Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:07 pm
You people are presumably all familiar with the differences between the spirit of the law and the letter of the law? One key component of this is enforceability... EA wouldn't have the means in many cases to distinguish between a .cfg file altered in game and one using notepad for example. It's a blanket statement they make so they CAN enforce where it becomes necessary.
Furthermore, there's the question of validity (I don't know what it is in this case). Just because a contract says something, doesn't mean it's valid. For example, those waivers you sign absolving a zip lining company from any responsibility for your death or injury are completely invalid if gross or criminal negligence on the company's part is shown.
So from a practical perspective, it's a grey area, and the advantages to be gained from all possible config changes would be a sliding scale from "who gives a flying fuck" to "dude you are a flying fuck" - and only then would EA possibly be goaded into action. All games since the advent of competitive LAN/online play have operated in this spirit.
Furthermore, there's the question of validity (I don't know what it is in this case). Just because a contract says something, doesn't mean it's valid. For example, those waivers you sign absolving a zip lining company from any responsibility for your death or injury are completely invalid if gross or criminal negligence on the company's part is shown.
So from a practical perspective, it's a grey area, and the advantages to be gained from all possible config changes would be a sliding scale from "who gives a flying fuck" to "dude you are a flying fuck" - and only then would EA possibly be goaded into action. All games since the advent of competitive LAN/online play have operated in this spirit.
