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I recently attempted to sign up for an Origin account under the username qwertymodo. This is a username that I have used for over 10 years on dozens of sites without any issue, and one of my criteria in choosing it initially was that it not be offensive. However, apparently Origin disagrees with me and every other company I've done business with in that time on what is and is not considered an acceptable username, as I was told when attempting to sign up that "ID contains a prohibited word or character". I attempted to resolve this through phone and chat support. During my initial phone support, I was told that they could not determine why the username was being rejected, but that they would call me back with more information. That was a week ago, and I've heard nothing. So today, I contacted support again via live chat. During this chat, I was disconnected twice and when I finally did manage to speak to somebody long enough to present the issue, I was again told that they couldn't determine why the name was rejected, but that they could escalate the case so that I would be able to find that out. I just received confirmation that the case was closed with no further information.
Look, I understand why you have this system in place. I get that you are trying to sort out offensive usernames. But the fact of the matter is, you have an overzealous automated system. In addition to that, your support staff can't even tell me why the system flagged the username. Even if I wanted to try to modify the name to fit the rules, I wouldn't be able to because nobody will tell me where the problem lies. However, as I said, I've used this name for over 10 years. It's basically my online identity, and telling me that I can't use it with your service is basically asking me to change that identity, which I have no interest in doing UNLESS SOMEBODY CAN TELL ME WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. Even then, given the fact that I've spend over an hour with support being run around, given no help, disconnected multiple times, told that I would receive a callback, or that my case was being escalated, only to find that neither was true, I'm really at the point of simply saying that I will take my business elsewhere.
If my post comes across as rude or demanding, it's only because I tried being polite, only to get treated like * by support. I'm just looking for a simple answer to my question. If there is no way to manually review usernames and override the automated flagging, then the system needs to be changed, because obviously it's broken.
- EA_Nils10 years ago
Community Admin
@NotTheIDIWanted Hi Qwertymodo,
Unfortunately there currently isn't any system in place that would allow an EA Game Advisors to manually whitelist a user name, such as yours.
I have inquired whether it would be possible to review the current rule that flags your user name as invalid. I suspect the main issue is that many users abuse the letter combination qwerty during user name creation to create a throwaway account instead of coming up with an actual name. I don't have any direct insight however, so take this with a grain of salt.
Cheers,
Nils
- Anonymous10 years ago
For me, I can use TheFuzzyWaffle, but cannot use FuzzyWaffle52 (which I prefer). any hope for me?
- EA_Nils10 years ago
Community Admin
@wordyg33ks Unfortunately no changes have been made.
@thefuzzywaffle Not aware of why this specific combination should be blocked. Did you try searching for friends with that specific name to rule out that someone else has claimed it already?You could also try whether another number combination is available to go with the name..
- 8 years ago
I have a problem same now ☹️ Iwant change nick name SwissArmyMann
- 8 years ago
I have this issue some inconsiderate son of a b stole my account @& changed my id now i am stuck with the thieves id lol
- 10 years ago
Sorry to necro an old post, but is there any update on this issue?
I'm looking to change my name to match my main account, which also has the string "qwerty" in it.
- 9 years ago
Both lMC Grunt, and Militia Grunt are somehow prohibited.
The problem isn't Grunt however?
The whole thing just seems wonk.
- 8 years ago
same issue here i can use ErthnPhoenix but i cant use EarthenPhoenix which is all 10 kinds of wrong
- EA_Barry8 years ago
Community Manager
It seems like for you it is the combination of the letters E and A together that is the issue.
- 7 years agoI think this thread is the best example for why EA is a complete j o k e !
The first user (almost 4 years ago) went through a weeks worth of Customer Support, and didn't get their answer solved! Years later and 20 pages of comments worth of complaints, and there is literally no answer from Support or any user solutions.
My name currently is liiQwiiDGolD after dozens of attempts at my preferred name, liiKwiiDGolD. As you can see, the only issue is the arrangement of letters, and there should be no reason for this issue. PLEASE contact me with an answer to allow username additions. There MUST be a way to create a logging database that works.- 6 years agoYep.
- 6 years ago
Someone I know was starting a new account. He tried to name it Shenanigans and it told him that it "contains a prohibited word or character"???
- Nerdilicious812 months agoNewcomer
apparently the username "nerdiculous" contains a prohibited word or character. can you please elaborate EA instead of leaving your customers in the dark?
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