The Random Legacy Challenge - A Late Night Spin Off.

[AJH]

And, I've kind of gone over the tipping point in terms of putting yet more effort into salvaging this legacy. I was not very excited by Kaiden's generation roll, and I'm even less excited by the roll for the next generation.
While I am a little sad by having to end early, I'm not all that attached to the arbitrary 10 generation legacy. This one made to a 6 generation legacy, and I'm fine with that. I'd rather pull the plug now than keep trying to resuscitate it.
*hugs* like you said earlier, at least they ended on a good note and a point that fitted as an ending even if it wasn't meant to

We'll all be looking forward to seeing what you do with Riverview now...

I've just added the last two families from people's legacies into my new town so next time I get time to play I'll be able to actually play!

I've now added Ryanne, Bryce & Seiran (sp?) Roman as a family of YA's and also Harper & Cedric Harris with their children (3 kids & 1 toddler) and Adamaris

I'm also feeling very achy after getting a new gym programme & being run through it yesterday!

[Buckley]

Good choices, Ali! ;) I can't wait to read about it. You gotta keep us updated on the happenings around town, alright?

Jessica, thanks for the encouragement. Your comment really brightened my day. :)

[AJH]

Good choices, Ali! ;) I can't wait to read about it. You gotta keep us updated on the happenings around town, alright?
I'll try to, think I may need to keep a notepad by my computer so I can make a note of any SP stories which pop up for the various families!

[Anarathiel]

Couple
3 kids
Stylist
Criminal (Evil)
Hobby or obsession
Fashion Diva

This is my generation two roll by the way everybody. I think the stylist and fashion diva go really well together, the hobby shouldn't be too hard as a stylist needs to be a decent artist.

[AlmaDelCore20]

http://toftfamilylegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/chapter-24-blind-date.html

New chapter~! Enjoy!

I've decided that tomorrow my five hours at my office job when I'm not being the gopher is going to be spent FINALLY catching up on people's legacies! I've almost caught up on Colleen's. Dunno whose is next. 8D

[GigaRevival]

Oohh... I really can't wait to see what havoc all of our sims cause in your town Ali!

So, I'm currently in the process of merging the Dennis/Harris legacy blogs (because it confuses Sam, for some reason); but I'm not entirely sure I'm going through with it as of yet. Just a forewarning.

I still need to get those Ced!Preg pictures up...

[jessica x gore]

Jessica, thanks for the encouragement. Your comment really brightened my day. :)

No problem. =] You're a very talented writer. I stayed up until 1am reading it even though I had to get up at 6:30am to get ready and take my daughter to school. Lol.

As for my legacy, I've had a busy weekend and a horrible Monday. So I doubt I'll do anything tonight. I'm just too tired. Tomorrow I won't get anything done because a new book of my favorite series, Immortals After Dark by Kresley Cole, is coming out tomorrow so I'll be reading the entire day. If you guys like Paranormal Romance books I suggest that series. It's wonderful! It has a little bit of everything, Valkyrie, Fey, Vampires, Lykae,(Werewolf type beings) Witches, Demons, ect. Something for everyone. But anyways back on topic, I'm still struggling a bit with my deadbeat parents storyline and where I want to go with it I'll have to download a ton of stuff and build a community lot and everything. So I've been putting it off. But thanks to those who read/follow/comment on my story. I greatly appreciate it and you have no idea how great it makes me feel and it encourages me to continue. =] I'm in the process of reading everyone's legacies here and slowly but surely I'll get caught up with everyone.

[CinderEmma]

You know, is it Fay or Fey? I've seen both spellings, just like I've seen fairy and faerie.
I'm pretty much ignoring my deadbeat parents. Do you think that having gazillions of pets and children are enough to excuse the parents from not teaching them every little thing? And I just won't bring up the school thing, I plan on keeping the grades around B's and C's. Since it's just A's that affect it, right?

[NutsAndDolts]

It's both. It can also be fae.

Just like elven, elfin, elvish and elfish are all correct spellings of generally the same word.

In different fantasy continuities/settings/universes, the definition of what the fey folk are will change, though. As may how they prefer the word to be spelled.

[jessica x gore]

I agree. I spell it Fey because that's how it is in the book series but I've seen it as Fay and Fae as well.

Emma, I wish I could ignore it as well. Having a gazillion pets and kids seems like a plausible reason to me. But my second generation is only supposed to have 2 kids and I've left the pets completely out of the story even though they own a dog and a horse. PLUS my heir is a stay at home artist and her husband has no job. Lol. So it's not like they don't have the free time. I'll figure it out though....hopefully.

[CinderEmma]

Yeah, there are 14 family members and only 3 adults at the moment XD And bunches of foals, because Kipp's a horse man :P

[jessica x gore]

Yeah, there are 14 family members and only 3 adults at the moment XD And bunches of foals, because Kipp's a horse man :P

Oh my! I'd pull my hair out if I had that many. I usually never play big families because I feel like I'm all over the place. So you don't really have deadbeat parents, you have parents that are so exhausted they can barely function anymore. Lol.

[CinderEmma]

lol, yeah :) I think that makes me feel better, they love their babies, they just can't handle the mayham as much as they thought when they said to themselves "Oh, what a cute foal" or "I love this baby so much, let's have another!". I looooove big families, I never get bored :) At long as they're not dying (aka they're in baby/toddler/foal mode and can't feed themselves), I'm happy. And even the foals can get nursed and children can feed toddlers and foals :) And teens are just awesome, though I didn't get one in time to help this time.

[ReyaD]

Eek. I only have 6 in my current household, and even THAT was a handful! (Then again the police career is pretty time consuming. Friggin reports... so much haaaaate)

Cali I'm so sorry about the end of your Roman/Bowman legacy. It's been one of my favourite reads ever but I'm also really excited for your new one.

Anyway, update.

5.12 - Aging Well http://sabolegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/512-aging-well.html

[Anarathiel]

I have an update here for you guys! Hope you enjoy it. Instead of my usual six pictures, I have given 21.
I hope to catch up to my game soon though

http://mitchellrandomlegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/six-toddler.html

[ReyaD]

Oh my gosh I've missed you guys! Downtime is horrible! D:

Most of you saw it when I posted it, but here's today's chapter.

5.13 - Making Friends http://sabolegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/513-making-friends.html

Watcher attempts to give children a personality. I don't THINK Mackenzie will become a bitch character, but she won't be as beloved as Jacob.

[CyyKosis]

I was hoping to get an update done today but I forgot my charger for my laptop and I'm stuck on campus for the next 6 hours so nothing from me. I'll be busy tonight celebrating my 21st :)

[AJH]

Oh my gosh I've missed you guys! Downtime is horrible! D:
Isn't it just, I'm glad I've managed to follow several people's legacies so I could see the updates that were posted before & during the downtime!

@Klevkin
What are Danya's traits? I don't want to have her acting out of character cos I've given her the wrong ones...

[Anarathiel]

I was hoping to get an update done today but I forgot my charger for my laptop and I'm stuck on campus for the next 6 hours so nothing from me. I'll be busy tonight celebrating my 21st :)
Have a happy birthday!

[CinderEmma]

Eek. I only have 6 in my current household, and even THAT was a handful! (Then again the police career is pretty time consuming. Friggin reports... so much haaaaate)

Cali I'm so sorry about the end of your Roman/Bowman legacy. It's been one of my favourite reads ever but I'm also really excited for your new one.

Anyway, update.

5.12 - Aging Well http://sabolegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/512-aging-well.htmlYep, that's why I decided to be bad and change Tyson's career to another rabbithole one when I got a prompt to. You know, when they say they can switch careers? Completely know I'm breaking the rules there, but it's kind of like Gen 3 started anyway, and I did enough reports for a lifetime XD

[Anarathiel]

Guys, this might seem like a dumb question, but how do i retire with a pension. If i get a sim to retire i can only do it at city hall with no pension, i seem to remember there being a pension.

[ReyaD]

Happy Happy Birthday, Cyyk! Damn you finally being old enough to gamble! : P I still need to use my aunt's license.

Anarthiel: You can use the phone to retire, and that gives you a pension. City hall gives you nothing. (Cause they're jerk faces)

[Anarathiel]

Reya: There's no option on the phone. Is it because Blue only has a part time job ?

[ReyaD]

Yes. Part time jobs don't get pensions.

[AlmaDelCore20]

AND WE'RE BACK.

I know some people already saw my updates, haha, but here they are for people who did not:

Chapter 25 - http://toftfamilylegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/chapter-25-rebellion.html

Chapter 26 - http://toftfamilylegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/chapter-26-heartbreak.html

I missed ya'll too. xD It was pretty miserable. But I got caught up on two legacies, so yay. 8D

[Anarathiel]

Oh ok then, thanks anyway.

[Buckley]

Hi guys! So glad we're back online! :)

HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY MADDIE!!! That's so super fun! I hope you have a fabulous day today! :beer:

[AlmaDelCore20]

All right, I feel like I've seen the answer to this question eight thousand times...but I might've dreamt it. So I want to ask preemptively:

Can I switch my Primary and Secondary income? Like, if I rolled PI as Collector and SI as Job-Hopper, can I have my heir be the Job-Hopper and her spouse be the Collector?

[Anarathiel]

AND WE'RE BACK.

I know some people already saw my updates, haha, but here they are for people who did not:

Chapter 25 - http://toftfamilylegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/chapter-25-rebellion.html

Chapter 26 - http://toftfamilylegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/chapter-26-heartbreak.html

I missed ya'll too. xD It was pretty miserable. But I got caught up on two legacies, so yay. 8D

I love your legacy Alma! It twists and pulls on emotions so well!

I hope everybody got a chance to read mine too.
I'm getting closer to reaching that Generation Two on the blog now. Chapter 11 will be the one where gen 2 take over XD

[AlmaDelCore20]

I love your legacy Alma! It twists and pulls on emotions so well!

I hope everybody got a chance to read mine too.
I'm getting closer to reaching that Generation Two on the blog now. Chapter 11 will be the one where gen 2 take over XD

...amg I feel famous now. <3333333

I'll catch up on yours soon. xD Got one I'm reading right now, and then I'll come to you next. JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE AWESOME.

[Buckley]

All right, I feel like I've seen the answer to this question eight thousand times...but I might've dreamt it. So I want to ask preemptively:

Can I switch my Primary and Secondary income? Like, if I rolled PI as Collector and SI as Job-Hopper, can I have my heir be the Job-Hopper and her spouse be the Collector?
You can't switch your primary and secondary incomes, I'm pretty sure. Sometimes I wish you could, but then having different primary and secondary categories would be kind of pointless. You know? :)

[Anarathiel]

...amg I feel famous now. <3333333

I'll catch up on yours soon. xD Got one I'm reading right now, and then I'll come to you next. JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE AWESOME.

Yay! I feel so special!

[AlmaDelCore20]

You can't switch your primary and secondary incomes, I'm pretty sure. Sometimes I wish you could, but then having different primary and secondary categories would be kind of pointless. You know? :)

Aww. xD Oh well. At least I've established Megan's love for turtles, so...clearly this will generate into a love of all things collectable.

