EA Staff (Retired)@hvdth I think your insight is very enlightening. I never liked the concept of “look at what I’ve done”…but the design challenge has offered a unique breath of fresh air to the game. Sadly the voting appears to have eroded drastically - if you have a good design that meets the subject matter (which of all the ones I was presented to vote on only 2 met the camping theme) folks immediately vote against it which is their right. I always vote for the better design of the 2 and find the really impressive ones have received a very low total…in fact the most impressive one I’ve seen to date simply had a 1.0 which was absolutely ridiculous…which tends to take the breath out of the game.
I’m not sure what the solution is…perhaps you break it down to rank level ranges and have folks vote only on a different range than theirs which may reduce some of the undue discrimination that takes place. Perhaps you select a panel to review the designs and adjust accordingly. I really don’t know the answer but I think something needs to be done quickly or folks may quit participating.
One of many things I don’t understand is the happiness level…mine showed 90% this week and had 100% happiness with all services provided when I submitted the design. If someone could enlighten me I would appreciate it.
My score will not impact my participation…but quite honestly I saw at least 10 designs that were far superior to the “winner” that simply hap hazardously threw water, trees, castles, casinos, etc. all around their city with no rhyme or reason. It’s sad. I’m confident these folks that vote with “prejudice” are wondering why they didn’t win…it’s simple your design was too good and you became victim of what you yourself are doing. Maybe one day these individuals will understand what goes around comes around.
Three quick points:
1) completely agree that people will vote against the good designs to promote their own. This was suggested in previous posts and will certainly happen. Like pinnacle, I vote for the best because I want to reward effort and want others to do the same to me. I actually voted for the winner this time but pretty certain the alternative was trash.
2) I don’t get the star awards. Last season I got 4 stars 5 times (31, 31, 35, 35 and 39 votes) and 4.5 stars twice (40 and 41 votes). This season I’ve had 4 stars (40 votes) and 3.5 stars (39 votes). Either the thresholds have moved or there is more to it than the number of votes you get. I would like to see how many votes I lost also. Is that the same, going down as I ‘improve’, going up as people vote tactically, ...?
3) glad to see the back of the impossible event tracks. Never made the end in any goes. The ‘spend on what you like’ option is quite good but would be nice to have a big simcash prize as only one building and a few other bits I’m interested In.
