14 years ago

please clarify ea's terms and conditions

on the terms and conditions it states

Ranked Server Administrators:

If you are an administrator of a ranked Battlefield 3 server (referred to below as a "Server Administrator"), you must also comply with the EA Online Terms and Conditions.

Server Administrators are in violation of the EA Online Terms and Conditions if they enforce server rules on ranked servers that prohibit or severely limit players from using any roles, kits, weapons, vehicles, or other features of the game while playing on their server. Examples of such rules that would violate the EA Online Terms and Conditions include:

Running knife / pistol-only servers
Preventing players from using certain weapons or items (such as flash bangs or C4) or enforcing a "pistol only" or "knife only" server rule

Server Administrators may implement and enforce rules that result in minor changes to gameplay behavior or styles as long as these are clearly stated before a player starts playing on a server. These rules typically introduce minor or limited restrictions on how a certain aspect of the game can be used, but do not create or promote an environment that would allow abuse of the scoring/award system. Examples of such rules that are acceptable are:

Disallowing repeated main base camping/attacking of bases that cannot be captured.
Limiting the use of mortars to a particular region of the map.

Server Administrators will also violate the EA Online Terms and Conditions if they (i) use offensive server names, server art or clan tags; or (ii) encourage other players to violate the EA Online Terms and Conditions while in game.

now admins still make custom rules for ranked servers. it clearly states that they can have custom rules for private or public but when it comes to ranked they cannot make up custom rules. every ranked server out there has custom rules are they all in breach of ea's terms and conditions?

the hole comunity are very annoyed with abusive and cheating admins and i just want to make sure i have grounds to report them if the terms and conditions mean what they say they mean

battlefield 3

17 Replies

juress
14 years ago
Hello,
its pretty clear - server admins cannot create servers that limit any big aspect of the game, just like its written in the TOS.
Unfortunately the TOS doesn't say anything about stacking up players to create the advantage for the team the admins are playing in or about excessive kicking, or kicking/banning without a reason, which is rather sad to say the least.
If you've seen a server like this, you can report it for a violation of the terms of service, but only for the kit/weapon/gameplay restrictions.
Cheers
CrumpetTrumpet1
14 years ago
Hello ep91pig666eon, the rules clearly state that it's allowed to do minor gameplay changes, which is what most servers do.
ep91pig666eon
14 years ago
hello thanks for both replys its appreciated
80% of servers run rules of banning weapons is this in violation of ea's terms and conditions?
its states thats there is minor changes allow but they are stated in the t&cs anything else is then a violation is it?
i have before reported servers for kicking to win games, banning for killing the admin, using weapons they should be allowed, but i have never seen anyone who has recived a warning or even banned for this conduct. its as rampant as ever and the done thing now is to boost. there is servers now called boosting only where you run around capping flags but cannot kill anyone. the ps3 has loads of these i have reported some but all are still up and running today
i can only do so much before i just give up on the game, i cant see anyone getting in trouble for any of this so im thinking why even bother?
i really like the game best ever but these admins are really making the game unplayable, i seen that dice have added more servers and thats great but utterly useless if they are all empty. i know its up to us to fill them butim sure you will agree that no one is going to join a empty server in the hopes of other players joining
Jaketylerholt
14 years ago
As a bit of clarification, the RoS regarding chaning rules and play styles are only for RANKED servers. I believe you can play however you wish if you set it on PRIVATE.
CrumpetTrumpet1
14 years ago
There might havn't been any server takedowns, but I know for fact that A LOT of people got banned/reset for playing on these boosting servers.
TheJohnDale
14 years ago
Boosting server?
If I go to a normal Squad Rush match but everyone is having fun and we're running with repair tools.
So... We get reseted. *slow handclap*
ep91pig666eon
14 years ago
oh yeah these t&cs would only be fore ranked matches, i couldnt care tbh what they do in their private games im sure they would be fun
i see you only addressed the boosting servers saying that alot have been banned/ reset but when admins take for instants are playing gun game and they kick everyone who is just about to win so they can win themselves would this not be in the same class of say boosting/ cheating?
these servers seem to be a legitimate way of cheating without getting reconised, again if they were private then i would have no issue with them
another example a admin puts up a ban on no stingers so their platoon can stay up in the air the hole game scoring points would that not be classed as boosting?
CrumpetTrumpet1
14 years ago
You can get in contact with the EA Customer support to report server admins.
TheJohnDale
14 years ago
@ep91pig666eon wrote:
another example a admin puts up a ban on no stingers so their platoon can stay up in the air the hole game scoring points would that not be classed as boosting?
Just go to a DICE server.
ep91pig666eon
14 years ago
thanks for all the comments
as for the join a dice server comment, there was more servers added with no one in them so they are quite usless. i know its up to us to fill them but no one wants to join a empty server in the hopes that others will join aswell catch 22
people say to not join these custom servers but there is no alternative