EA forum bans are still effecting games.

[Beriallord]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/11/14/ea-forum-bans-are-still-affecting-games/

 

I know there were quite a few people screaming about this all over gaming forums when it first happened, but the fact is its still going on and EA lied when they said it was a mistake. Getting banned from a forums is one thing, but getting your entire account banned, including games you paid for, is kinda a stretch. I really don't care what someone did or said on their forums, they got no right to take a product away from someone who purchased it.

 

Better not take an issue to their forums and complain, some moderator might mistake that for trolling, and then you lose your entire account.

Edited December 6, 2011 by Beriallord

[Delikatessen]

Actually, that little EULA that everybody fails to read is basically a 10,000 word manifesto saying:

"We reserve the right to do anything we want with your account so long as your play on our games that you bought from us."

 

So yeah, they do have the right to do it. This is still ridiculous, though. Especially with single-player games, like Dragon Age, where everything you do doesn't affect anyone else.

[Werne]

I don't have any EA Games, so it doesn't bother me, but it still isn't fair. They are acting like nazis, you need to act the way they want or you're dead. That's just an effective way of censoring someone, you say something on their forums they don't like, they mess up your games.

[Beriallord]

I don't have any EA Games, so it doesn't bother me, but it still isn't fair. They are acting like nazis, you need to act the way they want or you're dead. That's just an effective way of censoring someone, you say something on their forums they don't like, they mess up your games.

 

I'm no longer going to support EA in any way. I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt at first after they admitted (lied) and said it was a mistake. I refuse to support companies who take it down to this level. On any forums there will be trolls, but they don't deserve to lose access to their games no matter how much trolling they do on an internet forums. It would be very simple to just block them from posting on the forums, without banning their entire account.

 

At the discretion of any EA forums moderator, even by a lack in judgement on their part, you could lose access to the games you paid for. I will simply not support any company that does that based on principle alone. I hope EA goes bankrupt. I also don't feel sorry for them for any losses they might incur via illegal means.

Edited December 6, 2011 by Beriallord

[Ghogiel]

Actually, that little EULA that everybody fails to read is basically a 10,000 word manifesto saying:

"We reserve the right to do anything we want with your account so long as your play on our games that you bought from us."

 

So yeah, they do have the right to do it. This is still ridiculous, though. Especially with single-player games, like Dragon Age, where everything you do doesn't affect anyone else.

I think the licenses say that they are perpetual... I remember looking up what a perpetual license means. IIRC they count you as a user from the moment you agree to the EULA... I am uncertain that the agreement ever actually ends, even if you uninstall.

[drmfreezone]

woow this is news to me looks like E.A = epic fail

 

what about if some one or lets say a hacker got your Forum password on E.A,s web site and posted nasty stuff on it and you got a ban.

 

the way there act at us gamers we are just cash cows for them Big devs now like E.A.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7S2o0-VeTg&NR=1&feature=endscreen

 

 

[drmfreezone]

Actually, that little EULA that everybody fails to read is basically a 10,000 word manifesto saying:

"We reserve the right to do anything we want with your account so long as your play on our games that you bought from us."

 

So yeah, they do have the right to do it. This is still ridiculous, though. Especially with single-player games, like Dragon Age, where everything you do doesn't affect anyone else.

I think the licenses say that they are perpetual... I remember looking up what a perpetual license means. IIRC they count you as a user from the moment you agree to the EULA... I am uncertain that the agreement ever actually ends, even if you uninstall.

 

 

 

 

would you think that would staned up in u.k. court E.A.s EULA,s just a safe gard for them.

 

 

its not the law or Goverment E.A

 

 

[Beriallord]

EA can't just dictate any terms they want in an EULA. They crossed the line IMO, and they need to get sued for it, big time. I would make the lawsuit as frivolous as possible, sue them for mental agony and etc.

[Delikatessen]

EA can't just dictate any terms they want in an EULA.

Actually, yes they can. It's their product, they reserve the right to do whatever they want with it. They could say that only Orangutans are allowed to play Battlefield 3 if they wanted to. Not that I support it, it's just a fact. But it would be funny to see an orangutan play Battlefield 3 against other orangutans.

 

The parts that disgust me most about this story is the fact that they lied (a "mistake" you say?) and that it restricts people from being able to play their SINGLE-PLAYER games :facepalm:

 

The least they could have done was told the truth to the guys they banned.

[Beriallord]

EA can't just dictate any terms they want in an EULA.

Actually, yes they can. It's their product, they reserve the right to do whatever they want with it. They could say that only Orangutans are allowed to play Battlefield 3 if they wanted to. Not that I support it, it's just a fact. But it would be funny to see an orangutan play Battlefield 3 against other orangutans.

 

The parts that disgust me most about this story is the fact that they lied (a "mistake" you say?) and that it restricts people from being able to play their SINGLE-PLAYER games :facepalm:

 

The least they could have done was told the truth to the guys they banned.

 

I don't see how a forums has anything to do with playing multiplayer either. The whole thing stinks to me, and is rotten to the core. They could easily just permanently ban people from posting but still have access to their account. If you read the entire article, you will see that an EA rep said they could single out things individually, meaning they could ban someone from just posting on the forums, while leaving the rest of their account intact, but they didn't do that in these cases. If someone is an unhappy customer, for a valid reason, and goes on EA forums, they might be mistaken for a troll, and have their entire account banned just for speaking about a bad experience with an EA product or service.

 

I have a feeling that if they continue that practice, not only is it going to be continuously exposed like it should be and they will end up getting sued, if they ban some rich kids account who does have the money to take them to court over it.

Edited December 7, 2011 by Beriallord