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[allen]

http://dccollection.tumblr.com/post/3773723362/

David Collins posted about this story, and graciously backed the page up incase Bioware ever decides to remove the post.

his summary:

Here’s something interesting. Might be worth it to get the word out…

1. Guy makes snarky comment about a game company on a forum.

2. Said guy gets access to his newly bought game revoked as a result.

3. Drama and scandal.

http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/141/index/6459941/1

[Dacke]

Gotta love EA. Gotta love DRM.

Taking criticism and insults is for small companies.

Edit: I now feel pretty motivated to never, ever buy an EA-published game again.
Edit 2: He was actually correct in his original remark (which he got super-banned for). Bioware have sold their souls to the EA devil. Looks like they jumped on the chance of proving their worth to the devil.

[LemonScented]

Banned guy:

On EA Live Chat they told me that that I said: "Have you sold your souls to the EA devil?"

Bioware Guy:

2. EA Community bans come down from a different department and are the result of someone hitting the REPORT POST button. These bans can affect access to your game and/or DLC.

Because the BioWare community now operates under the same umbrella as all EA Communities, community members here have all explicitly agreed to abide by and be governed by both sets of rules. Consider it an added incentive to follow the rules you say you're going to follow.

Translation:

Yes, we have sold our souls to the EA Devil. Fuck you very much.

[Paint by Numbers]

Hey, Bioware. Fuck you.





I've never bought a Bioware product. What are you gonna do, bitches?

You have been placed on several FBI watch lists. Don't talk shit about Bioware.

« Last Edit: Today at 07:15:53 PM by EA »    

[Aquin]

Banning your customers from playing *single player* seems a bit... stupid.  Like, "We clearly don't care what sort of PR this generates"-stupid.

But I guess EA doesn't really care much about their image.  Their marketing kinda tells the whole story.  And I don't really see much reason to make a distinction between Bioware and EA anymore, but that's just me.  

[Ben_Hurr]

What the hell did I just read?
Guy can't access his games because he criticized the company for doing stupid shit?

First of all, banning people over criticism is what 13 year old DA tartlets do, and two, that's petty, short-sighted, and ultimately suicidal for a company to engage in.  

2. EA Community bans come down from a different department and are the result of someone hitting the REPORT POST button. These bans can affect access to your game and/or DLC.

How does that make any sense at all.

[kummerspeck]

At least the game he's been forbidden to play is just...
Dragon Age II.

[InfiniteStateMachine]

wow that is terrible. Almost as terrible as KOTOR.

[Paint by Numbers]

Has Bioware just done something illegal? I assume not, but I feel sure that there's some legal constraint preventing companies from crippling a single copy of their product in response to criticism.

edit: vvv I'm sorry, I hadn't seen that part! vvv

[Hangedman]

I'm not sure if I misread something but didn't it say he only lost access to them for 72 hours, and he was complaining mostly because it coincided with his buying of a new game and not being able to play it immediately?

[jwk5]

I like how the moderator's response was:

Please review the EA Community Terms of Service, particularly sections #9 and #11. There are two levels of enforcement here:

1. BioWare community bans are forum-only and can be for as little as 24 hours. These bans should have no effect on your game, only your ability to use all the features of this website/community. these bans are handed out by BioWare Moderators as the result of our travels around the forum and/or issues reported by fellow community members.

2. EA Community bans come down from a different department and are the result of someone hitting the REPORT POST button. These bans can affect access to your game and/or DLC.

Because the BioWare community now operates under the same umbrella as all EA Communities, community members here have all explicitly agreed to abide by and be governed by both sets of rules. Consider it an added incentive to follow the rules you say you're going to follow.

If there are further questions or concerns, please send them to me via private message. Thank you.

End of line.

Followed by a signature that read:

Be excellent to each other.

[mcc]

So the real problem here right is that getting banned, tempbanned, whatever, from the EA forums means you're locked out of your EA games?

That's... really incredibly stupid, isn't it? The lesson seems to be to never log on to an EA forum at all, it's not worth the risk D:

Although really I'd be inclined to just not buy a game at all if the developer has the ability to  remotely disable my copy for any reason :|

[Sos]

That's why you shouldn't even buy EA games (I don't mean you shouldn't play them)

[TeeGee]

God, the moderator response at the end of that thread feels so wrong on so many levels  !

[moshboy]

It all sounds pretty over-the-top but the way the world is heading, nothing is shocking or surprising anymore.