The Sims Spark'd - Challenges July 17

In addition to the voting system needing some tweeking, the gallery is still doing the thing where it's not showing everything anyways. Some people won't get votes they should because of this. People can't see to vote what they can't see. :/

Honestly, i'm trying to not let it bother me, but its just so frustrating. I was glad for the challenges personally because i've got some stuff going on IRL and regular gameplay wasn't really doing it for me. So the challenge/goal aspect was a big tick for me. But the way its being organised/presented by EA, and kinda abused by some players is just taking any kind of joy out of it.

As a Simmer, I was hoping to be able to find some really amazing builders/story creators to follow, but instead, every time I load the sparkd gallery, its literally like looking for the proverbial needle in the haystack.

And as a builder, its pretty off-putting to submit something relevant to the challenge rules, that you've put energy into, and have it fully disappear in the gallery within about 25 mins, never to be seen by anyone, while generic and often stolen house builds are at the top of the pile with 1000+ downloads just because they've previously gathered a lot of followers... I just don't know who at EA thought this kind of community vote was ever going to work. It's pretty tricky to discover actual talent when you're *actually* running a popularity contest ?‍♀️ (IMO)

Not talking about myself there btw, the prospect of being on a TV show holds no interest for me whatsoever, I just shudder at all the amazing builds which have now been lost in the mass, I'm sad for the builders of these creations, A LOT will be feeling despondent if they've put time and love into something to have it not even seen, and selfishly I also want to be able to share this thing that took me such a long time and actually have people be able to see it ?‍♀️?

I was just having a look at the stylist side and I counted. The top 50 submissions and only TWO follow the rules. 2/50...

Someone is going to have a big job here weeding this out. It's really astounding me though how many people and their blatant disregard and lack of respect for the rules. Of course if nothing is stopping them and there is no consequences other than not being picked at the end, it's worth it to them for the exposure? Weird flex but okay...
I expected some exploitation, I didn't expect to see it at the capacity that it is though. It's really disappointing, I thought the community was better was than that.

Can there be a coding challenge where the community fixes the bugs in this game that EA won’t?

And pay them $100k. Thanks.

"Logisitcs;c-17581214" wrote:
Can there be a coding challenge where the community fixes the bugs in this game that EA won’t?

And pay them $100k. Thanks.

I think that's a pretty legit idea

"Logisitcs;c-17581214" wrote:
Can there be a coding challenge where the community fixes the bugs in this game that EA won’t?

And pay them $100k. Thanks.

:D :D :D :D

Me myself really want to be on the show, even though I don't have a youtube channel or any type of fame in the community, because of my love for the game and competition shows. This is MY type of challenge. Even if I would not win, this would be really fun! But because of the factors I already mentioned, and the way the gallery hides away any type of amateur creators, this will remain a distant dream haha.

Also, the gallery screenshots of builds are terrible, you should be able to choose your own, or at least have the option to look more closely at a build. The builds that will be considered must have a great curb appeal, so if your build has some great elements on the back of the lot, or inside, this will be really hard to notice by the gallery screenshots. If they only look at the builds with the most likes, the judges will overlook a lot of creative builders.

Even though I had fun building my wedding venue, this is very off-putting for me and I don't know if I will participate in the next challenge if this is how they will choose the winners. I mean obviously the established accounts with the most followers will win, aka not me or anyone of my caliber will stand a chance anyway.

Hey everyone!

Thanks so much for sharing your feedback and ideas here. :heart: I do understand your concerns and will pass your points on, but don't be discouraged to participate because if you want to share your creations with the community, nothing should keep you from doing so! :)
At least I can say something regarding some of the things mentioned here:

1. When it comes to others using your creations, don't forget that you can report that content using the Plagiarism report flag.
2. If you participate but don't want to be on the show should you win, rest assured that you don't have to be on the show - that's completely voluntary and there won't be any pressure!
3. If you have questions about the judging process, there is a section in the official rules that covers it and may answer some of your questions.

I hope that helps to clear things up a bit for now. :)

- Leeloo

I would really like to see the submissions and judging included in this section of the message boards, so every player can share more pictures of their builds, and talk about them. Plus, the judges would be able to see legit entries vs. people just scamming the hashtag. JMO.

@WolfNate I created a more comprehensive post and removed the old FAQ thread so I merged your post with this thread. :)

And to answer your question: yes, the video format is only for the Storyteller Challenge, so don't fret. But who knows, you might be surprised what a great video you can actually put together ... this might be the time to try! ;)
But either way, I'm sure your creation will be wonderful no matter which challenge you ultimately go for!