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Going crazy !

Well, first of. 700.000 downloads has finally been reached!  Not very long to 1.000.000...  Thank you very much for this!

Back to RL then... 

School is taking very very much time now! But a set is getting bigger and soon it will be uploaded, maybe about some weeks! 

That would be all for now! See ya! 

new screen shots from my game

hello everyone today i will be sharing some new screenshots from my game enjoy the new screen shots and happy simming

Why to rate something can be tempting

A short while ago I found myself giving an unreasonable high rating on a screenshot. I thought it was a mediocre shot to which not much thought had been given. But the current rating of 1.5 seemed a bit harsh to me. So, instead of rating it a 3 (which I would have done if I hadn't known the current average) I gave 4 points to raise the average faster towards 3. Not the biggest crime in my life, but still it felt like having cheated. So I started to ask me why it had felt wrong.

The reason is a very simple one. While my own vote (in this case: 3) reflects my own opinion, the average score (here: 1.5) reflects the aggregated opinion of several persons. By giving a vote that was not true to my own feeling (the wrong 4) I did not only add my voice to the public reception, but I had manipulated the "true" average rating. I wanted my opinion to count as more than other voter's opinion, so my tactically wrong rating had an increased effect on the "objective" average. It brought it nearer to my personal rating. If you wanted to achieve such kind of manipulation at an election you would need to put two votes in the box instead of one - which is considered rigging a voting in democratic societies. So now I knew what mischievous deed I had done.

Immediately the story section came to my mind. A screenshot is easily done and easily forgotten, so I doubt giving slightly incorrect ratings will do any real harm. But usually the work and time one has to put into a Sims story is much larger, but rating a story (and the emotional temptations behind it) remain the same. Giving "tactical ratings" for a story can have a profound effect on the creator, because so much more time and effort is at stake and the emotional binding to the story is much higher. BTW this is not only about RAISING an average score. Imagine three people have given 5 stars to a story when a fourth reader reads it. (S)he thinks it's only worth a 4 but sees the appearantly way too high average score of 5.0, so (s)he rates it a "1" instead and the average will come tumbling down to 4.0, because (5 + 5 + 5 + 1) / 4 = 4.0. A rating job well done?

I know there are much more important matters in life than rating a Sims story and I am pretty sure there are some people giving random ratings at the TSR site without reading the story they rated at all just to collect some daily kudos. So no matter how you rate yourself you have to take every rating with a grain of salt. Still I find the issue interesting, so I have started a poll on rating. As soon as I have figured out how to create a poll correctly (my first attempt at my mini-site was garbage), feel free to participate.

The Sims 3

I purchased the Sims3 and found it is ok, but it can't really take the place of my Sims2.... I just love this game...

Making walls and houses is just such a treat for me....It keeps my mind thinking of new ways to build this or make that.

I just love thesimsresource.... this is the only place I will come to get furniture, etc for my sims...TSR is a trusted sight for me.

I must spend hours with my sims, growing them and building for them and making for them...... Keep Simming everyone....

Sorry everyone, but I've got bad news....

Hey everyone...well I'm sorry to say it but I'll be takinga break. Not for long hopefully, but I really can't post anymore right now.

And before you go all complainy on me let me explain why.

First of all, I have school.

Second, I have piano practice, play rehearsals, and FFA stuff to do afterschool.

Third, My grandfather just died, so I'll be busy with that. So I'll be gone for probably 1-2 weeks.

Sorry everyone. Thanks for reading though.

Take care and don't kill eachother in my absence :P

Allyson

Striking resemblance

Maybe you have found the sim named "Kangee Blackburn" at MTS: http://nene.modthesims.info/download.php?t=421145. The creator is Kamelot_Fan.

"Kangee Blackburn" looks similar to my sim "Klaus": http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/1012156. I declare, I hadn't a clue that another creator wants to make a guy that looks how these two.

My file AETHODRY_Klaus.Sims3Pack is dated september 25th 2010, Kamelot_Fan's file Kangee_Blackburn1.sim is dated october 3rd 2010.

His model has more male face, but looks also good. Maybe he is an alternatve for your sims-ladies?

Feeling Uncreative

No new creations from me today. I was kind of bummed all weekend and feeling rather uncreative. I played my game instead and even that didn't cheer me up. Then I tried redecorating a lot for a sim I plan to move in so I don't have to mess with remodeling later. But, I did a few rooms and then just sort of stared at it. No more ideas. I did the exterior and then didn't feel like doing the rest of the interior. I dunno. Guess I had creator's block. I almost made a pattern, but just stared at the screen. *blink* *blink*

I hate when I get in a mood like this. Creative indecision and just the plain old blahs. Four and a half days of work this week and then I'm on vacation. Woot! I hope I shake this mood by then. Maybe as the week progresses I'll get my rhythm back.

