EA now issuing permanent Origin bans through content filter

[MaximumTacos]

My ban has been lifted... but no word on if the other people have been solved yet, or as to why EA is supposedly giving out "private" info to random callers.

This is not done until it cannot happen to anyone ever again

 

[midget_roxx]

Bring this shit up with whoever is the consumer protection agency in your country. EA have to take penalties for seriously inconveniancing you. If this ever happened in any other industry the company suffers fines or official warnings. Do not let this pass unnoticed by consumer watchdogs

 

[TheOverbored]

My ban has been lifted... but no word on if the other people have been solved yet, or as to why EA is supposedly giving out "private" info to random callers.

This is not done until it cannot happen to anyone ever again

"Apparently EA is giving out information on my case to random strangers who call up, contrary to their privacy policy. Also, a zynga employee is stalking me, digging up information on me and posting it, and claiming that his connections in the industry will make sure my ban stays in place."

Well that's some egg on the Zynga employee's face.

 

[crazycanukk]

Canuck: you interacted with me me on battlelog forums some time ago. I have no reason to have any form of contact with you after viewing your condescending posts at that time.

You're also kinda late, and misinformed. I am corresponding with EA and have been for some time before your current post, and working towards a resolution for other people who were victimized equally/worse than I was.

Im sorry you feel that way..

as for trying to troll you?? i have checked your post history and my post history and see absolutely sparse contact(almost none tbh) between us at the best of times over the last 5 weeks. In fact looking at your post history i only see 1 interaction between us at all in 7 pages and that certainly does not fit the definition of trolling but if you feel i have trolled you in some fashion i apologize for any mis-communication on my behalf.

I was trying to help bring a resolution to this matter on your behalf and had discussed with my EA contacts your case. They had told me they tried to contact you through other channels including reddit and had no response and were willing to intervene for you. I had a direct email to a person in EA games to contact , bypassing the CS live chat to hopefully have this resolved once and for all.

Your frustration is warranted but you dont have to attempt to paint everyone that is involved in battlelog and Ea as the devil incarnate, especially where there were those and still are those people that were trying to help you out.

But regardless, Im glad your ban has been lifted and you can get back into the game once again. I have the email address on my ea contact if you still wish to get a hold of them to discuss, but i will leave it up to you to take the high road and contact me via pm here or send me a friend request at the battlelog forums for a chat http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/user/CrazyCanukk/ .

Cheers!

Canuck

 

[ResonanceSD]

So why are EA handing out info to randoms?

 

[Redweaver]

Solution: don't post on useless Origin forums.

I'm thinking that it's a better solution to not buy EA's games in order to discourage that sort of business practice.

What you have there is more of a workaround, really.

Mmmk... deprive yourself of Mass Effect 3. I'm sure that will show them!

Yeah, forget having standards, ideals or self-respect. You NEED Mass Effect 3 or you life isn't worth living.

If you think it's worth boycotting one of the largest companies in the industry because they banned you from their useless forums, which you shouldn't be using anyway because they're useless, then I pity you.

It's not about self-respect, it's just logic. They wrongfully ban people from some forum that doesn't matter AT ALL, therefore you shouldn't use those forums.

I agree with them handing out game suspensions along with their forum suspensions. It actually drives home the point that you can't be a dick on the internet without consequences. I wish MORE companies did that *cough* WoW forums *cough*.

As I said, forget about having standards, ideals or self-respect. A video game is infinitely more important than any of those things. Sounds like you have your priorities straight!

 

[Aenir]

No words. Just rage.
Pure, sheer rage.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

How about we make a new drinking game? Take a shot every time EA does something evil. You'll be plastered in minutes!

 

[Ziggy]

How about we make a new drinking game? Take a shot every time EA does something evil. You'll be plastered in minutes!

NO NO NO. i don't want to die befoer before christmas

 

[DecoyBeacon]

You have a point but, maybe i'm missing something but what has Zynga to do with EA ?

