Changes to the site

[Delphy]

Hi All,

In order to better accomodate our Challenge entrants, and to help everybody get into the feel, we have decided to change the site around a little bit.

From now and for the next 2 weeks, the entire website is here to help you get into the medieval mindset!

I suggest you dig out your Olde English dictionaries, and watch out for people peeing from the houses and dumping chamber pots on you.

Yours in kingship,
Delphinius The Great

[HystericalParoxysm]

We know you're the king, as you're the only one who hasn't got shit all over him.

[Maddison178]

-scratches me head- where do i find an old english dictionary? This may as well be greek to me...LOL!!

[ghostwrytr]

If I wanted to speak old English I would have majored in it! If I wanted to read it I would break out William Shakespeare. It should be OPTIONAL!!! PLEASE?! I'm getting a headache from mentally translating all this and it is my day off. I want to ENJOY....Not work harder.

[werismyki]

Thought I was losing my mind, pages were changing over before my very eyes. Must walk down to the local mart for a pint of ale.

[Petchy]

Myth Brein hath reploded inst the weeping staggerarsy oft the serf's siten, anst aye likent what aye saw.

Thasts ist all.

[fanseelamb]

Hark, such wondrous changes!

[mustluvcatz]

I must admit, I didst notte understand a dang thing I just read..er readeth?

edit: ROFL, instant translation ftw!

[Sparklycookie]

ROFL!
This isn't the April fool's joke, is it?

[Astrognash]

I move that the help forums be made modern. Because if you can't understand what is being asked, how can you answer it?

[Petchy]

If I desired unto speak olde English I wouldst hast majored in it! If I desired unto read it I wouldst break out William Shakespeare. It shouldst be OPTIONAL!!! PLEASE?! I'm getting a headache from mentally translating all this an it beist mine daye off. I desire unto ENJOY....Not work harder.

Chechque the date upon thy's callemander

[Astrognash]

Oh, and another things, the categories in the forums (for example, Sims 2 and 3 in the picture forum) don't work, as the url of the sorted page has not changed with the theme, but the link to it has.

[werismyki]

To Hell with those who do not understand, Let's all drink and be merry! This is Great!!

[Petchy]

We knowe thou art ye king, as thou art ye but one who hasn't got shyte all over him.

Such great amusmenth beest given byst thee's quote oft the Amusing tales; this amumentst only canst be hast given byst the most noble queen!

[HystericalParoxysm]

Astrognash - people can wait one day in the sake of fun and silliness to get help. Or sort it out - it's not that hard to comprehend the meanings.

[lanawinst]

Great idea. I canst quite understand everything now but it's thus much merriment :D

One smalle thing, Gaul wast notte called Gaul anymore during ye medieval/tudor era. It twas already ye Realm of ye Franks. So I'm notte from Gaul :p

[Astrognash]

Ah, but Gaul is a more general term applying to most of modern day F-R-A-N-C-E. Back in ye olden days, they distinguished between F-r-a-n-c-e proper, and Gascony, Normandy, Brittany, Acquitaine, etc.

And the system cannot get specific regions out of such a general term as F-R-A-N-C-E.

[ClstlDrmr83]

:king: Good morrow faire lords and ladies! I liketh what ye have done with thine site. Mine soul is old and doth long for the days of old, the era pleases mine heart. Soon I shall joineth the Challenge!

Feast thine eyes upon yonder site. It doth have much knowledge: http://www.renfaire.com/Language/index.html

[HystericalParoxysm]

Oh, if we were going for accuracy, nobody would be able to understand anything here at all. It's just silly.

[squeam]

Wiki! Wiki! I mean, witchcraft! Witchcraft!

[iheartcowcapoos]

i read slow enough as it is and this just slows me down more! it's fun though haha. i wish there was an old english to modern english translator to make things simpler but i could only find sites that translated one word at a time, no phrases. =P
and i agree at first glance i thought i had gone nuts until i realized everyone's posts were like that ha

[Vampire_aninyosaloh]

þās āwendednes eart micel. Ic lufie hū se steall besēon nū :lol:

[Srikandi]

AAAAAHHHHH be glad if you don't know any old English, or more accurately Middle English (which is I think what the target here really is), or your head would explode from the grammatical errors ;)

I love it though, and I also love the site theme! Let's keep it brown!

[Astrognash]

Okay, I'm totally lost by the variable option of a word I can only assume to be "today".

[Kims*Designs]

Major win.....doth love it! Can't stop mirthing :D

[Petchy]

þās āwendednes eart micel. Ic lufie hū se steall besēon nū :lol:

NIEN MUSHT NEINZENT BEE DOXTHOOTH ALPTHARGERFLURGEN!


