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mmt3363
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So I have been playing the Sims from the very beginning. Back in the day, I had lots of friends who played the Sims, but as we got older, most of them sort of grew out of gaming while I stayed pretty dedicated to the hobby. Now a days, I'm kind of on my own lonely Sim island. Other than the forums, I don't really have anyone to talk shop with so to speak. Aside from my 12 year old niece who I gifted with the Sims 2, I know no one who plays any Sims game.
That was until last night. I was watching a Let's Play the Sims series on YouTube and my boyfriend became very interested. Now, my boyfriend is a hardcore gamer. He plays just about everything under the sun and plays it well, but he's never been very interested in the Sims before and I've never really pushed the game because I know not everyone really likes simulation games.
Anyway, I was needing to go to bed to prepare for an early morning at work, so I fired up a new game for him on my computer and let him give it a go. I honestly expected him to play maybe an hour, get bored, then quit. I fell asleep around 11 last night only to be woken up by the cat dive bombing my head at 3am. And guess what? He was STILL playing. I convinced him to come to bed so the cats would chill out. When my alarm went off at 7 this morning, he hoped right out of bed and went right back to playing the Sims. I am on cloud nine that he seems to genuinely enjoy playing. I might finally have someone to geek out with in real life!
So to all the you simmers out there, do you have anyone in your life who shares the love of the Sims with you? Apparently the Sims 4 is very welcoming to new, first time players.
That was until last night. I was watching a Let's Play the Sims series on YouTube and my boyfriend became very interested. Now, my boyfriend is a hardcore gamer. He plays just about everything under the sun and plays it well, but he's never been very interested in the Sims before and I've never really pushed the game because I know not everyone really likes simulation games.
Anyway, I was needing to go to bed to prepare for an early morning at work, so I fired up a new game for him on my computer and let him give it a go. I honestly expected him to play maybe an hour, get bored, then quit. I fell asleep around 11 last night only to be woken up by the cat dive bombing my head at 3am. And guess what? He was STILL playing. I convinced him to come to bed so the cats would chill out. When my alarm went off at 7 this morning, he hoped right out of bed and went right back to playing the Sims. I am on cloud nine that he seems to genuinely enjoy playing. I might finally have someone to geek out with in real life!
So to all the you simmers out there, do you have anyone in your life who shares the love of the Sims with you? Apparently the Sims 4 is very welcoming to new, first time players.
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Another thing is I do know some people in RL who play(ed) Sims 3&4 and Sims Medieval.
I know noone in RL who plays or played Sims 1 or Sims 2.
Finally I've cut all connections with people who play Sims Freeplay. Sorry, I don't need those people in my life.
Don't know anyone else that plays it in RL!
As far as my husband, he just sits and talks to me sometimes, he is not interested in talking about Sims and besides.........I wouldn't want him touching my computer,LOL
My cat is an awesome little snuggle bum. My boyfriend's cat is the antichrist.
I tried Freeplay when it first came out and hated it with a passion. So I can understand the cut in ties. lol
Sooo cute!
Screw growing up!! WOOO
(Your cat dive-bombing you made me laugh. I have two dogs and three kitties, and I very often wake up in the night to a cat wrapped around my leg and tapping and nibbling my tootsies).
I've been simming since the release of the first The Sims. Each incarnation is different, and I enjoy multiple aspects of each game. A few of my friends play, a couple of which I introduced to the game, and we'll get on a voicechat program, ask each other questions, tell each other tips and tricks we learn as we play, etc. I don't plan to stop simming anytime soon, and I can't wait to see what the future brings.
But anyway, back to the question after a little bit of history and me rambling on. My brother got into Sims shortly after I did and we used to play together. Now my niece is hooked on it too because of watching me play. My best friend from school plays it and I only found out about it after we left! I think she stopped in high school but then I tweeted about my gameplay and she got back into it. Another of my cousins started playing Sims 2 but he grew out of it. He was looking to play Sims 4 but got disappointed with the no Mac version. And now at my part time job, there's a lot of Simmers and we always chat about it when we get the time!
That's a very mean thing to say about her (or his?) boyfriend.
All kidding aside, I do have some friends who play The Sims to some extent. I rarely talk about Sims with them, though. And I think nobody I know (or at least am close with) has followed the series as I religiously as I've been doing.
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I still love and play this Game franchise, i need to say i was before playing the Sims 1 more the console Gamer, because i found more fun playing the PS 1 and Gameboy, well yes because Pokemon and stuff, yes i was a kid back in the days
Well but after that i started to play more Pc Games
Almost all my friends still plays Games but they are all more the MMORPG, CoD, Shooter type of Gamer though, only me and one other friends of mine still love to play the Sims.
I never grow old of this Game, i only hope Sims 4 will be not the last one in the future.
I also need to add because i am more disappointed how the Sims 4 is right now, but i still believe it can only be better in the future its just not my Sims Game anymore since i know from Sims 2 and 3.
I will not go more into detail why i believe so, because i did that almost with every comment i do here in the forum, so i just end it with this
So i only know now 2 people still playing the Sims me and my other old friend from RL
I don't take animal comments personally. Some people don't care for them, and that's fine by me. I on the other hand work in rescue in my spare time. I have 4 basset hounds, 2 cats and a neurotic hamster. I can't imagine my life without my pets, even though Finn (my boyfriend's cat, also I am a she for the record lol) is a bit of a demon. Then again, he's a 5 month old kitten so really he just has too much energy to contain in his small body.
I'm just tickled to death that my partner in crime seems to be jumping on the Sims bandwagon. This morning, he was chatting to me about findind ways to make his sim feel confident so that he gets the “pee like a champion" interaction. I told him about angry poops and he just goes “Well, that's weird." Then he started asking me how to make his sim get angry. lol
TS4 is the first Sims game I've played. Now that I have a job and have money I was able to buy it. I decided to buy it because I saw a LP on youtube and I remembered how much I wanted the game but TS4 looked better, (I never saw TS2 or TS3). But none of the people I know play it. My cousins know I play but don't really care about it, one of them actually has the first one with EPs but doesn't play anymore. I am also a lonely simmer
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