I know it's a pain, Seth, but I would agree. Retaking the interiors would be best as well. The exteriors look loads better though

If you can't get your pictures clearer, can you get the overheads closer? Right now they are so far away I'm not seeing things too well. With the inside make sure to take shots that help us see the best parts of the rooms and pull back once or twice with the x key if need be. Another tick is to delete a wall, snap your shot and hit the back key which will replace the wall. This helps in those tight spaces.

What I mean, is that I had to take apart the building just to do so, but I guess that I can replace them as soon as I can! I still have 10 days, and there are no other entries, meaning that I have no need to worry!

Jo that is exactly what I did

The main thing is the last two shots. If you could at least go right down as close as possible to the building before snapping the picture. The grounds could be on one separate side shot. Only as it is now I'm going to have a hard time judging from those floor plan shots.

I completely understand, but what I was trying to do was to not surpass the 10 picture limit, I was trying to include the most I could in the least amount of pictures possible. I promise to fix them as soon as I can!

It's up to you, but I thought it would be better to let you know now while you have a chance to change them, rather than after and end up giving you less points because I can't see things clearly. The 10 picture limit is tricky I know! On some of the other contests we only had 8! With one extra for each floor. You could show the landscaping instead of the bookcases.

Should I take offence to this? lol

NOOOOooOooOooOo Sciences require many books!!!! Ahaha I see what you're getting at.

Awww. I saw the pictures of the books and was so pleased you used the bookcases and the room set up is lovely, but for the contest - maybe a landscaping picture would be more pointworthy.

Seth are you using the in game camera or the do you us the tab key and prtscr key?

Seth, your place is secure.

I'm a little late to the party, but I just wanted to say I like your lot Seth! It's nice to see a new face around here

Well I have a Mac, but I know what you're saying. I read in the "How to take a Proper in-game Screenshot" thing to open the game in windowed mode and take a computer screen shot from there, which is what I do. If you read everything before about my low quality pics, I found the solution to my issue, so there is no need to worry!

Lee Thank you for noticing my beautiful bookcases! They're your creation after all, and I use them in almost every sim home I furnish. And I guess you're right..

Klaartje68 Thank you so much for your warm welcome!

I'm so torn about this contest. I want to join, but I'm having a hard time reconciling the rules and requirements with what I have planned for my uni hood. This dorm shell is so small compared to all my other dorms! I had planned on making a more 'upscale' dorm that is more apartment style, but I was really wanting to enter my 'typical' dorm decor for this contest. And then there is that Arts/Science/Sports bit. My hood has them all! How do I choose? From the list of potential venues, I have the most interest in doing an art themed set, but if all the shells are going to be this little, I'd rather skate by doing sports.

• How strict are you going to be about your construction rules? Would you allow an additional third floor to this shell provided I meet all the requirements in the first and second floors, and the additional third floor is just a duplicate of the middle floor? I don't think *any* of my uni buildings only have 2 floors.
• Do you actually need 4 rooms, or is the goal to have a building that can have 4 occupants? I like making double rooms, but squeezing that many things into this small space is hard.
• What is a refectory? Restaurant or cafeteria/dining hall?
• How do you feel about building cheats for more commercial looking roofs or things that don't add any useable space?
• Would you be willing to let the cat out of the bag enough to give a general idea of the future size of shells and lots? Will this lot be typical, or can we expect a wider range in sizes?

Haven't decided yet if I'll have the time to commit for the whole thing, so don't want to download the lot as I'm running a bit low on hard drive space at the mo - but I'd like to plan it out on paper ready for if I do.
So could someone share the number of spaces from the edges of the lot? I think I have the right dimensions for the foundation/walls.

Phae,

I'm using this to create my uni hood too, and this is how I reconciled it - because I have the same issues.
1. The dorm I'm doing is my entry-midrange-dorm. There will be other dorms I'm going to make that are not part of this contest because I'm intending to have 3 dorms in the end (low, middle, high).
2. a refectory is the same as a cafeteria, or dining hall. That's an English/Australian term. We tend to use cafeteria just for places where you pay.
3. I'm choosing one for the contest, but I'm going to do them all. At this point in time, I don't think it matters which one we choose because while we're going for a theme each theme has many of the same subjects so if we go for the subject, then it's going to fit with the separate themes. (So yeah, I went with Science simply because it's got the most subjects, so the most opportunity for diversity and Science is my favourite :D)

I'll be interested to hear what Karen says though, because I've made assumptions here, and now that I think about it I should find out if those assumptions are valid.

Kiri

Edited to add: Wowsers! That sports dorm is awesome!

Yay, another entry That looks very high end and sporty Tiff, I like what you did with the roof!

Yeah, and Inge gets to be a doily-type person. *sniff!*
And all I want to be is a ~Mimsy of Tea~, but *honk-sniff* I'm just not a special snowflake at allllll. *Cries. Sadness, sadness!*

Sorry for the delay in responding, was too tired when I got in from choir last night, so am responding in my lunchbreak.

Thank you for your answers, Kiri.

(Edited) I'm sorry, no extra floors allowed. But if you wanted to use a functioning attic space, I have no problems with you doing that.
If you don't put in 4 rooms you will lose points, sorry.
Refectory is the dorm dining hall/cafeteria (as Kiri says, more of a British word)
Yes, I will allow a dummy floor that is part of the roof only.
Nope, not saying any more about future sizes of lots/shells, sorry.

Hi Croutonian, sorry it's taken a while, needed to get time to do it but here is a pic with tile dimensions on for you. It would be good to have you on board if you've got the time.

Edit
The lot is 3x2, there are 4 empty tiles on the left and the front of the lot.

I think she was wanting to know how many tiles the foundation was from the street and the sides/edges of the lot. This picture is really helpful though, having the gridlines. If you can take the picture like this for the rest of the rounds, I know I'll at least appreciate it.

After hashing it out with jones, I think I have a plan now for my entry. I'm committing to it! Woo!

lol, have edited the post! Ok I will try to do them like that then :D

Look forward to seeing your entry, Phae

Thanks Karen, that's super helpful - though, is it not a 2x3 lot?

You're right, Croutonian, it's a 2x3. The AGS info box lied to me.