beta tester, was in the top 200 way back and I bought the collector's edition of almost every Blizzard game. Is a name change too much to ask for?
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Ender #2436
Ender
11/14/2011
i remember a game called warcraft 3 where you could change your name whenever you wanted. can you make starcraft's system work more like that, so we can change our names? since the current system won't allow us to?
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eleFentKilla #552
eleFentKilla
11/12/2011
Yea I want to change my name... when is the next one coming? It has been saying "Coming soon" for months.
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Justnaughty #511
Justnaughty
11/11/2011
so does anyone actually know when this will happen?
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Shutuptrick #875
Shutuptrick
11/9/2011
my friend just got a new name change and he used it once.. i think we all should get a free name change... just saying...
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Durin #992
Durin
11/5/2011
There should be one free name change per year. That's not so fracking hard to do, now is it?
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Dizzle #932
Dizzle
11/3/2011
I hate you blizzard... GIVE ME NAME CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please?
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DaRkHyPrFaCe #665
DaRkHyPrFaCe
10/30/2011
I called Support the weekend of Blizzcon, asking when changing my name would be possible. (I used my free name-change for a clan I was accepted in, and now I want out badly.. Also, I've come up with one of those clever "one-two syllable" names that you see pros use :)
Please guys, make this happen! A lot of us, I'm sure, would even PAY to have a name change!