#but still sims-related

[simlicious]

I am not posting much atm, here is why

heya, I'm pretty quiet on the posting front at the moment. This has several reasons. Since this might come across as a bit whiny, feel free to skip this personal ramble.

The good stuff first: I made a pact with my best friend and now we take a long walk together every week to increase our fitness levels. It encourages me to leave the house and get some fresh air and be in nature and it feels very good! We actually did a lot more together in the last months than just the walk, so I am quite busy and also often exhausted from the activity. I have also gotten back into Anno 1800 now that the game has reached its final state, and I am fixing some old mods that are not available anymore but I cannot live without, and I am also working on some of my own mods. The reason why I am taking a break from making patterns has mainly to do with the negative feelings I developed in the last months. I have been putting off writing this post for weeks, but my feelings have not gone away and I want to address this particular issue. Tbh, I often get aggravated when viewing my dash these days. I'm not the most emotionally stable person and my self-worth comes also from external sources, like feedback for my patterns, which is not ideal, but it is what it is right now. Lately, I feel that as a creator of recolorable patterns, I am being pushed deep into a corner. I've always considered myself a niche creator, catering to patterns kinda does that! But I feel like I am becoming obsolete, now that a lot of creators only make Sims 4 conversions and are usually not fully recolorable. I also fear that more and more creators will forget/will never learn how to make clothes and objects recolorable if all they do is add non-recolorable Sims 4 presets. I consider the Create-A-Style tool to be the most important feature of TS3 (together with open worlds). It is such a unique feature, and it breaks my heart to see that not being valued as such. I feel like we should celebrate that, and I try to with my patterns, but it's just so hard to keep it up when most creators do not seem to particularly care anymore. I wish more creators would make the good old Frankenmeshes 😥 I would love to see more ts3 and ts4 frankenmesh mashups. Creators would need to learn how to turn Sims 4 textures into greyscale ones and step up their uv-mapping game a bit, and then it could be a thing... There could even be an open library of recolorable sims 4 textures and remapped meshes that all creators could contribute to. That way, creators could use them and would not need to remake every texture from scratch by themselves. Over time, that would greatly decrease the effort that would need to be put in to make new creations this way... I know that most of you follow me because you really value my patterns and use them in your games, and I know that people who play mainly with vanilla content won't have that problem at all, as 99% the EA stuff can be recolored. But it's just that I see those non-recolorable conversions everywhere on my dash, and it is so disheartening. I guess as a creator, I want to feel welcome in the TS3 creator community, and lately, I do not feel particularly seen or valued as a member of that group. Maybe my Tumblr bubble has shoved me somewhat outside of the group that I would feel more valued in? Maybe I need to adjust my dash. But I do not want to unfollow everyone who posts these conversions. They are nice in their own right, it's just that I can't handle them very well right now. How do you deal with stuff that you do not want to see? do you unfollow people, do you block tags? I've been mostly avoiding my dash, but that does not seem like a good solution. If you post gameplay pics with my patterns or are a creator that makes their stuff CAS-Tool compatible, feel free to tell me below so I can follow you. Just seeing more people use my patterns would probably lift my spirits!

[mangozic]

archivist be upon ye

[batshaped]

the continued adventures of an internet user who was frozen in 2004 and defrosted in 2021: some things are just the way you left them

previous 2004 internet user comics are here: one, two, three, four, five; or just in my 2004 tag

[electricpez]

POV you are madame mediocre

[youredreamingofroo]

Shooting Stars ★

- - // Click for HQ <3 [ before/after under the cut :) ]

[madebysimblr]

And now it's time for a Side Quest :)

Act 1 - Time Warp

[ambient elementary school noises]

Teacher: Wait here.

??: Are you in trouble too?

???: No! I don't make trouble!

??: I do! What's your name?

???: Allison. What's yours?

??: José. You're the new kid, right?

Allison: Yeah. I hate it here.

José: My mom says hate is a strong word.

Allison: It's the right word.

José: Why do you hate it here?

Allison: It's so cold all the time. I hate the cold. Even the ocean is cold! It's not supposed to be!

José: It's not?

Allison: It's not! I don't get why we had to move. Sulani was perfect.

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Teacher: José, the principal will talk to you now. Can we stop making these a weekly visit?

José: Probably not!

Teacher: [sighs] Allison what are you waiting here for?

