Got my whole family on Straight Talk…I’m not changing our provider for a video game. It’s a real service, thanks for making me feel like a hobo.
Can you please elaborate? I just got this cheeky request for my phone number from blizzard - is there specific provider or what do you mean? I didn´t connect mine yet, cause I am just not comfortable with this.
Phone carrier is your choice, not Blizzard’s.
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I got two alt challenge accounts where I only play one hero, been doing it for years (and only in arcade)
Not buying more phones/plans just to play them. Today’s news sucks, Im with you OP
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If your provider is considered “pre paid” you can’t use it for your OW acc.
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What that even means? 
If I pay in the end of every month for what I used and I can walk out anytime - that´s fine I guess?
It depends on the provider. Some people are claiming they can’t on theirs. If you’re using a major provider you should be fine.
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Agreed. I love Overwatch but the savings on prepaid phone plans are just too good a deal. Just bought a year of cell service for $300 with plenty of data.
Refuse to go back to $90 a month plans to play a F2P game
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Wait…I just remembered, that I am still paying up my phone so, I have prepaid something in that package with the phone…also I am from very small country in Europe so my provider…welp, this will be fun -_-
Straight Talk, Cricket, Boost, they’re all legitimate services. OW about to lose half the player base.
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“Then dont.”
-Says H1st0ry as they proceed to let go of a disgruntled sigh and take a hit off their vape while they frown and continue scrolling through the OW forums to find more posts to waste their time on.
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Are you kidding me? Imagin buying a game, invest a time into it and than having it to taken away from you, cause few years latter, your phone provider is not a good match for Blizzard… Does that sound good for you? To me, it sounds almost like a scam.
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Might I recommend ting? I pay 24 a month, 14 if I manage to not use data.
Thems the breaks.
I’m on Sprint/T-Mobile and I have no issues with my number. Try to use your current carrier, switch carriers, or just don’t play, idk.
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For what it’s worth, I also use Straight Talk and I was able to add my number to my account within the past couple days. You should try it just in case.
I think you just need a phone number and that’s it. No need to overthink it
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Mine was accepted. But I am not comfortable with sharing also my number with them and I don´t like this new scammy thing.
It seems that you don´t care at all so good for you I guess…
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Blizzard just doesn’t want your business if they want to control what service you use.
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There comes a point in life.
Allow Home Phone #… Shouldn’t be so Difficult
Why does the Player base seriously need to jump through hoops just to play a game falsely marketed as being F2P placing strict Cellular paywall blocking everyone
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