Greetings, Earthlings! I believe yesterday I mentioned talking about my own characters in The Sims 2. Maybe I'll do that briefly. Do it because I love them. Briefly because you probably don't care as much.
I created a neighborhood whose name I will not mention because I lack creativity in this regard. But as many expansion packs as I have, those are how many special Sims I have in this neighborhood, with the exception of one that I am still currently in the process of getting.
The base game contains aliens. My neighborhood contains two aliens. One is currently an elder with three children, four grandchildren (one of whom is adopted), and a fifth grandchild on the way. One of her grandchildren, brother to the one adopted, is an alien as well, currently a teenager. His father, my original alien's son, was abducted.
Nightlife contains vampires. Mine is a woman with a Romance Aspiration. She is engaged to the Count but has so far avoided marriage to him. She has raised their daughter to a teenager, and she also has another child who is a toddler (I forgot whose son this one is).
Pets contains werewolves. This one was pretty difficult, but I eventually got one of my characters to befriend the glowing-eyed wolf and it bit her. Then I had her go out into downtown and convert at least four other down/townies to werewolfism.
Seasons contains plant Sims. That's the one I have yet to obtain in my own neighborhood. Of course Riverblossom Hill already has them, and one of the premade characters there I turned into a plant Sim without meaning to.
But aside from all these unusual Sims, I do have a few normal families. My elder alien's two younger children, for instance, both are leading normal lives. Although I do have a story to tell about her younger son. He is a family Sim, married to a family Sim, they have two children, and they want more. But unfortunately, they can't. The wife had difficulties getting pregnant the first time, and the second time she got really sick (pregnant sick, not a cold or pneumonia or anything). So it's too risky to have another child; the next one may kill her. No, don't even try to protest that the game makes that impossible; I'm building a storyline here. ;) Oooh, only just now had a thought that should've been obvious - adoption! xD
You are a terrific, idea-generating, patient audience! Thank you for this past week-and-a-day of Sims 2 talk. I'm probably going to end it here and start on something else tomorrow. Who knows yet what that will be; but it'll be, eventually. Ciao!
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Saturday, November 9, 2013
Friday, November 8, 2013
The Sims 2 Pt. 7
You know what? Now that I'm done describing the characters in The Sims 2 neighborhood Pleasantview, I'm at a loss again. I mean, sure, there are two other neighborhoods in the base game, plus the one that came with Seasons, as well as any I made myself. However, I didn't spend as much time in any of those.
Strangetown. Way out in the desert, complete with aliens and mad scientists. I played a couple of the families, but not enough to get a grasp on the characters and fix anything that needed it.
Veronaville. Basically Romeo and Juliet. In fact, that's even the main teenagers' names. There are two feuding families and one (maybe a couple more) neutral family. I played Juliet's family for a while, but it's sort of discouraging when everyone in the family comes down with a cold at the same time - then recovers and catches it again. But while I was playing it, I worked to try patching things up between the two families.
Riverblossom Hills. The neighborhood that came with Seasons. I played it to get a handle on how the seasons and gardening worked, so I played a couple families for a while, but nothing major. What I did do while experimenting with weather and gardens was work out the romance somewhat. I found a girlfriend for Leod McGreggor. I reunited Gabe O'Mackey with his wife Alexandra. And I was in the process of finding boyfriends for Patricia Wan (considering Gabe is now taken) and Cleo Shikibu.
And that's all of the premade neighborhoods in The Sims 2. I have made a neighborhood of my own, populating it with just about everything under the sun - and moon. Would you be interested in hearing about that? Or would something non-canon be uninteresting to people other than its creator?
Strangetown. Way out in the desert, complete with aliens and mad scientists. I played a couple of the families, but not enough to get a grasp on the characters and fix anything that needed it.
Veronaville. Basically Romeo and Juliet. In fact, that's even the main teenagers' names. There are two feuding families and one (maybe a couple more) neutral family. I played Juliet's family for a while, but it's sort of discouraging when everyone in the family comes down with a cold at the same time - then recovers and catches it again. But while I was playing it, I worked to try patching things up between the two families.
