The I'm Bored Thread

"MidnightAura;c-17259121" wrote:

"DragonCat159;c-17259083" wrote:
If their true aimed for teenage girls (which is a foolish of itself, because wteff does that mean?) and not CM idea to think of a scapegoat justification why TS4 is plum in the series, than it's insulting of itself that wants to shovely define what teenage girls like and don't like in the game. There's no clear suggestion that it suggested the game is marketed to player who happen be of XX chromose possers, nor does that range is limited to players of 10-14 year olds. I would say Maxis is trying to deliver, intentionally or not, to players of any gender, that are between of a late child to young adults. Why else would Maxis make addition for their promo ad of young adult volunters, as well shoving things that anyone of millennial generation could relate since social media is prominent forte of theirs.

And our game, I don’t know if you’re aware, our game is targeted mostly at teenage girls, which is an oddity in gaming, but they’re and they are very much for inclusion and they don’t like bullying, you know, but we can’t always talk to teenage girls, so we talk to the people who talk to them, and through them sharing their stories and the promotions on social media, you know we’re always highlighting new ways, like this creator has a great story going on with this series that’s talking about a very tragic moment in their “Sims” life, but it’s actually based on their real life, so how do we highlight that to allow people to feel comfortable to talk about those things. So sometimes it’s a little difficult depending on what I’m trying to do, but we at least try and promote things on social media all the time, and make sure our lists are diverse of people we reach out to, and I encourage people constantly, whether you’re a storyteller, or you know, you’re just a let’s player, I’m like, share things with me, I can’t see everything, but please if you see something fun, or you see someone’s bringing up an issue where they don’t feel like they’re represented, share it with me because I can share with the studio and make that something that they look at and say, how can we do this right and how can we include this in the game as a natural fit and not feel like we just shoved it to shove it in. We want everyone to feel comfortable, but I need the help of my community to do that.

Quote from the former Sim Guru Drake. Source: https://simsvip.com/2017/09/03/pax-west-simgurudrake-talks-managing-sims-community/

Either Drake or Kate also confirmed their audience is teen girls on Instagram with rich parents on twitter but it appears the tweets have been deleted.

I know and remember that she said that. In this forum's euphemism, I call that Bullpoop, since it doesn't add up.
Promotional ad has additioned young adults. That scapegoat stunt SGD is a dumb way to stereotype a certain age group of XX chromosome holders, and quite a foot killer to choose them over pretty much everyone that helped The Sims series stay afloat all those years (not that it ever was drowning, but got a slight cram during 2009's-2014 before it started to really struggle).

Does still imply only teenage girls are only the people like messing around with witchcraft, skiing across an ocea with an aqua sled, playing a mad scientist that goes loose with Sim-ray, etc.? If so, that needs to be elaboration as to how that's a thing more prevalent in girls via backed up psychological study.

Do Maxis believe all about being a teenage is laying down in their pink bedrom and texting their friendzies how cute justin bieber is? Are these the ones that hate P.E. ? Or/and are they talking about those that run away and cry, as they suppose, after being exposed to wuvy bad stuf? If that's so, like

"Felicity;c-17261214" wrote:
It's funny how we view teen girls (speaking as the mother of two young women and two young men). Vapid, vain, and stupid. Pumpkin spice lattes become popular with teen girls? It becomes a huge joke, because teen girls like them (they're delicious, btw, but not the point I'm making). A musician becomes popular with teen girls? They must be terrible because, well, teen girls like them. Etc. And I see that attitude from all over the spectrum. If something is popular with teen girls, it must be trash because reasons.

Add to it devs not talking to teen girls, but instead talking to people who talk to teen girls. That's ridiculous. Often people who work with teen girls see the surface pettiness and drama that all teens get involved with (yet only girls are faulted for it).

Thing is, I feel Maxis feels security from how the "teen girls" are downplayed, and deliberately choose not to insert themselves to defend the victims of this steorytypical prejudice. Why? Because for every problem the game has, people can blame the demography issue because Drake revealed the big ol secret, instead of you know: having people behind management and personal that's responsible for in-game workings to be accountable for their mistake. If maxis was that stupid to cater, and have this outlook of teenage girls we speak, then the game of today would be design with a pink user-interface, a CAS background of flowed beds and flora, animals that sing like it's disney, and female Sims would have more interactions than other sex, as well the opposite being glorified as woohoo romantic dolls with townies having muscle definitions of what not... I argue it even makes less to bring up as an argument why certain are absent, despite the thing being more prominent for said sex to be adored (like family play).

I wish we could all forget the fact what Drake said, that the game "is targeted mostly at teenage girls", and stop addressing it as If it's the pinnacle source of big issue for why every game problem exists.