I'm guessing many will fly away to Sims 3 - but I'm not budging (not for a LONG time anyway).

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"I'm gonna smile because I deserve to........"

I'm not budging either......

A thought someone said about that new "tool" from TSR.

In order for them to be working on it since January, that must mean they have a release of the game to work with?

Sure, I can see them releasing the base workshop for free, but then when an EP comes along, or an update/upgrade is needed, they'll nail you for it, you'll need to be a subscriber to get it.

I hope they prove me wrong, but I'm highly skeptical about this. Either way, the only reason they're making their own is so that their EULA can state that the objects can be pay or free.

Interstingly enough, nobody trust's anything from TSR.

They do have some awesome meshes I like to use.

I'm kind of fond of some of the stuff from TSR. I have a bunch of the Zecutime Sofa recolors in my game made by MoMama I think it is. Plus, I have that fridge I recolored from TSR. Studio K makes some great walls and floors......

One of the girls over at Black Pearl already made two Sims from The Sims 3 avaliable for download already.

Direct Link

That was fast!

Okay......I have to confess - I DID already get Sims 3.

I know I said I wasn't going to and I've been arguing against it - but I couldn't resist so I special ordered it and got it early and I've been working on a few things.

I'd like you all to meet Gretchen Retchen - My First Sims 3 Sim.






























SHOULD I offer her for download????

Why, of course, dear!

She'll be the most popular downloaded Female Sim ever created. Everybody will want her. Hell, even I want her. And I don't even have the game!

Oh, Hunter, you traitor! lol

I can't see the picture of your sim.

I see her now. GAAAHHHH!!!!

I think I've seen a picture like that before. Where did she come from?

I Googled Fugly and that picture came up.

Fugly is what I think of the Sims 3. I'm sorry and I hate to be mean - but I do NOT like their faces. It's gonna take a whole bunch of customization to make them as attractive as Sims 2. I just LOVE my Sims 2 too much to ever give them up. I get so attached to some that I create just for the site - that I HATE removing them from my game. I feel like I'm "killing" them.

I can't imagine I'll come around to Sims 3 anytime soon.........if ever. I DO like the idea of the open neighborhood and the more customized personalities - but I don't know if that will be enough to convert me. I feel like MY SIMS have a lot of personality. They must - I talk to them, yell at them and argue with them during "photo shoots". I would say that Piper and Layla are the most difficult. Piper is difficult because SHE IS - Layla loses focus easily. Am I nuts?

I don't think you're nuts.

I've always said, I treat my pixel people as if they were human. Yes, as an adult male, I've grown emotionally attached to my Sims. Now, am I nuts?!!?

Another thing I've said was, my Sims have a unique personality all their own. I've seen it. I've witnessed it. Those two Sims, TJ and Charles constantly crack me up. (Whenever I find time to play)

The Sim the gave me the biggest problems was, the new one, Aston Redfield. For the life of me, I could not get him to sit still. That's why there's only two pictures of him. I tried so hard to get a third one. But, I would've had better luck pulling my own teeth out. I just gave up and started up GIMP.

Okay, I gotta get in on this one, you two!

Like both of you, I talk to many of my Sims and often get attached to them, as if they were actually real.
I talk to them, get annoyed with them ... especially if they are waving at me if they're bored, lonely or hungry or crouching if they have to pee ... I'm like "Well, get in there and watch some tv, for crying outloud" or "You know where the freakin' bathroom is!" lol
You get the picture.
Like yours, some of my Sims seem to take on a unique personality all their own, and I, too, get amused by so many of their antics. I become enamoured with watching them more often than not.
Several of my Sims have come to feel like old friends. I feel as though I really KNOW them. You know?

That's why this game is so endearing and addictive. We simply get attached to many of our Sims.
We care about them, as though they were not virtual little people, but actually real entities in our worlds.

Your restless Ashton and fidgety Layla crack me up, Ed and H.
I have a couple of uncooperative models like that, myself!
I'm like ... "Sit still, will ya??? Sheesh"!

You know, I think the looks of the TS3 sims is the biggest complaint I've heard about the game. I wonder if more people would be eager to buy it if the sims were better looking.

If you're nuts, Hunter, then so are we all. Sugah's dialogue with her sims sounds like me sometimes. They should be able to find the bathroom on their own, right? Why do they need to complain to us about it?

Okay......I'm gonna PROVE how nuts I am.

At my old site I had a model that whined incessantly. I had finally had enough - I mean GO TO THE BATHROOM - GET A PLATE OF FOOD (the buffet is right there for God's sake!). All of these things they could have done for themselves. Now this was all before I downloaded Insimenator into my game. With that one tool I control EVERYTHING. They never get hungry, tired, have to go to the bathroom, get overheated - etc.

Anyhoo......she was just complaining WAY too much for me. She would freaking stare up at me and holler and kick. I was like "Look - YOU BETTER back down Missy." And then I snapped - she tested me one too many times. I built a 3 x 3 square fenced in area.......no toilet, no chair - NOTHING. I put her in it. I LEFT her there. Let's just say an urn is now where SHE USED to be.

Any of you ever do THAT?

(On the point about how they look - NONE of us are crazy for thinking they're FUGLY - THEY ARE!)

I've never killed a Sim. Don't have the heart or guts too.

About the only thing that annoyed me with TJ and Charles was, I had a big office for me. Put computers in it Now, when TJ was on the one computer, Charles would throw hissy fits. I quit the game, logged on and zipped over to InSIM, made a request to see it there was a hack to stop that whining. Viola! There was! Snatched that puppy up. Now, ni more whining!

I do agree, they are so icky! It's the eyes that turn me off. Lifeless, hollow, empty..........

Em, I've heard that, too. The looks of the pixel people in Sims 3 is what many of the complaints are about. I concur on that regard, as you know. They're just plain icky.
I don't like the way they look AT ALL!

Yes, I have been THAT annoyed with a Sim or two, Hunter.

When I played TS1, I had a Sim called Bella Ziti. (She lived in the hood where everyone was named after an Italian food or drink. I fully intend on resurrecting that neighborhood for TS2 one day, incidently.)
Anyhoo, I couldn't please her, esp. regarding finding a love mate. No fella seemed good enough. No conversation was ever interesting enough. She snubbed her nose at many advances, til finally, I thought...
Well, maybe male Sims aren't her cup of tea. Maybe she preferred her own sex, romantically.

After a decent amount of time trying to hook her up with several attractive female Sims, I STILL couldn't make her happy. I got so disgusted with her after awhile, I had her dive into the pool and took away the ladder.
Later, a snacky law enforcement agent named Tony Fettucine moved into her full furnished abode (if I am remembering correctly), and he was a doll.

Regrets, you say? None, whatsoever.

I use the MaxMotives cheat when I am having a hard time keeping Sims happy. It's been a huge help to me. Sometimes, if I'm on a mission for something, I'll use motiveDecay off, too, so they remain in the green.