Riverblossom Hills. The neighborhood that came with Seasons. I played it to get a handle on how the seasons and gardening worked, so I played a couple families for a while, but nothing major. What I did do while experimenting with weather and gardens was work out the romance somewhat. I found a girlfriend for Leod McGreggor. I reunited Gabe O'Mackey with his wife Alexandra. And I was in the process of finding boyfriends for Patricia Wan (considering Gabe is now taken) and Cleo Shikibu.
And that's all of the premade neighborhoods in The Sims 2. I have made a neighborhood of my own, populating it with just about everything under the sun - and moon. Would you be interested in hearing about that? Or would something non-canon be uninteresting to people other than its creator?
Thursday, November 7, 2013
The Sims 2 Pt. 6
Not only is today my fiftieth post in fifty days (who ever thought I would make it this far?), but it's also the fifth post in a row of actually knowing what I'm going to make my post about! Let's hear it for progress!
Back in the Sims 2 neighborhood Pleasantview, let's kick things off with the Caliente twins mentioned in the last post. Dina Caliente. How else can I describe her but as a gold digger? She dates Mortimer Goth, driven by her want to marry a rich Sim. So I did have her propose to him, but I held off on the wedding. Again, this is because I was a newbie who didn't know if pre-wedding arrangements were necessary.
Moving on to her sister Nina Caliente, the only thing of significance I can remember is that I got her want of a job in the Slacker career field fulfilled. As I said in the last post, she went on a date with Don Lothario, but that was as I was playing him, not her. Oh, here's a funny story I just remembered. When Don was found out to be cheating on Cassandra, I tried to have him make up with her. But of course since Nina was in vicinity (you really would've thought this would be obvious, but it wasn't to me) she got upset that he was cheating on her.
Now on to the Pleasant family! ...Yeah, the one that's not really very pleasant. Daniel Pleasant, I decided, was going to avoid his fear of getting caught cheating by simply not cheating. I tried patching up his relationship with his wife and his daughters.
Mary-Sue Pleasant was very focused on her job and gaining skill points and the like. I worked on that, but also made her available for time with her husband.
Angela Pleasant, the one who's dating Dustin. Why is she the one dating the bad boy, and her twin rebel sister Lilith Pleasant dating the guy who actually seems to want to work for his more honest living? Oh well, the world may never know. I think with these two girls, I worked on skills and relationships with each other and their parents.
Well, I believe that is all of the premade families in The Sims 2 neighborhood Pleasantview. Hope you enjoyed! Bye!
Back in the Sims 2 neighborhood Pleasantview, let's kick things off with the Caliente twins mentioned in the last post. Dina Caliente. How else can I describe her but as a gold digger? She dates Mortimer Goth, driven by her want to marry a rich Sim. So I did have her propose to him, but I held off on the wedding. Again, this is because I was a newbie who didn't know if pre-wedding arrangements were necessary.
Moving on to her sister Nina Caliente, the only thing of significance I can remember is that I got her want of a job in the Slacker career field fulfilled. As I said in the last post, she went on a date with Don Lothario, but that was as I was playing him, not her. Oh, here's a funny story I just remembered. When Don was found out to be cheating on Cassandra, I tried to have him make up with her. But of course since Nina was in vicinity (you really would've thought this would be obvious, but it wasn't to me) she got upset that he was cheating on her.
Now on to the Pleasant family! ...Yeah, the one that's not really very pleasant. Daniel Pleasant, I decided, was going to avoid his fear of getting caught cheating by simply not cheating. I tried patching up his relationship with his wife and his daughters.
Mary-Sue Pleasant was very focused on her job and gaining skill points and the like. I worked on that, but also made her available for time with her husband.
Angela Pleasant, the one who's dating Dustin. Why is she the one dating the bad boy, and her twin rebel sister Lilith Pleasant dating the guy who actually seems to want to work for his more honest living? Oh well, the world may never know. I think with these two girls, I worked on skills and relationships with each other and their parents.
Well, I believe that is all of the premade families in The Sims 2 neighborhood Pleasantview. Hope you enjoyed! Bye!
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
The Sims 2 Pt 5
Today will make the fifth post about The Sims 2. I suppose you're waiting to find out what else I did for the drama-filled lives of the other families? Unfortunately, I didn't play those other families very much, so I didn't have much time to correct anything. I mostly just tried to fulfill wants.
