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Hook:
Quote from: Oddysey on 2005 September 24, 18:29:52
The complaints I've seen haven't been nearly as extreme as you suggest, and some people do have valid complaints.
I've seen at least one ANTICHRIST post, and the complaints I've seen on the official Sims2 BBS are at least as severe as Rooby suggests. It's one reason I don't read the official BBS any more. I've seen suggestions of class action lawsuits by consumers as well.
The complaint by EA Spouse was actually by a girlfriend and if you read between the lines on that one you'll find out it was his fiance who complained and what she was really complaining about was that he'd rather spend his time making the game rather than spending it with her.
If she thinks it's bad now, wait until they're married; he'll *still* be spending all his time at work or on the computer. Trust me, I know, and so does my wife. :) He needs to find a new fiance who understands that sometimes he's more married to his computer than he is to her. Anyone who is married to a programmer knows what I'm talking about.
Hook
Oddysey:
Mmm . . . guess I was assuming she was talking about here. Sims2 BBS I can understand. A class action lawsuit by consumers is more than slightly ridiculous in this case.
And I don't know much about the EA Spouse bit. That came out after the lawsuit, if I remember correctly.
Quote from: Hook on 2005 September 24, 18:50:49
If she thinks it's bad now, wait until they're married; he'll *still* be spending all his time at work or on the computer. Trust me, I know, and so does my wife. :) He needs to find a new fiance who understands that sometimes he's more married to his computer than he is to her. Anyone who is married to a programmer knows what I'm talking about.
Heh. That describes basically everyone I know who's involved with computers. Heck, I drive my parents crazy because I spend most of the weekend at my computer. The problem that I see is that companies like EA (not Maxis; the actually game develeping companies are much less annoying than the companies that own them) have a habit of exploiting this tendency. There's an obsession with getting games out in time for the holidays. But EA's definitely not "evil," just a corporation, which means that profit is their primary motivation, and this can be aggravating.
I don't seem to actually have a point here . . . ;D
nothingbutsims:
quote author=gali
If the game is so good - why I read so much whinning, and pleading for the hacks and the mods that don't work anymore in NL?Quote
You get spoiled by having hacks. The purpose of a hack is to make the game easier, right? And, right now we have to do without some of those hacks and put up with a few annoyances that we haven't had to deal with for a while (the phones for example). My opinion - this EP is awesome, but it's not perfect, and neither was Uni. Sure, we all want our hacks back - that's cause we're spoiled, not because the game is bad.
Hook:
Quote from: Oddysey on 2005 September 24, 19:00:37
The problem that I see is that companies like EA (not Maxis; the actually game develeping companies are much less annoying than the companies that own them)
Developers are the good guys. Publishers are the bad guys.
An example: I once heard someone from the publisher tell the programmer who was working on the code, "We're shipping it on Wednesday. Have it ready." There was no preliminary discussion on what worked and what didn't, or what state the code was actually in. This guarantees that there were functions that couldn't be finished in time and had to be taken out, and there was no time whatsoever for independent testing of what was already done.
If anyone's been around long enough to remember him, I knew *exactly* where Derek Smart was coming from. And I agreed with him completely. I didn't always agree with his methods of telling people, but I did agree with what he was saying. And this was before I ever worked for a game company.
Hook
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: Hook on 2005 September 24, 19:14:40
If anyone's been around long enough to remember him, I knew *exactly* where Derek Smart was coming from. And I agreed with him completely. I didn't always agree with his methods of telling people, but I did agree with what he was saying. And this was before I ever worked for a game company.
Oh, dear. You mentioned Derek Smart. I wonder if this means he'll actually show up here.
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