Play with friends, it's always fun. LOL

Btw, not really like Origin tho.
If you want discount, go Amazon. Recently got CnC4 and ME2 for $5 each.
Also Darkspore for $13

Believe me when I say this, EA don't promise. They can scrape Origin anytime they want since it's still Beta. They use the platform to test market.

Given choices, I'll rather put my money in Gabe's pocket than EA.

At the very least, we can see Gabe's standing very well with PC Gamers now, unlike EA.

^probably malware?

My pc never freeze when starting origin thou.

Origin don't have proper backup system. That copy paste folder isn't proper, unlike Steam.

I still find no problem with using Steam backup to restore my games back.
In one way, it's a clean install than copy paste the entire files and folders to a fresh hard disk.

So your definition of "backup" is "copy paste"?

The reason why there's a backup is to do another copy, and what Steam have done is implementing the backup system in their platform, encrypting the files and reducing the file size.
For example, reducing the file size of 4GB to 2GB backup files.

Tell me if that was exactly the same as copy paste.

Anyway, it's up to personal preferences.
Some people just prefer to copy paste, but for me. If it's a clean window reinstall. I would prefer the game I install can be as clean as possible as well.