Apex Legends player apparently perma-banned from EA games for typing “stfu”

[John Elden Ring]

An 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 ‘stfu’ in chat in Apex Legends.

The message read,

We consider this to be harassment. You can no longer play EA games on this account.

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.

 

[Johnic]

Can't hurt a snowflake's feelings now, can we.

 

[Darth Vader]

People finding actions have consequences. And I somehow doubt this was the only singular reason, and this person was probably one of those edgelords that pollute online gaming with their insecurity.

That said, there's potentially a court case in some markets (cof cof EU) since they're being prevented from accessing products they paid for.

Edit: To clarify - I doubt this one singular stfu was the problem, even if the message states that. These are usually automated messages, meaning this person probably had countless complaints. This was probably the straw that broke the camel's back.

 

[flaccidsnake]

the woke mob

 

[8BiTw0LF]

Scary part of this is if I reply "kys" (kiss in Danish) (short for kill your self in English) to one of my Danish teammates, I could potentially be banned forever.

 

[TubzGaming]

Scary part of this is if I reply "kys" (kiss in Danish) (short for kill your self in English) to one of my Danish teammates, I could potentially be banned forever.