Blizzard To Require Real First and Last Names For Forums
Found on Slashdot on Monday, 05 July 2010
Today, Blizzard announced that it intends to require usage of the real names of Battle.net posters for its StarCraft II forums before release, and for its World of Warcraft forums shortly before the release of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.
"These changes will go into effect on all StarCraft II forums with the launch of the new community site prior to the July 27 release of the game, with the World of Warcraft site and forums following suit near the launch of Cataclysm."
That will work perfectly fine because nobody will ever think about registering with a fake name. It will also work because no player will be under 13. It will also work because no name exists twice. To enforce this requirement, Blizzard needs to verify users by having them send in offical/legal documents proving their identiy. Even if I would just remotely consider playing those games, I would refrain from doing so now.