Contest of Mayors is a joke
WTF how can this be happening? Last week I was beaten by players who put up more points than I had available if I did ALL 28 assignments and now this!
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Someone previously stated "This would result in every player having the same point total potential."
Wouldn't that result in everyone tied for 1st?
There also is a lot of mention about people completing tasks quickly or having a lot of points all in the beginning. What difference does it make if a player is in 1st place on Friday? Doesn't it only matter what place you are in when the contest is over
I have not experienced a situation where starting quickly helped or that I ran out of days to complete my tasks. Each of the four so far I have completed all my designated tasks. For example, my 3rd week in suburban League, when I went for my first assignment, 1st place had 16,000 points. I posted about this, nobody responded. I ended up in 1st place and he dropped to 12th or so. This past week, in Town League, I finished 25 assignments by Friday and was in 5th place. I ended up in 18th place, 21,000 points behind 1st place. That's a big difference between 1st and 18th and I did the top point assignments on 24 of the 25
Someone mentioned EA's model creates unfair advantage. Is life fair? Is war fair? Yesterday I commented that we all hate EA and I was blasted for that. Its their game, they can do what they want.
Here's what I think: Some weeks you do good, some weeks you dont. They are maybe millions of players of this game, could EA possibly tweak it enough to make a difference individually?
I've read alot of people want to quit the game, presumably in protest? I once boycotted Costco because of their bad business practices. Did anyone see their stock drop dramatically as a result? Do you think EA will get the message if you quit? I now shop at Costco because I realized that I was the one missing out
Nobody knows what EA has put into the game, all this info is speculation. Speculation leads to frenzy, which leads to paranoia, and ultimately chaos...
Last time I checked, no one paid to buy this game...
Last time I checked, you can play without spending any money...
They support the game, provide upgrades and resources...without any cost
In the Produce and collect parts of the contest, you can keep everything and sell for a profit...
Bottom line, I take no sides. I play, I get frustrated, I threaten to punch my ipad...and then I continue to play. If ever the day comes that the frustration is more than the fun, well we will cross that bridge...
Let's just all have fun...
PS I use this forum and other forums of other interests to learn more about the subject and to improve my knowledge and skills, which ultimately should lead to more enjoyment. I did not come to this forum to complain...
That they don't charge us for the game, does not make them saints. Pay to play is dying, they get more money out of this way. I've spent 60 on this game in about 2 months. When I was a kid simcity cost 20 bucks and I could build freely, without all these time restrictions and having to unlock more land to build on. This game sucks you in and is easy to find yourself dropping 10 or 20 bucks here and there, it adds up. They are making a lot of money on this game, and they really don't you defending them.
Some may complain too much, or make too big of a deal about it no doubt. But none the less is this not the place for us to address our concerns, do you really think video game designers pay no attention to the chatter about their games and try to improve them? I've spent 60 dollars on the game in 2 months, if they don't listen they are not bright. I don't like the randomness of the contest of mayors, clearly I am not the only one. It's not in the best spirit of fair competition. Why do I want to continue doing it if the time money and effort into purchasing forth are not fairly rewarded? Playing this game is a waste of my life, and realistically I'm always looking for a reason to stop. This might just do it for me. I worked my way up to the megalopolis league, had gotten 1st or second in everyone I tried up to this point. Was going thru doing the most valuable assignments, well I've got 12 of the 50 assignments left, and I'm almost 40k behind the leader. I spent more money to get thru some assignments and hopefully catch up, but it was a waste as I have no chance now, in fact I'll be lucky to make it out of the small prize. Other because of lack of skill or planning. I have almost 50 items for upgrading tokyo/London etc homes, haven't gotten a single assignment to upgrade anything but one standard residential worth 800. * that mess. It's such a hassle keeping this * in my inv, saving those upgrades for the contest, and then to not get any, 40 assignments in...yes life is random, doesn't mean we want our video games that way too. Surely there is a way to make it more fair, and avoid the issue of ties. If they want to keep my business they will look into it.
- Approved
Those of us, who don't pay for any offerings in the game, usually watch ads -- advertisement brings a lot of money to the developers of such free games. So we pay with our time, they get real money 🙂 I actually installed a couple of the advertised games -- one of them is still here and I play it actively.
With COM (we talked about it in some other tread) a player who tried it for a little while can figure out what he can and can't do, and often it means aiming not for the win but for some kind of a reward. In my case, it is lower 40th place since the reward for it is the same as for 11th, but it costs me significantly less nerves and resources.
Have a good COM 🙂
- Approved
An update to my previous post:
Since they do not give any green sim bucks for watching ads anymore I think I'm pretty much out of the race entirely -- that was my only source of getting the greens. Now I cannot finish any shipment assignments in comprehensible time. They increased the time between airplanes as well: now I have to wait whole 18 hours each time I need to send a shipment -- that hardly works with the time frames for the COM, so it seems only you guys, who pay real money, are now left to fight.
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