Just randomly feel like complaining about EA's account management system. Feel free to not care.
I've got several accounts for several EA things... It'd seem that logic would suggest one EA account would work across the board for all EA things... but no, one account will work a little here, maybe a little there, but you have to make yet another account for other things. I had to make an account to register, which I couldn't use my regular name of BrknPhoenix because it was taken (by me some years ago, I presume). I try to retrieve my password. They don't have this user anymore. I try to make the account with that name. Sorry, that name is taken. By who?! By ME! Give it back!
Eventually I just say screw it and don't register.
I actually do have an account for BF2 called BrknPhoenix, fortunately enough, but I couldn't use that same account for 2142. I did a search for 'BrknPhoenix' and it found an account with BrknPhoenix + some letter, and BrknPhoenix + some number.
What were those from? Oh yeah, when I used their other sites earlier. They had an online store (which sucked) that I had to make an account for, so I just put a letter after it. It was different from my EA Link account, because it wouldn't let me use my damn EA link account there.
Back to the main story, trying to use the same account on 2142 as I did on BF2 so I can get that '2' by my name. But the BrknPhoenix account doesn't exist (sure as hell does on BF2, but whatever). I try to make the account again. "Sorry, this name has been taken." Okay, then I forgot my password? Send it to the e-mail associated with that account!
"There is no account by that name."
...But you just told me.. I can't make an account with that name because...... AHHHH
Fuck.
/rant
I've got several accounts for several EA things... It'd seem that logic would suggest one EA account would work across the board for all EA things... but no, one account will work a little here, maybe a little there, but you have to make yet another account for other things. I had to make an account to register, which I couldn't use my regular name of BrknPhoenix because it was taken (by me some years ago, I presume). I try to retrieve my password. They don't have this user anymore. I try to make the account with that name. Sorry, that name is taken. By who?! By ME! Give it back!
Eventually I just say screw it and don't register.
I actually do have an account for BF2 called BrknPhoenix, fortunately enough, but I couldn't use that same account for 2142. I did a search for 'BrknPhoenix' and it found an account with BrknPhoenix + some letter, and BrknPhoenix + some number.
What were those from? Oh yeah, when I used their other sites earlier. They had an online store (which sucked) that I had to make an account for, so I just put a letter after it. It was different from my EA Link account, because it wouldn't let me use my damn EA link account there.
Back to the main story, trying to use the same account on 2142 as I did on BF2 so I can get that '2' by my name. But the BrknPhoenix account doesn't exist (sure as hell does on BF2, but whatever). I try to make the account again. "Sorry, this name has been taken." Okay, then I forgot my password? Send it to the e-mail associated with that account!
"There is no account by that name."
...But you just told me.. I can't make an account with that name because...... AHHHH
Fuck.
/rant