And her husband will be a bum. EVEN BETTER. <3

[LadyAwesome]

Right, so I am slowly catching up on everyones legacies. But I have been really depressed atm so I just been trying to cope with that. And trying to get my child poses to work, its so hard. and My house is too large to upload for some stupid reason it upset me so much, as it took me 6 months to build it to perfection. *sigh* On the plus side I am sorting my next chapter and writing whats happening in this generation

[Anarathiel]

Aww. xD Oh well. At least I've established Megan's love for turtles, so...clearly this will generate into a love of all things collectable.

And her husband will be a bum. EVEN BETTER. <3

A husband! OMG!! That's a first.

[AJH]

I'll be busy tonight celebrating my 21st :)
Happy Birthday, have a great time

[CyyKosis]

Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone :) the gambling age here is 18 so I've been doing that for a while... only gone 10 or so times, but I've somehow never lost. Crazy right? The only thing to celebrate here in no man's land is booze.

[LadyAwesome]

Awwwww Happy Bday hunny :D:D

[Edit- Yay I caught up with Melissa's legacy

[Anarathiel]

I'm starting to read through the legacies i am following. I just finished the dennis legacy and am
Moving onto the harris legacy ( i started with this for my catchup because i still remembered most of it)
I promise to get through them all eventually. But my phone is going to die soon so i have to go.
Update tomorrow/technically later today as its 00:51.

[LadyAwesome]

Lol Anarathirel, I will read yours when I finish reading the ones I already started reading but forgot. I now have a list of ones I have read hahahaha and what chapters

[chemicallust]

Finished and posted my chapter two last night while MTS was down. >_<
http://sasukilegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/gen-1-chapter-1-love-me-dead.html

Would've posted sooner but I've been reading the Roman's Legacy. :D I can't wait to read everyone else's!

[Zokugai]

Typing my next chapter up. Need to fill a couple more screenshots, and then, ponies!

Completely unrelated and way off in the future, but just wanted to point out that I've now seen the (non-household) sims for gen 2 and there is some serious eye candy. You're welcome, ladies.

EDIT: And posted.

Chapter 7: Bolt's Grand Adventure (http://snickersonlegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/gen-1-chapter-7-bolts-grand-adventure.html)

Heads up,
the move is next chapter. WOOHOO!

[ReyaD]

Let's go back to Gen 4 for a minute, shall we?

4.15 - Meanwhile in Neverglade... http://sabolegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/415-meanwhile-in-neverglade.html

This update was supposed to focus on Raindrop, not Annie and her delicious husband... (Dammit Devon. STOP BEING SO PRETTY.)

[Zokugai]

4.15 - Meanwhile in Neverglade... http://sabolegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/415-meanwhile-in-neverglade.html

This update was supposed to focus on Raindrop, not Annie and her delicious husband... (Dammit Devon. STOP BEING SO PRETTY.)
Oh Fabio. Still fluffy.

[Anarathiel]

Morning all. I have ten minutes til I have to leave for school. But yeah, I have just finished my next chapter.
Here it is!

http://mitchellrandomlegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/seven-not-again.html

ENJOY!

[Tamlyn]

A second chapter!

http://tamlynsims.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/chapter-1-1-the-more-things-change/

Basically, nothing happens and it's short on pictures even by short-on-picture standards. But I was struggling and in danger of failing before I'd even really began, so I cut it off where it was naturally flowing to a stop.

I should do better with the next chapter. I think just having got past the only one chapter hump will help. I hope.

[LadyAwesome]

So I was playing my legacy and I realised I was making a stupidly SHIT house and decided to rebuild it may or maynot be included in the next chapter...
[edit] also dont you hate when your building and you have a fantastic rhythm going then CRASH its all over. Not I cant be bothered waiting for it to load again. Must be bed time.

[Anarathiel]

Tamlyn: I couldn't read your legacy, the school went and blocked it. I'll read it when I get home though.

LadyAwesome: I know what you mean! I'm going to either move out completely or rebuild the house my sims are in at the moment. I just keep adding things on and it isnt working out properly. It only has one floor and the layout is pretty rubbish to be honest.

[AlmaDelCore20]

Am I the only one here who is incapable of building a house? xD It just doesn't compute well with me. It's sort of like the Architect career. I just suck at it.

[ReyaD]

Well ON the topic of building houses... my current home is getting way too tiny for the Sabos, and I was thinking of moving immediately.

I've built three different home but I think this one is my current fav and I was wondering if you guys could gimme your opinions.

Things I still need to work on:
- Landscaping
- Stupid flowers
- Maybe remove top floor balconies

Outside of house: http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j386/Rey4rey4/Screenshot-5301.jpg

1st floor: http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j386/Rey4rey4/Screenshot-5303.jpg

2nd floor: http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j386/Rey4rey4/Screenshot-5304.jpg

[AlmaDelCore20]

I like it. 8D I especially like the way it slopes down to the garage...because I'm a nerd and find pleasure in the strangest of things.

I'm really not a person to ask for specific opinions, though, haha. I just think it's lovely. <3

[Zokugai]

Well, you already said landscaping,,,particularly I'd suggest getting a little fancy with the landscape paints so it's not all one flat shade of grass. It's a lot easier if you use the largest round brush on lowest opacity. You could mask the meeting between wall and ground with a line of plants, too.

If you're looking for ideas from Google, I think you'd generally call that house "Georgan". For example:
http://floorplans.houseplansandmore.com/053D/053D-0017/053D-0017-front-main-6.jpg
http://floorplans.houseplansandmore.com/055S/055S-0034/055S-0034-front-main-6.jpg
http://floorplans.houseplansandmore.com/055S/055S-0030/055S-0030-front-main-6.jpg
(yes those are different links, I don't know why the site would give them such near-identical names)

My new house is hideous. D: Not the outside, the outside is PERFECT. But I wanted to spend some time having to remodel it as the sims found time/money, so the inside is more "okay who slaughtered a peacock in here?"

[Buckley]

I think it looks nice Cece, although I do have a few recommendations.

-Your house looks a bit... boxy. Just a little. It might be cool to add a few more architectural features and change up the roofline a bit.

-On the outside, I might go with a different style of window, especially underneath the balconies. You might try to use a 3 block window (you know, 3 of those little squares), to match the 3 block balcony above it. Right now, it looks a little asymmetrical.

-The living room looks massive. I would have a hard time furnishing such a huge space.

-Have you play tested it? The dining area off the kitchen looks a bit cramped, and I'd worry about being able to access all the chairs.

-In the downstairs bathroom, the window looks a bit odd right there. Are you still going to be able to place a mirror above the sink? That's just a little pet peeve of mine, not a big deal.

-The upstairs looks awesome, and I really like the layout. My only suggestion would be to add a half wall or another type of railing by the staircase instead of a full wall.

Great job so far! I hope you keep us updated on the status of your project! :)

[Zokugai]

I like the general shape of the house, including the blockiness. It's a very classic look, and very 2.5 kids, white picket fence, which always amuses me compared to how utterly insane legacies always seem to get.

With as blocky and square as the house is shaped (not necessarily a bad thing), the balconies outside on the front of the house might look nicer with something more substantial like a stone fence or halfwall "railing" as opposed to something real delicate and elaborate like wrought iron.

To fit into (omg I forgot what you preferred to be called Buckley)'s idea about the dining area, here's a possible solution to that. Actually, two possible solutions. Gives you a little more room to get to the seating, plus separates the two entrances a bit more to make it less of a dining area and more of a dining "room".

http://i.imgur.com/6Qp8Y.jpg

[AJH]

Well ON the topic of building houses... my current home is getting way too tiny for the Sabos, and I was thinking of moving immediately.

I've built three different home but I think this one is my current fav and I was wondering if you guys could gimme your opinions.
Maybe try a different colour for the roof or walls, they look a bit too close the the same colour & it might look better with more contrast between the two?

[jessica x gore]

Chapter 7 is up: http://hawkinslegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/chapter-seven.html

I stopped playing my legacy to get caught up with my story and I'm finally there. So hopefully I'll have more photos in future chapters. =]


Question: I've been taking photos and then writing my story according to them. Should I be writing and THEN taking photos to reflect the story? I'm curious to see what everyone else does.

[AlmaDelCore20]

Chapter 7 is up: http://hawkinslegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/chapter-seven.html

I stopped playing my legacy to get caught up with my story and I'm finally there. So hopefully I'll have more photos in future chapters. =]


Question: I've been taking photos and then writing my story according to them. Should I be writing and THEN taking photos to reflect the story? I'm curious to see what everyone else does.

I take photos and fit the story to it afterward, haha. Sometimes I have a vague idea of what I want to happen in my story and therefore I'll take pictures to reflect it, but I never write it all out and then go after pictures of it. Just doesn't work well for me.

[AJH]

Question: I've been taking photos and then writing my story according to them. Should I be writing and THEN taking photos to reflect the story? I'm curious to see what everyone else does.
It varies, most of the time I just play, take photos as I go along and then write the story in accordance with that. Occasionally, if I have a particular plot in mind for something (e.g. why I've had to move the family or why my sim has "chosen" whatever goals I've rolled for them that generation) I'll pose and take photos to fit that plot point

[CinderEmma]

Sorry I haven't been active the past few days, I've been very sick :( I got a cold, then JUST as I'm starting to get better, I get the worse "curse" of my life.

[Anarathiel]

Well ON the topic of building houses... my current home is getting way too tiny for the Sabos, and I was thinking of moving immediately.

I've built three different home but I think this one is my current fav and I was wondering if you guys could gimme your opinions.

Things I still need to work on:
- Landscaping
- Stupid flowers
- Maybe remove top floor balconies

Outside of house: http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j386/Rey4rey4/Screenshot-5301.jpg

1st floor: http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j386/Rey4rey4/Screenshot-5303.jpg

2nd floor: http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j386/Rey4rey4/Screenshot-5304.jpg

You...build me a house...NOW!!!
In other words I love it!

[jessica x gore]

Ahaha. Okay thanks! I guess I'm doing it right then. I'm finding it a bit hard to fill in parts where no major events are happening. ie marriage, children, ect.

Also I had another idea for a legacy but it would take place in another author's world. It would only be my characters but I would follow her world rules. (Does that make sense?) The books I was talking about a few days ago has this almost separate world from ours. With different beings, fey, valkyrie, vampires ect. And my story would be of those beings. Example: In her world (Which is called The Lore) vampires: burn in the sun, trace, (teleport) natural born vampires cannot lie, if they drink from flesh and kill that person their eyes turn red and they will dream their victims memories, ect. So the vampires in my story would also be this way. I may not do it because it could get complicated since they are all supposed to be immortal. Plus I'd have to downloads all kinds of crap. But do you think it will be tacky to do this? Tacky might not be the word I'm looking for but...anyways it's just something I thought would be fun to do. I love the world Kresley Cole has created and would love to write about with my own characters. Since I'm only on the 2nd generation of my current legacy, I still have a long time until I'd be able to do anyways. Just wanted everyone's opinion. =]

[Buckley]

Jessica, I don't think it would be tacky at all. Actually, it sounds like a super fun idea to me. It's kind of like writing fan fiction I guess. :)

[Anarathiel]

Jessica: That sounds cool. I've wanted to do things similar to that before, it's just mine are usually terribly complicated and can't actually be even made out to happen in Sims, i don't think anyway

[CinderEmma]

Agreed with Buckley, just make sure to explain everything clearly, since the one problem I have with reading fanfiction (or fanfic like things like this would be) is that they just assume that everybody knows what's going on. Just make it clear what these vampires, fey, etc are like :)
And you COULD ignore some of it, like the immortal part, to make it more practical.

