Poll: [Origin] How many of us have folded?

[DevilSShadoW]

"folded"
It's not like I gave up my humanity. It's not even that intrusive. It just downloads your games, installs them and then you never have to run origin again. You can launch your games without it.
Now, to hate it on principle is just ridiculous and i like to give anything the benefit of the doubt. So far origin has done nothing to make me want to do bad things.

 

[TwoSidesOneCoin]

No thank you, not until I can figure out how to isolate origins to make it run on what it'll see as a completely empty system. There has to be a way, but if no way exists, then I guess I'll only play BF3 on xbox.

Oh well.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/960869-battlefield-3/60145714?page=1


Get your butt over there and read the second last post on page one! Let E.A. know you control your PC and they have no right to access it! Then you can play the Battlefield 3 beta.

Thanks for the information. I've already bookmarked the page and saved the instructions onto a document on my computer so that later on I can give it a try.

Although I just got off the xbox 360 beta, and I have to say, even if this "sandboxing" thing-a-mo-bob doesn't work for me, I'll still pick it up for the xbox 360.

Pretty fun game, even if its only one map. Recoil seems pretty damn hectic, but hell its better than CoD's super human/spartan way of canceling out recoil.

Also, I LOVE the bipod attachment for the support rifles. FUCKING A! Was kind of thrown off with the whole "assault class has medic kit and defib whilst support class has ammo kits".

 

[gigastrike]

I installed it 'cuz, you know, why not? My EA download manager auto-upgraded to it anyway.

 

[newwiseman]

I haven't had to install it for anything I've wanted to play yet. I only keep steam installed for Multiplayer games; I've hacked all my single player games off of Steam and they play better for it.

Edit* Even Dead Island crashes less but VPN Lan play is annoying to set up.

 

[tzimize]

Steam was new some time in the past too. I'll try it, if I dont like it, fuck it. Battlefield 3 is not important enough to me to mess around in something I dont like.

 

[HentMas]

well, it auto updated to Origin when i tried to play my Sims 3 game, so yes its in my PC but i didnt downloaded it, had to install it thought :S

 

[Syntax Man]

I installed it to play the Battlefield 3 Alpha back in August, its been there, unused until the Beta opened up today.

 

[fix-the-spade]

I Don't know, so I ask you: Have you installed Origin yet? Did you fold to install it or did you just install it?

Nope, not yet.

Although, now that various workarounds and settings changes are appearing that limit Origin's data accessing abilities, I am thinking very hard about it. We will see how EA responds between now and release day.

But for now BF3 is 360 only for me.

 

[Paularius]

I dont really care that much about the origin vrs steam debate.

I just really do not like EA. I dont like their ethic's or how the moment they get there grubby fingers in a game it gets degraded.
I dont like how they feel their entitled to snoop around my computer or how they feel so special just becouse their EA. I also dont like how if you dont like EA then they'll want to ban your account and lock you out of any games you have JUST becouse they have grubby fingers in that game.

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

I installed it to give it a chance before I declared it as crap. It lived up to my expectations, meaning of course that it is indeed crap as far as I can tell. It may one day be a great service comparable or even somehow superior to Steam, but right now it doesn't even come close to being decent.

 

[qeinar]

wouldn't say i folded, didn't really care since theres no way i'm not going to play bf3 on pc. : p

 

[SaunaKalja]

Nope, haven't installed it. I can't be 100% I never will, so I answered "No, not yet". But I never will if I can help it.

 

[GideonB]

I don't wanna have another piece of software on my computer for gaming
xfire, raptr and steam are enough for me

Sorry Origin
Also while I don't care about the whole intrusive thing, my parents both runs businesses from home so its a security risk I don't think I'd be willing to take.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I've got it; I wanted in on the BF3 beta, so I didn't have much choice, but it's not like I'm morally opposed to the service[footnote]Well, actually I am. But it's because I'm morally opposed to any digital distribution system, Steam included. I like to actually own my games.[/footnote]. It's really no more evil than Steam, which itself is a lot more evil than most gamers are willing to admit.

Edit: I just looked up the clause in the EULA that has everyone's panties in a bunch. You guys realize that Steam does the same thing, right? Where do you think they get the statistics about things like Windows 7 market penetration and how many people use Firefox?

 

[LiliumSnow]

I wasn't going to at first, but then I finally did only because I wanted the bloody thing to shuttup and stop whining at me to download it >_<;

 

[Jaime_Wolf]

I don't like it and I'm not happy to have to use it, but I'm also not going to try to be some sort of bizare internet martyr or pretend like "boycotting" it would actually do anything.

