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[ColonelColon]

I got Bulletstorm working by launching the exe outside of origin

This worked for me too.

 

[Complex Shadow]

How large of a download is it?

8gb

There was update to XBL policies few days ago. I think you need to accept changes to login.

i can't do anything untill i get past this nonsense.

 

[Ledsen]

I think you should create a new account, possibly with a different email address. Then who cares if they ban that account.

Oh and if you have gmail and you have x@gmail.com remember that x+whatever@gmail.com (with an actual "+" symbol) also goes to the same account but is treated as a new email address by Origin. But if you want to be cautious you may want to use y@gmail.com instead (an actual new account).

Like I wrote, I already did this. So it's too late. I'm mainly worried about the fact that I used a fake US address and not a real one. If I do get banned, that's bye-bye Origin for me so I suspect it will be EA's loss since I was opening up to buying new games there.

Has anyone heard of any cases where Europeans got banned from Origin for buying games from the US store using fake addresses?

 

[Wok]

for those of you with an invalid promo code, OS3874XVC still works.
This is what you have to do

1. get game that's under 20 bucks
2. don't log in, add to cart
3. checkout
4. login after you've checked out
5. profit

I logged in to the US store using that http://store.origin.com/?ipr=ty url. Inputted some random Texas address when doing check in..

Thanks for us, Europeans.

 

[~Kinggi~]

Was only able to snag 3 games using that non-login trick.

Now every game demands credit card information. Seems like they fixed something.

 

[Xyber]

Has anyone heard of any cases where Europeans got banned from Origin for buying games from the US store using fake addresses?

They did nothing when everyone was buying BF Premium from India except increase the price.

 

[The Grim Heaper]

lol just got a Dragon Age Awakening order through with no problem other than a slow store. I think I should stop at 9 now.

 

[Wok]

Is the discount limited to one game per account? Or are some games not discounted, such as Warp?

I am trying to get Shank 2 and Warp.

Warp didn't work, for some bizarre reason. Gatling Gears and ME2 did though.

 

[Kingbrave]

Fifa 12 is really good. But I'm not a huge soccer fan, but I'm having a blast with it.

 

[2MF]

Yay, I got Dead Space and I'm in Europe. I just created a US account and then used this link in order to access the US store:

http://store.origin.com/?ipr=ty

I'll see if I can get another one.

And now I ordered SimCity 4 with a new account. Dead Space took like half an hour until I got the confirmation email so I guess this one may take a while too.

 

[Metalmurphy]

Was only able to snag 3 games using that non-login trick.

Now every game demands credit card information. Seems like they fixed something.

I got this before, but after a few minutes it worked again. I think it's completely random.

 

[Codeblue]

Like I wrote, I already did this. So it's too late. I'm mainly worried about the fact that I used a fake US address and not a real one. If I do get banned, that's bye-bye Origin for me so I suspect it will be EA's loss since I was opening up to buying new games there.

Has anyone heard of any cases where Europeans got banned from Origin for buying games from the US store using fake addresses?

My Origin account started off as me using a fake European address and a proxy to get a free copy of Burnout Paradise and it never got banned or suspended.

 

[Canis lupus]

Created 4 Origin accounts lol. How's the multiplayer in BF2142?

 

[TheUsual]

Is the Origin Store down for anyone else (accessing the store through the Origin client and not using a web browser)?

 

[whalleywhat]

8gb


i can't do anything untill i get past this nonsense.

You don't use any sort of IP blockers or anything?

 

[Complex Shadow]

You don't use any sort of IP blockers or anything?

nope.

 

[Metalmurphy]

Fifa 12 is really good. But I'm not a huge soccer fan, but I'm having a blast with it.

13 is much better. Get it when u find it cheap.

 

[TheVoidDragon]

Managed to get Dead Space 2 by making another account. Would of liked Crysis warhead and Dragon Age 2 but i don't want to make 2 more accounts to get them.

 

[Enco]

Asks for CC info now (for Crysis).

Would have been nice to be able to get Arkham City but that doesn't work at all.

 

[HardRojo]

Now the real question, has any of you actually started playing the games you snagged? Or did they just go straight to the backlog?

 

[jediyoshi]

Red Alert still doesn't work but Spore just went through, I'm just going through the rest of this out of curiosity now.

 

[GundamBanshee]

Now the real question, has any of you actually started playing the games you snagged? Or did they just go straight to the backlog?

Too busy snagging other games to play the games I snagged.

 

[Gav47]

Nice, my Shift 2 order went through, now to get to the important business of not playing Shift 2.

 

[The Grim Heaper]

Now the real question, has any of you actually started playing the games you snagged? Or did they just go straight to the backlog?

I haven't had much time to play anything, but I did start up The Saboteur for a bit and am about to play Mercenaries 2 for a little while.

 

[dragonlife]

I've had no luck even with the new method. Tried Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit and Crysis. Multiple times. Site takes forever.

 

[2MF]

Now the real question, has any of you actually started playing the games you snagged? Or did they just go straight to the backlog?

I will try them all out and see if they draw me in. If they don't I may never touch them again...

 

[isual]

I'm assuming that EA will remove these games that were acquired for free in a few weeks/months. This happened to me when I got TERA for free one time; long story.

