Luk3us 63 Posted March 12, 2011 A BioWare fan received a nasty surprise when he learned that his suspension from its forums means he can't install his newly-purchased copy of Dragon Age 2. The BioWare Social Network user known as "v_ware" received notification yesterday that he'd been suspended from the service for 72 hours. He claims the reason is that he asked, presumably in a forum post, if BioWare had "sold your souls to the EA devil?" It's a pretty thin reason to suspend someone, although we have nothing but his word to go on in that regard, but he acknowledges his transgression and appears willing to accept the punishment. His more serious problem is that his forum suspension means he can't activate and play the shiny new Dragon Age 2 Signature Edition he purchased from the EA Store. "I already knew I was going play it without the extra content since I can't activate my extra codes," he wrote with an alternate account. "What I did not know was that I needed to activate the game before being able to play it. So now I've got a dead game for 50 euros." The whole thing had the appearance of an "oops" on BioWare's part until community rep Stanley Woo weighed in. He explained that while BioWare community bans are "forum only," EA community bans are a different beast and can affect access to games and DLC, even when the games in question, like Dragon Age 2, are single-player. "Because the BioWare community now operates under the same umbrella as all EA Communities, community members here have all explicitly agreed to abide by and be governed by both sets of rules," he wrote. "Consider it an added incentive to follow the rules you say you're going to follow." As Kotaku pointed out, the situation isn't something that's likely to happen very often because v_ware bought it online from the EA Store and hadn't installed it prior to the suspension. But it did happen; by BioWare's own admission, a customer is being refused access to a game he dropped 60 bucks on because he said something he shouldn't have on a forum. And if it happened once, it can happen again, more or less at EA's discretion. Calling that an "incentive to follow the rules" is one way of looking at it, I suppose, but I'm inclined to frame it in somewhat less polite terms. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/...ioWare-Forumite Apparently EA have now relented and have 'removed' the ban. Too late now EA. In other news, Dragon Age II is great. Well at least I think it is. Share this post Link to post
PurpleGaga27 40 Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) In other news, Dragon Age II is great. Well at least I think it is. The critics think so, but the players.... no. They think it's epic fail. (already read the reviews in Metacritic) Whatever went wrong with Bioware, they need to start thinking over again. Edited March 12, 2011 by zocom7 Share this post Link to post
Nmenth 291 Posted March 12, 2011 The critics think so, but the players.... no. They think it's epic fail. I didn't know Luk3us was a critic and not a fan... Share this post Link to post
Luk3us 63 Posted March 12, 2011 The critics think so, but the players.... no. They think it's epic fail. (already read the reviews in Metacritic) I would say the reaction is mixed. Critics meh, they always say everything is great. Share this post Link to post
Malovolpe 3 Posted March 15, 2011 Dragon Age II is a bit too linear for my tastes, which is why I think Two Worlds II is better. Share this post Link to post
Nyerguds 102 Posted March 21, 2011 Well there you have it folks... don't link your game account to your forum account Share this post Link to post
