#simspressionism

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!

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