Found this on Reddit. Hopefully this isnt true, but it looks pretty real, and if it is, its a fucking dick move of epic proportion.

http://tos.ea.com/legalapp/WEBTERMS/US/en/PC/#section5

"Entitlements may only be held in Accounts belonging to legal residents of countries where access to and use of Content and Entitlements is permitted. Entitlements may be purchased or acquired only from EA or an authorized retailer. EA reserves the right to refuse your request(s) to acquire Entitlements, and EA reserves the right to limit or block any request to acquire Entitlements for any reason. We do not guarantee that any Content or Entitlement will be available at all times or at any given time or that we will continue to offer particular Content or Entitlements for any particular length of time. We reserve the right to change and update Content and Entitlements without notice to you. If you have not used your Entitlements or Account for twenty four (24) months or more and your Account has associated Entitlements, your Entitlements will expire and your Account may be cancelled for non-use. Once you have redeemed your Entitlements, that content is not returnable, exchangeable, or refundable for other Entitlements or for cash, or other goods or services."

So as I understand it, if you dont log into Origin for 2 years, the account gets deleted, and you cant get it back. Can anyone back me up or correct me if im wrong?? Anyone bitten by a radioactive lawyer recently??

Found this on Reddit. Hopefully this isnt true, but it looks pretty real, and if it is, its a fucking dick move of epic proportion.

So as I understand it, if you dont log into Origin for 2 years, the account gets deleted, and you cant get it back. Can anyone back me up or correct me if im wrong?? Anyone bitten by a radioactive lawyer recently??

This is very unlike EA. They are generally fair and helpfu... wait, that's not EA at all.

It's like they want Origin to fail. I know 2 years a long time, but there is honestly no reason for them to delete your account. Server space is so cheap, it's not like it cost them anything to hold your account. 

I don't understand what they expect to gain from putting in that particular stipulation.

@roughneck117 said:

Found this on Reddit. Hopefully this isnt true, but it looks pretty real, and if it is, its a fucking dick move of epic proportion.

So as I understand it, if you dont log into Origin for 2 years, the account gets deleted, and you cant get it back. Can anyone back me up or correct me if im wrong?? Anyone bitten by a radioactive lawyer recently??

I'm not a lawyer, but if it's true, then the only suitable retaliation -- after having your content taken away -- is bittorrent.

It's like they want Origin to fail. I know 2 years a long time, but there is honestly no reason for them to delete your account. Server space is so cheap, it's not like it cost them anything to hold your account. 

I don't understand what they expect to gain from putting in that particular stipulation.

@GuyIncognito said:

@roughneck117 said:

Found this on Reddit. Hopefully this isnt true, but it looks pretty real, and if it is, its a fucking dick move of epic proportion.

So as I understand it, if you dont log into Origin for 2 years, the account gets deleted, and you cant get it back. Can anyone back me up or correct me if im wrong?? Anyone bitten by a radioactive lawyer recently??

I'm not a lawyer, but if it's true, then the only suitable retaliation -- after having your content taken away -- is bittorrent.

People like you... Urgh, the nerve! There are better solutions than bittorrent, like direct downloads or usenet :P

In before Origin Hammer Legion Members.

I just read through Valve's entire EULA for Steam, and there's nothing so aggregious. However, they do make plentiful mention of how much they own your games and your rights to play them. They can cancel your shit at any time, without warning, and tell you to fuck off.

@GreggD said:

I just read through Valve's entire EULA for Steam, and there's nothing so aggregious. However, they do make plentiful mention of how much they own your games and your rights to play them. They can cancel your shit at any time, without warning, and tell you to fuck off.

They can, but they're not going to do that to the average customer for shits and giggles, either. Not unless they wanted to commit corporate suicide.

@Hailinel said:

@GreggD said:

I just read through Valve's entire EULA for Steam, and there's nothing so aggregious. However, they do make plentiful mention of how much they own your games and your rights to play them. They can cancel your shit at any time, without warning, and tell you to fuck off.

They can, but they're not going to do that to the average customer for shits and giggles, either. Not unless they wanted to commit corporate suicide.

I know, much like EA will probably not go through with a full cancellation of an Origin account, either.

EA's recipe for digital distribution services:

1) New name

2) Do not learn from Steam or other digital distributors

3) Put our games up on the largest competitor at the last minute

4) Profit, eventually, surely

2 years is a pretty long time, just sayin.

Two years is a pretty long time. However, that doesn't mean I agree with them citing it as a reason to cancel your account. Can someone point me to where we reached the conclusion that cancellation is the same as deletion though? Are we sure you can't just put your information back in and reactivate it later? And I'm assuming "entitlements" is their term for the ability to download and access your games?

How many situations are there where you will find yourself unable to log in to your account once over a two year period though? I'm guessing it's an extremely limited list. I don't know, I'm seeing valid points on both ends.

So? Log in just one time during those two years and it'll be fine. *looks around' ... oh wait, sorry, I now realized how awfully hard that must be for some of the people around here.

