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Old 04-05-2009, 10:34 PM   #526 (permalink)
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I feel dead right now LOOL

I really should hold back on acting like a complete maniac. I'm making some lovely tea :3 Oh and I'll add a hot water bottle to that, I'm all achey.

Then I'll add in some extras ^_^
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You're still playing the sims 2? i deleted that off my comp a few days before they told us that the release date was being pushed back to June. I was SO upset!

I'm craving the game like a pregnancy craving thats how bad i am!
Yep I've still got it on here. I haven't considered deleting it yet. It's my consolation for Sims 3 not being out in February!

I can remember how exciting TS2 release was. "They've got fingers now!" haha. I think I need to ban myself from these forums. I too keep coming back in hope there are more pictures or news! Aaah... this is not healthy!
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CAS

- There is a colour palette for EVERYTHING! Clothes, eyeliner, blush, eyes, hair, you name it, it’s there. I ended up with two silver haired Sims with the deepest blue eyes you have ever seen.
- You can put freckles and/or beauty marks on your Sims.
- There’s Multicoloured blush.
- Jewelry comes with the base game.
- In the hair section, the view is of the side of the face so you can see what it looks like properly.
- There are reasonable bikinis and swimming costumes! And with the colour palette, you won’t wish to gouge your eyes out anymore!
- There are three separate voices for each age group, and you can adjust the pitch to whatever you want.
- Traits are placed in five categories – Mental, Physical, Lifestyle, Social, and All.
- There are high-heeled shoes. :P

Gameplay

The game play in this was absolutely brilliant! It was definitely my favourite part. Here’s the quick list of what I saw/learned.

- No familyfunds cheat, alas. Motherlode still works though.
- There’s no auto-load when you place a family in their first home.
- When you move to a different home, you can do it via the computer. That gives you options on who will move with you, and if you will take the furniture with you or not.
- One of the surprises happened when the person I watched entered their home for the first time and found out that her home was on an ancient burial groud, and she was asked whether she wanted to immediately get rid of the ghosts, or if she wanted to manage it. She said yes, so the lot had several ghosts in it. Later, the Repoman appeared and offered to get rid of the ghosts for her, and as she was getting bored of them she said yes. Ghostbuster Repoman to the rescue!
- SIMS CAN USE CORNER COUNTERS!
- Leftovers can be put away in the fridge.
- If you have no car but still have a drive way and a place3 to park, the welcome wagon arrives in a car.
- Flamingos can be included in the CAST, so we saw red flamingos.
- Most expensive car was 105,000 simoleons.
- There’s an option to sit on the edge of fountains.
- Tables and chairs are automatically locked together, so when you move the table the chairs come with it. Likewise, when you delete/sold the table, the chairs are deleted/sold too.
- There’s an extra-long dining table.
- Buy and build mose are either in the usual categories, or in a picture mode where you click on the item you want.
- Deja-vu furniture! There were several Sims 2 style furnishings that had been updated for the Sims 3.
- You can Engrave Epitaph on the graves, which allows you to write a short message.
- Video games within the game include NFL, Skate, and Need for Speed.
- There are ceilings.
- You can learn about Sims when you chat with them, e.g. traits, money level, careers, whether they are single, in a relationship, engaged, or married, etc.
- You can hold a baby and talk to others. Not sure about other actions.
- There’s a food called Goopy Carbonara. Yes, you get to eat Goopy.
- You can tell your Sims to automatically invite someone over by clicking their picture in the Relationships section.
- 3 volumes for Stereo – Low, Medium, or High.
- You can watch TV in High Definition.
- You can buy new cooking recipes at the bookshop.
- Computers go in the middle of desks.
- You can actually see the gossip! For example, when two of my Sims gossiped, pop-up came up saying “People are saying Tori Kinura is actually an alien, living undercover in our neighbourhood!”.
- When your Sims move to a new home, they can ‘Enthuse about New Home’ to other Sims.
- Each bookshelf has different books on it, and you can choose which ones to read. Books include the following – ‘The Crumplebootom Legacy: A Tale’, ‘Demand Excellance or You’ll get Mediocrity’, ‘Zombies? Zombies!’ and ‘The Noble History of Socks’. There’s also a number of baby/pregnancy related books for expecting mothers to read.
- Teens can hang out on playground equipment.
- Sims can get an ‘Unfinished Room’ moodlet if the room they’re in isn’t wallpapered and/or floored.
- The paper is delivered by children, and there’s a different one each day.
- When you get a job, they tell you the name of your boss so you can go and smooze them to your heart’s content.
- Advanced warning if kids/teens will bring home a friend.
- Teens and children have a curfew to be home by.
- You can talk classes at the rabbit holes which increase your skill levels.
- Raising your skill levels can give you advantages, i.e. if you increase your athletics skill, you get the option to ‘Work Out Without Making A Sweat’, meaning your Sims won’t get smelly.
- When you read the newspaper, pop-ups appear tell you what’s happened in the news.
- A townie gave birth to a baby girl called Tawanna.
- Buyable décor includes a giant MilitaryGuardTower.
- Teens don’t have Lifetime Wishes until they grow up.
- If your teens and children do really well at school and end up on the honours list, you may be able to choose their new triat when they grow up. The better you do in school, the better the trait will be if you can’t choose.
- Criminal career’s workplace is the ‘Outstanding Citizan Warehouse Corp’.