 

[Nabs]

Now the real question, has any of you actually started playing the games you snagged? Or did they just go straight to the backlog?

Just played through Shank 1 and 2. Now trying to figure out what to hit next.

 

[Ran rp]

This where I keep getting stuck when trying to play Bulletstorm.

 

[plainr_]

Now the real question, has any of you actually started playing the games you snagged? Or did they just go straight to the backlog?

Playing C&C Tiberium Twilight right now. Love it.

 

[HardRojo]

I only grabbed ME1, ME2 and Hot Pursuit, still waiting for ME2 to be done so I can start playing or at least try since this computer is really old. (Must upgrade next year!)

 

[Lkr]

is this dead? i was trying to get my brother to get bf3 and he says it isn't working anymore

 

[AlexBasch]

Now the real question, has any of you actually started playing the games you snagged? Or did they just go straight to the backlog?

Just played some Medal Of Honor, even in multiplayer it actually did work.

And I bought Hot Pursuit but can't remember for the life of me which account I used to buy it haha.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Now the real question, has any of you actually started playing the games you snagged? Or did they just go straight to the backlog?

Finished downloading Hot Pursuit. Back to backlog!

 

[Anton Sugar]

is this dead? i was trying to get my brother to get bf3 and he says it isn't working anymore

Worked for me for Burnout Paradise, but not BF3 Premium Edition.

 

[Link Man]

Now the real question, has any of you actually started playing the games you snagged? Or did they just go straight to the backlog?

Tried out NFS Shift, seems like exactly what I wanted (a Forza-like on PC).

 

[Lkr]

Worked for me for Burnout Paradise, but not BF3 Premium Edition.

just trying regular bf3, no bells or whistles. oh well

 

[Ysiadmihi]

This where I keep getting stuck when trying to play Bulletstorm.

I just kept trying and it worked for me eventually.

 

[Ran rp]

I just kept trying and it worked for me eventually.

I can't even click on anything though. I can't see any buttons to continue.

 

[Lyonaz]

Bulletstorm is buckets of fun!

 

[Croc]

I am trying everything to try and get Dragon Age Origins because I have 0 interest in playing 2 unless I can play the first one beforehand.

Edit: Haaaaaaaallelujah got it finally!

 

[Tenck]

Now I remember why I don't use Origin much. I always have to go into the Origin Games folder and install it myself because Origin sucks at it.

I got all three of my games in my account. So I'm not too unhappy with Origin.

 

[Mavromatis]

I am trying everything to try and get Dragon Age Origins because I have 0 interest in playing 2 unless I can play the first one beforehand.

Edit: Haaaaaaaallelujah got it finally!

You probably won't play it after playing Origins.

 

[RooMHM]

I'm still trying to snag Dragon Age Origins Awakening but it always asks me for CC details with any method ;_;

 

[CrashPrime]

Ok so playing with this for the past few hours I've come to these conclusions: (This is as of NOW)

Use this link: http://store.origin.com/?ipr=ty

Use this code: OS3874XVC

You can get 3 free games per account.

You must add the game to your cart before logging in.

When you get to the final page after hitting checkout, just log in however.

You need to clear your cache/cookies after each purchase, or use an incognito browser tab like Chrome.

If it doesn't work, you either got your 3 games, or you didn't flush your cookies/cache.

I've tried multiple accounts, multiple login techniques, and I have yet to get a 4th free on a single account, but I have managed to get exactly 3 every time without much effort following those steps.

Late last night around midnight, many people were able to checkout multiple games at once, making the "3 game per account" not true. This has been fixed, as the code only takes the price off a single game when applied to a cart.

 

[Metalmurphy]

Ok so playing with this for the past few hours I've come to these conclusions:

Use this link: http://store.origin.com/?ipr=ty

Use this code: OS3874XVC

You can get 3 free games per account.

You must add the game to your cart before logging in.

When you get to the final page after hitting checkout, just log in however.

You need to clear your cache/cookies after each purchase, or use an incognito browser tab like Chrome.

If it doesn't work, you either got your 3 games, or you didn't flush your cookies/cache.

I've tried multiple accounts, multiple login techniques, and I have yet to get a 4th free on a single account, but I have managed to get exactly 3 every time without much effort following those steps.

Some people here got like 20+

 

[MDSLKTR]

I can't even click on anything though. I can't see any buttons to continue.

That's because gfwl is such a piece of shit program that that menu doesn't scale with your windows bigger fonts setting. Try putting your display fonts to 100% default if you changed them or try different resolutions. Once you click on next to finish the setup, you can revert back.

 

[Mavromatis]

Some people here got like 20+

I got 7 activated waiting emails for more. I order one at a time, won't accept more. And I remove the cookies after each order.

 

[CrashPrime]

Some people here got like 20+

Yes, this was when the code/method was first posted around midnight. The code would work for multiple games all at once.

To clarify, what I posted is true NOW.

This means, if you got in early enough and had multiple games go through at once, you likely can do 2 more transactions, which are now limited to single games.

 

[smurfx]

Now the real question, has any of you actually started playing the games you snagged? Or did they just go straight to the backlog?

i'll only play one game probably and never touch the rest.