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Darn Virus

Okay get this i go on the sims start playing my sim and 5 minutes later my game just turns off it's so annoying but the thing is that it only turns off if i play sims not if i go on edit town mode or the menu or crate sims just playing with my sims i used to love making movies on the sims but know i can't i can't even play the sims without everything turning off ok if ur reading this can u tell me anything to fix the problem before i smashe my computer with anger anyone PLEASE

It's my birthday today...My first Sims3 day!

Learning Custom Content..:] started with patterns and paintings.

I have a new found respect for creators of patterns.

This is how noob I am...it took me FOREVER to understand the RBG thing about making patterns..but in reality it is so so simple.  My problem was that I was trying to make patterns that didn't have easily distinguishable colors.  Derp.

Creating custom paintings was much easier, though.  I actually enjoyed the process and found it relaxing.  I uploaded some earlier..hopefully they get accepted.

new pack

i am so exicted for the new pack! :D :;D wahhh

i have to have it

hey

IM BORED

The Grey Wardens (3)

More on the organization of The Grey Wardens.

"Being a Grey Warden is almost tolerable.  It's a pleasant stroll in the park -- with Darkspawn!" - Anders

The nominal leader of our order is the First Warden, but you can expect little assistance or guidance so far from the Anderfels. Even those close to Weisshaupt learn to suffer along.  The murmurs are true -- the First Warden is often embroiled in the politics of the Anderfels and has little opportunity to consider worldly matters.  I would like to believe it is a matter of survival , not of political self-interest.

The order of Grey Wardens is commanded by the First Warden in Weisshaupt.  The hierarchy seems to follow a system of nationaly branches, each commanded by local officer referred to as a Warden-Commander or a Commander of the Grey.  Apparently, small numbers make for simple hierarchy, as no other ranks have been mentioned; the other members appear to follow a less formal "pecking order" determined by seniority (decided by time of Joining).  At the time of my story (Fifth Blight), the strength of the Grey Wardens is estimated at over 1,000 Anderfels, several hundred in Orlais, and around two dozen in Ferelden.

The Joining

To become part of the Grey Wardens, a recruit must first go through a ritual called the Joining.  One of the reasons for the small number of Grey Wardens is that few can survice this ritual.  Only those who have a decent chance of surviving the Joining will even be made recruits.  The ritual and the details about it are kept a strict secret by the Grey Wardens, because during the Joining, the recruits drink from a goblet containing a mixture of darkspawn blood, lyrium, and a drop of blood from an archdemon.  Few survice this, but those who live become Grey Wardens -- forever connected to the darkspawn, and forever tainted by the blood they have consumed.

Becoming a Grey Warden requires a dose of the darkspawn corruption in sufficient potency to have an immediate effect, rather than slowly corrupt the consumer into a ghoul.  While archdemon blood is typically used, blood of other darkspawn creatures can be magically treated to make it function in the ritual.  However, the average darkspawn doesn't have enough of the corruption within it for this to work.

The Joining rituals grants Grey Wardens several abilities: their link to the group mind allows them to detect the presence of darkspawn and they become immune to further corruption by the Blight.  However, they also suffer from bad (if occasionally prophetic) dreams, ravenous hunger, and shortened lifespans.  Also, while they can sense darkspawn, darkspawn can also sense them.  As much of a boon as this dark gift is for the Wardens, it has also allowed them to be hunted by the darkspawn on occasion.

Avernus, when asked, states that the darkspawn taint conferred by the Joining contains incredible powers, with the ability to sense darkspawn as the least of such.  He speculated that applications of energy and blood could unlock these powers, and endeavored to replicate the effects alchemically.

*Avernus is a human mage Grey Warden that has lived since the time when Wardens inhabited Soldier's Peak, also known as Warden's Keep.

The Grey Wardens (2)

Continuation of The Grey Wardens :)

The Second Blight and the Chantry

In 1:5 Divine, approximately 200 years since the slaying of Dumat, the archdemon Zazikel rose to lead the Second Blight.  The entire city of Nordbotten -- the very place where the Grey Wardens first appeared on the battlefield -- was destroyed before a defense could be organized.  The Tevinter Imperium withdrew from the Anderfels, abondoning it in an attempt to protect central Tevinter.  The Anderfels area was in much trouble, and even the Grey Warden headquarters in Weisshaupt came under siege by the darkspawn.

Fortunately, the armies of the recently founded Orlesian Empire under the command of Emperor Kordillus Drakon I proved both motivated and capable of standing up to the Blight.  After several victories against the darkspawn, Drakon's army lifted the siege of Weisshaupt in 1:33 Divine and proceeded to save the rest of the Anderfels together with the Wardens.  The Anderfels joined the Orlesian Empire, and the Grey Wardens were suffciently impressed by Drakon's actions to convert to the Chantry of Andraste.

