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[Jeremiah12LGeek]

What are you going to be doing with our data such as email address, names, images etc.

 

I'd be surprised if anyone answers you, but I'll offer a guess: That information will remain in what I would describe (in practical terms) as a dormant state. The forums to which the accounts grant access will be restricted to whatever testing the news articles refer to, meaning they will serve no purpose to us, if we can even access a url portal to the site with them (which we probably won't.)

 

Since the accounts are directly associated with EA accounts that provide registration access to our games, this won't mean much to us unless something changes in the future.

[Kantr]

So discussing the moderation is a warning or ban? 

[FKA_Servo]

So discussing the moderation is a warning or ban? 

 

According to the site rules, it shouldn't be.

 

I imagine those are just suggestions at this point.

[LPPrince]

It's becoming rather odd to me that the mods are responding to reports faster than they have for nearly a year now. They are being instructed to still ban people. Unless they are posting adult material or cursing like a sailor, I don't see the point. It's all going to be erased anyways. I just keep posting the way I do because I won't let my anger at a bunch of people I don't know compromise who I am.

 

 

Its likely because with the place closing soon people have outright stated they're going to go out and cause trouble/troll/spam/do whatever thats against the rules, so the biomods are on edge and checking all the time to keep things in line.

 

I just hope posters like me who aren't planning on breaking any rules aren't caught in the crossfire.

 

Though I feel like I already am with the forum closing and with people constantly slamming the Bioware Forums for things I had no part in. :/

 

Thats what sucks about the whole situation. Innocent people, loads of them, being given the same disdain as those that actually started trouble here.

[Puddi III]

So discussing the moderation is a warning or ban?

Yes, you should avoid discussing things like the mods targeting years old posts in private groups. Talking about that sort of action are definitely off-topic, as are talking about how we are not supposed to talk about that sort of action. Please avoid talking about them just like I am avoiding it.

[mrs_anomaly]

So discussing the moderation is a warning or ban? 

*looks at her warning points* 

 

Why yes the are! 

 

Apparently that's not in the TOS, but it's a de facto rule at this point. 

 

 

And this is why we can't have nice things, and this forum if it ever had its problems, was allowed to continue on with the illness that is trolls. 

 

[Jehuty]

Because the fact that the mods are targeting posts up to two years old is none of our business, right? Them targeting posts they deem in violation of the rules that were made two years ago is none of our concern and we have nothing to fear. 

[mrs_anomaly]

Because the fact that the mods are targeting posts up to two years old is none of our business, right? Them targeting posts they deem in violation of the rules that were made two years ago is none of our concern and we have nothing to fear. 

Well, Bioware loves its retconning! 

[Solas]

/snip/

This video has been removed due to spam. Mod05

Mod05, talk dirty to me

[mrs_anomaly]

Mod05, talk dirty to me

You like 'em feisty huh? 

 

Just be wary, they'll turn on you in a heartbeat. 

[ESTAQ99]

Because the fact that the mods are targeting posts up to two years old is none of our business, right? Them targeting posts they deem in violation of the rules that were made two years ago is none of our concern and we have nothing to fear. 

 

If they are doing that (I didn't check), a possible explanation could be that as they figured out all the posts history has been passed to the new forums (sure they didn't see that coming), closing BSN and deleting it as a whole, won't work as a form of silencing fans as EA/Bioware originally intended. All the praise and criticism history regarding all their games is now recorded, and the people who posted them, are up an running posting again with their posts history mostly intact. So for "whoever" is deleting old posts, it must be a frantic run against time. If they manage to delete them before they got recorded on the new forums, they will get their mission accomplished. If not, deleting BSN as whole, will accomplish nothing (well, except pissing off more than few Bioware's customers). 

[Furisco]

So discussing the moderation is a warning or ban? 

Both.

 

And if you talk about your warning you're banned from life.

[Fexelea]

Happy to announce we have successfully imported over one million posts from dragon age origins, and the toolset subforum.

http://fextralife.com/forums/f104/

Post counts should have updated for everyone up to batch two of imported users. You can still sign up to be in the next batch

https://forum.biowar...-history/page-1

Enjoy!

[Fiery Phoenix]

I'd be surprised if anyone answers you, but I'll offer a guess: That information will remain in what I would describe (in practical terms) as a dormant state. The forums to which the accounts grant access will be restricted to whatever testing the news articles refer to, meaning they will serve no purpose to us, if we can even access a url portal to the site with them (which we probably won't.)

 

Since the accounts are directly associated with EA accounts that provide registration access to our games, this won't mean much to us unless something changes in the future.

This reminds me. I believe they can technically take the site down without actually deleting anything. They would have everything visible on their end, but end-users couldn't view the site.

