EA update: Forum bans do not equal in-game bans

by Richard Mitchell { Nov 3rd 2008 at 1:45PM }

Hey, remember last week when an Electronic Arts community manager announced that being banned from an EA forum would simultaneously ban users from playing their EA games online? Well, it's okay. All of you naughty forum dwellers can turn on the lights and open the shades, because it turns out that the community manager in question, known as eaapoc on the forums, was mistaken. Said eeapoc on the forums, "I had a misunderstanding with regards to our new upcoming forums and website and never meant to infer that if we ban or suspend you on the forums, you would be banned in-game as well. This is not correct, my mistake, my bad." He elaborates that being banned from the forums or from a game are separate process, so those banned from one need not fear being banned from the other.

So there you have it. You'll have to be some sort of super-jerk in order to be banned from both the forums and a game. Don't worry, internets, we know you're up to the task.

Tags: ban, banhammer, bans, ea, electronic-arts, live, xbox-live

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

un4gvn94538 @ Nov 3rd 2008 1:59PM

bummer

Dadidito @ Nov 3rd 2008 2:02PM

As i mentioned in earlier post they legally couldn't have done that. At least that clarified.

QuasarSquirrel @ Nov 3rd 2008 2:22PM

Well legally they probably could do it though I haven't browsed their ToS or EULA. It'd still be a really bad idea either way.

Halo2Master @ Nov 3rd 2008 2:05PM

Now we just need to wait for him to correct his misuse of the word "infer".

The speaker IMPLIES. The listener INFERS.

BT @ Nov 3rd 2008 2:19PM

You are correct sir, I was just going to make the same point. Also, unless I'm wrong I think he TOTALLY did mean to imply that a forum banning=game banning, but whatever.

Macroy @ Nov 3rd 2008 3:03PM

Yeah, he did totally imply that:

"Those banned will stay banned, but like most other internet services, its not that hard to create a new fake e-mail account. However, its a lot harder to get a new serial key =)"

cole train @ Nov 3rd 2008 2:22PM

if they did do that that would keep the people that got banned from buying ea games. that would be a dumb idea for ea. (EA- hey lets bane people from the forums and are games and we will lose money YEAH!!!!!)

Mighty Healthy @ Nov 3rd 2008 3:46PM

keeping scumbags out of EA games > taking more of "are" money

Kevin PSN: Keviseg15 @ Nov 3rd 2008 2:30PM

he seems fake to me
i just think so

Mazrael @ Nov 3rd 2008 2:46PM

merely the EA logo will stop me buying a game.. I never pre-ordered Dead Space because of it, though a mate says it feels nothing like an EA game, though waiting for the typical EA crapness around every corner.. if he completes it & feels the same, I'll get it.. on that though, I'm chancing Mirrors' Edge, a game so simple they surely can't mess it up surely.. can they?