[Simlish/German/Medieval crossover for the win]

[Astrognash]

To quote Patrick Star: "Hinga dinga durgen!"

[werismyki]

Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

I second keeping the Theme or at least making it one of the available options!

[Exxy]

Does the translator work for other languages?

Hola me llamo Exxy!

[Zinthos]

Forsooth good King Delphy, these colours bring out the harmony in our beautiful kingdom, and should be made permenant as so to hush the caterpillar into the butterfly that is ever forthcoming to the land in which we live.

[Esmeralda]

Mayhap Goode King Delphy has bestowed an April Fool joke upon us? It's giving me a headache to read anything on this site now, but I love it! Party on, medieval dudes and babes!

[suzetter]

It started mine eyes at firste but it beist quite amusing. I hadst hoped unto create something for ye challenege (it wouldst be mine firste mod) but, alas, I couldst notte understand ye tutorials. Who ever spake Medieval life twas simple?

[wthrwthoutyu]

I suggest that after the challenge, you should keep this as an option, like the Pirate option on Facebook. Because this is brilliant!

[Psychotic_Ragdoll]

Why, great Delphinius! Thy site hath become grand,
For the Medieval and Renaissance magic has been wrought upon it!
It doth shine with the brightness of a star
but posseses the wit of a great modder. Hark!
The sound of well puns doth approach!

(The missing passage from Shakespim's last and, dareth I speaskt, greatest worketh, "Serfs upon thine crown" Alas, the remainder of this fine work hath been lost to ages by the burning power of a hot fire! Alas!)

[KyleTheArtist]

You all deserve the medal for such great idea :)

[DigitalSympathies]

I logged on just now and I seriously thought I was studying too hard. I just got into my new school today and my last class was History, so this made my mind asplode.

All's well, though. I, luckily, can understand all this stuff!

EDIT: It's not actually called Old English. It's called Medieval English. Just a heads-up! And no, don't really put your heads up, you might get a bucket of crap all over you! :)

[ForeverCamp]

:rofl: I comest on ye site to find ye all spakin' in such aulde terms! Twas the highlight of mine day! Continuest with thine medieval colours - I loveth them!

[ghostwrytr]

I bite my thumb at you....I guess Romeo and Juliet was good for something. Anyways what does it mean by "extracted ye Church"?

[jhd1189]

These are truly excellent changes to the site.

Long live their majesties, the King and Queen!

[Echo]

All offerings and prostrations are due to your Highness, King Delphinius! *courtesys*

Moddeth Thine Serfs is indeed a wonderful place!

[SonicTheHedgehog]

There should be a button for the original mod the sims site. I am just getting sick of this Greek =-P

[Vampire_aninyosaloh]

This is so awesome! Seriously, I love it =) Thanks a lot.. *keeps working on her challenge thingy*

[SonicTheHedgehog]

btw... Wat Tha? Whyz Iz Thiz Justz Modifyin the original crapz? Nowz I Has To Talkz Likez Thisz Soz Itz Wouldz Pastz Translationz

[Selly_2009]

There shouldst be a button for ye original mod ye sims site. I am just getting sick of this Greek =-P

I know someone else who's said the same! I can just about read it, but it's not easy :(

Like the colour scheme Delphy, but changing ALL the wording on posts is just a little bit much!

[argante]

What is the name or type of is this script thingy please? - I am curious for web design :bunny:

PS; Cute, but - Huh? :blink: Pardon? I'm dyslexic in 21 century, let alone 15th I cannot read it, c u when it's over :cry:

[Kelseyz2]

This is awful. Is there a way 2 turn it off? I've never commented before but I had to, because I can't even read the site.

[whiterider]

Why beist yon allways a spoilsport?

[beeps]

This day hath creepeth up on me... Hail to ye, Moddith Thine Sims!

[Darth_Beeblebrox]

This is a great idea! The site should stay like this forever! :) I love it!

[VoiceIHear]

This beist awesomeeeeeeeee! :P

but guys, just consider of ye date.

I'm also for having this as an availible theme optiont too.

[daluved1]

Tis a slendid affair, it is :)

[Geah]

Is this an April fool joke? :lol: i noticed that T.o.d.a.y has been translated into ponies and pancakes.

[cheapie]

Change it back!

[Vampire_aninyosaloh]

NO! Don't! Changes are always good!! =)

[AD85]

The new textures and colors look nice but we not-native speakers can hardly read medieval English. Please add an option to the control panel to deactivate the vocabulary replacement as soon as possible!