Trait-Related Stuff

Okay, in my time playing, I created three Sims – Puck, and his twin children Pietro and Wanda.

Puck - Green Thumb, Good Sense of Humour, Kleptomaniac, Dare-devil, and Family Orientated.

Pietro - Hot-Headed, Kleptomaniac, Snob, Athletic.

Wanda - Artistic, Flirty, Hot-headed, Lucky.

Puck ended up stealing a dustbin from the local park, and loved to hug his children. He was also able to talk to plants, although I don’t know if all Sims could do that or if it was because of his Green thumb. He was also able to have special options to entertain other people. His Lifetime wishes that I had to choose from was Become a Master Thief, Become an Astronaut, Be Surrounded by Family (raise 5 children from baby to teen), Have a PerfectGarden (Grow 8 Plants/Fruit), and Lap of Luxury (100,000 simoleons).

Pietro often wandered off to admire himself in the mirror, and was able to ‘Brag about Fishing Accomplishments’ after he caught a minnow. He was also able to ‘Talk about Self’ and ‘Talk about Possessions’. He was able to learn athletic Skill faster, and had the option to ‘Imply Your Mom’s A Llama’.

Wanda also had the last option, as well as several others. She had several special flirting behavours, such as ‘Confess Attraction’, ‘Give Marvelous Massage’, ‘Use Pick-up Line’, and several others. She often rolled up the wish to flirt a lot. Her Lucky trait often gave her an added moodlet which made her happier, while her artistic side often showed up in being able to ‘Talk about Art’, as well as an option when you click on her to ‘Go to Art Gallery’.

Opportunities

Over my time playing, I got the chance to see several Opportunities for my Sims. Puck had to go straight from his work at the Outstanding Citizan Warehouse Corp in order to deliver a package to City Hall. Pietro got school credit and cash for fixing the school’s boiler after school, and was later asked to catch a fish and deliver it to the Landgrabb Science Faculty for an experiment. Wanda had to read‘Demand Excellance or You’ll get Mediocrity’ for school credit, and later got the opportunity to work for DooPeasCorperateTower for school credit and cash.


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YES! I remember that, i was so excited, I copied and pasted it all into an email and sent it to my friend!
The main thing was the fact they had fingers and not paddles! hahaha

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Yep I've still got it on here. I haven't considered deleting it yet. It's my consolation for Sims 3 not being out in February!

I can remember how exciting TS2 release was. "They've got fingers now!" haha. I think I need to ban myself from these forums. I too keep coming back in hope there are more pictures or news! Aaah... this is not healthy!
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I love all these long things... hearing everything and then i need to re-read the message 3 or 4 times to get my head around it!

Jewellery! High Heels!
Actually to make it easier YAY to all!

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CAS

- There is a colour palette for EVERYTHING! Clothes, eyeliner, blush, eyes, hair, you name it, it’s there. I ended up with two silver haired Sims with the deepest blue eyes you have ever seen.
- You can put freckles and/or beauty marks on your Sims.
- There’s Multicoloured blush.
- Jewelry comes with the base game.
- In the hair section, the view is of the side of the face so you can see what it looks like properly.
- There are reasonable bikinis and swimming costumes! And with the colour palette, you won’t wish to gouge your eyes out anymore!
- There are three separate voices for each age group, and you can adjust the pitch to whatever you want.
- Traits are placed in five categories – Mental, Physical, Lifestyle, Social, and All.
- There are high-heeled shoes. :P

Gameplay

The game play in this was absolutely brilliant! It was definitely my favourite part. Here’s the quick list of what I saw/learned.

