Daenelia дневник, владелец - '
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Июнь 2010
I don't drive
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30.06.10
I don\'t drive, I don\'t have a car, and to be perfectly honest: hardly any of my personally played with sims have cars. Except if they come home with a police car.
So I am not really thrilled with the stuff pack. I could not care less about cars and \'vehicle themed apparel\' (honestly, who writes the blurbs here??) So this could very well be the first stuff pack I skip. Good show, it is only the second one.
I have been playing sims since the first game came out. I remember the game trailer with one of the sims city games (simcity 2000?) and think: hm, nice. I got it almost immediately and was so impressed. Even with all the limitation, sims 1 felt like a limitless world of possibilities. I even liked the sims 2 immediately. And for a blessed month I loved the sims 3 equally.
Now, I feel like you\'d expect to feel in a 10 year old relationship with a lover who has just forgotten why you fell for them. Or a lover whose interests and ideals are switching from your own.
I am sure the sims 3 needed to catch a new audience, a new generation of players. But I feel like a dumped girlfriend by now. I am playing, but the fun is gone. I am playing like it\'s become a duty or a chore. Something you do because you\'re used to it.
I am actually falling out of love with a game. I feel tired and I am looking for a way out. It\'s over. I just need to come to terms with that.
So I am not really thrilled with the stuff pack. I could not care less about cars and \'vehicle themed apparel\' (honestly, who writes the blurbs here??) So this could very well be the first stuff pack I skip. Good show, it is only the second one.
I have been playing sims since the first game came out. I remember the game trailer with one of the sims city games (simcity 2000?) and think: hm, nice. I got it almost immediately and was so impressed. Even with all the limitation, sims 1 felt like a limitless world of possibilities. I even liked the sims 2 immediately. And for a blessed month I loved the sims 3 equally.
Now, I feel like you\'d expect to feel in a 10 year old relationship with a lover who has just forgotten why you fell for them. Or a lover whose interests and ideals are switching from your own.
I am sure the sims 3 needed to catch a new audience, a new generation of players. But I feel like a dumped girlfriend by now. I am playing, but the fun is gone. I am playing like it\'s become a duty or a chore. Something you do because you\'re used to it.
I am actually falling out of love with a game. I feel tired and I am looking for a way out. It\'s over. I just need to come to terms with that.
Deleting Washing Machines
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20.06.10
I\'ve been playing Twinbrooks for a while now, with the standard houses and all. The first thing I do when I get a family into a new prefab house is ... delete the washer and dryer.
If only it were that simple in real life.
I have a dull wash basket waiting for me. The dirty clothes won\'t go away if I just chuck the washer and dryer out tonight. It is the one thing the Sims world has as a plus thing over my own world: No Dirty Laundry.
Or had, anyway. The sims is becoming something I am not sure I enjoy. A full simulation of things I do in real life. For me the fun was, that the sims was surreal, and different and other than what I do around the house. The sims become more and more mundane, and it clashes with their surreal world.
Would you expect a washer woman in a Dali painting, complete with wash and clothes line?
I also really really wish there was a way to turn the opportunities and quests off. They pop up when I am busy playing the game my way. The idea of a sandbox game where the player is in control is slipping away... I am losing the will to keep clicking and repeating what\'s been done before, because it all just feels the same. Yes, especially with the repetitive quests of \'get this, talk to that person, get reward\'.
I already play RPG\'s and MMO\'s. I actually liked the sims because it was none of those.
One thing that is not \'ruined\' is building houses. But since I always built to play in it, I am not very motivated to do that either. Thank goodness for our story neighbourhood, where we play out our stories. As long as we can do that, I will still start up the sims once a week.
Delete the washers! Delete the dryers! End the tyranny of clean clothes for the sims!
If only it were that simple in real life.
I have a dull wash basket waiting for me. The dirty clothes won\'t go away if I just chuck the washer and dryer out tonight. It is the one thing the Sims world has as a plus thing over my own world: No Dirty Laundry.
Or had, anyway. The sims is becoming something I am not sure I enjoy. A full simulation of things I do in real life. For me the fun was, that the sims was surreal, and different and other than what I do around the house. The sims become more and more mundane, and it clashes with their surreal world.
Would you expect a washer woman in a Dali painting, complete with wash and clothes line?
I also really really wish there was a way to turn the opportunities and quests off. They pop up when I am busy playing the game my way. The idea of a sandbox game where the player is in control is slipping away... I am losing the will to keep clicking and repeating what\'s been done before, because it all just feels the same. Yes, especially with the repetitive quests of \'get this, talk to that person, get reward\'.
I already play RPG\'s and MMO\'s. I actually liked the sims because it was none of those.
One thing that is not \'ruined\' is building houses. But since I always built to play in it, I am not very motivated to do that either. Thank goodness for our story neighbourhood, where we play out our stories. As long as we can do that, I will still start up the sims once a week.
Delete the washers! Delete the dryers! End the tyranny of clean clothes for the sims!
Great timing for the store
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18.06.10
42 euro\'s and 60 eurocent.
For 110 virtual objects.
Including \'goodies\' for my crappy page at this site.
Yes. Let\'s do that. Great idea. 42 euro\'s, that\'s about a day\'s work for me, after taxes and living costs.
42 euros is probably two months worth of pocket money for an average teen.
And to think that you\'ll save 11 euros!!! OMG!
I have bought at the store previously. I won\'t deny that. And yes, the ultra sets are pretty nice. But to pay more than double a stuff pack for about a stuffpack is not going to happen. Thankfully I am a thinking adult. I have better things to do with my 42 euro\'s. And tbh, I can\'t believe that people would spend that much money in the store.. Really. It\'s bits, bytes and pixels.
I bought a new screen door for my actual house today. It will keep flies out and the cat in. That is worth its money.
For 110 virtual objects.
Including \'goodies\' for my crappy page at this site.
Yes. Let\'s do that. Great idea. 42 euro\'s, that\'s about a day\'s work for me, after taxes and living costs.
42 euros is probably two months worth of pocket money for an average teen.
And to think that you\'ll save 11 euros!!! OMG!
I have bought at the store previously. I won\'t deny that. And yes, the ultra sets are pretty nice. But to pay more than double a stuff pack for about a stuffpack is not going to happen. Thankfully I am a thinking adult. I have better things to do with my 42 euro\'s. And tbh, I can\'t believe that people would spend that much money in the store.. Really. It\'s bits, bytes and pixels.
I bought a new screen door for my actual house today. It will keep flies out and the cat in. That is worth its money.
Cannot get to the forums.. again
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04.06.10
So I\'ll have to log out. Again. You know, I might just want to post something once in a while on the forum. After all, getting in touch with the greater sims community is what this site is all about.
Maybe I\'ll just look to the alternatives.
Meh.
Maybe I\'ll just look to the alternatives.
Meh.
I can get on the forums agan.
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03.06.10
Isn\'t that nice? Shame I don\'t have anything to post :P
I can not get to the forum when I am logged in
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02.06.10
isn\'t that weird? I can see all the forums, in all the languages, when I am not logged in. I log in, and the forum is not accessible. The blog is. I think I have not posted this yet.
The cat is still doing fine.
Just bought ambitions and so far, no problems, at all. And I think I like the expansion so far. Much better than WA. Of course I have not played it long... and I am off now.
The cat is still doing fine.
Just bought ambitions and so far, no problems, at all. And I think I like the expansion so far. Much better than WA. Of course I have not played it long... and I am off now.
