Any 'hardcore' Simmers out there? :)

[Johnny_Bravo]

Well, this is my first thread here..:)

I play TS3 EVERY DAMN DAY, I just can't stop.
Are you a 'hardcore' Sims player too? :)

[lovevslust]

Absolutely I stay up two days in a row playing at times...And I'm throwing a fit right now because I've waited three weeks to buy WA and LateNight. The registration codes that came with it have already been used by someone that didn't purchase the discs i did...i feel violated to an extent...But thats okay because now I have to wait til freakin monday to get them...But I'm working that all out in therapy...no I'm just kidding. Although if people made a sims therapy session for people who are obsessed with it I'd probably be the #1 person they'd pick to attend. They'd have to throw me in the van and put me in a straight jacket to get me to go. No way in the world will I give up my sims...

[smorbie1]

I'm hardcore also. My game is sims 2, though. But I play every single day, even if it's just for a little while. I'm such an addict that everyone knows what I mean when I talk about "the game" or "my game".

They probably think I'm a bit dotty, but that's okay.

[jenieusa]

i am also.....i get up...turn on my pc...boot everybody off to work and school...start my game....and its on all day long....

[smorbie1]

me too. My grandson asked me a couple of weeks ago if I NEVER got bored with it. I don't; there's always so much more to explore, new cc to add or take it and new ideas.

Also, it really is helpful with my OCD. I always tell people I put my craziness into the game.

[SommarBlomma]

I go hardcore sometimes. If I don't get much translation work, I play during the day, neglecting my hunger and energy bars :) and I probably get my social bar filled, as well as the fun bar :)

[varpunen]

I am too. I confess. Sometimes I would probably forget even to get some sleep, unless I wouldn't have an alarm clock next to my monitor. The darn game is addictive. Even right now I should be working on my final study project. :)

[LoonehWannabe]

C'est Vrai, I'm always playing TS3. Always. If I'm not at school or on these forums, I'm playing Sims 3. And when I don't do my homework (which is quite often), my only excuse is... I was too busy playing Sims 3.

[Arcadus]

I just have to ask then. What is it that keeps you guys motivated to sit there and play Sims 3? I'm more of a build and let live type, so I tend to get bored watching Sims sit around the house and not taking any initiative other than to fulfill their basic needs.

[varpunen]

I just have to ask then. What is it that keeps you guys motivated to sit there and play Sims 3? I'm more of a build and let live type, so I tend to get bored watching Sims sit around the house and not taking any initiative other than to fulfill their basic needs.

Yeah, that would probably get quite boring, I agree. I make sure that each generation does something new. First was all about becoming a celebrity, second about being vampires and so on. I also build a lot and I love Cyclonesue's grunge style and style from Vampire the Masquarade: Bloodlines. The idyllic, squeegy clean EA style bores me to death and so does the get-up-go-to-work-come-home-go-to-sleep simlifestyle.

My simmies have free lifestyle, they often party until the morning and mess up townie guys heads by flirting with them untill they can't see straight. They travel, periodically move to a new house (same one gets boring), explore every inch of the neighborhood and have fun. Many times one of my simmies has slept in a tent in the alley outside the nightclub, so that she wouldn't have to waste extra time by going home. :lol:

I also change homestyles. One home can be all about luxury, another one a grungy/not so grungy high rise loft, a beach house, trobic style and so on. :)

[askemagus]

. What is it that keeps you guys motivated to sit there and play Sims 3?


I have asked myself this question so many times, and the truth is it's something I just can't put my finger on. As much as I gripe about EA and the stupid glitches, I have to give them credit for developing a game that is so addictive. Credit is also due to the great modders who fix EA's mistakes, otherwise, I probably would have thrown my computer out the window by now. Other than Civilization , I hadn't played any games at all for almost ten years before I discovered TS3, but I am absolutely hooked on this.

[CamiiMania]

Maybe for a few days at a time, but I rarely have time to spend hours playing.
Too much work to do, so little simming time.

[TheLB]

Personally, I have far too many other games that I'd feel like I was cheating on if I just played the sims straight. :c Especially because I play WoW, which is designed to make you play to the exclusion of other activities, and then the Sims, which is just so addicting, and then you factor in guilds and raiding schedules...

Clearly I need to find a way to get rid of this real life thing I have so I can play more video games.

[saeda]

I've been playing pretty much every day for the last four months or so. I might take a break for a day or two here and there.

