Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | 15:12 BST
Irish Battlefield 1943 players upset over exclusion of Ireland
Battlefield 1943 players living in Ireland are a bit perturbed that the game fails to display the country’s flag on their profile pages and instead only flies the UK flag.
Apparently, if you live in Northern Ireland or Ireland, “EA won’t allow you to identify yourself as “Irish” despite the 1998 Belfast agreement saying otherwise”, according to Seenit.
When contacted, EA apologized stating that players game profiles cannot be altered because Ireland is “not listed distinctively and is included in Great Britain.”
Oh dear.
You can read the whole thing through the link.
16 comments
#1
El_MUERkO
29/07/09, 3:14 pm
Do EA have offices in ireland?
They better hope not!
#2
anasui
29/07/09, 3:18 pm
oh boy, I can picture them piano’ing a sad song about it
just pretend to be Italian and problem solved, kinda
#3
Psychotext
29/07/09, 3:19 pm
Someone’s going to get bombed.
#4
SticKboy
29/07/09, 3:24 pm
Eire isn’t listed as its own independent country? That is, quite frankly, a fucking HUGE oversight.
That said, they are a small and comparatively insignificant nation, They should be grateful they get to be bundled in with us glorious Brits…
…[runs and hides/]
#5
pha1r
29/07/09, 3:38 pm
Lets bomb them lads
#6
Dannybuoy
29/07/09, 3:41 pm
ahh feck ya ballaks!
#7
Johnny Cullen
29/07/09, 4:14 pm
FREE IRELAND!
I’m not fussed about it tbh. I live in Northern Ireland, but I find myself to be Irish and not British somewhat in nationalty.
That said, you can probably say I am neutral to this.
Anyways, FREE IRELAND!
Murko – Aye, they sure do.
All of ye – Your all ballbags.
*wants to use Irish persoanlty*
#8
theevilaires
29/07/09, 4:49 pm
wow so Ireland isn’t independent WTF
#9
Johnny Cullen
29/07/09, 5:06 pm
Northern Ireland is under British rule.
Southern Ireland (Republic of Ireland) is independent.
Make sense?
#10
theevilaires
29/07/09, 5:44 pm
Wait what? how is that possible? why wouldn’t the british try to take over the whole island? I must wikipedia this stuff, those damn british think they can take over everything!
#11
pleasant_cabbage
29/07/09, 5:51 pm
EA has previous regarding cock-ups over the whole “N. Ireland/GB/UK/Ireland wtflol?”; using Ireland’s national anthem for N. Ireland. Small point to some, serious business to some, chuckles for some.
#12
Michael O'Connor
29/07/09, 6:06 pm
“Wait what? how is that possible? why wouldn’t the british try to take over the whole island? I must wikipedia this stuff, those damn british think they can take over everything!”
They did take over the whole island.
The Irish fought for their independence for a few hundred years until Michael Collins convinced the English to agree that they could keep the top third of the country, as long as the bottom two thirds of the island (the “Republic of Ireland”) gained its freedom from English rule.
Obviously, that’s a majorly condensed version of the story, but you get the idea.
Anyway, this is a pretty retarded cockup on E.A.’s part. How the hell could they not have Ireland listed as a country in their system?
#13
theevilaires
29/07/09, 6:20 pm
That’s fucked up. That’s why I would never fight for this country to try and take over another small country who minds their own business. Fucking E.A. that really is low. Just about every euro server I play on is mostly populated by Irish people. They are very competitive and good people in my book. They don’t deserve this shit from E.A.
I might start a boycott, anyone with me?….
#14
Cort
29/07/09, 8:13 pm
Is the 1998 Belfast Agreement legally binding on US videogame publishers………?
#15
Michael O'Connor
30/07/09, 12:22 am
“Is the 1998 Belfast Agreement legally binding on US videogame publishers..?”
No, but its still pretty retarded to leave the country out.
#16
Johnny Cullen
30/07/09, 12:25 am
Pretty much what Michael says, its only really binding to Ireland, North and South.
Thats it.