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Happy Easter from SimPrograms
Apr 8th
To all of you who celebrate Easter, we hope you have a great time – be sure to send us any unwanted chocolate eggs! I’m sure someone on the staff team will eat it all for you!
4/6/2012 – New Site Poll and Results of Previous Poll!!!
Apr 6th
So, the poll is now closed and the results are in! Turns out that 733 of our awesome readers are excited for the new SimCity.
SimCity 5 has been announced, excited!
- Hells yeah I am! (100%, 720 Votes)
Total Voters: 720
Those are some awesome numbers!
And with that it’s time for a new poll! So recently the 6th Expansion for the Sims 3 was released, “The Sims 3: Showtime”. and the community is divided on this Expansion. That being said, the new poll ask about your favorite Expansion off all time through The Sims, The Sims 2 and The Sims 3.
3/10/12 – Poll results & new poll
Mar 10th
Yep, slacker is me. It’s been what, a month since the last poll update? Yeah, my bad :P Anyhow, let’s jump to the poll results.
Lunar Lakes – interested in the new alien town?
- Finally, sci-fi – a change of scenery! (52%, 563 Votes)
- It looks alright, but not of my interest. (23%, 252 Votes)
- Absolutely not (16%, 174 Votes)
- it looks pretty bland, so no. (9%, 94 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,093
Good to see a majority of the folks like it! I want to get it myself, but I don’t like digital purchases, so I’ll be holding out until they do a retail release – hopefully.
New poll is now up…except it’s not really a poll – it’s more of a forceful ‘click this button’ because how can you not be glad for a new SimCity? I’ve been waiting 10 years for this – and so have many others. So good to finally get a break from The Sims and get back into city building with an authentic Maxis game!
Site Cleanup – MySims/SimCity Societies sections to be removed
Feb 29th
Just a heads up, if you care about MySims or SimCity Societies, get the stuff while you can, as I’ll be removing the patches and other things based on these two games. Going to clean up the site a bit this week/weekend. Also, please make a note that once February 2013 hits, SporePrograms and possibly it’s related pages/programs/tutorials will no longer be supported (domain will expire, and won’t be renewing).
2/12/12 – Poll results & new poll
Feb 12th
I’m still alive…just…haven’t been 100% focused on Sims is all. But I’m still here, and its time to cover the poll results and to put up a new one 
Will you be picking up Master Suite Stuff?
- Gotta collect them all! (39%, 317 Votes)
- Not one bit interested in it (27%, 225 Votes)
- I will, eventually… (27%, 221 Votes)
- I’ll pick it up all right…and set it right back down. (7%, 58 Votes)
Total Voters: 821
I admit, I’m one of the “Gotta Collect Them All” folks, even though I have no desire to install this pack. I couldn’t pass up the Buy 1 Get 1 Free deal from Amazon though. So now I have two copies, one in which I’ll be giving away in a contest! Look for that in a post above this one.
Anyhow – new poll – this one about the newly announced town, Lunar Lakes.
A public apology to the SimGurus & The Sims Team
Jan 23rd
Start of a rambling post (some things may not make sense due to my poor thought process):
I’ve been pretty much out of the loop for these past couple of weeks while The Black Scorpion does most of the updates and an occasional post from the other staff members. As many of you know, there is a beta going on for The Sims 3 Showtime that certain folks are participating in. Well, long story short – and I’m not sure who – somebody broke their NDA and ended up posting stuff to the exchange that they shouldn’t have. Then fan sites picked up on it, and well, apparently it got nasty. Not with us though, thankfully.
However, with all this taking place and discussions back and forth, I think it’s time for an apology to the SimGuru’s. You see, I know that I (myself, as an individual) am more than likely blacklisted from anything EA related – beta testing, studio visits, etc. due to my personal opinions on some things within the company. I can’t apologies for my opinions (i.e. The Store prices, the way some things are handled over at the official forums/community, etc), but I can apologies for my rudeness and overall behavior towards them.
In the past, I posted leaked stuff (but I did not sign anything) – back then, all responsibility was on me. But I have to remember – others post here now, so that my own opinion/behavior/posts do not represent just myself – but the overall site and everyone who is a part of it. I have to be careful with this from now on. Due to my actions, not only have I jeopardized my relations with EA and The Sims Team, but it’s very possible that I may have dragged The Black Scorpion and the rest of the staff with me. I never thought of that, and to me, it’s just wrong. So to the Guru’s reading this, while you’re more than welcome to have your own personal bad opinions about me, please DON’T let that reflect to the rest of the staff.
