EA now issuing permanent Origin bans through content filter

[Pearwood]

Would you guys like me to livestream a chat session with some other currymongling support drone? You can watch me give my account information and watch him go through his little script.

And you expect us to believe you weren't banned for a legitimate reason? Yeah I don't buy it... if I were an admin and saw someone speaking like that in a place where offensive language is clearly against the rules I'd ban you too. If they take away peoples' games then it's just more of an incentive not to be a prick. There's probably a line in their TOS that says they reserve the right to restrict access to your account fully.

I just don't believe the automatic word filter thing, customer support would sort that out in a second. All you'd need to do is give a link to the thread.

I seriously suggest you stop with the racism, even if you are telling the truth that's not going to help your case.

Bit late for that, that line made him out to be exactly the type of person they'd ban.

 

[MaximumTacos]

customer support would sort that out in a second. All you'd need to do is give a link to the thread.

Can't. BattleLog forums are tied to account and require an account to view. I can't go on them anymore. You can, however, go browse the forums and see people using profanity in nearly every single post.

I seriously suggest you stop with the racism, even if you are telling the truth that's not going to help your case.

What race is curry?

 

[Craorach]

I totally support EA in banning for forum conduct..however..it really does need to start making sure that it is transparrent and accurate with its bans. Also, it needs to make a reliable method of appealing those bans.

 

[])rStrangelove]

Plz let this be a troll thread. Cant believe they're that stupid.

 

[MaximumTacos]

I totally support EA in banning for forum conduct..however..it really does need to start making sure that it is transparrent and accurate with its bans. Also, it needs to make a reliable method of appealing those bans.

You support EA permanently restricting access to all EA games which require internet access for singleplayer, based on forum conduct?

 

[Craorach]

I totally support EA in banning for forum conduct..however..it really does need to start making sure that it is transparrent and accurate with its bans. Also, it needs to make a reliable method of appealing those bans.

You support EA permanently restricting access to all EA games which require internet access for singleplayer, based on forum conduct?

I believe it is time that gaming companies as a whole started holding people responsible for their behavior on forums AND in multiplayer games.

While I, personally, do not feel that they should go as far as to ban from the single player aspect of games.. I support the idea that participating in the forums is being part of the community. EA should be banning people who treat others badly both on their forums, and in their games, from their entire service as should all other gaming companies.

I am against the banning of single player games, because I am against ALL interaction of single player games with online components except to patch. Single player games should opporate entirely without any online interaction being required, from the box, as soon as you buy it, 100% without the need for patching or updates, without fail, every time. But that is a rant for another time.

 

[MaximumTacos]

Well, that's certainly a controversial view, but you used logic and I think your post will pull more people into the thread, so... high five

 

[jthwilliams]

I think it would be hilarious to abuse this policy, especially if I don't actually own any EA games.

hmmm. This could be a fun way to really mess with EA. Sign up an throw away account and then put in a line of 35 swear words followed by the screen name of everyone you can find on the forum.

 

[jthwilliams]

I totally support EA in banning for forum conduct..however..it really does need to start making sure that it is transparrent and accurate with its bans. Also, it needs to make a reliable method of appealing those bans.

You support EA permanently restricting access to all EA games which require internet access for singleplayer, based on forum conduct?

I believe it is time that gaming companies as a whole started holding people responsible for their behavior on forums AND in multiplayer games.

While I, personally, do not feel that they should go as far as to ban from the single player aspect of games.. I support the idea that participating in the forums is being part of the community. EA should be banning people who treat others badly both on their forums, and in their games, from their entire service as should all other gaming companies.

I am against the banning of single player games, because I am against ALL interaction of single player games with online components except to patch. Single player games should opporate entirely without any online interaction being required, from the box, as soon as you buy it, 100% without the need for patching or updates, without fail, every time. But that is a rant for another time.

So it is your opinion that private companies should inact codes of conduct based on well whatever the hell the feel like and then inforce those codes of conduct with real financial consiquences without a judicial review process and oversight?

