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6th Jan 2012, 04:01 AM

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frankie

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Originally Posted by CowPlantsForHire

There is already a video for HiveMind? I knew that I am, once again, far behind when it comes to this type of information (I only discovered this game -- accidentally -- on January 2nd)! The information, from what you guys and gals had gathered and what I'd read from some articles a few days earlier, on the concept of the game seems intriguing, and yet, disturbing. Despite the thoughts I am currently having of the developers watching your every move (insert "Every Breath You Take" by The Police), I am looking forward to acquiring more information on HiveMind. Heck, I may even buy the game and try it myself (using a "fake" account, of course). But if I read any reports about players having an ice cream truck parked outside their places of residence, "watching" them play the game, then I will not invest my time and money into HiveMind.

Heh, sorry about that, I can be a bit paranoid at times. I will still look forward to getting more information on the game before I can form a true opinion about it. *Stares long and hard at the Will Wright Sim she has been working on since forever.* You know what? Maybe I should scrap you before you get into my hard drive and -- wait a minute -- YOU'RE already on my hard drive! My personal files aren't safe!

I seriously doubt Will Wright will risk his career and reputation that way. I am pretty sure the game will be safe for the most part. It just all depends on what information you, the player, decide to share. But I totally understand people's natural concern. It's normal to feel that way initially, since this type of gaming is not yet the mainstream. I say "yet" because it seems to me that Will Wright is aiming for this style of gameplay to set a new trend.

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6th Jan 2012, 06:56 PM

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CowPlantsForHire

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Originally Posted by frankie

Safe or not, I will still create an account using little or "fake" information about myself. I don't give out much personal information about myself over the Web (I'm looking at you, Facebook), so why should I for a game? Sure, the game's universe may shape itself around my interests or whatever, but I will still use a fake account to access those features just to lower my paranoia about being "watched" by the developers...

Also, will we, the players, be spammed by hundreds of messages from the developers about promotions of additional content we can add to our games, like how EA does for The Sims 3 on Facebook and/or Twitter? If so, then so much for not making accounts on those sites. I'll be spammed with messages about sales on overpriced, additional content I don't care to purchase, anyway...

Oh, by the way, I tried to remove my Will Wright Sim from my hard drive, and he started blinking! He's friggin' watching me now (not the real Will Wright, my Sim based off of him)!

"Its profits dropped so hard, EA freaking fired me. Those traitors freaking fired me! Is it because of the company's fallen stock? Can anyone please describe these? Dropped so hard; that stuff's Cray. Initially, it didn't phase me, but micro transact'd cost me my 8-to-2 (job)," John Riccitiello.

6th Jan 2012, 08:07 PM	#28
frankie Mad Poster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,580 Thanks: 174 in 4 Posts 5 Achievements	Well, if I were to create a fake account, I'd still put my real interests at the very least. But I hear you about everything else. I guess we will have to wait and see how the game unfolds. As for being spammed, I truly hope not.
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6th Jan 2012, 08:15 PM	#29
KKiryu007Joker Mad Poster Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 3,839	Maybe they could fine you in the game if you do things wrong... I assume if it was an online deal, they could ban, fine, and watch you if they please, right? All while advertising and occasionally being down or whatever. Would it feature virtual price tagged items that can be purchased with real money, and all that nonsense?
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7th Jan 2012, 01:03 AM	#30
frankie Mad Poster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,580 Thanks: 174 in 4 Posts 5 Achievements	Let's just hope that WW and EA do not mix.
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7th Jan 2012, 01:16 AM	#31
5M0K3 Original Poster Banned Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 3,719	Oh god... What if you forget to pay the bills and the repo man comes and takes your stuff?!!?!

7th Jan 2012, 01:20 AM

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minimogut

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Originally Posted by 5M0K3

I'm still not understanding it -- are you supposed to like, tell the game your name, age, height, weight, appearance, friends, family, favourite food, gender, job, school, and other PERSONAL information...?

