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EA's response to serial email problem [message #62695] Mon, 19 January 2004 18:24 Go to next message
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This is their first response, I responded saying many others have the problem and I even requested one on an email address with no spam filters, I am awaiting their next reply.

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Response (Box Frank L.) - 01/19/2004 05:25 PM
Hello,

Thank you for contacting Electronic Arts technical support concerning
C&C: Renegade. Unfortunately, the Dedicated server is unsupported
software, and as a result we do not have the means to provide serial numbers.
The system does send out emails, but it can take possibly up to a day
to receive it.

What you might try is to add the Westwood Online email to your address
book, or specify that mail from it is not spam, and then re-submit your
request on the website. The email address for the FDS automailer is:

YourRenegadeFDSSerial@westwood.com

Thank you for contacting Electronic Arts Online Support,

Frank L.
EA Technical Support

Customer - 01/18/2004 10:46 PM
When will the Dedicated Serial service for WOL be back up? Currently
when a serial is requested from http://renegadeserver.westwood.com/RenegadeFdsReg/index.jsp no email is
sent out. Many others are having this problem and it is hindering the
survival of C&C Renegade. Please respond ASAP.
EA's response to serial email problem [message #62702] Mon, 19 January 2004 19:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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So in other words they don't give a shit... Mad

EA's response to serial email problem [message #62704] Mon, 19 January 2004 21:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Gee, what a fuckin suprise :stern:

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EA's response to serial email problem [message #62732] Tue, 20 January 2004 04:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Once again EA is full of shit, I am gonna call them this weekend and ask them about it up front if i get time, and if he tries that reading a message or a book page on me i am gonna fucken chew his/her ass out until i get an answer.

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EA's response to serial email problem [message #62733] Tue, 20 January 2004 05:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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So basically they're saying it's your fault and if it isn't we don't care anyway.
EA's response to serial email problem [message #62744] Tue, 20 January 2004 07:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Basically, I sent them a response saying I requested a serial on a private email adress with no spam filters at all and they are yet to respond.
EA's response to serial email problem [message #62755] Tue, 20 January 2004 09:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Ha. That's nothing. I lost my Ren cd key and I called their tech support and you know nice guy and all. So they told me to photocopy the front of my discs then fax them down to them. Now after charges this cost me some money and yet I never received a response. Fuck EA
EA's response to serial email problem [message #62773] Tue, 20 January 2004 11:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Jelly

Ha. That's nothing. I lost my Ren cd key and I called their tech support and you know nice guy and all. So they told me to photocopy the front of my discs then fax them down to them. Now after charges this cost me some money and yet I never received a response. Fuck EA


While Ea generally sucks... in the case your the one to blame here, you lost your cdkey not them... Also they usually ask you to mail in your cds, not photocopy the front of your cds... i know this because when I got the game nothing was printed on the cdkey area. They told me I need to mail in the cds for them to give a new cdkey.


EA's response to serial email problem [message #62777] Tue, 20 January 2004 11:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Sending CDs through mail is a risky business, because they could end up gone. My cousin from Europe once send me few magazines and CDs, and when it came here, the cover of the paper package was torn apart, and some magazines were missing. Fortunatelly I was lucky and the CDs were there. Some people might not be that lucky...
EA's response to serial email problem [message #62799] Tue, 20 January 2004 13:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I never thought of sending CD's by mail as risky...I've gotten several CD's from friends online or even people I don't know and had them arrive in perfect condition.

On the other hand, I've had some unpleasant experiences with customer service in the past, and not just EA's...no major game publisher gives half a shit about the average consumer. I've had customer service emails for some companies trying to convince me that the game didn't have a CD key in the first place, when the installation clearly requires it. Then I've had problems reinstalling games after uninstalling because the morons in charge didn't have the brains to delete the registry entries, and the CD key was rendered invalid (taking about 10 or so e-mails to customer service before it was drilled through their heads that I was registering twice to MYSELF, not someone else). Customer DISservice, more like. "How may we abuse you?" :rolleyes:


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EA's response to serial email problem [message #62829] Tue, 20 January 2004 16:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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LOL they just don't get it do they (that the FDS serial email process just isn't working.)? FFS Its not an issue with it being spam filtered, the mails just plainly are not being sent.
EA's response to serial email problem [message #62834] Tue, 20 January 2004 17:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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these 2 dilbert cartoons show it very well....