If I could make mods I would never take breaks, but the multiple times I've attempted to make different kinds of mods I just realize I'm too much of a novice to get anywhere and give up.

[baratron]

I'm not sure that being a "hardcore" player is anything to boast about. Look at the number of people in this thread who are freely admitting to playing Sims 3 instead of doing school/college homework or getting on with work for money :|.

Right now, I'm playing Sims 3 during most of my waking hours because I'm too ill to do anything else, and you know what? It sucks. Sims 3 modified by our excellent third-party coders is pretty cool as games go, but I'd rather be having a real life myself instead of living vicariously through my computer people.

The same thing happened to me with The Sims and Sims 2 - I spent 13 months doing nothing but playing The Sims because I was too ill to do anything else. It fills the time, and posting here (especially on the Help Forums) makes me feel like I'm achieving something - but I want to get back to university as soon as possible. It makes me feel sad that some of you apparently have plenty of health and stuff to get on with, but instead you're choosing to spend many many hours playing the game :(.

Maybe this is too serious for a MTS forum post. Hopefully most of you are exaggerating just how "addicted" to the game you are :|.

[ani_]

I wouldn't call myself a hardcore gamer, even thou I love playing. During the weekend I do have the game open most of my waking time, but during the week it's off because of lack of time to play. I also enjoy playing more when I don't have things pending.

If I could make mods I would never take breaks,

I would say this is a two edged sword. Modding does spice up the game, but at the same time it's sometimes annoying. Like yesterday, what I wanted to do is play, but I got stuck fixing one of my mods, because suddenly, I just wanted this mod in my game and even thou I have not had it in my game since LN came out, suddenly yesterday it became the most important thing ever and I just had to have it and fix it before I could play.

[varpunen]

I'm not sure that being a "hardcore" player is anything to boast about. Look at the number of people in this thread who are freely admitting to playing Sims 3 instead of doing school/college homework or getting on with work for money.

There's more behind the posts. It's not so straightforward as it sounds sometimes. Should I have completed my study project sooner? Yeah, probably but I still have plenty of time to finish it. I worked on it seven hours straight just yesterday. When it comes to my work... I take my work very seriously and would never place a game before it. Right now I just happen to be on a very long winter break. :)

[Johnny_Bravo]

Baratron: I don't think everyone is playing Sims the WHOLE day, I mean, everybody got friends to meet:) Everytime I get home after school, I eat something, then meet my friends, and when I'm homa again I play Sims, from 7PM till 11PM :lol: Maybe was ''Hardcore'' overused, but I'm too lazy to change it. I'm playing Sims :lol:

[TUN3R]

You're on the biggest Sims dedicated site ever, what do you think :P?

Been playing Maxis' games since early 1998 (6 years old) when I got my 1st PC, it was an IBM... something I don't know, anyway it ran Windows 95 but I also had quite a few DOS games.

My 1st Maxis game was Streets of Sim City but it sucked so I'll skip that.

2nd was Sim City 2000, I also had the NetWork Edition but it didn't know about it and it didn't matter ether cause Internet in Romania at the time was... nonexistent?

After that followed Sim City 3 and some smaller Maxis games that I can't remember, most of 'em sucked so it doesn't matter.

Anyway I 1st got The Sims in late 2001, I didn't have any expansions but it was still addicting as hell. I also own it for PS2.

The Sims 2 I got in december 2004 because that's when I got a PC that would support it, if I remember it right it was a:

AMD 1.0 GHz something
128 MB RAM
GeForce 4

Later I got 256 MB more RAM and I immediately started collecting EP's and SP's but when I reached Pets the game had become unplayable, so I got 512 MB RAM, removed the old 128 MB and it was rockin'.

I now have all EP's and SP's, I don't own each and every one (tho most) and besides the base game I also own Double Deluxe (friend sold it to me recently, and I'm trying to get him to sell me the EP's I don't own :P) so EA owes me big time already.

Meanwile I got Spore and... it's ok, multiplayer would have been nice tho.

Eventually I got The Sims 3 and I started hating the series.
The end :)

Oh I also have The Urbz for PS2... meh.

[RoseCity]

I'm not sure that being a "hardcore" player is anything to boast about...you apparently have plenty of health and stuff to get on with, but instead you're choosing to spend many many hours playing the game :(.

Maybe this is too serious for a MTS forum post. Hopefully most of you are exaggerating just how "addicted" to the game you are :|.