I want to play BF3 and I want to play the beta. I might also want to play TOR. So, again, while I'm not entirely happy with having to install it, it's really not the end of the fucking world.

Also, I'm becoming a bit more sympathetic toward EA on this front. While, yes, Origin isn't nearly so well-designed as Steam, it's worth bearing in mind that Steam was awful when it first came out and Origin is still really new. It wouldn't really be hard for them to make a pretty comparable system. Frankly, I'd be more-or-less completely satisfied if they just let you change your damn nickname at will and actually upload an avatar rather than choosing from the stupid list.

And then there's the issue of the corporations involved: while Valve is usually better about things that EA (understatement), but in the case of Steam, Valve really is pretty controlling, far beyond pretty much any other online game retailer. You can't sell DLC through the game itself on Steam (this is potentially a problem if it's multi-platform or sold anywhere other than Steam as it means you have to develop at least two different DLC schemes). And, probably more importantly, developers can't directly upload patches for their games, which has been a recognized problem with Steam for a long time what with non-Steam versions of games regularly getting patches before the Steam version, sometimes by several days. This is a much bigger problem for games that are primarily multiplayer since not having the latest patch can effectively mean not being able to play the game at all.

 

[Hasido]

even if i wanted to, im too lazy to try.

 

[DSK-]

Nope, not interested. It's bad enough I have to put up with Steam.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Nope. Was going to play some 2142 but apparently my disk(no scratches) won't work and it wanted me to download origin to play a game i bought years ago. Not downloading another program so another company can monitor all my shit; let alone a company like EA. One which i hate so much. I barley tolerate STEAM but EA dosen't get to pull shit with me.

My computer. My rules. My wallet. Each one says not EA products and that's how shit works.

Are you sure you need to download Origin, and you don't just need an Origin account? They've merged the old EA account system with the new Origin system, and dropped the EA account name. You should be able to just log in with your old account information.

 

[Aprilgold]

its virtually the same as steam, a little rough, but you barly use it guys come on! apple bloody tracks ya location yet millions of people still use apple producs and accept their t&c's everyday! grow up! oh no a developer is making its own version of steam, boo friking hoo i dont care if *yoink

0_0 apple do not track peoples location and produce some of the best producs on the market

They do, but thats for a physical PRODUCT thats usually on the go *turned on* Because apple makes the best on the go systems for any family.*turn off* While Origin is a downloadable thing, why does it need to search my computer, to check and make sure I don't have bloody steam?
I just don't know why it has to search my computer.

It's so embarrassing how many people refuse to have an account on Origin just because they have one on Steam and just refuse to have two accounts!

Do you guys also cry when your laptop is running out of battery and the charger is upstairs? Do you also get upset when the company you work for gives you an Iphone instead of an Android? Man, you guys must really get mad too when the bottom of your foot itches, but when you go to scratch it just tickles!

Man, I know every second of your life is precious - but it took me like five minutes to download Origin. You guys should maybe worry about bigger things in life and put your energy and focus into things more critical then two having two goddamn game server accounts on your computer.

I am so sick of these threads. I also don't see a rule in a rule book anywhere saying that EA isn't allowed to create their own client server and has to just put out their games through Steam. Shut up.

Ok, reasons I won't install Origin:

-Its by a company that makes it regular to sell shit, lower the quality of games and to annoyingly piss off their fanbase with every good incarnation of a game they make / publish.
=They / Steam removed EA's games because of this decision, I still blame EA over it, because Steam wouldn't remove games without trying to compensate people, because they actually care/b] for their costumer.
-All my games are on steam, and I don't see the point on getting 1 game for a different account, just I don't see the point. If they had a more open libary, maybe, but as is, I have no use for it.
=Has no game that interests me, none of their games are that interesting or I already own them for my 360.
-I have heard of Origin accounts being deleted and never returning, or games be missing after a log in, or fails to log in. I'm not going to put up with problems that ruin the service when I already have a service that I perceive to be better.
=Many times I hear its constantly tracking and searching my personal files without consent, I allow NO program to do this other then AVG or Steam but it does it at such a low frequency that I'm fine with it.

In conclusion, I won't download Origin because its buggy, has a low libary of outside games, many of those games are shit, they hate their customer, removed games from Steam's store, when making it constantly attacked steam for no reason, and many more. Now, I don't want to see ANYONE make a comment related to the 2nd quote I did, because we have, as a community, have stated why we like / hate origin or don't bother with it.