Can we have a Sims 3 Video Haven please?

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There are still a good few of us creating videos with The Sims 3 and while we managed to get by in the old general 'Video Haven' that whole forum has been moved under the Sims 4 heading.

Sure, I could post there but what TS3 player would think of looking under TS4?

Likewise, I could post in TS3 Stories & Legacies but that's busy enough with written works so videos are easily lost.

@SimGuruDrake we need a separate TS3 Video Have for all the builds, Lets Plays, Machima content that is still being created by those of us who stll love TS3.

I thank you.

lisasc360

I do believe that SGDrake had said in another thread that she will give us a place for TS3when someone had mentioned it. There is a forum member who has been going through the TS3 Creative Corner section to gather up all the links for TS4 stoties so that Drake can move them, so I believe after that member or others that have been helping over there, that they will hit the video haven in TS4 and gather up TS3 links from there and give them to Drake....

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lisasc360 wrote: »

I do believe that SGDrake had said in another thread that she will give us a place for TS3when someone had mentioned it. There is a forum member who has been going through the TS3 Creative Corner section to gather up all the links for TS4 stoties so that Drake can move them, so I believe after that member or others that have been helping over there, that they will hit the video haven in TS4 and gather up TS3 links from there and give them to Drake....

Thanks for that, it's encouraging.

I imagine it has been mentioned elsewhere but finding a single issue when there's such a storm of activity on the forums ain't easy.

Hopefully it won't take too long, I'm a few days away from uploading my next TS3 episode so not desperate yet

lisasc360

ajaxpost wrote: »

lisasc360 wrote: »

I do believe that SGDrake had said in another thread that she will give us a place for TS3when someone had mentioned it. There is a forum member who has been going through the TS3 Creative Corner section to gather up all the links for TS4 stoties so that Drake can move them, so I believe after that member or others that have been helping over there, that they will hit the video haven in TS4 and gather up TS3 links from there and give them to Drake....

Thanks for that, it's encouraging.

I imagine it has been mentioned elsewhere but finding a single issue when there's such a storm of activity on the forums ain't easy.

Hopefully it won't take too long, I'm a few days away from uploading my next TS3 episode so not desperate yet

You are quite welcome... I am just glad that TS3 has finally got their Creative Corner back as I have been finding myself venturing in there a lot more now than when it was the General Creative Corner. I did finally break down and made a thread over there just last week before they updated the site...

Edit to place this here...

http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/917503/we-got-our-eta-sims-3-creative-corner#latest

king_of_simcity7

I will also support this :)

ajaxpost

Ah-ha! Just spotted the mention of it in one of the "WE GOT OUR (ETA: SIMS 3) CREATIVE CORNER!!!" thread.

As @lisasc360 noted, the awesome @ZeeGee is helping identify all the TS3 video threads in the old general Creative Corner forum: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/15745647/#Comment_15745647

ZeeGee

ajaxpost wrote: »

Ah-ha! Just spotted the mention of it in one of the "WE GOT OUR (ETA: SIMS 3) CREATIVE CORNER!!!" thread.

As @lisasc360 noted, the awesome @ZeeGee is helping identify all the TS3 video threads in the old general Creative Corner forum: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/15745647/#Comment_15745647

Got them all sorted and sent to Simgurudrake yesterday so hopefully we will have a video section soon!

lisasc360

That's awesome @zeegee. Thank you for taking the time to help sort through the sections to gather the links for this stuff... you are awesome...

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lisasc360 wrote: »

That's awesome @zeegee. Thank you for taking the time to help sort through the sections to gather the links for this stuff... you are awesome...

Yep, that!

ZeeGee

@lisasc360 @ajaxpost Thanks!

lisasc360

You're welcome @zeegee...

aricarai

I think Video Haven is another section that should sit in a general space - just like stories and legacies - as you do have people that make videos for both games.

What title did it sit under before? I can't remember.

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aricarai wrote: »

I think Video Haven is another section that should sit in a general space - just like stories and legacies - as you do have people that make videos for both games.

What title did it sit under before? I can't remember.

As I recall, it was moved out of "TS4" into "General" in the last reorganisation - which is when I felt comfortable adding my TS3 content to it.

To be honest, the creative use of The Sims to tell stories or explore ideas beyond the simple game itself probably do belong in a shared space where the focus is more the imagination and skill of the creator and not the game mechanics themselves.

But then, a very large number of videos are entirely game-specific, the speed builds, CAS, etc. and anyone looking for that type of content would rather know exactly where to find it rather than having to check lots of vaguely titled threads.

I've had some experience trying to set up our company's Intranet and knowledge systems and finding the right solution for everyone is an absolute nightmare! In the end we found that if you can provide an intelligent and flexible search tool then most users of the system preferred to use that rather than wade through layers of menus. That said, though, you do still need to provide a sound structure and labelling system (a taxonomy) so that the content creators are confident their work can be found.

It's a mighty task, we can only hope EA have the people with the appropriate skills to manage it...