Comments on: Op/Ed: You can so have fun in TSO

By: Maria LaVeaux

Maria LaVeaux — Sun, 23 May 2004 21:08:02 +0000

Early on, in the TSO chat boards, (Before stratics took over) I frequently put forward the same ideas. I have a very fertile Imagination. Many had become disillusioned about TSO within a couple of weeks, and i and others provided fuel for their Imaginations.
I always said that one should use the tools given as a framework for creating your own fun. I have been in TSO over a year now, and frankly, With the Tools given, I am running out of Fresh ideas. Maxis has NOT kept up with player Demand, and what HAS been given does not lend itself to expanding creative fun, it ammounts to “More of the Same”.

Other game systems Like SL (As my Precious toy observes) Give to Players a greatly expanded pallet from which to Work. Every time i speak to her about SL, I get a new Flood of ideas for objects, Clothing, or Interactions, ALL of which are Simply Impossible with the Limited tools available in TSO. I Boosted TSO at first, believing that as time went by, the options available in the Off line game, Including the third Party Transmografier, would ALL become available to us. I was Wrong, because i Bought into an idea that Maxis/EA was either Unwilling, or Unable to Follow through on.

The ideas above are Good ones. They were good ones when they were proposed by others over a year ago. But now, It is time for something new.

Maria.

By: toy

toy — Sun, 23 May 2004 09:40:23 +0000

Hmmm you see all the games mentioned above are played almost daily in SL there’s events listed of games and parties and classes for almost every hour a day but, in addition anyone can express themselves by creating their own content…. toy enjoys playing bingo in SL, attended a huge Regatta yesterday and had fun working on a script for her elevator gates in her home… toy does agree there are ways to have fun in TSO…. between hassle of greening of course hehehe but why settle for simply these games? Toy expects more from something she pays for each month and by God has found it

By: trailblazer

trailblazer — Fri, 21 May 2004 20:05:27 +0000

I agree with RB’s comments, if you have to make up your own fun in a game, then why play it? If the contents of the game is not providing fun anymore and people have to resort to trivia or other made up things to have fun then it’s a total waste of money, you can have friends in MSN messenger or Yahoo all together and do trivia for free or chat for free.

If I am paying a monthly subscription I expect new things from that fee, not just one item every 6 months or little cosmetic things that really don’t do anything to add fun to the game, using the same old objects for over a year would bore anyone after awhile, take it this way would you pay a subscription to a magazine if they ran the same articles month after month, maybe getting a new article for you to read every 6 months, no nobody would, so why would pay a subscription to a game that provides no new content and players have to resort to making up their own stuff to try and enjoy themselves?

By: Hyper

Hyper — Fri, 21 May 2004 07:30:09 +0000

There are other ways to have fun and trust me doing these things over and over do not get boring and if your not burning yourself out ie. playing 12hours a day then all this stuff is not possible to do in 1 or 3 hours but the only way to have major fun is you gotta have your friends. Does not matter if you fail at a task you do have fun trying to reach it. Also taking a break from TSO and doing something TSO related ie. Movie Making so when you get back to the game play it seems a bit freasher and renewed.

By: Johnny Lace

Johnny Lace — Fri, 21 May 2004 04:23:53 +0000

But still, kudos to the article for inspiring sims!

By: Johnny Lace

Johnny Lace — Fri, 21 May 2004 04:22:53 +0000

I have to agree with RB. While all those things may be quite fun to do, it’s only funny one time and it is very awkward to pull off (wacketball is SLOOOOW)

It’s a sign that you have to do all kinds of silly things just to have fun in this game. Personally, I would like to play a game of hearts with fellow sims, or play a game of chess. But either you can’t or you have to let your sim make all kind of awkward actions (the chessboard is completely userunfriendly)

Chatting is fun… but the limit of 3 IMs suck and they way chat bubbles pop up is not that well done
Building is fun… but hardly any new objects come out
Sim actions are fun… until you have done them a few times

Chatting & the community is what keeps this game together, not the gameplay. But eventually, the lack of content will wear on players.

By: RB

RB — Thu, 20 May 2004 18:56:45 +0000

Some useful ideas which might be amusing for a couple days. But people want to be entertained, not have to do it themselves. That’s what a game does, is entertain you. Only a small minority like to make up thier own fun all the time when it sposed to be provided for them.

- RB

By: Tony montana

Tony montana — Thu, 20 May 2004 16:35:50 +0000

*Claps*Good ideas i say and my hats off to you.I myself have tried getting 18 people and 8 roomies on a lot 1 but i failed.There was a house in EJ though it had 8 roomies and 18 people and it was a lot 2 or 3 so it would be possible