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CDiablo on 11 March 2011
 "" RogueyWon writes "Kotaku is reporting that a Dragon Age II gamer banned from BioWare's forums for an allegedly inflammatory post has been locked out of the (singleplayer only) game for the duration of the ban. This is a consequence of EA's backend systems, which link forum accounts to the accounts that players use to access their games. This would appear to be a worrying new development; while trolling forums has led to bans from massively multiplayer games in the past (arguably with some justification), the extension of the principle to singleplayer games, where an abusive player cannot affect the enjoyment of others, must surely be a step too far." ""
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Goddbless on 11 March 2011

Every article I read like this makes me feel like we're losing our rights by the day.



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Chairman-Mao on 11 March 2011

WTF? That's just stupid.



Ajescent on 11 March 2011

What did he say to get the ban?



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ShadowSoldier on 12 March 2011
Ajescent said:

What did he say to get the ban?


That EA was the devil



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MrBubbles on 12 March 2011

so how does EA manage to magically download something on to someones system to stop them from playing the game? 

the game doesnt need to be connected to the internet.  so, even if the connection of the accounts and that causing a potentional issue is true... being offline means the system cant communicate information like that.



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Foamer on 12 March 2011

He'd bought the game from the EA store, and you have to sign into your account to activate it. As his account was suspended, he couldn't do so, so was effectively banned from his purchase due to the forum ban. EA have now lifted the ban, so he can play his game.



Zkuq on 12 March 2011

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binary solo on 12 March 2011
Foamer said:

He'd bought the game from the EA store, and you have to sign into your account to activate it. As his account was suspended, he couldn't do so, so was effectively banned from his purchase due to the forum ban. EA have now lifted the ban, so he can play his game.

I imagine EA had to do this because I'm pretty sure if the gamer sued EA he'd win. He might not win much, but he'd win and make EA look like total arseholes. No, wait, they already look like total arseholes. He'd subject them to a major public humiliation. At least this way the embarassment is limited only to gamers who hang out online.



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Foamer on 12 March 2011

Makes you wonder what would have happened if there hadn't been such a big fuss. EA really need to separate their online forum registrations from their in game accounts, like Valve does with Steam.