EA Boycott?

[Memoriae]

Oh joy, another one of *these* threads again.

So here's the flow for you. Fuck your boycott, I'll be buying whatever games I want to buy. Which at the moment is ME3. Which I've pre-ordered for PC.

You can have all the objections in the world, but if you're caught exploiting in a game, or being a complete **** on their forums, then you deserve all the punishment that breaking the terms of your usage will bring.

Ignorance of something laid out to you isn't a defense. You do something against those rules, yet expect no punishment? Yeah, I'll come to whatever dimension you're from.

Disagree with the punishment? There's an appeal process for a reason.

 

[Rastien]

Not your personal army...

Also i think the dent if everyone on the escapsist stop buying EA would make is minimal every year EA shits out "X sports game [current year+1]" also at what point did they get 1 year ahead of themselves... will we at some point get 2 years ahead!?

 

[Memoriae]

Oh joy, another one of *these* threads again.

So here's the flow for you. Fuck your boycott, I'll be buying whatever games I want to buy. Which at the moment is ME3. Which I've pre-ordered for PC.

You can have all the objections in the world, but if you're caught exploiting in a game, or being a complete **** on their forums, then you deserve all the punishment that breaking the terms of your usage will bring.

Ignorance of something laid out to you isn't a defense. You do something against those rules, yet expect no punishment? Yeah, I'll come to whatever dimension you're from.

Disagree with the punishment? There's an appeal process for a reason.

And I'm sorry, but no matter how much of a **** you are on some developers' forums, that doesn't give them the right to ban you from the game that you legally bought and own. That's like getting into an argument with a worker at an electrical shop, and coming home to find that the bailiffs have been round and taken back that TV you bought from the same shop six months ago.

That's not how transactions work. If EA wants to ban people from their forums, fine, whatever. That should have no bearing on their ability to play the games they spent their money on. It doesn't matter whether you think someone should be punished for being a ****. You don't castrate people because they got into a drunken fight down the pub, and you don't ban people from their games simply because they said something you don't like.

And clearly the fact that people seem to think that they can do whatever they want without any form of repercussions means that they can do just that?

You agreed to the house rules, yet seem dismayed when you're thrown out for breaking them?
You enter into a contract when linking an EA forum and Origin account together, which gives EA the right to deny you access to the Origin service if you break it.

Don't want to lose Origin access? Don't break the rules. It's that fucking easy, yet people seem surprised when they hear that someone loses access when they do just that.

 

[xvbones]

I have a better idea. When EA does something illegal get a lawyer and sue them for every penny you can get.

Do you have any idea how expensive this is?

 

[Windcaler]

Yes I am aware of how expensive legal council is and it doesnt change the fact that you can put the costs for legal council into your lawsuit as well. For me, to ensure that businesses are conducting honest business of mercantile quality I have no problem loosing money to stop those practices. Its about principles and the fact that I can always make more money

 

[Angry_squirrel]

Do what I do: Only ever buy EA games preowned

 

[Grygor]

Not your personal army...

Also i think the dent if everyone on the escapsist stop buying EA would make is minimal every year EA shits out "X sports game [current year+1]" also at what point did they get 1 year ahead of themselves... will we at some point get 2 years ahead!?

They've been "one year ahead" ever since they started putting years in the title - just like car model years do.

 

[Murmillos]

Awww.... a boycott thread. How cute, and quaint at that.

 

[42]

I will continue to buy EA games new, and I will continue not to troll them, so I won't get banned. I encourage everyone else not to troll as well.

The control they have is quite concerning. Don't worry they can't ban you on a forum they don't own!!

The only thing that worries is that i say famous last words and EA suddenly buys the Escapist website. and then the patronising Zelda Treasure find music sound byte plays.

 

[Asuka Soryu]

I will continue to buy EA games new, and I will continue not to troll them, so I won't get banned. I encourage everyone else not to troll as well.

I'm gonna go with this guy.
One guy got banned by the auto-filter for that forum post. That sucks for him.

What about the people who glitch/exploit in their games? They were also banned. Idk about you, but I am all for more accountability.

I'm not really taking sides, but if you were the one who was no longer alowed to play your games because someone else got in trouble and mentioned your username would you go: "eh, that sucks. Whatevs. I see no problem here".

 

[starhaven]

Look, I've played EA games. They're not horrible, although they have been mashed through the jaws of corporate interests. But recently, EA is going off the leash, attacking it's own customers.

