THANKS!

Technically free speech only applies to the government censoring people. Privately-owned venues like online forums are fair game for censorship as deemed necessary by the owners.

Still, I do agree that it's not really fair to shut down all discussions about the future of the franchise based on the company's current situation. They probably don't have the PR resources to handle this, so they just shut the discussions down before things get out of hand. There isn't really much transparency here in the first place.

I wish @EA_Mage could give us more information about the whole situation (She is the community manager now if I see her title) since the community obviously is worried..

The last thing we need at this moment is complete silence. That will only make the speculation worse and even more out of control.

Just be transparent for once please. I think the community deserves it.

I really think an official statement is appropriate at this moment.

"rudy8292;c-16441294" wrote:

Just be transparent for once please.

^This! This so much. Every time there's been some sort of bad news on the horizon, it's always been up to us to figure it out while they twiddle their thumbs and act like they don't see what's happening. Just be up front and tell us what's going on. No BS (Really? We're censoring two letters now?) corporate speak. No avoiding the question. Just tell us what's going on. You'd think they'd be more on top of this considering all the things that have been said by someone claiming to be a former guru.

"Lizzychicago;d-938858" wrote:
So my thread about the possible future of this game/franchise got shut down because it's not appropriate to discuss it on the forum?. Censorship much? I mean FFS, freedom of speech! People have the right to give their opinions on a public forum! Plus closing conversations only makes folks more nervous and much likelier to make up stories and that's how bad rumours get started. I'm not one for being silenced, that's plum and weak.

When a discussion is on people rather than content it is most certainly not appropriate. EA_Mage's post in that thread was quite clear on this so there should be no confusion. Creating a thread to discuss moderation is against the forum rules. I'm closing this thread and will be in contact.