[LadyAwesome]

Agreed Jessica, it sounds amazing. Also Cece, I will give you my ideas on things when your in create...
But Armi has the BEST building tutorials ever... she truely is the most amazing builder I know, and if it was not for her, I wouldn't be the simmer I am today!
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=85568BC59582D916 here is the landscaping ones to start you off. Also the flowers on the path, i think you should use fences to make flower boxes. You have had a great start.

But about the boxiness, I do agree - when we build houses its best not to have the initial shape of the house square, but its for your eyes only (and ours) we don't really see birds eye views of the house very often, so it is no biggy!

[jessica x gore]

Thanks everyone! I do think it could get REALLY complicated and I planned on putting a copy of this: http://kresleycole.com/books/immortals-after-dark-lore.html (with credit to her of course) on a page in my blog. But if any of you read it you'll see that some of this would be difficult if not impossible to do in the Sims. So I may have to leave out some creatures. I think the ones I'd get to keep would be, Valkyrie, Vampires, Demons (I'm sure somewhere there are CC horns) Lykae,(not sure how I'd make "the beast" come out though.) Witches, Sorceri, Furiae, Sirenae, Fey and Phantoms, The rest would be hard. But that should be plenty of creatures to have in a world. The only thing is, by my 10th generation that kid is going to be all kinds of things. Ahaha. Even in most of the books though it's always either a Valkyrie, Vampire, Demon, Lykae or Witch. The other species have just been randomly thrown in but the main characters in 12 books were almost ALWAYS one of those. I guess I have plenty of time to think about how everything would work out. =]

[Zokugai]

HAH. Not only do I have an update two days in a row, but I have a two-part chapter. I am on a roll!

New lot, new town, new characters.
Chapter 8, part 1: Retirement Party (http://snickersonlegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/gen-1-chapter-8-part-1-retirement-party.html)
Chapter 8, part 2: Strange New Colors (http://snickersonlegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/gen-1-chapter-8-part-2-strange-new.html)

I'm also pretty sure that, counting my two-part chapters separately, I've hit the ten chapter level for the legacy list, too. Today is a good day.

[Anarathiel]

Actually Zoku, you have made 12 posts on your blog. so you did it with your last update.

[chemicallust]

Am I the only one here who is incapable of building a house? xD It just doesn't compute well with me. It's sort of like the Architect career. I just suck at it.
Nope, not at all. I can't build a house to save my life. If it wasn't for the auto-roofing tool, all my houses would just be rectangles with a flattop. xD

Lykae,(not sure how I'd make "the beast" come out though.)

I was debating with further down the line in my legacy to add a Cat-girl or a Werecat so I found some furry skins, cat ears, tails, and whiskers. I could post the links if your interested. ^^ furry skins would be good for more than just werecats too. :D

[Anarathiel]

Nope, not at all. I can't build a house to save my life. If it wasn't for the auto-roofing tool, all my houses would just be rectangles with a flattop. xD


that;s what most of my houses end up being. I need to re-build quite desperately. Maybe the family will go on vacation soon.

[chemicallust]

that;s what most of my houses end up being. I need to re-build quite desperately. Maybe the family will go on vacation soon.

lolol they go on vaction come back to find their house as been hit by the redecorating burglar that doesn't actually steal anything? :rofl:

[teal_moonshine]

I hate building houses on the sims and I did residential drafting (the person who draws floor plans/1 level below ARCHITECT)... I think because there's no real world connection to it... No brief to follow... I need to make believe on that one next time me thinks.

[Tamlyn]

Having trouble commenting on people's blogs for some reason. Finally managed to comment on Cece's, but yours is being a pain, Zoku.

I understand your peacock comment now xD

[Zokugai]

Actually Zoku, you have made 12 posts on your blog. so you did it with your last update.
Yeah but one was my rolls list and one was just "here's some random funny pictures I took."

Having trouble commenting on people's blogs for some reason. Finally managed to comment on Cece's, but yours is being a pain, Zoku.

I understand your peacock comment now xD

Hm. Connection issue, maybe?

[CinderEmma]

Yeah, my legacy house is bit boxy, especially from the front. It's kind of U shaped though, so it looks more shaply from the back and stuff.
And yeah, I suck at building houses. And I don't even bother with landscaping XD

[Zokugai]

Thanks everyone! I do think it could get REALLY complicated and I planned on putting a copy of this: http://kresleycole.com/books/immortals-after-dark-lore.html (with credit to her of course) on a page in my blog. But if any of you read it you'll see that some of this would be difficult if not impossible to do in the Sims. So I may have to leave out some creatures. I think the ones I'd get to keep would be, Valkyrie, Vampires, Demons (I'm sure somewhere there are CC horns) Lykae,(not sure how I'd make "the beast" come out though.) Witches, Sorceri, Furiae, Sirenae, Fey and Phantoms, The rest would be hard. But that should be plenty of creatures to have in a world. The only thing is, by my 10th generation that kid is going to be all kinds of things. Ahaha. Even in most of the books though it's always either a Valkyrie, Vampire, Demon, Lykae or Witch. The other species have just been randomly thrown in but the main characters in 12 books were almost ALWAYS one of those. I guess I have plenty of time to think about how everything would work out. =]

Maybe these will help.
Click "Download a troll" http://simstuck.tumblr.com
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=374167
Multiple varieties, scroll down http://4thimpact.sakura.ne.jp/SnakeLegs/CAS/cas08.html

And I seem to recall wings somewhere on MTS for your Valkyrie. Probably batwings too, for your furies. From the sound of it, a lot of those species you could do just by using the fantasy-colored skintone and tossing on some odd hair/eye colors.

I'm not familiar with those books so I don't know if they have some sort of special naming system but http://www.behindthename.com/ has some surprisingly decent fantasy name lists for what's normally a very academic, linguistics website. Additionally has "themed" lists such as flowers.
^for the rest of you, that's an utterly kickass website for sims overall.
Try here: http://www.behindthename.com/usage.php
or here: http://www.behindthename.com/themes.php

[ReyaD]

So I fixed a couple of things, completely redid the kitchen/dining area as per Zokugai's suggestions.

Outside view: http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j386/Rey4rey4/Screenshot-5423.jpg Honestly I actually like the "boxy" look of the house so I think I'll be keeping it that way.

I loved Kayla's flower planter idea and I think its makes the entrance of the house look a lot neater.
http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j386/Rey4rey4/Screenshot-5407.jpg

I fixed up the terrain paint and it doesn't look half bad now! Took Zoku's suggestion on the large brush and managed to make it look... yeah. I'm not changing it anymore. It's fine the way it is : P Also fixed the garage a bit because the fence didn't extend all the way down and made it look awkward.
http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j386/Rey4rey4/Screenshot-5409.jpg

I think these windows work better for the front of the house but I'd like to keep the rest of the windows as they are Buckley. I just like the "old fashioned" feel they give the house.
http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j386/Rey4rey4/Screenshot-5411.jpg

... I totally forgot half walls even existed.
New Balconies: http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j386/Rey4rey4/Screenshot-5413.jpg
Upstairs stairwell: http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j386/Rey4rey4/Screenshot-5414.jpg

Oh hey, the kitchen works now! No issues getting to any part of the room(s)!
http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j386/Rey4rey4/Screenshot-5417.jpg

Aaaand a close up of the bottom floor washroom for Buckley. : P
http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j386/Rey4rey4/Screenshot-5419.jpg

EDIT: Although if no one else has any suggestions... I think I'll be moving my family in on my next play session. I'm really happy with how it looks now with all your suggestions and I got to a point in the story where the move would make sense instead of it being more or less odd.

Also: 5.14 - Don't Worry, Be Happy http://sabolegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/514-dont-worry-be-happy.html

[CinderEmma]

Love what you did, I think one of the children might be doing a landscape project soooooon :P I'm trying to think of ways for the non-rebellious children to suck at school, which is 3 1/2 of them. Let's just say one is accidentally rebellious :P

So I didn't double post, I wanted to make a little section about my pets. So yeah, I've had 12 in total in this generation (has to be a record!), and only four are out of the household (two because of lack of cheats actually, I had to give some of my kitties AWAY *cries*). No deaths yet though!
Yeah, don't look at the spoilers if you don't want to know ALL my pets' names up to this point, especially all the horses. I removed the ranting, as I'm sure I remember all the names now. I'm KEEPING it here though so I have a reference to it. I don't really trust my brain anymore :faceslap:
Candice, Spleck, Comet, Scarlett, Rollie,and Peppy
And there's a lot of cats too, though I can remember the names easier then the horses.
Hermione, Rowan, Conner, Bella, Buttons, and Roxy

[Zokugai]

Love the terrainpaint flowers. It's a great way to add a bit of color in without HERE HAVE A GIANT BLUE BUSH. You can recolor stairs and railings (unless I can only do that because of awesomemod?) so you could make those white or whatever so they blend in. Glad to see you were able to get the halfwalls to blend properly with the full walls, I've had some trouble with the shadows and lighting on them lately.

Looks good! Definitely a house you can keep for generations.

So today I went from having a buffer of maybe half a chapter to having a buffer of like six chapters. Altin needs to stop doing so much stuff. It's going to take me ten years to get through one generation.

[jessica x gore]

Maybe these will help.
Click "Download a troll" http://simstuck.tumblr.com
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=374167
Multiple varieties, scroll down http://4thimpact.sakura.ne.jp/SnakeLegs/CAS/cas08.html

And I seem to recall wings somewhere on MTS for your Valkyrie. Probably batwings too, for your furies. From the sound of it, a lot of those species you could do just by using the fantasy-colored skintone and tossing on some odd hair/eye colors.

I'm not familiar with those books so I don't know if they have some sort of special naming system but http://www.behindthename.com/ has some surprisingly decent fantasy name lists for what's normally a very academic, linguistics website. Additionally has "themed" lists such as flowers.
^for the rest of you, that's an utterly kickass website for sims overall.
Try here: http://www.behindthename.com/usage.php
or here: http://www.behindthename.com/themes.php

Thank you so much. Surprisingly none of the creatures I'm thinking of using have wings besides a breed of demon. Lol. The Valkyrie just have pointed ears, their eyes go silver with strong emotion and they give off lightning with strong emotion too. But the names are very helpful! These are some of the character names from her books: Kaderin the Coldhearted (Valkyrie), Lothaire The Enemy of Old, (Vampire) Mariketa the Awaited, (Witch) Melanthe, Queen of Persuasion (Sorceress) Myst the Coveted (Valkyrie) Carrow Graie (Witch) Rydstrom Woede (Rage Demon) Nix the Ever-Knowing (Valkyrie) ect. (Complete list: http://wickedscribeskresleycole.wordpress.com/immortals-after-dark-series/immortals-after-dark-character-profiles/) Half the time I don't even know if I'm pronouncing them correctly. But not all of them have stuff like -the Coveted, -Ever-Knowing, behind their names. Since these names are so different I'm hoping that name generator will help me. I can't have a powerful rage demon named John. Lol. It's just not the same.

