hey yall! im issi (she/her) and 21 years old. i love the sims 3 and this tumblr community so i wanted to make my own intro post.
ive been lurking and reblogging cc, but ive always wanted to share my screenshots and stories from my legacy saves. i hope yall enjoy them as much as i do :D
keep reading for more rambling
i used to play sims 4 but switched to sims 3 in late 2023. im definetly one of those people that thinks sims 3 is better than the sims 4 but i still like looking at sims 4 screenshots lol. i also don't have a nostalgic connection to the sims 3 like a lot of other people but i still think its amazing and i have about 400 hrs so far
i have most my sims content up already on my personal website, but i think tumblr is a much better format than static sites on updating gameplay. and ofc i will be reblogging cc!!
the picture above is from my current save in bridgeport. the heir is actually the guy (turned away from the camera...) and his name is reon. im lowkeyly obsessed with him and u can see some art of him on my website too lol
ok i rambled a lot sorryyyy this page will also prolly be 18+ or atleast 16+ idk
spent the whole day doing this instead of actually playing the game lmao. they are super rich and super celebrities now so i figured they should have formal photos done
my laptop makes my screenshots look so chopped compared to my desktop ;-; how do i fix that bruh
Do you use the NRaas mods? Has the information on the NRaas website and forum ever been useful to you? If so, a moment of your time please!
I’d like to share the current situation with Simblr – which you can also read about directly from the site owner here:
https://www.nraas.net/community/topic15428
While it seemed like we were entering an era of old-internet revival and indie websites in the fight against the dead-internet, a significant road block has emerged. Prices have inflated drastically for server parts, memory, storage, and server-hosting itself. This puts all non-profit online communities in peril.
As a result, the site owner has opened a Patreon so that the community can help cover the costs of keeping us online.
Important clarification:
The NRaas mods are NEVER going to be paywalled.
The project will remain open-source and free for everyone. Donations are optional.
These mods are still in active development!
The site and mods have been maintained by Chain_Reaction since Twallan's retirement, providing countless updates and support. Lots of cool stuff over there if you haven't updated in a hot minute.
There is no pressure to donate if your situation does not allow for it. Thank you for the consideration!
Long post ahead with information on the situation and some incentives for reaching membership goals.
If you've had some trouble accessing the site over the past week or so:
The situation is directly caused by the greed and encroachment of something we’re all uncomfortably familiar with: AI companies and the companies investing in them (of simmer relevance, that includes EA and Krafton (InZoi)).
NRaas is not the first nor will it be the last to be affected. Website servers already suffer from bots trawling and scraping their content – including your content that you write and share just about anywhere. Now they’re being bought off entirely.
Archives and file-hosting are at high risk. Myrient is a recent example of an archive that went offline for this very reason.
It can feel a bit grim, but I want to assure you that the burden isn't yours to bear as an individual. As a community, it's actually quite easy to become hostile - and more important, unprofitable - to these invasive species as it were.
The past 26 years of modding and storytelling was OVERWHELMINGLY built upon free software, non-profit websites, and shared resources. A few unscrupulous paywallers and corporate greed isn't going to rewrite that history. Greed is the minority - but it does try to eat everything in its path.
That's all I ask - if you enjoy the fruits of The Sims community or enjoy being a part of it, make it just a little more inconvenient to swallow us.
Do not tolerate GenAI in our community spaces.
Do not support EA or Krafton. Let obscurity and irrelevancy devour them.
Do participate in the community wherever you think you'd find a little piece of purpose - make a blog for your stories, come chat with us in the Chatterbox forum at NRaas, make your first mod.
Lastly:
In a separate post, I'll be posting some CC incentives that will be released as milestones are reached. This content will not be paywalled - it will be posted for free as thanks to the community.
This is being offered on my own accord and is not the official reward for any particular tier. None of the proceeds are going to me!
Please look out for that over the weekend, I still need to take all of the preview screenshots which is perhaps the least exciting part of making CC.
And thank you, on behalf of the volunteers at NRaas.
they both had no one to go with because they have zero friends, so they ended up going by themselves. I think they had fun?
my gen 3 heir is Ayesha and the boy is her older brother Javani <3
for the 3rd pic i tried to capture the vibe of your mom forcing you to take a photo with your sibling but you don't really know how to pose together so you just kinda stand there awkwardly i hope it worked
Lyralei's Pose Addon came in CLUTCHHH for the first pose. with this mod i was able to keep this pose but turn her head to get the back of the dress. so thank you to those creators!
about them being losers.. i havent got the chance to focus on these sims that much yet. i'm still playing their father (who only has 2 weeks left as an adult T_T) and trying to get to the top of his career in the director branch.
i finally got him to 5 star celebrity level (there were no 5 stars left in the world) and i really really want him to get the electric guitar gift because its so perfect for him. so yea all that to say im still playing out gen 2 so my teen sims are super neglected lol.
bonus pic of the father reon and his even more neglected child noelle
thanks to random genetics mod for making her a beautiful mix of her parents and not just a clone of her mom
the gen 3 heir is almost all grown up omigod. i wanted to give her the mid 2000s indie sleaze vibe but i realized theres a severe lack of teen cc in my game. like its actually abysmal theres not even a cute jacket for her outerwear. so ill have to give her a double makeover, not that im complaining ahaha
my plan for here is to explore both the daycare career and the sculpting skill!
on the left is reon and on the right is his oldest kid javani. this is lowkeyly the only father-son bonding theyve ever done.
javani is not our heir but i think hes freaking adorable. looks like a nerd, has no friends his age, enjoys going to the cemetery... how could i not like him