[114Klutz]

I'll take the more pessimistic side of this.

The internet is a microcosm of the world. Just like the real world - the anonymity provided by the internet can often be either used or abused.

In the real world - anonymity has often allowed people to post legimate grumbles without the threat of prosecution. (Letter of Junius, or Candide), yet it also provides an open method for libel and slander.

However, unlike the real world, ChiefDelphi doesn't exactly prosecute it's users. At most, a thread is deleted, and negative rep points are given. Commissars don't exactly barge in, the poster to never be seen again.

ChiefDelphi has always maintained an friendly and open atmosphere - and there is no need for anonymity here. If posters were forced to associate with a team(who's team captain or other such contact would vouch), then the number of flamebait posts and trolls would decrease.