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Had some time to open BS and finally work on the requested sims I promised I’d make. 😦 I wish I had more wrinkle makeup options other than “subtle” and “raisin”.

I need all the help I can get on these ones, ‘cause I’ve been staring at them for too long. Suggestions?

11 questions meme

I got tagged aaages ago by tacozmonkey (thank you! *hugs*)

rule one: always post the rules. rule two: answer the questions asked by your tagger and ask 11 more. rule three: tag 11 people and link them to this post. rule four: actually tell them you tagged them

What sim world would you live in if you could?
Umm… Monte Vista or Sunlit Tides, I guess.

What was the last book you read?
“The Brothers Karamazov”. Considering all the good stuff I’d heard about Dostoyevsky, it was actually quite disappointing. To each their own, I guess.

What is you favorite TV series to watch right now?
I didn’t have a lot of time for that lately. Does Q.I. count? M.A.S.H.? I know, I’m lame 😦 *hides under blanket* 

Do you have a favorite decorating style?
In the sims: grunge. I have no idea why, I just keep coming back to it. I have sim families with hundreds of thousands of simoleons in their account living in absolute hovels. In real life: art nouveau.

What is a pet peeve of yours?
People looking at my laptop screen uninvited while I’m doing literally anything on it. Even if it’s nothing important or particularly private. They tend to ask questions too 😡

What really annoys you most about your current sim game?
I have a bunch of geneticised skins in my game that I’m kind of bored of. I can’t delete them ‘cause a bunch of playables and townies already spawned with them, and fixing everyone’s genetics takes forever. I have to wait for the neighbourhood to become to buggy/boring to play.

What season is it where you live?
Autumn. It’s still pretty warm though, so no complaints here.

If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
And not get sick of it? Honestly, nothing. I have foods I love, but still refuse to eat more than once a month.

What do you like to do on a rainy day?
Sleep? Sleep. Or waste time on my laptop.

If you could choose any era to live in, what would it be?
I’m going to be boring and say “there’s no time like the present”. Because the internet is cool. And so is not dying of smallpox.

If you’re reading this, haven’t done the meme yet, and want to, then I tag you 😀

Sims meme

I was tagged by iakoasims (yey! Thank You!). 

1. When did you start playing The Sims 2?
May-June 2005, I think? I was lurking on the Exchange and Mod the Sims way before that, though, getting excited about the gameplay and CC.

2. What did you like the most about The Sims 2?
The fact that you can play the game for years and still discover new things and funny details. And the community! I think the game would’ve lost it’s lustre if not for the amazing custom content being released by all the awesome and talented creators that we’ve had over the years.

3. What did you spend most of your time doing in The Sims 2?
Definitely playing. That, or downloading CC. Not sure if that counts as being done in the game, though. I like both making sims and decorating homes, but inspiration doesn’t strike me that often.

4. One thing you won’t forget about The Sims 2?
The random glitches! The last one was best. My sim went on a date with her vampire lover. Upon arriving on a community lot, the vampire spooked my sim (via the “Bleh!” interaction), made her piss herself, then promptly ended the date (with the meter fully in the red). A message popped up saying my sim was a jerk and didn’t care about her lover’s needs.

5. One thing that annoyed you the most about The Sims 2?
The game is/was full of bugs and you need to be up to date to know what to (not) do to prevent it from turning into a BFBVFS.

6. How has The Sims 2 impacted your life?
It was the first hobby I really dedicated a lot of time and attention to. Also, being part of the community (even though I lurked for most of the time) exposed me to a lot of new ideas and aesthetics.

7. Will you be playing The Sims 2 after the release of The Sims 4?
Certainly! I’m not planning on abandoning it just because TS4 came out. I’m not even sure I’m getting TS4. It has the same two problems that all instalments of the game had. First, the base game feels incomplete, partly because we’re comparing it to our current game, the one with butt-loads of CC and EPs and SPs, and partly because EA purposely releases incomplete games, to cash in on our need for content by releasing it later, bit by bit (the first furniture sets that were released with TS3 and the overpriced neighbourhoods come to mind). Second, EA releases buggy, half-assed games. Does anyone remember the “maid cleaning the aquarium” glitch in TS2? The one they patched after every EP only to break again with the release of the next one? As far as I’m concerned, there’s no point in acquiring the game before the mods have had a chance to fix it.

Okay, this came out more wordy than originally planned. Sorry?