[Salador]

A very great and nice 1. April Joke, Delphy. But i have realy bad problems to read this old english (sometimes i need a dictionary for the normal english), so i hope it's realy only an April joke! :-)

Have fun

My kindest regards to our king.

[Mishy]

ok, thus ye scottish, pirate like accent we all suddenly got isnt just a place language error i thought but i twas experiencing?

now i'm confused AND amazed.

[cheapie]

The newe paints an colors look nice but we not-native speakers mayhap hardly read medieval English. Please add an option unto ye control panel unto deactivate ye vocabulary replacement as soon as possible!

Exactly.

[beeps]

Change it back!
To the stocks, peasant!

[Flabaliki]

Great joke. I love the new theme on the site too, but I do hope the old english language is only on for today, it is quite funny to read some of the translations though :)

[Rapsheba555]

This dost be thine most creative idea yet! Shall we be allowed to keep thine wonderful land of chivalry and majesty after the contest dost be over? :D

[Apsalar]

This is wondrous! :)

Also this makes me think of this game I used to play called Thief III. Some of the characters talked a bit like this.

[Wednesday]

I really hate this. This makes the entire site, literally, un-usable. And I'm sure this comment will come up as complete gibberish as well. Is there anyway we can pick the layout we see? This is the most annoying thing I've ever encountered.

[bittenbyacullen]

I don't speak old english but.. this isn't fun :(

[supaclova]

Yeah, I don't like it either. It's taking me forever to read everything. Sorry! It's a cute idea, but...it's not exactly reasonable to expect people to read this...

[Phaenoh]

Serfs were illiterate, why should we nobles trouble ourselves with the likes of them? I read the posts perfectly fine. Long live King Delphy and Queen HP!

[ninotchka]

Why doth they protest? Wayyyy back when I twas in high school, we hadst unto read this kind of text as part of ye basic English curriculum :jest:

[Taffyanna]

This is awesome! I would also love the option to keep it. <3

[Nojtb]

I want a off button i cant figure out what some sentences or important small details mean. I'm good with English but not so good with history, I'm glad English is my main language or i wouldn't no what the hell anything means.


Edit: If there is one id like to no where.

[Darkwolf Jr]

I hope this beist an April-fools joke.

[harlequin_eyes]

The next two weeks will be most interesting indeed.

[midnightmonkey28]

Today is ye day to honour king Delphy. :jest:

[kitler]

I guffaw at thine adaptation!

Good upon ye.

[edejan]

Hail King Delphinius and Queen Hilarious Fits....this mode of speeking be moste jovial. Thanke ye moste joyously. 'This an joy that I be not unlettered and mayhap readeth this scribing. :jest:

[Astrognash]

I hath but one thing I must say unto ye all:

Ni!

[AlfredAskew]

Awesome work. Hilarious.
But I'm having a downright painful time trying to read... well, anything. This ain't old English. Old English makes sense and has grammar. Can we please turn it off now?

[Astrognash]

'Tis not Olde English, but clearly, tis Olde Engrish. There beist a subtle difference.

[clearlydifferent]

okay wowww. i really like the brown them and all, but the words are getting really confusing. there should be an option or link to change it back!

[SHOWER_SCREAM]

2 weeks of this?!?! Is there a translation website?! Someone is sending me PM's and I can't read them because I don't understand what they're asking...


Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay neeeevermind. I can't even send messages because changing usernames into this god-friggin-aw-ful med speak.

[x3bamisoep]

I like ye medieval speak an all :D , but trying unto read ye instructions for thinges on this place beist a pain in ye arse, yo! Could thee create an option unto turn it on/off?

[Taffyanna]

Lol, people can't even make a serious comment without it sounding funny.

[ForeverCamp]

Anyways what doth it mean by "extracted ye Church"?

It appears that "Church" means those that originally created the game.

:lol: Hopefully that doesn't get too mangled in auto-translation, since if I write Maxis or EA, will it get changed to "Church"?

EDIT: A-ha! I found it out!

[Toyama-kun]

Haha this is so cool yet it's so difficult to read @_@;

[mustluvcatz]

Guess what satan is?


(t s r) :rofl:

[AlfredAskew]

'Tis notte Olde English, but clearly, tis Olde Engrish. There beist a subtle difference.

Thou maketh me giggle. (Written like a good ol' brit to avoid butchering.)

Edit: >< ME. ME ME ME. "MINE" is not proper and makes no sense!

