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I haven't been to Simtropolis in quite a while, but I was saddened to see this news. I learned so much about the game from A Nonny Moose, and I know he helped so many other people as well. Rest in peace.

Banned for not having any arms.

Banned for complaining about having old installers instead of just deleting them.

Who cares if this is just an attempt at getting people to buy Simcity? I'm just glad I'm getting a free game! I'll be picking Battlefield 3.

I'd imagine. If you want high education levels, you will have to ensure everybody is being educated. Both younger and older Sims.

Great idea!

Thank god. The gaming community has been waiting a while to hear this.

Easily some of the best SC2013 pictures I have seen yet. Terrific job!

I could see EA actually doing this. Except the price would be more like 199.99.

I believe you are listed as an anonymous user if you are using some sort of private browsing mode, such as Incognito mode on Chrome.

Congratulations to both, very well deserved!

SimCity may have got off to a rocky start this week, but series creator Will Wright has been playing it, and he’s very pleased with the results. Wright co-founded SimCity developer Maxis in 1987, but left the studio in April 2009 to pursue other projects. Speaking with NowGamer, Wright gave his impressions of the new game.

I haven't seen this mentioned on here yet, but in a couple of minutes (12:00 PM PST) Lucy Bradshaw will take over the official Simcity Twitter account and will be answering questions. Just tweet your questions with the hashtag #asklucy. I'll be updating this post with the questions and answers as it rolls along. Question 1: How is this debacle something you didn't forecast? Can you explain the business rationale or justification for how this happened? Answer: Metrics/beta was fairly conservative and live ops stressed our game server DB’s in ways that we did not experience in Beta or Load Test. Question 2: When do you expect between city transactions in multi-player will function correctly, such as sharing city hall upgrades? Answer: This is frustrating as it is core to the connected experience. This weekend we hope to crush this issue with more servers and optimizations. Question 3: If I purchase PC version now, will Mac version be included when it's released? Answer: We're focused on the PC version right now, but we'll have more info on Mac in early April, so stay tuned. Question 4: How could you not anticipate server load on launch when you all your ads said "50 most anticipated games lists of 2013" Answer: Load experience in beta and load test is different than live. We've adapted and put out servers with changes, already seeing improvements. Question 5: When SimCity servers are taken down in a few years, will an offline mode patch be distributed? Perhaps before then? Answer: We have no intention of offlining SimCity any time soon but we'll look into that as part of our earning back your trust efforts. Question 6: At some point will there be the ability to migrate games and regions between servers? Answer: We're definitely looking into this as we know it would improve your experience. Question 7: Hi Lucy! I was just curious as to when players will have Cheetah Speed again? Thank you! Answer: We're really working on responsive of our servers. and once we have that nailed, and stable, cheetah is coming back! Question 8: When is eu west 4 going to be back up? Answer: EU West 4 is actually up right now. Just tried it myself. Question 9: Hey lucy! Will you be offering larger city maps in the future?? Answer: Once we get stable, this is another one we're absolutely looking at. Our intention is to continue to support SimCity and surprise you. Question 10: Any news / updates about real content patches? Many issues with Tourism Answer: We put up a patch this morning that included some traffic fixes and other improvements. And we'll be making more. We'll check on Tourism. Question 11: answer questions that are about refunds and offline mode Answer: Origin doesn't offer refunds on digital download games. (http://bit.ly/10nbXyP ). I hope we keep your business by making service great. As I announced last night we're giving away a free game and are considering other ways to make it up to you. Question 12: can you be specific about which game is that that you are giving away? Can we choose? Answer: You'll be getting more information on the March 18th. And you will have choices. Question 13: Does John Riccitiello CEO of EA actually play video games or have a past of playing?? Answer: Yes he is a big gamer and he is playing @simcity right now and giving us feedback Question 14: So when are you going to give a real answer regarding offline modes? Answer: The game was designed for MP, we sim the entire region on the server so this is just not possible Question 15: would it not have been smarter to have been over prepared, and have too many servers, rather than what y'all did? Answer: Youre right. The combination of many players and server adjustments put us behind. New servers yesterday and more today Question 16: Anything you would like to say to die hard fans of the franchise who will not buy this game due to a tarnished image? Answer: I sure hope that after we right this ship, you will give the game a try. It is really good, worthy of the brand! Question/Retweet 17: I don't blame your team, you made a really good game, it was just EA's bad business practices that ruined the game. Answer: Hey, this is on Maxis. EA does not force design upon us. We own it, we are working 24/7 to fix it, and we are making progress Question/Retweet 18: the game is wonderful, its just that its hard to get into it sometimes. Answer: Thanks and yep. We added 120% capacity yesterday, more today. Better game experience a priority. Hope you have better time Question/Retweet 19: Hey, no question here, just wanted to say that, if you guys can take control of your servers, you will have a sale from me Answer: Thanks for your support - we're on it. Question 20: Will regional play be fixed soon? Answer: yes, we optimized and region trading improved, still making enhancements and will keep it up Question 21: Will the removed features like achievements, return? Answer: yes, features like achieves etc, will come back as we get to stability, soon. Question/Statement 22: also it would be great if the game could keep track of what servers I do have cities on, and present that info to users Answer: We are working on that right this minute. Hope to have a patch for it today, tonight latest And that's all folks.

I'm assuming it went up for a bit but was taken back down. The message has been posted again.

It's undergoing maintenance.

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Banned for claiming there is a proper format for banning someone.

Nope. TNP is a coin collector.

I didn't even know that was an option. Those gridlines will be very helpful, especially considering my current cities consist of many roads at very odd angles. Thanks for sharing CoolColJ.

^Really? I have had few problems, just a few short outages or slowdowns.

Would never spend money on 3 monitors like that. One is good enough for me.

Not really, no. TNP is/was in Karate.