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sunman502 · February 2021

This ok message has been appearing in my game for some time now, and I have no idea about what it's suppose to mean. The message just has one word, and that word is ok. And it only appears in the messages that roll across the bottom of the screen during the load screen. Does anyone have any idea as to what this ok message is suppose to mean?

Chicklet453681 · February 2021

I have no idea what it's referring to and it's been doing that for me for a really long time, I play on a PC.

sunman502 · February 2021

Chicklet453681 wrote: »

I have no idea what it's referring to and it's been doing that for me for a really long time, I play on a PC.

So this ok message doesn't just appear on the PS4. Sure would like to know what it's trying to say because just reading the word ok doesn't tell you squat.

CAPTAIN_NXR7 · February 2021

It shows up on all platforms.

It’s an in-joke and I believe it refers to one of the options you used to be able to choose from via an opportunity pop-up when free earbuds were offered by a company called Be Fit as a Fiddle. Free earbuds come with the My Fitness Stuff pack. The company’s phone call used to give the player two options:

Option 1:

OK

Option 2:

No, I don’t want free earbuds.

The community complained about the constant notification from the company so Maxis ditched the phone call. Now these “options” only exist in your loading screen. The free earbuds are just added to your sim’s inventory, or you can buy them via BB.

sunman502 · February 2021

CAPTAIN_NXR7 wrote: »

It shows up on all platforms.

It’s an in-joke and I believe it refers to one of the options you used to be able to choose from via an opportunity pop-up when free earbuds were offered by a company called Be Fit as a Fiddle. Free earbuds come with the My Fitness Stuff pack. The company’s phone call used to give the player two options:

Option 1:

OK

Option 2:

No, I don’t want free earbuds.

The community complained about the constant notification from the company so Maxis ditched the phone call. Now these “options” only exist in your loading screen. The free earbuds are just added to your sim’s inventory, or you can buy them via BB.

I don't see how the 2 can be related since I get both ok and I don't free earbuds message. But I do remember that you were given the choice of getting free earbuds or not. These days, I get free earbuds rather I want them or not.

CAPTAIN_NXR7 · February 2021

sunman502 wrote: »

CAPTAIN_NXR7 wrote: »

It shows up on all platforms.

It’s an in-joke and I believe it refers to one of the options you used to be able to choose from via an opportunity pop-up when free earbuds were offered by a company called Be Fit as a Fiddle. Free earbuds come with the My Fitness Stuff pack. The company’s phone call used to give the player two options:

Option 1:

OK

Option 2:

No, I don’t want free earbuds.

The community complained about the constant notification from the company so Maxis ditched the phone call. Now these “options” only exist in your loading screen. The free earbuds are just added to your sim’s inventory, or you can buy them via BB.

I don't see how the 2 can be related since I get both ok and I don't free earbuds message. But I do remember that you were given the choice of getting free earbuds or not. These days, I get free earbuds rather I want them or not.

Perhaps someone else can offer a better explanation. 🤷🏻‍♂️

sunman502 · February 2021

CAPTAIN_NXR7 wrote: »

sunman502 wrote: »

CAPTAIN_NXR7 wrote: »

It shows up on all platforms.

It’s an in-joke and I believe it refers to one of the options you used to be able to choose from via an opportunity pop-up when free earbuds were offered by a company called Be Fit as a Fiddle. Free earbuds come with the My Fitness Stuff pack. The company’s phone call used to give the player two options:

Option 1:

OK

Option 2:

No, I don’t want free earbuds.

The community complained about the constant notification from the company so Maxis ditched the phone call. Now these “options” only exist in your loading screen. The free earbuds are just added to your sim’s inventory, or you can buy them via BB.

I don't see how the 2 can be related since I get both ok and I don't free earbuds message. But I do remember that you were given the choice of getting free earbuds or not. These days, I get free earbuds rather I want them or not.

Perhaps someone else can offer a better explanation. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Maybe, say like one of the Gurus perhaps would chime in here and give us some insight as to what this ok message is suppose to mean.

x4m1r4 · February 2021

Maybe this is not the answer, but I want to believe that OK is the answer to all the questions/suggestions that we have asked the development team to react to. 😉😆

Khrisstyne · February 2021

I think ok is more of an answer that we all give online mostly when we don't want to engage. It's like a "younger persons" response ever so nonchalantly.

sunman502 · February 2021

If ok is an answer, then why put it on the message board in the game?

Khrisstyne · February 2021

For fun? Gurus try to follow trends all the time.

I say OK when I don't have anything else to say in an argument or hoping someone would stop responding and just say ok.

sunman502 · February 2021

Khrisstyne wrote: »

For fun? Gurus try to follow trends all the time.

I say OK when I don't have anything else to say in an argument or hoping someone would stop responding and just say ok.

