Controversial news coming soon about TS4 (rumor)

"SelinaKyles;c-18320147" wrote:
I doubt it’s the forums changing, believe it or not most of the fan base is on other social media than on here

That's exactly why I think the forum might be in danger. EA mainly focuses on teens on social media.

lol y’all funny

Shutting down the forums would be a horrible idea. The loss of content, information, and sharing of knowledge and stories, and the scattering of online friendships is a depressing thought. This forum is a huge part of the Sims experience and community. God forbid it came to pass but I would hope someone or some group in the community would band together to start an unofficial one. I think of all we'd lose and I hope it never comes to reality. It's too depressing.

"EnkiSchmidt;c-18319887" wrote:
My question right now is, are the news supposed to be controversial for the community or for the game itself? What I mean is, any change in EAs social media presence wouldn't affect my enjoyment of the game itself. At the very worst they could shut down the forums, but then I could still play my game and get news and engage with simmers elsewhere.

If the controversial news were about the game itself, that would be much more anxiety inducing. Now that EA app forces us to periodically go online we cannot just ignore an update we don't like for months.

I think people are getting too hung up on the word controversial. "Controversial" was @ULIBABA66's choice of words, here on the forum, and while it's a reasonable interpretation of what SimMattically actually said ("cause discord"), it's not the only possible interpretation. "Discord" could just be a play on words with multiple possible interpretations, and it doesn't necessarily mean that anything will be controversial at all.

I’ve been having trouble finding the forums, as well. I thought maybe it was just me, lol.

Regarding of google... IRL friend of mine , who is in horse community around here, mentioned today that something must of been changed in google search recently, as she and others have had troubles finding things she used to do.

Nothing to do with sims, I apologize for off topic, but listening to her reminded me of this thread.

"Amapola76;c-18320174" wrote:

"EnkiSchmidt;c-18319887" wrote:
My question right now is, are the news supposed to be controversial for the community or for the game itself? What I mean is, any change in EAs social media presence wouldn't affect my enjoyment of the game itself. At the very worst they could shut down the forums, but then I could still play my game and get news and engage with simmers elsewhere.

If the controversial news were about the game itself, that would be much more anxiety inducing. Now that EA app forces us to periodically go online we cannot just ignore an update we don't like for months.

I think people are getting too hung up on the word controversial. "Controversial" was @ULIBABA66's choice of words, here on the forum, and while it's a reasonable interpretation of what SimMattically actually said ("cause discord"), it's not the only possible interpretation. "Discord" could just be a play on words with multiple possible interpretations, and it doesn't necessarily mean that anything will be controversial at all.

Nooo now I really do think it could be about the forums shutting down, now that would indeed be controversial...

"ULIBABA66;c-18320187" wrote:

"Amapola76;c-18320174" wrote:

"EnkiSchmidt;c-18319887" wrote:
My question right now is, are the news supposed to be controversial for the community or for the game itself? What I mean is, any change in EAs social media presence wouldn't affect my enjoyment of the game itself. At the very worst they could shut down the forums, but then I could still play my game and get news and engage with simmers elsewhere.

If the controversial news were about the game itself, that would be much more anxiety inducing. Now that EA app forces us to periodically go online we cannot just ignore an update we don't like for months.

I think people are getting too hung up on the word controversial. "Controversial" was @ULIBABA66's choice of words, here on the forum, and while it's a reasonable interpretation of what SimMattically actually said ("cause discord"), it's not the only possible interpretation. "Discord" could just be a play on words with multiple possible interpretations, and it doesn't necessarily mean that anything will be controversial at all.

Nooo now I really do think it could be about the forums shutting down, now that would indeed be controversial...

Don't worry, that will never happen. All the customer-made polls here are a golden treasure for the team.

"alanmichael1;c-18320189" wrote:
Don't worry, that will never happen. All the customer-made polls here are a golden treasure for the team.

I'm wondering too if it could also be a brand new forums. Still it's own stand alone forum, but all new. This version has been having little features breaking for a few months now. Some have been fixed, some haven't. Those who were around for the great forum 'Rich Text' experiment a while back when @EA_Cade tried to improve things by switching away from BBCode will remember how quickly things got controversial. Just short of villagers storming the castle gates with pitchforks in hand. I will say, he had the best of intentions. Who knew it would all go pear-shaped like it did??

If they launched a brand new forum a lot of this content might, stress might, be lost, and/or people would lose stats. That could be controversial too, if that is a feature people feel is important. Changing up the layout of the forum and getting away from the comfortable one we're all so used to where we can find any section with our eyes closed could stir the pot. These are more comforting thoughts as far as upheaval to our beloved forums than the loss of it entirely.

"catloverplayer;c-18319790" wrote:
Discords are usually littered with trolls.

They will need mods, but better control over it than x. I never use twitter only for the sims. I's much rather a discord. It can me sorted and even phone call and video chat-- and it's a private community. Pretty nice if they do start a discord. All the sim streamers have their own.