Welcome to the Build-n-Share Weekly Challenge!
The Build-n-Share challenges will be posted Wednesday of each week and run through the following Wednesday. Results will be posted approximately one week after all entries have been submitted in the Winner's Circle thread.
The benefits
First place will be awarded at all levels. If there are at least eight entries in a category, up to four places will also be announced.
Weekly challenges also create an opportunity for community on the forum site. We get to know one another’s names, share news, builds, and positive words. This is a chance to get your name out there, and hopefully make a few friends along the way.
What makes this challenge different from all the other ones I've seen?
We have been hosting this weekly challenge since the first week the game was released. We have many levels of builders in our community and welcome th em all. This group is truly a product of all its great members!
Within the first few challenges, our group was recognized by the gurus that be, who have helped the weekly challenges gain even more popularity be stickying both Build-n-Share threads. Since then, we have had at least one featured creation almost every week, and our list of featured members continues to grow.
With 3 successful collaborative neighborhoods (Gnomelandia, Summer of Love, and NYC) just about completed, Build-n-Share hopes to bring more creative challenges and new neighborhood ideas to the community with the help of our dedicated participants who willingly contribute and help each week to make sure each challenge runs smoothly.
The rules
All entries must be original work. Any competitor who submits another builder’s work will be disqualified and banned from any future Build-n-Share challenge. These competitors will also be removed from the Builders' Boulevard related websites if they have chosen to join (membership to the site and the Yahoo! group are not required to enter a Build-n-Share challenge).
Please announce your official lot posting using the entry form below. Make sure to leave the "Official Entry" label big. If you need to reformat it, you can do this by highlighting the desired text and then selecting "Big" in the font box above. This will help us see the entries in a sea of posts with no pics to guide us.
Entries must be submitted by the deadline, 7 p.m. Wednesday evening (eastern time, USA).
A description of the five major level categories
Beginner--I have a little experience, but I'm still figuring a lot of things out. I would not call myself an official "builder" at this point.
Beginner/Intermediate--I have a little more experience, but I'm just not sure yet about that leap up to "intermediate."
Intermediate--I have been building for awhile. I know the basics and maybe a little more. I enjoy building, but it is not my primary focus with the game.
Intermediate-Advanced--I'm getting pretty comfortable, but I want just a little more practice before entering on the top level.
Advanced--I know the Sims, and the Sims knows me. My name is familiar to a lot of veteran players, and I've competed in and won some building challenges and maybe even been recognized in a community showcase or two. I know most of the cheats AND I know how to use them.
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Build-n-Share Archives
Big thanks to Freynas for putting this together!
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/198045.pageTwo additional opportunities
Love to build? Come join us at
http://www.buildersboulevard.com . The site offers an additional forum for advertising lots, share tips and tricks, and participate in collaborative neighborhood projects!
We also have a Yahoo! Group for builders. It can be accessed at
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/buildersboulevard/ . You do not have to be a member to enter. This group will be used primarily as an announcement center and for some of our more complex polls, and possibly, databases.
Comments
This Week’s Challenge Specifics:
Challenge deadline: Wednesday, May 26th at 7 p.m. (Eastern time)
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Spookerific!
There was still a tingle from your spine as you sat there, a bit dazed. Your latest "clients" had just left (poofed!) and you were still trying to get your thoughts in order.
They had drifted through the walls just as you were wrapping up your day. The sudden appearance of 6 ghosts (2 blue, 2 orange, 1 purple, and 1 yellow) was so unnerving, you didn't even remember to scream.
After you were assured that they were of no harm, your ghostly visitors quickly got to the point. Apparently, Sunset Valley cemetery was overflowing with ghosts and discontented ghosts have been on a search for a new place, less crowded, to "rest."
Who were they going to call? Definitely not the Ghostbusters... so they came to you!
