IMO, that idea of just opening the accounts of folks for the weekend is a pretty good one. I wonder why they haven't considered it(unless there is a technical reason they can't.) It would probably go a long way in at least alleviating *some* of the frustration. They'd still need to fix the accounts, but it doesn't sound like it would be a bad idea to do.

Edit: Also, be careful with buying second hard copies of the game-if I recall, the codes are different in hard copies vs. digital copies.