EA forum mods to ban users from games Comments by Robert Purchese

Check the forum post of the same name, moderators explains it's not true.

It's already been cleared up...

http://forums.ea.com/mboards/thread.jspa...

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.

Pity it isnt true...it could have spread to all official game forums and made them a bit more enjoyable. Callofduty.com is particularly bad....I've never seen so much redundant genes in one place.

Just make one bitch about DRM and you are banned!

@SpyroViper Most Internet providers use pooled IP addresses. Banning By IP address impacts innocent users.

Yeah but those pooled IPs hardly ever vary...they are static in all but name.

8 posts and no comments of Ellie bumping into Gemma? What is wrong with all EG readers lately..? Maybe they are all Daily Mail readers now!?!
BAN THIS SICK FILTH!

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.

"Ellie bumped into Gemma Atkinson"

Vids & Pics please!

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.

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.

Man. That guy has a terrible grasp of the English Language...

@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.

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.

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*

What exactly are "peepul"? Please tell me he is not trying to spell "People".....

It was Internet Forum Irony

Yeah....'peeps' init!!

Cucking Funts

I'd appreciate something like that ... well, after a week or so, there would be only 10 people left in the forums and in the games, but that's a price I am willing to pay ;)

My instinct says this is wrong, but a piece of my heart tells me that it could be lovely :D

Christ. Can people not read? It's not true. It was cleared up before this article was posted to EG.

@ KingsXKing - Do I assume you posted that in the wrong place? :o)

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.

WHO THE FUCK called it "parkour" a millets shop fan?

A Frenchman?

parcours du combattant... is where the name originated.

"Also how can this be given awards in the industry off the meat of one very short level"

It wasn't.

Also how can this be given awards in the industry off the meat of one very short level

Ooh, someone apparently thought the demo was over after the tutorial. Short attention span much?

Wow.

I submitted this to Eurogamer some time ago (I think it was Friday) but seems they didn't follow it up and double checked as it has been a couple of days since that!!! LOL