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How can I play with real people?
JoeBloggs
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Also.. Am I able to type to them & not just fart about with animations & gestures. :x
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--Dwight Schrute
On why he made a virtual character just like himself.
A sims 3 mmo would be great, but I predict most people would pick to be a Crime Lord, because we want some action and such in our mmos.
I think if they wanted to do an mmo, they would need to break the mold of "one person = one character" and have you manage a household within a single dynamic virtual community.
You can upload movies you make using the game (machinima) and share that way. You can upload things you make to the Exchange. But you can't play 'live' online with other players. That is a whole other animal.
There are online games and communities but TS3 isn't one.
(PS of course the advertising looks tons better! It's advertising!
As for the PS3, is there a PS3 version of TS3 coming out soon? I'm asking because we have TS2 for the PS2 and we'd love to have this for the PS3 so that the WHOLE FAMILY can play TOGETHER!!
And you can show off your Sims and Movies online - but it never says that anyone else is actually going to care about yours.
ie, if the only people you're going to be able to get to look at your stuff are your own friends and people you've already met - then it doesn't really matter whether it's Online or not.
(Plus, like other people have said - they already tried a Sims Online. While on some level it might sound like a good idea on paper - it eventually tanked pretty bad. I'd really doubt EA's going to be interested in trying to go back down that road again. It's a lot of work doing Online games; and it's already been proven that it's not worth the effort.)
I'm wondering if it could be redone in a productive way with modern graphics and new ideas- I mean, completely dissect TSO and see what needed to be changed and how it could be made more enjoyable. More like TS3 or something of that nature.
Now you may have noticed this thread is really old. bring it back up is called necroing a thread, and generally we rather you didn't.
heck there even ARE online features to this game now though not in the sense the OP was asking for. Anyway when you go about the forums keep in mind old threads are usually kinda irrelevant to be poking back up. No worries though! \
I personally used to think and online version sounded fun, but the online sims failed because , this game isnt really that kind of game, it'd be something else all together. The vast majority of simmers I think don't want that.
anyway welcome to the forums, don't forget to look at the rules (give this heads up to everyone it's always a good idea) just so you dont accidently do anything you shouldnt.
Have fun! and feel free to start your own threads.
6. Even a caveman would see that TSO as an MMO was completely stupid. If KPSP was the only SP that came out for TS3, playing 1 free hr of this on TS3, would be priceless value for your buck compared to playing 10 hours of TSO.
5. The Grind. The socializing factor of TSO apparently never materialized, because it fell victim to ppl constantly having to make money to progress in the game
4. Ability for inappropriate interactions between irl children and adults. There were no restrictions on romantic interactions for ppl avatars. So a 9 year old child could end up being subjected to harrassment from grown ups etc.
3. TSO became a cesspool for juvenile delinquents and adult miscreants who turned TSO into their own personal cy.b.e.r chatroom. ppl could pay simoleons for cy.ber p.orn/sex.chat favors to other ppl. These deviants could then covert the simoleans they received for their "services" into real money.....
2. The existence for #3 and #4 made it a haven for pedobears, p.e.d.ophiles and other sick assorted nuts to have illicit communication and inappropriate cy.ber interactions with children.
and the #1 reason:
Online scams like thefts etc. perpetrated by professional virtual griefers. One of the most infamous of these is the nefarious Evangeline, whose Machiavellian exploits are recorded for posterity here:
http://www.salon.com/2003/12/12/sims_online_newspaper/
I'll never understand why folks are so dead set on having a TS3 version of TSO. If all they want to do is chat/experience social media--instead of playing a standalone sandbox game--then why the heck won't they play Sims Social or Second Life? :? Or better yet, just wait until TS4 comes out? :? Because when it does, the Sims franchise will be completely unrecognizable by then.
Also how did this topic wind up in the store forum? This forum is about stuff that comes from the sims 3 store not about features in the game. That belongs to expansion packs or new sims games in the future.
Anyway, I'm sure there is already a game like it (online simulation) somewhere. An MMO without the fighting... I think it's called Second Life? Eh, there are some weird people playing that game, lol.
For the graphic intensive, design your own map world we have now...I don't think it would work very well.
You can upload videos, you can share your Sims and the homes you build. If you are looking for online interaction and praise for your creations perhaps you are playing the wrong game and should look into something else.
JoeBloggs is probably not reading this since he posted that comment in 2009.