Well damn, EA Caught giving bribes for positive battlefront feedback

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The allegation surfaced when Reddit admin, Sporkicide, posted a note looking for new mods as those working previously were found to have violated the site’s user agreement. When asked for details, Sporkicide said:

There was a representative from EA directing moderators to remove posts and prevent certain links from being posted. In exchange, moderators were given perks including alpha access. This had been going on for a while and is completely unacceptable, whether you were personally the moderator to yank the post or not. It appears to have been clear to all moderators what was being asked and what was being provided in return.

Following this, one of the ex-mods, Unwanted_Commentary, stepped up and claimed that he was the one who reported on his colleagues for accepting bribes. According to him, he was “demodded” due to his suspicions and now that the story has come to light, he’s being attacked. Here’s his post in full:

I’m the ex-moderator that finally found the time to report them for all of the shady shyt they have been doing over the course of the last year. They originally demodded me due to my suspicion that the subreddit was filled with paid reputation management accounts. Since this has gone down, these accounts have been assaulting my character nonstop, trying to drag my name through the mud. Here’s the basic rundown regarding the moderators:

  1. They accepted favors in return for moderator actions.

  2. They farmed the subreddit nonstop for YouTube revenue by stickying videos made by the moderators and adding referral links in the sidebar.

  3. They tried to cover up the bribery by banning users who tried to expose them

  4. They willingly suppressed criticism of the game through moderator action

  5. They turned a blind eye to the massive astroturfing operation that is underway in the subreddit.

  6. They exposed personal details about users that were confided in private.
EA Reportedly Bribed Star Wars Battlefront Reddit Mods
 
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Definitely wait for real reviews to come out for any EA game brehs. Also, totally off topic, but what a nikka gotta do to be able to post new threads?
 

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The game will sell well even if it scores moderately(and it will). :yeshrug:Despite early access the embargo dates for reviews still due by the hard launch of the game.
 

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I'm under the impression this happens with every studio and every developer and every game

yeah just maybe in other ways

"heres a personal invite to our up convention, comped hotel, free VIP suite access and you get to demo all the games before anyone else and we'll give you a special care package of limited edition version of the game :troll: " type shyt

keep in mind a lot of these game reviewers were more than likely shy kids growing up or not the out going ones at least so when they get all this attention from big companies they fold quick :manny:



edit: @dBoyFresh*212 a fool :heh: linking ya self as the source :laff: you dedicated bruh I give you that :salute:
 

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Not a surprise on EA's part but it shows how pathetic most of the mods on these gaming sites are.

These losers leaking info on members and destroying evidence on some watergate shyt just to get put on the mailing list for early access to betas :heh:
 
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