The one problem with that is that this message board is filled with messages to let players know what they can do in the game. Such as letting players know that they can have their sim adopt an infant by using the computer or live dragging a plate to the trash can to clean the dishes or keep unwanted guess at bay by looking the doors and so on. And I don't see how ok can fit into this without further explanation.

Khrisstyne · February 2021

sunman502 wrote: »

Khrisstyne wrote: »

For fun? Gurus try to follow trends all the time.

I say OK when I don't have anything else to say in an argument or hoping someone would stop responding and just say ok.

The one problem with that is that this message board is filled with messages to let players know what they can do in the game. Such as letting players know that they can have their sim adopt an infant by using the computer or live dragging a plate to the trash can to clean the dishes or keep unwanted guess at bay by looking the doors and so on. And I don't see how ok can fit into this without further explanation.

I understand what you are saying because the point of the main screen is supposed to be helpful information but they tried to be cool and funny. There is not much further explanation for it. You will get a similar response from the team if they answer.

I don't know what else to say. And here's where I would normally input ok 😂 because I have no other response to give you.

CAPTAIN_NXR7 · February 2021

That’s all it is. A little joke. For fun. Like Reticulating Splines...
OK.
A simmer either gets the joke or not.
You could @ a simguru and ask about it, but all they’d be doing is trying to explain the joke. There’s nothing else to it.
I believe it takes a certain level of involvement with the game for someone to be able to get it, perhaps? I’m sure many, many people have no clue as to what it means.

It’s like needing to change position to be able to see something that’s impossible to see from the current angle.

GalacticGal · February 2021

OK is an abbreviation, but I can see it being a little bit of fun, too. Glad to have this mystery cleared up. I do prefer things such as Reticulating Splines, though. Okay?

manicobsessive · February 2021

I've been seeing the 'Ok' and 'I don't want free earbuds' messages coming up for as long as I can remember and always wondered what this was about! Now I know, lol.

sunman502 · February 2021

Khrisstyne wrote: »

sunman502 wrote: »

Khrisstyne wrote: »

For fun? Gurus try to follow trends all the time.

I say OK when I don't have anything else to say in an argument or hoping someone would stop responding and just say ok.

The one problem with that is that this message board is filled with messages to let players know what they can do in the game. Such as letting players know that they can have their sim adopt an infant by using the computer or live dragging a plate to the trash can to clean the dishes or keep unwanted guess at bay by looking the doors and so on. And I don't see how ok can fit into this without further explanation.

I understand what you are saying because the point of the main screen is supposed to be helpful information but they tried to be cool and funny. There is not much further explanation for it. You will get a similar response from the team if they answer.

I don't know what else to say. And here's where I would normally input ok 😂 because I have no other response to give you.

Sometimes jokes don't work so well, even a professional comedian will tell you that. Or ok could be like you said a space filler. But they just released Paranormal. And they can always fill that space with message letting you know that you can always call on Guidry to help you deal with the haunted house experience.

StephenJHolloway · April 2021

I think it's an inside joke or something I don't know. I don't understand it either.

sunman502 · April 2021

StephenJHolloway wrote: »

I think it's an inside joke or something I don't know. I don't understand it either.

If it is an inside joke, I wish that they would let us in on the joke instead of leaving us in the dark about what Ok was suppose to mean.

StephenJHolloway · April 2021

sunman502 wrote: »

StephenJHolloway wrote: »

I think it's an inside joke or something I don't know. I don't understand it either.

If it is an inside joke, I wish that they would let us in on the joke instead of leaving us in the dark about what Ok was suppose to mean.

It was explained on twitter a while back now by a guru, Graham I think, but I can't remember what was said. I don't get it personally lol.

texxx78 · April 2021

sunman502 wrote: »

StephenJHolloway wrote: »

I think it's an inside joke or something I don't know. I don't understand it either.

If it is an inside joke, I wish that they would let us in on the joke instead of leaving us in the dark about what Ok was suppose to mean.

It's cool to try to find out what it is about for ourselves too.

sunman502 · May 2021

texxx78 wrote: »

sunman502 wrote: »

StephenJHolloway wrote: »

I think it's an inside joke or something I don't know. I don't understand it either.

If it is an inside joke, I wish that they would let us in on the joke instead of leaving us in the dark about what Ok was suppose to mean.

It's cool to try to find out what it is about for ourselves too.

Well I agree, it is cool to try and figure this out ourselves. But where do we start? We are left with no clues and just the word OK. I feel like I'm playing a game of Name that Song with just one word of the song as a clue here.

wolfkomoki1 · July 2021

Maybe it's their version of a 404 error? IDK.

sunman502 · July 2021

wolfkomoki1 wrote: »

Maybe it's their version of a 404 error? IDK.

It's either on there for a reason in which none of us outside of Maxis knows, or it's a typo on their part.

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