So I took my adventure sim to Egypt finally. It's kind of weird catching crocodiles with a fishing pole. Of course catching frogs with a fishing pole is odd too. And jellyfish. I was hoping to jump in the water and wrestle one to shore. Would've made for a much better adventure. I need some for some quest in France. I got almost no loot. Sheesh. Pretty slim pickins. Egypt isn't as annoying as China, but it's boring. The landscape is boring, the people are boring, the quests so far have been boring. I was ready to bomb the place just so there was some activity. Gads. Er, anyway, I bought the good camera and little what nots. Got the obsessive snake charming basket. You'd think sims would have better things to do than obsess over that nasty thing. What? Snake bites are fun now? Joy. Maybe it was just my crappy mood this weekend but I was unimpressed and remembered why I never go there. I stick to France mostly. There are lots of people to talk to, the landscape is pretty, and it's pretty compact. China is OK but I have better things to do with my sims than spend 12 hours trekking up the side of a mountain on a cow path just to see the Temple of Nothing at the top and then spend the rest of the day running all the way back down the mountain. Wow, riveting stuff there. If it wasn't for all the rocks on the way it wouldn't result in anything but a huge waste of time. And let's go see a moldy green army of statues a million miles away from any civilization, also up an extremely large hill, reachable only on foot. Look, a hole in the ground. I think I'll jump in and see if I can at least scare myself on this trip. What I wouldn't give for a shiny gold tiki head and a rolling boulder. There's always the Dragon's Maw. Which reminds me of Aladdin's Cave of Wonders, Onyxia's Lair from World of Warcraft, and possibly Castle Greyskull. By the power of... aw, nevermind.

Bet ya thought I wasn't going to fit any random crap in this time. Ha! There it is. Your random dose of the day. I better go. I'm in a horrible mood. May the powers that be smile on me and prevent me from uttering any other stupid things today.

Thierry Mugler Sexy Robot Suit

Next off the production line: another Portmeirion residential lot (the Belvedere), along with a complete set of items (suit, headpiece, and mask) to create Thierry Mugler's delightfully notorious "Robot Couture" fashion design from 1995. If you don't recall this masterpiece of impractical tailoring par excellence, refresh your memory here ...

http://consciousobject.livejournal.com/37570.html?view=1237698

I'm not sure if I've done it justice, but at the very least anyone else who has fantasised about creating a science-fiction lot in which all of the female townies have been converted into slinky cyborgs will now have a sporting chance of enacting it. ;) (Hint: one of your sims needs to buy a clothes shop / salon, and then make frequent use of the "Suggest an Outfit - Everyday" sales option, followed up by offering free makeovers to any sim who is persuaded into buying the robot suit).

MY FIRST STORY: A Snag Jumped Up And Chopped Off My Best Tools, autobiographical

Things were going great, so I started drafting a story line. A lot of my community lots took on new meanings, so I revamped several of them, and added some more. I bought WA to enhance the Sim's life-styles. Gran's and Nana's lot are set, necessary characters CAS'd, Midtown District is a real center-city hub now, and new games have been saved relative to each unique story line.

I was tooling right along, Then The Unthinkable Happened.

My favorite hand, the right one, lost a bitter war with a fragile glass vase. Not good since I'm right-handed. The fingertips on the middle and ring fingers were sliced off, down into their nailbeds, and my pinky was cut pretty deeply. It isn't permanently disabling, but I won't have readable fingerprints on my middle or ring fingers, and my pinky will be numb because I severed some nerve endings.

I'm not taking any pain meds, just antibiotics, so walk around with my right hand held up in the air above my heart to lessen the throbbing. I can't get my right hand wet (thank gawd for day spas), and my left hand is a complete idiot. It's my own fault, though. I never have paid my left hand much attention.

I know I must look like a lunatic. I just hope no one thinks I'm "throwing them the bird."

I'm "hunt-and-peck" typing with the one reasonably good finger on my right hand, but can't wrap my hand around my mouse. I never did master that stupid touchpad, so I've been placed on the Sim's Injured List, to use baseball terminology.

The poor Brownings are on their own for a while.

I am studying stories posted here with a passion, as far back as I can. That's best anyway; I may have the imagination for story-telling, but not the finesse.

I hope to get called up from the minors again soon (more baseball terminology). I was hyped about this story development thing; I get so bored just playing the game.

today i uploaded 2 new sims to share

hello everyone today i decided to share 2 of my ingame born sims with everyone but will have some more coming soon so keep an eye out as well for my upcoming sims happy simmimg everyone