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When I try to make a Battle.net account, I'm asked to put in my NID. I have no idea what it means, and so don't know what to type in.

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Battle.net accounts are region sensitive, it probably serves to tell people the location of your account. – deutschZuid Jul 2 '12 at 4:04
By the way, NID is your National ID number. Seems to be a requirement for Asian accounts. Therefore my previous comment still stands. – deutschZuid Jul 2 '12 at 4:08
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@JamesJiao - Battle.net accounts ARE NOT region sensitive. – Ramhound Jul 2 '12 at 12:54
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Yes they are. Some countries have additional fields and some don't have them. Btw, there is no need to shout. Calm down dude. – deutschZuid Jul 2 '12 at 23:33

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As Jiao has said, NID means "National ID" and really only applies to Taiwan. Also, I've found that you can just leave it blank with no problem.

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Where are you from? I'm 90% sure my account is a SEA account (Australia) and I never got this question setting up my account. – Matthew Scharley Jul 2 '12 at 5:07
@MatthewScharley, I'm from Hong Kong. – Russell Jul 2 '12 at 5:41
Your answer is wrong. Not all SEA accounts ask for NID. Only certain Asian countries like Taiwan and Hong Kong. I take it you didn't read my comments to your question. – deutschZuid Jul 2 '12 at 6:50
@Russell - Just create a non-SEA account. – Ramhound Jul 2 '12 at 12:55
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I've found you can ignore the NID box. – Russell Jul 3 '12 at 8:45

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