 

[BoTTeNBReKeR]

So I just looked you up on Battlelog OP... You're not exactly the friendliest person on their forums it'd seem. Also, in your chatlog to EA, you don't even mention anything about how their system fucked it up and you got banned for someone else's post. Thus, (even though hating EA is real popular and all that) I'm inclined to say you're holding something back. I honestly won't believe EA banned your account because someone typed some nasty words and put your name in there.

Now, I'm not saying I'm all for EA and banning accounts, even going as far as blocking you from accessing singleplayer content cause that's just bullshit, but suspending people for a few days up to 2 weeks because they haven't learned to make proper posts on an internet forum is just fine with me.

 

[TheCruxis]

Wait wait...did he get banned for swearing at you or did you get banned cause he swore at you? If it's the later...then I don't want to live in this sick world anymore.

 

[MaximumTacos]

Oh and guys, since I don't know if anyone noticed this:

EA adds free extras, now EA forum bans include bonus ban from Bad Company 2!*

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*Feel free to use that as a blog post title.

That's right. Banned from BF3 forums? Catch a retroactive ban from Bad Company 2 as well!

EA's customer service CEO, Niarb Sreltih, says that there was no rule stating that EA could not do this, similar to there being no rule that they couldn't hire brains in jars.

So I just looked you up on Battlelog OP... You're not exactly the friendliest person on their forums it'd seem. Also, in your chatlog to EA, you don't even mention anything about how their system fucked it up and you got banned for someone else's post. Thus, (even though hating EA is real popular and all that) I'm inclined to say you're holding something back. I honestly won't believe EA banned your account because someone typed some nasty words and put your name in there.

Now, I'm not saying I'm all for EA and banning accounts, even going as far as blocking you from accessing singleplayer content cause that's just bullshit, but suspending people for a few days up to 2 weeks because they haven't learned to make proper posts on an internet forum is just fine with me.

I didn't post the full chatlog. I posted the shocking highlights.

What about the guy who was banned for saying e-peen?

What about the guy who was banned for saying badass?

 

[PingoBlack]

Why the surprise?
What the hell did you expect from people that brought you Origin EULA spying license?

As stated a million times, but just to be sure it is heard: DO NOT BUY PRODUCTS FROM SHADY DEALERS. Yes, EA practices definitely put them under shady heading.

Until then, if you buy product or services from them, you had it coming.

 

[Craorach]

So it is your opinion that private companies should inact codes of conduct based on well whatever the hell the feel like and then inforce those codes of conduct with real financial consiquences without a judicial review process and oversight?

It is my opinion that people should actually bother to agree with things they click "I Agree" too, and that in a private company's private property (forums, online services, etc) they should be able to demand semi decent conduct.

 

[veloper]

Thanks. I appreciate the warning.
I'll never buy anything from Origin (or requiring Origin) aslong as they can take away the games from customers arbitrarilly (or randomly).

You'll be doing the gaming community a favour if you tell your story in more places than just here the Escapist.

 

[MaximumTacos]

Thanks. I appreciate the warning.
I'll never buy anything from Origin aslong as they can take away the games from customers arbitrarilly (or randomly).

You'll be doing the gaming community a favour if you tell your story in more places than just here the Escapist.

Got any suggestions or bloggers I could go to with my story and evidence?

 

[Smooth Operator]

I think this is awesome, maybe now you people can get a whiff of why Origin is actually not that great... to put it nicely.

 

[kikimaru024]

Contact RockPaperShotgun.com

They will be quite pleased by your story.

 

[Some_weirdGuy]

Contact RockPaperShotgun.com

They will be quite pleased by your story.

yes, do this^
If what you're saying is true and you're not holding back stuff to make yourself look innocent, that is. Otherwise it might get a little embarrassing.

 

[veloper]

Thanks. I appreciate the warning.
I'll never buy anything from Origin aslong as they can take away the games from customers arbitrarilly (or randomly).

You'll be doing the gaming community a favour if you tell your story in more places than just here the Escapist.

Got any suggestions or bloggers I could go to with my story and evidence?

I don't have much use for bloggers, but Edge magazine is has pretty large community, while not as as big as IGN or gamespot, it's cleaner there.
You could try their forums as a starting point:
http://forums.next-gen.biz/
Maybe contacting the editor for a piece, could also be a good idea.