Mortimer Goth wanted to go on a date with one of the Caliente girls. So I made the random decision to call over Dina Caliente, and eventually the two became engaged.
Cassandra Goth wanted to marry her fiancé Don Lothario right there at that first visit I made to the Goth home. Unfortunately, since I had no experience with Sims 2 weddings as of then, I was a bit hesitant to "Propose Marriage" because I wasn't sure if any wedding arrangements needed to be made first. Besides, I knew Don was bad for her. However, I wasn't sure if I wanted to break up an official couple.
Alexander Goth was a child who just wanted attention from his sister and father. These were easy enough to fulfill.
Don Lothario wanted dates. Lots of them, with lots of different people. As a Romance Sim, he definitely craved having affairs. And me being the rookie I was, had him take Nina Caliente on a date to a public place where Cassandra Goth found them. Serves Don right, actually.
Calientes and Pleasants to follow tomorrow. Have a great day!
Mortimer Goth wanted to go on a date with one of the Caliente girls. So I made the random decision to call over Dina Caliente, and eventually the two became engaged.
Cassandra Goth wanted to marry her fiancé Don Lothario right there at that first visit I made to the Goth home. Unfortunately, since I had no experience with Sims 2 weddings as of then, I was a bit hesitant to "Propose Marriage" because I wasn't sure if any wedding arrangements needed to be made first. Besides, I knew Don was bad for her. However, I wasn't sure if I wanted to break up an official couple.
Alexander Goth was a child who just wanted attention from his sister and father. These were easy enough to fulfill.
Don Lothario wanted dates. Lots of them, with lots of different people. As a Romance Sim, he definitely craved having affairs. And me being the rookie I was, had him take Nina Caliente on a date to a public place where Cassandra Goth found them. Serves Don right, actually.
Calientes and Pleasants to follow tomorrow. Have a great day!
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
The Sims 2 Pt. 4
Still in The Sims 2 neighborhood Pleasantview, let's move on to the Broke family. This family also consists of a single parent, as Brandi's husband Skip died very recently. She is left to raise her sons teenage rebel Dustin and toddler Beau on her own, not to mention we soon find out she's pregnant.
I remember the first time I played this family. I couldn't understand why Brandi's needs dropped so quickly. She was fine one moment, then suddenly she needed everything at once! When her stomach began to expand, I actually just thought she was gaining weight in general. And when she waddled, I remember thinking that she weirdly was acting like she was pregnant. (Please keep in mind this is back when I first began this computer game, and I had as yet not played any expecting mothers. Besides, I had not had her try for a baby with anyone.) Finally when she had her new son and went back to normal, I understood. I must admit, I did not try to tackle the nightmare of getting her stats back to normal while simultaneously raising a newborn and a toddler; I worked on solving this problem another way that I will tell you later.
But in the meantime, while I'm being confused about Brandi's big belly, I'm also trying to help out Dustin and Beau. Beau, to be honest, I just took care of as a side project, unfortunately. He was the least messed-up member of the family, so I simply put him in and out of his crib when necessary and kept him occupied with his musical toy. Anytime I thought Brandi and/or Dustin had time and energy to spare, I had them teach him the toddler skills he needed.
Moving on to Dustin, I worked to change him to a responsible man of the house. You may consider the method I used cheating, but I used the Reno-Yu-Senso Orb, or whatever it's called, to change his aspiration to family so that his lifetime want would no longer be to enter the criminal field. He started doing his homework, with Brandi's help the first time, and got a job. He rejected Angela's offer to sneak out, which I later found out that he would have been caught by the police had he gone. But I did try to keep his relationship with his girlfriend up. Dustin did pretty great for a while, but a teenager's income really wasn't enough.
So moving on to my blanket solution. I stopped playing the Broke family, and I created another family: a single father with his teenage daughter. Once the father was prosperous enough, I built a large new house and had the two move in. He and Brandi, fortunately, had good chemistry with one another, so it was relatively simple to have them fall in love. He proposed, Brandi and her family moved in, her stats were normal, and Dustin had the huge weight of sole responsibility removed. Now I had two teens and two adults to take care of Brandi's two young'uns and the new baby I decided she would have with her new husband. Everybody's happy, yay!
