{"id":105994,"date":"2022-10-23T23:25:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T23:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-says-it-will-do-better-after-its-first-behind-the-sims-summit-did-not-fairly-represent-players\/"},"modified":"2022-10-23T23:25:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T23:25:04","slug":"ea-says-it-will-do-better-after-its-first-behind-the-sims-summit-did-not-fairly-represent-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-says-it-will-do-better-after-its-first-behind-the-sims-summit-did-not-fairly-represent-players\/","title":{"rendered":"EA says it &#8220;will do better&#8221; after its first Behind The Sims Summit &#8220;did not fairly represent&#8221; players"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>EA has promised The Sims fans it &#8220;will do better&#8221; after its recent Behind The Sims Summit only featured a single &#8220;black simmer&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>As part of its first ever Behind the Sims Summit Stream event , EA gave a &#8220;super early&#8221; look at its next Sims game, codenamed Project Rene, and shared a few future plans for The Sims 4.\n<\/p>\n<p>However, as first noted by content creator and streamer <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ebonix\/status\/1582421972704669696\">Ebonix<\/a>  and amplified by other unhappy players, the presentation &#8211; in EA&#8217;s own words &#8211; &#8220;did not fairly represent our vast community of players&#8221;, forcing EA to acknowledge it had &#8220;let [players] down&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Our creator segments during the Behind The Sims Summit did not fairly represent our vast community of players.  Black Simmers deserve to feel seen in all that we do at The Sims, so we&#8217;re holding ourselves accountable to this mistake and will do better moving forward.  https:\/\/t.co\/ZOiM7HqOlj<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Sims (@TheSims) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSims\/status\/1583811252987432961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"ot-sdk-show-settings\" id=\"ot-sdk-btn\">Manage cookie settings<\/button><br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Our creator segments during the Behind The Sims Summit did not fairly represent our vast community of players,&#8221; EA said in the statement, which stopped short of issuing an apology.  &#8220;Black Simmers deserve to feel seen in all that we do at The Sims, so we&#8217;re holding ourselves accountable to this mistake and will do better moving forward.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I see black creators consistently busting their backsides for your game &#8211; and they have been for years. It&#8217;s mostly how I follow Sims news,&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lomadia\/status\/1583825216643665920\">tweeted<\/a> content creator and prolific streamer, Hannah Rutherford.  &#8220;The fact you missed this in 2022 and in the UK Black History Month (I know you&#8217;re not UK but some of your players are) is mindboggling.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are right in your frustrations, and we let you down,&#8221; EA said in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSims\/status\/1583810663541272578\">directly<\/a> reply to Ebonix.  &#8220;We owe it to you and each of our Black creators and players to make sure you are seen and celebrated for all that you bring to The Sims and The Sims community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n    function appendFacebookPixels() {\n      if (window.facebookPixelsDone) return;\n      !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n      {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n      n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n      if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n      n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n      t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p>        fbq('init', '560747571485047');\n        fbq('init', '738979179819818');<\/p>\n<p>      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      window.facebookPixelsDone = true;<\/p>\n<p>      window.dispatchEvent(new Event('BrockmanFacebookPixelsEnabled'));\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    window.addEventListener('BrockmanTargetingCookiesAllowed', appendFacebookPixels);\n  <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EA has promised The Sims fans it &#8220;will do better&#8221; after its recent Behind The Sims Summit only featured a single &#8220;black simmer&#8221;. As part of its first ever Behind the Sims Summit Stream event , EA gave a &#8220;super early&#8221; look at its next Sims game, codenamed Project Rene, and shared a few future &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-says-it-will-do-better-after-its-first-behind-the-sims-summit-did-not-fairly-represent-players\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EA says it &#8220;will do better&#8221; after its first Behind The Sims Summit &#8220;did not fairly represent&#8221; players<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EA says it &quot;will do better&quot; after its first Behind The Sims Summit &quot;did not fairly represent&quot; players - harchi90<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-says-it-will-do-better-after-its-first-behind-the-sims-summit-did-not-fairly-represent-players\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EA