Blizzard is like Hitler!!1!one!
Blizzard decided, a while back, that it was time for a worldwide World of Warcraft championship, 5v5 arena style.  And lo, there were high-ranked teams, of which "Pandemic" was one. They were going to be going in with two healers (Nathan 'Kintt' Quinn and Jared 'Vhell' Coulston) (...it is me, or does that style of name-referencing seem ridiculous?), because ... well, tht's just how they roll. 

But then, a complication!  Blizzard decided to check to make sure that each player's listed name matched the name on the account.  Why, you ask?  Well, the Terms of Service do state that the names have to match.*  And lo!  People on 5 of the 8 qualifying teams  got disqualified, including the above-listed Kintt and Vhell.  And lo, Blizzard disqualified those players from the tournament. 

Amped runs an article including an interview with the famed Kintt: ]In order to practice, you have to put in such a huge amount of time commitment before you can even begin, and when people kinda take short cut to get to that point (buy/borrow an account) they can't even participate in one of the bigger tournaments.

Sadly, I can't find a way to link to specific comments (help?).  Comments range from "You break the rules then you cry about not being able to play when you get caught. Sounds like a bunch of cry baby cheaters to me" to "I feel as though I've been stabbed in the back, and I'm not even a member of one of the teams."  Justification stems from "it's just arena!" ("you dont share accounts then automatically win, just because some person doesn't want to level the grind again from 1-60 doesn't mean they're exactly cheating in WoW Arena to win."), and tjr2mental decides to take on the whole lot of them.  With varying results.

Over on the WoW forums, things are going about in the same way, only with the addition levity ("Damn you, now I want Dairy Queen."), the incomprehensible ("cause they thing they be special but really they be sad special short bus. get a job hippies"), and conspiracy theories ("For all you know, GMs could be sending them free gold/consumables/mats every week so they can continue to stay on top of the raiding progress charts.") here and here

I knew about cyber-gaming, but this is way wankier than I expected.  Cyber-athletics are srs bizness!

*A friend, upon retiring, cannot give you his or her account.  Buying accounts on Ebay is right out.  A switch of name can only go through between two family members, and it is usually only acceptable if it is a parent-child thing (for a minor, the billing would go to a parent's credit card).  Furthermore, all of these people had to be above 18, so that a switch most likely should have been made already. When I put this in an lj cut, it apparently killed the formatting and links, so they aren't embedded anymore. Sorry. o.O