Garcia
Member
LOL.
It's a shame not even Offline could actually fix this game. At least it might allow some heavy modding afterwards, unless I'm missing something here.
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SimCity offline mode is FINALLY coming
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LOL.
It's a shame not even Offline could actually fix this game. At least it might allow some heavy modding afterwards, unless I'm missing something here.
TetraGenesis
Member
Did anyone expect Gies to respond any other way? As soon as I heard about the offline patch I thought of him and knew he wouldn't even have an "Okay, but..." response, just total dismissal.
It isn't in his perception of himself to be wrong. It's cognitive dissonance. And he doesn't relieve it by adjusting his sense of self, he relieves it by adapting his perception of the world to his sense of self.
It isn't in his perception of himself to be wrong. It's cognitive dissonance. And he doesn't relieve it by adjusting his sense of self, he relieves it by adapting his perception of the world to his sense of self.
Narpas Sword0
Member
Being clever and creative takes even more effort and puts the person even further away from "moving on with their life."
What's your point again? It might be time for you to move on with your life.
Resident_UA
Member
Never thought I'd live to see a day... 
Narpas Sword0
Member
Within weeks of launch people figured out how to delete a single line of code that enabled offline play. I'm pretty sure it was found before that tweet.
There is literally a line of code that says "If internet is lost for 20 minutes, then disable play" and deleting it is all that is needed to allow the game to work offline in perpetuity with no loss of functionality.
Narpas Sword0
Member
As someone who finds employment in cultivating a base of readers who are interested in the information he produces and are willing to keep coming back for more, you would think he'd have a better understanding of not being dismissive of his readers, being dishonest, and then doubling down on that dishonesty.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
I remember it being found within a day that tweet was made. Good times.
You're right. I'm going to get back to firing tweets out left and right in hopes to get a reaction, or better yet, a retweet. I don't have real friends to talk shit with so I'm going straight to the source in the most offensive ways possible because I think they will like to read my contribution. It's essentially my hobby to put people down for attention. Humour and being funny is not important either, I just live for the retweet.
While it did allow for offline play, it wouldn't save. I don't know if they (modders) fixed that or not, but it did show it was possible to play the game without being online.
Ah, I still remember the GetFudgedPopulation line of code, hahaha
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Honestly wasn't expecting this, I'd missed the October 'announcement' that they were looking into it.
Kind of crazy for it to hit so late in the game's lifecycle (which admittedly, was affected by other factors as well). Wonder if plus size mods will help with the game's legs.
Also, lol @ the Gies tweet making a comeback.
Kind of crazy for it to hit so late in the game's lifecycle (which admittedly, was affected by other factors as well). Wonder if plus size mods will help with the game's legs.
Also, lol @ the Gies tweet making a comeback.
Narpas Sword0
Member
bud seems to be getting more laughs than you are at the moment, good luck with your tweets!
Not being able to save is a massive difference compared to what EA was saying at the time, that 'complex server calculations' required it to be online only.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
Pretty funny that you would accuse the guy of having a malformed mental state over a quick tweet but then jump into such an incensed presumption about it.
Very nice. Socrates would be impressed.
Well I'm trying to put some thought into it instead of just calling the guy, or the people who laugh at it, fucking idiots.
Quote
Member
You're right. I'm going to get back to firing posts out left and right in hopes to get a reaction, or better yet, a quote. I don't have real friends to talk shit with so I'm going straight to the source in the most offensive ways possible because I think they will like to read my contribution. It's essentially my hobby to put people down for attention. Humour and being funny is not important either, I just live for the quote.
akidnamededdy
Banned
Sometimes it's just as simple as "he's a fucking idiot" and no more thought is really needed.
The difference is that I'm engaged in a conversation.
StoppedInTracks
Member
Aaaand bought, thanks EA!
Sorry, Maxis, for not buying it at launch and front loading the sales numbers and helping you with the dollar performance.
Sorry, Maxis, for not buying it at launch and front loading the sales numbers and helping you with the dollar performance.
We all did really know it was possible though.
Hahahaha!
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Maybe your mental capacity is just far too vast for us to understand.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Many of us have put a lot of thought into this, far more than it deserves honestly. Fact of the matter is that Gies is simply an arrogant egotist who refuses to admit he is fallible in any way. If he had any humbleness or cared in any way about the people who read his opinions in search of actual reliable information, he would have 1) never said what he said, and 2) admitted he was incorrect long, long ago when he was proven wrong the very next day.
Actions speak louder than written words, and his actions speak for themselves time and time again. Sometimes, a duck is simply a duck and you can't expect it to be anything else. Gies "opinions" can not be trusted.
Ok sure, but he has never done anything that deserves random attacks on a personal level.
Go back to Twitter, Arthur. People are looking for you.
Garcia
Member
You know what's even worse than Gies? People who actually give a damn about what he says and rant about it.
By ignoring whatever he tweets/writes/says (and the users who always quote his tweets on GAF) all of a sudden your browsing experience enhances.
Hari Seldon
Member
This game probably had zero legs in terms of long tail sales. Maybe they finally realized that allowing modding to keep the audience playing the game (and therefore interested in purchasing expansions) was worth more than forcing always online to combat piracy. I know that after 10 or so hours with this game I was completely done and totally not interested in any expansions or anything else that has come out. The only thing that could get me back into this game would be word of some killer mods.
Narpas Sword0
Member
I think most of us were having some pretty healthy laughs about it before the sticks in the mud showed up
akidnamededdy
Banned
I'm sure he is only being called a fucking idiot on a professional level.
Maybe people want to discuss things?
UnrealEck
Member
Garcia
Member
There's a big difference between discussing things and unhealthy scapegoating.
hahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa
It wasn't that tweet specifically. People genuinely hate this guy for writing about something as inconsequential as video games. To a point where any mention of his name will induce rage. That's just crazy.
MDSLKTR
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I'm gonna print this and frame it.
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Does your repeated and emphatic engagement in something "so meaningless" make your intellectual capacity more or less questionable?
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
That may not be far from the truth. Rumor is that the expansion sold very poorly, far worse than they expected. If the DLC is doing just as poorly, they may be preparing to do EA's favorite maneuver and abandon ship. Adding an offline mode and opening the game to the modding community would certainly help them save face after such an action.
If the modders do indeed increase city size after the offline mode is added, then I'd seriously consider buying the game. I love the look of the game, the UI, and the music, it's the gameplay I hate. With larger cities it would at least be interesting as a creative city builder, even with the agent and RCI bugs.
Lana Del Rey
Banned
Except people knew and proved that with mods.
So you don't think it's a big deal that Gies keeps lying and spreading shit. That's alright, you don't have to care, but some do.
Garcia
Member
I wouldn't place my hopes too high though. The game isn't really liked by true fans of the series and when modding shows up I doubt we will eventually see anything close to the quality and size of Sim City 4's mods.
That being said, I'm positive the city size increase will be top priority for any modders out there.