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Author: Fikcija | Posted Nov 25, 2011

I've recently missed my sims so much that to satisfy this hunger for simming I came back to something that comes easy - my sims 3 legacy! I had both pleasant and unpleasant surprises from the last time I played... No more "clock skips minutes" problem (at least not in my legacy save, I didn't have the courage to check other saves, too happy for now)! But something's VERY wrong with the maid service. Maids don't come any more. They used to come 3 and more at a time, now they don't come at all. I tried calling for services, but it says I have the service already "ordered", so I tried canceling. But it won't cancel either, I called about 20 times, still not canceled, they say they sent a maid out already. I just wonder, will it be the same if I need a repairman and don't have a handy sim around? Will the fireman or policeman also not come if I ever need them?

I guess I'll find out sooner or later... Other than that, hey - my legacy idea (rainbow colors) is on sims wiki! http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Legacy_Challenge Well, unless of course someone else came up with it, then it might not be only mine... But I know I didn't copy it from anywhere, I thought of it myself, a few years ago, while still with Sims 2 only.

I'm sorry I abandoned my chronicles for so long, but I am on my final year of studies and I have so many things to do and worry about that I can barely find time for playing. And chronicles are something that takes careful planning and thinking through. Besides, my Sims 2 game loads almost an hour... While Sims 3 loads fast and I just "go with the flow", no planning. I will come back to my chronicles, I promise, I miss them myself. So I hope there are still people who read... All this being said, I'm back to my legacy. It's 4th generation is at the age of teens already!

Author: Fikcija | Posted Oct 1, 2011 | 1 comments

As you have noticed, I've recently moved most of my effort in simming to my Sims 3 legacy. But that is about to change! I started experiencing some problems with that game (again) and I don't have the mood, the patience and the time to deal with that right now. I'll probably post one more part before taking a break from it, but the good news is - I'm back to Veronaville! I am not really working on the chroincles right now, but I will get to that once I finish a little short story in which the characters of Veronaville will be involved. I already have some pictures and I really want to make it good, so I'm trying not to rush the progress. I have uploaded a few pictures of the characters already and will probably upload some more before the actual story comes out.

Author: Fikcija | Posted Apr 23, 2011 | 0 comments

I did it again, didn't I? I should stop promising. Anyway, many of you probably noticed I've been gone for a while, haven't even read and commented any stories (I'm so sorry, my favorite authors!)... The truth is I was playing The Sims 3... And once again I have to say it. I only play TS3 to remind myself how much I love TS2. It's not the pets, it's not the weather, it's nothing that can be fixed with an expansion pack... My heart stays with Sims 2 forever, so I'm back for good, missed them insanely and the first part of Veronaville is half-written already. I'm at the peak of the semester, having so many things to do, but I use Sims to relax once in a while, so the work is in progress. That being said, I'm still alive, still writing, will be back soon :)

Author: Fikcija | Posted Feb 28, 2011 | 1 comments

The 15th and final part of Strangetown, along with a surprise inside, is published and waiting to be approved. Since the computer accident I had to rewrite a lot, but at least the game itself is safe. As you are reading this, I am making a backup copy to a disk of my Pleasantview, Strangetown and downloads, so it will sit safely on the shelf, in case anything happens.

Something is wrong now with my Veronaville (which I haven't played since my last reinstall, haven't even touched it), all the Maxis-made screenshots and stories are gone. When I enter it says "This neighborhood has no history" or something like that. And since I can't make the intro without it, I will have to find a way to get those back... Hopefully without having to reinstall the whole game.

But I am already learning about the sims of Veronaville and making up a plan how to play them, who to match with who... I decided not to make it a themed old historical neighborhood (even though I really wanted to) simply because it wouldn't coordinate well with the pictures that are already there... And it would have to go modern somehow anyway. But it still won't be ordinary. Pleasantview was ordinary (mostly). Strangetown had aliens. In Veronaville, there's magic in the air...

Author: Fikcija | Posted Feb 26, 2011 | 2 comments

It can't be all good, can it? When a few days ago my computer suddenly started restarting itself whenever I load sims, I thought something was wrong... When my father checked it out and said it "seems that nothing is wrong and nothing is overheating" and it stopped happening I thought it was just something with electricity (happens a lot). But just 10 minutes ago when I was finishing writing Part 15 of Strangetown chronicles (and of course only about a half of my hard work was recently saved) I heard something explode and from the sudden black screen in front of me I realised it was my computer... Well hooray, it just HAD to happen on a friday evening. My father says it's the supply unit... At least it's not the graphics card, thank you for that much... So now I am writing it from my laptop, which is way too crappy to play sims on, and even if I could, everything is on my main computer... Including the story that I ALMOST finished... This being said, it's 2am in here now, good night and sweet dreams everybody. A very nice way of telling me "go get some sleep instead of wasting your time on sims all night". I'll keep you posted...