[ghostwrytr]

"Your Killing me, Smalls..." Seriously. If you had done this tomorrow I would have just thought that it was a cruel April Fool's Joke. But I double checked, and yup....Still March. I love the recolor....I just need to know if what I am downloading requires special things or not and it is quite difficult with this butchered psycho version of Shakespeare.

[drsims2]

i ya dont lelike it.... :help: :help: :help: :cry:

[AdonisPluto]

Shakespeare-( The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report) and so I will speak in a monstrous little voice. I mus admit I am keen but discomfit.An ordinary Churl like me need to understand what you are all saying.Can a Dey please explain cos my head is cracking to become a Lea

[Astrognash]

Oh, and a moste merry Firste of the New Year to ye all.

[carenrose]

lol'ing at ye instant translation :D

It sure makes mine signature interesting :D
(But shouldn't "makes" say "maketh?")

[Beccapixie10]

This is hillarious :lol:
To the person that mentioned that it can't be an April Fools (Great Ideas? O_O) thing, it's April Fools day in some countries :P
And tsr is satan today?
This has made my day.
All hail King Delphy!

EDIT: today today today today xD

[cheapie]

I_can't_understand_what_people_are_saying.

[parasiticxdeceiver]

Oh my god, this is doing my head in!

[buggybooz]

I drink unto thee mine lord an dear queen, an shall share ale with thine nobles for thee hast brought a fair smile unto this maiden's countenance.

[joninmobile]

TSR (I want to see lol) pssh :P Liar!

[amandajoy27]

This is Fantasie Dragonland Speak ENGLISH~!!!!

[Timor]

I don`t understand a single word you people are saying. Heck, I don`t understand a single word I`m saying! Argh! I can only ponder upon the changes for next "theme" weeks. Klingon, anyone? :D

*EDIT*

I do hope that MTS staff did not forget MTS is an international site, and many non-english speaking members frequent it. For some of us this kind of change does not post a problem, but what about those members who aren`t *that* good in english? I bet they are quite frustrated ATM. Please, bear that in mind in the future. :deal:

[cheapie]

I_agree_with_Timor.

[Honeywell]

I thought it was cute the first time I visited the site. Now? It's just annoying. I'll be back in two weeks when the contest is over and look forward to seeing the entries.

[StrawberryPocky]

Is_there_a_way_to_toggle_back_to_regular_English? I'm_not_the_first_to_say_it_,_but_this_Olde_Engrish_is_quite_annoying.

[Dynitee]

What a clever April Fool's joke this is! Right? It's an April Fool's joke? Well if so give my best to the resident court Jester who came up with it. :D

[Darth_Beeblebrox]

Reading through the site on this most glorious occasion has been the highlight of my day. It certainly made me giggle. :) What a wondrous idea! All hail King Delphy! :king:

[Tommysonic5]

This beist verily annoying.. but I obtain it fair funny. I shall live with it. :up:

[kittyvibe]

Tis' thy best site them thus yet! Twould give thine mead and pork for a full solstice cycle to stay thy way. :3

[ClicknPsycho]

I am astonished, I love it, I desire ye scheme when this beist over, I am typing more just unto hark what it does.

I am now a jester I see.. :jest:

[eefje00704]

Ahahaha nice one King Delphy! I knew those classes in translating medieval English texts would come in handy one day LOL.
Good thing it's not real Old English, but only something to look like Early Modern English or nobody would be able to understand a thing ....

[Aleitless]

I can barely understand modern English! Fortunately we're studying medieval literature at the moment at school...

Just a question, where ha you been, my beloved modern downloads? :/

[hazuitokage]

This is totally hilarious :lol: ! All hail king Delphy for this most glorious idea :D !
The new site title is especially funny.
I went and took a look at the Create section, which is sometimes like real old English to me with all the tech speak, and, oh my god, I spent at least half an hour re-reading threads just to cackle like an old hag :D :P :lol:

Thank you delphy, and Happy April Fool to all !

(… Even if it goes on until the end of the medieval challenge :) )

[arathea]

Great! Hilarious!

Animals are visiting my profile! There were penguins and ponies - let's see if I'll get a complete zoo. :jest:

Edit:
:blink: What kind of cage do I need for zmobies?

[prr2freya]

Oh my my this is most hilarious though I am afraid I will get sick of reading everything this way. For now it is quite refreshing. I am so addicted to this site and have been for years (though I am quiet as a mouse who's squeak has failed it) finally this took me out of hiding. You need to consider a pirate theme at some point with pirate translations. Perhaps near Talk like a Pirate Day. :P

[AdonisPluto]

Ok all, I must admit I am Keen but discomfit.An ordinary Churl like me need to understand all what is been said.So please can a Dey explain it more to me cos my head is cracking to become a Lea as I am going Adown

[jn_bltn]

I haven't understood a lot of what I've read, but it's been fun trying!

