BF2142 EA Blooper?

RWBRWB Icrontian
edited November 2006 in Gaming
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/wordpress/2006/10/31/ea-breaks-bf2142again/
Earlier today EA released a patch to the EA Downloader which effectively uninstalled EA Downloader and then installed the new “EA Downloader” which is called EA Link. Due to the uninstall it deleted all of the information associated with the cdkey of the game you purchased making the BF2142 that you had installed useless. By useless I mean whenever ANYONE connects to a server they are greeted with the message “Invalid CDKey”. If you are one of the lucky ones to manage to be able to connect to a server eventually 2-3 minutes down the line you will be kicked from the server by Punkbuster telling you that you have a “duplicate key”.

If you did not know of this situation by now it is most likely because you do not own BF2142, which I would have to say at this point, good for you and do not get it. There remains no solution to the problem at this moment as EA has yet to respond 10+ hours later but you can at least join in the fun on the EA message boards and tell them how much you hate them here.

In the end I would like to thank EA for proving to everyone why no one should buy your games…yet again.

Anyone confirm this? Gotta say, I am not surprised... glad I didn't buy it even though it seemed a good game. But EA is so amazingly bad.

Comments

  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    LOL, this issues only happened when EA rolled out its new download service called EA Link. If you download EA Link and than buy the game, no issues happen. It was a big with how the new and old Download system worked together.
  • CycloniteCyclonite Tampa, Florida Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    Still shouldn't have happened.
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    That’s like saying Microsoft should make programs without bugs in it.. it just isn't going to happen.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    False analogy.

    A bug should not rob people of the use of their product.
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    Thrax wrote:
    False analogy.

    A bug should not rob people of the use of their product.

    Exactly, I expect bugs, I can even expect new bugs from bug fixes.... but this was completely idiotic.
  • edited November 2006
    its what they get for making a STEAM want to be
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