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Build-n-Share Weekly Challenge #82-83 -- The Perfect Plan
Anjubee
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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).
Your media should include a variety of screenshots to best showcase your entry. Please include at least one clear shot of the main floorplan of the build. If your build has multiple floors, please take a screenshot of each floor.
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.
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.
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.
Official Build-n-Share Animated Siggy
Want to represent Build-n-Share in your signature? Here is our official signature. Just copy and paste [*img]http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab105/anjubee/bns_fade.gif?t=1251688153[/img] into the signature section under "preferences" and delete the *.
Build-n-Share Archives
Big thanks to Freynas for putting this together!
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/198045.page
Two 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.
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).
Your media should include a variety of screenshots to best showcase your entry. Please include at least one clear shot of the main floorplan of the build. If your build has multiple floors, please take a screenshot of each floor.
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.
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.
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.
Official Build-n-Share Animated Siggy
Want to represent Build-n-Share in your signature? Here is our official signature. Just copy and paste [*img]http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab105/anjubee/bns_fade.gif?t=1251688153[/img] into the signature section under "preferences" and delete the *.
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Build-n-Share Archives
Big thanks to Freynas for putting this together!
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/198045.page
Two 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.
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Challenge deadline: Wednesday, January 26th at 7 p.m. (Eastern time)
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The Perfect Plan
Hope everyone had an awesome New Year's! To kick this new year off, I thought we would start with a plan challenge. Here it is!
Please build according to this plan. The point to this challenge is to see how creative you can be with your interpretation of it. The style of the home can be completely up to you as long as the floorplan is laid out like the above.
Please note that you can ignore any closets if you like since it isn't required for sim living, but feel free to keep them in too.
Please also note that this isn't a mansion, so scale is important. Scale your room sizes appropriately and only build on a huge lot if you plan on landscaping the bejeezus out of it.
You can add a detached garage or carport if you like along with any structural landscaping features as long as it is not part of the floorplan.
There is no budget, so have fun!
Remember to take an overhead shot of your floorplan for judging along with all of your other screenshots!
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 Princess Natasha, Robodl95, Tristarin, Scoiattolo, and KittKat7147.
Your backup judges are Robb, jessk328, and denisimms.
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/279926.page
Look for results typically a week after the deadline.
Big thanks to our judges and helpers!
Since judging will 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.
5) More is better—Weird, huh? But in this case, we want to make sure judges have enough shots to fairly judge your lot. Be sure to show off each room with at least one picture. Also, please include an overhead shot of the floorplan for each level.
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!
What does the "L" stand for in the master bath? I'm not sure if it's just "L" for labatory, a ledge or what???
:roll:Ok, while typing this I think I just answered my own question, lol...maybe it's "L" for linen closet!! That's what I'll go with unless you state otherwise.
Thanks!
And this challenge looks great, I love when there is a floorplan to follow. Could you possibly add upwards on the house...not make extra rooms, necessarily, but have a two story open area over part of the rooms?
***** VISIT MY GALLERY *****
Origin: AussiePlumbob
Sims 3: jostubbs
Just a little bump to keep it at the top of these forums - Where it belongs!
Ahaha, but also:
misscbong posed a very important question... can we, or can we not, have double height rooms?
I am thinking L is for linen closet, so feel free to ignore! As for 2 story rooms... hmm, I'm ok with that!
CLG: Ceiling
DW: Dishwasher
VLTD CLG: Vaulted Ceiling
STOR: Storage
REF: Refrigerator
L: Linen cabinet
In Utility room:
W: Washing machine
Hope this helps :-)
Official Entry
Name: jostubbs (Joanne)
Link to the posted asset (link to lot): http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3627051
Link to media (required for judging): http://s328.photobucket.com/albums/l357/joannestubbings/Build%20n%20Share%2082/
Optional Challenges entered?: None
Constructive Criticism?: Absolutely, yes please!
Experience level: Probably a beginner, this is only the second lot I've uploaded.
Lot Name: BuildnShare 82-83 White Cottage
Lot address, size, and final cost:
Address - 2200 Pinochle Point
Lot Size - 30x30
Cost furnished - $79,691
Cost unfurnished - $52,194
Details and Rational: I like to build clean and crisp looking lots and tend to shy away from patterns since I heard they cause trouble with uploading to the exchange. Tried to stick fairly closely to the floor plan, including closets, although some abbreviations I was unsure of. Just learning landscaping too!
Credit to any simmers for custom content you used: No custom content used.
Origin: AussiePlumbob
Sims 3: jostubbs
Name: LewisJ12
Link to the posted asset (link to lot):
Link to media (required for judging): http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/329042.page
Optional Challenges entered?: N/A
Constructive Criticism?: Yes Please
Experience level: Intermediate
Lot Name: The Modern Plan
Lot address, size, and final cost: I'll have to come back to you on address, but it was 30X30 and $128,328.