 

Whether or not they will do that, though, is anyone's guess at this point.

[Grieving Natashina]

Well, that was interesting. One week before they announced the forum closure, there was a stockbroker's meeting. EA's stocks had slumped a bit during July. It wasn't the big fall they had in January, but it was still a decent sized dip. For July, the stocks were at about $68 and change. After the forum closure announcement, stocks had risen back up to ~$76 a share. That's where it is as of about ten minutes before I made this post.

I think I can figure out the real reason for the forum deletion. Money talks, after all. I don't think the money is worth the mistrust that many fans are going to have. <shrug> It's not my dime though. I still think that this is going to hurt BioWare in the long run. At least I see the proof of my suspicions; it is to please stock holders.

I might have to see if I can buy into EA's stock so I can be considered a shareholder. It seems like those are the only people that EA cares about. I can't speak for the men and women at BioWare, but they are subject to EA's whims.

Short term profits in exchange for long term ill-will from the fans. I feel bad for any BW employee that tried to speak out against taking the forums completely offline. Between people like Gaider that still feel the need to talk crap to this day (and tells BW fans asking about the Fenris book 'I forgot. Sue me,') other devs who I won't call out, and the investors crying that their stock was worth only $68 a share, they didn't stand a chance.

My fear that BioWare is on it's way to becoming a corporate shell just increased. Yeah, they just opened BW-Montreal. However, I wouldn't be surprised if the Edmonton branch either closed, or both became EA-Montreal and EA-Edmonton. I know that BW needs to turn a profit, but this smells wrong to me. I've seen other companies "merge" before, and usually the smaller company (in this case BW,) becomes a shell for the bigger company (EA.) It takes time, sometimes years, but it always happens. Hopefully folks at BW will be able to keep their jobs.

Edit: I think they dropped the money for https for their new private beta forums. I'm betting this has been in the works since January, when EA stock was around $35-$40 per share.

Maybe I should take up origami. I need practice with my tin foil hats and I know how nutty my post sounded. Eh, I'm just venting anyways. All I can do is hope and wait.

[phagus]

Yes!  Favorite cat video ever. 

You do realise with a cough like that, that Cat probably didn't have long, kinda like this forum, possibly even Bioware...

[Fiery Phoenix]

*snip*

I had a growing suspicion this was a financial decision more than anything, even called it earlier in this thread.

 

I'm scared BioWare won't even make it to DA4.

[o Ventus]

Holy crap... oh well, at least she is a qt 3.14

 

True, and she's actually pretty cool. It's a shame she's in a show as crap as Arrow.

[FKA_Servo]

I think I can figure out the real reason for the forum deletion. Money talks, after all. I don't think the money is worth the mistrust that many fans are going to have. <shrug> It's not my dime though. I still think that this is going to hurt BioWare in the long run. At least I see the proof of my suspicions; it is to please stock holders.

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Short term profits in exchange for long term ill-will from the fans. I feel bad for any BW employee that tried to speak out against taking the forums completely offline. Between people like Gaider that still feel the need to talk crap to this day (and tells BW fans asking about the Fenris book 'I forgot. Sue me,') other devs who I won't call out, and the investors crying that their stock was worth only $68 a share, they didn't stand a chance.

 

I never thought Bioware would be so committed to doing the wrong thing, but I guess that's what happens.

 

Companies are like children or pets - you can't just tell them what to do. NIntendo has been doggedly pursuing the wrong course of action for years now, and damn the consequences.

[Biotic Apostate]

I'm dyin'. This killed me dead.

 

They raised the like limit to a thousand or something, they should let me like a single post a hundred times too. It's the end of the world anyway.

Awww

 

Since I've reached 2000 likes (somehow), I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you and others for liking my posts. Arigato/Danke schön/Gracias/Thank you! I'll be here all week!

[LPPrince]

I had a growing suspicion this was a financial decision more than anything, even called it earlier in this thread.

 

I'm scared BioWare won't even make it to DA4.

 

 

What would be the financial issue? That Bioware is blowing money away or that EA won't fund them?

[Kantr]

Well, that was interesting. One week before they announced the forum closure, there was a stockbroker's meeting. EA's stocks had slumped a bit during July. It wasn't the big fall they had in January, but it was still a decent sized dip. For July, the stocks were at about $68 and change. After the forum closure announcement, stocks had risen back up to ~$76 a share. That's where it is as of about ten minutes before I made this post.

I think I can figure out the real reason for the forum deletion. Money talks, after all. I don't think the money is worth the mistrust that many fans are going to have. <shrug> It's not my dime though. I still think that this is going to hurt BioWare in the long run. At least I see the proof of my suspicions; it is to please stock holders.