@Aronman789 said:

2 years is a pretty long time, just sayin.

But what if I'm in a 2 year coma and want to play some Dragon Age 2 when I wake up!?!?!??!!??!??!111

@roughneck117 said:

Found this on Reddit. Hopefully this isnt true, but it looks pretty real, and if it is, its a fucking dick move of epic proportion.

So as I understand it, if you dont log into Origin for 2 years, the account gets deleted, and you cant get it back. Can anyone back me up or correct me if im wrong?? Anyone bitten by a radioactive lawyer recently??

I'm not a lawyer, but if it's true, then the only suitable retaliation -- after having your content taken away -- is bittorrent.

Were anyone planning on using Origin anyway?

@TheKing said:

@Aronman789 said:

2 years is a pretty long time, just sayin.

But what if I'm in a 2 year coma and want to play some Dragon Age 2 when I wake up!?!?!??!!??!??!111

I was going to say something to this effect!

In before Origin Hammer Legion Members.

So? Log in just one time during those two years and it'll be fine. *looks around' ... oh wait, sorry, I now realized how awfully hard that must be for some of the people around here.

So? Log in just one time during those two years and it'll be fine. *looks around' ... oh wait, sorry, I now realized how awfully hard that must be for some of the people around here.

What an incredibly sensasionalistic thread

well, that is dumb. if you troll their forums with an account, the account gets deleted. pretty stupid of EA to do these types of things. 
 
i don't understand why they don't put their games on steam. steam is where all of the games are at. EA just decides to release a new system for their games when people have steam for a lot longer.

Thank god I don't plan on using Origin.

@Napalm: @AjayRaz: Well, to be honest, we don't know if some people hurt their flimsy little fingers by clicking the Origin shortcut to launch it so we shouldn't be laughing at their ignorance just yet!

@VilhelmNielsen:

Win. Thread Closed.

there are games i haven't touched in over two years like the original BF2. what if i wanted to start playing that again and i hypothetically bought that on Origin, it's not like steam where i would log in everyday. i'm not going to remember to log in every two years for one specific game.

@VilhelmNielsen: Honestly, I dont really have a problem with it. It was mostly about the inconvenience of having two different services to keep track of but since I can launch a non steam game from steam, its not that big of a deal to me. This however is.

The first rule of usenet is nobody talks about usenet.

@Napalm: I actually liked the hypothetical idea that someone had about someone waking up from a two year coma wanting to play Dragon Age II.. A person like that, in real life at least, deserves to be put back into that coma untill he/she learns how pathetic they just were. Nobody wants to play Dragon Age II after waking up after a coma. that's probably the thing that sent you into a coma to being with

@Napalm: That's true actually. Not even the people we hate the most

@Aronman789 said:

2 years is a pretty long time, just sayin.

But what if I'm in a 2 year coma and want to play some Dragon Age 2 when I wake up!?!?!??!!??!??!111

All this says is that EA got the rights to cancel your origin account after 2 years of inactivity, just like steam got the right to cancel all your shit whenever for whatever reason. IT DOES NOT MEAN THEY WILL DO IT. Their just reserving the right to do it.

@TheKing said:

@Aronman789 said:

2 years is a pretty long time, just sayin.

But what if I'm in a 2 year coma and want to play some Dragon Age 2 when I wake up!?!?!??!!??!??!111

If Dragon Age II is the first game you want to play when you wake up you're better off staying in coma.

@Chrisbbq said:

All this says is that EA got the rights to cancel your origin account after 2 years of inactivity, just like steam got the right to cancel all your shit whenever for whatever reason. IT DOES NOT MEAN THEY WILL DO IT. Their just reserving the right to do it.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYIN' TO TELL YA, GAWD! :|

Two years is a pretty long time. However, that doesn't mean I agree with them citing it as a reason to cancel your account. Can someone point me to where we reached the conclusion that cancellation is the same as deletion though? Are we sure you can't just put your information back in and reactivate it later? And I'm assuming "entitlements" is their term for the ability to download and access your games?

How many situations are there where you will find yourself unable to log in to your account once over a two year period though? I'm guessing it's an extremely limited list. I don't know, I'm seeing valid points on both ends.

All the people screaming that this is in no way different from what Steam is doing are idiots: there's this thing called history and context, and if you actually go about looking at it you'll see the shenanigans EA pulled with it's download services in the past. I can see them setting all accounts to auto-delete at the 2 year period. EA just isn't a company I trust, they've done nothing to earn any goodwill among consumers.

That can't be true.

haters be hatin on da EA, yo

Well. I mean, you don't own steam games either. They are licensed to you.

Give me incentive to log into Origin.
I still log into Bungie, Xbox and Steam everyday for example, always something to see and do, can't say the same for EA so far.

How dare they?? ARGGGHH

Give me incentive to log into Origin. I still log into Bungie, Xbox and Steam everyday for example, always something to see and do, can't say the same for EA so far.

I call bullshit. Mostly because I don't want it to be true...