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This is the only thread that could in any way be seen as even being negative at all.And its just a question .Your behavior should be investigated. You have been specifically targeting me for a while now. You have been on my tail because I wouldnt agree with you about a computer.I did ask for a suggestion, but it was not within my budget .So I had the nerve to disagree with you and ever since you have been telling people I am a troll or that I dont belong here and I should be investigated. That is ridiculous. [/b] Leave me alone, please.
You didnt have a problem before then, but you have been non stop harassing me ever since.
(not in order)
- What type of sims do you like to create?
- Do you get attached to your sim families?
-What are your favorite objects?
-Have you thrown any cool parties?
-Do you mainly play with premades?
-Do your sims look as good in game as in CAS?
-What is the prettiest CC skin?
-What do you love about sims 4 graphics?
+ I have a couple where I show houses I built.
and I am being targeted over these one or two non harmful threads
-playing sims 4 on an afforable laptop
-is there a negative atmosphere here?
That is my complete history on this forum and somehow, that means I shouldnt be here? I don't think so.
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If you were truly enjoying your new computer , you would be doing just that. Not starting bait threads and throwing temper tantrums on people that don't agree with you. Then putting them on your ignore list as if it was your cure all to anyone who does not agree with you. Pretty soon you will have the whole forum on your ignore list and visa versa the way you treat people. I got news for you , you were already on the ignore list for those of us who help in tech after the way you were acting.
Yes I hope EA investigates your posting history. Posting here is a privilege like others have stated. We who help in tech volunteer our time every day. We don't work for EA. We are not obligated to help anyone. We do so of our own free will. Consider the tech help here a privilege. Once you abuse that privilege expect to be ignored
PS to stay on topic you starting these kind of bait of threads is creating your own negative atmosphere in the forum
I did post the forum rules. You should read them.
Your behavior is nothing more than harassment. If maxis wants to investigate me over your ridiculous claims, that is fine. Im sure I will be okay, seeing how most of my posts are game related and suited for the forum. You know, you point the finger at me but you are the one who does not like people who disagree with you, ma'am, or sir. Because you have been after me ever since you claim I disrespected you.
I am truly enjoying my game and my computer, which is why I come here and talk about the game with other people . I have no reason to come here and discuss a game I do not have fun playing . Neither am I paid for doing so.
I dont need the forum rules, you need to check your ego and attitude. You have me on ignore. So why dont you just kindly ignore me? Seems like that should be enough for you.
& I already shared my post history, its up there and public for everyone to see. Theres nothing to be scared of.
I am sorry , if I offended you before somehow and I really hope that everyone can move on.
I might take issue personally with you throwing shade at some like me who spent 'the better part of two years bashing the a video game'. But I'm not going to take that personally, because clearly I have no life, tied to my house and the couch 95% of the time and once toddlers were added and a few other issues I had with the game cleared up I announced the 'war is over' as far as I am concerned.
Toddlers and how it was handled from day one, EA's attitude toward their 'customers' and a few other things were a major contention for me. But once they delivered toddlers and some gurus stopped putting down or blaming their own fan/customer base, I saw no reason to continue the comments it would either move the ball or not, it finally did, so the only complaints I have now is the lag, horrible lag, and gurus know why the game is lagging, so I hope they fix all that.
I finally got what I wanted, Restaurants, Toddlers and Vampires, and some consequences for choices made which make the game a little more like the older games and not so rainbow/unicorn as it was when first released. So, that's why (among other health reasons) I'm no longer interested in debating what is or isn't wrong with this game other than harping about lag when it frustrates me.
So, I would say my time wasn't wasted since I couldn't go anywhere anyway, and hopefully something I might have said in the past two years, tho negative might have helped gurus see not all of us want happyville and with vampires they brought a little bit of a darker side in a whimsical way back to the game. I hope they don't go nerfing that, due to complaints about townie vampires burning up in sun.... because then I would have to come back and complain. No matter how negative I have been I hope they gleaned some insight into what frustrates players like me and it seems they knew people wanted toddlers, restaurants, and vampires, and a darker little more fun on the consequence side than they first intended with TS4. Glad to know some devs are deviant players, too. I hope they remember us in every EP, or GP.
