Author: simper fi

Do you use the Lot Adjuster when you’re building? I want to try (because I’m finding I have more space than I like after building my homes) but it seems a little complicated. Do you have any tips?

Hi there! I don’t really use the Lot Adjuster, although I have in the past. (I usually can’t be arsed to exit and reopen my game in order to use it. XD) For the most part I just deal with the standard Maxis lot sizes and they’ve served me well thus far. Or I use one of these lots by MaryLou that are already shrunk/adjusted. 😀

The LotAdjuster is not as scary as it looks, though, I promise! I’m pretty sure I just followed the instructions in the download thread at MTS and it was pretty self-explanatory. I’d advise trying it in a test hood first and backing up your neighborhood, just in case! (It’s a good practice to make frequent backups, anyway. :D) 

13 and 19 for the meme? :)

13. What’s your favourite aspect of the game? (CAS, Build etc.)
Well, I think my favorite aspect is actually playing. 🙂 I especially love making all my Sims have obscene amounts of kids because I like seeing how the genetics play out. 😀 However, it probably comes as no surprise to my longtime friends/followers that I love building and decorating – especially community lots. 😀 I guess the one aspect I’m never really in the mood for is CAS. My CAS urges are few and far between (which is aggravating, because sometimes I really want to play around with new CC but I just lack the inspiration for creating unique Sims D:). 

19. Post your favourite screenshot.
ACK! Giving me the hardest one. XD Well, I decided not to choose from screenshots that showcase builds/interiors, because I don’t think I’d be able to choose. XD I’m going to post one scenery screenshot and one storytelling screenshot. 😀

I picked the screenshot with the Bushby kids because I just love what it represents – the epitome of lazy summer days. 😀 I have a summer vacation mod installed, so during their time off the kids spent every single day down by the beach. They all autonomously hung out together like this at one point and I just thought it was the cutest thing. 🙂 (Can you also tell why they’re my favorite family? XD)

for the meme: 1 and 12! :)

1. Tell me the story of how you started playing.
I started with TS1 waaaaaay back in – I don’t know, 2001 or 2002? A long time ago. D: I was staying with family down in Virginia and one of my cousins had it and was trying to teach me how to play. I remember building a massive box house and making the Weasley family. 😛 I got the game for myself shortly after. I don’t remember the exact moment I discovered custom content, but as we all know, life was never the same after that! XD I remember Party Sims being one of the first CC sites I ever found. Somewhere during 2003-2004 was when my Lord of the Rings obsession was at its peak, and I had all of Debsy’s and Tig’s LotR skins and lots and everything, gahhhhh the nostalgia. *_* (I still have urges to revisit my TS1/LotR days!)

My best friend in high school got TS2 when it came out, and we used to take turns playing it at her house on her uncle’s tricked-out Alienware computer. 😛 I wanted it so badly but my ancient PC with Windows ME (YES, ME) couldn’t handle it. (I still continued to obsessively play TS1 during this time!) I finally got a new computer in 2006, got TS2, and the rest is history! 

12. Biggest achievement in the game?
I never play challenges so I’ve never reached any “end goal”, per se. I guess my biggest achievement is Sycamore Cove itself? Just in terms of how many families I have, and how many lots I’ve built (especially since I never used to be a lot builder – imagine that?!). OH! Maybe my biggest achievement is playing two sets of families with quadruplets without having any of them taken away by the social worker. XD