Twitter Q&A Today 6/29 with SimGuruGrant

"QueenMercy;c-16576341" wrote:
I definitely get the piercing thing. They’d either be to little to really see, or your sim would probably end up looking like a budget Six Paths of Pain.

Not true, I have cc piercings that look AWESOME. They aren't too small are all and they aren't too cumbersome. Its good for players who take a lot of screenshots or are going for a certain look.,.....

I'd love wheelchairs, I wouldn't hold my breath though considering the animation budget it'd no doubt take.

One of the things I really like about the insane trait, is that, while it obviously plays mostly for laughs my sim will often say mean or inappropriate things for no apparent reason. Obviously tedious to deal with but that capacity to let you play with someone different from the norm and have it reflected in actual gameplay is something I absolutely cherish.

we should ask on Twitter tomorrow

I'm not sure how asking about sims with physical disabilities is lobbying? This is a game, it's not legislation going into effect. I don't think talking about a sim having a wheelchair is a big deal in the grand scheme of things. If I needed a wheelchair (and I might someday in the near future!) might be nice to have that option. At the very least, it's more options for storytelling.

And yes, children love when they have games and stories and television shows that reflect what is happening in their own lives. I think everyone does! Good for Grant, saying that he would like them, and for asking people who use them about specifics!

"Elyssandariel;c-16581191" wrote:
I'm not sure how asking about sims with physical disabilities is lobbying? This is a game, it's not legislation going into effect. I don't think talking about a sim having a wheelchair is a big deal in the grand scheme of things. If I needed a wheelchair (and I might someday in the near future!) might be nice to have that option. At the very least, it's more options for storytelling.

And yes, children love when they have games and stories and television shows that reflect what is happening in their own lives. I think everyone does! Good for Grant, saying that he would like them, and for asking people who use them about specifics!

I don't know if simStaffjessica has disappeared or not.. but she's the one who claim the lobbying thing. Since whenever the idea of disabilities in the game has shown up in the Ideas section the thread would just disappear. When this first started in 2014...I asked after 2 months of disability thread "Disappearing" and I got the answer about "lobbying"

Thanks MadamLee. Very strange, that a staff person would use that "term." Since Grant discussed it though, I think it would be all right to talk about. But thanks for the info, I appreciate it!

"Elyssandariel;c-16582612" wrote:
Thanks MadamLee. Very strange, that a staff person would use that "term." Since Grant discussed it though, I think it would be all right to talk about. But thanks for the info, I appreciate it!

@Elyssandariel I don't know if it came from all the arguments that happened at least for me, during Sims 3. And *might* have happened during Sims 2.

Since there were like 2 sides but there were 2 sides on each side..

There were people who wanted disabilities either because they themselves were disabled or knew someone who was disabled and want to create them.

Then there were the people who were disabled or knew someone who were disabled and didn't want disabilities to get "mocked" or they consider "disabilities not fun" or didn't want to be reminded about their disability.


Then like someone said earlier that Sims is a utopia but everyone's idea of a utopia is different.

One person who I wouldn't name had a daughter who died who was disabled and she always get saying "Disabilities didn't sell" and tried to claim ...that the Becky Wheelchair doll (Barbie's friend) was an example of a doll not selling. My research showed otherwise.. the Wheelchair doll had the issue of not being able to get into Barbie's DreamHouse, or Van basically " Becky was the friend who couldn't go where Barbie want"

"MadameLee;c-16582561" wrote:

"Elyssandariel;c-16581191" wrote:
I'm not sure how asking about sims with physical disabilities is lobbying? This is a game, it's not legislation going into effect. I don't think talking about a sim having a wheelchair is a big deal in the grand scheme of things. If I needed a wheelchair (and I might someday in the near future!) might be nice to have that option. At the very least, it's more options for storytelling.

And yes, children love when they have games and stories and television shows that reflect what is happening in their own lives. I think everyone does! Good for Grant, saying that he would like them, and for asking people who use them about specifics!

I don't know if simStaffjessica has disappeared or not.. but she's the one who claim the lobbying thing. Since whenever the idea of disabilities in the game has shown up in the Ideas section the thread would just disappear. When this first started in 2014...I asked after 2 months of disability thread "Disappearing" and I got the answer about "lobbying"

I am pretty sure the Sim Staff mods are gone once we got EA's moderators, as I have not seen them since EA's introduced themselves. Best bet is read through the TOS - the newest one, as the EA moderators follow that pretty precisely.

I do not recall any anti - disabilities statements in there from the last time I read it (nor would that make sense to me if there was, for any company to do in this day and age) - but not sure that was the latest version or not.

@Writin_Reg I looked both back in 2014 and in the currently one and neither time does it say anything about disabilities being consider lobbying.. which is why the thread I linked to earlier was my thread from back in 2014 asking why threads about disabilities were disappearing and lobbying was the answer I got..

"MadameLee;c-16582633" wrote:
@Writin_Reg I looked both back in 2014 and in the currently one and neither time does it say anything about disabilities being consider lobbying.. which is why the thread I linked to earlier was my thread from back in 2014 asking why threads about disabilities were disappearing and lobbying was the answer I got..

Then I doubt that will be an issue any more - but to be sure you might drop a PM to EA Mage and get her view on it. Like I said they follow the set TOS pretty much and the forum rules. That way you won't get into any trouble -