Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!sm5g+ From: sm5g+@andrew.cmu.edu (Scott Hunter Morgan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: SimCity RipOff Message-ID: Date: 6 Dec 89 00:51:39 GMT References: <111900101@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, <111900102@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> Organization: Class of '91, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 52 In-Reply-To: <111900102@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> >Judging by the mail I recieved, bad disks are a big problem. Not really, at least not in my experiences. >This defensiveness makes me think that it really will take >legislation to solve the problem. I don't think people are defensive, it is just that most people don't throw a hissy fit when they get a bum disk, they return it and get a good one without any fuss or bother to anyone, especially to those of us in network land. And legislation on this would be pretty stupid. >That is just the kind of attitude that is >eroding public enthusiasm for home computers. I don't think public enthusiasm for home computers is eroding at all, I think it is just the opposite, I think that enthusiasm for them is growing all the time. I think that it is your kind of attitude that would discourage interest in computers. >Their documentation >was bad too--in particular it didn't describe what was actually >happening on my screen. Are you sure you read it? I thought it was some of the better documentation around. > A bug surfaced in the very first city I ran ... So. There are very few programs out there today that run absolutely flawlessly. >But it is the childish simplicity and baby-talk interface >that really turned me off. I would never have known that this >thing was aimed at not so bright high-school age kids or lower >from the reviews I read. Guess what the largest market for computer games is... You shouldn't have to be a computer scientist to play a game,even if it is a simulation. >Well, I got a disk that worked, but I should have got my money back. You should be paying us to have to put up with your bitching and moaning... Nuff Said... -Scott Morgan -A poor little not so bright Applied Math/CS student at CMU who happens to think that SimCity is a very cool game, and very well done. P.S. Merry Christmas