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Webslinger
31st October 2008, 00:06
Hmm, I'm liking this idea. :D ;) ;)

Wow, that's just brutal. Electronic Arts was already a gigantic monster DRM publisher, and now they've gone insane.


http://kotaku.com/5070957/backtalk-in-eas-forums-get-banned-from-your-games
DrinkLyeAndDie
31st October 2008, 00:08
Hmm, I'm liking this idea. :D ;) ;)

Wow, that's just brutal. Electronic Arts was already a gigantic monster DRM publisher, and now they've gone insane.


http://kotaku.com/5070957/backtalk-in-eas-forums-get-banned-from-your-games

I wonder how long until we see a lawsuit about that one. So now free speech will be limited and if you step over the line you are also banned from playing the game you paid money for? Hmmm... that's going too far.
Webslinger
31st October 2008, 00:12
I wonder how long until we see a lawsuit about that one. So now free speech will be limited and if you step over the line you are also banned from playing the game you paid money for? Hmmm... that's going too far.

Well, a business forum isn't for "free speech". Idiots deserve to be banned. But if someone paid for games, it's completely unethical to blacklist their purchases just because they vented on Electronic Art's forums. I'm sure I've help pay for some of their employees' houses by the way (well, maybe a bedroom or two) over the years.
DrinkLyeAndDie
31st October 2008, 00:15
Well, a business forum isn't for "free speech". Idiots deserve to be banned. But if someone paid for games, it's completely unethical to blacklist their purchases just because they vented on Electronic Art's forums. I'm sure I've help pay for some of their employees' houses by the way (well, maybe a bedroom or two) over the years.

Yes, of course there is an expectation of people being civil and following rules but banning a user from playing games due to their actions in a forum is totally beyond insane, IMHO.
Webslinger
31st October 2008, 00:17
Yes, of course there is an expectation of people being civil and following rules but banning a user from playing games due to their actions in a forum is totally beyond insane, IMHO.

Yes. I agree completely. Just nuts . . .
Webslinger
31st October 2008, 00:19
Yes. I agree completely. Just nuts . . .

I'm going to move this to the new PC Gaming discussion forum.