[Vylkina]

Funny Idea,
but i think, its not so good, because here are many people from other countries (me too) and this old english is difficult to understand. so you may banish people... :|

Greets Vylkina

[FurryJackal]

This beist full of win! Methinks!

[tlynnjpeg]

All hysterical language aside, please do consider keeping this colour scheme beyond the *ahem* "2 week" period. It is nice and muted, and doesn't leave my eyes dazzled like all the other schemes.

(Hahaha...just found "missives"...nice. Seriously enjoying discovering which words are changed in what way.)

[pegasaus]

At first I thought that I have visited wrong site, but now I like this! (I don't know Old English)

Enjoy the challenge, my dear ladies and lords ! :)

[argante]

bump :turtle:

What's ye name or type of this script thingy? - I am curious for web design - I beg of thee point me in ye rightly direction? :bunny: ...

[AcesHearts]

at first i thought this was really a quite funny idea... but after some time it just gets kinda annoying. i think its already difficult for native english speakers to understand this old english, but if you consider that there are so many people from other countries where english is not the first language, its really difficult for those to understand.
i learned english since nearly 10 years and even though i personally think i`m quite good at it, its still so hard for me to see through all this old english stuff...

please consider that there are so many people here who only have basic english knowledge.

[Ghost sdoj]

Indeed, it is a most wondrously enjoyable jest!

[KittyRobbie]

This is like when I changed my Facebook to Pirate... funny for about a day, then I had to get rid of it. Sorry, I'm a fan of Mod the Sims but not of the "Ye Olde Site" version.


EDIT: Here's hoping this is only an April Fool's Day joke!

[CatherineSimmer]

This was a great idea!

[Apsalar]

I do not understand why some folks are complaining, this is funny and I do not have a problem reading it either. HAHAH!

[limabean1981]

Verily I say unto you all that this is a wonderful way to spend the afternoon - will there be dragons?


I just hope my downloads work!


And I think i shall put off the SC4 terrain tutorial until we return to modern day!

[yuliya_83]

If I desired unto speak olde English I wouldst hast majored in it! If I desired unto read it I wouldst break out William Shakespeare. It shouldst be OPTIONAL!!! PLEASE?! I'm getting a headache from mentally translating all this an it beist mine daye off. I desire unto ENJOY....Not work harder.

I agree with you. Besides, there are a lot of non-native speakers on the site. And for some even modern English is a problem. As for me, I am a linguist and I studied the history of English, but still it is a pain to read posts in old English straining my mind to understand it all. I am sure it is a pain even for native speakers. So optional old English layout of the site would be best.

[jessiesgirl1]

wtf? english isnt my first language and its kinda difficult for me to understand this old english! is there anything people like me can do to get "normal" english back?

edit: lol i didnt realized this thing translate my english into this old english

[jooxis]

Seriously, it's a cool idea :D
It really sets the medieval mood and is funny too. Wish people wouldn't complain as much...

[Ghost sdoj]

Aye. I fear that mine own difficulty lieth in allowing the translator to perform it's task.

Edit:

AAAAAHHHHH be glad if thee doth notte knowe any olde English, or more accurately Middle English (which beist methinks what ye target hither verily is), or thine head wouldst explode from ye grammatical errors ;)

I love it though, an I an' love ye place theme! Let's keep it brown!

Quoted for Truth!

[Odistant]

I thought this was a April Fools joke ^^

[bluegenjutsu]

It is extremely difficult to understand posts now. I hope an alternate version of how to see this forum is available soon. It would suck to miss out on new mods available or updates, just so that some members can play a game that others members don't care about.

[krehata]

It was a stupid idea... the design okay, but the text... :S I hate it...

I hope, it's just a joke of april fool' day... because one day is more than enough...

[daluved1]

Nonsense! Art thou borne by wytchy blood? The merriment of the times beist one of greate splendour!

[Astrognash]

Yea Verily!

[belleblue]

'Tis verily interesting, indeed! :rofl:

[SassyTeffie]

This is great! I am almost sad that it will not be for two weeks like the announcement says!

[legallpn]

If I desired unto speak olde English I wouldst hast majored in it! If I desired unto read it I wouldst break out William Shakespeare. It shouldst be OPTIONAL!!! PLEASE?! I'm getting a headache from mentally translating all this an it beist mine daye off. I desire unto ENJOY....Not work harder.

