I have never been a person to gripe about DRM, but this is ridiculous. It will never happen, but I would love to see EA go down in flames. I quit buying EA IOS games because they "nickel and dime" you to death, and now this game has been ruined by DRM. I have spent 7 hours trying to play. So forget it. I waited 2 months to play Battlefield 3 because Origin Issues(finally found a hack that works). They are trying to keep people from stealing the game, but now I have to wait till its hacked to play a game I bought. I quess I will go back to downloading pirated games, because that is what they are accomplishing with DRM of this type. They are forcing people to pirate it to make sure its playable because they don't want to waste $60 on something they can't play. SO SPREAD THE WORD, tell every gamer, PC or otherwise what EA has done with this game. I know they will still make millions but if I can save 5 people $60 each, then I will feel better about wasting my $60. So before EA's next release, read up on torrents, Warez, ISO's etc.. and let's see if we can make their next $60 DRM release a "free to play" game?!

Got a super fast delivery on this product. Unpacked it and had to wait a day to check it out. Removing the shipping braces in the bottom of the unit can be tricky because the nuts and bolts are really tight (thats good) but the metal used to make these particular four nuts and bolts is just a little on the soft side and care must be used that a good wrench doesn't strip the shape of the corners on the nuts when removing. Be sure to read the manual prior to starting. I put the unit on the deck and funneled in some oil (It says it holds a quart but be sure you don't overfill with that quart). I then set up a ground wire and installed a quart of gas. I just wanted to do a test run and didn't want to leave gas in the tank when I stowed away the unit. I found my good heavy load extension cord and a double burner hot plate that had been stored in the garage for too many years. Next I set the gas valve to open and put the choke lever to choke, flipped the red rocker switch for engine start / stop operation then moved the breaker flip switch to the on position and pulled the starter cord. One pull with the choke on and it started right up. I flipped the choke to the off position and it was crusing. I hooked up the two burner hot plate and varied out the burner operation as I ran one burner on its limit of med, then the other burner on high and watched both burners get red hot. It would vary the speed of the generator as I tinkered with the hot plate switches. That particular hot plate information show it draws 1750 watts. I had it on most of the time and the quart of gas lasted about 20 minutes under that load. It looks good and it works fine. I didn't order the wheel kit and was able to lift and slide the unit as needed but sat it on another wheeled unit (that I already had)and it works pretty good for now, but I may order the wheels kit and cover later. This unit measures appx. a compact 17.5H x 17.5W x 23.5L and is a neat fit in a cozy corner. (I am currently storing mine in the dining room) The price was $370 with free shipping and it turned out to be a pretty good deal so far.