Blizzard has forced Slashdot's CmdrTaco to change his character name in WoW, citing a violation of their policies around the honor system. Rob has a nice post up covering his reaction to this:
In this virtual world, two levels gives me a couple new pieces of armor, and suddenly I am unrecognizable to anyone who may have run an instance with me. In guild chat, I am a total stranger to people I may have chatted with for months. My history with other players has been erased. It almost makes me wish that I spent my first 45 levels ninja looting!
Rob is still playing, but under the new name of "Violated." Obviously not the first or last time a company has forced a player to change a name, but will this policy become more controversial as more celebrity pseudonyms pierce the magic circle?
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