EA Hires Hundreds of Chinese Spammers to Post Positively About SimCity’s Always Online Requirement

[arcology 224]

http://www.p4rgaming.com/?p=1473

[SirChick 184]

The first comment after the article is epic win!

[IBuildEmpires 0]

The first comment after the article is epic win!

 

lol! Yes it is indeed win! Got a good chuckle from that.

[Herdervriend 46]

Seriously, how sad can people get. Hiring people to post positive things about something negative. 

 

Spambots, getting sick of them.

[RyanMorgan95 144]

EA, what even are you?

 

Edit: the story is false: http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1252256

 

Despite this, the question remains...

[jeremyp1223 8]

i believe it.

[logintime 93]

This is clearly satire (the last line is a giveaway), but so close to being believable it's disturbing

[Xenocity 343]

This is clearly satire (the last line is a giveaway), but so close to being believable it's disturbing

Exactly...

 

Though I wonder how many people especially on here will take it seriously?

[MINIggy03 227]

This is clearly satire (the last line is a giveaway), but so close to being believable it's disturbing

Exactly...

 

Though I wonder how many people especially on here will take it seriously?

 

Considering how many people here throw around "EA PLANT!" , I think many do take it seriously.  

[SirChick 184]

EA, what even are you?

 

Edit: the story is false: http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1252256

 

Despite this, the question remains...

 

 

You didn't know that from the start ? Thought it was implied.

[bergerrunner 41]

EA, what even are you?

 

Edit: the story is false: http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1252256

 

Despite this, the question remains...

That's probably written by one of those Chinese spammers

[Cockatoo 2,262]

always online make very good for better playing and lot fun. Y u should give EA lots of chances SimCity please? be gratful and buy game.

 

thankyou

 

[T Wrecks 10,210]

They should've let those Chinese handle the error messages as well.

 

"EA say: You no connect this time, try again."

or

"The key to inner strength is to retry connection."

 

 

 

And of course, quite truthfully considering save games in the cloud:

 

 

"All your cities, are belong to us."

[jarichp 3]

Wow I can't believe people actually believed this. Its a satire gaming site. 

[pkderek 51]

Of course it's fake, it says nothing about how they are able to connect and play without any problems. Now THOSE are the posts paid for by EA.

[Shadely 63]

always online make very good for better playing and lot fun. Y u should give EA lots of chances SimCity please? be gratful and buy game.

 

thankyou

 

LOL! Awesome.

[nhgriffith 179]

http://www.p4rgaming.com/?p=1473

p4rgaming?

You mean the same website that claimed you'd be able to declare nuclear war on your neighbors, have to pay to remove advertising, and quoted Will Wright as saying Spore was a failure?

[snappynz 1]

The comments section on the website is hilarious

[whizard 45]

It's easy to believe what you want...bias confirmation

[Larks2242 251]

I find this allegations amusing, funny how with a little pushing people will claim anything.

[Essex 322]

 

This is clearly satire (the last line is a giveaway), but so close to being believable it's disturbing

Exactly...

 

Though I wonder how many people especially on here will take it seriously?

 

Considering how many people here throw around "EA PLANT!" , I think many do take it seriously.  

Considering how many on these forums sound like Chinese Spambots........... I believe it's more than plausable.

[jacksunny 741]

The site with the article on it is down due to the servers being overloaded. Please excuse me while I complain about this on every social media site in existence, just like the Simcity fanbase!

[arcology 224]

EA is good company, EA never do this!

 

SimCity great game.

 

lol!!

great user name, also!

thanks for the laugh!

[arcology 224]

The comments section on the website is hilarious

 

omg, i can't stop laughing at some of these:

 

  Servers need rest too, unlike sweatshop workers.     

Preez dont give up on ShimSheety.

 

You Americans lie! There is nothing wong with SimCity servers. I get in

no problem. Servers always up. Must be your computers. All should by

game. Buy game now!

[T Wrecks 10,210]

The site with the article on it is down due to the servers being overloaded. Please excuse me while I complain about this on every social media site in existence, just like the Simcity fanbase!

So you just forked out 60+ bucks to access this site, and now you can't? Then I'd totally understand you, buddy. Otherwise there might be an ever so slight flaw in your comparison.

 

As for people thinking this was real: It's just like with some theories about the FBI being behind 9/11 - if your reputation is bad enough, people may think you capable of anything, really anything. So congrats, EA. That's reputation management at its best.

 

This being said, I can't help myself... even without funny pseudo-Chinese posts this trainwreck of a release is cracking me up. SC:S and CXL were also trainwrecks, but this is the most entertaining one so far.

[MINIggy03 227]

The site with the article on it is down due to the servers being overloaded. Please excuse me while I complain about this on every social media site in existence, just like the Simcity fanbase!

So you just forked out 60+ bucks to access this site, and now you can't? Then I'd totally understand you, buddy. Otherwise there might be an ever so slight flaw in your comparison.

 

How about, "I Spend $50+ a month for my internet and it's slow because too many people in my area are using it?!" 

[rkade79 12]

 Sorry For Double Post

[rkade79 12]

ChineseHUngLOw say

Good game ea make sim city good DRM make game good like fried noodle at 5 star resteraunt

ChineseKUNGfuMASTER says

Watah!! pow! Crack! Boom! Sim City deliver round house kick that knock

all other game out ,Sim City Master Of City Building Dojo ,Buy Now Good

Game

[City Planner 121]

Hey, Blizzard paid $5.00 per positive post about Diablo 3 and that was a financial success for Blizzard so why would EA not also follow suit?

 

/sarcasm

 

It now makes a whole lot more sense seeing those auto insurance commercials on the television why they made the commercial the way that they did, after all... If it's written on the internet, it must be true.

[MandelSoft 2,775]

They should've let those Chinese handle the error messages as well.

 

"EA say: You no connect this time, try again."

or

"The key to inner strength is to retry connection."

 

 

 

And of course, quite truthfully considering save games in the cloud:

 

 

"All your cities, are belong to us."

The latter one is actually poorly translated Japanese. Also, it should be "all your city are beelong to us".