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MiaSkywalker
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Entries are CLOSED! Judging has been completed. 
The winners are... First place to both @Kylieb191 & @missroxor !
I am giving everyone else who entered a venue or world of their choice, and each of the first place winners gets a gold world or two venues.
I already own the store, and I keep getting a lot of simpoint ads, so I've decided to hold a contest and give a lot of stuff away. I really stink at building, so that's what I'm going to ask for.
PRIZES
First Place: Any venue or standard world (simpoint purchasable only), or about 2000 points worth of other items if the winner already has all the venues and worlds.*
Second Place: Up to 1000 simpoints worth of items.
Third Place: Up to 500 points worth of items.
I will also gift something small (75 points or fewer) for everyone who enters something that I like to this contest. Which will probably be everyone.
*If the venue the winner wants costs less than 2000 points, then I will also include other items to make up the difference.
Those are the MINIMUM prizes. If a lot of people enter this (a dozen or more), I may increase them in the following way:
First Place: Two venues or standard simpoint purchased worlds (or combination thereof), or a GOLD world that is simpoint purchasable, or up to 4000 points worth of items.
Second Place: A venue or standard world, or up to 2000 points of items
Third place will be increased proportionally, and I will even add a fourth and fifth place.
Remember that these changes are not guaranteed; it depends upon if we get a lot of entries, and if the simpoints keep coming to me. But if there are a lot of entries, then I will feel my investment of time in watching the ads will be well worth increasing the prizes for people.
If one of the winners doesn't have a wishlist and already owns everything they want, they can point me to someone else's wishlist instead.
Entry Form:
User name on this site
User name (and link to profile) on the original Sims 3 site
Name of the lot and its theme
Please post pictures in the thread! I would really like to see these as they are being built.
Once you have an Exchange link to your entry, please post it as well. If you have to modify it and reupload, please post the new link, if it is different.
Judging:
I will start judging on July 2nd. I will probably be getting input from others too, but the final decision will be mine as to which one(s) I like most. It may take a couple of weeks to judge them all, because I will test all of the entries in game.
I may also give an extension if there are extenuating circumstances for anyone, but please don't abuse it. I can be pretty laid back about things, but I also don't like being taken advantage of.
Oh, and... my favourite color is purple, any shade or variant, including lilac, lavender, magenta, violet, etc., which means I'm also going to have a bias towards homes with things with that color.
The winners are... First place to both @Kylieb191 & @missroxor !
I am giving everyone else who entered a venue or world of their choice, and each of the first place winners gets a gold world or two venues.
I already own the store, and I keep getting a lot of simpoint ads, so I've decided to hold a contest and give a lot of stuff away. I really stink at building, so that's what I'm going to ask for.
PRIZES
First Place: Any venue or standard world (simpoint purchasable only), or about 2000 points worth of other items if the winner already has all the venues and worlds.*
Second Place: Up to 1000 simpoints worth of items.
Third Place: Up to 500 points worth of items.
I will also gift something small (75 points or fewer) for everyone who enters something that I like to this contest. Which will probably be everyone.
*If the venue the winner wants costs less than 2000 points, then I will also include other items to make up the difference.
Those are the MINIMUM prizes. If a lot of people enter this (a dozen or more), I may increase them in the following way:
First Place: Two venues or standard simpoint purchased worlds (or combination thereof), or a GOLD world that is simpoint purchasable, or up to 4000 points worth of items.
Second Place: A venue or standard world, or up to 2000 points of items
Third place will be increased proportionally, and I will even add a fourth and fifth place.
Remember that these changes are not guaranteed; it depends upon if we get a lot of entries, and if the simpoints keep coming to me. But if there are a lot of entries, then I will feel my investment of time in watching the ads will be well worth increasing the prizes for people.
If one of the winners doesn't have a wishlist and already owns everything they want, they can point me to someone else's wishlist instead.
Entry Form:
User name on this site
User name (and link to profile) on the original Sims 3 site
Name of the lot and its theme
Please post pictures in the thread! I would really like to see these as they are being built.