Also Lust, the Lykae don't even really shift into wolves. Their face changes a bit but mostly it's like they go rabid. It's kind of hard to explain. Lol. Thank you though. =]

But I think I'm going to have more trouble with this than I realized. Almost all of these beings have eternity long mates. Ex: Soon after a vampire reaches his immortality stage his heart stops beating and he stops breathing, making him the walking dead. When he meets his Bride (that's what the author calls it.) she brings him back to life with a process called Blooding. If she ever dies, he will soon choose to "meet the sun" because he can't live without her. So how in the world am I going to do single parents and second chances. Lol. I REALLY would hate to get rid of this part because I liked the fact that they choose eternal mates. =/ I don't know. It's a huge project but like I said I have plenty of time to think about it. If anyone would like to suggest or help out please PM me. I also apologize if all of this is confusing. I'm sure half of you are like, "Umm what is this girl talking about it?" Haha. But thanks again everyone. You have all being truly helpful.


On the topic of building: I'm a horrible builder too. A square here, square there, auto roof and done! That's pretty much my build process. My landscaping is just as bad, throw in some bushes and I call it a day. Half the time I can't get things to work like I want. Maybe it's because I don't know any build cheats. But I love to decorate the houses, I'm really good at that. My houses are always epic fails though. =/

Sorry for the long post, apparently I'm chatty this morning.

EDIT: Zokugai, that website with the names is great and those horns on the other site would be perfect. Thank you again.

[Zokugai]

For the Lykae, you could give them contact lenses when they shift?

[NutsAndDolts]

Wowwwwwwwww thanks for those Kresley Cole links. This is like Battlefield Earth's literary equivalent.

I think you'd have a lot of fun trying to replicate the looks of different species, though.

[jessica x gore]

Zokugai, that's what I was thinking because when they "let the beast out" their eyes turn ice blue.

NutsAndDolts, You're welcome. I've never seen Battlefield Earth but those books are amazing. I should warn they have very adult parts to them though. A got a friend to read them and forgot to tell her about those parts and she was very stunned. Bahaha. I think it would be fun to make them, I may try to make a few of the different beings when I'm not doing my legacy. =]

[NutsAndDolts]

Oh, Battlefield Earth must be seen to be believed.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/battlefield_earth/

[jessica x gore]

Why does it have such horrible reviews? Was it that bad?

[ReyaD]

It's so bad that it surpasses good and goes straight to terrible. You HAVE to watch it.

[Anarathiel]

UPDATE EVERYBODY!!!

http://mitchellrandomlegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/eight-little-brother.html

[Zokugai]

It's a pity there's no way to give someone the glowing eyes overlay vampires have without making them vampires.

As for whether Battlefield: Earth was really that bad, let me put it this way. The guy who wrote the book the movie was made from later went on to found a religion that believes in the divinity of that author. Also space alien spirits. So...yeah. From what I remember of the movie, it was pretty much a slow-motion trainwreck.

[Anarathiel]

Right, so instead of sending them on holiday, i did up the house while they were at the graduation:
Front View (http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb404/Ekmidenisi/Screenshot-644.jpg)
Back View (http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb404/Ekmidenisi/Screenshot-645.jpg)
2nd Floor (http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb404/Ekmidenisi/Screenshot-647.jpg)
1st Floor (http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb404/Ekmidenisi/Screenshot-648.jpg)
Ground Floor/Garage (http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb404/Ekmidenisi/Screenshot-650.jpg)

I don't care that the sudden appearance of a hill is a huge continuity problem, I like it like that.

[GigaRevival]

Ha! I agree. Everyone must watch Battlefield Earth at least once in their lives to understand the complete absurdity of it. Also, John Travolta and Forest effin' Whitaker with dreads and goth boots. :|

So, my birthday is one week from today (turning the big 2-3). I'm hoping that I'll have time to get those updates in that I was trying to do this week, but I have some family coming in to "celebrate" (i.e. eat and drink a lot). It'll happen eventually. I also have some major catching up to do tomorrow on everyone else's chapters... yet again. How do I keep falling behind?! D:

[ReyaD]

Yeah honestly how are people falling behind? There have been so few updates as of late. It makes me sad...

(Speaking of which. Whatever happened to Klevkin?)

[GigaRevival]

My excuse is school. I just started on the ninth and it's already kicking my butt (I have my "graduate" thesis due this semester and my professor expects us to have already gotten started... which I haven't).

[Zokugai]

Yeah honestly how are people falling behind? There have been so few updates as of late. It makes me sad...

(Speaking of which. Whatever happened to Klevkin?)
I don't know, I was wondering where Klev had gone the other day.

Keep in mind that for most people in the US the school semester started up a week or so again, so a lot of people are back in classes.

Speaking of, I'm going to exercise my godgiven right to be lazy and play skyrim tonight, but I'll toss up a chapter either very late or tomorrow. It's nice to be able to actually PLAY the household again instead of just trying to get enough pictures to write a chapter and get them moved.

Also, (plot spoiler)
Kirk completely screwed up my plans for the next few chapters. I think she's getting her revenge on me for taking three whole days with her locked in a burning room trying to kill her. Never try to off a Brave-traited sim with fire. It does not end well. I set an entire room on fire, and cancelled all her extinguish queues the second they came up...AND SHE STILL BEAT ME. REPEATEDLY. I swear I must have killed off Superwoman or something.

[GigaRevival]

Zokugai:
Ha! I had the same experience with a previous sim; so I built walls around the pool and drowned him. Which reminds me, I need to catch up on your legacy so I know what the heck you're talking about. 0_0

Also, SKYRIM! *awkward internet fist bump*

[Buckley]

Happy early birthday Giga!!! I never got that PM from you... Did you still need to talk to me about something? :)

About Klev: I don't know if this is okay to say or not, but I saw her/him lurking on her a while ago. I hope s/he comes back soon! WE MISS YOU KLEVKIN!

[GigaRevival]

Oh shiz-rocket. I totally forgot to send that to you Buckley. On it!

And agreed with second statement.

Edit: Buckley; PM sent. It's a long one. :)

[ReyaD]

Temp actually died very very easily. Four tile pool, walls all around. It actually only took me a couple of minutes to organize everything and pull his energy all the way down. Don't think I didn't feel guilty... (Okay I didn't)

[CinderEmma]

I've updated a bit, but I've been sick, so I haven't had much energy. Will update more soon.

[ReyaD]

Update!

5.15 - With You in Heart http://sabolegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/515-with-you-in-heart.html

Oh my gosh why are these two NOT GROWN UP YET? (But at least they're cute...)

[Zokugai]

Temp actually died very very easily. Four tile pool, walls all around. It actually only took me a couple of minutes to organize everything and pull his energy all the way down. Don't think I didn't feel guilty... (Okay I didn't)
Ugh. Kirk was wasted on the criminal career. Clearly I should have rolled firefighter.

How the heck could she BEAT me? I'm a real person!

Also, :( :( :( :( :(

Also, SKYRIM! *awkward internet fist bump*
I used to update my legacy blog, but then I took an arrow to the knee?
(I don't CARE what the rest of the Internet says, that will never run out of funny. NEVER.)

EDIT: So, Elsie's "proper" appearance (as a toddler, not YA or whatever). Also, massive amounts of DAWWWWH.
http://i.imgur.com/mYRlc.jpg

[Anarathiel]

Right, (sort of) long post time methinks.
I'm kinda trying to respond to everything that went on while I was sleeping.

People are missing updates/haven't updated due to school, work and general business.
January is always a busy month as everybody tries to work harder for the new year (or something like that.)
Or if you're like me, you just got addicted to another game (for me it's assassin's creed).

Klev has been looking at the thread but not posting...strange.
Klevkin, don't be a stranger, we miss you!

Also I want Skyrim! But i can't afford it at the moment.
Does anybody want to buy it for me?

[Anarathiel]

UPDATE!!!

http://mitchellrandomlegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/chapter-nine-see-i-told-you.html

edit: sorry for the double post

[Klevkin]

ugh!! all those legacys to get up to date with again!! how horrible, i'll never go away for a week again!!

gnagna, no seriously, I had fun, but sadly, very bad reception on my mobile, so no chance to keep up to date from there. haven't read up on everything yet, but wanted to say i'm back, might be getting an update this monday, depends on if my game stops crashing to desktop....*annoying!!*

Few things stood out though, welcome to the new people, and Colleen!! noooooooooo I 'm so sorry your computer crashed! But don't worry, I('ll keep waiting for when your updates return...just like we are still waiting for what happened to poor poor vincent *eyes on redhead*

:) running off now to do stuff! (not sim related sadly though....)

EDIT: Lol ana, so I just now read your post about reading but not posting :D thats because I tried to read every single post made in the last week.......but I gave up :(

EDIT2: Just came across yours as well colleen :D you guys make me feel good :D (weird isn't it, how people missing you can make you feel good :D) (and yes....i think i needed that boost a bit as well :) hehe)

[Anarathiel]

Lol ana, so I just now read your post about reading but not posting :D thats because I tried to read every single post made in the last week.......but I gave up :(

LOL it's alright, i've done it before. You guys probably wondered where I went for a few months between the sharp legacy and this legacy. The truth is I couldn't make myself read about your legacies while i wasn't able to do my own. Its sad I know but now I'm months behind some legacies D:

[Klevkin]

haha well its a lot to read up on! even in a few days, so i can imagine you lost track

cece, just saw yours :P where I went?? I went away for a midweek with my family :P posted it somewhere.........I think about 10 pages ago lol!

[Anarathiel]

haha well its a lot to read up on! even in a few days, so i can imagine you lost track

cece, just saw yours :P where I went?? I went away for a midweek with my family :P posted it somewhere.........I think about 10 pages ago lol!

With me, everything happens while I sleep.
Stupid timezones.
I wake up and have a couple of pages of posts since my last one. Then hardly anybody is online when I'm awake, unless I'm awake in the middle of the night.

[Klevkin]

what timezone are you in ana?? cause normally i'm at that end as well........a bit pro though, i get enough time to read up, cause everybody is asleep, so no new stuff coming hehe..

it's 14.37 here atm :)

righto, i scanned the last few pages, so I am sorry if i missed stuff, as for everybody's legacies, i think i'll notice i missed some chapters when a next update get posted :).

atm, i'm trying to get the twins and derrick aged up for the I think 10th time.........it's horrible, I don't get it, I have lag, but thats nothing really new, normally I just ignore it, but now, every once in a while, my game just crashes to desktop! And I get the stinking feeling theres some cc causing it! It always happens when I go loose on all the cc in my game :( so I am actually postponing the having to take it out again.....as i'm not up for another move to see if that solves things.