Incidents such as prohibiting people from playing their LEGALLY bought games if they misbehave on their forums, as well as locking the accounts (and the games, effectively cutting off access to the games) of people who haven't done a damned thing wrong (the recent case of a man named Aaron who was banned because someone else swore in the forums while also mentioning Aaron's username).

This has gone on too long.

Either EA stops their abhorrent, and possibly illegal, practices, or we stop buying their games.

I, Fuhjem, am pledging henceforth to never buy a single game that EA has at any point put their hands on.

That means no Mass Effect 3 for me (and as anyone who knows me knows, I am a diehard fan of the ME series), no Battlefield 3, no Star Wars: The Old Republic, nothing EA is putting their filthy hands on.

I'm going to do my part to call to attention the extreme amount of bullshit that EA is doing to their very own customers, the very people who let them exist.

If you believe as I do, let the world know and post here. Maybe we can have a petition put up, telling EA to cut this bullcrap.

Thanks for your time.

i have been boycotting since origins details came out i love mass effect but i wont put origin on my system for any reason

 

[Shoggoth2588]

If EA games stop being bought, then they may have to reconsider.

If you absolutely must buy ME3, wait a few days for it to be pre-owned at gamestop. That way, EA receives none of the profits.

I wouldn't recommend shopping Gamestop but that would be (and has been and still is) multiple threads on it's own. Buy pre-owned from a local retailer or ebay or something. As for EA, Dragon Age 2 was the last game I bought that they published. Between that and, Mass Effect 2 I'm not a big EA fan...releasing the same damn sport game every year...why not bring back Mutant League...the bastards.

 

[Aeonknight]

I will continue to buy EA games new, and I will continue not to troll them, so I won't get banned. I encourage everyone else not to troll as well.

I'm gonna go with this guy.
One guy got banned by the auto-filter for that forum post. That sucks for him.

What about the people who glitch/exploit in their games? They were also banned. Idk about you, but I am all for more accountability.

I'm not really taking sides, but if you were the one who was no longer alowed to play your games because someone else got in trouble and mentioned your username would you go: "eh, that sucks. Whatevs. I see no problem here".

If it was me? I'd be on the phone with EA's customer support until the decision was reversed. Yes, it's going to be a pain in the ass. Yes, it's going to take a long time. But there has to be a way to get ahold of someone @ EA and make them see the error for what it is. And if there truly is no way to reverse the decision... then you move on and no longer support them. There's plenty of other games out there to enjoy.

So does 1 person being inconvenienced warrant a full blown boycott? I'd say no. They could be boycotted for other reasons, but this just seems petty.

 

[The Rascal King]

Yeah! Boo EA! This is why I only buy locally grown games from the farmers market.

 

[MercurySteam]

*Sigh* So we're doing this again are we? I myself would never boycott EA simply because my appreciation for the games they publish far outweigh any hate I have for them. While they have done some questionable things, I can't say that I've been directly screwed over by them before. Yes, things like the online passes are annoying but they always work and I've never needed to call EA support before.

Also, boycotting them when you clearly still enjoy the games they publish says more about you than them.

 

[Dense_Electric]

I'm prepared to throw my support in behind you, but unfortunately it wouldn't make a difference. The fact is most people who play games aren't even aware they're getting bum-fucked by EA, and therefor don't care, and therefor won't do anything about it.

 

[Svane]

If you look at a company as Blizzard, who has made so few games and are so strong in the game industry, financial and reputation wise(yeah I know it's Activision Blizzard now), then how the heck can it be so god damn hard for an enormous company as EA to screw it all up and take a large dump on their customers and just don't care?

Well.... I guess money is the rout to all evil....

Activision had a pretty damn evil history if you didn't already know that and tried to gloss it over, and WoW has a pretty restrictive TOS. Blizzard owns the very soul of your animated in-game character.

Yes but they treat us, the customers, with respect and are nice towards us, we have come to trust them, which is something that makes a world to differences compared to EA.

 

[Rastien]

They've been "one year ahead" ever since they started putting years in the title - just like car model years do.

Thanks bro! i have been wondering about this for some time. Seems like an odd practice to me but hey what do i know ^^

 

[Legion]

Knowing EA, if everybody stopped buying their games they'd blame the customers and not their own, ridiculous and occasionally shady practices.

 

[Something Amyss]

Im just finding it hard to believe that many people will boycott every single game no matter what it is based soley on the fact that EA somehow helped in it's creation.

That's...Kinda how a boycott works. It doesn't work if you only refuse to buy the stuff you don't like.