cysgodi wrote:I just happen to catch joreel's comment on another thread in the general chat section. He said his son and he just play on different planets.

Not saying this is a great fix or anything like that, but it could possibly be a work around for some people that might ease some problems. Just make sure all your household accounts from the creature creator are buddies and that will allow everyone to use your existing characters.

Again I know it's not a fix to the problem but it does sound like a decent workaround. Also I know it won't help those who have multiple computers, but it's better than nothing....

My problem with this is, I’m an experienced gamer and my wife isn’t. However we both like actually achieving what we’re working towards. I tried to start a game in her galaxy, but since she’d already unlocked things to the 4th stage, I could effectively start there. The genetic achievements are there, etc. I want to be able to earn and unlock things myself, not help her out, or be kept from getting things myself because she has more time to play than I do.

I do see what you’re saying, but it’s a half-solution that isn’t giving us what I feel is our money’s worth for the game. –shrug- Similarly, my wife and I want to be able to do and share things online separately with our friends, instead of having to share the same profile.

And my point was that your "workaround" is neither a fix nor a workaround.

Playing on different planets just means you're using different saves.

You are still sharing all the online content (achievements and such) and sporepedia information/catelogs.

Does playing on different saves allow more than one person to play? Yes.

But that's always been the case in ANY game.

Does playing on different saves allow legitimate users to organize/seperate thier content and achievements? NO.


I read and comprehend just fine thank you very much.

soulwind wrote:And my point was that your "workaround" is neither a fix nor a workaround.

Playing on different planets just means you're using different saves.

You are still sharing all the online content (achievements and such) and sporepedia information/catelogs.

Does playing on different saves allow more than one person to play? Yes.

But that's always been the case in ANY game.

Does playing on different saves allow legitimate users to organize/seperate thier content and achievements? NO.


I read and comprehend just fine thank you very much.

It may not be a workaround for you. Again I didn't say it would work for everyone. But it apparently is working for some people since they are saying that is what they are doing. That gives you the point of a workaround.

But since it isn't exactly what you want it to be, you disparage it and take our your frustrations on someone that is just trying to help out some others.

I applaud you.

jedimasta wrote:I put this on my website, but I think it bears repeating:

MaxisLucky suggests that if each installation allowed even a single extra user, their server capacities would be maxed out with creatures. Technically speaking they should have already considered this possibility, with slots for 8 save games. 8 games means 8 evolutionary creations by... you guessed it... 8 possible users. Since more games can't be saved, it makes no difference if one user takes up 8 slots or 8 users take up one slot a piece.

And that is just a flat out LIE from EA. That statement doesn't even scan as reasonable, much less true.

There is ZERO functional difference if all of my save slots / content are created by me or me and my wife.

It's the SAME AMOUNT of content. It's just organized/seperated by different user names.

SO IF EVERYONE WENT OUT AND BOUGHT ANOTHER COPY OF THE GAME, THAT WOULD BE BAD AND STOPPED BY EA????????

(or would they quite happily accept that with no "oh noes the server will get overloaded" issues?)

What then, only odd-numbered game purchases are allowed online and even-numbered purchases aren't?

Wow, EA, guess you actually DON'T want to sell a few million copies then Huh?

Have ye looked at the options in Spore??



Doesn't exactly seem like a misprint now...

Honestly, EA isn't going to change a thing. They are going with the "misprint" excuse and sticking to it.

The ONLY way anyone unhappy here is going to change anything is to contact legal representation and try to build a class-action lawsuit against EA.

Don't expect industry sites to pick this up and report it. EA is WAY too big and influential. No game sites or magazine wants to have EA on their bad side.

13,000+ views, 220+ posts, no answers.

Speaks pretty loudly for me.

[quote=magmalious]13,000+ views, 220+ posts, no answers.

Speaks pretty loudly for me.[/quote]


Oh we got an answer alright.

The answer was:

We here at EA don't care that the game was OBVIOUSLY coded to support multiple user profiles.

Tough noogies.

Go buy another copy of the game AND another computer if you want to actually be able to organize your content.

@jedimasta: Dutch, German, Danish, Norwegian and French screenies PM'd

Due to the ramifications of this issue, I feel the need to add my reply here as well.

I agree with most everyone here. There is no way this can be a misprint. Any non-subscription based online game does not bind keys to individual accounts. Rather, they restrict accounts so that the same key may not be used simultaneously.

The limited installations are over zealous, but I can deal with it. This I cannot. Better yet, since EA is restricting us to a certain number of installs, why can't we have that many accounts logged in simultaneously? If we can only install the game three times, we might as well be able to log into it three times. Right?

Regardless, this is very large issue and I hope EA actually honors the print that they have released.

cysgodi wrote:

soulwind wrote:And my point was that your "workaround" is neither a fix nor a workaround.

Playing on different planets just means you're using different saves.

You are still sharing all the online content (achievements and such) and sporepedia information/catelogs.

Does playing on different saves allow more than one person to play? Yes.

But that's always been the case in ANY game.

Does playing on different saves allow legitimate users to organize/seperate thier content and achievements? NO.


I read and comprehend just fine thank you very much.

It may not be a workaround for you. Again I didn't say it would work for everyone. But it apparently is working for some people since they are saying that is what they are doing. That gives you the point of a workaround.

But since it isn't exactly what you want it to be, you disparage it and take our your frustrations on someone that is just trying to help out some others.

I applaud you.

cysgodi - dont bother trying to help people...apparently they dont care unless its a solution for them. they dont care if your workaround doesnt affect them. "oh, that workaround doesnt work for ME! so shut up!"

thanks for your efforts, i as well, am trying to help people on this forum.

I know pman, but I will continue to try and help. Some people might still see it as a valid workaround. I frequent the WoW forums as well, and at least so far the trolls on this forum haven't gotten as bad as the ones over there.

If I have knowledge that will help someone new I'll still put forth the effort as I'm sure you will too.

cysgodi wrote:I just happen to catch joreel's comment on another thread in the general chat section. He said his son and he just play on different planets.

Appriciate this suggestion - but I feel like the others. We should be able to have our own profile to track achievements. My wife doesn't want to feel leftout or playing in my shadow. This was supposed to be something we could enjoy doing together but still have separate our own game data - without buying another computer.

This is almost the same as saying that each family member must have their own computer and copy of the license. Imagine if Mac/XP/Vista could have only one login, imagine if everyone had to buy a separate XBOX or PS3 machine.

EA is trying to change the way licensing works by forcing each person (instead of each computer) to have a license. This is not the industry standard, and in fact - I feel tricked in to buying something. It's like a car, you just assume it's going to have a passenger seat if the car has two doors.

You buy it, you get home, and you're really disappointed... and now you don't even want the game anymore, but it's not that easy to return once you open it.

Yes, I totally feel tricked. Nice Job EA!

Totally understand jj and I do hope that EA comes to their senses and does the right thing.

Well it's over 96 hours since I emailed EA Tech Support... Still no response.

My daughter and I bought Spore on release day. I don't understand how to access my account from my computer. I should have the right to purchase and play Spore to it's full intended potential. But EA still completely ignores this issue. The worlds largest game publisher can't even respond to my emails.

I would appreciate and answer... HOW IN THE WORLD CAN I PLAY MY SPORE ACCOUNT? WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS?

I'm tired of the silent treatment. I did not wrong EA in any way, but for some unknown reason, they COMPLETELY ignore me.

These tactics are gutless to say the least. This is no way to conduct customer service.