The famous footballer Ian Wright, of Arsenal fame is celebrating in the midst of celebrations as Electronic Arts metes out punishment for an uncontrollable racially charged incident that took place in the month of May in 2020. A teenager, Patrick O'Brien, lost in a game in FIFA Ultimate Team with EAFC 26 Coins featuring the famous player. He decided to log on to Instagram and sending out twenty incredibly offensive messages towards the footballer was the best way to be a way to rectify the mistake.
The Irish Examiner reported on the trial of the 18-year-old in which they noted the outrageous and frankly offensive insults hurled at the famous player, was using monkey emojis as well as numerous vulgar insults "beginning with C- and N-" stated Sergeant Eoin Donovan during the hearing. Also, he threatened "If I ever see you again, I'll send you to your deathbed." The offensive behavior was used as a bizarre way of retribution after O'Brien had employed to use the Icon Card of Ian Wright and was unable to win the match. FIFA Ultimate Team match.
Today, Electronic Arts has decided that the conduct that Mr. O'Brien warrants being banned for life from the organization, in addition to celebrate Ian Wright. David Jackson, VP Brand EA Sports FC said it was "Ian Wright is a part in our EA Sports family" and the fact that EA Sports "hugely value his cooperation and support." Wright was elated by the decision after voicing his displeasure February 3 about the decision of the court system to not issue an indictment for making death threats. The judge said the judge saw "nothing to gain" in the sentencing.
It is understandable to celebrate the all-time leading scorer of Arsenal after a tid bit of justice seems to have been granted, though it was from a company that makes video games rather than an official court system. But the issue is that banning an individual who directed offensive messages is not celebrated at all and not seen as normal. If Ian Wright not a legendary FIFA footballer from a country in which the sport is considered a cult and a symbol of justice, this injustice could be completely absent. As Electronic Arts finds itself celebrating the protection of an benefit to their brand and perhaps, extending the protections to every consumer would help to curb this kind of behavior.
It's not difficult to imagine that there is the day when these "heated gaming moments" are not acceptable behaviour for players when companies take immediate action to remove accounts that demonstrate an inability to play with other players without expressing racist vitriol. If the norm for abusive chats was the immediate and permanent eradication of the privilege to play the game online, or even the entire platform, it could make players safe online, while reducing any further incidents.
Electronic Arts has won its case in a class action lawsuit brought against the company in November of 2020. The lawsuit accused the company of employing predatory scripting in handful of its most popular franchises. The lawsuit has been removed in addition, Electronic Arts took the opportunity to emphasize that it hasn't employed prey-style scripting in any of its sports-related titles and it will not do so in the near future.
The suit was initiated after three Californian EA Sports FC 26 players complained that EA took advantage of patent-pending AI technology known as dynamic difficulty adjustment. The technology is believed to skew the outcomes of matches when playing online, so players have to rely on digital packs of cards. The packs of cards have always been the focus of debate as well. EA has been slammed with additional accusations to buy EA FC 26 Coins, besides a shady scripting, like the company's secretly nerfing Ultimate Team Card in EA Sports FC 26. However, none of these claims have been proved however, and EA's recent win may put some doubts to rest in the least, for at most a short time.
