The Good, the Bad, and the Randomly @Toaded
Kyna:
Quote from: Chain_Reaction on 2009 May 21, 04:50:58
Quote from: Kyna on 2009 May 21, 00:45:36
With that "we're locking this down so you can't mod it, nyah nyah" attitude it sounds like they really wanted to turn this into a game instead of a toy.
I think another thing they got annoyed by was the sheeps distributing hacks in uploads and unsuspecting sheep getting them then a new EP came out and "OMFG BUGZ WILL GIVE BENES 4 FIX!!" flooded the boards because they 1) Didn't know they had them or 2) Were too stupid to update them. They probably wasted a lot of time sorting through tons of bug reports only to have 50% of them be the result of a hack.
The problems there aren't caused by the hacks or by the modders or by responsible users of the hacks. The causes of those types of problems are:
- sheeple who either didn't realise that they needed to clean lots before uploading them, or had heard it was a good idea but didn't know how to.
- shitty EAxis coding that meant that hacks are packaged along with a ton of other garbage that will corrupt your game and shouldn't be part of a packaged lot.
- sheeple who didn't realise they needed to use something that works, such as Clean Installer, to install downloads, rather than anything provided by EA (see previous point regarding the quality of EAxis coding).
True, there's not much they could do about the sheeple, but the biggest cause was the EAxis coding. Fix that and the related sheeple problem becomes much, much smaller.
If they'd fixed their coding issues with packaged lots then they wouldn't have needed to rip out the very thing that made the Sims franchise work for so long for so many people - the ability to customise it and turn it into something we want to play, in whatever playing style we choose.
Faizah:
Quote from: maxon on 2009 May 21, 01:33:53
Quote from: Kyna on 2009 May 21, 00:45:36
With that "we're locking this down so you can't mod it, nyah nyah" attitude it sounds like they really wanted to turn this into a game instead of a toy. The thing is, the section of the market that they are now going after aren't likely to play the Sims no matter what EA do to it. Just look at the reviews in the game magazines - they'll usually feature a comment like "I don't play it myself, but my mother / sister / gf does".
Absolutely, the last one I read trotted out the 'it's not a real game anyway' line and would only be interesting to anal, compulsive gamer 'completists' (whatever that might be).
You know, those people (like myself) who've been there since the Sims 1, no bloody A, B, C, or D expansion packs, and have to get them all. Completists. Of course, I'm quite happy to be a pirate cat completist, especially since my issues with BV and SecuRom. It doesn't matter how I get them, or even if I like them, I just have this compulsive need to have them. It's stupid, but there it is.
kiki:
Faizah I'm the same way...if I start a series of something, I have to complete it even if I don't necessarily like it. My OCD, let me sho u it.
Inge:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2009 May 21, 02:54:24
They could try, but I intentionally cultivate non-existence on the Internet, precisely to avoid this sort of nonsense. I am not kidding when I tell you that I kill anyone who makes an attempt to find me. If you think you see me on the street, you're probably wrong, but don't make any sudden moves and do not under any circumstances act like you might know me. Or you die. No witnesses.
So I need to stop reminding people you are L** J*****s?
jolrei:
Quote from: Inge on 2009 May 21, 08:02:42
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2009 May 21, 02:54:24
They could try, but I intentionally cultivate non-existence on the Internet, precisely to avoid this sort of nonsense. I am not kidding when I tell you that I kill anyone who makes an attempt to find me. If you think you see me on the street, you're probably wrong, but don't make any sudden moves and do not under any circumstances act like you might know me. Or you die. No witnesses.
So I need to stop reminding people you are L** J*****s?
I have two working hypotheses about this:
1) You are still alive; therefore you must be wrong.
2) You wear a tinfoil hat under the teacosy on your head and your obvious eccentricities make anything you say highly suspect. Therefore you pose no real threat as regards "outing" Pescado.
1 has simplicity and elegance on its side, while 2 is more fun.
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