I don't think anyone was boasting about how much they play - more like a confessional. When I started playing Sims 3 I played a lot - there's a lot to do in this game. It was the first PC game I'd played in many, many years because I never had time to get into a game. After a while I cut back on playing - now I play some evenings or on the weekend if I don't have plans or chores.
You're idea that only people who are ill and confined to bed are justified to play games is an interesting one.

[jenieusa]

Been playing Maxis' games since early 1998 (6 years old) when I got my 1st PC, it was an IBM... something I don't know, anyway it ran Windows 95 but I also had quite a few DOS games.

my first computer had Windows 2.0...which you loaded with SEVERAL disks....and the most coolest games that worked properly..were my fav...Tetris...and i think windows came with Othello....

[kennyinbmore]

I don't think anyone was boasting about how much they play - more like a confessional. When I started playing Sims 3 I played a lot - there's a lot to do in this game. It was the first PC game I'd played in many, many years because I never had time to get into a game. After a while I cut back on playing - now I play some evenings or on the weekend if I don't have plans or chores.
You're idea that only people who are ill and confined to bed are justified to play games is an interesting one.

Just sounds like a hater to me :lol:

[simsamu]

Just sounds like a hater to me :lol:
Not necessarily, I get how they feel when you resent healthy people for being able to do things I am not and not doing them. It's not that I want those people to be chronically ill or I think I deserve their health more than them for whatever reason it's just that when you are chronically ill no matter how much you try to put a brave face on it, or be as "normal" as you can some days you do just feel sorry for yourself or angry and resentful. I actually find the sims series cathartic and soothing to play and I am extremely grateful it has such a large community which keeps me in touch with the real world, twenty years ago I would have been so isolated. Anyway my point is she/he is probably not "hating" on anyone maybe just having an off day, we all get them.
To Rosecity, there are other things that you can do at your pc that make you feel like a valuable member of the community and make you feel a bit better about yourself and your situation. Try finding a cause you feel passionate about or a voluntary organisation that has an online forum where you can help out others even if you can only manage an hour or two a week it will make a difference.
I suppose I could be described as a hardcore simmer, I love my simmies!

[TUN3R]

my first computer had Windows 2.0...which you loaded with SEVERAL disks....and the most coolest games that worked properly..were my fav...Tetris...and i think windows came with Othello....

Hmm Tetris I got that several times for my cell phone (Sony Erricson F305). How else would I survive the lunch breaks or French classes at school?

Anyway only time I ever came across a PC with a Windows older than 95 was at a friend's, no idea which version it was. It didn't feature a start bar but otherwise it looked just like 95.

[kennyinbmore]

Not necessarily

Sounds like a hater to me. A miserable one at that

[Johnny_Bravo]

kennyinbmore: Why does everyone sounds like a hater to you?

[lewisb40]

I have a chronic illness that puts me down and I don't want to do anything but get relief. With that said, I am so happy to be alive and when I feel half descent, I do spend some of that good time Simming. Whatever I have left, I spend with friends and family. :) (just joking, they get some time while loading my game).

[CamiiMania]

kennyinbmore: Why does everyone sounds like a hater to you?

This is the internet.
Anyone who doesn't share your opinion = Hater.

Anyway, I sort of agree with baratron, I'd find it extremely hard to spend large amounts of time playing the Sims. That's why I have on-weeks and then several off-weeks, because IRL gets in the way a lot of the time.

If you've got the time that's great for you, I'm jellin', but frankly I never understood the whole argument given by my Xbox playing friends, that being a 'hardcore gamer' instantly makes you better then 'casual gamers'.

[baratron]

You're idea that only people who are ill and confined to bed are justified to play games is an interesting one.
That wasn't what I said at all! Wow, if that were the case, most video games companies wouldn't have enough of an audience to sell anything! ;)

I said "It makes me feel sad that some of you apparently have plenty of health and stuff to get on with, but instead you're choosing to spend many many hours playing the game". The emphasis is important. I am perfectly fine with "healthy" people playing "some" or "many" hours of Sims 3, or any other game. I just find it sad when people become obsessed with the game to the extent of neglecting to have a real life.

As long as no one here's doing that (the game is part of your life rather than your life), that's okay.

And :P to kennyinbmore. You sound like a hater to me!

[bulu77]

Once I start playing I can't get off.
Assignments are plentiful but most of them are incomplete. This game is a major addiction that's destructive to a person who can't manage his time carefully but I don't care, I want party in my mansions, 15 cars in my garage, an asian wife, superstar status, a kick-ass band, rock-star son, a bookworm daughter, and a whole lotta simoleons.
And Sims help me achieve that moment of joy. :D

[Pax]

I go through phases of Sims obsession. Every couple weeks I'll go underground from my social life and play all weekend, but usually I play for a few hours two or three times a week, and then an afternoon on Sunday or something.