Details and Rational: As soon as I saw this challenge I had many many ideas. However, once I got in game, I knew exactly what I was after and so I created this modern home exactly to plan (at least it should be! :S). When The actual house was completed I felt as though something was missing so I landscaped with a fountain, rock features, masses of flowers, a few trees and the all important lap pool!
Inside I used green and the wood from the outside as the accents and so their are random splashes of green here and there and the wood gives it a cozy atmosphere (at least that's what I think :P). Double height ceilings were used in the dinning room and partially in the kitchen as well as a sloping double height ceiling in the bedrooms, bathrooms and the hallway. I might just add: Moveobjects on is an amazing cheat! Use it well! It has helped me so much with this challenge
Fingers crossed that you like it!
Credit to any simmers for custom content you used: The only CC used are the windows. It's amazing what one piece of CC can do :P So Thanks to _________ (I'll update with the simmer who created it when I find out who it is)
By the way Anju, I loved this challenge and would love to see more like it! It's great to formulate a load of ideas just from one simple drawing
Name: 8NiSci8
Link to the Posted Asset: Sakura Sanctuary Lot
Link to Media: Sakura Sanctuary Media
Optional Challenges Entered?: n/a
Constructive Criticism?: Yes please!
Experience Level: Intermediate
Lot Name: Sakura Sanctuary
Lot Address: 220 South Shang Simla Hills
Lot Size: 40x40
Unfurnished Cost: $103,529
Furnished Cost: $128,042
Details and Rational: Hey guys. This is my first attempt at a build-n-share challenge. I've been building Asian inspired houses lately, so I thought I'd continue on that meme with this challenge. I'm really happy with the results.
Custom Content: There are two decorative store items included in this lot (I'm pretty sure they're both in free sets).
Official Entry
Name: Middleclaw
Link to the posted asset: Hosgrove House
Link to media: Guided Tour
Optional Challenges entered: Not Applicable
Constructive Criticism: Aye, very much so.
Experience level: Beginner
Lot Name: Hosgrove House
Lot address, size, and final cost:
- - Address: 2250 Pinochle Point
- - Lot Size: 30 × 30
- - Unfurnished § 64,021
- - Furnished § 127,549
Details and Rational: This semi modernistic home features two single bedrooms and a double bedroom with en-suite bathroom and an additional bathroom, a kitchen with all the amenities, dining room, library alcove, and laundry area, entrance patio and a back patio. Additional features include a garage with a workshop, a shaded area for those of a painter’s persuasion, back garden for those that love fresh grown vegetables and a nearby rest spot under the shade of a tree, a swimming pool with a lounge area and an outdoor barbeque and front yard pond sporting a two tier fountain.
Credit to any simmers for custom content you used: No custom content used.
EDIT: Corrected Spelling
Name: LandaX
Link to the posted asset: Won't upload
Link to media: http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j314/Yo_Landa01/According to Plan/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenges entered: None
Constructive Criticism: Yes, please.
Experience level: Intermediate
Lot Name: According to Plan
Lot address, size, and final cost: 18 Maywood Lane, 20x30, $135,652 furnished, $76,032 unfurnished.
Details and Rational: I wanted to make a house that seemed cosy, yet very modern. So I used a lot of primary colors around the house, along with lots of black, white and browns. The bedroom with the vaulted ceiling is my favorite part, it reminds me of a magical forest, while remaining elegant and inviting. There are lots of places to sit and entertain company in the home. I did have to remove a wall in order to get rid of the "impenetrable blackness" that CFE causes. So, there's a window without a wall behind it in the laundry room. I hope you enjoy the house!
Credit to any simmers for custom content you used: Store items, some items by Angela@TSR.
LandaX: For the current challenges, we are only using three experience levels, so you will have to decide whether to go up or down a level...my guess would be UP!!
Thanks!
Name: kimjo313
Link to the posted asset (link to lot): http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3644611
Link to media (required for judging):
http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=295337
Optional Challenges entered?:
Constructive Criticism?: sure
Experience level: ???? my level was eliminated
Lot Name: Walden Woods Cabin
Lot address, size, and final cost: 2400 Pinochle Point Sunset Valley
40x30 $137,339.00
Details and Rational: After building the walls using the floor plan, I played around with differnet roof ideas. While playing I decided to make it a cabin. An angler/ gardener family of 5 moved in so the decor has alot of "fish"! The landscaping was done to represent a rather rustic wild theme. Perfect for a family of "love the outdoors" types. Favorite colors for the family are reflected in their bedrooms and the rest of the cabin is done in autumn/forest type colors.
Credit to any simmers for custom content you used: none. Only sp/ep/and store items
To make it more searchable, we would highly appreciate it if you include Build-n-Share in the description of the lot.
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