If you’ve taken a peek at my moblog recently, you may have discovered that I’ve started to play World of Warcraft. This is mostly thanks to my friend Zane, who badgered me at every opportunity to stop playing City of Heroes and come join “the funnest game ever.”

WoW has made news in quite a few gay publications over the past year due to the popularity of a couple gay guilds in the game - a guild being a “club” of players you can contact in-game to find help on missions, trade goods, and explore the game together. It’s a cushion against the shocking big-ness of the game’s world, giving you a sense of fraternity and a place to find help.

However, news is popping up that Blizzard is starting to forbid the recruitment for “gay friendly” guilds in the game… “gay friendly” being either gay or having no problems with gays.

Is Blizzard turning an anti-discrimination policy around on us here? Check out the following story:

“Sara Andrews thought it was a big misunderstanding when she received an e-mail from a game master in Blizzard Entertainment’s popular online role playing game “World of Warcraft” citing her for “Harassment - Sexual Orientation.”

Andrews had posted that she was recruiting for a “GLBT friendly” guild in a general chat channel within the game.

Believing that her notice had been accidentally flagged, she e-mailed Blizzard to correct the problem. Blizzard, to Andrews’ surprise, upheld the decision…” […]