Some notes:
Yes, you are to build a cemetery/graveyard! It should be no larger than a 40x40 lot size or if you want to bulldoze the existing Sunset Valley cemetery and use that plot, that is fine too. Your budget is unlimited. You will probably need to use the buydebug cheat in order to access a lot of the goodies. To access buydebug mode, you will need to open up the cheat console by pressing ctrl+shift+C at the same time. Enter "testingcheatenabled true" and hit return/enter. Then go into buy/build mode and open up cheat console again and type in "buydebug." You should then see a question mark as a category where you can access a lot of objects.
You can make the cemetery as spooky or unspooky as you want.
CC is allowed, but as always, please list/credit them in your entry form.
Optional Challenge:
Create the above referenced ghosts! You must have 2 blue ghosts, 2 orange ghosts, 1 purple ghost, and 1 yellow). Your media should then show pictures of them haunting their new home.
BOO!
Official Entry
Name:
Link to the posted asset (link to lot):
Link to media (required for judging):
Optional Challenges entered?:
Constructive Criticism?:
Experience level:
Lot Name:
Lot address, size, and final cost:
Details and Rational:
Credit to any simmers for custom content you used:
To make it more searchable, we would highly appreciate it if you include Build-n-Share in the description of the lot.
Your official judges are Tota, Robodl95, Robb, Cameonet, and KitKat7145.
Your backup judge is Fidlerten.
Freynas is the official organizational guru collecting entrants' names, levels, links, and results!
Judges will post their results in the winner's circle thread: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/47204.page
Look for results typically a week after the deadline.
Big thanks to our judges and helpers!
Since judging will now be based on screenshots, we figured this would be a good time to go over some tips and tricks in taking good screenshots to help showcase your lovely builds.
1) Camera Man Mode - This is a must in taking good shots! You will have to be in live mode to do this, but just hit "TAB" to enter this mode. Once you are in this mode, you can use the mouse to freely control the angles and use "W, A, S, D" buttons to move forward, backwards, and side to side. "Z" zooms in, "X" zooms out. "Q" moves up and "E" moves down. "C" to capture the shot.
2) Find the perfect angle - With photography, it is all about finding the right angle. Spend some time in camera man mode to find the perfect angle. Get down to a sim's point of view to take the best shots of rooms.
3) Walls up - Most people play with walls cut away, but when you are taking pictures of your lot, try to keep your walls up to make your shots look more realistic.
4) No grids - Unless you need to show the grid for a specific purpose, make sure no build/buy grid is visible when you take your pictures. You can avoid this by taking pictures in live mode or by hitting the terrain paint button in build mode.
Ok, those are the basics! If you want to further your simatography skills, we highly recommend you visit http://simatography.webs.com for more tips and tricks and to see some excellent shots taken by professional simatographers!
Please try to keep this thread as photo free as possible and either create a story, a slide show, a separate thread, or use the stickied photo thread to post shots of your lots!
Beginner
Angelnga169
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2388343
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=213552
Optional Challenges entered?:yes
Constructive Criticism?:yes please
Joshoku
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2402937
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=214881
Optional Challenges entered?: none
Constructive Criticism?: yes please!
kraziikatt
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2388108
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=213132
Optional Challenges entered?: no
Constructive Criticism?: Yes please! needed and dont be afraid to be harsh
MaeMania
Link to posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2403847
Link to Media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=214823
Optional Challenges entered?: Yes. Ghosts pictures are in the main media.
Ghost family- http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2403814
Pre-Ghost- http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2403816
Constructive Criticism?: Oh yes! I'd love it!
scorpiophoenix
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2395083
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=214177
Optional Challenges entered?: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=214212
Constructive Criticism?: Yes, it is how we learn.
snakecharmer
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2402123
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=214667
Optional Challenges entered?: well i did create all the ghosts for the challenge, but 1 of them just wont appear
Constructive Criticism?: yes please
Beginner - Intermediate
BeechNutBaby
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2393645
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=214148
Optional Challenges entered?:no
Constructive Criticism?: Sure thing!
