If worst comes to worst, I will just set up a Virtual Machine to run the games that require it.
Poll: Are you Boycotting EA Origin?
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I don't know if "boycot" is the right word for what i'm doing, but i am steadfastly refusing to but any EA related product anymore and attempting to conving others to do the same.
NOT JUST BECAUSE OF ORIGIN! Yes it is a piece of shit knock off of steam that adds another wall between the gamer and the game. But EA is guilty of a lot of other things that have made me say ENOUGH!
This is just what i can remember of what atrocities EA has committed:
-Advertising "Dante's Inferno" by paying a group of people to fraudulently act as a christian group picketing against the game.
-Advertising "Dead Space 2" by creating a TV ad campaign with the major selling line being "Your mum will hate it!".
-Folding under preasure when the controversy surrounding the "Medal of Honour" game featuring the taliban faction.
But this is the one that made me rage the most:
-Casting in their support of the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), and I mean being active front bench supporters.
OK getting long now so i will finish up with this statement.
Fuck EA! Fuck those reprehensable, immoral, money-grubbing, weak-willed, spineless, brainless, dickless, arse-hole motherfucking CUNTS!!!! *huff* *puff*
NOT JUST BECAUSE OF ORIGIN! Yes it is a piece of shit knock off of steam that adds another wall between the gamer and the game. But EA is guilty of a lot of other things that have made me say ENOUGH!
This is just what i can remember of what atrocities EA has committed:
-Advertising "Dante's Inferno" by paying a group of people to fraudulently act as a christian group picketing against the game.
-Advertising "Dead Space 2" by creating a TV ad campaign with the major selling line being "Your mum will hate it!".
-Folding under preasure when the controversy surrounding the "Medal of Honour" game featuring the taliban faction.
But this is the one that made me rage the most:
-Casting in their support of the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), and I mean being active front bench supporters.
OK getting long now so i will finish up with this statement.
Fuck EA! Fuck those reprehensable, immoral, money-grubbing, weak-willed, spineless, brainless, dickless, arse-hole motherfucking CUNTS!!!! *huff* *puff*
Not so much 'boycotting Origin' as much as 'nothing I want to play requires the damn thing'.
This is EA we're talking about, they don't exactly ooze quality sans the terrible business practices.
This is EA we're talking about, they don't exactly ooze quality sans the terrible business practices.
If you're asking if I'm buying EA games, no.
If you're asking if I'm not buying EA games because of Origin, no.
If you're asking if I'm not buying EA games because I'm pirating them, no.
I'm not buying them because I don't care for the games.
If you're asking if I'm not buying EA games because of Origin, no.
If you're asking if I'm not buying EA games because I'm pirating them, no.
I'm not buying them because I don't care for the games.
I'm definitely avoiding any EA games on PC for this very reason (unless Origin isn't involved, in which case maybe). As for consoles, well it depends on what crap EA's going to try to pull on those versions as well as how good the game is.
Hmm I won't download anything off it as EADM was a rip off nightmare but unfortunately since I had invested so much in The Sims 3 already I had to use it. Which is a pain.
If I have to buy an EA Origin game (probably Mass Effect 3) I will buy a hard copy I don't trust them to give you your money back if Origin fucks up.
If I have to buy an EA Origin game (probably Mass Effect 3) I will buy a hard copy I don't trust them to give you your money back if Origin fucks up.
I am, which makes me really sad because I want to play Mass Effect 3. I will purchase it if I can get it without using Origin but if it requires Origin, no dice.
I'm not boycotting it. I just never intend to use it. Boycotting would imply that I would use it if they changed some conditions regarding the use Origins. I don't have any intention of using it no matter what they say or do with it. I just don't trust EA.
Only game I am getting from EA now is ME3. Not using Origin though, never will. I would rather purchase ME3 from Gamestop then download Origin, and I HATE Gamestop... 
I only use it for BF3 because I have to, but I don't ever buy games on it.
Sadly, the stupid fucking piece of shit doesn't want to reconize that I have BF3 installed. It worked for a while but then it's all like "game not installed" WTF! I double checked the options and the locations are right, but it doesn't find it. So I redownloaded the entire game and it did it again. WTF! So I deleted Origin, redownloaded it, installed it, set all the save locations properly and... still not finding my game data. I restarted the whole 15gb download AGAIN last night.
Fucking retarded. I hate that shit so much, almost as much as GFWL. Actually, right now, more than GFWL because at least those games are playable.
Sadly, the stupid fucking piece of shit doesn't want to reconize that I have BF3 installed. It worked for a while but then it's all like "game not installed" WTF! I double checked the options and the locations are right, but it doesn't find it. So I redownloaded the entire game and it did it again. WTF! So I deleted Origin, redownloaded it, installed it, set all the save locations properly and... still not finding my game data. I restarted the whole 15gb download AGAIN last night.
Fucking retarded. I hate that shit so much, almost as much as GFWL. Actually, right now, more than GFWL because at least those games are playable.