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Ditzymommy

Friday, February 07, 2003 - 12:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Crazy,

Nope, it never comes to get him now. He was an actor and got fired. And now no matter what job I get, the carpool doesn't come. I get the message saying that it will be there in an hour, but it never arrives. :( Very strange. I hate to delete him because he has a lot of skills! :)

Maris

Friday, February 07, 2003 - 02:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lucyanns logical skills in Dans Grove are really friendly and it is easy to make money there for those of you on Sims online.

Maris

Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 03:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
If anyone here who plays Sims Online is interested in getting together. I am in Dan's grove, leave a note in my folder about what time you might want to get together say in LucyAnns Logic house.

Riviere

Monday, February 10, 2003 - 03:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the Sims Online review, MissLibra! After seeing the lame games reviews it's had I will pass on this Maxis money pig.. While I've played The Sims since day 1 (1999) the online version seems like a glorified chatroom only you pay for it and it's buggy, too!?!

Maris

Monday, February 10, 2003 - 06:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks MissL, I have been working on my logic and have it up at 7 now. My house is coming along very nicely and I have found some pretty good places to hang out. Riv, In the last few days I have frozen twice but that is pretty much all the bugs I have experienced so far with it. You are right though it is kind of like a glorified chatroom but I am enjoying it and have a great time with some of the folks I meet. The way I see it I spend the same amount of money ($10/month) for my aol chatrooms and boards. .

Sims is not for everyone, I like collecting money and using it to build my house which is coming along very well. When my house is finished I will post it that way if there are any here who like to play Sims they can stop by for a game of pool.

Riviere

Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 02:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, Maris! I've got to say after playing Sims and Livin Large expansion for 4 years and playing standard RPG online games since 1992, I can see why SimsOnline is a disappointment with no real storyline or goals. And Maxis has much creative ability to make it more fun than a bunch of people hanging around in Sim form chatting, it reminds me of Big Brother without the prize! I am an expert housebuilder, marryer, baby raiser, moneymaker, skills and friends maxer, I even use most of my own wallpapers & floors which are too nice too describe.. It simply got boring, and I figured the online SIM would be just another way to get lonely people willing to pay $10 monthly together to chat and whatever.. It is not worth the $ unless it really means that much to you, I am used to free chatrooms and games or playing a game online that has some focus beyond "here you are Sims, do whatever makes you happy while we'll rake in your dollars".. The only online SIM I do play is a horseracing game, simulatedsports.net and it's free, there's a live chatroom, we have stables and cyber horses and can breed hopeful winners, it's more fun to me than The Sims! It really gets cool when you meet people and share tips and compete against each other racing and start making big money! As to The Sims, I think the $ help cheat with Livin Large was 'rosebud' and I don't know about afterward, I just was not interested in later expansions. I had that nude patch the first week I owned the first game, the blur was too annoying. Livin Large had a bug on the Lot 4, no mailbox, therefor no mail or bus or carpool.. I copied my original Sims Lot 4 into the Livin Large neighborhoods and put that online and about 7000 people downloaded it in a week to fix their buggy lots.. For all I know, I still have a house at Sims Exchange, the Van Rijn home was my last upload and has some of my own walls and floors, plus hard to find stuff from people who went out of business before 2002.. Other tips, that vibrating fun bed, it used to result in a baby showing up sometimes, so be warned.. Whenever you can flirt, do it, I have families maxed with 25-30 friends and lovers, for a good time I throw a party at the mansion and watch the sparks, having saved game prior, of course! If the cop comes with noise complaint, I just pause the game and build a corral around her, heheh, I never understood how anyone could complain when they were all at the party!
Best of luck to all you Sim players, but you are so right, Maris, the online version as is doesn't interest me, I ain't that lonely yet... :)

Maris

Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 11:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ouch Riviere, glad to see that despite your fine social skills you are doing great without us lonely Sims online players.

Vixeninvegas

Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 01:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LMAO @ Maris!!!

I personally don't think just because someone enjoys interacting on line with others via chat room OR an online game and they decide to pay for it - that it would deem them a "lonely person".

Dare I even venture to say that it is more "social" and "outgoing" then simply playing a game, by yourself on your home computer with no-one to interact with other then Bots. Hmmm just my opinion :)

No need to point any fingers at anyone - we all have our own likes & dislikes don't we? That is what makes the world, the internet, and these boards interesting.

Maris

Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 01:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Vixen there is a party tonight at Cooking for Cash which starts at 8pm eastern time. Might be fun, make some money.

Vixeninvegas

Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 02:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
How will I find you once I get the game installed & I create a Sim? Remember I'm a total newby.

Maris

Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 02:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
you can do a search. But when you get on go to LucyAnns Logical Skills whichi is in the Dan's cove area. I am usually there. They are very very friendly to newbies and an added bonus we all watched american idol and chatted about it while we played our games. they are reality fans as well.

Maris

Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 02:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
p.s., I will tell them to look out for you if you are using vixen otherwise tell them you are a friend of Maris.

Maris

Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 02:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Vixen LucyAnn is having a party at 7 eastern time tonight. first and second prizes win 1000 simoleans

Riviere

Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 03:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You nailed it there Vixeninvegas! The online games I pay $10 mo for have more interest for me than Sims and a much bigger player base. I did not mean to insult anyone saying I am bored with Sims, just point out longtime gamers think online Sims could should maybe have more to offer for the $, if you're hooked, be happy! Hope you can meet up with the pals you crave and have fun and do whatever socially to make you feel good..
:)

Misslibra

Sunday, February 16, 2003 - 04:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just wanted to add they do make updates to catch the bugs with objects. And trying to improve the game as fast as possible. They know it needs improvement in different areas. They seem to listen to our feed back and we are telling them loud and clear we want more otherwise we wont be playing anymore. :)