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27th Feb 2012, 03:56 PM
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 Update Your Origin ID Today Before SHT Release and New Page Setup Today.
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starryeyedSim
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Join Date: Oct 2009 |
I hope I can post this information here. If you aren't aware of it, today on TS3 your Mypage will be changing to the new "Showtime" Facebook Wall/type page. This new Mypage will include your Origin ID as these two accounts( TS3 page and Origin ID are being joined.) This could be a problem for those that use their real name as their Origin ID. It is advised you should change that ID in Origin before the maintenance is done today for the TS3 site. |
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27th Feb 2012, 04:03 PM
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starryeyedSim
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Join Date: Oct 2009 |
It doesn't matter if you use your TS3 site page or not. The new Mypage will show your Origin ID, too if you have ever ordered a game from EA.com or through Origin. Some use their real name and residence, please change that before maintenance is completed for the new page if you don't want anyone to see your real name and residence from your Origin/EA.com Account. Added for Clarity |
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27th Feb 2012, 05:46 PM
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~MadameButterfly~
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Join Date: Jun 2009 |
I forgot all about their maintenance today. Luckily I am ok with my I.D. Hopefully those who haven't taken care of it will heed your advice. 
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27th Feb 2012, 05:49 PM
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Shhh
Field Researcher
Join Date: Sep 2011 |
Thanks, they were starting some maintenance yesterday weren't they? And isn't our Origin ID suppose to be private? Sims 3 site should be on around 8pm 
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Last edited by Shhh : 27th Feb 2012 at 06:04 PM.
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27th Feb 2012, 06:06 PM
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lisfyre
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Join Date: Jan 2008 |
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Well... they published it once before and the community went ballistic over that slight indiscretion so they issued an apology and took it off all of the player's MyPage. I guess they're doing it again. My Origin and EA/Sims 3 ID are the same so I'm not worried about it but I do take exception to them issuing it. I think I'll go make sure that ID is private in both Origin and the official site ... again. | |
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Life is short, insecurity is a waste of time. ~Diane Von Furstenburg You don't get out of life alive. ~Jimmy the Hand |
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27th Feb 2012, 07:17 PM
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lewisb40
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Yeah, I made it private at Origins, but will do it again if the My Page shows my information from Origins. Seems like whatever I do will still make me available. I hate this SHT! :D |
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Still thinking... |
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27th Feb 2012, 08:10 PM
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Simsdestroyer
Field Researcher
Join Date: Feb 2011 |
Another good idea would be to take screenshots of your simpoints if you have any. I have 3,500 simpoints and knowing EA they will "conviently" vanish. So Yeah, getting pretty paranoid. |
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27th Feb 2012, 10:56 PM
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Annette19
Test Subject
Join Date: Nov 2004 |
I didn't have an Origin id but they made me sign up for one before I could log into the Sims 3 site today. I made it the same as my EA forum name and then set the MY Page to private. I'm not planning to use the simport feature and I've never used the My Page thing anyway. I've always backed up my sims and lots on my own computer, I don't create anything worth sharing. My sim points were all still there, but the $20 bundle is no more. It's now $10 or $40. |
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28th Feb 2012, 12:20 AM
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~MadameButterfly~
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Join Date: Jun 2009 |
I can't find the privacy settings for the MyPage. Edit, found it: http://mypage.thesims3.com/privacySettings.html |
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28th Feb 2012, 12:33 AM
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cameranutz2
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You have got to be kidding. EVERY time a friend posts something on their EA page it's going to show on mine?!?!? |
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Visit Sims Crossing
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28th Feb 2012, 12:44 AM
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~MadameButterfly~
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Yep. And I had a million things on mine when I got there. I hid every post, and then set my privacy setting to private. I am not sure if I will still see activity by other users with this setting. |
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28th Feb 2012, 01:04 AM
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simsample
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Arghhh, they turned the EA site into Facebook! :O |
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28th Feb 2012, 01:07 AM
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cameranutz2
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How do ya hide the posts? I didn't see that in there. EDIT: Found it! Gadam EA is enough to make my blood boil! 