Sorry to hear you were laid up all that time hope things are going better for you now.
I was really done with this a few pages back but I think people deserve a response especially if they think I'm being unfair.
I really have said all there is to say on the topic.
So for the last time I will recap
There is a difference between negative criticsim and negative attitudes.
It's the people incapable of understanding the difference that are the cause of the friction.
Funny how that gets ignored to try and shove your agenda around though, yes?
smh..all i can say is , wow. agree .
and done with this conversation.
So to answer the OPs question again (If I answered before) then yes, the forums are negative as seen in thrads like this
Apology accepted.
Just a heads up. When people get new accounts in here and keep posting things that are in the wrong place or posting things that could start a debate in a bad way, many posters in here ( including EA staff) will get a red flag of possible trolling and fake accounts. I am usually in tech and not in these other sections often. We get trolled in tech a lot. There are people who get several accounts in here just to troll. I have seen people trolling Gen Discussions section too.
If you want to keep a positive atmosphere, post things that are positive. Ignore the negative. Post your threads in appropriate section. Tech is specifically for tech help. Your hardware is breaking down, the game is having issues etc. No one in tech was telling you not to enjoy your computer but that discussion belonged in off topic section where EA staff moved it. You got on the defense with us about it. We originally told you not to buy a cheaper laptop and it was not because we were trying to get you to spend more money. We volunteer our time to help. We don't make money or commission when we give you computer advice. Laptops can not be upgraded. If the laptop is below recommended requirements it won't survive the game. It may play fine for now but in the end you will have problems. The worst part about tech is when someone comes in with hardware problems, we read their computer hardware and it does not meet requirements. We then have to tell someone they have no choice but to buy a new computer. I had one the other day. This person claimed to be a child. They had two computers that could no longer run the game. Lucky for them their parents were willing to buy them a new computer that met requirements and they can now play again. Not everyone has parents or the money to constantly replace computers to game. Unfortunately this may happen to you in the end as the game adds more and more. This is the reason why we advised you to get a computer that meets the recommended requirements so you don't have these issues in the future. The last thing we want to do is tell people they need to buy a new computer.
We do not get much trolling in the TS3 GD fortunately but I do remember one troll coming into threads once calling everyone's Sims plain and ugly. We just ignored them and they where soon banned
EA Staff moves threads all the time but they may not read the thread unless a mod gets called in. I was stalked in tech for two months by a troll who had at least two accounts before the situation was taken care of. It was reported over and over. I have other friends in tech who have been stalked in here too. I'm an adult. What if a child was being staked in here and they had to wait two months for something to be done?
I have seen some very hateful (hate crimes) comments posted in here , reported and they are still visible to public when they should have been closed and hidden. People who are posting these hate crimes still have their accounts and are still posting.
Like I mentioned to OP in above post. When people get new accounts in here and keep posting things that are in the wrong place or posting things that could start a debate in a bad way, many posters in here ( including EA staff) will get a red flag of possible trolling and fake accounts. I am usually in tech and not in these other sections often. We get trolled in tech a lot. There are people who get several accounts in here just to troll. I have seen people trolling Gen Discussions section too. I can tell you there are still several troll accounts trolling these forums on a constant basis. This has been going on since the forum started and nothing has been done to stop people from having several accounts in here.
TS3 Gen Discussions section is the most civil place in this forum. Once Im done moving and doing taxes I will be back there playing my game again hopefully being troll free Trolls don't usually hit that section. We know gen discussions for TS4 is a nightmare of trolling. I stay away from there as much as possible. Tech for 3 and 4 is another story. My stalker was in 3 tech but it's possible this person is now in 4. I am seeing similar posting patterns in 4 with new accounts. They keep coming in tech asking for a new computer. Leave the forum and come back over and over asking for a new computer. Their whole posting history is asking for new computers. If the poster give me a red flag I just put on ignore and remind myself not to help them. I just wish EA would do something about people getting several accounts in here. It would eliminate a lot of the problems and the " negative atmosphere" in general.
