[quote name='Ozonekill']I can't believe I'm asking this but does syndicate activate on origin?[/QUOTE]
REQUIRES Origin.
You have no choice in this matter.
EDIT:
You might as well just plug the key into Origin and let Origin do the download and all the work, since I was cracking very fast speeds (for me) of 5MB per sec, as opposed to my usual normal speed of 2-4 MB per sec.
It's easier to deal w/ downloads, installs, and back-ups through Origin than GG.
GG takes a bit more work to try to keep your game installers b/c of the way it encrypts SETUP exe's and decrypts them - so you have to do the workaround to keep those, so you don't have to do the install while online w/ GG.
With Origin, your game folder IS YOUR BACK-UP - it's streamlined so nicely here (one of my few likes of Origin). You'd only need to copy that folder where you have the game installer, if you want to back it up somewhere [BR disc, DVD discs, another HDD, flash drive, whatever).