Shacknews has a statement from EA on the threat their Online Community Manager made that users being banned from the EA forums could be banned from playing their own games. EA's statement clarifies how an EA "Nucleus" account works, which is not how APOC described: ""Players can be banned if they breach the Terms of Service or Code of Conduct in a forum, game or service. Each forum, game and service is managed independently by customer support representatives responsible for that specific forum, game or service."