EDIT: OMG!!! I just noticed Boy has 1 day left till becoming an elder *sobs*

[Anarathiel]

what timezone are you in ana?? cause normally i'm at that end as well........a bit pro though, i get enough time to read up, cause everybody is asleep, so no new stuff coming hehe..

it's 14.37 here atm :)

righto, i scanned the last few pages, so I am sorry if i missed stuff, as for everybody's legacies, i think i'll notice i missed some chapters when a next update get posted :).

atm, i'm trying to get the twins and derrick aged up for the I think 10th time.........it's horrible, I don't get it, I have lag, but thats nothing really new, normally I just ignore it, but now, every once in a while, my game just crashes to desktop! And I get the stinking feeling theres some cc causing it! It always happens when I go loose on all the cc in my game :( so I am actually postponing the having to take it out again.....as i'm not up for another move to see if that solves things.

EDIT: OMG!!! I just noticed Boy has 1 day left till becoming an elder *sobs*

LOL, you're an hour ahead of me. GMT here.
I don't know how to solve you're problem with the birthdays, but i hate cc problems.

Auburn just turned Elder and I'm trying to make her look not-so-old. It's horrible, she's not Auburn anymore.
I couldn't let her have her hair as grey as it was originally so i changed it slightly so it still holds a little faded colour.

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb404/Ekmidenisi/Screenshot-665.jpg

[Klevkin]

I absolutely hate the elder looks tbh......only seen a few handsome elders so far! (ethan von hagen being one of them :P) You just can't get them to look proper :( I wish I could say something consoling, but I have to agree with you, she's not auburn anymore :(

I think we might be neighbors then Ana :) right across the canal :)

as for my aging, 10th times a charm i guess........got it passed now and saved, no crashing so far *crosses finger, taps her desk etc* Boy has also aged :( I guess, next chapter is going to have loads of birthdays again! Though all the teens are at prom now :) and i'm having a major blast with all the comments i get (yes I have never ever attended a prom before......so this is a first for me :D)

[GigaRevival]

Haha. Klev: I never went to my prom either. Me and my date got our dress/suit for the shin-dig, but decided we didn't want to fork over the extra money for tickets. Instead, we dressed up and saw a movie. I distinctly remember the movie being terrible too. *shrug* Still better than attending my prom, I suppose. ; )

I was working on my next chapter, but decided that downloading Skyrim was WAY more important. So now I'm waiting impatiently for it to finish while watching Once Upon A Time (I'm a fairy tale nerd; leave me alone) & then the Christmas episode of Doctor Who. Time well spent, I say.

[Anarathiel]

I absolutely hate the elder looks tbh......only seen a few handsome elders so far! (ethan von hagen being one of them :P) You just can't get them to look proper :( I wish I could say something consoling, but I have to agree with you, she's not auburn anymore :(

I think we might be neighbors then Ana :) right across the canal :)

as for my aging, 10th times a charm i guess........got it passed now and saved, no crashing so far *crosses finger, taps her desk etc* Boy has also aged :( I guess, next chapter is going to have loads of birthdays again! Though all the teens are at prom now :) and i'm having a major blast with all the comments i get (yes I have never ever attended a prom before......so this is a first for me :D)

It's alright, she'll be fine. I hope

LOL, I'm in England, u?

For some reason, getting Auburn to pick up a cane caused it to crash. No cane for her then.

[Anarathiel]

Haha. Klev: I never went to my prom either. Me and my date got our dress/suit for the shin-dig, but decided we didn't want to fork over the extra money for tickets. Instead, we dressed up and saw a movie. I distinctly remember the movie being terrible too. *shrug* Still better than attending my prom, I suppose. ; )

I was working on my next chapter, but decided that downloading Skyrim was WAY more important. So now I'm waiting impatiently for it to finish while watching Once Upon A Time (I'm a fairy tale nerd; leave me alone) & then the Christmas episode of Doctor Who. Time well spent, I say.

I went to my Year 11 prom...it was horrible. First off, i had no date, then it was all horrible music (aka no rock, no metal, not even good pop)
then the speakers blew a fuse. It was horrible.

hopefully the one this year will be better

[Klevkin]

rofl, I think that was Auburns way of saying "hell no, I might look old, but I am NOT! you hear me!" and I'm in the netherlands ;) it's not hard guessing where people live if i'm one hour ahead hehe :)

@giga, lol if the tickets to the movie were cheaper then the promtickets hehe :D oh! Christmas dr who was great!! :D time very well spent in my opinion! Skyrim?? Not sure, am I right if thats part of the elder scrolls series?? If so! I need to check it out then!

[GigaRevival]

Ana: I hope so too. Your senior prom is the one to look forward too, after all. Wait, you're in England. Don't you go to year 13 there? I'm hopelessly clueless on how the school system functions outside of the US. To the google with me!


@giga, lol if the tickets to the movie were cheaper then the promtickets hehe :D oh! Christmas dr who was great!! :D time very well spent in my opinion! Skyrim?? Not sure, am I right if thats part of the elder scrolls series?? If so! I need to check it out then!

Yep; Skyrim is the newest addition to the Elder Scrolls series. It is definitely worth checking out! And I'm glad the Christmas series was good; I'm amping up and making popcorn to watch it (it's 7 am where I'm at; so this is my breakfast apparently). :rofl: SO.EXCITED.

[Anarathiel]

She wanted a cane! but now i have to age her up all over again. Plus i have to add all the paintings and certificates/awards people have got back into the bedrooms and stuff.
I have therefore decided that i hate canes.

Lol yeah, very few places are in the GMT timezone.

Skyrim is elder scrolls V. I really want to get it, but no moneys :(

[Klevkin]

I think my husband will kill me if i get skyrim.......i got oblivion, but hardly played it tbh......couldn't really get the hang of it....I loved morrowind so much, couldn't get used to oblivion, haven't played both for years though! Enlighten me, would I be able to play oblivion with my 2 year old daughter (with the brains of a 4 year old mind you, so she understands way to much......) running around and asking me what i'm doing and telling me to let my dolls a.k.a. sims (I told her mummy is playing a digital dollhouse) do stuff, like painting sleeping etc........she can fill a whole sim day for one of them......

Auburn is just a tipical women :D can't make up her mind :) I feel for you on the redecorating bit though!

I love prom!! It just played Ryan into the hands of a sim I wanted him to get romantic with :D now I just hope that relation will not be bugged!

[Anarathiel]

lol, you might be able to. If you don't mind her watching you kill things. I have oblivion and i love it, although i go off it sometimes to play assassin's creed then i don't play it again for months.

I have to go into Stylist all over again, the paintings weren't so much of a problem. I knew where i would put them this time.

Well good luck with that, it can go the other way though...i had a sim's relationship ruined once.

[GigaRevival]

When I played both Morrowind and Oblivion, I barely scratched the surface of the actual story. I got distracted easily and decided to just wander around aimlessly doing whatever came my way (and got arrested a lot!); so I've never actually finished the games either. It's my goal to finish the intended story line for Skyrim... just because. Although, I'll probably get distracted all over again and never realize that I'm not actually progressing in the story at all. Ha.

Cedric and Harper are going to be elders in about 6 sim days in my game and I'm dreading it; particularly Cedric. He's been my comic relief (practically breaking everything in the house despite being handy; I don't get it).

Klev: I hope your prom works out. There has been some crazy (incestuous) glitches that have happened to my sims in the past. D:

[Klevkin]

thats what happened to me as well giga! I got distracted so easily in both of those games! There is just way to much to do, and I always want to do every single thing possible! As for my daughter watching me kill things :( i'm afraid that along with DA it's another game thats on my "play again when my daughter goes to school" list.........which is in about 1,5 years, but then again, my son will be just 2, so then the problems shifts....I guess i won't be able to play for another 3 years :(

i've read something about those prom glitches........so I sincerely hope that won't happen to me!

and poor cedric!! I love him! he can't grow old!! You HAVE to get him a death flower, or a YA potion or whatever! He's just to adorable!!

[Anarathiel]

Apparently you can't finish Skyrim. The sub plot quests never end, they randomly spawn new ones throughout your game so the game can never be finished.

Right I had to re-style Auburn again due to the crash, i have uploaded a comparison of her before i re-styled and her after. Tell me what you like best:
http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb404/Ekmidenisi/Screenshot-673.jpg

[Klevkin]

I like the one with the red streaks best, it looks more auburn, more "alive" as it were!

oh and thats annoying! that you can never finish skyrim! Or perhaps not.......

[GigaRevival]

and poor cedric!! I love him! he can't grow old!! You HAVE to get him a death flower, or a YA potion or whatever! He's just to adorable!!

You MUST FINISH DA! :P

Nah... I'll just let Cedric get the peace he deserves. I will miss him oodles though. That guy turned out to be so friggin' lovable. I'm going to need some serious hugs though when he kicks the bucket.

Apparently you can't finish Skyrim. The sub plot quests never end, they randomly spawn new ones throughout your game so the game can never be finished.

0_0 Welp. I know what I'll be doing... FOREVER. :rofl:

I agree with Klev. The streaks give her character. Elder stage = blargh.

[Anarathiel]

LOL I'm still playing oblivion, i haven't finished that yet. I got a glitch on my fave character involving the mages guild and stuff and i couldn't complete one of the quests because my idiot brother told me the wrong thing to do. I jumped off an island and the enemies i had to kill to get my staff disappeared, never to be seen again.

edit: Me too. I don't want her to be old. Now...I shall save and try again to give her a cane..if the wish comes round again.

[AJH]

Lol yeah, very few places are in the GMT timezone.
I am *waves* I'm in England too :D Although I'm a bit older & we never had proms in my day, the occasional school disco and when I was in 6th form we had a summer ball which is probably the equivalent (ish)

I have a nice big update:- http://clemetislegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/chapter-forty-two.html

Hope you all like it!

[Anarathiel]

LOL we're having our 6th form prom in may. The school organise this one so it should be good. We had to organise the yr 11 one ourselves.

YAY update! Imma go read it.

Also the cane worked! YAY!

[AlmaDelCore20]

I'm just now discovering how hard it is to have two jobs, full-time college, a graduate-level thesis to finish, and relationships to maintain, on TOP of a Sims Legacy Blog and the RP site I admin. xD Ugh. I'm going to try to post my next chapter before I go to work today.

Also, every time I hear someone mention Skyrim I die a little inside. The knowledge that my computer probably couldn't handle it is just too much. >w<

[Anarathiel]

Whoah Alma! That's a hectic life you lead! how do you cope?

[AlmaDelCore20]

So far? Leaving the duties of my site to my fellow admin and neglecting all of my RP posts and neglecting my Legacy blog here. xD

I'm hoping the long weekend will get me a little ahead.

http://toftfamilylegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/chapter-27-love-blooms.html

Short, but it works. Enjoy!

[Anarathiel]

*GASPS* An Update...MUST...READ...NOW

[AlmaDelCore20]

*GASPS* An Update...MUST...READ...NOW

You are going to make my head so big that I won't be able to fit through a door, you know that? ;)

[Anarathiel]

LOL then you'll have nothing to do except stay in that room and sim away..there, your life problems are now fixed!

Edit: By the way, i'm kinda reacting like that to most updates now...there are so few going around at the moment.

