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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, EA: Inactive Origin accounts won't be deleted.

    That mysterious part of Origin's terms of service saying EA could delete accounts left idle for two years? Nothing to worry about, EA says. No accounts with games will be deleted, only those left maliciously idle.
    Aug 04, 2011 7:45am PDT
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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, EA: Inactive Origin accounts won't be deleted.

    That mysterious part of Origin's terms of service saying EA could delete accounts left idle for two years? Nothing to worry about, EA says. No accounts with games will be deleted, only those left maliciously idle. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Maliciously idle? That sounds so sinister. : uglysad
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        How do you do nothing, malciously ? EA you are so silly : geedeckThis person is cool!
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          EA isn't silly (in this case), it's the write up. EA is basically saying if someone was to create a whole... : JonathanThis person is cool!
          • No, the language in the original TOS deserved the criticism. They could have narrowed the language to spe... : ConanThis person is cool!
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          My guess is to combat bot accounts with no games attached to them. But that still doesn't change the word... : fractured_sanity
          • Okay. You and Jonathan make sense. Idle maliciously. I love it. : geedeckThis person is cool!
      • it means doing nothing, and doing it HARD. : vitek r
      • Only accounts that have bombs hidden in their trunk will be deactivated : Durajim
      • Accounts wearing turbans? : uglysad
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      Maliciously idle? WTF does that even mean? Empty accounts? If you're going to clear out empty accounts, w... : MercFox1
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        because you could get free entitlements and they didn't mention games in the original text. : JonathanThis person is cool!
        • aha that makes sense : MercFox1
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      Make a bunch of user accounts with inappropriate names and have them all spam someone with friend invites... : Haxim
      • Or add said inappropriate accounts to your friends list so that when people view your profile they see yo... : Haxim
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        Stop being logical. It's in on the shack to hate on Origin and EA for absolutely everything, legitimate o... : snot3353This person is cool!
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          Origin single-handedly raised the debt ceiling. : The Grolar Bear
          • Origin killed my mother and raped my father. : GreggD
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      Seriously people. Steam has the same shit in its ToS. : the-deviant
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        someone mentioned this the other day and no one replied to them either. They all just keep flipping out ... : UberKalden
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          There was at least 2 threads I saw about EA yesterday. One of them even contained the cited info off the... : the-deviant
          • That was me who posted it. : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
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            Xav de Matos also said that it is a different situation : MercFox1
            • Oh, I didn't read a whole lot of it as it was just a bunch of nerds raging : the-deviant
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          Valve has earned our trust. EA has earned our mistrust. : ClayThis person is cool!
          • ^^^^^ : OmegaRed59
          • I'm not trying to defend EA as a whole but origin seems alright to me right now. It registered my copy o... : the-deviant
          • Yep. : Ride-My-RocketThis person is cool!
        • Actually, a bunch of us have replied that this is an entirely differently worded clause. The Origin Terms... : AlexW1203
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          i love front page posters and their blind dumbness to not actually read threads. people did respond to t... : deathofratsThis person is cool!
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            So if your not a front page poster, you must be a back door fanboy? What fucking difference does it make ... : Saldrin
            • Back door = butthole ? : Rauol DukeThis person is cool!
            • D: : OmegaRed59
            • lol...? : Fenring42
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              lol @ frontpager getting butt-hurt. : Ride-My-RocketThis person is cool!
              • We we are his back door buddies... : Fenring42
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                You know, there's a lot of focus on the butt around these parts. Is it because it's just so big and out ... : lolpatrol
                • I just can't help myself... I'm actin' like an animal. : Ride-My-RocketThis person is cool!
            • I'm guessing you're not a "people person." : deject
            • Well, we ARE running low... : The Grolar Bear
            • lol'd, I like your style new guy : Dravenport
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              come on guys - this is a pretty funny post : EvilDolemiteThis person is cool!
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                Your write : rosewoodThis person is cool!
                • Thinking about this hurts me. : Fenring42
            • haha nicely played : nodebug
            • back door fanboy I like it : MercFox1
            • This post should grant you honorary chatty status. : ArcKnight
            • This is my favorite part about nushack. Front pagers are HILARIOUS. : thetangentThis person is cool!
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              lol awesome. Thanks for proving my point, butt buddy. : deathofratsThis person is cool!
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                THIS is your response? Seriously? We're trading in deathofrats for Saldrin. : ArcKnight
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                  You can have him. Make sure he brings his own lube though, because im taking my costco tub back home. : deathofratsThis person is cool!
                  • Don't let the back door hit you on the backdoor on your way out. : ArcKnight
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                it's ok to admit that u got owned death of frats : rasputinrebornThis person is cool!
                • By a front page poster? Nevar! I've earned my stripes (and lashes apparently) over the past 9 years. : deathofratsThis person is cool!
            • i'm giggling over here! tee heeee! : project13This person is cool!
            • lol. I miss profiles. : Ormsbee
            • The best part about this post is the last sentence. It's definitely worded as fact, so he must know about... : TheNiXXeDThis person is cool!
            • Website of Cock 2.0 : Crabs Jarrard
            • http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSt5PZiA8XlFc-rCD2CnRhDeiZq3zMAKFtf-NYQXSfqSYKY8fi6rw : Sole.exe
            • i think you'll fit in just fine : GloriousCowThis person is cool!
            • Welcome to the party! : Head Rush
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              I thought all of us were front pagers, and the old discussion boards were the backdoor people. Can so... : ghost in my shellThis person is cool!
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                I'm King, all the rest of you are my serfs who toil for my digital hedonism. : Rauol DukeThis person is cool!
                • No, you're a duke. : Fenring42
            • lol, this is pretty solid. : Danny5225
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              Chatty posters are contractually obligated to hate on front-pagers, but you're awesome so I don't know wh... : a sandwich
              • MASS HYSTERIA! : thetangentThis person is cool!
              • Seriously though start posting here http://www.shacknews.com/chatty : a sandwich
            • The back door, he knows about it. : shirif
          • we're all front pagers : RikiTiki2
        • http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=26427390#itemanchor_26427390 : razlebol
      • To be fair, people used to absolutely rage about Steam's ToS when it first came out. I just hope EA can p... : piemanThis person is cool!
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        FUCK EA. It's not the same. EA is not Valve. : KerrangerThis person is cool!
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          Fanboyism, ahoy. : GreggD
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            yep, but with validity. : papaskotThis person is cool!
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              Validity to you. I'm in the camp of innocent until proven guilty when it comes to this stuff. : GreggD
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                I might be the only one hopeful origin takes off. There needs to be another major player in the digital ... : the-deviant
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                  Hence my willingness to give Origin a chance. : GreggD
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                    More competition = better deals. But with EA doing exclusive stuff... I just don't know. : the-deviant
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                      Valve titles are exclusive to Steam, and we all know how that turned out. : GreggD
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                        You can pick up the Orange Box on Origin right here: http://store.origin.com/DRHM/store?Action=DisplayPro... : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
                        • If I'm not mistaken, that's a boxed copy, that's like saying you buying Starcraft from GameStop in-store ... : Fenring42
    • maliciously idle aka logging out with the thanks.txt button checked : wendigoThis person is cool!
    • EA TOS: "Nothing to worry about". : Ride-My-RocketThis person is cool!