Heh, thanks, now I don't have to make a similar list 
I was going to include writing a CV, getting a job, going through the hassle of getting IDd/rejected/reapplying for a bank account, waiting for your first paycheck etc. - since Jalum conveniently ignores the fact that US Dollars do not magically fall out of the air either.
I was going to include writing a CV, getting a job, going through the hassle of getting IDd/rejected/reapplying for a bank account, waiting for your first paycheck etc. - since Jalum conveniently ignores the fact that US Dollars do not magically fall out of the air either.As an average adult in Western society, if someone tells me that something costs a dollar, I have the background knowledge about how I can attain a dollar, and the various means with which I can transmit that dollar to the other party.
The average adult does not know what a bitcoin is. Once you explain to them about anonymous cryptocurrencies, if they're still interested they will need to know how to obtain one. Please come up with a more concise list of steps that you would tell someone to ensure that they were able to turn their dollars into bitcoins into a WoW subscription. This is what Blizzard would have to do: if they advertise a payment method, they sure as hell make sure you know how to utilize it.
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You only need many of the steps once, and some of them are nonsense to begin with (9. waiting for confirmation over the weekend, huh? It's seconds for reception, minutes for confirmation - half an hour if you're extremely unlucky).
Step number 9 is because there is a prevention on moving money into/out of Dwolla or Mtgox on weekends, isn't there? Isn't that the justification for the price falling every weekend? As a result, no serious merchant would agree to a price in bitcoins if they couldn't immediately convert those to dollars, which cannot be done on the weekend.
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Also, similar to USD, once you have Bitcoins you can use them for other things as well, which inevitably will follow if/when Blizzard starts supporting them.
Yes, the products you can buy with bitcoins are "similar" to those you can buy with USD. They just cost 400% more.