In the following decades, the Blight was again slowly pushed back and the Grey Wardens took command of the war.  The archdemon Zazikel was finally confronted and slain by the Grey Wardens in 1:95 Diving at Starkhaven in the Free Marches.

The Third Blight

The Third Blight began with the awakening of Toth in 3:10 Towers, roughly 200 years after the last Blight.  The initial darkspawn attacks occured in central Thedas in Tevinter and Orlais, but even though the hordes were larger than those previously encountered, a rapidly-organized defense led by the Grey Wardens managed to hold them back.  The darkspawn started to focus on the more lightly defended Free Marches while Tevinter and Orlais tried to remain neutral, but pressure from the Grey Wardens eventually brought them into the war.  The darkspawn horde was crushed at Hunter Fell in the Free Marches in 3:25 Towers, and Toth was slain by the Grey Wardens.  The Third Blight remained a relatively short event compared to previous Blights.

The Fourth Blight

Not much is told about the Grey Wardens for another 200 years, when Andoral awakening and the Fourth Blight began in 5:12 Exalted.  Most of the damage was to the east of traditional Grey Warden territory, in the Free Marches, Antiva, and Rivain, but the Anderfels was also attacked and Hossberg, not far from Weisshaupt, came under siege.  This time, both Tevinter and Orlais were lightly attacked and refused to send aid.  The hero of the fourth Blight was an elven Grey Warden named Garahel, who first led the liberation of Hossberg in 5:20 Exalted and then managed to gather an army from the Free Marches to support the Grey Wardens.  Garahel's army marched north and faced the main horde in 5:24 Exlated at Ayesleigh, where Garahel was lost after personally slaying Andoral.

After the fourth Blight, the influence of the Grey Wardens waned considerably.  It would be 400 years before the fifth Blight, and many started to think it would never happen.  Although remaining an eternal threat to the dwarves, darkspawn were rarely seen by surface people, and the Grey Wardens were slowly dismissed as a relic of bygone, darker time best left forgotten.

In the vicinity of 7:10 Storm, there was an awkward incident in Ferelden with the local Warden-Commander -- Sophia Dryden, previously a rival for the crown of Ferelden --  becoming involved in a planned coup de'etat.  The result was fighting between Grey Wardens and the royal army, the loss of Commander Sophia and her command at Soldier's Peak, and King Arland banishing the order from Ferelden -- although it became a close thing with the Grey Wardens; a force of less than one hundred, nearly defeating the entire Ferelden army.  The Grey Wardens were allowed back in Ferelden by King Maric in 9:10 Dragon and they were able to begin a slow rebuilding, but by 9:30 Dragon, their presence remained light and the order was not well known.

Introduction...

In the beginning...

There was a seventeen-year-old lady named Takumi.  She lived in the humid, swampy kingdom of Louisiana, which lies in the southernmost part of the United States.  When she wasn't dawdling with this vast expanse of knowledge and entertainment that the young people called "the internet," she was studying for her exams.

Well...I couldn't help myself.  I'll stop talking in the third-person and past tense now.  I'm Takumi, and I love The Sims 3.  I also used to play The Sims 2 but I lost all my discs ages ago.  I'd buy them all again but that'd cost way too much...more than I can make with my silly little job at Taco Bell.

I can't make custom content so I'm pretty much a waste of space in the simming community {just kidding of course, Simmers are the nicest gamers I know} but I'm learning very slowly.  Mostly I just spend hours upon hours creating Sims.  I don't make/decorate homes in game because when it comes to architecture and interior design, I'm a clutz.  I'd love to say that I'm creative but that only applies to things such as art and sketching.

Since I brought it up, I'll mention that next fall, after I graduate highschool in May next year, I'll be going to college for art and music.  I've played piano since I was five and guitar since I was thirteen.  I sing as well but it's not very good.  My true passion, however, is flowing ingenuity through the point of a pencil..

I'm the most friendly person I know, honestly, and I talk to EVERYBODY.  Just send me a message or write in my guestbook and I'll definitely get back to you.  Definitely.

I'll go ahead and wrap this up, in case anybody is actually still reading.  I may even include some of my sketches in some later blogs.  Alrighty then, have a marvelous, safe day.

New Screenshots

Just wanted to let you all know I posted a fresh batch of screenshots. Should be worth a few giggles.

Memorial Day Weekend

Hi everyone! I'm happy to say I have a group of 6 patterns and a small modern/contemporary style house out this weekend in celebration of the USA's Memorial Day weekend. I hope you enjoy! Smiles and Hugs, Ceri