- No familyfunds cheat, alas. Motherlode still works though.
- There’s no auto-load when you place a family in their first home.
- When you move to a different home, you can do it via the computer. That gives you options on who will move with you, and if you will take the furniture with you or not.
- One of the surprises happened when the person I watched entered their home for the first time and found out that her home was on an ancient burial groud, and she was asked whether she wanted to immediately get rid of the ghosts, or if she wanted to manage it. She said yes, so the lot had several ghosts in it. Later, the Repoman appeared and offered to get rid of the ghosts for her, and as she was getting bored of them she said yes. Ghostbuster Repoman to the rescue!
- SIMS CAN USE CORNER COUNTERS!
- Leftovers can be put away in the fridge.
- If you have no car but still have a drive way and a place3 to park, the welcome wagon arrives in a car.
- Flamingos can be included in the CAST, so we saw red flamingos.
- Most expensive car was 105,000 simoleons.
- There’s an option to sit on the edge of fountains.
- Tables and chairs are automatically locked together, so when you move the table the chairs come with it. Likewise, when you delete/sold the table, the chairs are deleted/sold too.
- There’s an extra-long dining table.
- Buy and build mose are either in the usual categories, or in a picture mode where you click on the item you want.
- Deja-vu furniture! There were several Sims 2 style furnishings that had been updated for the Sims 3.
- You can Engrave Epitaph on the graves, which allows you to write a short message.
- Video games within the game include NFL, Skate, and Need for Speed.
- There are ceilings.
- You can learn about Sims when you chat with them, e.g. traits, money level, careers, whether they are single, in a relationship, engaged, or married, etc.
- You can hold a baby and talk to others. Not sure about other actions.
- There’s a food called Goopy Carbonara. Yes, you get to eat Goopy.
- You can tell your Sims to automatically invite someone over by clicking their picture in the Relationships section.
- 3 volumes for Stereo – Low, Medium, or High.
- You can watch TV in High Definition.
- You can buy new cooking recipes at the bookshop.
- Computers go in the middle of desks.
- You can actually see the gossip! For example, when two of my Sims gossiped, pop-up came up saying “People are saying Tori Kinura is actually an alien, living undercover in our neighbourhood!”.
- When your Sims move to a new home, they can ‘Enthuse about New Home’ to other Sims.
- Each bookshelf has different books on it, and you can choose which ones to read. Books include the following – ‘The Crumplebootom Legacy: A Tale’, ‘Demand Excellance or You’ll get Mediocrity’, ‘Zombies? Zombies!’ and ‘The Noble History of Socks’. There’s also a number of baby/pregnancy related books for expecting mothers to read.
- Teens can hang out on playground equipment.
- Sims can get an ‘Unfinished Room’ moodlet if the room they’re in isn’t wallpapered and/or floored.
- The paper is delivered by children, and there’s a different one each day.
- When you get a job, they tell you the name of your boss so you can go and smooze them to your heart’s content.
- Advanced warning if kids/teens will bring home a friend.
- Teens and children have a curfew to be home by.
- You can talk classes at the rabbit holes which increase your skill levels.
- Raising your skill levels can give you advantages, i.e. if you increase your athletics skill, you get the option to ‘Work Out Without Making A Sweat’, meaning your Sims won’t get smelly.
- When you read the newspaper, pop-ups appear tell you what’s happened in the news.
- A townie gave birth to a baby girl called Tawanna.
- Buyable décor includes a giant MilitaryGuardTower.
- Teens don’t have Lifetime Wishes until they grow up.
- If your teens and children do really well at school and end up on the honours list, you may be able to choose their new triat when they grow up. The better you do in school, the better the trait will be if you can’t choose.
- Criminal career’s workplace is the ‘Outstanding Citizan Warehouse Corp’.

Trait-Related Stuff

Okay, in my time playing, I created three Sims – Puck, and his twin children Pietro and Wanda.

Puck - Green Thumb, Good Sense of Humour, Kleptomaniac, Dare-devil, and Family Orientated.

Pietro - Hot-Headed, Kleptomaniac, Snob, Athletic.

Wanda - Artistic, Flirty, Hot-headed, Lucky.

