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All in all, it was these people that ultimately made the game so moddable, made custom content possible, and made it popular for EA. None of EA's efforst have provided the community with tools for meshing, modding and hacking. Yet the paysites get the benefits and EA goes along with it, without so much as a 'thank-you'.
It just speaks volumes about EA, a company I have stopped even considering purchasing from. I'm so glad their finances are crashing and burninating. Never have I seen something that deserves to die more. |
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They are very very ungrateful to members of a community that have made them millions and millions just in free advertising and keeping the game exciting. Those are the real motherfucking reasons ANY fansite can make nice custom content. Recently, Wes_H came out with a way to make custom animations. How the hell do they dare to ignore someone like that?
It's like being happy your laundry is clean and then throwing away the washing machine and praising the soap! If they are doing this for money and good publicity, they are doing it wrong.
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uknortherner
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Didn't SnootySims have one of these flyers posted on their front page a while ago?
I wonder how many free creators have been invited to this event.
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I wonder how many free creators have been invited to this event.
I'm opening a pool here. Smart money's on 'none'. Any takers? |
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Maybe two. Any site that has had critique on anything EA has made, or even hinted at 'fixing' something in the Sims 2, will not have been invited  , but there must be a few right? RIGHT? |
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Didn't SnootySims have one of these flyers posted on their front page a while ago?
I wonder how many free creators have been invited to this event.
Yeah, they did. I was just going to post and mention they had a copy of this flyer up on the news sections of Snooty's site, December 3. We can always hope that they actually have invited someone besides T$R. |
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Good question. Be curious if any of the big free creators got invited.
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NoOrdinaryRabbit
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Possibly someone from Parsimonious? They're the only big free site I can think of who have relatively good terms and a connection with EAxis.
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Well, no sign of such an invite over on Wes' Sims 3 site. Doesn't mean there isn't, but as free with info as the site is, I'd expect it would be mentioned.
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Oh gosh. It's so unfair. The free creators make good stuff, make us want to play, but EAxis don't even look at them. I hope than The Sims 3 don't sell even the half of the expected and bring so much headaches to them. **** YOU BASTARDS!  |
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Oh my goodness me! I am seething of rage right now. I feel someone should tell EA how incredibly wrong this is, how stupid they are. Not that I expect them to listen, but this kind of asshattery should not go unpunished! |
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Piratey
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Not that I expect them to listen, but this kind of asshattery should not go unpunished! Karma. That's all I'm going to say. |
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I'm not surprised by the invitations either. I don't think it's any secret that Thoma$$ and company have been massaging EA's prostate for awhile now. TS3 is gonna tank. They can't even get TS2 right. Nouk is absolutely correct, it's the free people that have kept it alive this far. Without them they have no hope whatsoever.
BTW: Darqstar you are so full of win
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This invite wasn't just given to TSR. I've seen it advertised elsewhere a few weeks ago, but can't remember where... Maybe on the Sims 2 site? I can't remember. Dang it!
ETA: It WAS on snootysims that I saw that. It sucks that Steve's trying to pimp out his FAs to go on that trip. It's a shame that some other sites haven't shared the news that they've been invited.... if they were invited at all.
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Lowell
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...Wow. There really are no words for this. Except perhaps, "Thank you, EA, for giving me yet another reason to not waste my time and money with The Sims 3." It's kind of funny; a couple of months ago I was considering giving it a chance (whether purchased or pirated). Then I read the in-game ads thing (which I could have maybe dealt with, if not for...), and then they had the crap on the BBS essentially declaring paysites as their partners, and now this? Fuck it, it's not even worth ARRing the game now.
Hope it crashes and burns. That'll be the only way for there to even be a smidgen of a chance that EA would realize just how bad of an idea it is to spurn the community (and, by default, their consumers) the way that they have.
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