Bluuin
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2391988
Link to media: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTfJZi13m1Q
Optional Challenges entered?: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2392193
Constructive Criticism?: Yes
jessk328
Link to asset: http://www.4shared.com/file/_fwIN6TL/Friendly_Family_Burial_Gro
und.html
Link to media: Cemetery pictures: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/204237.page
Story of the family: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=213585
Optional Challenges: Yes,
Constructive Criticism: Yes
kimwriter75
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2399930
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/205067.page
Optional Challenges entered?: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=214489
Constructive Criticism?: Yes
xxmccxx
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2386896
Link to media: http://creationsbyios.blogspot.com/2010/05/bns-50.html
Optional Challenges entered?: None
Constructive Criticism?: Yes Please
Intermediate
Gcube
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2382538
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=212416
Optional Challenges entered?: None
Constructive Criticism?: Yes, please
diamondgirl141
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2403898
Link to media: http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/kitten_1414/BnS 50/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenges entered?: none
Constructive Criticism?: yes, please!
Molly360
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2387517
Link to media: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSQUGJHkgY8
Optional Challenges entered?: yes
Constructive Criticism?: oo yes please
mryjn1976
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2391313
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=213518
Optional Challenges entered?: none
Constructive Criticism?: sure
zenmisery
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2398873
Link to media: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v513/zen_misery/BnS 50 Spookerific/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenges entered?:yes
Constructive Criticism?: Yes indeed.
Intermediate - Advanced
Anartistica
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2398823
Link to media: http://picasaweb.google.com/annheinis/Spookerific?authkey=Gv1sRgCNro1ZPthK6K7wE#5475186365461218802
Optional Challenges entered?: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=214312
Constructive Criticism?: Yes please!
Scoiattolo
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2397653
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/0/205052.page#2523925
Optional Challenges entered?: no
Constructive Criticism?: yes
Advanced
LKadas
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2388565
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/120/137595.page#2505385
Optional Challenges entered?: None
Constructive Criticism?: Yes please
Robb
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2400620
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/0/205211.page
Optional Challenges entered?: I will update later if I get a chance...
Constructive Criticism?: Yes
Tota
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2403282
Link to media: http://picasaweb.google.se/113802207162814723119/SanshiSuimeiCemetery02?feat=directlink#
Optional Challenges entered?: None
Constructive Criticism?: Yes please
Beginner - Judge: cameonet1950 http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/960/47204.page
1st place - Angelnga169
2nd place – kraziikatt
3rd place – MaeMania
Beginner - Intermediate - Judge: KittKat7147 http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/1080/47204.page
1st Place - TIE! Kimwriter75 & Xxmccxx!
2nd Place - BeechNutBaby!
Optional Challenge - Jessk328!
Intermediate - Judge: Robb http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/975/47204.page
1st Place - diamondgirl141
2nd place - Gcube
3rd place - Molly 360
Optional challenge winner - zenmisery
Intermediate - Advanced - Judge: Judge: Tota http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/975/47204.page
1st place - Scoiattolo
Honorable mentions - Anartistica
Advanced - Judge: KitKat7147 http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/1005/47204.page
1st place - Tota
Purple is Starvation. I found a good guide to killing Sims a couple months ago. I hope this link works. It has a bunch of stuff about romancing ghosts and making ghost babies, but just ignore that.
http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=140495
http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=140495
But I'm going to be a bit of a pain here...
I'm currently working on the Sanshi-Suimei cemetery and I just thought that I might use it for this challenge...? The problem is that it is on the 32x63 lot (the actual cemetery lot in Sunset Valley), would it be possible for me to enter with it anyway or are you very strict with this rule? Pretty please....
The other question I have is, can it be a community lot or is it supposed to be residential?
I recommend you book mark the main thread and check it each week. All of the challenge links are there plus some very helpful links. -EQ
I forgot to enter the one I did last week, Hehehe I'm so dizzy sometimes.
I've still got the graveyard I made for my ghost busters movie, so I can go touch that up!
mawahahahaha!!!!
Anjubee - thanks for another great challenge! Is this supposed to be on a community or residential lot? Or do we pick ourselves?
I thought the exact same thing.