If that is the case, I sure as h*ll wont be playing. I'm not gonna tell it my weight, and I don't want to sink as low as having to lie to a game about my frickin weight... or height for that matter...

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7th Jan 2012, 02:39 PM	#33
frankie Mad Poster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,580 Thanks: 174 in 4 Posts 5 Achievements	Then again, many people would lie and make their avatars drop-dead beautiful. I don't mind having to tell any of those features with the exception of: full name, friends, family, job, school, and other equally or more personal information. However, I am pretty sure you do not have to fill this out or choose to share this information. Will Wright has to know that many people will not feel comfortable being required to do so. People lie about themselves on the internet all the time, and that is perfectly fine. I don't play games to find a romantic partner, so what difference does it make if I decide to play as a desperate housewife or a gorgeous male model? It's our right to do so. (Though, I tend to prefer that my avatar resemble me in real life, but that's just my choice.)
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7th Jan 2012, 04:06 PM	#34
5M0K3 Original Poster Banned Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 3,719	Well hopefully it's not so focused on meeting new people, as it is focused on... well, Sims-y stuff. Also, what if someone is playing a toddler, and they go on, but their mom is offline, THEN WHAT?!

7th Jan 2012, 04:55 PM

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KKiryu007Joker

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Originally Posted by 5M0K3

Well hopefully it's not so focused on meeting new people, as it is focused on... well, Sims-y stuff.

Also, what if someone is playing a toddler, and they go on, but their mom is offline, THEN WHAT?!

Oh God.... I never thought about it. How would that work?

I'm a graduate of the Harvard business school. I travel quite extensively. I lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. I've seen the EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT.

7th Jan 2012, 06:12 PM	#36
CowPlantsForHire Test Subject Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 58	Then your character may be taken by the Child Protection Services. No child left behind... when their parent is offline!
	"Its profits dropped so hard, EA freaking fired me. Those traitors freaking fired me! Is it because of the company's fallen stock? Can anyone please describe these? Dropped so hard; that stuff's Cray. Initially, it didn't phase me, but micro transact'd cost me my 8-to-2 (job)," John Riccitiello.

8th Jan 2012, 12:06 AM	#37
frankie Mad Poster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,580 Thanks: 174 in 4 Posts 5 Achievements	Well, I heard in SecondLife that for the children that you can adopt in the game, players actual play as the children in a more role-playing form. HiveMind could be similar to that. Heaven forbid that I decide to adopt a little monster who would ruin my gameplay experience. I'd ship him/her back to the cabbage patch.
	I speak English primarily. Hablo espa�ol. Falo muito portugu�s. Je voudrais practiquer mon fran�ais. Ich lerne deutsch. Parlo poco italiano.

8th Jan 2012, 07:04 AM	#38
VerDeTerre Theorist Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,501	I'm having a hard time imagining wanting to role play as a child online. How do you guys feel about that? Is it appealing?
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8th Jan 2012, 07:23 AM	#39
HarVee Instructor Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 560	So basically in HiveMind you create a virtual character of yourself, and role-play as yourself in a virtual world about yourself? This game sounds like a flop. I know I won't be playing it. If I wanted to play a game about my own real self, I would live my own REAL life.
HarVee Instructor Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 560	Sims everywhere agree: Everybody wants your name. Let there be love, let there be hate, let there be speculation! The Sims 4 rated RP for Repulsive Preconception
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8th Jan 2012, 07:47 AM	#40
5M0K3 Original Poster Banned Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 3,719	Do you have to pay child support if you get divorced?

8th Jan 2012, 04:29 PM	#41
CowPlantsForHire Test Subject Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 58	How about if you had a child out of wedlock, and you and the other player don't live in the same house; would you (or the other player, depending on who has the child living with them) have to pay child support?
	"Its profits dropped so hard, EA freaking fired me. Those traitors freaking fired me! Is it because of the company's fallen stock? Can anyone please describe these? Dropped so hard; that stuff's Cray. Initially, it didn't phase me, but micro transact'd cost me my 8-to-2 (job)," John Riccitiello.

