TheMightyEthan Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Well like people were saying earlier EA's given itself such a bad rep recently with bullshit bans that now people are willing to believe just about anything is possible from them. Trolls are going to capitalize on that, cause that's just what trolls do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points/9359-Dear-Origin-You-Stink Worth a read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-02-16-peter-moore-on-eas-origin-i-would-ask-give-us-18-months-to-two-years They want 18-24months. To add "social layers". Also note on how Steam was rocky start, with folks acknowledge. Problem is this isn't their start (First article I've seen that notes Origin is re-branded EADM/EA Store) First comment: Nice to have a proper competitor to Steam. I will say, their marketing of Origin sure is pretty good. Rare is the marketing that re-writes history in peoples minds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 http://forum.ea.com/...7.page#20665989 Origin 8.5 update incoming. Introducing such exctiing features as custom avatars, cloud saving, and the ability to hide outdated beta/alpha games from your library. (And a couple minor UI tweaks) edit: The minor UI tweaks are so that the rows in the library are a bit thicker. I guess this is to make it seem a bit more full? I am still really effing confused on why expired beta/trials stay in your library, the "hide" is but a work around to something that seems like a fundamental flaw in how Origin is made. It's not a program breaking issue, at the moment, but just the fact they're unable to have things expire and leave your library would imply there's something missing in how it should be dealing with downloads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) What I actually came in here to post: Never have I encountered a store that actually refused to honor its own ad, even when that ad was mistaken. *Edit* - I do see the big asterisk on the 50%, but notice the box art for KoA, and the text at the bottom does not mention KoA as one of the exclusions (even the part that got cut off in the screenshot). Also, I had to take two screenshots to get the whole chat so I spliced them together. Edited March 13, 2012 by TheMightyEthan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) Ouch. That is fucking shoddy. EDIT: Ethan, can you link to the HTML? I'd like to get that fixed. Edited March 13, 2012 by Thursday Next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 What kind of name is "Royal" anyways?!?!!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Ouch. That is fucking shoddy. EDIT: Ethan, can you link to the HTML? I'd like to get that fixed. Sure. HTML of what though? The ad? What kind of name is "Royal" anyways?!?!!?! lmao I was thinking the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Here's the ad link: http://ebm.em.ea.com/c/tag/hBPXqMZB7uauvB8hUAYDulXVjGW/doc.html Don't know if it will work right for people in other areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) Yeah, the email has a link that says "Not displaying blah blah blah" that should be an html link to the email without your details on it (check first though ). EDIT: Cheers Judging by the sentence structure (or lack thereof) Royal is an outsourced name. Edited March 13, 2012 by Thursday Next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Got a response from EA support on twitter, so maybe I'll get more help there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Utmärkt! I hate those pop-up ads on Origin, but this was especially annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) Doesn't seem like they're going to help me either. *Edit* - This sure is helping to refute the negative view of EA so many seem to hold... Edited March 13, 2012 by TheMightyEthan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Nope, no help, just apologies "for any misunderstanding." Yes, that's right, I misunderstood the ad, it's not that the ad is blatantly misleading or anything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) Classy. Edited March 13, 2012 by TheMightyEthan Fixed image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Classy. May want to get a different host for that. edit: He ironically says as the forum goes down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Oops, thought I'd linked to the Dropbox copy. Fixed now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Don't know what to tell you mate. I could probably get you a code but that's not really the point is it? This is really shoddy advertising and while I am sure that there was no intent to mislead, the ad has obviously mislead you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 No, at this point I'm just pissed at the treatment from customer service. If they'd just said "we're sorry, there was a mistake in the ad" I would have been disappointed but not angry, but instead they apologized for me misunderstanding, gave me justifications for why it was there and wasn't misleading (tip: if I have to go to another site to read the fine print to find out that the game you advertised with the sale is not part of the sale, then your ad is misleading) and then did childish stuff like unfollowing me so they could get in the last word. It's not like I was being rude to them, I was just calmly discussing it with them. lol, and now I got myself back into it. But no, thanks for the thought, but I'm not sure if I would buy it now even if I could get the 50% off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Moved the stuff from the KoA thread to here since it was really an Origin/EA issue rather than a KoA issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Yeah, totally understand. If you want me to I'll raise it with our CE guy in the US. To be honest I probably will anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Yeah if you want to, go ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyRan Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 Is there any way of just seeing a list of everything that's 50% off? I've been wandering Origin for a good 15 minutes trying to find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel_excel Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) Its showing up in Origin for me for half price now! Edited March 15, 2012 by excel_excel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 @Excel: It's half price over here since the start, it's US where it's not half price. For some random reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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