From now on, we’re going to be a lot more careful in what we post, and we shall avoid posting internal leaks from within EA as well as any leaks that may have came from broken NDA’s through beta testing. In fact, we actually should be thankful for the beta testing, because…well, the keyword is testing, and even though some folks are drooling to get as much info as they can from the next expansion pack, we at least know that The Sims Team is actually letting some folks in the community point out bugs and try to get them fixed before the game, which personally, I would like to have more of in the future and I hope that this did not ruin any potential upcoming betas.
Thanks.
-Jud
1/22/12 – Poll results & new poll
Jan 22nd
A new stuff pack is on the horizon, are you going to be one that picks up The Sims 3 Master Suite Stuff on release, wait a bit, or skip out of it entirely? That is the question for the new poll – but before you answer, let’s recap the previous poll, shall we?
What do you think about The Sims Team bringing back the Cowplant?
- Looks cool, but I wish it was added to an Expansion and not the store. (37%, 542 Votes)
- If it was a free store item it would be cool to have. (35%, 509 Votes)
- OMG COWPLANT!!! (12%, 176 Votes)
- I love it! (7%, 95 Votes)
- That thing scares me!!! (5%, 76 Votes)
- I hate it! (4%, 58 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,456
2011, WordPress and SimPrograms
Jan 3rd
So WordPress has released their “Year in Review” for all of the WP Blogs/Sites. Check out our stats for 2011!
WOW! 5.7 Million views in 2011! Thanks to all of you! We love you all!
Sweet! Gotta love The Sims Wikia and our Social Friends!
Our top followers are in the US, UK, Brazil, South Africa and Australia! Y’all rock!
Gotta love cheats and Expansion trailers!
YOU can help stop SOPA. Here’s how:
Dec 23rd
I’m not going to take credit for this idea – as surely someone else had to think of it before me…but it hit me. There is an easy way to kill SOPA dead, and I’m surprised Google/YouTube hadn’t done it yet. As we know, the media is doing a piss-poor job of informing users on SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act that TheBlackScorpion brought to your attention a couple of days ago. Its meant to stop piracy – which I do encourage – problem is, it is way too broad and gives pretty much all control to businesses. If EA wants, they can shut down this site, and any other sites. A ton of sites are at risk – any sharing media, various Youtubers, etc. I could go on and on, but I’ll leave it to you to research.
Anyhow, as I mentioned, the way to stop SOPA….It’s simple. We, uh, kill the Batman. We need to get Google’s attention and have them shut down Google as well as YouTube for 24 hours or a short period of time. Have them post a letter or the above video instead…It would get everyone’s attention, the media would HAVE to talk about it, and people could then be informed and hopefully rally to insta-kill the idea. But in order to do this, we need your help…Pass this message on to your friends, post on forums, youtube comments – let’s get Google to do this, and do all we can to squash this bill dead.
12/23/11 – Poll results & new poll
Dec 23rd
Once again, time slipped past me and I forgot the poll. But it’s all good – TheBlackScorpion reminded me to change it out and even brought up an idea for a new one. So let’s recap the last poll and share its results!
Sims FreePlay – coming soon to iPhone, free to play. Do you think you’ll pay for additional content?
- Absolutely not. (46%, 390 Votes)
- Cannot play, do not own the proper device. (34%, 291 Votes)
- If the game is worth it, I may spend a few bucks. (20%, 162 Votes)
Total Voters: 844
Fantastic to see that many of you went with the Absolutely Not answer. I am done with giving EA my money. F2P is suppose to stand to Free 2 Play…but in EA’s case, it is actually Free 2 Pay. Did you read the latest controversy? Those who purchased items in EA’s Battlefield Play4Free had them removed from their gamesbecause EA determined them to be unbalanced, and instead of offering a refund like they should have, they substituted them with a different item. It’s like if you bought an AC/DC song in iTunes only for Apple to take it away and instead of refunding your money, replaced it with a Justin Bieber song. They literally TOOK AWAY SOMETHING YOU PAID FOR! People really need to stop giving their money to EA…at this point it’s like paying someone to punch you in the face repeatedly.
Anyhow, enough ranting…Let’s get on with the new poll, it’s about the Cowplant. Sucks that you have to pay for it when it should be an expansion, but I’ll save that rant for another day. Your thoughts? Vote Now!
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