[Pax]

Sounds like a hater to me.

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[pencilcase]

Sadly, not as addicted as I once was...aahh the glorious days of Sims 1 and 2!!

[Miss Harlequin]

I like to play Sims when I'm not extraordinarily busy with assignment work. I don't think this makes me less hardcore though, just more responsible (:

[drpastl]

What I would like to know< is anyone playing both Sims 2 & Sims 3 on their laptop or computer?> I miss sims 2 a lot! but with sims both 2 and 3 on my laptop its too much, and i love CC. but it takes up so much space that when i did have both on my laptop and i do have room it seems i cant do anything else have movies or other games on my hard drive. can sims 2 run off an external hard drive? Has anyone else run the game that way for i would love to play both, and I cannot wait for medieval sims. I know their all seperate so i do keep them apart. I would really love to carry them all that way i could switch back and forth. Dee

[drpastl]

I have a chronic illness that puts me down and I don't want to do anything but get relief. With that said, I am so happy to be alive and when I feel half descent, I do spend some of that good time Simming. Whatever I have left, I spend with friends and family. :) (just joking, they get some time while loading my game).

I too have a chronic illness and cant do a whole lot but this game sure saves me from being depressed for im pretty much home bound. So playing is a great outlet for me. :P

[Bunnylips]

Drpastl, I run both Sims2 and Sims3 on my laptop. Vanilla Sims3 but I have TONS of CC in Sims2. I don't play other games although I have Sim City 4 installed and I have a dual drive (unpartitioned) less than half full. So I know it's possible to have a great gaming experience with both Sims games on a laptop...but I do have a new and great one thanks to my son. It's not inexpensive, though, but I'm a Sims addict from day one. I do play Sims 2 much more than Sims 3. I still own Sims 1 and probably could load that on my computer as well but I'm over it.

[livvikins]

I play it every night for a few hours. I am like going to bed at 3am usually playing it. I am upset because my husband died because he electrocuted himself! What an idiot!

[PhenethyaSim]

I'm also a sims junkie. Although I haven't acctually done anything but Cas(I'm trying to populate an empty hood) and build/buy mode( I'm workin on a rather large castle) and It beginning to get boring I may take an extended break from build my castle and Cas to play some of my older games which I am beginning to miss.

[Lady Scarlet]

I used to be like that some time ago.Well, I was like that for a few years, playing Sims 2 or Sims 3 every occasion.But ... I got a little bored and now I only play when I discover a new challenge or when I have an interesting idea (or when I have to take photos for my story).
Well, Sims still is my favorite game and will remain like this ^^

[NekoCat]

Nothing wrong with playing for hours on end. You can use the excuse "spend time with your family", but really all you end up doing is sitting in front of the TV vegging because if you speak they can't hear the sound or something. Or you go over to your friends house and do the same thing. The issue of "game time" to me is nothing more than playing a game instead of watching TV since with all the people I know, there is no third option. The argument "go outside" isn't valid either because you have to pay to go to national parks (entrance fees and gas) and, well, it rains a lot here and is cold. Doesn't make for an enjoyable weekend, to tell the truth.

But you know, if you're having fun playing games or doing whatever else who cares? BTW, I'm not talking about people who have extreme additions to gaming either. I do know there is a line to draw here.

[Zennia]

There are hardcore gamers all over the world who aren't sick, and who get as much enjoyment out of playing games as people who are sick and play them. So get over it and enjoy the air that you priviledged to breathe.

Just be glad for the gift of each new day because it's not going to last forever. Also, however anyone chooses to spend their time on earth is theirs to decide, and who is anyone else to judge how anyone else should spend their time? So long as it's not breaking laws or breaking rules to some authority in your life.

[Ive]

When I was younger I used to get up at 5 on a school day, shower + eat in 15 minutes and then play Sims for 2 1/2 hours before leaving... Oh the days of being completely free of responsibility :D

I don't play sims much at all anymore but I am hardcore when it comes to gaming. Always playing something :)

That said I knew a woman who was completely sucked into TS2 and did NOTHING else. Literally all she did was sleep, eat and play. Never leave the house or anything. She eventually died of a heart attack from the weight gained sitting there all day.