Fuck you EA

Usually these blogs are for frustrations of a different manner; love, relationships, and things of that manner, but every so often they are to inform. I am going to rant and yell, but not about anything that seems like it would belong on this site.

First, I am a gamer, always have been always will. I find comfort in playing someone else's life, if even for a little bit. But I am getting fed up with some of the current practices. I would go more into those, but there is just one thing that has been irking me.

I just finished Mirror's Edge, a game about freerunning. I enjoyed the game immensely, mainly because of my enjoyment for new ideas in the stale realm of games (don't need another Gears rip off), and there is this time trial mode. Just like it sounds, you go through different levels and try to beat the time. Now, you can post your times to a leaderboard, and I was excited. Hopefully I could get good enough to reach a decent spot. When I selected the mode, it said that I have to sign up to EA if I want to post the times.

What the hell? I'm signed up for Playstation Network, why do I need to sign up for another site's system? With some developers, I wouldn't always mind, especially if it is for some sort of massive online experience, but to just post times to a board is rediculous.

I know, I know, I should just sign up, but I don't trust EA. I don't trust their practices, and I'm pretty sure they would sell my information, or at the least send me information and newsletters all the time. To me, video games are supposed to be a refuge from everyday annoyances in life, including e-mails. This may sound stupid, but I'm sure that some gamers, if there are any on this site, agree with me.

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Mirror's Edge = awesome as balls. Have it on the 360, haven't tried doing anything online...working on my achievements. I was 8 seconds too slow for a speedrun through the first full level. 8 seconds! x_X
 
YA EA BLOWS. I Have been playing a game called Battlefiels2 for some time. Someone unknowen hacked my account & made me a 4*gen. (wasnt all bad but still I didnt earn it) just to have EA come back & reset my stats. There telling me it dont matter if I hacked it or not. Its there way or no way.
 
Actually, I must say as a company, EA has shown substantial improvement since the change of leadership. No more buyouts to eliminate competition of a single game. Different attitudes about development, such as not trying to shove ONLY the Sims down peoples throats. We at least get a choice of other games now. As far as signing up for a site goes, just go for it, that way you can get your notoriety for being the shit.
 
Comments on SPORE on Amazon.com are not on the game, but of the notion that EA holds about the number of times you can load it into your own system.
If you go over the limit, you have to pay them.
 

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