[Zokugai]

I second (third? fourth?) the fact that the red-tinted grey is nicer. More realistic, too.

oh and thats annoying! that you can never finish skyrim! Or perhaps not.......
That depends on your definition of finish. You could finish the storylines (all 800 billion of them), and you could hit max level (81 iirc). The stuff that goes on forever is the random plotless "Hey Dragonborn! There's a dragon in Riverwood! Go kill it!" and "Hey Dragonborn! There's a bandit camp in Silver Moons, go kill the leader!" But the storyline wraps up eventually.

I hope. o_o I've already resigned myself to the knowledge that I'll still be working through my first playthrough of the game on New Years....of next year.

Also, every time I hear someone mention Skyrim I die a little inside. The knowledge that my computer probably couldn't handle it is just too much. >w<
Are you sure? My computer can BARELY handle Sims 3 Pets and goes "ARE YOU UTTERLY INSANE?!" at Assassin's Creed: Revelations, but as long as I have Skyrim on a fairly reasonable low setting it hasn't even bothered my computer in the slightest. No lags, nothing, and I've added in a few graphical mods too without problem. And of course, it on its lowest graphics quality has better visuals than most games on their best.

[NutsAndDolts]

Different games like different video cards. =/

[ReyaD]

Well I'm in PST so I'm usually the last one awake in the Canada/USA group. Although I usually only sleep 6 hours a night anyway so I rarely miss anything that happens... I just don't post unless I have something constructive to add to the conversation.

As for the Skyrim debate, I've actually heard that despite having superior graphics than the Sims 3, it's a lot easier for most computers to handle.

I've been having some trouble with my Gen 6 teen plotline lately so I dunno if I want to take a break from my legacy or suck it up and keep going. I just notice that my chapters haven't been as "good" as they normally are and it's showing in the comments.

(Plus there's the fact that teen Kenzie inherited Bea's mouth and I can't stop humming trouty mouth in my head)

[Anarathiel]

Well I'm in PST so I'm usually the last one awake in the Canada/USA group. Although I usually only sleep 6 hours a night anyway so I rarely miss anything that happens... I just don't post unless I have something constructive to add to the conversation.

As for the Skyrim debate, I've actually heard that despite having superior graphics than the Sims 3, it's a lot easier for most computers to handle.


LOL i only sleep for either 4, 8 or 12 hours at a time...I dunno why, but if i don't sleep in four hour cycles I get cranky. So during the week I don't miss much as i sleep for 4 hours...mainly due to having to get up for school. But then school doesn't let me come on it. At the weekends i sleep for 8 hours or 12 hours depending on how bad the week was.

LOL, my brother won't let me get it for pc...xbox only as far as he's concerned.

[Klevkin]

I've been having some trouble with my Gen 6 teen plotline lately so I dunno if I want to take a break from my legacy or suck it up and keep going. I just notice that my chapters haven't been as "good" as they normally are and it's showing in the comments.

(Plus there's the fact that teen Kenzie inherited Bea's mouth and I can't stop humming trouty mouth in my head)

Cece you can't have major plots all the time, sometimes regular stuff just happens, doesn't mean your writing isn't good :)

though I'm experiencing the same thing right now, I'm waiting for my gen 3 to start so I can begin that plot :)

[NutsAndDolts]

Ugh. I started expanding on the house, and I have this issue with this gate.

http://thumbs2.modthesims2.com/img/3/8/3/3/4/9/0/MTS_NutsAndDolts-1265004-blah.jpg

I made it as pale as possible, but it still appears dark, as if everything between this two half walls is in total darkness. I originally smashed out one of the half walls to make a pathway, and the edges appeared PITCH BLACK, which annoyed me. So I threw in a gate, and it too turned as black as possible, even when I threw in a dozen extra lights and turned the brightness up on the entire house.

So I'm calling out to you advanced builders: is there anything I can do? I'd like the gate to match the pale color of the wall. x.x

...Maybe a gate inside the house is stupid anyway. v.v

[Klevkin]

Ugh sorry no help from this side :( I tend to just drop awesome ideas because of glitches like that, for instance, I can't style the corner counters in kitchens....our if I pop in a dishwasher or garbage thingy it just resets back to the original fugly style.....

[Buckley]

So I'm calling out to you advanced builders: is there anything I can do? I'd like the gate to match the pale color of the wall. x.x
That's quite odd Becky. I have no idea. (But considering I'm not really much of a builder, let alone an "advanced builder", that should not come as much of a surprise. ;))

This is random, but I really, really like that lamp you have next to your gate. The one with the green shade. Where'd you get that, if you don't mind my asking?

I've been having some trouble with my Gen 6 teen plotline lately so I dunno if I want to take a break from my legacy or suck it up and keep going. I just notice that my chapters haven't been as "good" as they normally are and it's showing in the comments.

(Plus there's the fact that teen Kenzie inherited Bea's mouth and I can't stop humming trouty mouth in my head)
What kind of trouble have you been having? I don't want you to stop updating your legacy! =( Your chapters have been great lately, imo. I really liked 5.15, as my comment suggested.

Also: *glares* What do you mean "trouty mouth"? I loved Bea's mouth, so answer carefully. :P

[CinderEmma]

I'm going to my sister's today, and everybody's sick (with the same thing I was sick with, so it's not like I'll catch it), so I'm going to be miserable. Yes, yes, if I say I won't be miserable there I might not, whatever. I just don't wanna look after my niece and take care of all these sick people.
It doesn't help that mom just keeps on saying that I need to "take one for the team". I just want to shove the team up her...well, you know.

[calisims]

Becky, I've seen that problem with garage doors. I've never placed a gate on half walls, but maybe it's a similar issue. You could try putting those lights for fence posts on the two posts on either side of the gate.
You could also try the lighting elements from buy debug that go invisible in live mode.

[AJH]

I've been having some trouble with my Gen 6 teen plotline lately so I dunno if I want to take a break from my legacy or suck it up and keep going. I just notice that my chapters haven't been as "good" as they normally are and it's showing in the comments.
I love your chapters :)

[NutsAndDolts]

I tried the fence posts, to no avail.

I think the lamp, and a bunch of other tiki items I have, are from the store. v.v Sorries. I know I hate to hear that when I ask about CC.

Going to try the area light ... ... ... didn't work. ;.;

Ah well. Time for a different approach I suppose.

[ReyaD]

Also: *glares* What do you mean "trouty mouth"? I loved Bea's mouth, so answer carefully. :P

I mean her mouth is HUGE. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2JwjbkfWUc)
(Warning: TERRIBLE quality. But all the other clips I could find were way too long.)

[Anarathiel]

Umm guys, does anybody else have a problem with mirrors? Mine flash sometimes and the mirror glass becomes the same as the wall behind it, ie brick/wood/wallpaper. It's not too much of a problem, it just draws the eye away from where it needs to be

[ReyaD]

Did you use the "move objects" cheat at all while building/decorating the house?

[ReyaD]

Double poooost D :

5.16 - The Move http://sabolegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/516-move.html

Oh FINALLY they grow up. Also: Stuff happens.

[Anarathiel]

Reya: nope. I did use constrainfloorelevation but it's not only at the house...it only seems to happen when i'm moving the camera angles so if i limit that when taking shots around mirrors.

[jessica x gore]

I wanted to let those who suggested know that I watched Battlefield Earth. Too bad I can't un-see it. Lol. What is this.....I don't even.

Giga: I love Once Upon A Time. Do you watch Grimm too? That's another great fairy tale type show. It's a lot darker than Once Upon A Time though.

I haven't worked on my legacy in a few days. I've been a little busy and tomorrow is my 7th wedding anniversary and we might be going to the beach. But hopefully I'll find time to work on it. I also started a new book series too. Which is probably a bad thing because I usually get REALLY caught up in books.

[GigaRevival]

Giga: I love Once Upon A Time. Do you watch Grimm too? That's another great fairy tale type show. It's a lot darker than Once Upon A Time though.

I haven't worked on my legacy in a few days. I've been a little busy and tomorrow is my 7th wedding anniversary and we might be going to the beach. But hopefully I'll find time to work on it. I also started a new book series too. Which is probably a bad thing because I usually get REALLY caught up in books.

I'm actually working up to Grimm. I'm on the newest episode of Once; so I'll probably do that one next. : )

Happy Anniversary!

I know how you feel about reading. I was reading the A Song of Ice and Fire series last semester during school and well... I got a bit distracted from what I should have been doing. Now I'm reading the Sandman series and it's happening all over again. :|

[corihummel77]

Well, I have a little update (http://theocallaghanlegacy.blogspot.com/) here. I think I'm starting get the hang of this whole blogging thing. Well, maybe, ugh...I don't know, but I'm having fun with it so that's what matters, right? :p

[calisims]

Giga, have you read the Fables series of comic books? It's a must read for fairy tale nerds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fables_(comics)

The series is ongoing, and even has a couple of spin offs. More distraction! But this series blows Once Upon a Time away in terms of fairy tale characters living in the modern world.

[GigaRevival]

WHAAAA? I'm reading about it and it sounds right up my alley. Thanks Cali! I guess I know what I'm reading next. : )

[jessica x gore]

I'm actually working up to Grimm. I'm on the newest episode of Once; so I'll probably do that one next. : )

Happy Anniversary!

I know how you feel about reading. I was reading the A Song of Ice and Fire series last semester during school and well... I got a bit distracted from what I should have been doing. Now I'm reading the Sandman series and it's happening all over again. :|


I love Grimm. It's really good, hopefully you'll like it too.

Thank you! Happy early birthday too. =]

If I get into a really good book, I block out the rest of the world. A football game could be going on in front of me but I'd still be lost in that book. My husband fusses sometimes when he says something to me and I haven't heard a word because I'm reading. I have the opposite of ADD. Lol. I actually started the Argeneau Vampires series by Lynsay Sands. I've only read a few chapters so I can't say if I'll love it or not. So far so good though.

[teal_moonshine]

I'm a massive bookworm. Anything is fair game. I avoid bookstores because if I let the smell of books tempt me in, I would walk out with like $500 worth of books...

[jessica x gore]

I'm a massive bookworm. Anything is fair game. I avoid bookstores because if I let the smell of books tempt me in, I would walk out with like $500 worth of books...

Lol. I have a Kindle which is just as bad. It's set up where you have a one click buy button. It's way too easy. I live in a very small town so the only place that sell books is Wal-Mart. Which has a HORRIBLE selection...basically nothing. So I had no choice but to get an e-reader or drive 40 min. every few days to a decent bookstore. Sometimes I do miss the feel and smell of the pages but I'd miss my Kindle even more considering I can take 300 books with me everywhere I go. =]

[teal_moonshine]

The only reason I don't have an e-reader is a) I would spend all my money on books, literally. I'd go without new clothes over new books, b) I LOVE the smell of books so much it should be illegal and c) the fact I have to catch a 30 min train ride kinda curbs my urges...

[Tamlyn]

Chapter.

http://tamlynsims.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/chapter-1-2-the-more-they-stay-the-same/

Too many words? Too few? Too few pictures? Not enough happening?*

*Answers optional, fretting will occur anyway.

Edit: For some reason, I just can't comment on blogspot atm. So, Cece: I adore Kenzie. I guess I like Madeline too, but Kenzie stole my heart :P And her interaction with Derrick was very realistic.

