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I just wanted to post a quick question, I will add my answer to this later on when I have more time. Since now we can play more of the game longer and experience it, have you guys found any bugs related to the game itself?

 

The two I am noticing is the RCI telling me to zone more residence when I have plenty and the shortage of workers when I have plenty.

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I just wanted to post a quick question, I will add my answer to this later on when I have more time. Since now we can play more of the game longer and experience it, have you guys found any bugs related to the game itself?

 

The two I am noticing is the RCI telling me to zone more residence when I have plenty and the shortage of workers when I have plenty.

 

Make sure you still have low and medium income housing as your city grows. Your factories still need low wage workers!

 

Also, the traffic is basically botched. My garbage, fire, and police all respond in huge lumps and get nothing done. You should also try building a successful city that has a casino.....

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If you guys are having problems with water running out and having to move water pumping station all the time, you might want to try this out.

 

I was having problems with water and had to move to other spots all the time and every time the water pumping station would dry up all the water in no time. So I tried something out to see if it would work. I put sewage treatment plant very close to my water pumping station, I added filtration pump to pumping station to give city clean water. I ran it for a long time to see what would happen. What happens, is that the ground water gets replaced by the sewage treatment plant. There is some ground water lose, but with sewage near by the water pumping station will always have a very long supply of water.

 

Another thing I notice over time, the sewage treatment plant tanks aren't getting as full as before. There is a high reduction of sewage kept in those tanks.

 

Try this out and see if this works for you guys.

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If you guys are having problems with water running out and having to move water pumping station all the time, you might want to try this out.

 

I was having problems with water and had to move to other spots all the time and every time the water pumping station would dry up all the water in no time. So I tried something out to see if it would work. I put sewage treatment plant very close to my water pumping station, I added filtration pump to pumping station to give city clean water. I ran it for a long time to see what would happen. What happens, is that the ground water gets replaced by the sewage treatment plant. There is some ground water lose, but with sewage near by the water pumping station will always have a very long supply of water.

 

Another thing I notice over time, the sewage treatment plant tanks aren't getting as full as before. There is a high reduction of sewage kept in those tanks.

 

Try this out and see if this works for you guys.

 

Yep the sewage treatment plants will put water back in the ground. Very handy if you are pumping water out of the same area. Also, make sure you remove the basic pump that comes installed by default on the water station, and replace it with a filtered pump--which is a lot better than the basic pump.

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Read this

 

http://www.simcity.com/en_US/blog/article/building-for-the-future

 

REQUIRING players to be online at ALL TIMEs, in my opinion, is probably the dumbest move I've ever seen a developer make. People pay $60, and many paid $80!!! for a game, and couldn't play it right away, or even days because the servers were down. They are so damned afraid of piracy that they are ruining the experience of everybody and will destroy the franchise.

 

This quote from the comments sums it up for me....

"I want the developers to be able to make a living as much as anybody, but under no circumstance do you make stopping pirates a priority over providing a quality product to paying customers."

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Looks like Maxis is trying to make it right because of their big screw up with the first few days of servers being down and are giving away an old game for free.

 

http://www.simcity.com/en_US/blog/article/for-our-patient-and-amazing-mayors-a-free-pc-download-from-origin

 

I'd rather see them provide an option to play offline, but from their other blog posts that ain't gonna happen since it's apparently the core component of their game. I give it 3mo.

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And now its official.

http://investor.ea.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=749234

 

 

Electronic Arts Announces Change in Executive Leadership

Larry Probst Appointed Executive Chairman, Effective Immediately

Company Updates 2013 Fiscal Outlook

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced that John Riccitiello will step down as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors, effective March 30. The Board has appointed Larry Probst as Executive Chairman to ensure a smooth transition and to lead EA's executive team while the Board conducts a search for a permanent CEO. The Board will consider internal and external candidates with the assistance of a leading executive search firm.

Mr. Probst has played a leadership role at EA since 1991. In addition to serving as Chairman of the Board since 1994, he previously served as the Company's CEO from 1991 to 2007. As CEO, Probst successfully grew the Company's annual revenues from $175 million to approximately $3 billion, led EA into new platforms such as mobile, online and other emerging markets and expanded its international presence to more than 75 countries.