Puck ended up stealing a dustbin from the local park, and loved to hug his children. He was also able to talk to plants, although I don’t know if all Sims could do that or if it was because of his Green thumb. He was also able to have special options to entertain other people. His Lifetime wishes that I had to choose from was Become a Master Thief, Become an Astronaut, Be Surrounded by Family (raise 5 children from baby to teen), Have a PerfectGarden (Grow 8 Plants/Fruit), and Lap of Luxury (100,000 simoleons).

Pietro often wandered off to admire himself in the mirror, and was able to ‘Brag about Fishing Accomplishments’ after he caught a minnow. He was also able to ‘Talk about Self’ and ‘Talk about Possessions’. He was able to learn athletic Skill faster, and had the option to ‘Imply Your Mom’s A Llama’.

Wanda also had the last option, as well as several others. She had several special flirting behavours, such as ‘Confess Attraction’, ‘Give Marvelous Massage’, ‘Use Pick-up Line’, and several others. She often rolled up the wish to flirt a lot. Her Lucky trait often gave her an added moodlet which made her happier, while her artistic side often showed up in being able to ‘Talk about Art’, as well as an option when you click on her to ‘Go to Art Gallery’.

Opportunities

Over my time playing, I got the chance to see several Opportunities for my Sims. Puck had to go straight from his work at the Outstanding Citizan Warehouse Corp in order to deliver a package to City Hall. Pietro got school credit and cash for fixing the school’s boiler after school, and was later asked to catch a fish and deliver it to the Landgrabb Science Faculty for an experiment. Wanda had to read ‘Demand Excellance or You’ll get Mediocrity’ for school credit, and later got the opportunity to work for DooPeasCorperateTower for school credit and cash.

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But yeah just the fact that now they are so connected to the world on another level, so much freedom... so much more to explore!
I'd found lettece seeds, grape seeds, unknown seeds, apple seeds. As you said earlier, I started collecting a bit earlier than you.
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so you can grow these yeah? can you sell what you grow still? any open your own business things?
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Yep, you can grow the seeds. I had a nice grape plant and lettace plant growing before I finished. Don't know about selling the stuff because I didn't get that far.
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SilentPsycho, thank you for the ossum list! Lotsa new inpho and things that are sure to be very lulzworthy when we get to play xD !

The daily news sounds hilarious!
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i jus brought more groceries from the store
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No problem noretus.
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*Revived* Tea is good~ I want to add about how you can become a partner in a business/company. For example you can buy THE Hospital for only 30,000 simoleons, my evil sim could also "troll on the forums"!

When I made my simmies makeout they wouldnt stop until I had to forcibly since I did have woohoo as the next action in line. Maybe this is different for each couple.

Also food can go bad in the fridge! Tut tut.

"- You can Engrave Epitaph on the graves, which allows you to write a short message."

Yep thats when I went off to the graveyard! haha Then changed some random persons gravestone... Ahh I feel bad about doing that now the poor thing!
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*Revived* Tea is good~ I want to add about how you can become a partner in a business/company. For example you can buy THE Hospital for only 30,000 simoleons, my evil sim could also "troll on the forums"!

When I made my simmies makeout they wouldnt stop until I had to forcibly since I did have woohoo as the next action in line. Maybe this is different for each couple.

Also food can go bad in the fridge! Tut tut.

"- You can Engrave Epitaph on the graves, which allows you to write a short message."

Yep thats when I went off to the graveyard! haha Then changed some random persons gravestone... Ahh I feel bad about doing that now the poor thing!
heheh thats mean
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I know right?! But I did it with an evil grin and additional cackling~

Aki = me. Also her hubby was quite like me too apart from stealing stuff of course.
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Hi ladies and gents


I am so sorry for the technical problems that there were at the events. I completely understand the anger, frustration and disappointment that some of you are feeling. Thank you for passing on your details to the event coordinators.

Thank you all for posting your thoughts and feedback, whether it be positive or negative.


And VampNeko, haven't you had enough sweets today already?
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I am so sorry for the technical problems that there were at the events. I completely understand the anger, frustration and disappointment that some of you are feeling. Thank you for passing on your details to the event coordinators.

Thank you all for posting your thoughts and feedback, whether it be positive or negative.


