<s>
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
Online	I-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
EA-Land	B-Application
,	O
was	O
a	O
massively	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
online	I-Application
variation	O
on	O
Maxis	O
 '	O
computer	O
game	O
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2002	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2007	O
,	O
EA	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
product	O
would	O
be	O
re-branded	O
as	O
EA-Land	B-Application
and	O
major	O
enhancements	O
would	O
be	O
made	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
four	O
official	O
jobs	O
available	O
in	O
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
Online	I-Application
:	O
Restaurant	O
,	O
Robot	O
Factory	O
,	O
DJ	O
,	O
and	O
Dancing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
Online	I-Application
simulated	O
a	O
working	O
economy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
not	O
having	O
a	O
proper	O
deed	O
trade	O
system	O
in	O
place	O
until	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
EA-Land	B-Application
,	O
many	O
players	O
faced	O
security	O
issues	O
such	O
as	O
scamming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2005	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
Online	I-Application
faced	O
a	O
bug	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
discovered	O
and	O
quickly	O
spread	O
in	O
use	O
throughout	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
economic	O
problem	O
was	O
not	O
resolved	O
for	O
three	O
years	O
,	O
until	O
late	O
2007	O
when	O
EA-Land	B-Application
was	O
formed	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
data	O
was	O
wiped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
EA-Land	B-Application
was	O
in	O
place	O
,	O
the	O
economy	O
was	O
player-run	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2007	O
,	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
employee	O
Luc	O
Barthelet	O
,	O
who	O
served	O
as	O
General	O
Manager	O
of	O
Maxis	O
during	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
,	O
assembled	O
a	O
team	O
to	O
push	O
significant	O
updates	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
under	O
a	O
project	O
titled	O
"	O
TSO-E	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TSO-E	O
developers	O
combined	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
cities	O
into	O
two	O
similar	O
cities	O
,	O
re-branded	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
EA-Land	B-Application
,	O
and	O
erased	O
player	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2008	O
,	O
four	O
weeks	O
after	O
EA-Land	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
had	O
disassembled	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
August	O
1	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
day	O
of	O
announcement	O
was	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
EA-Land	B-Application
Sunset	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
Online	I-Application
was	O
widely	O
seen	O
as	O
a	O
failed	O
attempt	O
to	O
port	O
the	O
single-player	O
game	O
to	O
an	O
online	O
,	O
multiplayer	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
Online	I-Application
received	O
generally	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
from	O
magazines	O
and	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
Bustin	I-Application
 '	I-Application
Out	I-Application
featured	O
a	O
very	O
similar	O
and	O
free	O
online	O
play	O
exclusive	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
that	O
allowed	O
players	O
to	O
play	O
online	O
and	O
chat	O
with	O
a	O
USB	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
shut	O
down	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
Online	I-Application
on	O
August	O
1	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
lead	O
developers	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
Online	I-Application
that	O
had	O
left	O
Maxis	O
founded	O
and	O
launched	O
a	O
free	O
browser-based	O
game	O
called	O
TirNua	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
similar	O
revival	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
called	O
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
Social	I-Application
,	O
released	O
August	O
9	O
,	O
2011	O
exclusively	O
on	O
Facebook	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Arts	O
and	O
Maxis	O
shut	O
down	O
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
Social	I-Application
,	O
SimCity	B-Application
Social	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Pet	B-Application
Society	I-Application
on	O
June	O
14	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
6	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
FreeSO	O
,	O
a	O
fan-made	O
recreation	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
Online	I-Application
created	O
by	O
Rhys	O
Simpson	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
an	O
"	O
open	O
beta	O
"	O
phase	O
.	O
</s>
