Apex Legends player apparently perma-banned from EA games for typing \u201cstfu\u201d EA \/ Respawn EntertainmentAn Apex Legends player has gone viral and sparked debate after sharing their permanent ban from all EA games, caused by a chat message that EA deemed in breach of their harassment rules. In a Reddit post on November 19, user THEVAN3D shared their ban message, which shows EA issuing a permanent account ban, after they found he had typed \u2018stfu\u2019 in chat in Apex Legends. The message read, \u201cWe consider this to be harassment. You can no longer play EA games on this account.\u201d The post quickly gathered steam, soon being shared around in other subreddits and social media. The player confirmed that the ban meant he was unable to access the EA App, rendering all his other games unplayable. EA issues perma-bans for Apex chat messages As the post went viral, others shared similar experiences, however, it became clear that this permanent ban was the result of accumulating multiple temporary bans beforehand. Although THEVAN3D claims he has only ever been issued one previous ban, also for chat messages, others claimed that it was a three-strike system. Another player also revealed they had been issued the same permanent ban from all EA games, after typing \u201cMfs trash\u201d in game chat. However, they confirmed it had been their third such messaging strike. However, THEVAN3D claims that this was only their second ban, with their previous one a temporary suspension for writing \u2018xtfu\u2019 \u2013 misspelling the intended \u2018stfu\u2019. \u201c[I had a] previous account suspension for same reason,\u201d they said. \u201cThe account is clean. I never used cheats or done anything else. Just saying f**k a couple of times. And now I\u2019m locked out of my account. not being able to access even single-player games.\u201d EA requires all players to agree to their \u201cpositive play charter\u201c, which essentially governs respect, cheating, inappropriate content, and the law: Treat Others With Respect \u2013 Our community is diverse. Everyone should feel like they belong. – Keep Things Fair \u2013 Winning is much more satisfying based on your own skills. – Share Clean Content \u2013 Create and share stuff that\u2019s appropriate. – Follow Local Laws \u2013 Keep it legal in our games and services, just like you would IRL. – EA does indeed state that breaching these rules could lead to \u201crestrictions on your account\u201d or even \u201ctake away your access to certain or all EA Services.\u201d But, many players feel such a ban, encompassing all EA games, is too severe for messages like \u201cstfu\u201d or \u201cmfs trash.\u201d One player said, \u201cbanning someone for saying \u2018stfu\u201d is f**king ridiculous. Apex community is soft.\u201d Another argued, \u201cSaying stfu is not harassment though.\u201d EA, clearly, disagrees. The banned player reached out to EA support to appeal, but was given a simple response: \u201cAfter thoroughly investigating your account and concern, we found that your account was actioned correctly and will not remove this sanction from your account.\u201d Last year, players reported that they were being banned for using the name \u201cAndrew Tate\u201d as their username.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends player apparently perma-banned from EA games for typing \u201cstfu\u201d EA \/ Respawn EntertainmentAn Apex Legends player has gone viral and sparked debate after sharing their permanent ban from all EA games, caused by a chat message that EA deemed in breach of their harassment rules. In a Reddit post on November 19, user […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}