They can join them after the transfer period is over.
Blizzard can give players a certain amount of time to transfer to a new realm and guarantee that they can keep their names.
This is legit not a troll or flame in any way.
I am legitimately curious why there seems to be an almost obsessive attachment to an in game name. It has honestly never been a big deal to me, kind of curious the thought process in other people that do have that attachment.
It’s fun to have a cool/funny name? Or a name that has special meaning for you?
Each player (who cares about their toons’ names) will probably give you a different answer.
I am aware, and i am actually interested in those answers. Mainly because I dont personally have that sort of attachment, and am curious why others do.
The later they a have to spin up new servers the more money they make?
Blizzard knows what’s going on. They have a reason they are doing what they are doing now. And I assure you it isn’t because they want to destroy Classic. The question is, what is their angle?
Maybe they want people to go try Retail while they’re waiting in queue for Classic. lol