Once you have an Exchange link to your entry, please post it as well. If you have to modify it and reupload, please post the new link, if it is different.
Judging:
I will start judging on July 2nd. I will probably be getting input from others too, but the final decision will be mine as to which one(s) I like most. It may take a couple of weeks to judge them all, because I will test all of the entries in game.
I may also give an extension if there are extenuating circumstances for anyone, but please don't abuse it. I can be pretty laid back about things, but I also don't like being taken advantage of.
Oh, and... my favourite color is purple, any shade or variant, including lilac, lavender, magenta, violet, etc., which means I'm also going to have a bias towards homes with things with that color.
My Sims 3 Profile Page, since the forums don't connect to our Sims 3 profiles anymore.
The only kind of garden I can grow is a virtual one.
Dragons - must haz dragons!
The only kind of garden I can grow is a virtual one.
Dragons - must haz dragons!
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1. This contest is for a RESIDENTIAL lot, with no residents. Small to medium size, up to 40x40. 50x50 is also OK, but is not preferred.
2. I am mostly looking for a European medieval style. It can be Celtic, Viking, French, German, Finnish, Dutch, Russian... whatever.
3. Please include a basement! Inevitably I will want to add one if I play with a lot, and sometimes I will find an absolutely beautiful lot, where it's absolutely impossible for me to add a basement without ruining it. If you add a basement, then I'll know it's possible for me to expand it when I need to.
4. Try to use items inside the house that fit the theme, not just make the structure itself look this way and then put the insides all modern. Once again, not what I'm looking for.
5. Make sure all areas and things are routable and usable! I will test each entry in the game, and if things aren't properly usable, or if my Sims give me route failure tantrums trying to go somewhere, that will count against it. Bad routing causes lag in game, even if the lot isn't being used for my own sims.
6. Any expansion, stuff pack, or store item is allowed! (Other than anything I'm specifically disallowing below.) I have all expansions and stuff packs, and I own the store. So no limits! Obviously, some sets and expansions will fit better than others; using Supernatural, Dragon Valley, and the Make a Wish set is going to make me like the lot more!
7. You can go for a high class look, a poverty stricken look, or middle class, but once again, NOT MODERN.
8. This should be a NEW lot, not something already up on the Exchange. My hope is to reward people for coming up with something new that I will want to use.
The only kind of garden I can grow is a virtual one.
Dragons - must haz dragons!
1. Please, no CFE. I know a lot of experienced builders love to use it, and they make some amazing lots, but always, without fail, at some point in my game I will want to make some edits to the home, and if CFE was used this can be impossible.
2. No CC or CAP. I do use CC in my game, but I prefer to control what I get, and I find that with all the expansions and store items, I rarely ever need to use it. I WILL use Custard to check these, and if there's CC it will be disqualified. (Although you will be allowed to remove the CC and resubmit it to the Exchange.) Edit: Modified this restriction to allow CAP.
3. If you're doing a medieval (which is what I really want, so I will admit that I will tend to be biased towards those) or historical lot, no TVs, computers, microwaves, or elevators.
4. Unless you're doing a futuristic or comic book style, please don't include a lot of technology.
5. Please don't upgrade any of the items. I like to have my Sims do that, either to practice their handiness or their magic.
6. Don't use the ALT key or MOO to set any items that have to actually be used by Sims. (Deco items are fine.) When you see weird glitchiness in your Sims, such as where your Sim's arms are behind his back while he works at his inventing station, or he's standing inside his bass while he plays it, it's usually because the builder or player set the item down using the Alt key. I've been experimenting, and have a (incomplete so far) list of items that you should absolutely never use the Alt key or MOO for. So unless it's deco, no Alt key or MOO to set down items, even to avoid clipping with drapes or something. I'd rather have clipping with my furniture than see my Sims all twisty and distorted. Edit: Alt may be used when placing chairs, couches, or tables with chairs. As far as I can tell, there's no problem with seating placed with the ALT key.
7. Please have decorations that fit the theme. Sometimes I've looked at a medieval style home to find a modern poster on the wall, and that's jarring.
