No Dragon Age 2 for Suspended BioWare Forumite - UPDATED

[Stewie Plisken]

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Actually, the way I see it, he ordered a steak, and then, before it's done being cooked, went into the kitchen and spat in a chef's eye, calling him a worthless peice of shit, getting himself thrown out of the restraunt.

Faulty analogy. He had already paid for the steak.

Worst-case-scenario in that case, the manager would try to settle it quietly before the other customers started running in different directions.

 

[MegaManOfNumbers]

Hey! BioWare! Sold your souls to the EA devil? U Mad? LOLOLOL

BRING IT SOULLESS CORPS. I can handle your immature trolling!


seriously, this is very immature. the dude was just joking around, he wouldn't meant it if he bought your game anyways.

why Bioware? so unreasonable, so foolish.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

I see. So what you're saying is, let's go around and enforce a generally accepted means of conduct onto people by threatening them with removal of something they legitimately obtained. What if I were a mod on EA forums, and you were a poster, and I found out somehow that you bought a game from Activision, and there was a clause about supporting rival publishers openly. What if I decided to ban you from the forums and consequently all your EA games because you happened to buy that one other game?

IF that was clause in the agreement? Then yes.

Which is why I would not be on those forums, and why I don't buy games online.

Oh, and let's apply your logic to real life. I don't like something you said because it hurts my feelings and I'm a cop. So I throw your ass in jail and deny you your freedom for 72 hours because you said "ass" in my general direction. See where I'm going with this?

Um, cops CAN do that. Not for 72 hours, but for 24 hours. That is why you never give a cop the finger, or call them pigs, or anything like that. It is completely within their rights to arrest you and hold you for 24 hours.

But that's fine, I don't mean to berate you for your opinion, I just simply wish to reveal the flaws in your view.

There are no flaws in my opinion. You just don't agree with it.

tl;dr, there's such a thing as abuse of power, and people are dicks.

And I say it wasn't an abuse of power - is was power properly and justly used to punish someone who deserved it.

While I acknowledge that you have your opinion, it is not mine. I shared my opinion on a forum - I have no problem with what EA did - and you are telling me that my opinion is wrong. You can disagree with my opinion, and you can try to convince me otherwise (you have not, but you can try) but saying that my opinion is wrong is rather presumptive on your part.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

I must be the only person who doesn't have a problem with this.

Nope. I have no problem with it either.

It's a buyer-beware world. **shrug** Don't piss off the people with all the stuff. You might need to buy from them.

 

[Travis Noakes]

This happened with BC2 accounts all over the place. People think EA are these awesome, wonderful publishers that rise above the standard lately.... how wonderful ignorance must be.

I doubt there are people who think EA is awesome

Honestly though, I don't think anybody at Bioware is responsible.
And wouldn't getting a ban on steam result in you losing all your steam games?

yea a ban on steam taking ur games would cost some ppl thousands...i would get a lawyer...

 

[mireko]

This seems to be the latest trend, huh?
We're buying things that apparently aren't actually ours. Imagine you'd put a steak in your fridge, and whatever shop you bought the fridge from comes to take it away, because their owner is a vegetarian.
It's completely ridiculous, yet we gamers always get treated like this.

Actually, the way I see it, he ordered a steak, and then, before it's done being cooked, went into the kitchen and spat in a chef's eye, calling him a worthless peice of shit, getting himself thrown out of the restraunt. Remember, games which require activation are services, so even though you own the cd, if it needs a code put in online to play, the company still has power over you.

More accurate analogy:

He ordered a steak, and when it arrived at his table he loudly exclaimed that the chef was working for a restaurant chain of dicks. Upon hearing this, a middle-manager for the chain walked over to him and stole his fork.

Because the manager had sustained brain damage in the Great War, he either didn't realize that the customer wasn't able to eat his steak without the use of the fork or did realize it and stole his fork the with the intention of preventing the customer from partaking in his steaky goodness. When the restaurant manager heard of this, he intervened and eventually got him another fork.

Then everybody lost their shit on the Internet.

