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This needs to be said
lovelyskysx
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Am I the only one who thinks the simming community is becoming toxic now? Like, everyone is arguing with each other about maxis match vs alpha, or the new upcoming expansion pack etc, getting offended when another person whitewashes or blackfaces a sim, harassing and bullying the gurus, whines and complains whenever a new pack is announced and y’all also accuse simmers or the sims team of stealing someone’s idea. I must ask, what happened to this community??? And it’s actually kind of sad when you think about it.
And I know I’m blowing this out of portion but this needs to be said.
Anyway, what are your thoughts on it?
And I know I’m blowing this out of portion but this needs to be said.
Anyway, what are your thoughts on it?
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I joined these forums seven years ago, when I picked up TS3. I was at a point of deep frustration with my then-current game, and had watched my niece play TS3 Supernatural over the winter holidays and been charmed with it. While I had been aware of The Sims for years, that's the exposure that really grabbed me.
For the next six years, I participated happily on the TS3 Forums run by EA/Maxis, in Carl & Pam's community, and elsewhere, discussing my TS3 and Medieval play, sharing ups and downs, asking for and receiving help and pointers, and helping out where I could. In those six years, I maybe saw one or two vaguely problematic, bigoted or dogwhistling posts. I hardly touched my Ignore list. I don't think I have ignored anyone at Carl & Pam's, or Two Foot Mama's, or any other boards.
A year ago, an offer of the TS4 base game for free finally tempted me to migrate over to the latest iteration. I am glad I made the move! I am having a fine time and, while the base game is free, I am spending money on the packs I want. And my Ignore list is full. FULL.
Homophobia, transphobia and racism are the quickest ways onto my list, but bad-faith arguments, inflammatory rhetoric, and brigading the publisher or dev team will also do it.
The problem seems very much to be confined to certain very vocal sectors the TS4 community, who largely pose as "long time heartfelt fans" while acting like nothing but. And that's disappointing.
Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, Tumblr... and fandoms in general are notorious for being awful. Heck, I remember when someone claimed stating I look homeless and like I have no money "needed to be said" (I despise that phrase, for the record).
Why would the Sims community be any different?
You can generally tell from the get-go which threads are going to end up being toxic so, if that kind of thing upsets you, you can just stay away from it. Even thread titles are a big give away for what is going to happen inside it.
If you are looking at a thread called 'what happened in your game today' or 'give me tips for challenges' or something like that then you can bet it's going to be friendly. But if you enter something called 'sims 3 vs sims 4' or 'what do you think of such-and-such a pack?' then you are probably headed for trouble.
But honestly, what's new? It wouldn't be a new announcement without some drama. The sims community is very dramatic overall which is also to be expected by the audience that plays it ahaha
No one on the forums is actively threatening the devs....it's way more controlled here than on twitter. And they will never abandon twitter because it's where they want to market the games.....
Jeez. I’m sorry to hear that.
Yes that's true but I meant that if it gets out of hand they could very well disable comments and just focus on posting advertising material without the interactions with the community.
It may or may not happen, but there's nothing we can do about the behaviour of others to stop it.
A few months back there was a poll someone started about whether people like drama on the board and a surprising amount said they love it and even try to get people riled up. I think the best way to stop it, is to ignore it. Stick with threads about game play and challenges and stuff,it isn't in those ones.
I DO like to state my opinion in the threads, you know, in case EA is reading haha,so they know what I like
It has got worse lately. Maybe it started with a poor base game and now worse because of the stress of the present world sickness. I would make excuses for it on those grounds and possibly a failure to announce a Sims 5 for some people who want to kill off Sims 4 for it.
Yes, definitely, especially on youtube.
I do the same, I just like to fix stuff and help with game related problems since my hobby is to investigate things like that and come up with solution. I cured stutter problems for many and got featured on blogs for it 😁 When the forum turns nasty over stuff I tend to ignore and stay away but I think it is so unfortunate that some can't discuss things in polite manners. Ah well, I'm glad some can and those are the ones I follow and discuss with anyway.
It’s only more controlled here because they can delete posts, lock threads, and ban people.
Duh. That's what I meant with more controlled....
It's just a forum and the sims is just a game...nothing very important at all.