Why MultiPlayer Won't Work

"ClarionOfJoy;c-17425647" wrote:

"ClarionOfJoy;c-17424864" wrote:
I play a few mobile android games where you compete in groups. The thing is I'm not as gung-ho about winning as most of the groups I join and I end up getting kicked out because I'm not playing the game as much as they are. But in order to win, you have to play the game over and over again throughout the day - and spend money in order to win. One time, there was a group message that a new competition has just started and that we are to meet the minimum requirements (which are kind of high for me given that I won't spend money to quickly rack up points). All I wrote back was that I will play the game after I go out to eat and the next thing I knew when I got back - I got kicked out of the team! Lol! That's so sad and pathetic! I feel that I got more from that than they did. I mean I got to enjoy time with my friends around a good meal (and if you think about it in sim terms, my friendship levels with them went up a few points, lol, and added a new event to our memories), meanwhile, all they got is virtual money and ranking on the scoreboard. Also the virtual money or points is never enough to buy anything helpful in the game and you have to buy more of them with real money to actually do so.

So coming from that experience, and knowing that EAxis wants to create some competitions in their online multiplayer game, I know it won't last. People WILL burn out from that frenetic pace just to win some virtual prize that isn't even useful in real life.


Edited post to remove unnecessary generalizations. Let's leave it out with calling people stupid or saying they have no life. ~Rtas

I didn't generalize. It was specific to people wasting their money. Ask yourself - would YOU spend your money just to get on a leaderboard? You don't get anything beneficial out of it. It's foolishness. You can spend that money on better things. That's all.

Personally, I agree, however, the multitudes of people that DO spend money just to get on a leaderboard would disagree. When you say "ask yourself" there is an amazing amount of people that would indeed say yes. You can't assume that everyone thinks the same as you because they actually don't. In 2020, there's likely more that would spend this money, and they're not the types of people to use something like these forums I imagine. Doesn't mean I like it, and I don't have to agree with it, but you can't just discount it as invalid or assume that if they asked themselves the question that the answer would be the same as yours.

@Cinebar thank you for saying what a lot of us are thinking. You've managed to sum up my thoughts perfectly.

There's a ton of multiplayer games out there if that's the experience people crave. I actually even like and play some of them. Sims however, should stay single player. To do anything otherwise would destroy the sand box I've come to love over the last 20 years.