No More Anonymity For Warcraft Forums

Trolls, spammers and flamers begone! Blizzard is vowing to out yer nasty arses … and is angering a whole lot of “World of Warcraft” players along the way. Earlier this week Blizzard (the company responsible for the mega online gaming phenomenon known as “World of Warcrack”… er “Warcraft”) announced that it would begin requiring those who play its games to use their real names when posting comments in its official Battle.net discussion forums. That’s right, a company that has made its fortunes off a game that encourages players to adopt fake identities and spend vast amounts of their time in a fake world has decided it wants players to get real/ Winda Benedetti , Citizen Gamer, MSNBC.com. More here . H/T: Nic Casey

DFO: For those keeping score at home, Citizen Gamer Winda Benedetti is another former staffer in the SR’s Idaho office.

Question: Would you continue to post at Huckleberries Online, if you were forced to use your real name (not that I’d ever make such a requirement)?