I just saw you post in the 'What happened in your game today?' thread, the busiest thread on the forums will be nice for you to join in share pictures but it is a buy thread that moves fast!
I have had stalkers before as well, they followed me over to Youtube and would dislike my videos. I would work out that these videos would be 'shared' in an 'unknown' area, maybe a private message somewhere and would be watched for one second only and always get a dislike. I could work out what countries these came from and aside from one being from the USA, the other three came from some 'smaller' countries with less active Simmers. Needless to say I knew exactly who three of them where and I blocked them on Youtube and put them on ignore on here. I was also stalked across other Sims forums and at one point I had 'secrets' posted about me and my Sims on the notorious 'Sim Secret' and constant abuse from a couple of anonymous accounts and I then did some research and managed to trace the culprits. After confronting one of them, the abuse stopped instantly it has been a while since I have seen any signs of them returning.
So yes, these forums do have a dark side but it gets darker once you are away from the forums and where there is more 'freedom' to be anonymous
I love craven's videos. He always cheers me up It will be nice when I can go back to my game and abuse the King
I'm sorry you got stalked here and on youtube. None of this should be happening. I have not been in the old TS3 forum since around 2010. I do remember how well those boards were monitored. If you went slightly off topic the threads was gone.If the thread would just turn into talking about food it was gone. It was actually overboard. Why I think they put an off topic section here to eliminate removing so many threads, many that were unwarranted.
These boards here no doubt need more mods. Serious issues in here are going unchecked. Purpose troll baiting threads started to cause controversy for people to get into heated arguments. Stalking, hate crimes etc. Some of us who are here a lot more than EA staff see what goes on. If they set this forum up like the old TS3 forum where you had to own the game to post would eliminate people getting more than one account in here to tag team people. I would say the trolling is at least 1/2 (or more) of the cause of the negative atmosphere in this forum. The other issue is those who will argue with each other for liking or disliking one game or another. Whatever game you enjoy go play it and don't let anyone discourage you or get to you from playing that game. As far as the Feedback section, people have a right to leave both negative or positive constructed criticism for EA without having the so called other side attack people. I stopped giving feedback on the game a long time ago for being attacked.
I really had to stop and think about it becasue I really couldn't answer the question honestly at first.
After giving a bit of thought, I came to the conclusion that I keep coming back here looking for the "vibe" we had on these forums back in the old days.
Back before there was any talk of sequels or comparisons between games or securom or any of that...there was a time (I want to say all the way up to the point that TS3 was announced) that I really loved this community.
We had a blast out here, exchanging pictures telling stories, playing games, the Maxoids hung out with us and regualarly and hosted open chats...It was just an all round fun place to be. I dunno, maybe the crowd was a bit older back then, less self involved, more mature..
I look around now and I see everyone holed up in little bunkers coming out now and then to take a snipe at one another and it breaks my heart. Look I'm human, I've been guilty from time to time in the past of succumbing to it but trust me when I say every time I do I kick myself for it because I know I'm better than that.
Times change, but I guess I keep coming back with the deluded expectation that this community could somehow be what it once was.
Don't get me wrong there are still a lot of terrific people out here..and this place is still a lot better than many other internet communities but it's kinda like going back to the old house you lived in for many years and seeing someone else living in it. It kinda looks the same...but it can never be the same.
Life goes on I guess.
As I mentioned above the old sims 3 forum was monitored more. People had to own the game to post. It was a lot safer than this forum.
That's a great way to look at it when your just popping in to get info for game play . Unfortunately when we who help in tech are here every day and have to deal with a young child throwing a temper tantrum, the behavior does not sit well with us adults. It happens in other sections too. If those children can get that emotional over a game to the point of starting fights or throwing temper tantrums their parents should be monitoring them on the web if they are not mature enough to be on the web.
I'm sure life is peachy there as long as you share their attitude and point of view.
I have to disagree. They don't care if people post their stores and pics on the sims 4 in the sims 3 picture threads. Some people in that section play both games. Some are still even playing TS2. If anyone attempts to start fights there they get run off. It's happened a few times however it rarely happens. That section does not like TS3 vs TS4 treads. I know the TS4 section is sick of those threads too