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  • Nikkei_SimmerNikkei_Simmer Posts: 9,404 Member
    edited July 2020
    When you go into Excel (I use LibreOffice Calc now - Got tired of giving Microsoft my money) and make a spreadsheet for your Sims bank-account because the §99,999,999 limit just isn't cutting it and you have to keep it open in the background while you're playing your game so that you can do bank deposits on the fly.
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    Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
  • jaletu2005jaletu2005 Posts: 688 Member
    When you are constantly looking at objects and clothing in the real world and thinking "I have something so similar in the Sims 3 but I never tried that color or pattern combination!" So you recreate that outfit or item in your next sim game and it's just brilliant!
    OR--
    When you create an outfit or recolor an item in Sims 3 and just love it and after going shopping or watching TV, you see that exact same thing in the real world! You can almost hear the twilight zone music playing...
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  • OldeseadoggeOldeseadogge Posts: 4,973 Member
    You keep coming back to try again every 2-3 years or so because there is something in it that keeps calling you. A voice that TS4 has made louder every day that passes.
  • ArchivistArchivist Posts: 4,375 Member
    When you see an entire couch set on the front page of Amazon and think "ooh, I should buy that just to see how it looks" then you remember that you have no money and it's your Sims who are rich.
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  • Nikkei_SimmerNikkei_Simmer Posts: 9,404 Member
    ...when you are in Malaysia and find a banded snake on the road and go "Oooh...a Malayan Krait..." Of course you know it's venomous, but you realize that you can hold it and stuff in the Sims. At least hopefully you know that you're not supposed to pick up one in real life.
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    Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
  • ZeeGeeZeeGee Posts: 5,355 Member
    When you see a YouTube ad featuring Will Wright and your head almost explodes before you realize he’s just hawking a game design class. Come back to us Will 😭
  • texxx78texxx78 Posts: 5,657 Member
    When you love playing 4 and yet you still dream of playing 3. If it wasn't for this covid 🤬 i would have bought the pc i need to play both.
  • MamaSimTeeMamaSimTee Posts: 963 Member
    When you're watching a show and you randomly hear the buy/build music.
    <insert inspiring comment here> :)
  • rubyskywalkerrubyskywalker Posts: 1,174 Member
    When you watch a movie and say "I need to make them in the sims!" And then put off your favorite character for last because you know you'll spend hours making sure he looks perfect! And then decide you'll make the actor to pair with your simself because you're that kind of person... :love::blush:
    Just me?

    (I made another save in hopes of distracting myself from making the Simself Save but it's so not gonna last long...)

    Origin ID and TS3 Username: DollyGizzy
    Hoping to complete the Brunch at the Old Mill set for CYS. 16 items left.
    My Sims 3 Store Wishlist: https://store.thesims3.com/myWishlist.html?persona=DollyGizzy
    My TS3 Blog: https://rubysasimslife.blogspot.com
  • Nikkei_SimmerNikkei_Simmer Posts: 9,404 Member
    edited July 2020
    You know you're a Sims addict when after being a photographer in real life; you prefer to shoot sim portraiture vs. actually shooting portraiture for a real life person.

    At least my sims cooperate when posing.

    And they don't second-guess the photographer.
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    Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
  • MamaSimTeeMamaSimTee Posts: 963 Member
    When you watch a movie and say "I need to make them in the sims!" And then put off your favorite character for last because you know you'll spend hours making sure he looks perfect! And then decide you'll make the actor to pair with your simself because you're that kind of person... :love::blush:
    Just me?

    (I made another save in hopes of distracting myself from making the Simself Save but it's so not gonna last long...)

    Or a person from a band you like. I once made a Sim version of Nathan Followil from Kings Of Leon to pair with my Simself. :)

    <insert inspiring comment here> :)
  • emorrillemorrill Posts: 8,110 Member
    @rubyskywalker Nope you aren't the only one. ;) I totally paired up my Scott Bakula (Sam Beckett) sim with my Simself in my continuing Quantum Leap sorry. :love:
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  • rubyskywalkerrubyskywalker Posts: 1,174 Member
    edited July 2020
    emorrill wrote: »
    @rubyskywalker Nope you aren't the only one. ;) I totally paired up my Scott Bakula (Sam Beckett) sim with my Simself in my continuing Quantum Leap sorry. :love:

