LN's Bridgeport Lots Makeover CONTEST - LINK TO NEW TRUE BLOOD CONTEST ON P. 31 «1234567…19...Next Go

brainybee

I love Bridgeport (at least the idea of it), but Bridgeport as it came packaged with Late Night seems to be a waste of a lot of unrealized potential! Some of the lots and clubs are quite tragic! I'm working on a complete overhaul of the town (beginning with those truly awful celebrity mansions!!!!), using the pre-existing community and residential lots and I'd love it if other simmers joined me. I started with a general call for lots, but that didn't seem to get enough attention. So to show I'm SERIOUS, and to get a lot of great builds, I'm hosting a contest. The rules are simple, but must be followed to the letter if you want to enter:


I) Builders must not make any changes to the existing foundations of lots, rename, or move them from their current positions. If lots are not moved or renamed, in-game opportunities will not be affected in any way. You should still get an opportunity to get celeb points for getting a drink at Banzai lounge, for example.

II) Feel free to build lots from scratch for any EMPTY Bridgeport lots.

III) Feel free to makeover homes, clubs, community lots and/ or parks, whatever lots you can find in Bridgeport...

IV) To keep things super creative and safe, I'm asking that builders not use ANY CC whatsoever. ALL cheats are allowed (and encouraged)!! EDIT for clarity: You are welcome to use EA store sets, Dr.Pepper, and T-Mobile Items.

Edit: If you are working on a lot that does not have a foundation, you could move a few of the minor exterior walls as long as it doesn't change the basic shape of the building. For example, if you were doing the Big Bling mansion you could get rid of that awful octagonal (?) garage attached to the house and build a new one, as long as you did not touch the basic shape of the bottom of the main house. You are welcome to change the size and shape above the main floor of anything you are making over however you want. You are also welcome to add extra un-attatched buildings on a lot such as a shed, garage, or poolhouse.

Please feel free to use the restrictbuildbuyinbuildings off cheat in apartment buildings.

****Please feel free to change, move wherever you like, or comepletely get rid of velvet ropes that keep certain people out of certain clubs or certain areas of clubs - this might actually make them less empty and more playable



Your official entry should look like this:

1. Name of lot (or where it is located) and category (residential, club, bar, gym, park, etc...)

2. A few "before" shots. One from street view, and one of the floor plans of each floor if your lot includes a building or at least one overhead shot if it doesn't.

3. "After" shots must include a street view, and one of the floor plan of each floor if your lot includes a building or at least one overhead shot of your lot if it doesn't. You may include any other shots you'd like to add to show off your lot.


Edit: If you do not know how to put pics of your lot on the forum, check out this link: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/88696.page
just please don't use a 700 width, a 640 is MUCH safer and won't break my thread


4. A link to your lot on the exchange.



*** You may enter as many times as you like, but you need to use a separate entry for each lot. Special consideration will be given to lot types that don't have a ton of entries




***PRIZES***
First Prize 750 Sim points
Second Prize 500 Sim points
Third Prize 250 Sim points

(Winners may donate their prizes to other community members )
(I reserve the right to add Honorable Mentions)


Deadline for entries is Friday March 11 at 11:59 p.m. GMT (I reserve the right to extend the deadline if needed).


If anyone would like to volunteer to help with judging or donate some extra Sim points, let me know by e-mailing me at eatingmywordsmail@gmail.com or leaving a comment on my page.

Thanks and have fun - I'm looking forward to seeing your entries!

***I reserve the right to alter the terms of the contest if needed, so check for updates!


UPDATE: Here's a couple of pics of the lot I'm making over. I am following all of my own contest rules, so I wanted to share this to give you an example of what is possible. This lot is still very much a WIP!:

Old and New Glam Mansion Before:



Old and New Glam Mansion as I'm working on it. I'm designing it for a young Hollywood starlet who wants "Old Hollywood Glamour":



I've added some inside pics of my WIP on pg. 17!

brainybee

Our entries so far:

