The Sims: The Bottom-Up Hood Redux
Well, this past weekend, I actually sat down and played The Sims for the first time since before I went to Japan. Since I've been home, what little Sims time I've had has been given over to catching up on my downloading. But I have now decided that I will NEVER catch up at TSR, and if I ever want to PLAY this game again, as opposed to spending all my time PREPARING to play the game, I will never...uh...PLAY.
So I said screw the downloading - I'm just gonna play.
As I might have mentioned, I set up my game differently on the new computer. This time, I actually set up two games in one. Using the technique one uses for building clean houses for trade (setting up a separate game which contains only one hood where you have NO downloads or hacks installed) I set up a game that I will use JUST for my Victorian stuff. This game will have only Maxis stuff and Victorian user-made stuff in it. I have alot of that kind of stuff, but I noticed that with few exceptions, I don't use that stuff much except in Victorian hoods. So why keep it in the 'main' game, where it does nothing but slow things down?
So now I have a Victorian game and a 'modern' game.
This weekend, I played the modern game as I wasn't in the mood for building and decorating houses, which is what I love best about the Victorian game.
For the THIRD time, I started a Bottom-Up Hood, and got the Crumplebottoms and the Goths well underway.
I also cheated a bit and got the Simovitchs started ahead of time, so I'd be all ready with Betty Simovitch when Bob Newbie Jr grows up.
Once I start playing the Newbies, it's hard to stop because of all the affairs and drama (for one thing, I ALWAYS made Bob Sr be Eldon Hick's father - it just seems right! *lol*). And so I'm gonna get Betty all ready to go so that I won't have to stop playing the Newbies later.
For reasons that escape me, I have somehow made Agnes and Cornelia Crumplebottom into total nerds - taped glasses and everything. So many people love making beautiful children in this game. I like making totally geeked out children: nerdish clothes, hair styles, glasses, etc.
On the Goth side, I have Gunther Goth born, but right now they are living in Michael Bachelor's house and I gotta get them outta there before I let them have Frida or any other kids.
I'll put Mama Hick in the game next - matriarch of my trailer trash family. All of Mama's 4 or 5 kids must have different fathers. And all of her daughters end up teenage mothers. It's like, a rule. :D And of course, loser Eldon ends up living at home well into adulthood. In fact, I don't think I've ever moved him OUT of there!
Now I gotta find out when the next expansion packs are coming out. Girls? You guys know the schedule??
So I said screw the downloading - I'm just gonna play.
As I might have mentioned, I set up my game differently on the new computer. This time, I actually set up two games in one. Using the technique one uses for building clean houses for trade (setting up a separate game which contains only one hood where you have NO downloads or hacks installed) I set up a game that I will use JUST for my Victorian stuff. This game will have only Maxis stuff and Victorian user-made stuff in it. I have alot of that kind of stuff, but I noticed that with few exceptions, I don't use that stuff much except in Victorian hoods. So why keep it in the 'main' game, where it does nothing but slow things down?
So now I have a Victorian game and a 'modern' game.
This weekend, I played the modern game as I wasn't in the mood for building and decorating houses, which is what I love best about the Victorian game.
For the THIRD time, I started a Bottom-Up Hood, and got the Crumplebottoms and the Goths well underway.
I also cheated a bit and got the Simovitchs started ahead of time, so I'd be all ready with Betty Simovitch when Bob Newbie Jr grows up.
Once I start playing the Newbies, it's hard to stop because of all the affairs and drama (for one thing, I ALWAYS made Bob Sr be Eldon Hick's father - it just seems right! *lol*). And so I'm gonna get Betty all ready to go so that I won't have to stop playing the Newbies later.
For reasons that escape me, I have somehow made Agnes and Cornelia Crumplebottom into total nerds - taped glasses and everything. So many people love making beautiful children in this game. I like making totally geeked out children: nerdish clothes, hair styles, glasses, etc.
On the Goth side, I have Gunther Goth born, but right now they are living in Michael Bachelor's house and I gotta get them outta there before I let them have Frida or any other kids.
I'll put Mama Hick in the game next - matriarch of my trailer trash family. All of Mama's 4 or 5 kids must have different fathers. And all of her daughters end up teenage mothers. It's like, a rule. :D And of course, loser Eldon ends up living at home well into adulthood. In fact, I don't think I've ever moved him OUT of there!
Now I gotta find out when the next expansion packs are coming out. Girls? You guys know the schedule??