 

[psych0r3bel]

I see. So what you're saying is, let's go around and enforce a generally accepted means of conduct onto people by threatening them with removal of something they legitimately obtained. What if I were a mod on EA forums, and you were a poster, and I found out somehow that you bought a game from Activision, and there was a clause about supporting rival publishers openly. What if I decided to ban you from the forums and consequently all your EA games because you happened to buy that one other game?

IF that was clause in the agreement? Then yes.

Which is why I would not be on those forums, and why I don't buy games online.

Oh, and let's apply your logic to real life. I don't like something you said because it hurts my feelings and I'm a cop. So I throw your ass in jail and deny you your freedom for 72 hours because you said "ass" in my general direction. See where I'm going with this?

Um, cops CAN do that. Not for 72 hours, but for 24 hours. That is why you never give a cop the finger, or call them pigs, or anything like that. It is completely within their rights to arrest you and hold you for 24 hours.

But that's fine, I don't mean to berate you for your opinion, I just simply wish to reveal the flaws in your view.

There are no flaws in my opinion. You just don't agree with it.

tl;dr, there's such a thing as abuse of power, and people are dicks.

And I say it wasn't an abuse of power - is was power properly and justly used to punish someone who deserved it.

While I acknowledge that you have your opinion, it is not mine. I shared my opinion on a forum - I have no problem with what EA did - and you are telling me that my opinion is wrong. You can disagree with my opinion, and you can try to convince me otherwise (you have not, but you can try) but saying that my opinion is wrong is rather presumptive on your part.

Your opinion. I respect you for having it. My bad for saying it was wrong if that's what I typed, I'm pretty sleepy.

And if I was an EA mod you'd find yourself hard-pressed to play your shiny copy of Bulletstorm or Need for Speed right now. :]

 

[KefkaCultist]

I must be the only person who doesn't have a problem with this.

Nope not the only one, I have a comment somewhere where I explain my views on why the guy got what he deserved.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

Your opinion. I respect you for having it. My bad for saying it was wrong if that's what I typed, I'm pretty sleepy.

And if I was an EA mod you'd find yourself hard-pressed to play your shiny copy of Bulletstorm or Need for Speed right now. :]

Thank you. **nods**

And actually, while I have no particular interest in either of those games (my EA purchases are generally Bioware specific) my copies of Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age are safely printed on shiny PS3 disks awaiting use.

Remember, back in my first post I also said that this is they I don't buy games online. ^^

 

[Quaidis]

Sounds like a mis-interpreted Whoops mistake. I'm sure the rep didn't completely know what was going on before he said that. Then when a second look was taken, the glitch was discovered.

It's good to know that he'll be able to play.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

You do understand that activation and check-in applies to physical copies too don't you? It doesn't matter where you get the game from, the servers are still the gateway.

On the PS3? Mass Effect 2 always asks me if I want to sign in. I don't bother half the time. It has never stopped me from playing the game or using my DLC.

Activation might be more of an issue, I suppose, but even then I don't think it MAKES me, except when I went to download my free DLC.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

BTW, this kind of DRM will be coming to consoles soon. Next gen for sure but maybe sooner since your precious PS3 requires installs of some games making it no different than a PC in that regard. Careful what of shit you wish on PC gamers cause you'll be smelling it soon too.

And you were being so civil too. Ah well.

Again, as mentioned originally, this is one of many reasons why I don't go, and would never post on EA or Bioware's forum. That and because I don't care in the slightest what goes on there.

This is pretty much the only gaming forum I post on, and I'm rather regretting that choice at the moment. For the record, I didn't wish anything bad on PC gamers, I wished it on people who annoy me in forums.

 

[loremazd]

Anyone defending EA/BioWare here is completely in the wrong.

I defend them because the recinded and apologised to the offended party.

Of course, no one's going to read that.

 

[BabyRaptor]

Ok this is bullshit i have to say if i bought a game and couldnt play it because of my opinon im sorry but this is something id sue EA over and win on first amendment rights or at the very least would have my money refunded. EA you pull this shit too much you will lose in the end.

Your First Amendment rights only apply to the government telling you that you can't say something. EA is not the government.

 

[EonEire]

Please enforce this rule on the World of Warcraft forums.......please?