Update (31/10/2016 @ 11:14 AWST): EA is working on restoring support for Myanmar but has still yet to express any intention of allowing users in other countries that were also retroactively banned, such as Iran, to access their purchased titles.
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Credit to spindoctor, who linked me to this Reddit thread on Steam:
Patently absurd, to state the obvious, and seems to be intentional as the EA Answers threads the OP cites are more than a month old. As per the second link, the accounts themselves appear to still be in good standing, however, in which case a VPN will work.
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Credit to spindoctor, who linked me to this Reddit thread on Steam:
trivial_sublime said:I live in Myanmar, and I own about 20 games on Origin, and have spent hundreds of dollars on the platform. I've bought the full editions of all of the Battlefield games up to this point, with their season passes. I was trying to log into Origin a few days ago, and got a bizarre "Access Denied" message. I googled it, and found that "Origin is no longer available in Myanmar."
http://answers.ea.com/t5/Origin/New...om-Myanmar/m-p/5572204/highlight/true#M220895
http://answers.ea.com/t5/Origin/ISP-IP-blocked-by-EA/m-p/5588812/highlight/true#M222597
Supposedly EA is blaming this on complying with US sanctions against Myanmar (which is total crap, considering Steam, GOG, and every single other content distribution network is just fine). Additionally, sanctions were lifted on October 7th. Still no access to our games that we bought.
None of us has been offered a refund - just a "sorry, all your games are gone."
Remember, if they do it to me, they can do it to you too. Don't use or buy games from Origin. They will take your content away without offering a refund.
Patently absurd, to state the obvious, and seems to be intentional as the EA Answers threads the OP cites are more than a month old. As per the second link, the accounts themselves appear to still be in good standing, however, in which case a VPN will work.