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I FOUND SOMETHING VERY DISTURBING IN THE GAME AND IT HAS ANGERS ME
simgirl542
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I had a male child sim who was upset about a new sibling so he "lashed out" at his dad. No big deal. The dad grounded him for every time he was mean. No big deal either.
What I found disturbing is, when they were both very angry the option to "shove" came up for not only the child, but for the adult sim.
Please, please, please change this so the parents cannot shove their child. This is very disturbing and quite frankly, very disgusting that it's even an option in this game.
All I ask for is the interaction to be removed between the adult and child sims. No parent should hit a child and it should not be in the game either as a promotion to such behavior. I mean what would it promote if it was available for a dad sim and a little girl sim? Is it also available for male to female adult sims? Because if it is, that one should be changed as well. Anger in the game is one thing, but abuse is another.
This is not a "bug" it's an issue that needs to be acknowledged and addressed as soon as possible.
Thank you
What I found disturbing is, when they were both very angry the option to "shove" came up for not only the child, but for the adult sim.
Please, please, please change this so the parents cannot shove their child. This is very disturbing and quite frankly, very disgusting that it's even an option in this game.
All I ask for is the interaction to be removed between the adult and child sims. No parent should hit a child and it should not be in the game either as a promotion to such behavior. I mean what would it promote if it was available for a dad sim and a little girl sim? Is it also available for male to female adult sims? Because if it is, that one should be changed as well. Anger in the game is one thing, but abuse is another.
This is not a "bug" it's an issue that needs to be acknowledged and addressed as soon as possible.
Thank you
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Soooo it is ok if it is there for female to male sims?
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Saying "not to be rude", then blatently being rude does not excuse rude behavior.
Poor unfortunate soul can't take a shove interaction on a video game rated T for teen where pixels can fight pixels.
Rachel already took our slap interaction away. Why next take woohoo away, it's too obscene.
Probably remove kissing too, it's too graphic.
I don't care if it's an option or not. I care that it shouldn't be in the game and I find it very disturbing that people can condone something like this being in the game. Abuse should not be promoted in a game like this.
In my opinion, it raises the rating. I just feel that it needs to be changed. Why can't people see that?
I haven't used mods in over a month and I don't plan on using them for this game anytime soon.
If the flirty choice was willingly removed when it appeared for the child sims why can't this be removed for adult to child or male to female or female to male?
Male adults can shove female adults and vice versa.
It's a game. If you don't like it then don't use it. I don't think EA should remove it.
I have always viewed teen Sims as 17+, yet a ton of Simmers don't agree and think they represent a younger teen age-group.
Each to their own - everyone has their own opinion.
I don't see an adult Sim shoving a child to be useful for gameplay.
It is a game EA is not promoting abuse any more than they are promoting spouses cheating on one another.
Opinions aren't facts. It is fine that you feel it should be changed but that doesn't mean everyone has to agree with you. We have options and we have the free will not to use certain options. I never let my spouses cheat but I'm not going to tell everyone else that it promoted divorce because it doesn't. This is a game, not reality.
Because that was a bug and this isn't
I didn't see anyone hating on you, people having a different opinion doesn't mean they are haters.
Saying "not to be rude", then blatently being rude does not excuse rude behavior.
I did not give you hate, just suggested to not click it. I personally do not use the mean or mischief interactions, but I know many players do. I also spank my IRL kids, so I suppose you would hate my irl old school parenting.
Number 1: We are sim players we aren't haters, as to how much weight that word has in America I don't know, I personally just find it silly.
Number 2: IT'S A GAME. It's rated T for Teen.
http://www.esrb.org/ratings/ratings_guide.aspx
TEEN
Content is generally suitable for ages 13 and up. May contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling and/or infrequent use of strong language.
Number 3: It's optional, everyone can do what they want.
Number 4: It's only abuse if you think it is. These aren't real people.
This. I respect everyone's feelings, but I fear all these discussions about "abuse" intimidate the devs and make the game as boring as it is. The Sims are so harmless like no other videogame for players over 3 years old.
> All I ask for is the interaction to be removed between the adult and child sims. No parent should hit a child and it should not be in the game either as a promotion to such behavior. I mean what would it promote if it was available for a dad sim and a little girl sim? Is it also available for male to female adult sims? Because if it is, that one should be changed as well. Anger in the game is one thing, but abuse is another.
I've not had many fights in my game, so I'm not sure about the male-to-female fights, but considering that the game doesn't treat gender as binary, how would getting rid of male-to-female hitting even work? You can only hit somebody if your "can pee standing up" characteristic is the same? If both sims can get pregnant or can impregnate somebody else?
But even besides the technical issue, eliminating unpleasant interactions pretty much destroys storytelling. I guess they could have a separate "storytelling mode" and a "farting rainbows mode."
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All I was asking for in the first place was for this interaction between adult and child sims to be changed. It was not meant to start anything negative or debating or anything else.
EA pulled that stunt with TS3 Pets - they made a trailer of a kid being bullied in an alley by teens and a TS3 dog rushing to the rescue.
Then we found out that that particular feature wasn't an actual gameplay feature.
That still cuts like a knife. A billion Simmers thought "Great! You can have a dog that sticks up for your Sim!".
Bang! Nope, it was just an advertising pitch for TS3 Pets.
Yes I found this, it's very tame. It's like toddlers hit and when my toddlers hit they don't make contact with the target.
Me? Like another player wrote on this thread, I opt to not use the 'mean' interactions very much. Once in awhile, I'll have an older brother be 'mean' but that's just my personal experience. I only had one brother, he was older and he could be terribly mean, at times. I also was one of those who voted for a more violent SP. We don't have burglers anymore. It's hard for random deaths to occur. The game is teetering on the edge of 'milk toast'. This is not to slam you in anyway, and I don't hate anyone. So, please let's all drop that term 'hater'. Just because someone doesn't agree with your point of view, it doesn't mean they do so out of hate, for pity's sake. We're a diverse group of people, with diverse opinions and quite likely diverse ways of playing this game.
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Like a toddler playing in the toilet could have another toddler walk up behind them and give them a shove - like into the toilet. Some people think that is too far beyond a point.
I wanted toddlers squabbling over things like a drink bottle, or a toy, etc.
That to me is more realistic than an adult shoving a child.
Really? Toddlers could squabble over a bottle in the sims 2. It was pretty cute.