"We thank John for his contributions to EA since he was appointed CEO in 2007, especially the passion, dedication and energy he brought to the Company every single day," said Mr. Probst. "John has worked hard to lead the Company through challenging transitions in our industry, and was instrumental in driving our very significant growth in digital revenues. We appreciate John's leadership and the many important strategic initiatives he has driven for the Company. We have mutually agreed that this is the right time for a leadership transition."

On behalf of the Board, Lead Director Richard A. Simonson stated, "As we begin the CEO search, we are fortunate that Larry, who has a proven track record with our employees, partners and customers, has agreed to assume a day-to-day leadership role as Executive Chairman. He has 16 years of experience as CEO of EA and a deep understanding of the Company's strategy, management team, business potential and industry trends."

Mr. Riccitiello stated, "EA is an outstanding company with creative and talented employees, and it has been an honor to serve as the Company's CEO. I am proud of what we have accomplished together, and after six years I feel it is the right time for me pass the baton and let new leadership take the Company into its next phase of innovation and growth. I remain very optimistic about EA's future — there is a world class team driving the Company's transition to the next generation of game consoles."

Business Outlook

EA expects that its revenues and earnings per share for the current quarter will be at the low end of, or slightly below previously issued guidance provided in its press release dated January 30, 2013. Actual results may be materially different and can be affected by many factors, including the levels of usage of the Company's digital products, initial sales of new products that will be released before the end of the quarter and other factors detailed in the Company's annual and quarterly SEC filings.

EA will announce its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2013 results on May 7, 2013 and will host a conference call at 2:00 pm PT (5:00 pm ET) to discuss the results.

Forward-Looking Statements

Some statements set forth in this release, including the information relating to EA's fourth quarter fiscal year 2013 expectations under the heading "Business Outlook", contain forward-looking statements that are subject to change. Statements including words such as "anticipate", "believe", "estimate" or "expect" and statements in the future tense are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are preliminary estimates and expectations based on current information and are subject to business and economic risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or actual future results to differ materially from the expectations set forth in the forward-looking statements.

Some of the factors which could cause the Company's results to differ materially from its expectations include the following: sales of the Company's titles; the Company's ability to manage expenses; the competition in the interactive entertainment industry; the effectiveness of the Company's sales and marketing programs; timely development and release of Electronic Arts' products; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits of acquisitions, including the PopCap acquisition; the consumer demand for, and the availability of an adequate supply of console hardware units; the Company's ability to predict consumer preferences among competing platforms; the Company's ability to service and support digital product offerings, including managing online security; general economic conditions; and other factors described in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2012.

Electronic Arts assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements. In addition, the preliminary financial results set forth in this release are estimates based on information currently available to Electronic Arts.

While Electronic Arts believes these estimates are meaningful, they could differ from the actual amounts that Electronic Arts ultimately reports in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013. Electronic Arts assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these estimates prior to reporting its actual financial results for the fiscal year.

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What noscream said bye bye sim chity Sad that everything EA puts in there hands it turns to insta crap.

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I'm having a lot of fun with it. Even with its bugs its still fun. Its just a super pain in the ass when important things don't work like actual tourist counts and when your street cars only run 1 or 15 cars... oh well. Started the new city almost to bank status. Ahah

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I've been playing a lot of Civ 5 lately, and while it is nice I am kind of dissapointed by its lack of depth. I think Sim City would be a great game to migrate to, but I just don't know that I can abide by EA's bullshit. I've done some bitching about EA in my time, and I don't feel like relenting now. It is not acceptable that a company with EA's resources handling a franchise as coveted as Sim City provides a gaming experience that is bested by independent developers releasing alphas.

 

Obviously this fiasco has caused a well deserved shakeup at EA, but I doubt that anything will ultimately change. Nice to see you all are starting to enjoy the game but EA has a long way to go to redeem itself in general in my book. I wish it didn't come at the expense of such great franchises though. Que lástima.

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I want to get it...but I refuse to give into Origin. I learned my lesson on BF3

 

I've never had any real issues with Origin. Or if I did, it was so long ago that I don't remember. Only issues I've had were with SimCity servers, which now seems to be mostly resolved.

 

GO BUY THE DAMN GAME EMT. If you buy it before March 25th, you get a free game with it (Dead Space 3 or Mass Effect 3 or Battlefield 3 or some other three game.)

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