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"DaWaterRat;c-17866235" wrote:
Here's what I think happened.

George posted the initial tweet for fun/low key market research (what worlds do players like?)
Frost then responded in a way he interpreted as playful, not thinking things through because the gurus aren't Marketing, they're developers.
Several other SimGurus and other Sims Team employees got in on the fun because it's Friday and so even from home, the work week is wrapping up.

Then several of the SimGurus (and I know for certain GrimSuruDoi) realized that this was leading to speculation and tried to post disclaimers, but it was already too late.

Oof.....then they made a mistake. Time for them to do damage control. The community is gonna be unhappy.

If this is what happened.

"MElleSims;c-17866236" wrote:

"mrkingv;c-17866234" wrote:

"bixters;c-17866230" wrote:

"DaWaterRat;c-17866228" wrote:

"Sigzy05;c-17866215" wrote:
Even if there's no announcement today I hope they patch the game tomorrow....though not sure they'll fix many bugs sadly as seen in the laundry list.

I'm also hoping for the next patch this week. If it has a kit attached, they may announce that when they give us a heads up for the patch - if they give us a heads up for the patch.

Don't they have to release the April patch this week? We haven't gotten a patch this month. And this is the last week of the month. So they have to release something.

Or maybe we won't have a patch at all this month. Who knows... It has happened before.

Did they not publish a laundry list for april though?

If they don't release a patch for this month, in addition to hyping people up with these tweets, then they're in for a lot of anger from the community.

I would hope the Laundry List would be addressed this month or in May's patch.

I mean...if they did not realize it would lead to speculation, what did they think would happen?

"MElleSims;c-17866236" wrote:

"mrkingv;c-17866234" wrote:

"bixters;c-17866230" wrote:

"DaWaterRat;c-17866228" wrote:

"Sigzy05;c-17866215" wrote:
Even if there's no announcement today I hope they patch the game tomorrow....though not sure they'll fix many bugs sadly as seen in the laundry list.

I'm also hoping for the next patch this week. If it has a kit attached, they may announce that when they give us a heads up for the patch - if they give us a heads up for the patch.

Don't they have to release the April patch this week? We haven't gotten a patch this month. And this is the last week of the month. So they have to release something.

Or maybe we won't have a patch at all this month. Who knows... It has happened before.

Did they not publish a laundry list for april though?

Hmm you're right, my bad :D :D then patch week hype!!

"MElleSims;c-17866240" wrote:
I mean...if they did not realize it would lead to speculation, what did they think would happen?

That people would just have fun with it? I want to point to this very morning when SimGuruNinja posted a very cool picture of the moon which he then deleted because people instantly assumed it was a hint to Werewolves. Or a few months ago when everyone was convinced we were getting a chopped pack because the Gurus were sharing food pics.

The community takes their posts and runs with them no matter how generic or innocent they are. I think George's baby and Ninja's puppies are the only things I've seen tweeted about that weren't spun into wild speculation by some portion of the fanbase.

And if the same fanbase didn't then decide that it was somehow the Guru's fault that the fanbase misinterpreted their tweets, I'd have fun with the speculation too. But apparently, they should only tweet when it's actually a hint, or in regards to sims news, and should stay silent otherwise and not be humans.

"MElleSims;c-17866240" wrote:
I mean...if they did not realize it would lead to speculation, what did they think would happen?

I don't want to jump to conclusions, and I hope they are releasing something this week.
But if they don't, and this was all just "trolling", then I think some of the devs should just delete their Twitter accounts now. They obviously can't handle their jobs.

"bixters;c-17866249" wrote:

"MElleSims;c-17866240" wrote:
I mean...if they did not realize it would lead to speculation, what did they think would happen?

I don't want to jump to conclusions, and I hope they are releasing something this week.
But if they don't, and this was all just "trolling", then I think some of the devs should just delete their Twitter accounts now. They obviously can't handle their jobs.

I agree. And I do think that choosing to build a culture around gurus that hype up the game and answer questions is related to marketing, and should be handled more professionally. Trolling and joking around like that should be reserved for personal accounts, imo.

"DaWaterRat;c-17866248" wrote:

"MElleSims;c-17866240" wrote:
I mean...if they did not realize it would lead to speculation, what did they think would happen?

That people would just have fun with it? I want to point to this very morning when SimGuruNinja posted a very cool picture of the moon which he then deleted because people instantly assumed it was a hint to Werewolves. Or a few months ago when everyone was convinced we were getting a chopped pack because the Gurus were sharing food pics.

The community takes their posts and runs with them no matter how generic or innocent they are. I think George's baby and Ninja's puppies are the only things I've seen tweeted about that weren't spun into wild speculation by some portion of the fanbase.

I mean, Frost and George did use the ,
which has only been used when a new pack is to be announced. There's no other outcome than speculation.

"DaWaterRat;c-17866248" wrote:

"MElleSims;c-17866240" wrote:
I mean...if they did not realize it would lead to speculation, what did they think would happen?

That people would just have fun with it? I want to point to this very morning when SimGuruNinja posted a very cool picture of the moon which he then deleted because people instantly assumed it was a hint to Werewolves. Or a few months ago when everyone was convinced we were getting a chopped pack because the Gurus were sharing food pics.

The community takes their posts and runs with them no matter how generic or innocent they are. I think George's baby and Ninja's puppies are the only things I've seen tweeted about that weren't spun into wild speculation by some portion of the fanbase.

There is a reason for this though. A correlated track record over years of Gurus flirting and acting up about new content leading shortly after to a teaser, time and time again. Verified instances of them denying it's a hint, only for a few days later to be cheeky about how it obviously was a hint.

I can't blame the people for getting excited and speculating with stuff like this. If the Gurus really were trolling, then it was a really poor decision to do so, especially at this time of the year when we would usually find out something.

"DaWaterRat;c-17866248" wrote:

"MElleSims;c-17866240" wrote:
I mean...if they did not realize it would lead to speculation, what did they think would happen?

That people would just have fun with it? I want to point to this very morning when SimGuruNinja posted a very cool picture of the moon which he then deleted because people instantly assumed it was a hint to Werewolves. Or a few months ago when everyone was convinced we were getting a chopped pack because the Gurus were sharing food pics.

The community takes their posts and runs with them no matter how generic or innocent they are. I think George's baby and Ninja's puppies are the only things I've seen tweeted about that weren't spun into wild speculation by some portion of the fanbase.

And if the same fanbase didn't then decide that it was somehow the Guru's fault that the fanbase misinterpreted their tweets, I'd have fun with the speculation too. But apparently, they should only tweet when it's actually a hint, or in regards to sims news, and should stay silent otherwise and not be humans.

The gurus need to realize that they are speaking to a community with millions of followers and customers, and realize that their tweets can interpreted in any number of ways. Maybe they need to hire a social media manager to screen their tweets. Because they don't seem to realize that they are the face of a very public company, and what they post matters.
You can't blame the customers for interpreting the tweets a certain way, when the gurus are the face of The Sims.