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BatmanFanGirl
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Are Tator and Copeland moving to Sims 4, or are their jobs just over??? 
I think I'm more sad that Tator and Copeland would be out jobs then content. They work so hard and have been so awesome. Especially Alan who always popped in on our comments.
Sims 4 at the very least NEEDS these two!
Unless they want to be free then nevermind.
I think I'm more sad that Tator and Copeland would be out jobs then content. They work so hard and have been so awesome. Especially Alan who always popped in on our comments.Sims 4 at the very least NEEDS these two!
Unless they want to be free then nevermind.
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I'm wondering and feeling the same as you. They have done an awful lot for all of here at the Sims 3. But I do, as I'm sure all of us wish them the best at where ever they go or do.
I agree. Copeland,Tot and Simguru Kitty need to be ported over to TS4 after the Aigist Set. If not I wish them all the best of luck.
Several Store people were moved to 4 long ago like Simguru Azure,Sarah,Kelley and a slew of others. By coinsidence I think Sarah said her part in TS4 was the worlds. She did the worlds in TS3.
Kitty is so good at making lots she needs to be ported as well.
One feature of TS4 that annoyed me was the announcement of the premium membership thing. As I understand it, the deal is you pay a certain amount up-front and then you will save money on the content released that year. What BOTHERS me is that they expect us to pay for something when we have no knowledge of what quality that product will be. What content they will produce. It's like buying blindfolded.
IF I knew that Sir Guru Copeland (I knighted him) and the current store team were producing the new content, I'd snap the deal up in an instant because I have so much confidence in them. They produce quality content that appeals to me, and that I feel greatly enhances my game. I TRUST them.
At the moment I have very, very little trust in TS4 in general. No CASt, no toddlers??? Do you even KNOW your fans? What were you thinking? Not only that, but a lot of the marketing decisions and misinformation is really starting to get me down.
I like individual gurus, some of the people who we get to chat to really seem to be working SO hard and do seem to genuinely care. There are still certain people I do have a lot of respect for and confidence in. I just worry that there are certain people who seem to be making very stupid decisions. Who up there at the top is disconnected from the fans?
They NEED people like Sir Copeland because he is so finely tuned into our hopes and concerns, he understands us so well, and he genuinely appears to try his absolute hardest to please as many people as possible. The way he connects with the community is a huge strength. And I feel that is a skill that the TS4 team sorely sorely need right now.
It would be a huge shame if they let the store team slip through their fingers.
Right there with you Cinderelli. On all points. I am especially annoyed by the Premium Membership thing. Can the cash milking be any more blatant? I've never been against microtransactions but to be expected to pay a monthly sub to get them is beyond the pale. It's just wrong and, well, sleazy.
EVERYTHING YOU SAID I AGREE WITH 100%! :thumbup:
Alan, you're the bestest!
EA NEEDS you guys, cuz TS4 looks like it's going to suck SO hard that its lips might rip off.
With no more content being made now I have NOTHING to look forward to from EA anymore!
Is this EA's way of forcing the diehard TS3 Generation to give up the ghost and move to TS4? :hunf: If so, they'll need to try a LOT harder; EA didn't even send me a g-d CAS Demo, so I say eff 'em. :evil:
Whatever happens though, if y'all end up unemployed and need recommendations from the fanbase, then I say whoever doesn't hire y'all is an idiot. :thumbup: Much love and well wishes, especially to you, Copeland, for giving us such BEAUTIFUL fun content all these years~! *group hugs*
This. :thumbup:
I mean... of course TS3 was broke. Very broken!
The no CASt thing was a huge let-down for me because I use it constantly. But I thought, well, they are trying to make the game run better on the average computer. So I got over that (sort-of), I just figured I'll have to start making/using cc again.
But... no toddlers? Seriously? One of the main things I expected to see in the new series was a focus on the family. The sims themselves, who they are, who are the people around them? I did not want a load of young adults running around acting like *******. I think I made that clear with my feedback a long time ago. I liked the family aspect of The Sims 2. I was frustrated that they didn't focus on it as much in TS3 (good thing the store team brought us the toddler items and toys). I expected it in TS4. And I don't want to hear anything about them being added to an expansion pack. That's not the point. The point is that this is clearly not a priority for them. The warning bells are ringing.
Sorry, I'm in rant mode. That wasn't directed at you, pepper. I just took your comment and ran with it!