I so agree and think I will just come back when this olde english crap is over- :!: this really sucks big time.

[Cilogy]

Okay, haha, I get it.

But how can I access ALL the downloads? I'm starting to get sick of the automatic filter.

[legallpn]

I thus agree an consider I shall just come back when this olde english crap beist over- :!: this verily sucks big time.

thats not what i wrote-geez what a crock! :!:

[Corylea]

Long liveth Delphinius The Great!

[Astrognash]

Okay, haha, I obtain it.

But howe mayhap I access ALL ye downloads? I'm starting unto obtain sick of ye automatic filter.

http://i43.tinypic.com/33cq654.png

[whatever71313]

This is the best fun I've had on here ever! Thanks to the King!

[SassyTeffie]

Okay, haha, I obtain it.

But howe mayhap I access ALL ye downloads? I'm starting unto obtain sick of ye automatic filter.

All you have to do is go to the filter sidebar and delete the word medieval from the search parameters. Then run the search engine again and it will display all the downloads.

[persephonehazard]

I am most amused by this, especially the automagic translation. Tis witchcraft, verily. (Of course, people then weren't even really speaking recognizable English most of the time, it was all dialects everywhere. Lighten up, folks.

[pixie]

ROFL, I love you, guys! (I'm guilty of notte being that active lately, but I'm always hither for ye August 21 unto be sure notte unto miss whatever grate changes.)

ETA: August 21... that beist right. :)

[Uoza]

I don't understand any of this ye olde english try understanding this:

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=285646

T_T

But highly amusing nonetheless...KNICKERS hohoho etc

[munia]

How do i geteh back to the oldeth siteeth!Thy not understandeth all tis ;):P

[SonnyDog]

Your all madeth!!!!! ^^;

[SnowWhiteCharming]

I think this is really funny and a super cute idea! My only concerns are with the Creator Feedback Forum there are quite a few people who speak English as a second language and I fear the critiquing process may get a little confusing for them. I mean, English is my first language and sometimes it gets a little confusing for me. But overall I think this is hilarious!

[lientebollemeis]

If I desired unto speak olde English I wouldst hast majored in it! If I desired unto read it I wouldst break out William Shakespeare. It shouldst be OPTIONAL!!! PLEASE?! I'm getting a headache from mentally translating all this an it beist mine daye off. I desire unto ENJOY....Not work harder.

I couldn't agree more.
I don't understand all some threads anymore as English is not my mothertongue and I majored in it.
Please, change it back! Or make it optional!!!!

[ghostwrytr]

OMG!! What is that?!

I just thought I would share that because of this funny, but extremely annoying, format I am physically abusing my computer. Several times last night I had to mentally count to ten to keep from throwing my poor, innocent computer across the room! If I wasn't in the middle of trying to put together a family and their wardrobe I would just stay clear.

I doth notte understand any of this ye olde english try understanding this:


http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=285646

Edit: "How does it come up with two totally different translations of computer?!?"

[Lunasophie]

I do greatly appreciate the changes to thine site- pray, canst thou not keep them permanent? Methinks, such a sight is rarely glimpsed in these mordern times, alas. 'Twas a very wonderful idea.... I thank thee, Moddeth Thine Serfs.

[borax47]

Thank you for this joke. It's really great for all of us who speak English as a second language. I don't understand anything anymore and that's just hilarious. Imagine my joy for being banned from the creative community for two weeks.
I do however want to say a real thank you to all the amazing creators who have made it possible to play the Sims in ways the game designers never intended.

[ForeverCamp]

I don't remember where I read it on the site, but a moderator or an admin said yesterday that the site would be back to normal within 24-48 hours.

The day before and the day after April Fool's Day?

SAUSAGE SAMMICHES! I love it!

EDIT: Nope, sorry. Wasn't staff - just somebody with a different colour on their username.

[Berry-chan97]

I was wondering why the words were all messed up! I was thinking the site had gone...GERMAN or something! :wtf:

[Nors]

Is there a holy road to not laugh your ass of? April, april...

[chezpmrricks]

i like it looks realy good cheers

[lientebollemeis]

I thought it might have been for April fools day (actually I hoped).
But it could only be a joke if it happened on the first of April and it started on the 31st of March.
So no wonder everybody believed it. I prefer April fools day being on the first day of April not the last day of March.

[pegasaus]

Thanks, I like England and London veeeeeeeeery much, and this was quiet fun, but I more like it as it looks now :)

[Berry-chan97]

It was annoying. I'm glad it's gone!

