#simspressionism

[ace-culture-is]

Sex repulsed ace culture is never having to worry about getting pregnant by accident

[frottana-sims]

Tell me one thing tag

@simspressionism tagged me. Danköööö dafür. ;P Hmm... I had to think about it and the first random fact that occurred to me is that I rotate my plate while I eat the food on it. ^^ I don’t rotate the food, just the plate let say I eat my food in a circling way. ^^’ 

I tag @deedee-sims, @lesyasun and @sinneblommen (bc they three was the first ones who show up as I press the “@”-key)

[aondaneedles]

Sims meme

Thank you for tagging me, @taylors-simblr !

When did you start playing Sims?

2007-ish? I was babysitting my neighbours’ handicapped son with his older sister, my best friend, (I was asked because my mom works in special ed... I have no idea why they thought that would qualify me, an eleven-year-old...) and she showed me that game she’s been playing: The Sims 2. I was hooked, borrowed the base game and bought Nightlife so I could play it on our ancient family PC. Played that on that one until Sims 3 came out and I wished for a laptop for Christmas so I could play Sims 3. Played it for like 2 months and then went back to Sims 2.

Have you been playing consistently or do you have breaks inbetween?

More or less consistently. There were some breaks whenever my laptops died, but I always came back. I don’t think there’s ever been a break that was longer than 2-3 months.

Do your family & friends know that you play The Sims?

Some do. My immediate family knows, of course. I don’t run around advocating that I play the Sims, but when I click with someone (or am close friends with them)... sure, it does come up.

Do you spend more time in build or live mode? Why?

Live mode, for sure. I’m slowly getting better at building and decorating, but for a long time, I just couldn’t stand it.

Do you play with supernatural creatures (like Vampires, Werewolves etc.)? Why not?

Well, there’s a witch, two plantsims and an alien in Middleground, so you tell me.

No, but really, I love playing the supernaturals. I think they add interest to the game. I’m especially fond of the vampires in this game (I like the concept of vampires in general- the more traditional ones, at least), mostly because they were the first supernaturals I’ve been introduced to. Although their immortality might pose a problem in multigenerational gameplay...)

Do you have one specific family you play with all the time (like a legacy of some sort) or do you rotate between a couple of households?

I got into rotational play pretty early on. I was enthralled of all the stories about huge cities full of Sims (I also got into the community pretty early- the German one, that is- although I’ve always been more of a lurker). I’ve tried legacies at times, but could never stick to it (what do I do with the spares?).

Do you like to create your own neighborhoods or do you play with the existing families? Tell us about your progress :)

I like not having to build a neighbourhood, but sometimes I do. Most of the time, though, I take an existing neighbourhood and just modify it to fit my needs.

I almost always use existing Sims. Whether that means playing in premade neighbourhoods like Veronaville, Strangetown or even neighbourhoods like the amazing Viper Canyon by meetmetotheriver, or just use premade Sims, like didilysims extracted College Sims, the Pleasantview townies (like in Middleground, duh), or even downloaded Sims like hambergersims that have a connection to the premade Sims. I’m just a big fan of Eaxis genetics, it seems.

Do you create custom content? If so, what keeps you motivated? (If not, would you like to? What stops you from learning it? For players that don’t use mods, why do you stay away from CC?) 

Not really. I sometimes upload a Sim or a house (very sporadically). I’m able to delete sandals from a Maxis mesh, but that’s about it. I think it would be a pretty cool skill to have, but I don’t really have the time to learn it. I’d much rather play the game.

If there was one piece of CC or (if you play without mods) one piece you wish the developers implemented, what would it be?

Only one piece, huh? Hm... maybe a subhood for supernaturals (that counts like one piece, right?). Someplace where they can do things connected to their supernatural state?

What other expansion and/or accessoires pack do you wish the developers would have come out with?

Uff... generally speaking, I would love if there was more generational stuff. It would be nice to have more activities for the different ages. I’ve read this on a couple other Sims memes and I can only agree with it. 

Lastly, tag 5 of your favorite simblrs!

And as always I’m late to the party. I know quite a few of you already did this... I’ll just tag a few of those that show up in my recent activities. So, @simspressionism , @lilleputtu , @mooseabides , @littleblondesim and @hexagonal-bipyramid , tell us about your playstyle (if you haven’t already and feel like it)!