1) <a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/30/340812.page"&gt; Waylon's Haunt </a> - by taxicab09
2) <a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/45/340812.page"&gt; Aquarius aka Scubalass Club </a> - by Empress Pamela
3) <a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/60/340812.page"&gt; 20563 17th Ave </a> - by Deathnotesim
4) <a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/75/340812.page">22 Canal Ave </a> - by jimsbaby_19
5)<a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/90/340812.page">The Eaves at 56 Brommer Drive </a> - by romagi1
6)<a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/90/340812.page">Banzai Lounge </a> - by mitsuhoney
7)<a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/105/340812.page#4699140">Maloney Tower </a> - by Caycee
8 <a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/120/340812.page"&gt; Banzai Lounge </a> - by okester
9) <a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/120/340812.page"&gt; Floodgate Apts. Revisited </a> - by CrescentMoonPye
10) <a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/150/340812.page#4716565">2207 Edgewood Rd </a> - by 123StarStrukk
11) <a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/165/340812.page"&gt; Cabin Point </a> - by romagi1
12) <a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/165/340812.page">223 Winsor Dr. </a> - by svlyn
13) <a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/180/340812.page"&gt; Mint Julia </a> - by tbone32hamlet6
14) <a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/195/340812.page"&gt; Bridgeport Sportszone </a> - by Simona999
15) <a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/210/340812.page"&gt; The Tidewater </a> - by Gouka
16) <a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/225/340812.page"&gt; Plasma 501 </a> - by taz_sutton
17) <a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/285/340812.page"&gt; 272 Windsor Dr. </a> - by lizjordanuk
18 <a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/255/340812.page"&gt; The Demeter </a> - by svlyn
19) <a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/315/340812.page"&gt; Cliff Cottage </a> - by itguyinsc
20)<a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/315/340812.page"&gt;
Green Towers </a> - by Michabean
21)<a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/345/340812.page"&gt;
Veranda Villa Lofts 99 </a> - by LoveEvil
22) <a href="http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/375/340812.page"&gt; 1557 Memorial Parkway </a> - by tiger_lily5

brainybee

This was sooooooo difficult! Your entries were AMAZING!!!!! Here is the list of "winning" entries - take a minute to go back over them and see why they "won." Please read through this post, even if you didn't place, the entries were so good there may be something for you anyway!!!

First Prize - The Tidewater by Gouka (I promise the "fix" wasn't in, even though she helped so much with Custard! Her entry was judged solely on its merits!)

Second Prize - Veranda Villa Lofts by LoveEvil

Third Prize - Aquarius by EmpressPamela

Please make sure your wishlists are in order and let me know if you wish to donate your points to another simmer.

As for the rest of you fantastic people, I will be awarding sim points to a few of you for your awesome entries based on how much I love them, and there are also 100 sim points up for a "thanks for entering, you were great" raffle for anyone who was not given simpoints at all. These points will be awarded in the next 2 days so keep an eye out!

brainybee

reserved

blueflame17528

I'm in. Let's see, I have a few questions.

I've made over Agnes Crumplebottoms' house into a fancy lounge, can I ship that into the town?

And just so you know, even if you made a custom lot or changed it or moved it an oppurtunity would come up for the lounge - the game pulls up random clubs for them. To make more sense, you could that kind of challenge for a custom made from scratch club.


So. If I wanted to make over, say, the Grind, I just couldn't change the shape of the building, but I can change everything else?

brainybee

blueflame17528, glad you're on board! Sadly, no importing any lots from another town, we have to use the existing lots that are already in Bridgeport right where they already are (with the exeption of the firehouse, which had to be moved so the game doesn't crash to desktop!) - that's part of the challenge of this contest You can use some of the ideas from your remake of Agnes' house in a Bridgeport lot if you want. As far as your question about the Grind, yes - you need to leave the foundation of the building as-is, but you can change EVERYTHING else if you want. Hope this helps!

blueflame17528

Kay, I'm working on the grind. As it has lots of untapped potential. And then I believe I'll be making another Vamp Lounge, as Plasma 501 is...er, lacking.

brainybee

I'd love to see you redo Plasma 501! It could be so much cooler!

cherryberrybloo

Ohhh.

I can't remember, did I tie myself down to judging this? Because, if not, I'd like to enter. Am I allowed to enter since I had pre-existing knowledge of the contest? I promise anything I submit would be brand sparkly new for this.

