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Keep Calm and Trust the Gurus!
ScarlettVeil
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I for one am super excited about this game! 
I know people are upset with a lot of things but NO ONE (besides the Gurus) knows how this game is going to really be! We can't keep hassling them for decisions that could not even be their fault. They are trying to make us a great game! Have faith in them and if you have a problem let them know in a polite way! Who knows they could be taking EVERYTHING into account for later! No one knows the future of this game. But I have been a loyal Simmer since 2000 and they haven't disappointed me yet!
I just have to know does anyone else feel this way!? I can't be the only Simmer that has faith in what the Gurus can produce right? :?:
I know people are upset with a lot of things but NO ONE (besides the Gurus) knows how this game is going to really be! We can't keep hassling them for decisions that could not even be their fault. They are trying to make us a great game! Have faith in them and if you have a problem let them know in a polite way! Who knows they could be taking EVERYTHING into account for later! No one knows the future of this game. But I have been a loyal Simmer since 2000 and they haven't disappointed me yet!
I just have to know does anyone else feel this way!? I can't be the only Simmer that has faith in what the Gurus can produce right? :?:
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I don't think is their fault...
But every "no comment" became a "no" and many confirmations have been backtracked.
Very basic featues were removed because Ea refuses to delay.
Why should I still trust them.
Haha exactly. I don't know if I can trust them anymore
<shakes head>
All of it well deserved.
Soon.
Oh, something came up, things change.
I don't trust them because things changed. 8)
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However, I still dont' trust the Gurus.
Things changed you know
I'm not happy about no pools or toddlers but I know it's not a deal breaker for what could be an amazing game!
Frankly what reason has the simsguru's given me to trust they'll do right by their fans?
The comment "Things change" lead me to believe that obviously the person not loyal here is them not the fans.
The whole comment about a solid foundation when trying when the rest of the house is missing and costs regular price sounds like a real-estate salesmen who is trying to swindle me out my money.
Of course that's only to by the base game because while I wait for them to add toddlers and by expansions guess who they send back out.
The "Things Change" guy who says yeah we know you waited an entire series but me in the real-estate guy got your money now so yeah we didn't have time to put them in the game. But you know for 89.99 you can buy the next installment of the series and all the lifestages will be in it.
So the cycle repeats.
you know...im not even going to say anything.plenty of people said enough already.
all i will say is *im calm and cant wait for the game*
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Awhile? Oh honey, two months is not awhile.
Yes I am sure in two months the developers will wave their magic plumbob wands and toddlers and anything else they left out will be in the game.
That is like Bethesda telling fans for a long time, "Dragons will be in Skyrim." Then two months before launch saying, "Well, we decided not to put dragons in the game."
It gets old....really old hearing the same answer over and over and over.
Its like a darn parrot.
"(Squawk).."Things change...(Squawk)...Things change..."
Not trying to be an ****** or offend you hun, just a tad frustrated.
As for the game, I can't help but still feel excited for what is offered. I'm just an optimistic person. The game could still be very fun and enjoyable despite what's missing/added/changed, but I'm reserving full judgment until I've actually played it.
I still say people shouldn't just give up and boycott it. At very least I'd hope people would still give it a chance, see some unbiased reviews and videos about it. Just my opinion.
I do wish people would understand while they vent their frustrations the decision making here is not being done by Gurus, or developers, or any other front line EA team members. This is all likely being done on the mid and upper management levels. Game producers, Vice presidents and up. I am speaking directly to the poor initial decisions to be online only and major functionality losses we're seeing announced at the last minute as a result of that. With those people its all about bottom line and pleasing the shareholders. They really care less about the customers, especially if they have a niche product unchallenged like The Sims franchise.
The guys coding, and/or interacting with you can only feed the fan base information and their "gut" feelings on those decisions being made upward. And it usually falls on deaf ears. In their offices and hall ways they have monitors reminding them daily, in fact every few minutes, of the deadline date some corporate monkey decided on. Likely a "pit boss" breathing down their backs to get it done or else too. Trust me, I've worked in that environment in other corporations and it is a very intimidating and hostile environment.
At some point as a developer you have to say, "We can't do that in that little amount of time". It is just a reality of the industry. Been there done that many times in my life as a developer (now going on 15 years). Inevitably a management monkey makes the decision that you just need to remove this, or that, or even this and that, and we're done. As a developer (and here I imagine the gurus that too) you feel like crap for letting your customers down. But you do not have a choice, because those corporate monkeys are signing your checks and handing out bonuses and even deciding if you still have a job come review time. Your screwed if you don't and screwed if you do.
So I'll say trust the Gurus and/or developers want to give us what we want. The reality is, its not looking like they'll be allowed to deliver what they'd like. Just remember in your posts and replies, those people we deal directly with don't usually have an option but to do what they are told.
Regards,
Krammy (AKA a frustrated developer himself)
Since I have no skin in the game as I won't be buying anything associated with TS4 :P
Getting ready for Oscar night at the TS4 forum. Which will be surely drowning with tears of frustration, disappointment, emotional anguish, and other Opera quality melodrama
"Trusting the gurus," however, does not do much good when I absolutely do NOT trust their management. And unfortunately, management are the ones in charge.