But, yes, exactly. They had a good thing going here. From my perspective the store seemed to be doing well and taking money. I think they stopped it too soon.
I feel this way too. What do I have to look forward to beyond the last set? Great custom content I suppose. There are a lot of brilliant looking user-created worlds I need to explore! And a certain person's Tumblr I need to plunder.
I do wonder if they are trying to 'force' us to make the leap to TS4. I suspect they are. In my case it backfired. I need more time to transition. A base game is never going to win my heart. Especially a base game that does not allow me to build outside the developer's box. At least with TS3 we had CASt to play around with to individualise our games. (Hasn't anyone else started to feel like all the sims' outfits are looking a bit samey?)
If the store had continued to make new content for long enough for TS4 to get a bit of depth then I would have shifted more easily. All this has made me do is want to dig my heels into the ground.
then I would feel more comfortable making the transition myself
Very much this! I agree 100%! To be honest I feel even MORE bitter and not wanting to buy sims 4 BECAUSE the store is closing so soon. I was hoping it would have stayed opened for a long time. Like I feel it's all 4's fault. lol Nothing has blown me out of the water yet about 4. I can give a rat's behind about emotions. The sims in 3 has emotions!!As far as toddlers go, no one should have to pay extra money in the future just to have them in their game. Also no pools or basements. :? How am I going to kill off my annoying sims now? lol
I don't know if Tatortot or Copeland is moving on to 4 or not, but wherever they do go I hope it's.....an upgrade. They care a lot about the community and actually LISTEN to what we want. The past few sets has been amazing and so much stories can be told with our game now. A huge thank you and hug!
AGREE. and I especially like that you knighted SirGuruCopeland!
But I doubt if the subscription thing is going to save anybody any money. Knowing EA I figured what they meant was that you pay a monthly fee and for that you get to purchase everything at regular price at an earlier time than folks without a subscription plus you get a few little extra objects which are never offered to folks without a subscription like a chair or a clothing item. (Release date doesn't concern me, but I would like the extra stuff in my game, if I were to play.)
I do sincerely hope wherever the gurus and non-guru store team devs are going, be in withing EA/The sims or not, they have the best of luck. They have amazing talents not just for the gaming but in regards to connecting with their fanbase.
They want you to pay up front for things you have never seen? To make an investment of an amount that guarantees you MUST buy X number of things in order to break even on their offered "discount"?
They are actually telling you to put your money in their bank, while they get the interest on it, and you are forced to buy more of their product in order to recoup your "investment" in their company??????
What a scam. They're grifters.
I have never heard of anything so outrageous, in all my life. They ought to be sued over that "business model." It's absolutely immoral.
I'm offended.
I'm getting from the store what I still have simpoints to get, which will include the canal set and a few goodies I have never picked up. That will use up my last simpoints.
And I swear, EA, those simpoints were the LAST DOLLAR you will ever get from me! I'm walking away with my integrity. Your company is scum.
(dusts feet off, as she leaves the company door)
However I literally just heard something else that has made me disappointed in the company. The bad things just keep on coming, don't they? :?
I'm on the fence with the Store not producing any more content after August's release. I mean, half of me is really sad, the other half feels "too much of a good thing isn't a good thing." So maybe it's time. I'm also pretty certain that we'll all have the option to choose whether or not we'd want to do the monthly/yearly subscription. At least I hope so.
Mr. Copeland, you're very talented, I love your work. Can we be besties and share crayons?
(I'm joking about the last part... Lol...)
Just for the sake of argument, if it turns out to be true that they will make us pay like that...what you just said should be on billboards everywhere.
although at this point do I even care...
I'm not thrilled about this Premium Subscription business. I'm gonna wait until I have the facts and then decide. I'm thinking that the big deal with Sims 4 is keeping it lean and mean, as it were. That means not a lot of store content. I might have to pick and choose more carefully in the future.
I hope the Store Team will be allowed to post and let us know what's up with them. I'm very concerned.
I am one that got the sims 4 demo so I did try SOME of it. I can't express enough how much I HATED IT. I already spend enough time in CAS and I can already see myself racking on the hours trying to create a sim that I can BARELY stand to look at. Having lego looking sims inside a Pixaar world is not my thing. Knowing myself, my game would be modded out the behind just so I would stand a little enjoyment from it. Buying an overpriced game, for unappealing visuals, only to end up with free CC and mods? Nope. Not giving it a chance.