Wow, long post. But now I'm done ranting about this family, so I'll end it here. Until tomorrow, everyone!
I remember the first time I played this family. I couldn't understand why Brandi's needs dropped so quickly. She was fine one moment, then suddenly she needed everything at once! When her stomach began to expand, I actually just thought she was gaining weight in general. And when she waddled, I remember thinking that she weirdly was acting like she was pregnant. (Please keep in mind this is back when I first began this computer game, and I had as yet not played any expecting mothers. Besides, I had not had her try for a baby with anyone.) Finally when she had her new son and went back to normal, I understood. I must admit, I did not try to tackle the nightmare of getting her stats back to normal while simultaneously raising a newborn and a toddler; I worked on solving this problem another way that I will tell you later.
But in the meantime, while I'm being confused about Brandi's big belly, I'm also trying to help out Dustin and Beau. Beau, to be honest, I just took care of as a side project, unfortunately. He was the least messed-up member of the family, so I simply put him in and out of his crib when necessary and kept him occupied with his musical toy. Anytime I thought Brandi and/or Dustin had time and energy to spare, I had them teach him the toddler skills he needed.
Moving on to Dustin, I worked to change him to a responsible man of the house. You may consider the method I used cheating, but I used the Reno-Yu-Senso Orb, or whatever it's called, to change his aspiration to family so that his lifetime want would no longer be to enter the criminal field. He started doing his homework, with Brandi's help the first time, and got a job. He rejected Angela's offer to sneak out, which I later found out that he would have been caught by the police had he gone. But I did try to keep his relationship with his girlfriend up. Dustin did pretty great for a while, but a teenager's income really wasn't enough.
So moving on to my blanket solution. I stopped playing the Broke family, and I created another family: a single father with his teenage daughter. Once the father was prosperous enough, I built a large new house and had the two move in. He and Brandi, fortunately, had good chemistry with one another, so it was relatively simple to have them fall in love. He proposed, Brandi and her family moved in, her stats were normal, and Dustin had the huge weight of sole responsibility removed. Now I had two teens and two adults to take care of Brandi's two young'uns and the new baby I decided she would have with her new husband. Everybody's happy, yay!
Wow, long post. But now I'm done ranting about this family, so I'll end it here. Until tomorrow, everyone!
Monday, November 4, 2013
The Sims 2 Pt. 3
Alright, so do you want to know some of the stuff I did to unravel the drama in the Sims 2 neighborhood Pleasantview? Let's take a look. Please note that since I played these premade Sims back while I was still getting used to the game, I turned the aging off to give myself unlimited problem-solving time.
As I said yesterday, the Dreamer household (with Darren and Dirk) was the one I played most often. It was more or less my testing grounds for a lot of basics like homeworking, skill building, job ladder climbing, private school enrolling, romancing, etc.
Yes, I did say homeworking. And the reason I said it was because Dirk would put his homework on a desk and be unable to get it back to work on it. It was an absolute nightmare before I figured out I had to fill that empty desk space so he would put his homework on the floor to be able to work on it. But once I had that figured out, it was more or less just instinct to have him ask Darren to help him with it. Dirk learned to study, yay! His grades went up, yay!
But the real nightmare with Dirk came in trying to enroll him in the private school. I must've gone through about four or five disasters before even just figuring out how to serve the headmaster a meal... One memorable evening, the shower was even broken and flooding the bathroom, and Darren had burned the food I tried to have him prepare! I did eventually (barely) pass, and Dirk completed that want of his to go to private school. Yay!
Now Darren. His big thing was his crush on Cassandra, right? But she was engaged to another man. Solution: have Darren fall in love with another woman, this time someone available. So I had him check out some girls, and eventually settled on one. I never did get to the point in their relationship to have them marry, though. Maybe I should go back to this household and correct this sad, sad issue.
Anyways, those are the major things I remember working on with them. I'm realizing now that there were probably more things I could have done. Dirk has a bad relationship with his girlfriend's dad, right? I could've tried straightening that out. And what about a job for Darren? Should I have kept him at home, even though he had some wants to enter a career in the science or medicine field? He is an artist, after all.
Well, I think that should be it for this post. Tomorrow, I suppose you have the Broke family to look forward to! Yay!