(You accidentally wrote Mackenzie instead of Madeline with the cakes - Mackenzie went first and second).

And corihummel: Go Deirdre! Seth was obviously expecting a doormat :)

I'm still slowly catching up on legacies xD

[Zokugai]

I have a desperate urge to lock Lu and Altin in a room together and see who survives.

Also, very nice touch reading up on what the Marshall storyline is supposed to be and incorporating it. I though I was the only one who read those things these days.

LOL, my brother won't let me get it for pc...xbox only as far as he's concerned.
Belated response, but if you happen to have an xbox and aren't horribly offended by console gaming, that might be smart. No cheatcodes and harder to install (if possible at all) mods, but the game was designed for xbox and ported to pc, rather than the other way around, and it shows. For instance, menus are basically a nightmare to navigate with a mouse.

[ReyaD]

Dangit Tamlyn, I totally saw the name thing coming too xD. *Trods off to fix it*

So I had this great, beautiful plot line set up for Kenzie's teen years... and she ruins it. Like, won't even let me TRY to go through with it. So I've decided I'm just going to let the story play out according to the wishes she rolls.

... Unfortunately for me she's now writing a better story line than I ever could've planned. (Dammit kid you're an artist, not a writer. Stop showing me up!)

Stuff that isn't about me:

Happy anniversary Jessica!

[Klevkin]

Happy anniversary Jessica!

Cece I can't wait to see the wishes Kenzie rolls! I love those girls!

[LadyAwesome]

So I WAAAS going to work on the legacy, but then I done a entry on the picture contest instead.... oops. :P It does include Rue though, only I had to give her a boob job lol. I doubt she even have an A cup lol.

[Anarathiel]

Belated response, but if you happen to have an xbox and aren't horribly offended by console gaming, that might be smart. No cheatcodes and harder to install (if possible at all) mods, but the game was designed for xbox and ported to pc, rather than the other way around, and it shows. For instance, menus are basically a nightmare to navigate with a mouse.

I am deffo not offended by console gaming, it's just the fact that it £15 more expensive on xbox than pc.

So I WAAAS going to work on the legacy, but then I done a entry on the picture contest instead.... oops. :P It does include Rue though, only I had to give her a boob job lol. I doubt she even have an A cup lol.
And what is wrong with an A cup?




Edit: Elder Auburn is getting on my nerves. I didn't know what to do with her, no wishes were coming. I was just like "WHY DON'T YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING???"

[LadyAwesome]

Sexy isnt so spectacular when you have a flat chest... I would know lol.

[Anarathiel]

Sexy isnt so spectacular when you have a flat chest... I would know lol.

There is nothing wrong with a flat chest...sometimes I'd rather have a smaller chest...

anyway, you gonna show the picture you entered or not?

[LadyAwesome]

Oh here you are lol http://modthesims.info/showpost.php?p=3753931&postcount=36

[Anarathiel]

It's a nice picture, hope it wins.

[LadyAwesome]

Doubt it, it was fun all the same.

Loving you colour coded and alphabetical family lol

[GigaRevival]

I've got a new update!

3.14: http://harrislegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/314-with-arms-outstretched.html

Gideon's still a brat; Dasia and Duncan beat each other up; Ellis hates homework; Pacey enters the world.

[Klevkin]

Doubt it, it was fun all the same.

Loving you colour coded and alphabetical family lol

:faceslap: i got the color coded.........but......the alphabet! Gosh! :D love them even more now Ana :D

[GigaRevival]

Welp... another chapter from me! I had some extra time on my hands, so why the heck not?

3.15: http://harrislegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/315-prank-master.html

Birthdays all around; Dasia is scared; Gideon gets his comeuppance.

[AJH]

Chapter 43 up:- http://clemetislegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/chapter-forty-three.html

I've tried setting the text as justified rather than centred (as I've done previously), which way do people think it looks best?

[LadyAwesome]

I also though you all need to know.....

YAY I GET A RIBBONZZZZZ

That is all lol.

[ReyaD]

I also though you all need to know.....

YAY I GET A RIBBONZZZZZ

That is all lol.

>P Third place. Don't rub it in.

[GigaRevival]

Congrats LA!!!!1!!111!!!

I loved both your and Cece's pictures.

I wish I wasn't embarrassed by my computers mediocre attempt at taking pictures to enter a contest. Oh, and not be so lazy. Yeah... that too. :|

[Anarathiel]

Doubt it, it was fun all the same.

Loving you colour coded and alphabetical family lol

:faceslap: i got the color coded.........but......the alphabet! Gosh! :D love them even more now Ana :D

Thanks guys. Yeah, I'm doing an alphabet one. Finding non-girly names is difficult though, especially for the next few letters anyway. Gen 2 has to have 3 kids and I don't want to make them all girls.

[LadyAwesome]

ecru sounds manly enough. Its like a light grey colour ((A grayish to pale yellow or light grayish-yellowish brown.))

[Anarathiel]

ecru sounds manly enough. Its like a light grey colour ((A grayish to pale yellow or light grayish-yellowish brown.))

lol it's alright i already have the letter E covered. the kid has already been born and is a toddler in game. I think I have F sorted since the pregnancy has told me the gender.
I don't have the mc that can change baby gender though so i'll have to wait for G.

For my little list of names for those letters, open this spoiler:


E: Emerald for a girl, Eden for a boy
F: Fuschia for a girl, Fawn for a boy
G: Ginger for a girl, Gray for a boy
Any other suggestions regarding F and G might be useful

[LadyAwesome]

I think Flame for a boy lol I like fusia

Ginger is cool, goes with their hair, and Gamboge lol Its weird I like it though, its like a mustard colour

[AlmaDelCore20]

Grape should be a name.

What? Don't look at me like that. With some of the names we have here, it should be no surprise. xD

[Anarathiel]

Yeah, Flame is one of the ones i was considering.

lol @ grape

[CinderEmma]

I prefer the spelling Grey for a new (edit: name) over Gray. Dunno why XD
And I love Flame :D

[corihummel77]

I have a quick question. The goal for my 2nd gen is "Living Green". I don't have to start that until my heir is a YA, right?

[Tamlyn]

corihummel, that is correct :)

And I've used up my one blogspot comment allowed for the day apparently - Ali, just caught up with yours. I love the clean simplicity of your style. Your family moves a lot xD The new house is gorgeous, but their previous houses have been too. You have a definite knack for decorating.

[corihummel77]

Thanks, Tamlyn :)

[NutsAndDolts]

Just popping in to say hi again... I haven't really kept up with anyone's legacies in the past several days. I am pretty busy.

If all goes well, I may have an update before this week is up, though. So I am not inactive.

It seemed like you were gone a while, Cori. If so welcome back. ^.^

[AlmaDelCore20]

FINALLY got the time to play The Sims again, now that my buffer's gone, haha. I hope I'll be able to have a chapter up before I go to sleep tonight.

[ReyaD]

Speaking of chapters.

5.17 - Only a Kiss http://sabolegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/517-only-kiss.html

Kenzie puts my original plotline to shame through autonomous interactions and rolled wishes. And now I have this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdGFtwCNBE&ob=av3e) stuck in my head.

You guys can decided for yourselves which is the good boy and which is the bad boy. I haven't actually decided yet since my buffer just ran out and I have NOTHING written.

[AlmaDelCore20]

I'm trying to build up a buffer before I actually post a chapter, haha.

My chapters are actually making me laugh as I write them. I love Megan. I hope this isn't going to be one of those horrific instances where it's funny now but tomorrow it'll be painful. >.>

[LadyAwesome]

Im sure it will be glorious Alma.

Unlike me.... Im trying to write mine and get the house sorted. everytime I get somewhere it bloody crashes me.!

[Anarathiel]

Agh! I won't have an update until later.
School work sucks

[Klevkin]

I MUST UPDATE TODAY!

cause i'm stuck :( I wanted to get into Ryan more, but he ages up in 4 days and I still have loads of b-days and loose ends to tie up! Oh and don't forget prom.......bah!

cece, I love that song! Never heard it before, but its great! And I can see why you can't get it out of your head :D

[Klevkin]

Double post!

Short update.... (http://cristlegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/215-oh-teenage-drama.html)

[LadyAwesome]

And another short update, because my game loves crashing this week http://malkierlegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/chapter-4-something-inbetween.html

[Anarathiel]

T_T
The school have managed to make it so that the only blog i can see is my own. I have to wait until i am on my way home before i can read your blogs.
I am writing my tenth chapter at the moment, and I hope I will have it done by the end of the night.

[Klevkin]

how nice of your school! how do they manage to block them all but your own?

at work i'm not able to get on any of those sites, not even my own.......they are all classified as "gaming" and are blocked... luckily I have my mobile hehe.

[CinderEmma]

IS SO COOOOOLD :( Winter sucks, especially with busing :(:(:(:(:(
For some reason, Neopets, Modthesims, and blogger (though I don't really use them too much at school) are alright, but fanfiction is blocked 0_o Recently too, as I saw a girl about six months ago on my fanfiction site :(

[Anarathiel]

LOL, klev, idk, it might have something to do with it being part of your own account if you're logged in. I bet if i logged out and tried to access it i wouldn't be able to look at it. The reason i can log on and do stuff is because the year 10 media students use blogger for their courses.
idk about neopets but mts and to an extent blogger are ok.
Gaiaonline got blocked due to me and my friends making them aware of it (only by using it alot) a few years ago.

[ReyaD]

Nothing is blocked at my school. Not even porn (Although I don't know this from personal experience. I just saw a classmate watching something EXTREMELY graphic last semester). *Shudder* The horrors of sitting in the back of the class sometimes...

[AlmaDelCore20]

You know what they block on my college campus? Gaming. Like, gaming through Steam. 8| It's the dumbest thing in the world. I know we're all a little obsessed with Left 4 Dead 2, but Jesus Christ, c'mon!

[EDIT] Just to clarify, I meant social gaming, haha. Like, playing online with your friends. Single player and stuff is fine...but clearly not as fun. OTL

[NutsAndDolts]

From what I've seen, college campuses can block whatever they please in their computer labs and libraries and coffee shops, etc, but you can look at whatever you want from the connection in your dorm room. I had a crappy laptop at university so the only online game I'd play was Phantasy Star Online (SCHTserv).

[AJH]

And I've used up my one blogspot comment allowed for the day apparently - Ali, just caught up with yours. I love the clean simplicity of your style. Your family moves a lot xD The new house is gorgeous, but their previous houses have been too. You have a definite knack for decorating.
Thank you :blush: I have to admit I much prefer decorating houses to building them, I can't seem to get proportions etc right when I try to build houses but I love the CASt tool for decorating!

I never actually meant for them to move so much *curses my lack of a good enough computer*

[Zokugai]

Today I discovered someone got the idea to port Coolsims hair over to Skyrim.

That was not a good idea. http://i.imgur.com/efaqG.jpg

Darn Sims invading my non-Sims games...

[CinderEmma]

Why is it a bad idea? The hair styles look cute :)
I'm probably missing something, aren't I?

[AlmaDelCore20]

UPDATE.

http://toftfamilylegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/chapter-28-green-thumb.html

I think I have a decent buffer now, but I might scale back my updates to MWF anyway.

