EA Makes Nice With Banned Players
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It's an improvement, certainly. But it's one thing on a list of abusive behaviors they'd have to curb before I'd consider buying a game from them again, an extended circuit of failures of transparency, abuses of power, and visible contempt for their users.
Some semblance of an "All right, we admit it, this policy was wrong in the first place" would be appreciated, too... but I'd not hold my breath.
Some semblance of an "All right, we admit it, this policy was wrong in the first place" would be appreciated, too... but I'd not hold my breath.
Beryl77 said:
Ya there are different sorts of bans for steam. There is a forum ban which means nothing because the steam forums are not tied to the actual steam names. There is VAC ban, which means you can't play on VAC secured servers any more, and then there is an actual ban from the steam service that means you no longer have access to your games.
Typically speaking it's really hard to get an actual ban, typically it needs to have something to do with fraud or something else $$ related.
Right now though Orgin has only 1 sort of Ban, which is basically 'we ban you from our forums, multiplayer and single player' now they have the 'we ban you from using all the online features and multiplayer but hey you can still play in offline mode.' It's very poorly handled and the whole loosing access to your games over a forum ban is not new or recent it's been happening since EA download Manager came out (what they called origin before they rebranded it).
I'd like to think that EA is starting to realize they need to change themselves up a bit, and that this is a step towards doing that, but I've personally noticed that every time it seems like EA is starting to get it's act together and is moving to be less dickish, they fall right back into bad habits. But, I guess we'll see.
Step in the right direction, but still needs work so that it is as graduated as Steams is, i.e posting undesired comment in the forums get you a ban from the forums, not from the whole system and all your games therein.
Now if they could just make the sending of what Origin has found while looking around your system optional (i.e the way Steam does it), I can start using it. Why is this a problem EA?
Most people will still pick yes to send the info (just look how many pick yes for Steam) and at least you will be getting money from those who don't tick yes, unlike at the moment. Is this info really worth more to you than the extra revenue you could be getting from hold outs like me. If so that is even more of a reason for not to give you the info, if it is that valuable......
Now if they could just make the sending of what Origin has found while looking around your system optional (i.e the way Steam does it), I can start using it. Why is this a problem EA?
Most people will still pick yes to send the info (just look how many pick yes for Steam) and at least you will be getting money from those who don't tick yes, unlike at the moment. Is this info really worth more to you than the extra revenue you could be getting from hold outs like me. If so that is even more of a reason for not to give you the info, if it is that valuable......
But then it'd stop supporting their case and they'd have to actually take action instead of just complaining about it!octafish said:
I still don't support Origin. It's never going on my computer. Never. Why? There's no reason for me to get it. No games in their store, no special deals that are offered like on Steam and GOG, and most importantly, there's no reason to forcefully split up my PC library with multiple digital distribution services.
This. Exactly this.1nfinite_Cros5 said:
The assholic way they handle customers is just icing on the cake.
It's more like, "Yo bitchez! EA up in this hizzey! Where taking the douche nozzle down a few notches, bra!" To little, to late.Zachary Amaranth said:
Off Topic: I still hate Capcom more for canceling MML3.
Christ. They pull something out of their butts every week don't they? -_- Whatever. 1000 steps backwards, 1 step forward (if you can call it that) is not going to change people's opinions much.
Mk, cool story bro. Not interested in starting a dumb argument so...have fun with that.Zachary Amaranth said:
Yeah...it's unrelated but I'm still pissed at Capcom because of that. In fact, I might dislike Capcom more than any other company at the moment. I mean, with EA, you know what you're getting into, but Capcom? The one company that has always been there? Betraying perhaps its most iconic and legendary mascot? It sounds a bit overdramatic but...the fact is we don't have MML3 and we never will.shameduser said:
I dislike both companies but hey, if they make a good game, I might buy their games. Maybe. It's not like I despise them forever or anything. *Shrugs*