The Sims Online

The Sims Online, or TSO is a massively multi-player online-game. It is based on the Sims, however it offers a online play with other gamers via PC. It was published by Electronic Arts and released on December 17, 2002.

Overview
There are 12 cities for a Sim to choose:


 * Mount Fuji - Targeted to Asian market.
 * Calvin's Creek
 * Interhogan
 * East Jerome
 * Fancey Fields
 * Test Center
 * Blazing Falls
 * Alphaville - Largest city
 * Dan's Grove - A close-knit small-town
 * Jolly Pines
 * Dragon's Cove - Harder objectives, energy lose quicker, doubled the price of stuff, also known as a "hardcore city".
 * Betaville - Created to test new functions, will have the ability to create a family of adult Sims and to adjust their level of free will.
 * Test Center 3 - Created as of the TSO-E Project. December 4th - TC3 Merged with TC

Players will need to train skills (mechanical, cooking, charisma, body, creativity, and logic) to unlock new interactions and careers. A player increases skills usually by visiting Skill category properties, as skill can be increased at a faster rate when multiple Sims work on the same skill concurrently. These Skill properties, or "Skill Houses" as they are commonly referred to in the game, usually specialize in only one or two skills, as is often mentioned in the property's name.

Controversy
There was some controversy in The Sims Online concerning some players who were setting up virtual brothels in the game, exchanging cyber sex for Simoleons.

EA Playground
After The Sims Online had been somewhat of a failure to EA they changed The Sims online to something called "EA PLayground" after EA Playground was created a couple of months later they posted a message saying they were going to get rid of it and it will be demolished September 2008