Comments on: EA-Land closing & Player Campaigns! http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/ea-land-closing-playercampaigns/ News about The Sims 3 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:27:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: simworldnews http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/ea-land-closing-playercampaigns/#comment-103 simworldnews Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:05:16 +0000 http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-103 Unfortunately, EA-Land closed on the 1st of August 2008. Similar games are almost impossible to find. However, the team is making Tirnua now. We hope that it would become a great game, noting that it's still in development. Unfortunately, EA-Land closed on the 1st of August 2008. Similar games are almost impossible to find. However, the team is making Tirnua now. We hope that it would become a great game, noting that it’s still in development.

]]> By: Pawelll http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/ea-land-closing-playercampaigns/#comment-102 Pawelll Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:48:30 +0000 http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-102 So if they close it what to play?i heard abaut tirnua but this is not to same...sorry for my language So if they close it what to play?i heard abaut tirnua but this is not to same…sorry for my language

]]> By: Ronnie Thomas http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/ea-land-closing-playercampaigns/#comment-91 Ronnie Thomas Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:38:45 +0000 http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-91 played tso since beta. I was an AV resident for years! Now they just close us down like its nothing. There will never be a game like TSO again, i've looked. Wat game are all u guys going to? played tso since beta. I was an AV resident for years! Now they just close us down like its nothing. There will never be a game like TSO again, i’ve looked. Wat game are all u guys going to?

]]> By: devastated http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/ea-land-closing-playercampaigns/#comment-88 devastated Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:19:16 +0000 http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-88 im heart broken....thats all i can say :( im heart broken….thats all i can say :(

]]> By: Andrew http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/ea-land-closing-playercampaigns/#comment-69 Andrew Fri, 30 May 2008 10:55:43 +0000 http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-69 I am with you all the way! I am with you all the way!

]]> By: Thelma Jean http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/ea-land-closing-playercampaigns/#comment-63 Thelma Jean Sun, 18 May 2008 15:13:56 +0000 http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-63 "There is nothing out there like it", and therein lies the motivation to save something as unique and special as The Sims Online, subsequently renamed EA Land. Other games may be interesting and enjoyable in their own right, but "there is nothing out there like The Sims Online". Closing the game is like committing murder of our little simmies that we have created and nurtured and developed. Have we no rights as the creator of our sims to defend them or have a say in their future? What's wrong with this picture? We pay $9.99 a month; what does that cost to us cover? Doesn't it give us any rights to dictate our own future for our creations? I am going to read the Terms of Service. Perhaps I can find something to lean on. “There is nothing out there like it”, and therein lies the motivation to save something as unique and special as The Sims Online, subsequently renamed EA Land. Other games may be interesting and enjoyable in their own right, but “there is nothing out there like The Sims Online”. Closing the game is like committing murder of our little simmies that we have created and nurtured and developed. Have we no rights as the creator of our sims to defend them or have a say in their future? What’s wrong with this picture? We pay $9.99 a month; what does that cost to us cover? Doesn’t it give us any rights to dictate our own future for our creations? I am going to read the Terms of Service. Perhaps I can find something to lean on.

