Buddha3 - you are a big, strong tough guy but I am a comparatively weak & feeble woman. I have been verbally abused by people who felt that comments I'd made on the boards were directed at them, and I can tell you now that a bunch of big fellas leaning towards me all shouting is very, very intimidating indeed & rather scary.
Now I don't even hide behind a regular net name, as far as I know I'm the only regular UK tourney player named Liz (& certainly the only Chick with that name) & have no problems with being associated with what I post hence I log in under my real name. BUT - I can completely understand people who want a little anonymity sometimes.
Take the situation of a pro player who wants to put his/her views across, but they are in opposition to their team's sponsor's views. The player really wants to make a good point but if they do, either they are kicked off the team or the whole team may lose sponsorship. I'm sure there are other situations where anonymity would be wanted for valid reasons.
Equally, I completely agree that we need to do something about people who create new identities just so they can insult someone else safely, or cause controversy for the sake of it. So I think the mods would have to take every situation on it's own merits, and also remember that sometimes people really, honestly do register as members specifically because they want to join in on a particularly "interesting" discussion.
BTW - anyone know how to get rid of a second identity here? I have another ID that wouldn't work so I re-registered myself as a new member, but can't get rid of the old one!