8th Jan 2012, 06:23 PM	#42
5M0K3 Original Poster Banned Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 3,719	gasp DO WE GET OUR VERY OWN PLUMBBOB?!

8th Jan 2012, 07:15 PM	#43
minimogut Inventor Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 998	^ Yes!!!
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8th Jan 2012, 08:30 PM	#44
frankie Mad Poster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,580 Thanks: 174 in 4 Posts 5 Achievements	About the child support questions, I am not sure if they were asked facetiously, but I actually think they are very valid questions. How would that work if this game is indeed generational? The video shows babies and elders, along with young adults/adults. I do know that in SL, people have fun role-playing as children. They just chat youthfully, and they really do act as your own children with the way they chat and interact. But how would you even have these children? In SL, you adopt, since there is no way to conceive in the game (it's a 3D chat, for crying out loud). I would assume you'd adopt. Or... perhaps it can be like The Sims Medieval in that when you have children, you do not use them. So, no one gets to role-play as children, and you are stuck with an Octo-mom version of yourself.
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10th Jan 2012, 09:49 AM	#45
Drakesecaravdis Field Researcher Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 275	LMAO you guys are a riot, love the questions you ask but anyway I'm still kinda confused. it looks the same as Sims except for it being all about you. still I'm excited for the idea of something new that is like the Sims I will definitely be limiting my info. I probly won't even use my first name. I might pose as a celeb or something or maybe I won't because maybe that'll be lame and I'll just use their first name...idk it'd be nice if you could have animals in this (or would that be pointless?) if I do actually end up playing as me I have to have my Pom...well at least if I don't get Pets wait if this is an online game, how will Will Wright make money or will it be like Sims Online where you subscribe or will it be like one of the other social games where you buy items for your avatar or whatever

12th Jan 2012, 03:46 AM	#46
frankie Mad Poster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,580 Thanks: 174 in 4 Posts 5 Achievements	If it will have a subscription, I hope it won't be too much. And I hope that there will be a free version that wouldn't be sorely limited.
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23rd Jan 2012, 08:41 AM	#47
opiumgirl Field Researcher Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 229	Am I the only one who hates this idea? I find it disturbing on so many levels I don't even know where to start! Firstly the privacy issues, they say your info would be secure? Right... Secondly a game about real life? I play games to escape from my real life, or at least to relax from the stress of my real life. Thirdly, I am a tad concerned that if you merge a game with your real life where do you draw the line? I mean I can totally see people making horrible decisions in RL and not taking it at all seriously because hey! It makes my game more interesting. I think this will appeal more to younger people. It scares the beejeezus out of me.

23rd Jan 2012, 12:24 PM	#48
CinderEmma Theorist Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,182 1 Achievements	I had a dream about a book plot with this name as a title :P Thank you thread, lol, for giving me one disturbing dream XD

23rd Jan 2012, 01:38 PM	#49
Kathwynn Instructor Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 476	the only problem with this is that I am not really on FB.. enough. My wife actually plays the games there.. And uses my account to send herself stuff from the various games she plays. As for twitter I have a pic up there and have no followers and follow only a couple of people that are in the same industry that I am. So I see this being a bust for me. Shame as it looks like it would be a lot more enjoyable to play.

24th Jan 2012, 12:01 AM

#50

Drakesecaravdis

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Originally Posted by opiumgirl

Am I the only one who hates this idea?
I find it disturbing on so many levels I don't even know where to start!
Firstly the privacy issues, they say your info would be secure? Right...
Secondly a game about real life? I play games to escape from my real life, or at least to relax from the stress of my real life.
Thirdly, I am a tad concerned that if you merge a game with your real life where do you draw the line?
I mean I can totally see people making horrible decisions in RL and not taking it at all seriously because hey! It makes my game more interesting.
I think this will appeal more to younger people. It scares the beejeezus out of me.

well no one here likes the privacy issue, everyone that likes the idea apparently is using fake or limited info so maybe you could do that

second, isn't Sims about real life? it looks a lot like Sims to me so I don't think it will be that much more realistic to me

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