8. Please don't use the fairy house or castle. I hate how it takes over all my faeries' wishes.
9. No spawners or fog emitters. I know these can have an awesome effect, but if you have to turn the lot in order to place it, both of those double EACH time it is turned. Both of them can cause a great deal of extra lag in the game, so even though it's a shame to have to disallow them, I really don't want to add to game lag.
The only kind of garden I can grow is a virtual one.
Dragons - must haz dragons!
Profile
Wishlist
Entry: Merchant's home
Awarded: Lucky Palms
2) @SjappielovePaul;
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No wishlist, using HSmith2016's
Entry: Stoke Farm
HSmith2016 awarded Lunar Lakes
3) @Kylieb191;
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Wishlist
Entry: Desimfort Castle
FIRST PLACE - REWARD IS GOLD WORLD OR TWO VENUES
Awarded: Aurora Skies Gold
4) @Odonata68 ;
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Wishlist
Entry: Burroughs Farm
Awarded: Deliciously Indulgent Bakery
5) @Hoplass ;
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Wishlist
Entry: Willow Tree Farm
Awarded: Deliciously Indulgent Bakery
6) @Teanias;
Profile
Wishlist
Entry: Villa Albero di Agrumi
Awarded: Homecoming
7) @renyerookami ;
Profile
Wishlist
Entry: European medieval castle
Awarded: Grim's Ghastly Manor
8) @missroxor ;
Profile
Wishlist
Entry: Rodel Farmhouse
FIRST PLACE - REWARD IS GOLD WORLD OR TWO VENUES
Awarded: Sunlit Tides Gold
The only kind of garden I can grow is a virtual one.
Dragons - must haz dragons!
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And I hope you do enter! I'm hoping to get a lot of people interested; it should be a win-win for everyone.
The only kind of garden I can grow is a virtual one.
Dragons - must haz dragons!
My Wishlist http://store.thesims3.com/myWishlist.html?persona=renyerookami
The only kind of garden I can grow is a virtual one.
Dragons - must haz dragons!
@SeriphinaFyie - You know that you can gift anything you win. I would love to see what you'd do with this.
@PaigeIvy2000 - You get better with every build!
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I see what you're doing, telling me I can enter and gift my winnings... playing to my gifting addiction. I'm on to you and your shenanigans...
Okay, I'll drop down a empty lot and see what happens...
Are you going to share these pictures still, or no because you're joining in? Haha. I could really use some inspiration on this, I thought it would be easy but it's actually been quite tough!
@PaigeIvy2000 : If you enter, I guarantee that I will give you at least a consolation prize.
@renyerookami : Great! Looking forward to seeing it!
The only kind of garden I can grow is a virtual one.
Dragons - must haz dragons!
@PaigeIvy2000 : If you enter, I guarantee that I will give you at least a consolation prize.
Gosh, I totally understand this!!!! Mine turn into boxes with little boxes hanging off, and end up having really great landscaping....for some reason, landscaping I am good at, building..... not so much.
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First off, here is some excellent music to build to if you're feeling a bit ye olde...
Inspiration pictures eh? I have a few scenic things I can share
(if this is too much picture spam, let me know and I'll chop it down more.)
If those are your own creation, and aren't yet on the Exchange, you can enter one of those if you like. Or if you have something else in mind, you can wait and enter that instead.
The only kind of garden I can grow is a virtual one.
Dragons - must haz dragons!
Btw, if people who are entering this link their profiles in their signatures, they just might sometimes find themselves with an extra something to help them build.
The only kind of garden I can grow is a virtual one.
Dragons - must haz dragons!
Blog: https://blxndes.blogspot.com
Yes! It just started! Join us!
The only kind of garden I can grow is a virtual one.
Dragons - must haz dragons!
Blog: https://blxndes.blogspot.com
Blog: https://blxndes.blogspot.com
Just no CC, which almost goes without saying when uploading something to the Exchange.
The only kind of garden I can grow is a virtual one.
Dragons - must haz dragons!