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    PsychoSimXXPsychoSimXX Posts: 4,403 Member
    When I am creating ANYTHING for the game I can get lost in it. I finally got off my butt to learn how to create poses, so I am lost in that at the moment.


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    applefeather2applefeather2 Posts: 4,003 Member
    Yes, it does happen.

    I just had a sim wedding and I'm waiting to see what these two have for children:

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    Can't wait to see their children, you will post pics?? Please,

    I'll try to remember this thread -- for now their little one is just a babe in basket. :smile:
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    AyrellAyrell Posts: 40 Member
    I think it's a good sign when we lose track of time and become so absorbed by the game, it means we are having fun playing! :)
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    notetoself00xnotetoself00x Posts: 499 Member
    I didnt realize there is a "time played" thing on origin for each game. I forget what my number of hours was for TS4 but it was very very high lol
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    applefeather2applefeather2 Posts: 4,003 Member


    So... attention @feetinstockings , we have a toddler!
    I may be wrong, but it looks like there are distinct possibilities that Dawson just might grow up to resemble his father.

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    tinahjalmartinahjalmar Posts: 1,595 Member
    I lose myself in when I'm playing the game. All the time! Even when the TV is on, I somehow tune it out as I play!
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    AshtontoAshton22AshtontoAshton22 Posts: 1,797 Member
    @applefeather2 Cannot unsee!
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    applefeather2applefeather2 Posts: 4,003 Member
    @AshtontoAshton22 *hands over jug of eye bleach* :p
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    SkobeeSkobee Posts: 2,864 Member
    I had this yesterday actually, I bought the vampire pack / bowling pack / vintage pack for myself for my birthday and yesterday was my first day that no one came to my house. So I played a single female sim who was going to be a vampire and all, until I realised it was already 23:00 and maybe time for bed.. I really didn't want to though, so i'm playing again today :D
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    HeyHeyyHeyHeyy Posts: 465 Member
    I hope you are feeling better!
    I've spent countless hours on these games haha. waaay too many.
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    luthienrisingluthienrising Posts: 37,636 Member
    @applefeather2 A few months ago I actually saw a guy with basically that actual nose, IRL. And my first thought was OMG I could make that in Sims!
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    xJawdinxJawdin Posts: 42 Member
    YES! I'm also especially bad at "oh let me do one more thing before I go to bed *accidentally spends another 30 mintues on the game*
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    AshtontoAshton22AshtontoAshton22 Posts: 1,797 Member
    I played yesterday and suddenly it was today.
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    applefeather2applefeather2 Posts: 4,003 Member
    I played yesterday and suddenly it was today.

    Ha, ha. Very good!
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    ArtsyBananaArtsyBanana Posts: 339 Member
    haha Today I fell asleep at 3am trying to raise the surprise Twins the game gave me :D . So yeah losing track of time really is literally losing yourself in the game/
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    HeyHeyyHeyHeyy Posts: 465 Member
    I played yesterday and suddenly it was today.

    The same thing happens to me. I go through periods of time where I don't play because I don't hav the inspiration for storylines/builds, but when I do get into my game, hours fly by! many nights that turned into mornings haha.
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    GrumpyGlowfishGrumpyGlowfish Posts: 2,214 Member
    Hasn't it been scientifically proven that playing The Sims warps time and space? If not, it should be, because that's the only logical explanation. You start in the morning or early afternoon, play for maybe half an hour, suddenly it's dark outside. And it keeps happening!
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    TriplisTriplis Posts: 3,048 Member
    I have this happen with the sims and with modding the sims, and with a lot of other things too... if the right measure of reward and immersion is possible, I can do it with most anything. In my case, I attribute it to hyperfocus, which is related to ADD, because it defines so much of how I live and act. But I'm pretty sure that a well-designed video game can trigger a very similar effect on a "normal" brain (see: Flow, which has an overall more positive connotation than hyperfocus).
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    Uzone27Uzone27 Posts: 2,808 Member
    Triplis wrote: »
    I have this happen with the sims and with modding the sims, and with a lot of other things too... if the right measure of reward and immersion is possible, I can do it with most anything. In my case, I attribute it to hyperfocus, which is related to ADD, because it defines so much of how I live and act. But I'm pretty sure that a well-designed video game can trigger a very similar effect on a "normal" brain (see: Flow, which has an overall more positive connotation than hyperfocus).

    Actually losing track of time is a perfectly normal side effect of intensive right brained activity.
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    HermitgirlHermitgirl Posts: 8,825 Member
    All the time lately. I played pretty much all night the last two nights... having to do hand stretches and make myself do other things. I think I got a monkey on my back quite frankly.
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