Nightlife: Censor Blur won't die!!!
Twain:
No I didn't, not even I am so careless as to mock Microsoft on a machine that is running Windows.
Don't you know Microsoft is watching everything we do on our computers?
BTW I LOVE MICROSOFT YOU GUYS ARE GREAT ;)
veilchen:
That is decidedly true, well said Kitiara and Motoki. Nobody hates the maxis employees personally, we resent being treated as if we were invisible. If we all but would be so fortunate as to hate the game, we could just chuck it into the dustbin, shrug it off as a learning experience, and forget all about ea/maxis and ' the sims'. But we do like the game, it is a wonderful concept, and the possibilities (if they were working correctly) are endless.
The resentment started a while ago, with me in any case, with the appearance of the dreadful 'jump bug' in the base game. When first reported we received the now standard: "uninstall, reinstall, uninstall, reinstall... ad infinitum", or the even better "it's all your fault, you don't know how to play the game right" (my personal favorite); another winner from customer service: "it's downloads and hacks" and not to forget "your computer is probably not up to it". When ea/maxis finally admitted that it was a genuine programming bug, MTS2 modders had already put out a fix for it, two month ahead of the company that reaped the benefits of our purchase of the game.
We then experienced a replay of the same scenario when the Uni bugs crawled out of the woodwork. Once again it took a long time for the company to even admit to the bugs' existence, and then we were treated to "we don't plan to put out a stand-alone patch for Uni". The screaming and yelling that unleashed changed the company's mind, supposedly. But other than a few strokes and pats, we haven't heard anything specific about a patch yet (officially, that is).
Our problem is therefore that we like the game. Without the talented people such as JM and twojeffs however, many of us would no longer be able to enjoy playing. The company that took our money seemingly abandoned us, that is the reason everyone is so upset with the corporation of ea/maxis, not with the individual employee.
So unless you are the one who made all these extremely unpopular decisions, no, no one hates you personally, just what you represent is looked at with a critical and, unfortunately, cynical eye by the consumer.
Hairfish:
I don't hate Maxis/EA. I don't even hate Wal*Mart. But I do vehemently HATE that censor blur!
All discussions of Jack Thompson aside, you should try seeing that blur through the eyes of someone with...shall we say, certain "perceptual limitations" (I'm using that euphemism because some people don't believe attention deficit disorder exists, especially in adults). It's like a giant insect on the screen, twitching and vibrating its wings and drawing your already challenged attention to it and holding it like a glue-trap.
Since I simply CANNOT play the game with the censor blur activated, I will not be buying Nightlife until there is a way to deactivate it. And since I can't see helping a company profit that will not help me, I've shut down the Sims2 areas of my website until there's a way to deactivate the blur, so I can buy and play Nightlife.
~Hairfish
Mermaid Cove
www.mercosims2.com
Ancient Sim:
Quote from: Hairfish on 2005 September 14, 02:58:43
I don't hate Maxis/EA. I don't even hate Wal*Mart. But I do vehemently HATE that censor blur!
All discussions of Jack Thompson aside, you should try seeing that blur through the eyes of someone with...shall we say, certain "perceptual limitations" (I'm using that euphemism because some people don't believe attention deficit disorder exists, especially in adults). It's like a giant insect on the screen, twitching and vibrating its wings and drawing your already challenged attention to it and holding it like a glue-trap.
I have very bad eyesight and I found that it actually hurt my eyes. It sort of flashes and I know what you mean about your attention being drawn to it. It's far too big as well. I just feel that at the age of 51 (in my MIDDLE-AGE lifespan) I shouldn't be told I can't look at a man's willy. It's not as if I haven't seen one before (although not for a while, I must admit. Maybe I need to find a real one to look at ... sigh).
Kitiara:
Bravo Veilchen, quite eloquent. And true. :'(
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