Origin's support page open with error message.

[Johnl12]

Hey, when I go the Origin's support http://retailsupport.ea.com/tech_support/ and select a topic for a game like P2 I get a error message. This has been going on for that lest a few months. Does anyone know what's going on?

 

[Bandit LOAF]

Use this one: http://www.origin.ea.com/tech/gamefaq.html

 

[redwolf]

Or maybe EA is costcutting again?

 

[Bandit LOAF]

It costs just as much money to load an error message as it does a page of text.

 

[Johnl12]

Wow, I've been checking this site out Loaf, it has a lot more info than the other site did. I really like the sound card section. To bad they don't have the newer cards like sblive in it. Thanks

[Edited by Johnl12 on 06-10-2001 at 15:09]

 

[TyeDyeBoy]

I think it may be a case of cost cutting on the web devs. I'd like to volunteer, if any EA reps are reading this... =)

 

[mpanty]

Originally posted by Bandit LOAF
It costs just as much money to load an error message as it does a page of text.

Though an error message, usually means less money is spent on the salary of the guy supposed to keep the page up...

 

[TyeDyeBoy]

It also typically means a teeeeeeeeny tiny bit less on the bandwidth unless they have really really nice error pages.

 

[TC]

Like the error pages of ace-1.com . Those are snazzy.

TC

 

[Bandit LOAF]

Yeah, the URL I gave you is the *secret* tech support page.

 

[RATM]

you mean the real one right?

 

[Bandit LOAF]

Ehh, it's actually just a leftover from back when Origins site was good... that they forgot to delete.

 

[mpanty]

Originally posted by Bandit LOAF
Ehh, it's actually just a leftover from back when Origins site was good... that they forgot to delete.

Wow LOAF! I know this might already have been discussed, but... is Origin's situation that bad?
I mean, is their sole purpose of existence right now only to serve support for Ultima Online?

 

[Bandit LOAF]

Eh? Oh, no, nothing like that...

... back in the day, Origin maintained their own web site (in the mid-90s) with news and a posting board and all that. But they took it down when everything relocated to California.