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[Forbes] EA Employee Chastises Company Over SimCity in Public Letter

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The release of SimCity will likely be studied for years as a case of how not to launch a product, and the story keeps getting stranger and stranger. Six hours ago, an anonymous redditor posting under the name "DisappointedEA" made a thread containing an open letter expressing his disappointment in the company's handling of SimCity. The twist? He reportedly works there.
Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2013/03/08/ea-employee-chastizes-company-over-simcity-in-public-letter/
 
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Whom ever the EA employee was that wrote that has some big steel balls and quite smart
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. That letter was so well written making emphasis on company values, turning them on their own company making it very compelling.
 
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amazingly well written, Petition signed also
 
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Originally Posted by Fuell View Post

Promote this person on the double. They need to listen to these kinds of employees.
Good gosh yes! This guy understands how business works. Leadership is the absolute most important thing in any enterprise. And I do not mean the head-of-the-student-government-pointless-do-nothing position that somehow stands for leadership. I mean the John Maxwell type of Leadership where you walk with integrity and practice what you preach. You influence and achieve things with people.

This man should be on their board. Knowing nothing about his business experience, I won't say he should be CEO, but he's got it right when it comes to running a company.
 
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Originally Posted by thegreatsquare View Post

If EA finds this guy and fires them, Gabe should run out and hire him.

...well, not "run" ...you know what I mean.
Waddle?
I see what you did there
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Ninjad
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As if EA would ever listen to actual logic and reason. Regardless of how well spoken their employee is
 
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I feel sorry for all you simcity players. I know the sting of a bad game, and the sting of losing $60. Hopefully EA does something right about this.
 
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Originally Posted by thegreatsquare View Post

If EA finds this guy and fires them, Gabe should run out and hire him.

...well, not "run" ...you know what I mean.
Orbit?

OT: This employee, if real should know those values only apply to the rank and file types. They are meant to keep you from ripping them off, not the other way around.
 
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Originally Posted by SGT. Peppers View Post

I feel sorry for all you simcity players. I know the sting of a bad game, and the sting of losing $60. Hopefully EA does something right about this.
The funny thing is SimCity is not a bad game at all; it is actually a great game. Just the server nonsense is bothersome. I'm sure it'll all be fixed in a week or two.
 
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SimCity has to be the best thing to happen to gaming since this is all over the media instead of being limited to gaming and tech blogs/sites. Thank you EA for shooting yourself in the foot.
 
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Originally Posted by Marin View Post

SimCity has to be the best thing to happen to gaming since this is all over the media instead of being limited to gaming and tech blogs/sites. Thank you EA for shooting yourself in the foot.
Right... They'll buy advertising with the media outlets that also put their good press (the free games, when they announce server stability, ect) on the front page. This really won't have much of an effect 6 months from now. Believing otherwise is just being hopeful or simply ignoring how the system works.
 
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Originally Posted by TheOx View Post

Whom ever the EA employee was that wrote that has some big steel balls and quite smart
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. That letter was so well written making emphasis on company values, turning them on their own company making it very compelling.
True. If he ever gets found out I hope he can still find a credible job after. What he wrote, in fighting, is a knockout punch. Well done to him.
 
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Originally Posted by Fullmetalaj0 View Post

I don't understand what the big deal is with DRM, I don't really have a problem with it.
Would you have a problem if you just bought the game you've been waiting to play for a long time, and once it's done downloading the servers were down because they couldn't handle the amount of people playing "online" because of the DRM?
 
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Originally Posted by IcyPimpHand View Post

Would you have a problem if you just bought the game you've been waiting to play for a long time, and once it's done downloading the servers were down because they couldn't handle the amount of people playing "online" because of the DRM?
You must of never played a MMO, because this same thing happens for pretty much every single one that launches. I mean don't get me wrong, I can see why DRM can be intrusive to some but its not nearly as big of a deal as people make it out to be.

The server issues will be fixed and the game will be smooth as ever and nobody will care after next week. This is just the week the internet is hating on EA, next week we will be back to Apple.
 
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Originally Posted by Fullmetalaj0 View Post

You must of never played a MMO, because this same thing happens for pretty much every single one that launches. I mean don't get me wrong, I can see why DRM can be intrusive to some but its not nearly as big of a deal as people make it out to be.

The server issues will be fixed and the game will be smooth as ever and nobody will care after next week. This is just the week the internet is hating on EA, next week we will be back to Apple.
And MMO = Massively MULTIPLAYER ONLINE game

Sim City was originally a single player game client that EA and Maxis decided to make require always online access DRM. SINGLE PLAYER. Always online access, that consequently ruins a user's experience, on a SINGLE PLAYER game is just atrocious. Its a hell of a big deal and has been for quite some time.
 
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