A few quick points:
-Freedom of Speech: irrelevant. The First Amendment only prevents the government from taking action against you. As far as I know, this guy wasn't thrown in jail, so there's no problem on that front. Plus, isn't he Euro?
-Thieves!! Not really. If tomorrow, every gas station in the world disappeared, that doesn't mean someone stole your car. You still own it, it's still yours. The fact that you can no longer use your car is a bummer, but not theft. He bought a couple CDs/DVDs ... and some paperwork to go along with it. He still owns those.
-Superban of justice!! Not a chance, you don't need to log in to play the games, once you've authenticated them. If I can unplug my computer from the interwebs and still play, I think he's fine, and just exaggerating.
-Plus, we have no idea if this is the fist offense. What if he's posted worse things a dozen times in the past and received warnings? Maybe he has been forum-banned before, and was finally told "last chance, play nice or you're cut off" and this is the result. Of course he wouldn't mention all the other stuff, and he or the devs probably deleted all that other garbage already.
-Contrary to what some people might think, companies like EA and Bioware aren't run by idiots. They didn't get to where they are today (very successful businesses) by throwing darts at the wall or better yet, throwing darts at their feet. They know what their doing.
-He'll be back. It's a 72 hour ban. Maybe he can go outside and meet a girl or something.
-Freedom of Speech: irrelevant. The First Amendment only prevents the government from taking action against you. As far as I know, this guy wasn't thrown in jail, so there's no problem on that front. Plus, isn't he Euro?
-Thieves!! Not really. If tomorrow, every gas station in the world disappeared, that doesn't mean someone stole your car. You still own it, it's still yours. The fact that you can no longer use your car is a bummer, but not theft. He bought a couple CDs/DVDs ... and some paperwork to go along with it. He still owns those.
-Superban of justice!! Not a chance, you don't need to log in to play the games, once you've authenticated them. If I can unplug my computer from the interwebs and still play, I think he's fine, and just exaggerating.
-Plus, we have no idea if this is the fist offense. What if he's posted worse things a dozen times in the past and received warnings? Maybe he has been forum-banned before, and was finally told "last chance, play nice or you're cut off" and this is the result. Of course he wouldn't mention all the other stuff, and he or the devs probably deleted all that other garbage already.
-Contrary to what some people might think, companies like EA and Bioware aren't run by idiots. They didn't get to where they are today (very successful businesses) by throwing darts at the wall or better yet, throwing darts at their feet. They know what their doing.
-He'll be back. It's a 72 hour ban. Maybe he can go outside and meet a girl or something.