I doubt SimCity 2013 is going to develop such a cult following to allow for these kinds of cracks.
My thoughts exactly; Giant Bomb's hour-long video review was pretty telling of the issues in the game that a lot of people just haven't been able to deal with yet. Problems that are only around because so much time was spent trying to implement the multiplayer aspect rather than focusing on the core gameplay itself.
I want a new SimCity game just as badly as everyone else, but at this point I'm looking towards other offerings in this space - hopefully by smaller companies - to hold the torch (any suggestions here would be excellent).
they are getting much of my monies
EDIT: Don't remember which thread i found it in, so here are the posts that may have been the one that I found the kickstarter link in:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5343788 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5341070
flat out lie. there are multiple well run servers that often outperform the legit ones.
this is also true for all games with server emulation or otherwise private servers, they work well and often exactly the same as their legit counterparts.
If you speak from 'experience', then I would suggest you didn't try hard enough to find a decent server.
either way, don't exaggerate and lie to make a point. make the fucking point and leave it at that.