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Visit Sims Crossing
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28th Feb 2012, 01:07 AM
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~MadameButterfly~
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Join Date: Jun 2009 |
I just discovered that adblock on chrome can make the "recent activity" drivel disappear. I now have a filter that looks like this: mypage.thesims3.com###section_2 |
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28th Feb 2012, 01:57 AM
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Zokugai
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Join Date: Dec 2006 |
Well, in the update EA apparently accidentally deleted my account. Considering I had zero points on it...I suppose that's one way to keep my origin id private. |
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Snickerson: a Random Legacy Challenge. There are zebras involved. Zebras. |
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28th Feb 2012, 02:02 AM
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~MadameButterfly~
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Join Date: Jun 2009 |
Holy crap! (I am trying to get them on live chat right now about another issue, but the last dude just "hung" up on me before I could even type. Busy night for them, I guess.) |
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28th Feb 2012, 02:05 AM
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cameranutz2
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SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET! Got rid of that crap | |
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28th Feb 2012, 02:49 AM
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Srikandi
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I can't log in to my TS3 page anymore, heh... rejected my login, so I did the password change thing, and it STILL rejects it Wonder if my TS3 login got screwed up by other activity on Origin (SWTOR, KoA).Ah well, will get it sorted out when (if ever) I actually want to access that site :p |
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28th Feb 2012, 04:48 AM
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Zokugai
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Join Date: Dec 2006 |
Srikandi, check if your page still exists. That's how I first noticed mine was gone. It still accepts the "send you an email to change your password" but the account doesn't seem to publicly exist. http://mypage.thesims3.com/mypage/yournamehere |
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Snickerson: a Random Legacy Challenge. There are zebras involved. Zebras. |
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28th Feb 2012, 04:57 AM
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Snookumboo
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God I hate this update. Since being forced to link my origin account, none of my game codes will register and I am unable to download anything. Is anyone else experiencing this problem and have you found any way around it? |
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28th Feb 2012, 11:19 AM
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virgalibabe
Field Researcher
Join Date: Nov 2004 |
I know that people lost friends and their previous posts disappeared but losing an entire account?! The pages area copy of FB without the filters to make it manageable. You can hide and delete posts though but they didn't make it very obvious how to do so. You need to hover over the post to find an "x". They also were "smart" enough to implement it with all the settings set to public. So if for any reason you're not around for a week or more you're likely to return to find your my page full of spam and trolls. |
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28th Feb 2012, 01:20 PM
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Tiinii
Lab Assistant
Join Date: Jun 2009 |
Now, this is getting really upsetting. I don't want to register with Origin in the first place; and secondly, as a German customer, they won't even let me complete this (forcible!) registration unless I accept info e-mails by EA, because otherwise, allegedly they cannot send me the confirmation e-mail. I mean - anybody still in there?!?! It is a confirmation e-mail! Of course you can send it! Being a German jurist, I should definitely know ... This is nothing but a really disgusting trick to fish mail addresses for sending ads! Icannot believe what they're doing over there right now. If they don't cancel these changes asap, I'm gonna log in for the last time, spend the rest of my Simpoints and then delete the account for good. Seriously, thy must be kidding! |
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28th Feb 2012, 03:13 PM
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Zokugai
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Join Date: Dec 2006 |
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Make a new email that's "tiiniispam@___" or whatever, register, get the confirmation link, and then never use the email again. | |
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Snickerson: a Random Legacy Challenge. There are zebras involved. Zebras. |
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28th Feb 2012, 03:39 PM
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nonamena
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Your password on thesims3.com is the same as on swtor because of this Origin nonsense. I went through the same thing when I had to update my swtor password. |
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28th Feb 2012, 10:23 PM
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lisfyre
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Join Date: Jan 2008 |
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Took you long enough... my blood pressure skyrocketed with the announcement of SHT and all the /heavy sarcasm wonderful social stuff they've included in it that would make us so excited we'd pre-order it...... NOT!! /end heavy sarcasm Just got back from the official site and made MyPage friends only. I got a headache with all the stuff all over the place... grrr. Yes they made it like FB and much less manageable.. like all things EA.. it's not user friendly. 
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Life is short, insecurity is a waste of time. ~Diane Von Furstenburg You don't get out of life alive. ~Jimmy the Hand |
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Last edited by lisfyre : 28th Feb 2012 at 10:36 PM.
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