]]> By: Connie Johnson http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/ea-land-closing-playercampaigns/#comment-61 Connie Johnson Tue, 13 May 2008 14:33:57 +0000 http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-61 I too am a long time sims player been playing since beta and I would like to add a little bit more of my experience with ea and the sims online. When we were in beta and for the first year or so things were great updates were happening new cities were being brought online and filled to capacity. You couldnt even get in the cities because they were over filled. In time im not sure what happen but EA completely give up on us.. for years we were paying customers with no updates.. servers were up but the game wasnt being update at all no one was working on it they dropped down to a skeleton team to keep the game running that is its.. and this went on for years. Cities and prodjects abandoned.. Betaville was one of them great city if only they could have worked longer and got the bugs out. Then last year. The new dev team come in and tried their best.. we were told of all of these updates what they wanted to do... but the thing is we werent told that they were building a new game out of our old one.. Our game name was changed... they tried to rename our sims we were no longer sims anymore... ( keyword tried were all still sims no matter what they say) They tried renaming our ingame money.. promised the world and it was happening what the devs said they wanted to do was showing up in our game. People were just starting to come back... They did promise amnesty.. at this point I myself wasnt happy with the new econimics that they had introduced to the game but I was gonna stick it out for amnesty.. Kept all 5 of my accounts open.. I have older sims and it would have been benifical to me to keep them based on our game play. We were givin one date for amnesty... it come and passed then another date come up.. okay thas okay with me give more players a chance to come back. Well we all know how that turned out as stated above it never happend. As a consumer I feel cheeted degraded lied to. I feel i have been scammed all these years waiting around waiting on EA to do something... As a paying customer I feel that they had an obligation to us. This wasnt a free play game it was a monthly subscriptions and many players like myself had multiple accounts. Im not lawyer I dont know the laws but something about what ea has done seems criminal to me at least liable. They promised us free play till aug 1, 2008. Everyones accounts where shut down to free player status as soon as we stopped paying for the game.. We were told that no more money would be takin from our creditcards and they were... might have been givin back but the fact is it was still takin... our accounts were changed from premium memembers back to free play and only after our outrage did they change us back to premium players it wasnt something done automatically. We have had to fight tooth and nail with ea to get back what we deserve after everything that has been done to us.. Me as a little man think all of this is just plain appauling.. As much as I love this game I will never give ea another dime of my money even if the game is saved.. the only way I will continue playing is if someone else buys out ea and learns from their mistakes. We had no customer service.. even when writing them we were givin back generic repsonses we had no real help when things went wrong in our game play.. just sorry nothin we can do. Now were asking that people help us save our game. I do want our game saved but if it means going through all of this again.. no way.. will i do it.. Im working to save the game because of the love of the game there is nothin out there like it any where. I too am a long time sims player been playing since beta and I would like to add a little bit more of my experience with ea and the sims online. When we were in beta and for the first year or so things were great updates were happening new cities were being brought online and filled to capacity. You couldnt even get in the cities because they were over filled. In time im not sure what happen but EA completely give up on us.. for years we were paying customers with no updates.. servers were up but the game wasnt being update at all no one was working on it they dropped down to a skeleton team to keep the game running that is its.. and this went on for years. Cities and prodjects abandoned.. Betaville was one of them great city if only they could have worked longer and got the bugs out.

Then last year. The new dev team come in and tried their best.. we were told of all of these updates what they wanted to do… but the thing is we werent told that they were building a new game out of our old one..

Our game name was changed… they tried to rename our sims we were no longer sims anymore… ( keyword tried were all still sims no matter what they say) They tried renaming our ingame money.. promised the world and it was happening what the devs said they wanted to do was showing up in our game. People were just starting to come back… They did promise amnesty.. at this point I myself wasnt happy with the new econimics that they had introduced to the game but I was gonna stick it out for amnesty.. Kept all 5 of my accounts open.. I have older sims and it would have been benifical to me to keep them based on our game play.

We were givin one date for amnesty… it come and passed then another date come up.. okay thas okay with me give more players a chance to come back. Well we all know how that turned out as stated above it never happend.

As a consumer I feel cheeted degraded lied to. I feel i have been scammed all these years waiting around waiting on EA to do something… As a paying customer I feel that they had an obligation to us. This wasnt a free play game it was a monthly subscriptions and many players like myself had multiple accounts. Im not lawyer I dont know the laws but something about what ea has done seems criminal to me at least liable. They promised us free play till aug 1, 2008. Everyones accounts where shut down to free player status as soon as we stopped paying for the game.. We were told that no more money would be takin from our creditcards and they were… might have been givin back but the fact is it was still takin… our accounts were changed from premium memembers back to free play and only after our outrage did they change us back to premium players it wasnt something done automatically. We have had to fight tooth and nail with ea to get back what we deserve after everything that has been done to us..

