There have been so many great holiday-themed contests, lotteries and events going on here ever since Halloween, it's inspired me to host a contest in honor of my own favorite holiday: New Year's. It's easy to be all partied-out by the time the new year comes around, but for me New Year's Eve has always been a time for self-reflection, to look on the past year, forgive myself for my mistakes, celebrate my successes, and remember the important things. So it is in that spirit that the theme of this contest comes from.
The Challenge
Create a sim (or sims) who has gotten a second chance or had a new beginning in their life and tell their story. It can be short or long, include pictures or just be text, whatever format you are most comfortable with. The most important thing is to be creative. And have fun!
Optional - Bonus
Your sim (or sims) need a place to live! Build them a home that reflects their personality and story.
Rules
1. No CC or CAP - All EA content (EP, SP, and Store) is allowed. If an entry is found to contain CC, there will be a two day grace period after the end of the contest to remove and re-upload the entry.
2. Upload a Household - You can create a single sim or a family for your story, whatever fits, but please upload all entries as households so that they retain their skills, inventories, and everything else.
3. Number of Entries - You may enter as many times as you like, however you can only place in each prize category once.
4. Lifestates - ALL lifestates are welcome! Occults, pets, berry sims, etc.
5. Number of Pictures - Include at least one picture of your entry, but no more than six in this thread. If you want to include more than 6 pictures, please post them elsewhere (another thread, a blog, etc) and link there. Pictures can be interspersed with the story section of the entry, if you like that format.
6. EA Remodels - For the bonus round, you may remodel an EA build if you prefer. If you choose to do so, please indicate on your entry what you remodeled.
7. Bonus Entries - Do not need to be submitted at the same time as the sim(s) to which they belong.
Entry Form
Forum Name(and sims 3 site name, if different):
Download Link:
Story:
Picture(s):
Bonus Entry Form
Forum Name(and sims 3 site name, if different):
Download Link:
Picture(s):
Contest ends January 1, 2016 at 11:00pm EST January 15, 2016 at 10:00pm EST
Can I upload this straight on to this thread in a post or not? Is the bonus prize better than first?
Yes to both. You can post your entry here in this thread and the bonus prize is better than first of the main part of the contest. I'll also say that the prizes are not set in stone. I reserve the right to increase them depending on the number of entries I get and as I see fit.
I know that feeling! I wanted to have this up at the start of the month, but was having the same problem myself... Thank you for your interest. I hope you find time to enter and if not, have very happy holidays!
Oh I totally love this competition! I'll not make a sim now because I'll get a new laptop tomorrow, but like it ends in january, I'll still have enough time anyway.
I have a question. I use CC in my CAS, and I can create without the makeup that I usually use, but I'm not sure whether or not I can make it without my CAS skintone. (Not sure if it's default or not, does that make sense?). Any thoughts or suggestions?
@GITTE2001 With everything going on and the time of year, I wanted to make sure everyone who wanted to participate would have time to. I wish you luck with your shiny new laptop!
@MariTomKaulitZ Thanks for your interest. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with !
@gnlovew Hmm. That is a good question. I don't use CC myself, so I'm not sure if I know enough to help, but I'll try. You could try uploading a sim with no other CC and I could check it to see if it has the skintone attached. Making a new sims folder, like Gitte suggested, would also work, but if you want to use store content, you'd have to reinstall it, so that seems like it would be a lot of trouble.
@GITTE2001 With everything going on and the time of year, I wanted to make sure everyone who wanted to participate would have time to. I wish you luck with your shiny new laptop!
@MariTomKaulitZ Thanks for your interest. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with !
@gnlovew Hmm. That is a good question. I don't use CC myself, so I'm not sure if I know enough to help, but I'll try. You could try uploading a sim with no other CC and I could check it to see if it has the skintone attached. Making a new sims folder, like Gitte suggested, would also work, but if you want to use store content, you'd have to reinstall it, so that seems like it would be a lot of trouble.
@gnlovew - if your skintone is a package file, you can just temporarily move the mods packages file out (or just the parts that you need to move out that would affect Sims... hair, clothes, accessories, etc.)
