If you want to maintain the gls, control the hacking, and other unforeseen events, I believe it would be a wise idea.
It only makes sense, to me at least, to register the game ( you nick ) at time of installation, similar to what most commercial games require you to do.
I won't bring it up again, but I would remove my vote for vwep to vote for this type of functionality. And I've been waiting for vwep for many many years.