I might have to see if I can buy into EA's stock so I can be considered a shareholder. It seems like those are the only people that EA cares about. I can't speak for the men and women at BioWare, but they are subject to EA's whims.

Short term profits in exchange for long term ill-will from the fans. I feel bad for any BW employee that tried to speak out against taking the forums completely offline. Between people like Gaider that still feel the need to talk crap to this day (and tells BW fans asking about the Fenris book 'I forgot. Sue me,') other devs who I won't call out, and the investors crying that their stock was worth only $68 a share, they didn't stand a chance.

My fear that BioWare is on it's way to becoming a corporate shell just increased. Yeah, they just opened BW-Montreal. However, I wouldn't be surprised if the Edmonton branch either closed, or both became EA-Montreal and EA-Edmonton. I know that BW needs to turn a profit, but this smells wrong to me. I've seen other companies "merge" before, and usually the smaller company (in this case BW,) becomes a shell for the bigger company (EA.) It takes time, sometimes years, but it always happens. Hopefully folks at BW will be able to keep their jobs.

Edit: I think they dropped the money for https for their new private beta forums. I'm betting this has been in the works since January, when EA stock was around $35-$40 per share.

Maybe I should take up origami. I need practice with my tin foil hats and I know how nutty my post sounded. Eh, I'm just venting anyways. All I can do is hope and wait.

If you look at the share price over a 5 year trend it's going up and considering it was at 50 in feb. 68 won't hurt them.Plus the fall was lower than they thought (not that i'm defending EA)

 

You'd need a butload of money to have enough shares to vote though.

[Grieving Natashina]

I had a growing suspicion this was a financial decision more than anything, even called it earlier in this thread.

I'm scared BioWare won't even make it to DA4.

I think we'll see DA4, since DA:I sold well. I do have my doubts as whether or not it'll say BioWare on it though.

I figured this whole thing came down to money. Not so much that EA didn't have the money, but wanted to make things look good. It doesn't matter if you have 0 warning points or 1000. It doesn't matter if you loved to troll the forums or considered yourself a bit of a diplomat. It doesn't matter if you got into BW games a month ago or have been a fan for around 20 years.

Thanks to the ME3 debacle that many of us weren't around for and/or partook in; Gaider not shutting up about how horrible we are even after he left; and sites like Forbes taking everything that devs had said at face value, we're all disposable.

Worked with a dev trying to get a bug fix? Too bad, it didn't matter!
Worked with the fellow fans to offer tips for the PC? Too bad, it didn't matter!
Worked on faqs and class builds? Too bad!

I still find it sad that Blizzard has gotten even more harassment than BW over the years, but are decent enough not to let their devs and writers talk smack about their forums. BioWare, which is 4 years younger, has spent years since ME3 talking about how wretched this place is. That keeps it fresh in the minds of investors. Meanwhile, Blizzard fixed their mistake, calmed down their fans and it's mostly gone away. No one remembers the Real ID blow up.

So yeah, maybe if certain devs and writers had shown some sense of tact, it wouldn't be a financial reason. And many fans are gonna pay for it, not just the regular posters here. I've seen a lot of people come into the new forum saying that they only had one or two posts here, but lurked for news, tips and all of that jazz.

I'm just glad that the fans care enough to make sure BW games are as enjoyable as they can be. It's not like EA gives a pyjak about it. <glare>

[Grieving Natashina]

I saw the same thing happen to my dad before he retired. My best friend, the one that works for Comcast, watched the same thing happen when AT&T "merged" with Comcast. Maybe I'm reading too much into this. It's a possibility, since I'm still upset. It just doesn't bode well.

Conspiracy theory time! They are going to reopen the forums in about a year, mostly intact. It'll became accessible again. Why are they going through old posts and giving out so many warning points now? Why, it's so they know who's "acceptable" to return and who isn't. Kinda like banning everyone and letting them back in one by one.

I think I need coffee.

[LPPrince]

I saw the same thing happen to my dad before he retired. My best friend, the one that works for Comcast, watched the same thing happen when AT&T "merged" with Comcast. Maybe I'm reading too much into this. It's a possibility, since I'm still upset. It just doesn't bode well.

Conspiracy theory time! They are going to reopen the forums in about a year, mostly intact. It'll became accessible again. Why are they going through old posts and giving out so many warning points now? Why, it's so they know who's "acceptable" to return and who isn't. Kinda like banning everyone and letting them back in one by one.

I think I need coffee.

 

 

That wouldn't happen unless they saved everything after closure and didn't say anything. Which I mean they could, but thats crazy optimistic. I wouldn't bet on it.