says it &quot;will do better&quot; after its first Behind The Sims Summit &quot;did not fairly represent&quot; players - harchi90\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"EA has promised The Sims fans it &#8220;will do better&#8221; after its recent Behind The Sims Summit only featured a single &#8220;black simmer&#8221;. As part of its first ever Behind the Sims Summit Stream event , EA gave a &#8220;super early&#8221; look at its next Sims game, codenamed Project Rene, and shared a few future &hellip; EA says it &#8220;will do better&#8221; after its first Behind The Sims Summit &#8220;did not fairly represent&#8221; players Read More &raquo;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-says-it-will-do-better-after-its-first-behind-the-sims-summit-did-not-fairly-represent-players\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"harchi90\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-23T23:25:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets.reedpopcdn.com\/the-sims-4-discover-university.jpg\/BROK\/thumbnail\/1600x900\/format\/jpg\/quality\/80\/the-sims-4-discover-university.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"islamlacoste58\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets.reedpopcdn.com\/the-sims-4-discover-university.jpg\/BROK\/thumbnail\/1600x900\/format\/jpg\/quality\/80\/the-sims-4-discover-university.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"islamlacoste58\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-says-it-will-do-better-after-its-first-behind-the-sims-summit-did-not-fairly-represent-players\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-says-it-will-do-better-after-its-first-behind-the-sims-summit-did-not-fairly-represent-players\/\",\"name\":\"EA says it \\\"will do better\\\" after its first Behind The Sims Summit \\\"did not fairly represent\\\" players - harchi90\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-23T23:25:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-23T23:25:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0689156e87fbe869f0e5efdeef200d5b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-says-it-will-do-better-after-its-first-behind-the-sims-summit-did-not-fairly-represent-players\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-says-it-will-do-better-after-its-first-behind-the-sims-summit-did-not-fairly-represent-players\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-says-it-will-do-better-after-its-first-behind-the-sims-summit-did-not-fairly-represent-players\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"EA says it &#8220;will do better&#8221; after its first Behind The Sims Summit &#8220;did not fairly represent&#8221; players\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/\",\"name\":\"harchi90\",\"description\":\"Just another WordPress site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0689156e87fbe869f0e5efdeef200d5b\",\"name\":\"islamlacoste58\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bf7491076e3822b8e0de7b1f9364d75?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bf7491076e3822b8e0de7b1f9364d75?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"islamlacoste58\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/harchi90.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/author\/islamlacoste58\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"EA says it \"will do better\" after its first Behind The Sims Summit \"did not fairly represent\" players - harchi90","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-says-it-will-do-better-after-its-first-behind-the-sims-summit-did-not-fairly-represent-players\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"EA says it \"will do better\" after its first Behind The Sims Summit \"did not fairly represent\" players - harchi90","og_description":"EA has promised The Sims fans it &#8220;will do better&#8221; after its recent Behind The Sims Summit only featured a single &#8220;black simmer&#8221;. As part of its first ever Behind the Sims Summit Stream event , EA gave a &#8220;super early&#8221; look at its next Sims game, codenamed Project Rene, and shared a few future &hellip; EA says it &#8220;will do better&#8221; after its first Behind The Sims Summit &#8220;did not fairly represent&#8221; players Read More &raquo;","og_url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-says-it-will-do-better-after-its-first-behind-the-sims-summit-did-not-fairly-represent-players\/","og_site_name":"harchi90","article_published_time":"2022-10-23T23:25:04+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/assets.reedpopcdn.com\/the-sims-4-discover-university.jpg\/BROK\/thumbnail\/1600x900\/format\/jpg\/quality\/80\/the-sims-4-discover-university.jpg"}],"author":"islamlacoste58","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/assets.reedpopcdn.com\/the-sims-4-discover-university.jpg\/BROK\/thumbnail\/1600x900\/format\/jpg\/quality\/80\/the-sims-4-discover-university.