Exactly my feeling. The modders are great. Being able to download things is fantastic. BUT, it's the community that makes or breaks a site. If people bring up a valid concern, and do it in a mature and civilized manner, it's not good business sense to tell your customers they can like it or not, that you don't care either way. That comment *really* rubbed me the wrong way. In my real life I often talk like a sailor when in close company, but I am mature enough to understand the concept of decorum. And if the avatar truly had been "adult content", I would have said, fair enough. But the fact that it wasn't and then rentech wouldn't even give a reasonable explanation as to why she removed it, well, I just can't stomach that sort of heavy handedness or that attitude.

Well, if I'm burninated I won't be around to be jealous, now will I?  And we laugh in the face of global warming down here. If global warming is accompanied by lower humidity it's bound to be an improvement.

I can only play Uni with Pescado's clock. Otherwise I feel like I am somewhere in the depths of hell. I had that guilt feeling with the Sim Vac, too. I don't ever use it on playable Sims. It just doesn't feel right. I'm a wuss, too.


It's hot as blazes, but that's nothing new. Fortunately, everything down here is air-conditioned and it's a comfy 72 degrees in my house. But I'll take heat over snow any day. When I can go outside in short sleeves in February you'll all be jealous. 

She already had maxed body thanks to the Obstacle Course. Come to think of it, though, I don't think I've ever gotten a body point from a coach. Interesting.

Yes, if a Sim is sloppy enough that they will eat out of the trash, they will still eat rotten food. The hack works for visitors and Townie dormmates as well. It even works if the food goes bad while they are eating.

Uni+Sim Vac+Irritating Coach=A good thing. Uni is the only time I really use the Sim Vac. When the coach comes to yell at your Sim, you have the prime opportunity for lots of free skill points if your Sim is not maxed. I only use it in Platinum. Last night my Sim maxed out her charisma, cleaning, and gained several cooking points from the coach. I also topped off her Platinum at the end. The thing about the coach is that he won't leave after being vacced. He'll just run to another part of the dorm so you can repeat the procedure many times. I emptied two Sim Vacs on him. I did have to take a short break during the shrink visit.

You get one skill point per use of the Vac, which is good for 5 uses, and it's random. It does not matter if your Sim already has more points than the suckee. My next victim will likely be one of the irritating drama professors that visit at random. If you show up uninvited, you're fair game. Besides, it's fun.

Speaking of Asp. points....Is there any way to pool them in the game? IE, sometimes, especially when first starting out, an individual Sim may not have yet accumulated enough points for something, but two together would.

I like this a lot. I like having ghosts about but it'll be cool to have "safe zones". I also like that you make people pay a reasonable fee to have convenience. It removes it from the outright cheat category.

Would this be compatible with Jeff's Ghost hack?

Yep. Pregnant Sims can't be instructors on it, either. Annoying since all they do is stand there.

Hmm...I could tie that in with both my plans for a second Email family in Strangetown and my upcoming Curious "Legacy". Great idea.

What, Reggikko, no dumpster diving? That's pretty dirty business and my female child does that instead of running the obstacle course if her fun bar is full.

My founder brought Lazlo Curious home from work. After a while, Lazlo went and ate out of the trash. Too bad he's:

1. Male
2. A Playable character

He'd have been a perfect mate.

There are several ways to avoid it.

1. Keep them in gold or platinum and Energize as needed.
2. Get them to at least 3 Logic points so they can meditate. This works well to have them hold off until work. *Especially helpful during pregnancy!
3. Have them change jobs a lot so they go to work every day.
4. If they are sloppy enough, they'll pee in the shower. Buy the expensive shower and have them workout first to get hygiene as low as possible.
5. Acquire a ghost. Be careful, though. That's how I accidentally killed my last one.

We have those types of boars down here, too. They are the meanest thing that ever lived. A group of them used to terrorize an apartment complex's dumpsters. One night a group of my friends were going home when one of the boars attacked their car. When he was done, the car looked like it had been involved in a major collision.

One of my dogs is a Catahoula hound (the Louisiana state dog). They're called "Hog Dogs" because their original purpose was to bring these boars down. And these things are not little Babe-like pigs. They are as big as bears and much, much more ruthless.

I am interested in it. How and when would we be allowed to use it in the challenge? I guess I haven't been clear on this. I know we can reroll on the teen transition and after completing Sophomore year in college. Can newly created or newly acquired Sims be rerolled? I know you said I could do it with that 6 Grandchildren want, but wasn't sure if that was just a special circumstance.

The Waterloos just gave birth to twin boys. Yippee-Kai-Yay!

When I recently played a Uni student, I had her go on fast forward to get her grades up, used the clock to take the final, and was done with her entire Uni experience in about 2 1/2 real play hours. It was awesome. 

Official restart has commenced. I redid John Waterloo and moved him onto a lot in Strangetown. Stats: Knowledge. Gemini. 0 Neat/10 Outgoing/10 Active/2 Playful/3 Nice. LTW=Chief of Staff.

He just married townie Margaret Howe. Stats: Fortune. Scorpio. 6 Neat/5 Outgoing/8 Active/3 Playful/3 Nice. LTW=Criminal Mastermind. She came with a fair assortment of skills and was in the Business Career. She brought $18K and the Execuputter with her. Woohoo!

Yeah, I need a new one. I had a great pic that I was going to use, but I lost it in one of my recent clean-ups. I'll get something up soon.

And I do like your picture.

::Blush:: The pole deck will do that automatically. Just start from land and drag it out as far as you want over the water.

I have a couple that are done, but I built them in my regular hack-filled game. I need to draw out the plans and build them in the hack-free zone. I kind of go about it in a backwards fashion. I don't draw up plans until after the house is done and I decide if I like it. I also need to go and take some pictures of Anne Rice's house. I've been wanting to build it for quite some time, but I want to make sure I get it right.

I think Pescado's place is the one place on earth where kudzu wouldn't dare grow. And Greg, your southerness is showing. 

Very entertaining!

I will rate u 5starz cuz ur story wuz 2 kewl!

Without a doubt, this site is and will be more awesome than all of us. It's all shiny and new. Glad you made it here in one piece, Fishman.

~reg

This space for rent.

Um, Sophie.....I think you can have your avatar back now. And I love the new sig.