I guess with the known fact that Zynga isnt doing any where near as good as it used to and they axed the majority of their staff who doubted the way Zynga was going (aka figuring a way to sell out massively via public listings etc) and deemed the cut staff as "weak" (theres a nice article or two on numerous business/news sites). I guess whoever it is whos stalking around supposedly pulling whatever contacts they have to try (and looks like fail) and keep bans sticking and whatever other obnoxious behaviour is trying to get themselves a job as an EA forum mod.

If this person is posting other peoples personal information about then log it and call the police, it is a crime after all.

My ban has been lifted... but no word on if the other people have been solved yet, or as to why EA is supposedly giving out "private" info to random callers.

This is not done until it cannot happen to anyone ever again

Glad to hear, but yes until this nonsense stops it isn't over.

So why are EA handing out info to randoms?

I'd like to know this too.

How about we make a new drinking game? Take a shot every time EA does something evil. You'll be plastered in minutes!

-Subscription based Tetris?
-Theme park relaunched in a horrible freemium game where you can end up paying $60+ for a single ride?
-Origin/forum bans?
-ME3 plot leak?

Sounds like instant death

 

[FFHAuthor]

How about we make a new drinking game? Take a shot every time EA does something evil. You'll be plastered in minutes!

Damn son, you can take your drink far better than I if you can last that long.

 

[shomfin]

EA apparently needs to make some changes with their customer relations and TOS--as I read it, forum activity can lead to loss of access to your games.

I'm a little confused about the ban, because when I viewed your Battle Log profile page, it appears that you were in-game on 12/5. However, you implied on 12/6 that you were communicating with EA.

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/battlereport/show/8764940/1/362514882/

Two days ago was December 5th. *shrug* maybe I'm reading it wrong, or maybe you were still part of a team and joined automatically, whether you were present or not. You had a 0/0 record.

The other thing is the inconsistency which you refer to the post that apparently got you banned. You have been positive, 99% sure and 'can only conclude' that the post from another user--with your name in it--was why you were banned. You don't believe that you quoted the 'NBC' post.

Also, the support person you spoke with and recorded didn't seem to have much information about the specifics of the ban. Apparently, these issues need to be resolved online and not over the phone. I guess that was to show fraggotman or whoever how wrong he was--any other point to that recording?

Also, the email you posted on this thread about your 72-hour ban (which has apparently taken place) had a subject that read something like "Inappropriate content in profile". I don't know if that's the Battle Log profile which shows your latest posts on the forum or something else. That was--what, eight days before the ban? Do EA bans work like VAC bans in Steam, where they may be handed down a few days following the notice?

There seems to be much that needs to be clarified with this story, but it shouldn't distract from the main point of EA's ridiculous policy of linking forum accounts to SP games. Banning MP games for forum asshattery is--well I guess I don't play much online other than EVE and the politicking on their forums is effectively part of the game. You lose your ass, not your access.

 

[jedizero]

They're back pedaling because they've realized that you're calling them on their bullshit, and they don't have anything to counter with. Keep it up!

 

[Corocan]

It's funny,

because by doing this it scares people away from the forums and makes it even more inactive.


Maybe if they understood that in the gaming world and forums, things will not be sunshine, rainbows, and FCC censors. And I mean COME ON removing their access to their games? That's just a dick move. Purely dick move.

 

[aisight]

Don't ever think you're safe behind your keyboard MaximumTacos.

Remember that one round in Operation Firestorm where you were spewing racial slurs at me? You thought you were being funny at the time. The guy named Casper (Or close to this) was also in that round and he proceeded to keep on verbally bashing on me after you did so it did happen. Well who's laughing now asshole?

Just so everyone here knows, MaximumTacos started calling me racial slurs after I head-shotted him a few times in a BF3 round. He got his panties all in a bunch. He can't deny it because it did happen. He was judging me based on my username and assumed to know what race I was and started to ignorantly insult me with stereotypical racial insults. Karma is such a ***** isn't it? He deserves exactly what he is now going through. Cry me a river MaximumTacos...

You lose.