And VampNeko, haven't you had enough sweets today already?
rofl yuh may be it was tha pic n mix that gave her the headache
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And VampNeko, haven't you had enough sweets today already?
Omgh that made me crack up! My ears feel all funny too D: I think I really should not make another cup of tea since that'll be extra sugar~

Also I want to say that it was awesome to meet you in person! Your epic dearie :3 xx
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Thank you

It was lovely to meet you guys too and chat with you about your plans and discoveries. You found lots of things I had not noticed when I last got to see the game
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I came down to Manchester from Durham, got to the venue ahead of time but did get a little bit frustrated by the wait and that the HMV guys couldn't give me change for the drinks machine. I was parched.

With the hassle over only the game only being able to be loaded onto five computers, which Mike the EA Events Guy bravely did his best with, I ended up sharing my allotted time with a delightful lady - you know who you are - and we generally played around with things, creating sims, creating styles, exploring and seeing what we both liked, what one of us liked and how we feel things could be improved.

Once my brain stops whirring, I will be writing up a full review of today. Alas, all of the photos I took can't be posted for some reason but this is ok. TS3 is a great game, but as my companion of this afternoon said and I agree as it is only a month away, "I can wait".

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It was lovely to meet you guys too and chat with you about your plans and discoveries. You found lots of things I had not noticed when I last got to see the game

Muwahaha it was a great day aside from the problems i was The raly tall kid Who seemed orta quiet
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It was definately nice speaking you you and the other guy, Aurora. (If you haven't guessed I'm rubbish at remembering people's names and stuff. I did end up lost in the Tragerco after all. ) I just hope my habit of talking to my Sims as I played wasn't too annoying.
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i remebered auroras name forgot the team ea guys name though hehe
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I just hope my habit of talking to my Sims as I played wasn't too annoying.
Haha same for me with my random outbursts of excitement for every little thing I thought you were talking to me!! But it was your sims all along hehe
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- There is a colour palette for EVERYTHING! Clothes, eyeliner, blush, eyes, hair, you name it, it’s there. I ended up with two silver haired Sims with the deepest blue eyes you have ever seen.
- You can put freckles and/or beauty marks on your Sims.
- There’s Multicoloured blush.
- Jewelry comes with the base game.
- In the hair section, the view is of the side of the face so you can see what it looks like properly.
- There are reasonable bikinis and swimming costumes! And with the colour palette, you won’t wish to gouge your eyes out anymore!
- There are three separate voices for each age group, and you can adjust the pitch to whatever you want.
- Traits are placed in five categories – Mental, Physical, Lifestyle, Social, and All.
- There are high-heeled shoes. :P

Gameplay

The game play in this was absolutely brilliant! It was definitely my favourite part. Here’s the quick list of what I saw/learned.