    Thanks I'm not the only one now! Except my simself probably won't look like me much... Not that I don't like how I look, I just don't want anyone to really know what I look like. Also I give it my pseudonym, Ruby, which has kinda become a nickname for me irl too. As for who I'm pairing with my simself, I do think the actor's quite good looking, I don't admit it much though because he's under 18 and I'm basically an adult now. But hey, celebrity crushes are okay I guess either way. Just Google search Pearce Joza if you want to see who I'm talking about... and probably spend hours making look perfect. His character in the movie is this though - https://disneyzombies.fandom.com/wiki/Wyatt_Lykensen. Bonus: Video if you wanna see his personality a little better:

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QHLMjCOhPG4

    (Gonna make the character into a sim too.) 🐺

    Alright, enough off-topic me going nuts. Hmmm
    You're a sims addict when... you decide you're sims entire storyline before it's even played- (Pairing Rosalie up with a particular badboy sim from Twinbrook, switching his career from criminal to something to do with the graveyard, removing his kleptomaniac trait, and making him part vampire. I'm sure since Rosalie loves reading vampire books she'd looove marrying one.)
    Origin ID and TS3 Username: DollyGizzy
    Hoping to complete the Brunch at the Old Mill set for CYS. 16 items left.
    My Sims 3 Store Wishlist: https://store.thesims3.com/myWishlist.html?persona=DollyGizzy
    My TS3 Blog: https://rubysasimslife.blogspot.com
  • emorrillemorrill Posts: 8,110 Member
    @rubyskywalker Would that bad boy from Twinbrook happen to be Sinbad Rotter? :p
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  • rubyskywalkerrubyskywalker Posts: 1,174 Member
    emorrill wrote: »
    @rubyskywalker Would that bad boy from Twinbrook happen to be Sinbad Rotter? :p

    Yes it is.
    Origin ID and TS3 Username: DollyGizzy
    Hoping to complete the Brunch at the Old Mill set for CYS. 16 items left.
    My Sims 3 Store Wishlist: https://store.thesims3.com/myWishlist.html?persona=DollyGizzy
    My TS3 Blog: https://rubysasimslife.blogspot.com
  • SimLibbySimLibby Posts: 668 Member
    When you look at the bottom right corner of your television screen to see if the needs are taken care off.

    When you want to hit the undo button after changing something in your house.
    (O yeah, right, when changing my mind or not liking it, I actually have to put it back manually. :#:p)
  • WaterdragonWaterdragon Posts: 780 Member
    When you see a mother with her little daughter walking in front of you, the mom´s hair a beautifully dyed wine-red, the daughter´s a plain brown, and you are thinking: what a shame that the kid didn´t get her mom´s hair.
    My sim´s antics: http://waterdragonsblog.com/
    My studio: http://www.thesims3.com/mypage/WatrDragon/mystudio

    Just assume that every edit I make is because of typos.
  • AvataritAvatarit Posts: 836 Member
    When you see a mother with her little daughter walking in front of you, the mom´s hair a beautifully dyed wine-red, the daughter´s a plain brown, and you are thinking: what a shame that the kid didn´t get her mom´s hair.

    I also started to become really aware of genetics in real life ;)
    I saw the son (child) of a co-worker (woman) and they were so similar I could imagine how she is in CAS and was just changed the gender and age.
  • LashinLashin Posts: 74 Member
    When you stay up until 6am playing your current save game...
  • Nikkei_SimmerNikkei_Simmer Posts: 9,404 Member
    When it's 12:40PM; you logged on at 6AM YESTERDAY...and your computer finally says. "Screw this..." and throws up an Error 12 and boots you out of the game. You just happily clear out the files and restart the game.

    And your computer is going:
    https://youtu.be/31g0YE61PLQ
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    Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
  • MamaSimTeeMamaSimTee Posts: 963 Member
    Lashin wrote: »
    When you stay up until 6am playing your current save game...

    Oh I've done that. Quite a few times. The first time, was when the SIMS were brand new (version 1). I loaded the game after my son went to bed. I started playing around 9 p.m. Next thing I knew it was 3 a.m. OOPS!

    <insert inspiring comment here> :)
  • AvataritAvatarit Posts: 836 Member
    When you can't play for a long time but you still miss your simmies very much, so you're going through screenshots like it's a photo album of loved ones.
  • HolaheyeHolaheye Posts: 88 Member
    When you randomly clap your hands to imitate your Sims' actions.
  • BlackSandBlackSand Posts: 2,074 Member
    When you get upset because the zoom and spin features of the game don't work on the pictures people post in threads. I mean the pics are great, but you just want to look around ... :)

    .
    I eat pickles on my hamburgers ... MWWAHAHAHAHA
  • lowpolygallowpolygal Posts: 422 Member
    When you read the word 'review' as 'Riverview'... out loud :flushed:(it happened to me ok :bawling: )
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    I have a Simblr

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