Following up on EA Sports announcing its commitment toaddress abusive language used in its sports gamesafter a Reddit post regardingNHL 20,EA itself has released a Positive Play Charter. The Charter addresses a more broad range of topics on its expectations for players of the company’s games going forward.
EA has laid some groundwork focusing on 4 key topics that are all encompassed in its user agreements going forward. Not wanting to outright ban accounts that breach these terms, the company has outlined the specifics of each topic with a do’s and don’ts list. All of this is coming just beforeEA Play Live, less than 24 hours away.
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Focusing on treating others as they want to be treated, EA has emphasized using reporting tools when viewing or being a victim of toxic behaviors. This includes in game and its various social media channels. The reporting tools can be used to address any type of offensive behavior including attacks on a player’s race, sexual orientation, and heritage. In regards to spamming, EA also wants to address anyone using in-game communications or other online platforms to harass other players and members of the company itself. This also includes impersonating someone else, creating new accounts for further harassment, and abusing the reporting tool by making false claims.
Another key topic in the Charter was the focus on keeping things fair within a game and addressing any cheating or abuse of exploits. EA wants to know when anyone is using unsupported mods within a game to gain an advantage. While bugs and glitches are bound to be found and addressed, it becomes a more serious issue when in-game currencies and unlocks are the goal of the exploits. Anyunfair advantage in games are a major concernthat EA wants to address as soon as possible. With social media being a key part of many of EA’s franchises, the company also wants to address the type of content being shared. EA states it will not condone any lewd, pirated, or harmful content.
The final topic the company focuses on is following local laws within each player’s respective communities. With streaming, live gameplay has become a major component within modern games, and EA wants to ensure that players have the tools to report anyone abusing laws at the cost of others, this includes doxxing,swattingand extortion. Any sexual content, including unwanted photos, emails, or text messages is also prohibited and will be addressed.
Building a better community has been a major focus with many publishers and developers this year. RecentlyActivision also took action to address toxic languagewith its own call to action. With EA Play being the company’s next big user outreach for games likeMadden NFL,FIFAandStar Wars: Squadrons, details may yet come that will show what new tools the company has for players going forward.
EA Play is this Thursday, June 18 at 4pm PT.
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