[mangaroo]

Teachable moment! lientebollemeis, your homework is to read up on time zones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone).

[Vampire_aninyosaloh]

Awww I liked it =(

[Vampire_aninyosaloh]

It was annoying. I'm glad it's gone!

It was fun =) The site is always the same and those changes made it look different. It helped me with my challenge thingy ^-^

[ghostwrytr]

Thank-you, Thank-you, Thank-you!!!!! My computer thanks you!!!

[lientebollemeis]

Teachable moment! lientebollemeis, your homework is to read up on time zones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone).


Oh, I know all about timezones. But maybe the ones who made up the april fool joke should have thought about them as well!
And still. It started here (Belgium) on 31st of March at 9PM. That makes it afternoon of 31st of March in America (where I think the makers of this site live)
So that doesn't change anything about what I said. It started on the 31st of March anyway.
That was my point!

But anyway, I'm glad it's gone. It was the most annoying thing, really!

[mio0331]

aahhhh it's back to normal!! really couldn't stop laughing at the beginning, great idea and great amount of work!! Thank you!
I'm not native english speaker but have slight ideas what some words mean, t still had problem reading few things but it didn't annoy me as I wasn't in rush that much;-)
Forgot that is was April fool and seriously thought it was gonna go on for 2weeks! ahaha

[whitewaterwood]

Thank you so much for changing it back! The site was pretty much unusable all day and it was driving me nuts!

[Geah]

Much easier to read now, haha!
So was it an April Fools joke or nay? It was April 1 here when it started so it possibly was a joke spreading out into everyones April Fools.

[Delphy]

lientebollemeis: I most certainly don't live in the US and in fact it went live at 10pm CET, not 9pm. Besides, who says we have to follow convention? I can, and did, choose to put the stuff live before the 1st deliberately.

Nearly half the world was already in the 1st anyway. Or did you suddenly forget the people to the East? :)

[HystericalParoxysm]

lientebollemeis - Um, we did think about time zones - and you're wrong about the start. It was turned on at about 10:30 PM (with some fixes and tweaks for a couple hours after that) on the 31st here in the Netherlands, and turned off about 22 hours later. The site is hosted in the US and we have some US staff but I'd say the majority of staff here are in Europe.

[jadaytime]

Is there a translator or something? I received a PM in the time it was activated and I can't read it nor has it been converted back.

[lientebollemeis]

lientebollemeis: I most certainly don't live in the US and in fact it went live at 10pm CET, not 9pm. Besides, who says we have to follow convention? I can, and did, choose to put the stuff live before the 1st deliberately.

Nearly half the world was already in the 1st anyway. Or did you suddenly forget the people to the East? :)

Not at all hae I forgotten.
It was just really annoying to many people here as I read the comments.
Let's leave it to that.

[lientebollemeis]

lientebollemeis - Um, we did think about time zones - and you're wrong about the start. It was turned on at about 10:30 PM (with some fixes and tweaks for a couple hours after that) on the 31st here in the Netherlands, and turned off about 22 hours later. The site is hosted in the US and we have some US staff but I'd say the majority of staff here are in Europe.

Well this is what I see at the top of the first message:
Yesterday, 09:19 PM Changes to the site

That's more nine than ten right?

But anyway as I said. It was just annoying and I'm glad it's gone.
I hope next year the joke will be more fun.

[Saraswati5]

Delphy, I make sure I turn up at MTS every year on the 1st of April because it always gives me a chuckle. I hold fond memories of the year you guys said you were bought by EA, the Zorro was wonderfully dreadful.. Good work this year, it was really funny.

[FurryJackal]

This one was pretty awesome. A shame you took it down. :) I enjoy these every year. Loved "Mod Your Llama", too!

[HystericalParoxysm]

Eh, there's always gotta be a pile of people with no sense of humour. Party poopers. :P

Glad most of ya'll liked it. The theme should still be available - choose any other theme and then change the number on the url to 37.

Those of you that didn't like it can kisseth mine arse.

[hazuitokage]

Aww, it's already over :)
Well honestly, I had a ball reading random snatches of forum in this crypto-anglo-speak ( :lol: ). I was cackling away before my computer all by myself like a fool. :wtf: I love this kind of jokes. And I'm not a born English speaker either.
It was pretty obvious it was an April's fool joke anyway, so pooh to the nay-sayers. :P I thoroughly enjoyed it. (I love to cackle ! :giggler: )

Besides, my sig was even more hilarious that way (albeit even more incomprehensible than usual…) ^^.