Author: Fikcija | Posted Feb 21, 2011 | 1 comments

Some of you have already noticed - I'm back with my Chronicles series :) There was a lot going on in my life and even if I played sometimes, I had no time or wasn't in the mood to write... That's why you get two parts at once and will get another one soon, probably this week. It is nice to see that people still read the series and enjoy it, so I officially state that... the chronicles will continue! Strangetown's 15th part will be the last for now. I only have a few more families left to write about and I think I'll let you know what's Arielle's secret, if you haven't figured out yet. I will end the story for now because I've reached the 50 sim-days (50 years in the game meaning) in each household, like I did in Pleasantview before, and I will move on to start a story about another neighborhood. I'm not abandoning Strangetown forever, I will come back to both Pleasantview and Strangetown eventually, but there are 4 more cities with other families that have stories to tell. One of them also came with the base game. You guessed right - Veronaville. I see no reason in breaking the sequence, so my next work will focuse on Romeo and Juliette. I can't promise when will the first part come out since I want to do some custom content downloading, deleting, organizing... But I am in the mood of writing and creating. As long as it lasts - you will hear from me once in a while :) Thank you all for your interest, patience and continued support.

Author: Fikcija | Posted Jul 20, 2010 | 1 comments

Hello everyone who read, commented, waited for me to continue... I had problems managing my time, I had problems with my monitor... I wasn't in the mood... Many things put me away from writing, but here it is finally! 11th part of Strangetown Chronicles is already uploaded and waiting for approval. As you will know from reading it too, I'll be away traveling in August and if I don't manage to release another part until then you'll have to wait till some time in september. And the 12th part will be the last one for now, if I manage to fit everything in it, as it is planning to be a little mysterious and will probably leave you wondering about some things...

Why is it going to be the last (but just for now!). I played my Pleasantview for 50 days in each household keeping careful tracking of everything happening and it took me 12 parts (+intro) to get it done. Now I'm done 45 days in each household in Strangetown and I have released 11 parts (+intro) so far and it would be great if I  can stop with the 12. What next? I don't know yet. I'm not sure what may strike my mind... Maybe I will get back to Pleasantview. Maybe I will continue Strangetown. Maybe I will start Veronaville or some other neighborhood. I don't know what might strike my mind and what will seem to be the propper one to play. Either way I'm planning to make them all this way (50 days) and then they will return in a slightly different title - "Pleasantview 50 years after" or something similar (same with Strangetown and all others). I will make a new intro that will briefly fill you in on what happened in those 50 years and what is it like now, so that any new readers out there can start reading it without feeling lost, fully understanding everything. And the story will then continue. My personal goal is to play all six neighborhoods at least 100 days each. But who knows, maybe it will not be enough and I will do more... Either way, that's in a very distant future so far.

As for those who read my legacy... I'm sorry I have abandoned it so much. But it's not lost, it's still in my game and maybe I will need a break from my complicated neighborhood stories and I will come back to it. I quit it because I had problems with that big lot and my computer speed, but it's better now and I should try again. I started a legacy in TS3 (The Sims 3), but I quit it... I just don't like that game. As much as I try, it contradicts everything that I loved about sims. Maybe some day I will make up an interesting theme for a legacy and make it in TS3 and share it with you all. But that is highly unlikely. Though I'm planning to lay my hands on some creating in TS3, but that's also no promise, just some hopes. And I always hope to do this and that and that and oh that of course too and then there's hey, where did the time go?

So that's it for now, I just wanted you to know that I am still alive, still playing, still writing, still full of ideas just too busy to make them all a reality. Thank you all wonderful people who stayed with me, read and commented everything and who even became friends through this site. It's a great place to share stories. I like it here. It makes it worth not giving up.

Author: Fikcija | Posted Apr 6, 2010 | 1 comments

I never thought the day would come. But I missed my sims so much... And my computer is not fixed yet (some problems occured). And I only have my good-for-nothing laptop. So... I actually installed the first Sims. Not for long really. Just created a family, moved them in, and my enthusiasm faded. And I used to love that game so much! But it's interesting to get a glance and compare how it was and how it is now. And it gave me an idea. I won't make any promises as I don't know how much time will I have (most likely little if any), but I want to remake the houses from the first sims games in the Sims 2 or 3 (haven't decided yet, maybe both). Maybe that's nothing new and someone did that already and I don't know, but I'd still like to do it myself and have it in my game. If this idea comes to reality some day, I promise to share the results.

On a happier note. I should have my computer back tomorrow, finally. But it will take time to install everything anew. I have all backups, so nothing's gone, don't worry, but I still have to put it all in there, so it will take some time. But I had a part of Strangetown Chronicles written, I just couldn't upload it. Hopefully all will work now and you will get it this week. If something goes wrong though, I'll let you know!

Author: Fikcija | Posted Jan 4, 2010 | 2 comments

I have finished part 7 of the Strangetown Chronicles just before new year, but I can't upload it because something is wrong with my wizard manager. I had no problems with the previous story, so I have no idea what happened. So when the next part comes out only depends on when the support will be able to fix whatever is wrong. Other than that, I will only have time for playing in the end of January, because now I am having exams. Wish me luck!

Author: Fikcija | Posted Oct 5, 2009 | 0 comments

Hey everyone.

I hope you enjoyed my 5 new suddenly released parts of Strangetown Chronicles. Thank you everyone who read and commented, it's always important to me. Now I just want you to know that I was ill for almost two weeks so I had more time to play and write. I could allow myself a sort of "vacation". But now the following two weeks will be hard as hell. Seriously. I have some essays, articles to write... And I might be getting a job soon (depends on some articles I will write)... I have so much to do, I don't think I will have time to sleep. That means no sims for that time. Wish me luck, if I survive, the stories will continue...