[Zokugai]

Why is it a bad idea? The hair styles look cute :)
I'm probably missing something, aren't I?
It's not the best image, that's just what the modder provided. That character is packed full of CC. The super smooth airbrushed face, the makeup, etc.

For comparison, some vanilla characters: http://gamersheep.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ImperialCompilation.jpeg

It winds up looking very out of place. Decent in and of itself, but drastically different "art style" from the more dirty gritty thing the game has going on.

[ReyaD]

I dunno about you guys, but I'd love some of those Skyrim hairs for my sims.

[NutsAndDolts]

I managed to update today.

http://archlegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/chapter-68-something-gone-wrong.html

It is picture-intense.

[CinderEmma]

Wow, that's a huge difference! It would be cool to have a "clean-cut" girly character amidst all that gore :P

[ReyaD]

Update!

5.18 - First Time (for Everything) http://sabolegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/518-first-time-for-everything.html

Kenzie f- up a lot. Sometimes I wonder if she purposely picks the worst possible thing to do just for shits and giggles.

[Zokugai]

Cece: http://www.coolsims.net/ They're not bad at all in the Sims. And that's coming from someone who hates CC hai--brbsaboupdate. *bolts*

[CinderEmma]

I don't like much CC hair either, I really only like Wotjek's conversions (he took them down, which makes me sad, but I still have time in my game), a few of Anubis's stuff, and a few other EA looking ones. I have one "shiny" CC one (a newer Anubis?) that actually has a nice mesh (NO holes, nice hairline, etc), and I do love it :) Though it does look greasy, lol XD

[teal_moonshine]

I just don't like how the longer CC hair sits SO far off the body of the sims, so if I use any of it, I refuse to look at my sim side on...

[Klevkin]

Update! (http://cristlegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/216-as-they-age.html)
Boy ages up :( I was so so so so sad, I grew attached to him more then I did to my founders (well thats because I made them so damn not likeable....)

I agree on that btw Teal, I had a hairstyle once, that was straight down at the back of my sim, and when she'd bent over her hair would keep in a straight line......and sort of stick out.....I think she might have used to much hairspray for that one.... :faceslap:

[NutsAndDolts]

Hmm... blogger's acting up and I can't comment on Cece's updates.

So:

Wow, I feel bad for both boys. =( And Kenzie.

Oh, and klev:

I love your sims' house. I really enjoyed the latest update.

[Tamlyn]

I still can't post to blogger except once a blue moon either :(

Cece:
Maybe Derrick and Brandon will figure out Kenzie's hovering, confront each other, and end up running away together. What? It's possible :P

Attempting to comment is just too frustrating now, so everyone with blogger - I'm still reading your legacies, but i won't be commenting :)

[NutsAndDolts]

I am completely in favor of Tamlyn's idea.

[Klevkin]

lol the commenting part or the spoiler part becky?? :P

and thanks for the compliment on my house :) I'm not done with it yet, for the next generation I have added a nice addition :) I'll show it when Ryan ages up :) when it's finished I think i'm going to upload it :) I have also planned on some more design in the yard.

[Anarathiel]

Hey Alma, i'm replying to the comment you put on chpt 4.
No, I'm not australian, I'm a british gal from down south london XP


I'm trying to get round to writing chapter 10. I dunno when it'll be ready D:

[calisims]

I like Tamlyn's spoiler idea as well. And remember, if the majority votes for it, you have to do it.
:beer:

[NutsAndDolts]

The spoiler part.

I'm going to create some dummy accounts so I can vote more times, ok?

[AlmaDelCore20]

The Sims Random Legacy has basically ruined me. xD I'm reading Mark Twain's "Roughing It" for a class of mine on the Gutenberg Project and they've included genuine woodcut pictures that were in the original text, each captioned.

After reading all of these blogs, they feel like they should be in a Random Legacy instead. Like, a hilarious picture of a Sim doing something random with a strange facial expression with a quick, witty caption beneath it that makes you die from laughing hysterically.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b22/MasterMisty13/Random/PleasingNews.jpg

Please tell me someone else understands what I mean and I'm not crazy. xD

[ReyaD]

Oh I'd be more than happy to include a Derrick/Brandon scene on upcoming chapters (As an excuse to use the threesome poses I found a while back) but there's one problem.

Derrick and Brandon are first cousins. Derrick's mother is Danya Xun. Brandon's father is Lee Xun. So... y'know. If you guys think incest is totally fine then I'll start planning something special : P.

Lol. Alma. I know what you mean about legacies affecting your mind. I've been doing the same thing xD.

[Zokugai]

Lol, because your family really needs to be more dysfunctional, right?

I just don't like how the longer CC hair sits SO far off the body of the sims, so if I use any of it, I refuse to look at my sim side on...

That's the problem I have with it. That and I actually like the EA hairs so it's hard to find CC hair that doesn't look out of place next to them.

[CinderEmma]

Incest FTW (at least with these two hotties, lol)
Besides, it doesn't really matter to me in the game, it's just Sims after all.
I should update soon, bah. Sorting through my pictures is a horrific mess :( Let's just say they're not in order

Here's a picture of the CC hair I really like below :) My sim's face isn't that angular, I swear!
As you can see, compared to Buster's (the poor kid) EA hair, it doesn't look too different, just a bit shinier :) It has EA highlighting too, so I'm positive it's Anubis's :) Maybe it's an older one, I thought it was newer but I've searched 6 pages so far :( I can't find the the link, I'll edit it in when I find it :)

:alarm: EDIT :alarm: YAY, I found it! Wow, it's a new one from here, I forgot about it! Go Elexis! http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=457615

[NutsAndDolts]

Heh... I understand what you mean, Alma.

[ReyaD]

I dunno what you guys are talking about with CC hairs. I LOVE them (for the most part). I agree that there are some that leave much to be desired, and some clipping issues/etc, but the majority are just beautiful. I can't live without them. I mean... look at almost every single one of my sims this legacy!

[AlmaDelCore20]

I'm generally really picky about my CC hairs...the ones that clip or that lay awkwardly or something like that I tend to get as far away from as I possibly can. But I've come across many that I absolutely adore. I tend to use them before I use any EA ones for some reason.

It makes me sad that there's not more interesting ones for guys out there, especially MANLY guy CC hair instead of girly ones, since I have such an aversion to hats for some reason for my Sims.

[ReyaD]

Well if you'd like Alma, I can link you to a site with plenty of male hairs... But it would need to be in PM.

[AlmaDelCore20]

Sure, I'd like that, haha.

[CinderEmma]

THANKS Cece and everybody talking about CC hairs, now I've downloaded a whole bunch more of Anubis's hairs XD

[NutsAndDolts]

hey! PM it to me too, Cece.

[Zokugai]

Here's a picture of the CC hair I really like below :) My sim's face isn't that angular, I swear!
As you can see, compared to Buster's (the poor kid) EA hair, it doesn't look too different, just a bit shinier :) It has EA highlighting too, so I'm positive it's Anubis's :) Maybe it's an older one, I thought it was newer but I've searched 6 pages so far :( I can't find the the link, I'll edit it in when I find it :)
Yeah, whoever thought of redoing shiny hairs with EA highlights is a saint.

[calisims]

Hi, fluffy, welcome to the challenge. It's always great to have new players with new legacy blogs. And we're a very open and welcoming bunch here, so feel free to post questions, comments or random ramblings here at any time. =D

[AlmaDelCore20]

Hi there~! I've been a long, long time lurker of MTS(and this topic in particular). And after reading a few of your blogs, have now created my own for my Random Legacy. If anyone would care to read it, the link is: http://randomboffin.blogspot.com/
I hope that I can be easily welcomed into this niche of sims community!

Welcooooooome! 8D I look forward to reading your legacy~

[teal_moonshine]

Welcome Fluffy!

And because I was asleep and want to put my 2 cents in; I like the look of SO many CC hairs, but what stops me downloading is the long ones sit so far off the body, it puts me off and I don't like it. BUT I'm more than happy to download the short ones. But generally I don't find the ones some of you have that I really like (like the short pigtail/double braid/plaits...)

[CinderEmma]

I agree with you Teal :) There are a lot of braided ones here -> anubis360.blogspot.com/ My favourite Sims 3 CC hair site! While I love MTS for everything else, the lack of hairs here is sad. There's quality ones here (like the one in the picture above), but still not as many as I would like.

And Cece, can you send me the link too? I don't know if I'll download if it's super CC like (shiny, has holes, bad hairlines, etc), but I would like to look and see. My guys are lacking too :(

[LadyAwesome]

Welcome fluffy, I enjoyed that immensely :D

[CyyKosis]

PM me the link too Cece!!!!

Almost been a month since my last update :/ I'm still deciding where I want to go with my next gen because I don't feel like doing my original plot anymore. And I was way too busy all of winter break which just ended last week. I don't know if/when I will be updating the Speries again, but I'm going to at least try unless I end up getting bored with it. I've been sucked into the building world whenever I play because that's all I used to do before starting the random legacy shindig. I'm too OCD about my houses looking perfect... I've spent at least a week on the one I'm doing now and I only have the first floor plan and 1 room done to perfection, another one almost done getting the colors/details right, and another room furnished but no coloring or detailing yet. It needs to be PERFECT. *obsessed*

[LadyAwesome]

and me tooooo

[Zokugai]

So, today I discovered Fabio Sabo's hair looks absolutely fascinating on female sims:

http://i.imgur.com/0x3Ve.jpg

[ReyaD]

I totally agree Zoku. <3 It's one of my favourite hairs. Second only to Santiago von Hagen's.

[LadyAwesome]

Santiago <3

[Zokugai]

Oh it was great, I went "I need a hairstyle for an edgy rocker chick so I can get back into playing Bridgeport" and it instantly came up under randomization. Perfection.

[AlmaDelCore20]

So I was going to update tomorrow, but I think in recognition of raising awareness for SOPA and PIPA and what not I'm going to avoid posting anywhere online for all of tomorrow, similarly to Wikipedia's blackout since I can't exactly do the same. xD I trust ya'll can wait until Friday.

[ReyaD]

Oh so then I guess I shouldn't post anything tonight? : P

Gosh I'm not part of my generation at all... boycotts and protests just annoy me. I won't be participating.

EDIT: Update!

5.19 - Friends, or.. http://sabolegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/519-friends-or.html

See I dunno if they're adorable together or something else. (But MAN do they make for great photos)

[Zokugai]

Cece: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfgwrdYUQ2A

Meme accomplished? ;)

[LadyAwesome]

LOL ZOku *claps*

[Klevkin]

whats a meme???

update! (http://cristlegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/217-sirras-had-enough.html)

@alma :D thanks for wrestling through my stories haha :D

and everybody else, of course, I'd like to take this time to tell everybody how much I love all of your comments hehe :P

right........i'm off, yelling at some people that put me off my routine and caused me to rethink some of my futureplans..........

[NutsAndDolts]

Bandwidth belongs to me for a few hours, so chapter 69 is up.

http://archlegacy.blogspot.com/2012/01/chapter-69-playing-along.html

There are no sane people in Barnacle Bay.

(Also outtakes for generation 4 are up.)