EA can go fuck itself.

[VoltySquirrel]

A couple hours ago, I said to myself, "Fuck this. Fuck this shit." Why? Well, just before I said that, I have spent 30 minutes trying very unsuccessfully to buy Battlefield 3, and every second of failure was EA's fault.

It started off with me just trying download the installer. On a typical website, finding the place where I can download you software is easy, but were dealing with Origin here. You see, Origin loves to region lock you. This isn't an issue for most people, but most people don't live in a country that speaks a different language. Well no problem, right? They just has to be some way to change the language to English. Wrong, you forgot who were talking about. I finally found the damn thing after 10 minutes of mindless link clicking. No matter, the worst is over, yes?

No. Then, I tried to login to it, and it told me I had to reverify my account. Fine, fair enough. Didn't take too long. However, half way through the process, it insists you try and find friends from FB, XBL, and PSN. Problem is, I don't give a shit, and the damn thing won't let me not give a shit. So that too another 5 minutes. Surprise, no friends turned up. Finally I'm done. Oh wait, no I'm not, now I have to complete the arduous task of logging in. Oh sure, it worked fine the first time, but Origin promptly put me in offline mode. Restart. login. Offline. Repeat 2 more times and now you are fucking pissed. So, I decided to reset my password. Fine. I did that, and for some reason, EA didn't want to kick me of immediately after I signed in.

It's over. I can now purchase Battlefield 3 and fell all good insi-





MOTHERFUCKER! Not only is it still in Japanese, but they expect me to spend 6,600 yen? Fuck you. For the uninformed, 6,600 yen is $82.50, and there is no option to buy the regular version.
Fuck this, uninstalled. Fuck you EA, fuck you Origin, fuck you John Riccitiello, and fuck me for thinking you were anything less than retarded.

[Nikki Wolf]

I can actually get a free game if I buy BF3 this weekend, since I was an alpha tester.

[HibiscusKazeneko]

Does your ISP not use proxies to make remote websites think you're in America (since you're on a US-operated base)?

[doppelganger]

I knew by reading the title alone, that this post was by you. However, I'm sorry about your pain.

[Techercizer]

...and that is one of the many reasons that I get all my EA games free of DRM and free of charge; those assholes deserve every bad thing that their bad reputation causes.

What they did to C&C:Tiberium... I may never be able to remove from my nightmares.

[VoltySquirrel]

Does your ISP not use proxies to make remote websites think you're in America (since you're on a US-operated base)?

I have the worst ISP known to man. Want proof? Here is their website: http://www.mbcokinawa.com/
Want more proof? I took me 24 hours to download Portal 2 from a Japanese server. I doubt they would care enough to do that for us. Worst part? They are the only ISP allowed on base. Fuck MBC too.

[JimBob]

Even more proof they suck, volty, their website has "cok" in it. Trololol.

[HibiscusKazeneko]

Does your ISP not use proxies to make remote websites think you're in America (since you're on a US-operated base)?

I have the worst ISP known to man. Want proof? Here is their website: http://www.mbcokinawa.com/
Want more proof? I took me 24 hours to download Portal 2 from a Japanese server. I doubt they would care enough to do that for us. Worst part? They are the only ISP allowed on base. Fuck MBC too.

The least they could do would be to allow their users to access websites as if they were still in America.
But since they still label your location as Japan, I have an idea: maybe you could go troll 2chan?

[VoltySquirrel]

And another thing: right now, EA has this massive sale going on where a bunch of games are only 5 bucks until the 9th. Great news if you live in the US. However, Japanese games get none of that.

[HibiscusKazeneko]

And another thing: right now, EA has this massive sale going on where a bunch of games are only 5 bucks until the 9th. Great news if you live in the US. However, Japanese games get none of that.

Which is a raw deal because if you buy a bunch of games and try to beat them all one by one, EA will revoke the licenses of the ones you don't play for a long time.

[mrProtagonist]

And another thing: right now, EA has this massive sale going on where a bunch of games are only 5 bucks until the 9th. Great news if you live in the US. However, Japanese games get none of that.

Which is a raw deal because if you buy a bunch of games and try to beat them all one by one, EA will revoke the licenses of the ones you don't play for a long time.

Does EA actually do that?

[VoltySquirrel]

And another thing: right now, EA has this massive sale going on where a bunch of games are only 5 bucks until the 9th. Great news if you live in the US. However, Japanese games get none of that.

Which is a raw deal because if you buy a bunch of games and try to beat them all one by one, EA will revoke the licenses of the ones you don't play for a long time.

Does EA actually do that?

Yup. Games that haven't been played in ages will be revoked. So not only are you paying full retail price for a digital copy of a game, you don't really own it.

[Techercizer]

Yup. Games that haven't been played in ages will be revoked. So not only are you paying full retail price for a digital copy of a game, you don't really own it.

Come on Volty. Join a private tracker, grab a black bedsheet and some paint, and join the pirate ranks. Pillage and plunder EA's shores until your heart is content, and enjoy games specifically modified to be free of any annoying DRM, games that are 100% yours to keep because nobody can control how they act or what they do.

[Maringue]

Which is a raw deal because if you buy a bunch of games and try to beat them all one by one, EA will revoke the licenses of the ones you don't play for a long time.

Does EA actually do that?

Yup. Games that haven't been played in ages will be revoked. So not only are you paying full retail price for a digital copy of a game, you don't really own it.

This is why I haven't bought a game from EA since Spore. Revoking your license for a game that you payed full price for is theft.

Volty, have you tried using a proxy server site. They generally let you pretend like you are from anywhere. Like if the Feds track my bittorrent, they will end up someplace in south eastern China.

[VoltySquirrel]

Yup. Games that haven't been played in ages will be revoked. So not only are you paying full retail price for a digital copy of a game, you don't really own it.

This is why I haven't bought a game from EA since Spore. Revoking your license for a game that you payed full price for is theft.

Volty, have you tried using a proxy server site. They generally let you pretend like you are from anywhere. Like if the Feds track my bittorrent, they will end up someplace in south eastern China.

The problem with those is that they generally slow down my connection, and my connection already pretty shitty.