Knights of the network

We talk so much about warfare these days, and rightly so. After all, this is World of Warcraft.In thinking of the battles we wage in game, the fight against the Burning Legion, the ongoing battle against the Scourge, I would like to take a moment and recognize those who are fighting on the front lines for the WoW players everywhere, regardless of locale: the network security team at Blizzard.

These are the people that have been tirelessly working to keep that spam off our screens, the keyloggers out of our accounts, who protect us day in and day out as we quest in Azeroth and Outland. Being that WoW is such a popular game, its players are constantly under attack from predators that would make the game unplayable, and possibly harm our computers and bank accounts.

When we do have problems, this is the task force that deploys so that your account will be retrieved and life can return to normal. I'm not saying we don't have problems; this is a war after all. I have known of several people who have had issues with account piracy, and each got their characters back within a week.

As we wage our own wars in game, we ought to pause and thank those that keep the battles raging outside the game on our behalf. So I pay tribute to those that work around the clock so that I don't have to worry about my account being hacked, so that I can play secure in the knowledge that my character will remain my own. /salute.