Me as a little man think all of this is just plain appauling.. As much as I love this game I will never give ea another dime of my money even if the game is saved.. the only way I will continue playing is if someone else buys out ea and learns from their mistakes.

We had no customer service.. even when writing them we were givin back generic repsonses we had no real help when things went wrong in our game play.. just sorry nothin we can do. Now were asking that people help us save our game. I do want our game saved but if it means going through all of this again.. no way.. will i do it.. Im working to save the game because of the love of the game there is nothin out there like it any where.

]]> By: EA Boycotter http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/ea-land-closing-playercampaigns/#comment-60 EA Boycotter Sat, 10 May 2008 21:50:19 +0000 http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-60 You are right on the money. Electric Arts promised many things to the players of The Sims Online. They brought back many on those promises. Also to note is that Electric Arts did no advertising for this game since they had their hands on it. Besides the email that was sent to all the past players from their database, no advertising dollars were invested in keeping this game alive. That says a lot about what Electric Arts had in mind for this game. It seems there only concern was to get the game renamed to EALand so that it could be distanced from the Sims name. This way the future of The Sims PC games would not be effected. The developers worked long hours on a game that was not updated and upgraded for years. They started turning it around. Many issues still to be fixed but the hopes of many were slowly coming to be. For Electric Arts to just take all that away killing off many relationships and communities is wrong. Stand up to these Corporate Bullies and help in the fight to save a very important game to many. http://www.playercampaigns.com You are right on the money. Electric Arts promised many things to the players of The Sims Online. They brought back many on those promises. Also to note is that Electric Arts did no advertising for this game since they had their hands on it. Besides the email that was sent to all the past players from their database, no advertising dollars were invested in keeping this game alive. That says a lot about what Electric Arts had in mind for this game.

It seems there only concern was to get the game renamed to EALand so that it could be distanced from the Sims name. This way the future of The Sims PC games would not be effected.

The developers worked long hours on a game that was not updated and upgraded for years. They started turning it around. Many issues still to be fixed but the hopes of many were slowly coming to be. For Electric Arts to just take all that away killing off many relationships and communities is wrong.

Stand up to these Corporate Bullies and help in the fight to save a very important game to many.

http://www.playercampaigns.com

]]> By: Thelma Jean http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/ea-land-closing-playercampaigns/#comment-59 Thelma Jean Fri, 09 May 2008 15:05:00 +0000 http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-59 I am with you, majdi. Working for www.playercampaigns.com has become my new game. There is ample reason to throw my energy into saving sims besides the money issue. This game fills a spiritual and emotional need in my life that just can't be replaced with any other game. The Sims Online is like a tightly woven tapestry of a beautiful setting where we can all commune and bond. 5 years of my life are wound around those bonds and that community. I love you for your heartfelt letter and efforts to save us. Keep up the good work ! I am with you, majdi. Working for http://www.playercampaigns.com has become my new game. There is ample reason to throw my energy into saving sims besides the money issue. This game fills a spiritual and emotional need in my life that just can’t be replaced with any other game. The Sims Online is like a tightly woven tapestry of a beautiful setting where we can all commune and bond. 5 years of my life are wound around those bonds and that community. I love you for your heartfelt letter and efforts to save us. Keep up the good work !

]]> By: Bienchen http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/ea-land-closing-playercampaigns/#comment-58 Bienchen Fri, 09 May 2008 11:01:32 +0000 http://simworldnews.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-58 I agree 100% with you and i am fighting for it also. I am one of the persons which bought game time codes and didnt get any refund so far. keep the game alive!!!!! www.playercampaigns.com I agree 100% with you and i am fighting for it also.
I am one of the persons which bought game time codes and didnt get any refund so far.

keep the game alive!!!!!

http://www.playercampaigns.com

]]>