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EA forum moderators may soon have the power to ban naughty users from the game they paid for, as well as a whole host of the publisher's catalogue.
"Your forum account will be directly tied to your Master EA Account, so if we ban you on the forums, you would be banned from the game as well since the login process is the same. And you'd actually be banned from your other EA games as well since it's all tied to your account," said EA Apoc - supposedly community manager Aaron Kaufman - on the Red Alert 3 forum.
"So if you have Spore and Red Alert 3 and you get yourself banned on our forums or in-game, well, your Spore account would be banned too. It's all one and the same, so I strongly recommend people play nice and act mature."
We've contacted EA for comment, incidentally, as this seems rather silly; you may remember the about-turn issued by the publisher after a Spore forum moderator boasted similar powers to curb DRM chatter.
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SpyroViper
31/10/08 @ 12:12
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Every forum should imply this rule, though by IP address. If you flame and are banned, your IP address is logged and if you try and create a new username with the same IP (Computer) then it'll just deny you.
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Der_tolle_Emil
31/10/08 @ 12:26
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Fab4: In my old place I would get a new one every 8 hours. It depends a lot on where you live but IP banning is really a last resort because it never really works out they way it was intended.
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Well the current consensus on IP allocation, at least on broadband ISPs, is to associate it to the modem MAC address, and if it becomes unavailable (usually a few weeks) then it is reallocated. That being said, the odds that the person who gets the reallocated IP address is also a member of the same gaming forum, or is even a gamer, are quite low.
Edit: Also, forums could log the time/IP address, for serious breaches, and pass the information on to the relevant ISP. Many people forget that they sign a T&C when joining an ISP, and most of them don't take too kindly to you behaving inappropriately.
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The videogames industry is so fucking immature. I don't care whether it was a hastily retracted mistake or not, he still made the statement as a representative of the company. They have to make sure the people they employ in a customer-facing position are fully aware of the law and their responsibilities, and are properly trained. It's no wonder the industry is not taken seriously if they employ kids on forums who think they can bully their customers without repercussions.
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@Fab4
"Well the current consensus on IP allocation, at least on broadband ISPs, is to associate the modem MAC address, and if it becomes unavailable (usually a few weeks) then it is reallocated. That being said, the odds that the person who gets the reallocated IP address is also a member of the same gaming forum, or is even a gamer, are quite low. " The odds may be low but would you want to take the risk of banning an innocent customer? If they tie their game account to their forum account then the banned gamer could, of course, make a new account but they'd have to re-purchase the games to play them on that account (as their keys would already be registered with the banned account). Edit: and if you were banned based on IP and your IP changed then, bam, no ban anymore. That coupled with the fact that you just banned an innocent customer in their place would be seriously bad PR.
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DoctorZoidberg
31/10/08 @ 12:46
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Sounds like a great idea to me. I'm pretty much sick and tired of all the racists and foul mouthed idiots floating around on Live. My ignore list would be brimming by now.
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I've just come back from the EA show in Trafalgar Square (popped across there on my lunch break).
Note to EA: Next time make the tent material opaque, trying to play a games console with the sun reflecting off the screen is not a sensible thing to do...... *runs off to hospital with bleeding eyes* |
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Doctor_What
31/10/08 @ 13:44
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My instinct says this is wrong, but a piece of my heart tells me that it could be lovely :D
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Kirly_Wombat
31/10/08 @ 14:58
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I see that the matter has been cleared up, but part of me thinks it would be a good idea. How hard is it for people not to be abusive to other people/swear? If they cant manage that then boo hoo, no loss to the community. On the other hand, it would only increase piracy if someone got locked out of a game they had paid for.
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Derblington
31/10/08 @ 16:04
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"Also how can this be given awards in the industry off the meat of one very short level"
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