It's pining for the fjords!

[baratron]

It somehow doesn't surprise me to learn that Maxis are taking lessons in surreality from Monty Python :)

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[krasota.livejournal.com]

i'm gonna have to go laugh now.... *shakes head*

*giggles*

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[adjectivemarcus.livejournal.com]

Heeheehee! Cool outdoor television too!

[baratron.livejournal.com]

That's not an Unleashed item, though - it's from one of the user-made web sites. Can't think which one, now. Hrm. And the Sims Object Locator (http://www.simobjectlocator.simcrazy.com/) isn't helping. Okay - I'll mail the person who took the photo and ask them where they got it from :)

[sabbysteg.livejournal.com]

Is this Unleashed or Sims Online? If you're curious about Sims online, I'm playtesting so feel free to ask me about it.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Unleashed, I think it said in the lj-cut tag.

Storytelling...

[baratron.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's Unleashed. Which will be on sale here in all of 5 hours *bounce*. No, I'm not going to stay up until the shops open... at least, I hope I'm not!

I'm actually not very interested in The Sims Online. I wrote some stuff about it on the Sims forum that I go to, but never copied it over to my journal. I suppose I should:

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"It is quite simple, if you are not into social interaction with other people, you won't enjoy the Sims Online, but if you do, it will be your thing."

That's not quite true in my case. I love irc and livejournal - I've been talking to people online through one thing or another for 8 years now, and never get tired of it. However, I don't enjoy roleplaying. The Sims for me isn't roleplaying - it's storytelling. Some of my sims are based on real people, but I don't make them act like they do in real life. (Actually, a lot of the humour in my game is about my sims doing something particularly like or unlike the real-life person they're based on!).

I don't think I want to play TSO because instead of making up stories about people who don't exist and talking to people who do, suddenly people who do exist will be coming into my stories - with all their own ideas for how the story should go. And I don't want that. I like to keep the two things separated.

Me too!

[oakdragon.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be on the playtesting team too. Just got notification of disk shipment an hour or so ago.

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[sabbysteg.livejournal.com]

cool. if you want to look me up in the game, my name is Golden. I live in My Humble Abode. I welcome visitors.

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[oakdragon.livejournal.com]

Ok. So you're already in?

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[sabbysteg.livejournal.com]

yes

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[oakdragon.livejournal.com]

That's wonderful news. If playtester selection has been going in waves, that means that there may yet be a chance that my girlfriend will also be chosen.

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[sabbysteg.livejournal.com]

yes, they said in the sims newsletter they're going in waves. i think it only opened two days before i got in and it's been going like 5 days by now i *think* and they're supposed to keep adding and adding until they reach capacity. so there's a good chance she'll be chosen. even if she isn't you could always let her play one of your three characters.

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[oakdragon.livejournal.com]

I finally got my disk! I tried to create a character, but it says Alphaville is full! :-(

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[sabbysteg.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...
What are the other options?

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[oakdragon.livejournal.com]

Looks like it was just under maintenance. I finally got in today.

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[oakdragon.livejournal.com]

I've chosen the name Drake Roberts. I don't have a place yet.

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[sabbysteg.livejournal.com]

Hm. I haven't played in awhile. Have you found a place by now?