This is a great idea for a contest @KaytayRoall. I can think of a couple different Sims I might like to make.
Thank you @ciane, unfortunately, my question was moot, my game is messed up, and all I had to play with was my regular Sims3 game! It looks as though I'm going to have to delete and start all over again. I lost all of my families and builds. I had a really neat (in my humble opinion) Christmas build going with @Jaceigh too.
Anyway, before I take it all down and start over, I did create a sim and a small build for this group! (Weird pic of the sim, sorry)
Stella Lunis was a child star in Bridgeport. She successfully made the leap to mainstream tv, and as a young adult seemed to have it all. Then one day she walked into her lovely mansion, only to catch her husband Gregory having relations with her personal assistant! Stella fled Bridgeport, and scurried to her Grandma Bea's cottage in Sunset Valley. She's trying to remain incognito, but how long will it be before her desire to perform overcomes her desire for privacy? Will she remake herself as a quiet artist, or will the lure of the bright lights of Bridgeport pull her back? http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8815192
Comments
Yes to both. You can post your entry here in this thread and the bonus prize is better than first of the main part of the contest. I'll also say that the prizes are not set in stone. I reserve the right to increase them depending on the number of entries I get and as I see fit.
Yes, I'm okay with you using a family created for another contest.
I plan on judging them myself.
1st - Standard World
2nd - Venue
3rd - 1000sp
4th - 500sp
Bonus - It's a surprise!
gnlovew - Entry - Download scanned, clean - Bonus Entry Download scanned, clean
StephSteb - Entry - Download scanned, clean
ciane - Entry - Download scanned, clean - Bonus Entry - Download scanned, clean
blair2396 - Entry - Download
rionismyname - Entry - Download scanned, clean - Bonus Entry - Download scanned, clean
Martje89 - Entry - Download scanned, clean
SjappielovePaul - Entry - Download scanned, clean
Some links that helped me a lot:
Missing Store Stencils / Free Kiddy Stuff / Daily Deals / Daily Deals Spreadsheets / The Gifting Directory
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@GITTE2001 With everything going on and the time of year, I wanted to make sure everyone who wanted to participate would have time to. I wish you luck with your shiny new laptop!
@MariTomKaulitZ Thanks for your interest. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with !
@StephSteb Yay! Welcome aboard!
@gnlovew Hmm. That is a good question. I don't use CC myself, so I'm not sure if I know enough to help, but I'll try. You could try uploading a sim with no other CC and I could check it to see if it has the skintone attached. Making a new sims folder, like Gitte suggested, would also work, but if you want to use store content, you'd have to reinstall it, so that seems like it would be a lot of trouble.
You're welcome.
I became an "own the store" member on February 27, 2016. Thank you so much, everyone!
Do you enjoy saving SimPoints?
If so, check out the following threads for more info: Free Kids Items - Animals Abound Cascade ➝ Cascades ➝ Daily Deals ( DD Spreadsheet )
This is a great idea for a contest @KaytayRoall. I can think of a couple different Sims I might like to make.
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Thanks @franny again for the tag.
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Anyway, before I take it all down and start over, I did create a sim and a small build for this group! (Weird pic of the sim, sorry)
Stella Lunis was a child star in Bridgeport. She successfully made the leap to mainstream tv, and as a young adult seemed to have it all. Then one day she walked into her lovely mansion, only to catch her husband Gregory having relations with her personal assistant! Stella fled Bridgeport, and scurried to her Grandma Bea's cottage in Sunset Valley. She's trying to remain incognito, but how long will it be before her desire to perform overcomes her desire for privacy? Will she remake herself as a quiet artist, or will the lure of the bright lights of Bridgeport pull her back?
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8815192
Grandma Bea's Posey Point Cottage
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8815193 (I have no idea why they post pics of the back of my builds!)
I tried not to overdo the decorations, wanted it to look simple.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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@KaytayRoall great idea for a contest!
@Franny thanks for the tag.
Are Kevin's undergarments lurking in a wishlist near you?
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