Thank you so much for that last link. I remember being a bit disheartened by the cavalcade of comments after the Karatechop story that essentially said, "Got what he deserved...should've known better."

Sometimes I notice an attitude that all people should know Blizzard's policies (even unwritten ones) backwards and forwards, and that anyone getting hit with the banhammer deserved it 100%. But let's face it...it's a large TOS and when it really comes down to it, about half the characters I see in Azeroth don't fit the naming policy in one way or another. So, which rules are we really, really supposed to follow then?

I certainly have my own code of ethics with games. I do not cheat. I do not grief other players. I do not use serious exploits (for example, I remember being upset whenever a group in Left 4 Dead expected me to do the "under the walkway trick").

But, if a PUG told me that standing in a certain place makes a boss much easier, I might go along with it without even knowing that I was "exploiting." After all...I'm constantly reading in various boss strategies that I should stand with my back against the wall to avoid knockback.

The linked article asks a very important question...where is the line and how are we all supposed to know it?

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