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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 23, 2013, 09:13

Verno

Stormsinger wrote on Jan 22, 2013, 22:23:
Seriously...it's attacks against the posters I'm talking about. I can't imagine why you think it's okay to be nasty to someone just because they have a different opinion than yours, but whatever.

After almost six years, you guys win, I'm outta here.

What exactly are you referring to here?

People tend to do this on Blues, listen to a troll and then post as if his opinions reflect the entire website. There isn't a groupthink here, we don't all agree and do the same things because some random person does. Sometimes I think people go too far with personal attacks (I've lost my temper once or twice too) but I still find plenty of normal interaction and discussion here. It's pretty much like any other forum on the internet except that the moderation tends to be more passive and based on reporting than usual. Other forums I frequent enforce guidelines with day to day moderators who also participate, personally I prefer that approach but its not my site.

This comment was edited on Jan 23, 2013, 09:57.




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Comment [quote="Verno"Jan 23, 2013, 09:13][quote="Stormsinger"Jan 22, 2013, 22:23]Seriously...it's attacks against the posters I'm talking about. I can't imagine why you think it's okay to be nasty to someone just because they have a different opinion than yours, but whatever. After almost six years, you guys win, I'm outta here. [/quote] What exactly are you referring to here? People tend to do this on Blues, listen to a troll and then post as if his opinions reflect the entire website. There isn't a groupthink here, we don't all agree and do the same things because some random person does. Sometimes I think people go too far with personal attacks (I've lost my temper once or twice too) but I still find plenty of normal interaction and discussion here. It's pretty much like any other forum on the internet except that the moderation tends to be more passive and based on reporting than usual. Other forums I frequent enforce guidelines with day to day moderators who also participate, personally I prefer that approach but its not my site. [/quote]

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