I can has rant plz?

[legrande]

OK, so because Sims2.com is still in Maintenence Mode *shakes fist* I thought I would mosey on over to The Sims 3 forum and see what was diggin' over there. (Sims 2 related, I don't have S3) Purely out of curiosity!

Please note before I go on, that I have nothing against people who play S3! I'm not trying to suggest that they are BAD PEEPULS and that we should HAAATE them or anything. After all my best friend plays it, we discuss it all the time and compare it to S2 and still we do not hate each other. Plus, some of you guys here play S3, so I'm not attacking you or anything either. Just venting!
I'm going off topic. On the Sims 3 forum;

I found this thread---> forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/417621.page

It's fairly informative tbh, and I know not everyone who commented on it deserves this rant... But I'm in a bad mood and there were some comments on the first page that just bugged me.

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I'm sorry, but have I missed something?!
Do EA tell them specially that TS2 is being closed instead of us, the people who use the site???
Do they just have some inside guy with dark glasses and a raincoat who's infiltrated EA and who knows for certain that TS2.com is being closed!?
WHY MUST SOME OF THEM JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS?!
Sure the link on the site has gone, but perhaps they just didn't want to send people over to the site when it's in maintenance? Egads. I just needed to get that out there.
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Please not to be being offended if you play Sims 3! ;D

[Samantha]

Yeah. I, too, hate seeing threads where users post stuff like "TheSims2.com is being closed down." I just find it very ignorant of them. There has been no official announcement, not to my knowledge, at least.

I have faith. I don't think EA is being as malicious as some in that thread hinted at. I don't think the maintenance screen is their way of phasing us out. (However, I will admit that I wasn't around when this apparently happen to TS1, so perhaps that was true.) I don't think they're a horrible company, to be honest. They gave us a 30-day warning for the store (when I mentioned this last, someone countered that the 30-day warning was an agreement that Maxis had with its clients, and that since Maxis is no longer part of the game, EA doesn't have to follow it. However, that 30-day announcement for the store was made in--what?--March, which was only five months ago and long after Maxis' departure.), and I think we'll get some sort of notice for the website, as well.

Though all that could just be me being terribly optimistic, and it's purely my own opinion.

[Amy (In America - Busy atm)]

Haha, I agree, I started commenting on the second page because the people on the first had wound me up a little with their simple dismissal as if to say 'yeah its dead, but we're fine so quit whining'. I was gritting my teeth

They said similar things in another thread a few weeks ago and some people were very empathetic and others acted like they were directly in the know and because they said it was closing, then it was. There were people who'd never even played TS2 rubbishing it and sending the site to its death, I really was biting my tongue.

A lot of them don't know that EA doesn't moderate it, that it has had bugs, and errors over the last few months and there's no getting them to see either

I share your pain, it makes me feel the same way sometimes, but there are also plenty of nice simmers on the site, and simmers who still love both games

[legrande]

I agree with both of you! So glad to know I'm not the only one! :L
Especially about the whole maintenance screen thing. EA may not have the best customer service, but having read their terms and conditions (I am that sad), they do have the we-must-give-30-days-notice policy. So I'm optimistic too!

Aug 3, 2011 22:21:53 GMT Amy (In America - Busy atm) said:

I share your pain, it makes me feel the same way sometimes, but there are also plenty of nice simmers on the site, and simmers who still love both games

I know, and it makes me sad that there's just that few people who seem to go out of their way to dismiss TS2 and get people's backs up!!
Well, maybe saying that's a little harsh, but it's just my opinion.