Giving Away an Account... (Questions about it)

[Basilikos]

Read through the terms of service on the WoW website. Last time I checked, they still allow you to go through a tedious process to transfer the account, but it has very specific rules that most people can't meet for various reasons. You might give the official channels a try before creating another account. The only thing I caution you about is that if the transfer (of the account, not the characters) cannot take place, don't try to skirt the rules.

If I recall correctly, this isn't exatly true.

They allow you to transfer (sell) the BOX, CDs / DVDs, manuals, and other crap. The actual account (virtual goods) cannot be transferred (sold).

I read somewhere long ago that if you delete all the characters on the account, then you can transfer it. (this is totally unconfirmed). Of course, this makes transferring an account basically pointless. And you still have to put up with all the bullshit games blizzard will make you play to change the name on the account.

That's an interesting take. I'm going to have to pour over the wording some time when I get a chance to really work through it, but I seem to remember the rights and obligations of the agreement being transferable. The major condition (i.e. aside from the original discs, packaging, etc.) seems to be properly notifying Blizzard of the change.

Whether or not the nonsense Blizzard has in place to deal with that is worth it to anyone is strictly up to them.