Earlier this month, EA rebranded the EA Store as EA Origin. However, it seems Origin’s registration system has run into an increasingly common problem for online services: It’s blocking some users from using their real names because it believes they’re trying to set up fake accounts.
A Reddit post published by user Spik3balloon this morning indicates that he has not been allowed to associate his last name with his profile because it’s on a list of blocked words.
Despite the fact that ‘Wang’ is a common name in Asia, EA's Origin doesn’t allow it. Granted, the last name field is optional, but this does point to an oversight in an area where EA thought it had covered all its bases.
Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.
