Been a while....

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JG52::

This will run for a hundred pages,get more and more abusive,and in the end everyone will be back where they started.

Not quite. The larger evolution of all the mega-threads over time on the various "official" forums (not mod forums) shows Oleg's customers gaining greater confidence.

Last year the rather mature FB/PF community at the Simhq actually shouted down the snotty behaving members that were attacking those interested in the hack mods. Interestingly, when Oleg was forced out of ubi.com (from lack of moderation), he went to the more mod-friendly Simhq community. Its interesting how it all works out as social behavior.

Think playground behavior with a few bullies among the kids, and the kids finally take down the bullies. The *only* difference is the consequences of snotty behavior are not realized like they are on the street or playground, so the snotty anti-mod behavior keeps going and going like Duracell Bunny, although it slowly winds down as some of the bullies finally stop bullying and enjoy their no-mod sim, or they go mod, or leave the sim, leaving fewer bullies behind.

Think about it. You run down the street calling large numbers of people "cheaters." You do this one time. You never do it again.

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Bear (last page)::

In a way I think that perhaps it is better that the sim got hacked rather than Oleg opening it up. Had he opened it up officially he would have had to offer support for that too...

Wow. I must disagree, but realize I'm thinking of what "could have been" had Oleg opened the sim a long way back, when FB was still young, and so supporting mod tools would be a good way of expanding the sim and customer base while the sim was still young, while Oleg focused more on expanding his totally unbeatable game engine. Alot of people asked for just this "approved" modding ability years ago, but were harassed at ubi.com by the bullies. The result is the current popularity of the hack modding today which seems to have no Oleg support. You know...the Road Not Taken and all.

[Wolf_Rider]

...so Oleg just got kicked to the curb instead, eh?

[JG52Uther]

Originally Posted by Wolf_Rider

...so Oleg just got kicked to the curb instead, eh?

Oleg is probably losing less sleep over it than you are.
Seriously,go outside in the fresh air and take a deep breath.

[Wolf_Rider]

Perhaps you could take your own advice?