As I said yesterday, the Dreamer household (with Darren and Dirk) was the one I played most often. It was more or less my testing grounds for a lot of basics like homeworking, skill building, job ladder climbing, private school enrolling, romancing, etc.
Yes, I did say homeworking. And the reason I said it was because Dirk would put his homework on a desk and be unable to get it back to work on it. It was an absolute nightmare before I figured out I had to fill that empty desk space so he would put his homework on the floor to be able to work on it. But once I had that figured out, it was more or less just instinct to have him ask Darren to help him with it. Dirk learned to study, yay! His grades went up, yay!
But the real nightmare with Dirk came in trying to enroll him in the private school. I must've gone through about four or five disasters before even just figuring out how to serve the headmaster a meal... One memorable evening, the shower was even broken and flooding the bathroom, and Darren had burned the food I tried to have him prepare! I did eventually (barely) pass, and Dirk completed that want of his to go to private school. Yay!
Now Darren. His big thing was his crush on Cassandra, right? But she was engaged to another man. Solution: have Darren fall in love with another woman, this time someone available. So I had him check out some girls, and eventually settled on one. I never did get to the point in their relationship to have them marry, though. Maybe I should go back to this household and correct this sad, sad issue.
Anyways, those are the major things I remember working on with them. I'm realizing now that there were probably more things I could have done. Dirk has a bad relationship with his girlfriend's dad, right? I could've tried straightening that out. And what about a job for Darren? Should I have kept him at home, even though he had some wants to enter a career in the science or medicine field? He is an artist, after all.
Well, I think that should be it for this post. Tomorrow, I suppose you have the Broke family to look forward to! Yay!
Sunday, November 3, 2013
The Sims 2 Pt. 2
Maybe I'll talk a little more about The Sims 2 today. Who knows how long this topic can stretch on, but I may as well take advantage of it while I can.
Pleasantview. That's the name of the first neighborhood I played. Those of you who have played the first Sims are probably more familiar with it than I am; I get the sense this neighborhood has a lot of history to it that's known by fans.
The Goth family, for instance. Mortimer's wife Bella is missing, and now he lives as a single parent with his adult daughter and child son. His daughter, Cassandra, is engaged to the man who is rumored to have been the last to see Bella Goth. But another man has his eye on Cassandra, a man who has a teenaged son of his own. Can you say drama?
But wait, there's more! Mortimer has his own eye on one of the two sisters that recently moved into town, and I believe I saw something about Cassandra's fiancé Don having an affair with the other sister. What is this all about!?
Moving back to the man who wishes he were Cassandra's fiancé, Darren is having some issues with his son Dirk. Dirk strikes me as a rebellious teen, and he's dating a girl who is also rebellious. I have to admit, this is the household I played most often, with aging turned off. Their problems were eventually straightened out - yay! But I never did try to mess up Dirk's romance with Lilith Pleasant.
The Pleasant family. Lilith is dating Dirk. Her parents seem to be on the brink of a divorce, thanks to the mother Mary-Sue's constant working and the father Daniel's having an affair. Lilith is the black sheep in her family, not getting along with either of her parents, and certainly not with her twin sister Angela. The two girls may have similar genetics, but they look at life completely differently. Lilith chooses the Gothic look, and Angela wears a very light-colored sun dress.
Angela is dating a boy named Dustin Broke. The Broke family is, unfortunately, well-named. They not only have no money, but they seem to be a broken family as well. Dustin wants to enter the career world as a criminal. His mother, Brandi, was recently widowed. On her own, without any job, she must find a way to provide for Dustin, her toddler son Beau, and her as-yet unborn baby.
Whew, I think I may have just barely managed to cover all the premade families in this neighborhood. Drama left and right, that's for sure. Maybe tomorrow I'll talk about some of my personal experiences in this neighborhood and some of the things I've tried in order to make some of these families happier.
Pleasantview. That's the name of the first neighborhood I played. Those of you who have played the first Sims are probably more familiar with it than I am; I get the sense this neighborhood has a lot of history to it that's known by fans.