I'll be spreading the word around when I am able to.

ETA: Why didn't you put this in the gifting forum? Not that you're wrong in where you placed it, I just wasn't expecting to find it here. You might wanna make a post seperate from Senko's thread over there to send some folks this way.

brainybee

This isn't exactly what we talked about Bloo - that's another contest for another day and no, you didn't say you'd judge this, so enter away (and as many times as you'd like)!

brainybee

"Why didn't you put this in the gifting forum? Not that you're wrong in where you placed it, I just wasn't expecting to find it here. You might wanna make a post seperate from Senko's thread over there to send some folks this way."

Will do, CherryBerryBloo!

cherryberrybloo

Oooh, different one? Well then! You'll have some spiffy apartments coming your way! At least two.

Oh... are we allowed to use the "restrictbuildbuyinbuilding" cheat for creating more spacious apartments within the pre-existing shells? ETA: And is "buydebug" okay?

brainybee

Yay Bloo! New Apartments! ALL cheats are encouraged!!!

Here's the link to the post on the gifting thread, give a "bump" every once in a while with me, will ya?

http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/340890.page

brainybee

cherryberrybloo wrote:

Oh... are we allowed to use the "restrictbuildbuyinbuilding" cheat for creating more spacious apartments within the pre-existing shells? ETA: And is "buydebug" okay?

Good point! I edited the contest rules to make sure people knew cheats were not only ok, but encouraged!

cherryberrybloo

Woo!

The first one or two apartments won't be enlarged, just laid out better. But, we'll see. I love redoing the apartments. I only haven't uploaded any because they were all chock full of CC. This'll be fun!

brainybee

Hooray!

Sheldonly

When you say no CC, does that include Store,and Dr. Pepper items as well? I never use CC but I do use store and Dr. Pepper items on occasion.

cherryberrybloo

Sheldonly wrote:

When you say no CC, does that include Store,and Dr. Pepper items as well? I never use CC but I do use store and Dr. Pepper items on occasion.

Oh, yeah, good point... T-Mobile items okay too?

Completely missed that bit not being mentioned earlier...

mitsuhoney

Sheldonly wrote:

When you say no CC, does that include Store,and Dr. Pepper items as well? I never use CC but I do use store and Dr. Pepper items on occasion.

I advise to stay away from any store items as well.

I am going to be fixing up Banzai Lounge! Will have up the before and after shots for you by Saturday.

cherryberrybloo

mitsuhoney wrote:

Sheldonly wrote:

When you say no CC, does that include Store,and Dr. Pepper items as well? I never use CC but I do use store and Dr. Pepper items on occasion.

I advise to stay away from any store items as well.

I am going to be fixing up Banzai Lounge! Will have up the before and after shots for you by Saturday.

Is there a particular reason for your advisory?

SenkoLight

Added to thread.

whisperingtruth

So since I'm judging I just wanted to ask if I am allowed to submit a lot but not as an entry, just as a fun "example" or whatever you want to call it? Let me know. I may or may not have the time anyway, but just thought I would ask in case I get inspired.

mitsuhoney

cherryberrybloo wrote:

mitsuhoney wrote:

Sheldonly wrote:

When you say no CC, does that include Store,and Dr. Pepper items as well? I never use CC but I do use store and Dr. Pepper items on occasion.

I advise to stay away from any store items as well.

I am going to be fixing up Banzai Lounge! Will have up the before and after shots for you by Saturday.

Is there a particular reason for your advisory?

No. I just feel like it will be more simple to just use in game items, will make it easier for everyone.

brainybee

I made some edits to the contest rules to allow for EA store items and promos like Dr. Pepper. Please note the addition of rule #5. It would be nice if you could let us know what we need so we can make our lot look like yours when we dl it


P.S. I have a bag of Dr. Pepper bottle caps that my step-dad gave me because he drinks at least 2 a day. I will be happy to pass a code or two on to you privately if you ask me via e-mail. I can only do this until I run out of caps, so first come, first served

brainybee

Whisper, anyone can submit - even if it won't be judged

taxicab09

Im gonna remake waylons haunt! Lotsa unused space.

I have a question, when's the deadline?


EDIT: bookmarked!