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    Default The Sims Thread!

    This isn't quite a LP, more of a general discussion and a 'post your screenshots!' type affair.

    So basically, I've really gotten into The Sims 3 lately, which is great, because I love the Sims 3. This feeling has also seem to have touched shion and Fynn, and I'm sure there's a few others as well (literally, just look at us three's VMs, at least half is Sims related in some way).

    So the point of this thread is just to post screenshots of some of our Sims and what they get up to, as well as just generally drool over the Sims and praise it and whatever.

    I'll start! I'm currently playing with a couple called Eugene and Alistair, both Young Adults. Eugene is a writer, while Alistair is a budding Private Investigator. The benefit of both jobs is that they operate under open working hours, so their days are very flexible. For obvious reasons, Eugene specializes in the writing skill, but because he stays home more than Alistair, he also has a healthy cooking skill as well. Meanwhile, to supplement his profession, Alistair majors more in the logic and athletic skills, with two points in cooking so he won't starve if left by himself.

    But enough words! Here's some photos I take while playing as them.

    Something sporty!
    I like my Sims being active, so I took the couple to the park to play some Football shootouts - perfectly in time for the World Cup!


    Something dangerous?
    I took them to France for a vacation. Here they are, exploring a Celtic Burial Ground, one of many tombs in the region. Not sure why Alistair is thinking about food at this current moment, while Eugene slaves away.


    Something embarrassing

    After the France trip, I took Alistair to the gym, so he could work on his Athletic skill and work on his fitness. He isn't doing very well! (This is at level four Athletic, by the way).


    Something unethical

    This is Alistair working on a case as a P.I. One guy, called Parker funnily enough, is suspicious of this woman called Bessie, and thinks Bessie is working for a criminal organisation. Parker then asks me to investigate Bessie's home, so I am told to shift through mail, and go through her rubbish.

    I find that she is precisely working for a criminal organisation, and get paid for my efforts. Result!


    Something refreshing


    A simpler photo, here's Alistair doing some laundry.


    Something special

    But back to the France trip. During their final day, in the town square, I got Alistair to propose to Eugene, and I loved the reactions from both! Afterwards, I got them to watch the stars together.


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    Honestly, I only ever enjoyed The Sims for the building potential. I would just cheat up a ton of money and build houses until I ran out of space. The actual gameplay only ever held my interest for an hour, maybe two, before I gave up. And half of that gameplay time was spent finding ways to kill my Sims.

    That said, I did absolutely enjoy the building in it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Skyblade View Post
    Honestly, I only ever enjoyed The Sims for the building potential. I would just cheat up a ton of money and build houses until I ran out of space. The actual gameplay only ever held my interest for an hour, maybe two, before I gave up. And half of that gameplay time was spent finding ways to kill my Sims.

    That said, I did absolutely enjoy the building in it.
    Funnily enough, The Sims was originally drafted up to be a simple house building simulator, and the sims themselves were only there to test the house and make sure everything was working.

    They then decided to build upon that idea further until they eventually rested on a life simulator.


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    Yay I can share my low quality pics!

    Sorry guys, I'm playing the console version

    So we started out with sim Ashton and Joe Bryan
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    Who are married and want 4 kids.

    So first they had sim Michael
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    And then they had sim Logan

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    And now the two boys have grown in to children who look almost identical

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    And then they had baby Gabriel

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    Who is still a toddler, and now sim Ashton is pregnant again and I am eating so much watermelon because gosh darn it I want a girl now

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    We now have a baby Emily

    Will update with pictures when she is a toddler.

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    Michael is a teenager now
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    And I have a child in each stage of development. Teenager, child, toddler, baby. I don't know why, but this amuses me

    Some more info:
    Sharky is in the Science career track
    His favourites are Classical music, mac & cheese, and the colour orange
    His skills are friendly, handy, good sense of humour, family oriented, and neat
    He likes chatting with the kids our children bring home, watching the romance and gardening channels, and Gabriel is his favorite child, followed closely by Logan. He doesn't have a strong relationship with Michael or Emily

    shion is stay at home
    Her favourites are indie music, fruit parfait, and hot pink
    Her skills are family oriented, good sense of humour, good, natural cook, and clumsy
    She likes watching the cooking channel and spends a lot of time with Logan, who she has the strongest relationship with aside from sharky. She is also very romantic and she likes reading commitment issues over and over again

    Michael is now a teen and he was on the honor roll as a child
    His favourites are pop music, hot pink, and ratatouille
    His skills are good, friendly, artistic, and handy
    He cleans up after himself immediately and usually gets the cleaning done before the maid does. Speaking of which, he likes chatting with the maid. He's always gotten his homework done as soon as he walks in the door and he likes painting

    Logan is a child and an A student
    His favourites are latin music, fish and chips, and spice brown
    His skills are excitable, good sense of humour, and artistic
    He is good at cleaning up after himself, he socializes a lot with his parents, but not with his brother, and he likes using the playground

    Gabriel is still a toddler who is now potty trained and can walk and talk
    His favourites are pop music, french toast, and the colour pink
    His skills are genius and brave and sharky has requested the athletic skill for him when he becomes a child
    He is a very fussy baby who is very picky about what he does when, but he learns very quickly as well. He goes to bed late, but he seems calmest in his high chair

    And now we have baby Emily who favors her father in terms of likes, which are classical music, autumn salad, and the colour orange
    Her skills so far are good natured and clumsy
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    I only played The Sims and The Sims Busting Out for the GameCube. As well as SimCity2000 for the PS One. Fun games. My favorite among them were the first one for consoles. I would spend hours on that before finally getting bored.

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    I have so many screenshots from my game! Let me just start with the most recent one for now His name is... Duane, I think? (I can't really remember since I didn't have time to play for quite a long time ) Anyway, he's my islander sim, living in Isla Paradiso, chilling on his boat house, diving, running a resort, discovering islands - you know, the usual



    Duane the captain




    Just chillin' with his best bros.


    Here's some shots after his date with Gabriella. Some of you may recognize the walk and what it means




    And for all you guys wondering...



    She said yes

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    I've been working on a new Sims Let's Play for EoFF!

    Mostly when I play The Sims though, I just like building fancy looking houses and decorating them, that's all! Maybe I'll post some pics of houses I've built when I get on Phil's computer next


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    They do :o

    Your Sim looks like a charmer

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    Quote Originally Posted by shion View Post
    They do :o

    Your Sim looks like a charmer
    I know, I made him that way Though he's not really a heartreaker - a bit of a flirt maybe, but overall a sweet, friendly guy

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