Blizzard bans another load of cheaters

Having just had to fiddle around with our own various systems for user management, I can only imagine the horror Blizzard.net admins face on a daily basis.

According to their latest update, some 263,000 StarCraft accounts, as well as a further 19,000 WarCraft III accounts, have been permanently closed due to cheating, while 8,000 WarCraft III CD keys used with now-closed accounts have been banned from ladder play for one month, and 1100 others have been banned from ladder play permanently.

I feel a bit better about hunting down and removing erroneous email addresses now. Blizzard promises to remain vigilant and will continue to ban cheaters who aim to blight its otherwise roaringly popular online service...