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It must be very difficult to let go of the 'past'.
<font color="red"> Huh? </font>
What TSO did in the past did not work. TSO is still walking a tight rope between survival and having the plug pulled.
<font color="red"> Really? Who'd of guessed. </font>
Our subscription rolls need to swell with paid subscriptions. One of the greatest sources of new income is the return of 'old players'. And the one way to entice 'old players' to come back is to give an 'amnesty' or "grace" period on getting locks back on their sims.
<font color="red">Lee said "At first we will lose players. Then we will get new players" </font>
Is it fair to those of us who have been paying? Probably not.
Do we need them to come back so we can keep TSO from being closed forever? Yes!
<font color="red"> I do not agree. If I did. They have amnesty of the gifts to look forward to already. If that did not bring them back, this will not. </font>
Will some players lose locks because they haven't been paying their subscription each month? Probably. What makes them any different then the people that just left and stopped paying?
<font color="red">They were smarter.
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Will this help the existing players? Sure. Both players that recreated and people that just want to change the look of their sims so as to not have triplets in ealand.
<font color="red">The horror! Have patience, we will be able to change our features. </font>
Will scammer be able to take advantage of it? Absolutely. But then again recreating has never been an issure for them and never will.
<font color="red"> I disagree. They moved from city to city to erase webs and get off ban lists. They kept their age and said it was their first time in the city. </font>
I have a LOT of great memories of TSO from the last 5 years. But in reality, policies and rules in TSO have to change to make it a viable game that will remain popular with a lot of players for a long time.
<font color="red">How does this make the game more viable? </font>
Other online games DO keep your game info for quite a while. When you update your billing and log in. Your stuff is right there where you left it. Other then real estate, The sims online should probably learn to follow the industry standards for keeping inactive account information. Things have to change for TSO to be competitive.
<font color="red">In these games you are not allowed to recreate or change your name. And you are not penalized for inactive time at all. Why is punishing the ones that followed the rules your answer? </font>
(Did you know that SL still have my log in and avatar I made a LONG time ago, I think about 4 years ago. I checked and it IS still there and that was a FREE account.)
<font color="red">Good for you? </font>
(Another example: I recently reactivated an old toontown account. Had my toons been all gone and I had to start over. I would have just logged out and went on my way to another game. *maxxed squirt a few times...don't want to do it again! I guess that's probably what old TSO players feel like too.)
<font color="red">They knew what would happen leaving their accounts inactive for so long. </font>
And you may not have directly call us cheater, but the 'undertone' was there.
<font color="red">You are wrong. I was replying to all the posts in one. I thought if I waited til you all had your say before me, I would somehow be attacked less. Go figure. </font>
So, that's where I stand. I wish people would have paid their accounts. I wish people would have kept their accounts active.
Now I just hope that they all come back and help pull our rear ends out of the fire along with all the new people.
<font color="red">It would be nice to see some old players come back. I am looking forward to new players as well. I guess we can agree on that. </font>
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