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EA: Possible All-Games Bans for Unreported SimCity Beta Bugs

[Jan 20, 2013, 4:25 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

A post on SideQuesting takes issue with the Terms of Service for beta testers of SimCity, the upcoming continuation of Maxis' urban planning series (thanks Joao). It seems EA is taking a zero-tolerance policy towards those who knowingly abuse bugs to the extent that users who fail to report bugs are threatened with loss of access to "all EA products," not just this beta. It seems apparent this will only apply to those who actually exploit unreported bugs, as this would be their only way of knowing who is aware of them. Here is the clause in question:

“It is understood and agreed that, as part of your participation in the Beta Program, it is your responsibility to report all known bugs, abuse of ‘bugs’, ‘undocumented features’ or other defects and problems related to the Game and Beta Software to EA as soon as they are found (“Bugs”). If you know about a Bug or have heard about a Bug and fail to report the Bug to EA, we reserve the right to treat you no differently from someone who abuses the Bug. You acknowledge that EA reserve the right to lock anyone caught abusing a Bug out of all EA products.”

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Re: EA: Possible All-Games Bans for Unreported SimCity Beta Bugs

Jan 20, 2013, 19:11

Yosemite Sam

This is totally absurd, whos the moron at EA who came up with this turd of a concept. I hate cheaters and think they ruin multiplayer too, and I'm all for dropping the hammer on them... but theres a line between people who hack to cheat and people who exploit knowingly or unknowingly a poorly coded game. EA is essentially saying we are going to punish you for our incompetence, fucking hilarious.... and for a game that should be single player only to boot.

I'd like to think the masses would wake up to this crap and make a stand, but the reality is they're totally clueless and these companys know it.

YES SIR! May I have another!




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Comment [quote="Yosemite Sam"Jan 20, 2013, 19:11]This is totally absurd, whos the moron at EA who came up with this turd of a concept. I hate cheaters and think they ruin multiplayer too, and I'm all for dropping the hammer on them... but theres a line between people who hack to cheat and people who exploit knowingly or unknowingly a poorly coded game. EA is essentially saying we are going to punish you for our incompetence, fucking hilarious.... and for a game that should be single player only to boot. I'd like to think the masses would wake up to this crap and make a stand, but the reality is they're totally clueless and these companys know it. YES SIR! May I have another! [/quote]

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