This is the ultimate own. Please post this on your Facebooks, Twitter, and everywhere else because racism should not be tolerated and this is a hell of a victory against ignorant morons like MaximumTacos that come onto a forum to seek sympathy. EA did the correct thing.

Owned.
..........1982

Hi there, damage control. I hope it's fun living 24 hours in the past, as MaximumTacos's ban has already been lifted and he is currently using this thread to spread attention about the issue because it still affects many others besides himself.

 

[ResonanceSD]

Don't ever think you're safe behind your keyboard MaximumTacos.

Remember that one round in Operation Firestorm where you were spewing racial slurs at me? You thought you were being funny at the time. The guy named Casper (Or close to this) was also in that round and he proceeded to keep on verbally bashing on me after you did so it did happen. Well who's laughing now asshole?

Just so everyone here knows, MaximumTacos started calling me racial slurs after I head-shotted him a few times in a BF3 round. He got his panties all in a bunch. He can't deny it because it did happen. He was judging me based on my username and assumed to know what race I was and started to ignorantly insult me with stereotypical racial insults. Karma is such a ***** isn't it? He deserves exactly what he is now going through. Cry me a river MaximumTacos...

You lose.

This is the ultimate own. Please post this on your Facebooks, Twitter, and everywhere else because racism should not be tolerated and this is a hell of a victory against ignorant morons like MaximumTacos that come onto a forum to seek sympathy. EA did the correct thing.

Owned.
..........1982

2011 here, I'm pretty sure BF3 wasn't around in 1982. I could be wrong. This is probably not the ultimate own, the ultimate own would be one of the My Little Ponies roundhouse kicking a dude in the nuts.


Also

Pics or it didn't happen.

 

[Neverhoodian]

Owned.

Wait, people still use that as an insult? I thought that died out back in the Internet Dark Ages along with the "All Your Base" meme.

Also:

Call me a skeptic, but I'm not inclined to readily believe someone who creates a new profile just to talk trash.

Back on-topic now:
EA has been acting like a spoiled kid for the past decade or so, always pushing the envelope to see what nefarious deeds they can get away with. I'm glad people are calling them out on stuff like this. It would be nice if EA at least pretended to care about its customers.

 

[Tax_Document]

Time to get a console, I guess?

You think a console will save you? You are sorely mistaken

 

[Bvenged]

[HEADING=2]This is shocking.[/HEADING] I thought Activision were pricks for what they do with their game series but... wow. EA, you do realise you're losing customers at a daily rate? There IS a different between monitoring your systems, cleaning out the bad guys and just being genocidal? Also, what's up with this purchasing a digital copy but being forced to download it within 24 hours or you'll recharge for it bullshit? Steam doesn't do it nor does Xbox Live.

Fuck your Origins, EA, it's borderline unlawful and certainly not keeping a good relationship with your customers. I'm going to stick to console versions of your games, but should that shit leak out onto 360 I'm giving you my Activision treatment - never buying a game again until you change your business practice. Good luck EA, my opinion seems to be the majority opinion. Anyone up for some Bathesda / Ubisoft?

Nothing ties us to your companies, we choose to fall under it for your games. We stop buying for a few months, you go bankrupt. GAME OVER. Play fair or don't play at all, it's the consumers who hold all the cards so stop pretending you do. Under Bankruptcy you lose all IP; other publishers, ones in our good books, will clean up those rights whilst the same developers will make the same games just with a different logo on the box.

You're putting yourself in a situation here, EA; one you don't want to be in.

- [/i]Bvenged, ex-PC gamer-turn-console gamer.

#StopWhatTheFuckYouAreDoingBeforeYouFuckYourselvesOverViaPublicRelationsAndTheLaw

[small]It's funny because these publishers exist because of capitalism but are trying to exert a totalitarian regime over their "Customers".[/small]

Edit: Comment 300! Woop!

 

[Dr Red]

Why aren't Anonymous trolling the shit out of EA for this? I know they've become a bit crap recently, but I'd support their hand in this.