The Goth family, for instance. Mortimer's wife Bella is missing, and now he lives as a single parent with his adult daughter and child son. His daughter, Cassandra, is engaged to the man who is rumored to have been the last to see Bella Goth. But another man has his eye on Cassandra, a man who has a teenaged son of his own. Can you say drama?
But wait, there's more! Mortimer has his own eye on one of the two sisters that recently moved into town, and I believe I saw something about Cassandra's fiancé Don having an affair with the other sister. What is this all about!?
Moving back to the man who wishes he were Cassandra's fiancé, Darren is having some issues with his son Dirk. Dirk strikes me as a rebellious teen, and he's dating a girl who is also rebellious. I have to admit, this is the household I played most often, with aging turned off. Their problems were eventually straightened out - yay! But I never did try to mess up Dirk's romance with Lilith Pleasant.
The Pleasant family. Lilith is dating Dirk. Her parents seem to be on the brink of a divorce, thanks to the mother Mary-Sue's constant working and the father Daniel's having an affair. Lilith is the black sheep in her family, not getting along with either of her parents, and certainly not with her twin sister Angela. The two girls may have similar genetics, but they look at life completely differently. Lilith chooses the Gothic look, and Angela wears a very light-colored sun dress.
Angela is dating a boy named Dustin Broke. The Broke family is, unfortunately, well-named. They not only have no money, but they seem to be a broken family as well. Dustin wants to enter the career world as a criminal. His mother, Brandi, was recently widowed. On her own, without any job, she must find a way to provide for Dustin, her toddler son Beau, and her as-yet unborn baby.
Whew, I think I may have just barely managed to cover all the premade families in this neighborhood. Drama left and right, that's for sure. Maybe tomorrow I'll talk about some of my personal experiences in this neighborhood and some of the things I've tried in order to make some of these families happier.
Saturday, November 2, 2013
The Sims 2
Because I'm having a difficult time coming up with a topic, I'm grabbing the first idea that could actually stretch out into a post rather than a sentence. So how about Sims? More specifically, Sims 2, because that's all I've ever really played.
I've played a couple of Sims 2 games for the GBA, like Pets and... One other one... Maybe it was just the Sims 2 for my GBA. The one where your character is an actor/actress moving into town to be in a sort of reality TV or something? Honestly, the plotline always confused me as a kid; all I knew was I liked the game.
As for Sims 2 Pets (for GBA), I understood that one a lot better. You're moving into a town that's centered around their pets. You can get jobs walking pets, putting yours on for show, playing doctor on other pets, or something with reading pets' minds. Or you could do it the easy way out: buy an art easel and paint for a living. My characters could sell paintings for a lot of Simoleans, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who took advantage of it. It was also fun training pets and stuff, and following all the mini plot points throughout.
Relatively more recently, I got the game Sims 2 for my computer. I currently have the expansion packs Nightlife, Pets, and Seasons, plus the stuff pack Celebration. This thing. Is so fun. And addicting. And time monopolizing. I have to leave it at home while I'm at college so I don't distract myself too badly. As it is, just my computer itself is distracting enough.
Maybe I'll get into the specifics of this game in another post. I've got tons of information to share here. =D Until tomorrow, then, people!
I've played a couple of Sims 2 games for the GBA, like Pets and... One other one... Maybe it was just the Sims 2 for my GBA. The one where your character is an actor/actress moving into town to be in a sort of reality TV or something? Honestly, the plotline always confused me as a kid; all I knew was I liked the game.
As for Sims 2 Pets (for GBA), I understood that one a lot better. You're moving into a town that's centered around their pets. You can get jobs walking pets, putting yours on for show, playing doctor on other pets, or something with reading pets' minds. Or you could do it the easy way out: buy an art easel and paint for a living. My characters could sell paintings for a lot of Simoleans, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who took advantage of it. It was also fun training pets and stuff, and following all the mini plot points throughout.
Relatively more recently, I got the game Sims 2 for my computer. I currently have the expansion packs Nightlife, Pets, and Seasons, plus the stuff pack Celebration. This thing. Is so fun. And addicting. And time monopolizing. I have to leave it at home while I'm at college so I don't distract myself too badly. As it is, just my computer itself is distracting enough.
Maybe I'll get into the specifics of this game in another post. I've got tons of information to share here. =D Until tomorrow, then, people!
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