- No familyfunds cheat, alas. Motherlode still works though.
- There’s no auto-load when you place a family in their first home.
- When you move to a different home, you can do it via the computer. That gives you options on who will move with you, and if you will take the furniture with you or not.
- One of the surprises happened when the person I watched entered their home for the first time and found out that her home was on an ancient burial groud, and she was asked whether she wanted to immediately get rid of the ghosts, or if she wanted to manage it. She said yes, so the lot had several ghosts in it. Later, the Repoman appeared and offered to get rid of the ghosts for her, and as she was getting bored of them she said yes. Ghostbuster Repoman to the rescue!
- SIMS CAN USE CORNER COUNTERS!
- Leftovers can be put away in the fridge.
- If you have no car but still have a drive way and a place3 to park, the welcome wagon arrives in a car.
- Flamingos can be included in the CAST, so we saw red flamingos.
- Most expensive car was 105,000 simoleons.
- There’s an option to sit on the edge of fountains.
- Tables and chairs are automatically locked together, so when you move the table the chairs come with it. Likewise, when you delete/sold the table, the chairs are deleted/sold too.
- There’s an extra-long dining table.
- Buy and build mose are either in the usual categories, or in a picture mode where you click on the item you want.
- Deja-vu furniture! There were several Sims 2 style furnishings that had been updated for the Sims 3.
- You can Engrave Epitaph on the graves, which allows you to write a short message.
- Video games within the game include NFL, Skate, and Need for Speed.
- There are ceilings.
- You can learn about Sims when you chat with them, e.g. traits, money level, careers, whether they are single, in a relationship, engaged, or married, etc.
- You can hold a baby and talk to others. Not sure about other actions.
- There’s a food called Goopy Carbonara. Yes, you get to eat Goopy.
- You can tell your Sims to automatically invite someone over by clicking their picture in the Relationships section.
- 3 volumes for Stereo – Low, Medium, or High.
- You can watch TV in High Definition.
- You can buy new cooking recipes at the bookshop.
- Computers go in the middle of desks.
- You can actually see the gossip! For example, when two of my Sims gossiped, pop-up came up saying “People are saying Tori Kinura is actually an alien, living undercover in our neighbourhood!”.
- When your Sims move to a new home, they can ‘Enthuse about New Home’ to other Sims.
- Each bookshelf has different books on it, and you can choose which ones to read. Books include the following – ‘The Crumplebootom Legacy: A Tale’, ‘Demand Excellance or You’ll get Mediocrity’, ‘Zombies? Zombies!’ and ‘The Noble History of Socks’. There’s also a number of baby/pregnancy related books for expecting mothers to read.
- Teens can hang out on playground equipment.
- Sims can get an ‘Unfinished Room’ moodlet if the room they’re in isn’t wallpapered and/or floored.
- The paper is delivered by children, and there’s a different one each day.
- When you get a job, they tell you the name of your boss so you can go and smooze them to your heart’s content.
- Advanced warning if kids/teens will bring home a friend.
- Teens and children have a curfew to be home by.
- You can talk classes at the rabbit holes which increase your skill levels.
- Raising your skill levels can give you advantages, i.e. if you increase your athletics skill, you get the option to ‘Work Out Without Making A Sweat’, meaning your Sims won’t get smelly.
- When you read the newspaper, pop-ups appear tell you what’s happened in the news.
- A townie gave birth to a baby girl called Tawanna.
- Buyable décor includes a giant MilitaryGuardTower.
- Teens don’t have Lifetime Wishes until they grow up.
- If your teens and children do really well at school and end up on the honours list, you may be able to choose their new triat when they grow up. The better you do in school, the better the trait will be if you can’t choose.
- Criminal career’s workplace is the ‘Outstanding Citizan Warehouse Corp’.

Trait-Related Stuff

Okay, in my time playing, I created three Sims – Puck, and his twin children Pietro and Wanda.

Puck - Green Thumb, Good Sense of Humour, Kleptomaniac, Dare-devil, and Family Orientated.

Pietro - Hot-Headed, Kleptomaniac, Snob, Athletic.

Wanda - Artistic, Flirty, Hot-headed, Lucky.

Puck ended up stealing a dustbin from the local park, and loved to hug his children. He was also able to talk to plants, although I don’t know if all Sims could do that or if it was because of his Green thumb. He was also able to have special options to entertain other people. His Lifetime wishes that I had to choose from was Become a Master Thief, Become an Astronaut, Be Surrounded by Family (raise 5 children from baby to teen), Have a PerfectGarden (Grow 8 Plants/Fruit), and Lap of Luxury (100,000 simoleons).

Pietro often wandered off to admire himself in the mirror, and was able to ‘Brag about Fishing Accomplishments’ after he caught a minnow. He was also able to ‘Talk about Self’ and ‘Talk about Possessions’. He was able to learn athletic Skill faster, and had the option to ‘Imply Your Mom’s A Llama’.

Wanda also had the last option, as well as several others. She had several special flirting behavours, such as ‘Confess Attraction’, ‘Give Marvelous Massage’, ‘Use Pick-up Line’, and several others. She often rolled up the wish to flirt a lot. Her Lucky trait often gave her an added moodlet which made her happier, while her artistic side often showed up in being able to ‘Talk about Art’, as well as an option when you click on her to ‘Go to Art Gallery’.

Opportunities

Over my time playing, I got the chance to see several Opportunities for my Sims. Puck had to go straight from his work at the Outstanding Citizan Warehouse Corp in order to deliver a package to City Hall. Pietro got school credit and cash for fixing the school’s boiler after school, and was later asked to catch a fish and deliver it to the Landgrabb Science Faculty for an experiment. Wanda had to read‘Demand Excellance or You’ll get Mediocrity’ for school credit, and later got the opportunity to work for DooPeasCorperateTower for school credit and cash.


Wow thats a lot of info, Thanks for sharing
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Haha same for me with my random outbursts of excitement for every little thing I thought you were talking to me!! But it was your sims all along hehe
Bit of this, bit of that... Don't worry, most of the time it was me talking to you, but occasionally I did vocalise my instructions for my Sims.
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