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"islamlacoste58","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-says-it-will-do-better-after-its-first-behind-the-sims-summit-did-not-fairly-represent-players\/","url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-says-it-will-do-better-after-its-first-behind-the-sims-summit-did-not-fairly-represent-players\/","name":"EA says it \"will do better\" after its first Behind The Sims Summit \"did not fairly represent\" players - harchi90","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-10-23T23:25:04+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-23T23:25:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0689156e87fbe869f0e5efdeef200d5b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-says-it-will-do-better-after-its-first-behind-the-sims-summit-did-not-fairly-represent-players\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-says-it-will-do-better-after-its-first-behind-the-sims-summit-did-not-fairly-represent-players\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-says-it-will-do-better-after-its-first-behind-the-sims-summit-did-not-fairly-represent-players\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"EA says it &#8220;will do better&#8221; after its first Behind The Sims Summit &#8220;did not fairly represent&#8221; players"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/","name":"harchi90","description":"Just another WordPress site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0689156e87fbe869f0e5efdeef200d5b","name":"islamlacoste58","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bf7491076e3822b8e0de7b1f9364d75?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bf7491076e3822b8e0de7b1f9364d75?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"islamlacoste58"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/harchi90.com"],"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/author\/islamlacoste58\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100955,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-sims-5-is-now-in-development-heres-a-first-look-at-its-build-mode\/","url_meta":{"origin":105994,"position":0},"title":"The Sims 5 Is Now In Development, Here&#8217;s A First Look At Its Build Mode","date":"October 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"After eight years of The Sims 4, developer Maxis has revealed the next generation of The Sims is on its way. Currently titled Project Rene, this new iteration is meant to be \"reminiscent of words like renewal, renaissance, and rebirth,\" and represents the team's \"renewed commitment for The Sims' bright\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":100618,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/when-does-the-sims-4-become-free-and-how-do-i-claim-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":105994,"position":1},"title":"When does The Sims 4 become free and how do I claim it?","date":"October 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Sims 4 goes free to play tomorrow, which means you can play the base game for absolutely nothing - here's how you can claim it. As announced last month, The Sims 4 is going free to play tomorrow on october 182022. This means that players can download The Sims\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":101012,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-sims-4-modding-is-about-to-become-easier\/","url_meta":{"origin":105994,"position":2},"title":"The Sims 4 Modding Is About To Become Easier","date":"October 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"screenshot: EAamide fervor for news on The Sims 5 at today's Sims Summit event, The Sims 4 team announced it would create a new hub for custom content in its current-generation game.Custom content, or CC to die-hard Simmers, is a core part of the most popular sims games. It can\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":101793,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-gives-super-early-look-at-next-generation-sims-game-project-rene\/","url_meta":{"origin":105994,"position":3},"title":"EA gives &#8220;super early&#8221; look at &#8220;next generation&#8221; Sims game, Project Rene","date":"October 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"As part of its first ever Behind the Sims Summit Stream event, EA has given a \"super early\" look at its next Sims game, codenamed Project Rene, and shared a few future plans for The Sims 4. Project Rene - a name EA says it chose to reflect words like\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":100895,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-sims-5-is-in-early-development-under-the-codename-project-rene\/","url_meta":{"origin":105994,"position":4},"title":"The Sims 5 is in early development under the codename &#8216;Project Rene&#8217;","date":"October 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"After eight years of The Sims 4 and its expansions, fans have started to wonder what's next for the classic life simulator franchise. On Tuesday, The Sims developer Maxis unveiled a very early look at \u201cProject Rene\u201d (pronounced like Ren\u00e9e), the codename for the game that will eventually become The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":101552,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-next-sims-game-is-a-cross-platform-title-dubbed-project-rene\/","url_meta":{"origin":105994,"position":5},"title":"The next Sims game is a cross-platform title dubbed &#8216;Project Rene&#8217;","date":"October 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"It has been eight years since EA released . While it seems there's still plenty of life left yet in the game , many fans have been wondering about the future of the series. During a showcase on Tuesday, the publisher and developer Maxis announced the next entry in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/assets.reedpopcdn.com\/the-sims-4-discover-university.jpg\/BROK\/thumbnail\/1600x900\/format\/jpg\/quality\/80\/the-sims-4-discover-university.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}