Oh dear. What a geek faux pas: Blizzard made CmdrTaco, Lord of Slashdot, change his name in World of Warcraft.

A random GM decided "Cmdr" isn't allowed, as there's an honour system in the game. "Cmdr" isn't actually part of their honour system though, so perhaps they thought some Alliance would get confused. CmdrTaco is being very gentlemanly about it, and notes that it raises some very interesting points about online identity and the value of a name...

Read his account here.

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