EA Rep Says Forum Ban Won’t “Automatically” Get You Banned from their Games

Chad Lakkis — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:44:31 +0000

Well well well, what we have here is a failure to communicate — or so it seems. You decide. We reported late last night that an EA community staff member on the Command and Conquer forum advised posters of a policy change that would allow them to ban individuals banned from forum access from their line of games as well.

The comment has apparently been contradicted by an unnamed EA rep. I say “apparently” because the word “automatically” is used in the statement given, and in my opinion, it does not completely deny what the community staff member warned gamers.

Here is the statement:

“Players who have been banned from EA Forums are not automatically banned from online access to their other EA games … “

The EA rep then added:

“Players can be banned if they breach the Terms of Service or Code of Conduct in a forum, game or service. Each forum, game and service is managed independently by customer support representatives responsible for that specific forum, game or service.”

So is this simply a case of corporate double talk? Is the EA rep uninformed or was the community staff member talking out of his/her ass? Saying that it won’t be “automatic” doesn’t mean that EA isn’t giving community staff members the power to ban your game access if they so choose — at least not in my eyes.

My gut tells me that the EA community staff member spoke the truth not knowing how far his words would spread, and that this is nothing more than an effort to clean up the mess.

I’m curious to hear what you think. Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

Source: Gamecyte

UPDATE: C&C Community Manager has issued an apology for his previous statement, stating that it was all just a misunderstanding. Read more…

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EA Rep Says Forum Ban Won’t “Automatically” Get You Banned from their Games