[medleymisty]

I think you are a very nice person, and care very much about the people you love :)

Awww! I think you’re a very cool person, and I like seeing you on my dash!

Although of course now I’m like “Gotta work on caring about people I don’t love yet too”. ;)

[deedee-sims]

Replies about rings

arrancione replied to your post “Hi Dee ���� I have a very dumb question but I really need to ask... do...”

I always hated the ring! I got an invisible replacement and some accessory rings (I think from Hat Plays The Sims) in gold and silver and

arrancione replied to your post “Hi Dee ���� I have a very dumb question but I really need to ask... do...”

Oops sorry post ran away on me. I just add the ring as an accessory now.

Hm, maybe the easiest solution is to download an invisible replacement, and add it as an accessory

strangetomato replied to your post “Hi Dee ���� I have a very dumb question but I really need to ask... do...”

I've always thought of it as one of the little ways sims differ from us, like their world having two moons.

Heh, that makes sense :D They have their own little culture and everything afterall :)

simspressionism replied to your post “Hi Dee ���� I have a very dumb question but I really need to ask... do...”

I've read that it is because engagement rings/ wedding rings were added after accessoiry rings which are worn on this finger :)

simspressionism replied to your post   “Hi Dee ���� I have a very dumb question but I really need to ask... do...”

*on the ring finger

Hm, that makes sense too! But accessory rings only appeared in an EP, didn’t they? Maybe they were just thinking ahead :)

[hexagonal-bipyramid]

Ooooh thank you!! ♥

A big thank you to @barbiepinklady, @crystaldollhouse (it’s mutual!), @deedee-sims and @simspressionism! ♥

[javapixels]

Once you get this you have to say five things you like about yourself, publicly, and then send it to ten of your favourite followers!

Thank you for the ask!Okay. Ummm…

I’m a good cook.

I make a mean cup of coffee!

I’m really good at keeping my simblr active even when I’m not around. Queue, queue, queue!!!

I’m usually calm when other people are freaking out.

I can usually learn things quickly.

[aondaneedles]

Replies

And sloppy ones at that (because I’m on my potato-laptop and that’s only marginally better than my smartphone. But has spellcheck.)

didilysims said: I feeeeeeel you.

Says the simmer who’s neighbourhood pictures make me feel green with envy (on a serious note, good to know that even you hate it!).

katatty-main said: oooh, this looks great! really good use of the maxis deco!

Wait til you see the other side of the lake... thanks for your compliment. I find it very hard to decorate full neigbourhoods, so it’s good to hear that people like it.

katatty-main said: oh, this is so exciting, looks really cool!!! i love a good gothic town, can’t wait to try this out :)

eulaliasims said: This looks awesome! :D 

taylors-simblr said: How cool! Congratulations on finishing such a big task too! :)

  Glad you like it!

simspressionism said: Ich kann mich dran erinnern, dass ich dasselbe Problem hatte, ich glaub in Verbindung mit der Integration einer back-up Nachbarschaft. Ich glaube, es könnte daran liegen, dass Sims, die man erstellt, unter anderem Namen gespeichert werden, als man sie tatsächlich benennt. Zumindest bei mir scheint es so zu sein, dass selbsterstellte Sims in SimPe andere Namen haben. Bei im Spiel geborenen Sims ergibt sich das Problem i.d.R. nicht.

simspressionism said: Wenn man die Sims in SimPe umbenennt, passiert das aber dann nicht mehr :)

Jupp, das wäre auch meine erste Idee gewesen. Ich guck mir das morgen mal an.

katatty-main said: i’ve had this problem too and had to change the names in SimPE some downloaders of europa have also had this issue - i think it’s caused by different language versions? like if you made it in a german-language game english games will attempt to “translate”, but not sure

It appears that when you don’t “confirm” a name in SimPE (e.g. change it), the game will think they have no name and assign a random name to it in the game language (my SimPE does something like this, too. I guess it’s confused because my game language is set to American English, while my system language is German). Already thought “confirming” the names in SimPE will solve it. I’ll try it out tomorrow and see if it’ll work.