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On December 06 2011 03:34 Zombo Joe wrote: Remember when Blizzard wanted to impliment REAL ID?
They would have done the same if it came through. I thought they did, didn't they?
I can remember my brother-in-law's Facebook filling up with Starcraft 2 achievements in the month or so after the game came out...
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Oh wow.
The thing that scares me is not how blatantly obvious EA shows how much they care about their paying customers, not how much innocent people have been banned, but how much inspiration Manifesto might get from this merciless act.
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I always wondered why people bother to buy anything from EA - customer service is non-existent and most games are lowest quality anyway...
On December 06 2011 02:54 Neo7 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 06 2011 02:27 Chef wrote:I don't mind the idea of banning people for people assholes on forums, but I think it's stupid to have automated bans or bans for swearing. If anything is going to be automated it should be approved by a human being before the ban goes thru. If you're going to ban people for swearing you should just not sell video games with swearing because it's soooo offensive. It should be made clear when you join the forum tho that your games are at risk. I wouldn't bother joining a forum that told me that IIRC R1CH stated that he tried to automate the moderation process at one time similar to this way. He said that it labeled everyone as a "shitty poster" and that it was like the Santa from Futurama.
I'm fairly sure, he made a joke
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On December 06 2011 03:37 bonifaceviii wrote:Show nested quote +On December 06 2011 03:34 Zombo Joe wrote: Remember when Blizzard wanted to impliment REAL ID?
They would have done the same if it came through. I thought they did, didn't they? I can remember my brother-in-law's Facebook filling up with Starcraft 2 achievements in the month or so after the game came out...
The original Real ID had you using your real name on the forums. The community quickly proved that even with just a real name, you could get WAY too much information about someone. A legion of people also cancelled pre-orders. It was probably the most ill conceived thing about Battle.net 2.0 (which is saying a lot because almost the whole infrastructure is an abortion).
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But this actually seems worse than Bnet 0.2
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On December 06 2011 04:04 Probe1 wrote: But this actually seems worse than Bnet 0.2
Well yes, this is downright thievery. This is the culmination of "you're only paying for a license." When you do not actually own the game for which you paid, the publisher can simply take it away whenever they want. Tons of people said they'd never be that stupid. But here we are. EA is just taking away your game because you never actually owned it in the first place.
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On December 06 2011 04:07 Klondikebar wrote:Show nested quote +On December 06 2011 04:04 Probe1 wrote: But this actually seems worse than Bnet 0.2 Well yes, this is downright thievery. This is the culmination of "you're only paying for a license." When you do not actually own the game for which you paid, the publisher can simply take it away whenever they want. Tons of people said they'd never be that stupid. But here we are. EA is just taking away your game because you never actually owned it in the first place.
I absolutely agree. I don't understand why anyone would let a company get away with this sort of despotism.
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Note to self: never post on EA forums, avoid buying EA games. This is pretty much the definition of no customer service.
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Is EA trying to be the most evil video game company in the world? I think they were doing a pretty good job already, but because of this I think they have succeeded.
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On December 06 2011 00:34 deth2munkies wrote: And this is why I advocate boycotts and piracy as equally effective activism tools.
Just never buy the games from them, pirate it or let it rot on the shelf until the company either changes their ways or dies.
Oh, and again, as I've posted before:
Anyone who thinks this is illegal has not read an EULA. Short version is that you don't own anything but the right to play the game for as long as the company wants you to. That's what you get for your $60.
Has the supreme court looked over the issue of an EULA's constitutionality with respect to property rights? EA should be careful they do not spurn enough people to cause a legal mess over this. I don't see them winning in court despite there being a small box that says "I Agree"
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I've learned the hard way to avoid EA games and it's always nice with a reminder so I dont make the mistake again. I used to like the NFS-series but mandatory career mode with catchup made it just too much.
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Just goes to show.... Fuck EA!
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Im starting to think that theres so much shit about EA and how bad they are, that competitor companies might pay people to say that huge amount of crap about them. There's so much bad things that I cant believe people still buy from them.
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i never knew EA got so much hate. i buy EA product at least once a year. what other option is there for sports games? and i've always been happy with their qualify of games (madden, fifa, fifa street, nba live, fight night)
i did used to buy winning11/PES up until 2009 or so, from then FIFA was the better football game.
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Unbelievable. How the fuck?
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There is a easy solution to this: Don't buy their games!!!
When they go bankrupt they'd wish they respected their customers!
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Well good to know. Won't ever buy an EA game anymore with this kind of customer support.
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lol i posted on the EA BF3 forums and got banned for 3 days from BF3's beta.. Although to be fair my thread was titled "MW3>BF3" and the actual post was a link to the nada's body thread..
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I'm pretty sure this is sueable?
In any case, good job EA for convincing me to never buy any of your games! You can now go rot in the corner together with Ubisoft.
Oh yeah that's a good idea! v
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This is not the way to maintain customer satisfaction to say the least. Also, duping innocent people who PAID for their product is totally bonkers. A very good reason to pirate the heck out of EA games, if this is how they treat their customers.
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