I think EA has lost sight of want SimCity always was, not a competition, there are plenty of other games if you want to pit yourself against other gamers, but a community that shared ideas on how to improve your city. You pitted yourself, not against each other but against the programmers and the game mechanics to build the best city in your mind, there was never a right or wrong way just your way of building your city.
At first I was excited about the contest not for the contests sake as much, as for the chance to put new buildings in my city. Since the Epic Projects penalize you for building too many 1pt. Buildings it gets pretty boring building the same buildings over and over, but that dream has ended and I am left to wonder if the game I once enjoyed is gone forever.
