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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I'm floored & sorry fans who have the passion to give feedback would think I was insulting them. I'll be more careful w/words when goofballn</p>— Doi Scatt (@GrimSuruDoi) <a href=" 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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I appreciate when I see this, I know a lot of people who have been really upset over this and hopefully this goes towards feeling better.
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I appreciate when I see this, I know a lot of people who have been really upset over this and hopefully this goes towards feeling better.
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Good to see
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It is just a shame that this was even a contention. With more communication we wouldn't have had this issues.
I agree @Terrylin most of these issues are caused by the lack of communication so people are analysing everything that is said. If we had clearer communication I doubt it would have even been noticed.
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Yup, great to see that.
I agree! The continued long term lack of any kind of positive communication,just makes us fester and get more irritated and disappointed. Then when something said in jest is taken wrong! Though any use of stereotyping by a n offical should be a no-no. Kinda like politics!
Asking for feedback but not giving any kind of feedback in return is not good business. It is feeding the pressure here on the site and makes for these kinds of misunderstandings.
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I'm just so glad he apologized!
It's all cool like the other side of the pillow, bro.
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Yes it does! I hope he doesn't get into trouble because I really do like seeing his tweets. Gaming and TS4 Gurus is the only reason I have twitter. I don't use it I just lurk on it!
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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
Marcus Aurelius
@SimGuruLyndsay I think this thread shows that people want to forgive and move on, many of us would be upset thinking of anyone getting in trouble over this when an apology and acknowledgement of how it could look was shown when realised
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Right or wrong, it is bad public relations. From a PR standpoint, it is never a good idea even in jest to alienate parts of your playerbase.
The problem is, that some people paint everyone who have even the smallest complaints with that same "haters" brush. Some people are generalizing all people with complaints as "haters", even when some of those people may have legitimate complaints and constructive criticism /feedback.
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Even a Guru now calls some of us "haters." Wow. It makes me really sad because I thought we were in the process of clearing this misunderstanding. "Haters" don't hate the sims. On the contrary; they love the sims! That is why some of us are so passionate about expressing our disappointment with the sims 4. If Gurus see that disappointment at "hate" and don't recognize why a lot of simmers are unhappy with how sims 4 turned out, we have much bigger problems.
I want to know exactly what this Guru meant by using the term "haters." - That might help clear up a few things.
He still said what he said. He still meant what he said. Apologies change nothing.
> Apology means "I'm sorry you were offended."
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> He still said what he said. He still meant what he said. Apologies change nothing.
I agree. :\
too true...too true
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
Marcus Aurelius
Think a few of you need to take a step away from the PC for a bit, take a walk and remember. Guru's are people to. They are not machines. if they want to be wild sometimes and toss out a random comment into the air. Let them! These forums are full of a whole lot of complaints and not much thanks... honestly, if this is the community I was making a game for..well just lucky I don't work there.
So to the Guru's and all the people working on the Sims 4. Thank you! <3 Sims 4 is not even that old and already Out Door Retreat is neat! and Get To Work right around the corner.
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In a sad irony, I don't think that particular line is meant as a discouragement, but more as encouragement to Sim builders as seen in previous Guru comments:
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/12683719/#Comment_12683719
I do think it's important to understand that whether EA takes feedback gladly or grudgingly, they do take it and many ideas that Simmers have had have made it into the game, so it is still worth voicing your ideas.
It would be great if we all could keep things in perspective, maintain a sense of humor, and simply ask the Gurus to stop using that term instead of getting upset and adding fuel to a drama that doesn't need to be.
I think it's better if we Simmers concentrate on our ideas for improvement and getting our messages across rather than focusing too much on the semantics of one word or phrase. If everything the Gurus say keeps getting translated as 'flame bait' and then everyone jumps on them for it, then there is a risk that they will shut down communication further. I don't want that to happen.