Blizzard Plans to Kill Internet Trolls By Making Forum Posters Use Real Names

From DailyTech: Internet trolling charitably could be referred to as a pop culture phenomena. People online seem often to develop proclivities for trying to get under each others' skin and in the most extreme cases a troll is born.

But trolls days of lurking around internet message boards may be limited -- at least if Activision Blizzard can help it. The company, which makes the best-selling World of Warcraft and Starcraft franchise has announced that it will be forcing players to use their real names on online message boards.

Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, will be the first game to enact the new rules when it releases on July 27. Those changes will quickly be rolled out to other games -- likely including World of Warcraft, the world's most popular paid MMORPG, with over 11.5 million subscribers.

The company is offering players the option of putting their in-game handle next to their real world name. However, it will not currently force players to do this. It says that players choosing to do so will be helping to create a more positive environment.

It says the changes in general should cut down on trolling and nasty behavior in the forums.

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