http://rcm54.tripod.com/dilbert1
http://rcm54.tripod.com/dilbert2

(sorry about the size)


w00t?
EA's response to serial email problem [message #62838] Tue, 20 January 2004 17:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I could resize them if you want...
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I replied asking them to show me the header of a serial email dated sometime recent, no response lol
EA's response to serial email problem [message #62855] Tue, 20 January 2004 19:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Response (Box Frank L.) 01/20/2004 07:35 PM
Hello,

Ufortunately the last time I tested it was on Jan 10th, and it arrived several hours after request. However, as I stated earlier, we do not have the means to provide serial numbers, nor check the system that generates them, as the dedicated server is unsupported software.

Also, try going through http://westwood.ea.com > signup > login to your account to create a new nick to get a serial number for. Beyond that, I have no other way of helping. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

Thank you for contacting Electronic Arts Online Support,

Frank L.
EA Technical Support
EA's response to serial email problem [message #62857] Tue, 20 January 2004 19:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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fucking lying bitch...
gimme his email, I'll tell him whats up Mad


EA's response to serial email problem [message #62862] Tue, 20 January 2004 20:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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pardon my french, but thats fucking bullshit. "don't have means to check the system"???? What the hell. There has to be SOMEONE who maintains the servers, whover the guy is who reboots it when WOL goes down etc...FIND THAT GUY...FFS...damn red tape.
EA's response to serial email problem [message #62864] Tue, 20 January 2004 21:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Don't get angry at the people @ tech support who are responding to your messages. They are not the one's who can do much about it.
EA's response to serial email problem [message #62867] Tue, 20 January 2004 21:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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But they CAN pass your problems on to the higher-ups, and they don't always do that. Either that or the higher-ups give them a bunch of shit to shovel at you, and they simply pass it along no matter how little sense it makes.

"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. Horrid mischief would ensue were (the law-abiding) deprived of the use of them." - Thomas Paine

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EA's response to serial email problem [message #62887] Wed, 21 January 2004 00:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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pardon my french, but thats fucking bullshit. "don't have means to check the system"???? What the hell. There has to be SOMEONE who maintains the servers, whover the guy is who reboots it when WOL goes down etc...FIND THAT GUY...FFS...damn red tape.




Janitor = guy who reboots, when he trips over teh wire whilest mopping, he then plugs it back in, wala... WOL reboots.


Must have been spring cleaning last week?


EA's response to serial email problem [message #62888] Wed, 21 January 2004 00:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Spring cleaning, or he's related to Blazer Razz
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I still don't buy the "we don't support that" crap. If the FDS isn't supported, why do they even have a page to request serials for it? You can't tell me theres not ONE person there who knows which box is the WOL servers, and has access to them. We just have to contact the right person. Since Dante has more contacts at EA than anyone else I know of, I nominate him Smile
EA's response to serial email problem [message #62896] Wed, 21 January 2004 02:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I have a little be more cynical view than Blazer.

If EA/Westwood hadn't released FDS would as many (quality) servers have been setup on WOL and GameSpy?

If most of the servers were set up by noobs without enough bandwidth would as many people play renegade?

If less people played renegade and didn't recommend it to their friends would EA/Westwood have sold as many copies of renegade?

If less bought Renegade would EA/Westwood have made as much money off of it?

EA should support the FDS, I mean how difficult can it be to keep one server running? Mad
EA's response to serial email problem [message #62898] Wed, 21 January 2004 03:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I tried getting a FDS serial, and got this:

"The nick name is not a Westwood Online Nick."

WTF? Then how is it possible that I can play with it on WOL? Shocked Question Mad
EA's response to serial email problem [message #62906] Wed, 21 January 2004 04:02 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Blazer

I still don't buy the "we don't support that" crap. If the FDS isn't supported, why do they even have a page to request serials for it? You can't tell me theres not ONE person there who knows which box is the WOL servers, and has access to them. We just have to contact the right person. Since Dante has more contacts at EA than anyone else I know of, I nominate him Smile

Isn't it posible to make a Keygen for the FDS, so you enter your Username/password and the genrator makes you a FDS-Serial out of it?


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