Origin May Ban Early Titanfall Players After All

[Steven Bogos]

Origin May Ban Early Titanfall Players After All

Vince Zampella says he assumes Origin will ban players who modify game files to get access to the game early.

Well, this is a bit of a tizzy. Earlier, Respawn Entertainment head Vince Zampella Tweeted that players lucky enough to score an early copy of Titanfall would not be banned [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/132751-Titanfall-Players-Wont-Be-Banned-For-Playing-Early], though he stressed that the servers would probably go up and down. Now, in response to a fans question about whether using a work-around to enable early access to the PC version of the game would get an Origin ban, he admitted that, yes, Origin probably would ban you for that.

[tweet t=https://twitter.com/VinceZampella/status/442367391960272896]

The work-around, which was posted in this reddit thread [http://www.reddit.com/r/titanfall/comments/1zu6f0/how_to_play_titanfall_early_on_pc/], has since been deleted, but it did involve using a VPN to change your IP location, and downloading a modified .exe file. Apparently, those who did the exploit were able to boot into the game, though some had trouble finding servers to play on.

Any way you look at it, it is kind of sketch, so on the one hand, you can't really blame Origin for banning people who exploit it.

On the other hand though, when you tell PC gamers that they can do something, well, don't be surprised when they figure out a way to do it.

For now, even if you do find yourself with early access to the game, it might be best to simply err on the side of caution and wait until the official release date.

Source: Twitter [https://twitter.com/VinceZampella/status/442367391960272896]

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[Tireseas_v1legacy]

Make up your goddamn mind...[footnote]Because while I know there's an obvious difference between what is allowed (purchased copies) and not (modded copies), it appears my comment, which aimed at the broader contradiction between the two stances, is being taken at face value.[/footnote]

Also, am I the only one who is puzzled as to why someone would want early-access to a multiplayer-only game? I mean, it's like breaking into the field to get there before the rest of the team. You might as well wait until everyone else is on board.

 

[VoltySquirrel]

I think Zampella's okay on the matter was more targeted at people who may have gotten their hands on an Xbone copy.

 

[CpT_x_Killsteal]

Well of course they're going to ban you if you mod the game (for whatever purpose). This seems kind of obvious.
And the original statement was "About playing early: We won?t stop or ban legit copies."
Modded copies aren't legit copies.

 

[gamegod25]

Never really seen the appeal of playing a game a few hours early, especially when its a MP only game and you won't have anyone to play with. Personally I can wait a bit and the risk trying to get in early isn't worth the trouble imo.

 

[ThunderCavalier]

Make up your goddamn mind...

To be fair, he was probably referring to anyone that got Titanfall early because some stores decided to release their copies before others. Digital distribution and PC was a bit of a different matter.

 

[Bindal]

Make up your goddamn mind...

They did?
If the copy runs right away, you can play as early as you want. (that's the case for consoles)
If you need to tinker with it to get it running, you get banned. (that's the case for PC)

 

[Grabehn]

Hang on... So this is people that bought the game that CRACKED it, risking a ban, in order to play the game earlier? Because that just sounds like a lot of stupid people to me.

 

[J Tyran]

That sounds fair enough, if people are using cracked files and network tricks to play the game its understandable. Yes they may have bought the game and own the plastic disk but EA own the servers and they have the right to decide how and when people access them, if they dont want people using cracked files to access the servers thats fine.

 

[Strazdas]

This sounds fair actually. If you get an early copy in your mail or something, its fair game and you can play it. the method posted in that reddit is basically cracking your game, and piracy is illegal hence the ban.

Also, am I the only one who is puzzled as to why someone would want early-access to a multiplayer-only game? I mean, it's like breaking into the field to get there before the rest of the team. You might as well wait until everyone else is on board.

Imagine being able to easily explore the maps, learn all the secrets and then outsmart everyone on the field on day 1. Imagine being able to plan and practice tactics with your group in the actual game before others get a chance to. Its an advantage for people that are playing the game more than casually.

 

[Galen Marek]

He said yes to players getting the game early. Not yes to people who modify the game for early access.

Terrible and misleading title.
There is no "after all", this is a completely different illegitiment method to play early.

 

[teebeeohh]

As much as I enjoy hating EA, this is ok, if they allowed people to fuck with the files to their hearts content the game would be riddled with wallhacks by the weekend

 

[BrotherRool]

This is a ridiculous article. You're reporting on something that never happened as though it was a big deal.

How it actually went was this
'Hey we're not going to ban people who accidentally get sent a copy of the game early'

'Well what if we hack Origin to get the game early?'

'No. That's something completely different. Of course we'd ban you for that'


How is this even a headline? It only makes sense as news if you really misunderstood what they said the first time round, and if the first headlines had been decent we should even have had people asking these questions. And it's definitely completely incorrect to say 'Origin May Ban Early Titanfall Players After All'

 

[josemlopes]

This is a ridiculous article. You're reporting on something that never happened as though it was a big deal.

How it actually went was this
'Hey we're not going to ban people who accidentally get sent a copy of the game early'

'Well what if we hack Origin to get the game early?'

'No. That's something completely different. Of course we'd ban you for that'


How is this even a headline? It only makes sense as news if you really misunderstood what they said the first time round, and if the first headlines had been decent we should even have had people asking these questions. And it's definitely completely incorrect to say 'Origin May Ban Early Titanfall Players After All'

B-but but the clicks and the add revenue

OT: It makes sense, what doesnt make sense is why would anyone want to play a multiplayer only game sooner then everyone else.

 

[Zipa]

This sounds fair actually. If you get an early copy in your mail or something, its fair game and you can play it. the method posted in that reddit is basically cracking your game, and piracy is illegal hence the ban.

Piracy and cracking are not the same thing. They are not pirating the game but modifying the game they have bought and downloaded early from Origin.

 

[Metalrocks]

sounds fair to me. i still have to wait over 3 hours wile i write this before i can play the game. i did purchase it through origin so i had the luck to pre load the game. which i think was good since its a 50gb game.

 

[Strazdas]

This sounds fair actually. If you get an early copy in your mail or something, its fair game and you can play it. the method posted in that reddit is basically cracking your game, and piracy is illegal hence the ban.

Piracy and cracking are not the same thing. They are not pirating the game but modifying the game they have bought and downloaded early from Origin.

technically correct. But what they are doing is still illegal, and even if it werent its against their terms of service for which they have a right to terminate the service (banning).

 

[Zipa]

This sounds fair actually. If you get an early copy in your mail or something, its fair game and you can play it. the method posted in that reddit is basically cracking your game, and piracy is illegal hence the ban.

Piracy and cracking are not the same thing. They are not pirating the game but modifying the game they have bought and downloaded early from Origin.

technically correct. But what they are doing is still illegal, and even if it werent its against their terms of service for which they have a right to terminate the service (banning).

Cracking is only illegal if you are doing something like cracking DRM to circumvent having to buy the game. Its likely against the TOS but not the law. Otherwise modding would be illegal to as you are modifying the game files just like here.

 

[VladG]

Sigh. I came in here hoping to dump all over EA for another dick move. Instead they are being all reasonable and shit. Oh well, you'll do something reprehensible next week EA.