EA Community Managers tell their Creators within Creator Network to “Take Space if Things Feel Overwhelming” – among other things.
Might I suggest that you take space if things feel overwhelming? At least that’s EA’s suggestion in response to the latest EA Buyout livestream hosted by lilsimsie – who left their Creator Network in October and is now doing a livestream informing people about the buyout deal.
In a leaked message posted by @lunar_briney on X, we have a new message from Electronic Arts Community Managers sent internally to Sims members of the EA Creator Network.
The message acknowledges the current planned livestream happening today: “Moments like this can bring attention and opinions across social channels, and we want to make sure you feel supported.” The message gives creators internally the right to express honest opinions, but also “step back from the conversation entirely”.
They also hinted and stated that “as we continue building the future of The Sims” so that’s something for folks who are possibly looking forward to The Sims Project X. Our words though, not theirs!
Read the full private message down below:
Leaked Statement from EA Community Managers to Sims Creators
We’re aware of a planned livestream today discussing EA’s agreement to be acquired. Moments like this can bring attention and opinions across social channels, and we want to make sure you feel supported.
As we continue building the future of The Sims, our team’s creative control guided by our values of inclusivity, choice, creativity, community, and play remain unchanged. The Sims will always be a space where you can express your authentic self.
There’s no expectation for you to engage with or respond to this conversation. You will always be free to express your honest opinions if you choose to, but it’s also completely okay if you’d prefer to step back from the conversation entirely.
If you do get questions from your community, you can always:
- Let people know you don’t have additional information to share
- Direct them to official Sims channels for updates such as our Discord and/or Newsroom
- Take space if things feel overwhelming
You can also refer back to your creator toolkit for additional guidance.
Above all, our goal is to make sure you’re not put in a position where you feel responsible for explaining.
If you do get questions from your community, you can always:
- Let people know you don’t have additional information to share
- Direct them to official Sims channels for updates such as our Discord and/or Newsroom
- Take space if things feel overwhelming
You can also refer back to your creator toolkit for additional guidance.
Above all, our goal is to make sure you’re not put in a position where you feel responsible for explaining or defending anything related to this moment.
If you experience any issues or need support, please don’t hesitate to reach out directly – we’re here.
We’ll continue to keep you updated as needed, and we appreciate you as always.
The Sims Team
This is probably the first time that EA and The Sims division have more directly acknowledged claims and thoughts about players on the EA buyout.
What do you think about this leaked message sent to Sims EA Creator Network members? Let us know in the comments below and bookmark Sims Community for all the latest up-to-date news!
The “agreement to be acquired” comment has me cackling.
Just say buyout EA that’s what you mean.
It’s actually a great message for creators. 1 point for the sims team. Still -10000000 points for EA
The repeating of the “steps to do” feels very ‘please shut up’. They’re really really want to be able to control the narrative but seem to have forgotten that people talk regardless. It really would behoove them to just be absolutely as openly honest and transparent about this as possible
I’m not sure it actually was repeated? It looks to me like the second screenshot was just taken after the person scrolled down…
I think the creators in the marketplace are there to continue with the game updates while the EA employees work on other projects. There’s no need for a marketplace because Sims 4 is already overstuffed with too much of the same content.
From my experience with games that adopt a similar idea like the market place & the use of players for content, these creators could be used to replace some EA employees (in the future) because they are much cheaper & the company is trying to save money by recycling objects. Sims 2 & 3 are examples of players providing content for a game but those are contributions from the gaming community, the most disappointing part of the marketplace is this was EA’s idea.
Games & gaming companies will always be bought & sold whether people like it or not. Companies are sold if they are having financial difficulties & if there is no buyer, the company would be closed down. Most of us have experienced game cancellations & closures.
Yeah this very much comes off as a “do whatever we tell you to do OR ELSE”.