Aww my condolences in loosing are your CC. That has happened to me a couple times and I needed time to mourn (but then you get over it get new stuff and for some reason I always prefer the new CC to what you lost) Good luck!

Thanks! I was wondering what was going on all of a sudden...

Awww kittah! Very cute.

Thanks for the upload!

There has been an AL update on MATY for the notownieregen hack, that may be your problem.

heh, they didn't include the infant stuff like they showed in some of the trailers? Deception is EAs middle name now apparently.
Good thing I stopped buying anything from EA since Securom...

But just so you also know, you will have to install the EA downloader which will need to stay on your computer even after downloading it and will have to start up and authenticate everytime you start your game. I got BV that way and hated it....

(it kind of gave me a taste of what the version of SecuROM will be like on Sims 3)

Oh Tenshii, I know how you feel, it's so frustrating and heartbreaking at the same time I feel so used and cheated by EA. I couldn't imagine not buying all the new EPs from EA because I got so used to looking forward to them and getting excited to see what they would think of next. Now, when they talk about releasing something new, I roll my eyes and sigh. And I as hard as this will be I am still not getting AL… I am so determined to make EA change their minds and I know that the ONLY way to make them change is to make them loose lots of money. If we could convince enough people not to buy AL it would be a matter of weeks before EA pulled out of their contract with Sony. Then it would only make sense for them to re-create AL without SecuROM.

I want to see that happen. That’s why I joined the Simmers Against SecuROM site and forum because they are working hard to get some legal action going as well as coordinating the letters campaign, an official petition. They also have a Stories campaign which is really important. If you or anyone has had issues with SecuROM, go write your story because you never know EA might need those stories one day not only to see the real damage but also to use to break their contract with Sony. I don’t know how this is all going to turn out, but I’ll be dammed if I let this happen without a fight.

Even better - there is a youtube video of it :angel:

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=simplaza&p=r

It's the 3rd one from the left in the first row of vids.

There is also a fix at MTS2 that enables you to use the celebrations stuff arch to get married on a community lot. Apparently it was missed by EAxis.

Community Wedding Fix for Celebration Wedding Arch

I'd say they are good businessmen/women

Although SuckuROM was a bad decision, they are still able to market their product and sell it.

Sigh, yes it is definitely working for the best for EA.

EA - “Now that we have everyone's CD/DVD burners disabled along with all their evil “emulation software” and are messing around with people's anti-viruses, let's brainwash the community with an EP called Apartment Life which will have a whole bunch of shiny stuff the community has been asking for since the beginning like magic and butlers (which by the way have nothing to DO with apartments buy hey we’re EA we can do what we want, we can break down their computers and they will STILL buy our stuff :evil1: ).

Ya gotta give it to them, they know how to play hard ball. As for me, they are still not getting anymore of my money…  :hammer: Take that EA.

Your are not the only one thinking along those lines, at the Simmers against Securom site Forum, that is exactly what they are looking into. What can we do to make EA hear us and are there any legal paths we can take.

Not everyone is having issues with SecuROM on their computers but it seems with every new EPs and patches (and just wait for the Ikea stuff pack) it gets to more and more people. I don't have any issues with SecuROM yet but I am pretty sure the SecuROM version on the FT patch would have been an issue for me as I have both Nero and Roxio, I am really glad I didn't download it. When I saw the patch was out I actually first went to the EA BBS, Insim and Simmers against SecuROM and I found exactly what I had been (sadly) expecting.

Even if I haven’t had any issues with it yet, I still feel the need to make a stand against it, they have no right to do this to people, never mind their loyal customers. The version they are planning on including on Spore and the Sims 3 is truly what I wish to see stopped before it even hits the market… but we will see. So many people have already complained to them about the current version of SecuROM and they haven’t done anything about it, the FT patch is the proof. I myself have sent them a couple written letters to tell them I won’t be giving them my money any longer. They don't deserve it.

Were they always like this and I was just too blind to see or did they go under some new management or something? Makes me wonder... /sigh

In light of the new Freetime Patch and all the issues it has caused with its SecuROM update (that EA conveniently forgot to mention was apart of the patch) I wanted to bump this thread and let Simmers know they can get more information on SecuROM at

http://securom.sublimesims.net/

Yea it seems too soon to come out with the sims 3 seems like there is so much to be done still with sims 2... Although this whole securom thing is still keeping me skeptical on whether I want to buy anything from EA.

Oh I totally agree with you both! I would be in heaven if they made an 18+ version of the Sims. LOL! I would buy that expansion pack over Apartments any day!

I doubt they would make it but I still wish they made it as an ep so that people could CHOOSE to have those aspects in the game if they wanted to.