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Only problem with Origin is Battle Log. BL = Web based browser which is what we are hating. Even the co-op and campaign must be done through battle log.

ME3 requires origin, which is fine generally speaking, but it does not have dedicated servers for a "proper" multiplayer, which requires something silly like battle log.

Can you change languages manually already? I'd hate to stare at French again, trying to piece together what it is saying.

Pourquoi? Avez-vous des problèmes avec la langue française?

Not really, but it's bloody annoying when shit gets technical.

Ce n'est pas parce que je suis belge que je parle couramment le français, pas du tout.

So ok, maybe it's not that bad, but it's still annoying.

Vous etes Belge? :p

De Flemmish nous retournons à la conversation l'anglais, si Flemmish est ce que vous parliez en réalité.
By the way, did you know that 80% of France did not speak French until the 19th Century? I know you're speaking Belgian, but just an aside - I tend to do that:)
I tried to download the demo yesterday but as with every Steam game/patch and Origin Demos, DirectX failed to install (something is very wrong somewhere and I have tried everything to remedy it). Have always still been able to play the games/demos but not this time. Have to manually delete the files as well, as Windows does not even recognise the demo as being installed, which it is.

Back to topic, the only time I have ever had slowdown with "SW:TOR" was when I played through Origin so I can absolutely say it does have an effect at times. The West Coast server population was STANDARD at that time, yet on HEAVY and playing without Origin - not a slowdown even at Coruscant in pitched Party battles. Launch through Origin, though and...bumpty, bump. However, that is MMO and without BattleCrap I'm sure there won't be issues. Still, I don't like Origin and find it a rather featureless and pointless interface.

Did they speak Occitan?

no the spoke the french part of Belgium wich is wallonia in the Flemmisch side its dutch :p

I have no idea what you are trying to say lichlord. What I'm reading is the following:

"No, they spoke the French part of Belgium, which is Wallonia. In the Flemish side it's Dutch."

That means nothing :/

"We use Origin, and it's interesting because really, it's just a way to get access to the online and digital features that, you know, generally, PC games have now" - yes and its called STEAM or gamers gate - not Origin.

Anyway - since I am not on the ropes for ME3 anyway - this is just one more reason to outlive the hype and get it for a lower price later on...

I don't get your reasoning - it'll still be on Origin, even for a lower price.

The digital "features" are so slim that they're damn well almost non-existent. The prices are over the top (AUD $30 to upgrade "SW:TOR" from Standard to Deluxe - crazy)...and the features, well what features?
I'll never buy EA products digitally again, so if that is their intention (to isolate and discriminate) they've succeeded.
I'll still buy EA games, but not from the Origin Store unless they are digital exclusives only, which is a rip.

On the one hand, it's good that Steam has compitition.

On the other hand, I also dislike Steam.

So yeah, fark Origin.

Impulse tried to compete with Steam and have not succeeded and Origin won't either. Ubisoft also tried and failed with UPlay. Origin is just there now as a way to choose to play some games, or be forced to with others ("BF3" for example).
Steam has exclusive agreements with many Devs and Pubs, with an increasing number of AAA titles requiring Steam to play (or "3rd Part DRM" as other digital stores describe the Steam requirement).
They do support and promote Indie Devs well, and that's really the only products I purchase from the site now.

Fark Origin? Just yell, "BELGIUM!" You know what the Hitchhiker's Guide says about that word...

I live there, I don't know what it means.

From my BBC scripts, Adams originally used the word "F*#k" as an obscenity, but replaced it with "Belgium" due to BBC censorship law at the time.
As Zaphod exclaims: "Oh belgium, man, belgium!".
It's actually prefaced by the entire spiel about it being the only unspeakable obscenity in the Galaxy.
Later the word was changed to what Adams wanted for the UK edition of the novels, but U.S. censors objected and so "Belgium" was once more substituted for the American release.
Now it's just a standing joke, yet a baffling one for those who don't know the origins...a bit like KRC Genk:)

I actually do know, I was being in character

What character? The Captain of Genk? If so, then you were spot on:)