British Bank Blocks Blizzard Bucks  February 18, 2008 - World of
Warcraft subscribers will have difficulty paying their monthly
game fees if their credit card was issued by U.K. bank Halifax.
The Register reports that the bank is blocking payments to
Blizzard due to an uptick in the use of stolen credit card
numbers to pay for WoW accounts. The Register quotes from a
statement issued by Halifax:   So, what's, say, an up-and-
coming level-41 gnome mage (like GP's current character) to do?
Halifax says it will make special arrangements to keep players
in the game:   Good on them for not taking the easy route and
just cutting it off entirely. However simply calling the card
holder about the charge would indeed be better   Tony, The reg
is pretty good at spotting things like this. They were the first
to alert people about the tiscali/Pipex merger and the
subsequent issues that were arising there for older Pipex
members.  Seems a lot of companies are penny pinchers in that
respect. However MMOs have been getting w