There are something like 3 people who play FFXI and know my RL name. Privacy is a fairly big deal to me, as I don't really want my RL name associated with an MMO if someone goes to google me. That said, I don't see how keeping your in-game name secret is particularly important.

I wouldn't even click on this thread anymore if I wasn't quasi-fascinated by how much you guys seem to care about something so entirely and unarguably unimportant.