# If you play Mass Effect 3 and SWTOR...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-play-mass-effect-3-and-swtor/615384>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 10, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-play-mass-effect-3-and-swtor/615384 "2012-03-10T15:36:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-play-mass-effect-3-and-swtor/615384/1 "2012-03-10T15:36:21Z")

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…be aware that if you tie your EA/Origin account to the same e-mail address as SWTOR you are effectively changing your SWTOR password. Maybe this is common knowledge but I had a few panicky minutes where I thought I was hacked or something.

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**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-play-mass-effect-3-and-swtor/615384/2 "2012-03-10T16:15:25Z")

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Had the same happen when I played Kingdoms of Amalur demo and resetted my password to log into my EA account for that. So stupid it doesn’t warn you the two are linked.

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**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-play-mass-effect-3-and-swtor/615384/3 "2012-03-11T18:22:12Z")

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Man these game are hard to switch between. For what is a largely similar world to interact with, the controls are as different as can be.

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-play-mass-effect-3-and-swtor/615384/4 "2012-03-11T21:29:23Z")

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> [@wolfman](#):
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> Man these game are hard to switch between. For what is a largely similar world to interact with, the controls are as different as can be.

I agree. I get used to hitting the space bar for everything. It makes my Heroes in City of Heroes jump and down all the time like they have to pee.