[Vampire_aninyosaloh]

YAY!! I have the brown again!! Thankies!! ^-^

[ForeverCamp]

Yes! (PS: Do I have to do that every time I come on the site, or will it auto-remember my theme preference?)

I love the brown - I actually find it a little easier on the eyes than the old blue and white site.

[limabean1981]

Awwww, is it over already? Me thinketh ye olde English causeth much merriment!


Cheers guys - awesome April Fools - roll on next year!

[tlynnjpeg]

Thanks for the tip, HP!

[Hunter240x]

I visited the site last night and sadly, I have to admit I fell for the joke. I have been so off with time lately I didn't realize it was April. I thought to myself "Oh great, now I have to deal with this for 2 weeks?" I tried reading some posts and couldn't so I left the site. Today when I realized the date I came back to check. Glad to see everything is back to normal.

[lauralynn]

Me thinketh mine eyes might cry... I misseth the folly entirely! :'( I doth wish ye olde english would continue. Perhaps ye Moderators could spring it upon us commoners randomly throughout the year?

[Vampire_of_Death]

I miss it too. Could you make it an optional theme we could apply, if only until the theme is done?

[parasiticxdeceiver]

Glad we can keep the theme.
Might of been annoying, but it was certainly entertaining!

[lientebollemeis]

Where can I find the theme?
The language was annoying, but I liked the brown lay-out.

[HystericalParoxysm]

You can switch your theme at the bottom left of any page. When you do, it'll change your url to say something like styleid=31. Change that last number there to 37. I'm not sure what we need to do to make it an actual chooseable style but it is still available if you know the style code.

[kittyvibe]

I sure hope we can keep the brown layout, I think its the best version :) I was sad that I logged in to blue today, so it was nice to have the hint to get it back :D /hands a plate a cookies to HystericalParoxysm :lovestruc

[AshhMS]

Thank god that writing thing is gone -.- because i couldnt understand scratch!:L

[bluegenjutsu]

I'm glad it was only an April's Fool joke. I forgot what day it was and thought you guys were making it permanent for 2 weeks. The thought that I wouldn't be able to enjoy coming to this site for 2 weeks sucked. Plus, the fact that many modders would not update their mods for 2 weeks (because of the difficulty of understanding the site) was something that I was not happy about. So thank you for only having this "joke" last a day. ;)

[lientebollemeis]

You can switch your theme at the bottom left of any page. When you do, it'll change your url to say something like styleid=31. Change that last number there to 37. I'm not sure what we need to do to make it an actual chooseable style but it is still available if you know the style code.

It worked thank you very very much!!

[Vampire_of_Death]

Thanks for keeping it available, I really do love it!

[StephSim]

:jest:

While I do understand those with reading challenges trying to adapt to something new...it always amazes me how many people fight the slightest degree of change or who take everything so serious.

Personally, I love the humour behind it. I laughed when trying to decode my journal entries. :) Great stuff! Thanks for the fun guys.

If the option was to turn on "Medieval Mode" that would give those of us who love the language and colour scheme the fun of using it and everyone else can have their treasured "normal".

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Edit....Just finished reading the last page of posts....Thanks for the option. :)

[pixie]

I was wondering, could it be made possible to select the theme for user's profile? (Not necessarily with the torch logo perhaps... but I wouldn't complain anyway.) I really liked it. :)

[lientebollemeis]

I have it as default any time when I come to the website.
Press More options at the left bottom of the page.
There you have to look at the options. There is one I think almost at the end where you can indicate to have it as a theme constantly.

[pixie]

lientebollemeis - thanks, but what I meant was a separate theme for the profile page only, something that not only I but also others would see when visiting it (unless they have turned on the option for their theme to override any custom color schemes somebody might have chosen for their profile).

[Ceixari]

I wisheth unto retaining ye olde English script

[lientebollemeis]

lientebollemeis - thanks, but what I meant was a separate theme for the profile page only, something that not only I but also others would see when visiting it (unless they have turned on the option for their theme to override any custom color schemes somebody might have chosen for their profile).

I think you can do that somewhere as well, but I don't know where.
Maybe by clicking on More Options but with another option than what I mentioned.

[zolabee]

Loved it... Would have really enjoyed it for two weeks, and am sorry it was an April's Fool's Day joke... But glad that others are happy with the change back.

[argante]

bump :turtle:

What is the name or type of the script thingy please? - I am curious for web design :bunny:

PS; Cute, but - Huh? :blink: Pardon? I'm dyslexic in 21 century, let alone 15th I cannot read it, c u when it's over :cry: