Why hide your IP address?

[wimiadmin]

OK. I've got to ask.

Why hide your IP address?

I can understand if you're a gamer and some little 15 year old punk who gets their milk money taken from them daily now has admin power and bans almost anyone that asks them a question or beats them at their own game. You hide your IP to get back into the game you were playing prior to being banned. Understood.

Otherwise, unless your intents are malicious, I don't understand why it's so important to people.

We were "congratulated" this morning in a very pleasant e-mail (sarcasm) for banning the entire TOR network. If you're not familiar with TOR, just Google it. It's a plug-in for FireFox to hide your IP address. Pretty cool app when I tested it, but my connection was just slightly faster than dial-up when surfing with TOR enabled.

I'm not asking for specifics, just a little insight. I'm not a gamer...well, I play Xeno Tactic every now and then, but I wouldn't need to hide my IP for that.

Thanks,
Brian