Allison: My mom is supposed to be picking me up for an appointment. She's late.

Teacher: Alright then.

-

José: Cool to meet you Al!

Allison: [snorts] You too. Good luck.

José: Thanks.

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Missy: There you are darling, ready to go? I think we should stop at the salon.

Allison: But I'm already late-

Missy: [waves hand] I don't think you need to keep going to therapy. It feels like a waste of money to me.

Allison: Oh. Ok.

Missy: So! The salon? We can stop at our favorite lunch place too!

Allison: Sounds fun, Mommy.

[friendship unlocked]

[rollo-rolls]

Hello, lovely people. I still might be less active, Depression Winter Edition™ hit me strong. Unmotivated to do anything :( Take care everyone and I hope to reach out to you soon ♥

[obscurus-noctem]

"Howdy, darlin'!" 🐴

Nobody has asked, but I have delivered a Barbie Cowgirl.

[imageingrunge]

they will never free my girl nina from that atrocious hair

[ofmdee]

keeping his scales clean 🤭

[episims]

Blair "-but I'll pick the ruleset."

Felix "Sure. You're going to lose, anyway."

Blair "Texas Hold'em. Oh, I don't have my wallet with me. Strip version."

Felix "So, uh... you were counting on me to offer that drink?"

10 minutes later:

Blair "I thought we agreed that shoes don't count."

Felix "Yeah, yeah, I'll take the pants off, too."

15 minutes later:

Felix "Happy now?"

Blair "Why so bitter...? I'm not the one who wanted to play."

Felix "Man... I bet those androids would be easier to beat. It's like you're about to do one thing, then pretend to do something else, but end up doing neither. Just... how?"

Blair "Put together a band and try not to get robbed blind when it's time to share the gig income. That's the college of bluffing."

[thepussyoffanf]

Honestly I wish we focused on animatronics more, mostly in terms of art since for the most part there isn't much to analize. Like technically they are the main part of the series + we actually SEE them directly in action and all

Animatronics are mostly not fleshed out, but that allows for freedom in interpretation[well more so impression that then gets built out through headcanons] that feels more natural if that makes sense? You dont expect most of them to have more going on, so you just roll with whatever you come up with

Really even animatronics with more going on dont get much focus besides springtrap. And even Springtrap at this point isnt gettting that much attention I feel like-

This also goes for fnaf movie - I dont see much posts about animatronics/the kids. Even though, in my opinion, one of the pretty well executed parts of the movie is exactly them. Movie shows us that yes, those robots are possesed by kids and act like that at times when they dont want to kill you :] this especially goes for Bonnie, his moments were really memorable.

In short: I just like the animatronics and they are after all big part of the series and I wanna see more of them :[

[polarmoon]

i wish i wasnt so particular with modding games. i want to finally commit to a stardew valley 1.6 playthrough but i struggle to find a balance between mods and vanilla... i feel similar with the sims, where mods make me feel kind of heavy while i'm playing, but i feel restricted without the customization options given with cc. at least with the sims though i'm used to it and know how to find a good balance

it's probably why i've always been able to commit more to stardew when i play it on switch instead, bc i don't even have the option to mod it so it's kind of out of sight out of mind. but then when i want to decorate my farm i end up feeling immense fomo over custom buildings and map reclolors and stuff :/ so then i start a playthough w mods on pc and never make it past summer y1 because i'm overwhelmed w options and updating mods and the like. it's frustrating lmao and then i just don't play at all and do other stuff w my free time instead

[nitrozem]

🌴⛱

[rebouks]

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Brynn: I’d rather go somewhere chilly, laying on itchy sand all day is no fun. Gael: [huffs] It doesn’t feel like a holiday if it’s cold. Brynn: You always pick! I want to climb rocks and snowboard. Gael: You want to go to Mount Komorebi-.. see that guy again, don’t you? [Brynn frowns, shaking her head] Brynn: No, I enjoy it there. Gael: How do you know him? Brynn: It’s none of your business. Gael: Who is he though? Brynn: You not need to know everything about me. Gael: It’d help… Brynn: No, it wouldn’t. Gael: It’s embarrassing when people ask questions about you that I can’t answer. Brynn: I not care about your friends; neither should you. Gael: You know I can’t just-… Brynn: I throw shrimps at you in a minute. Gael: Please, don’t. Brynn: You annoy me with your lack of spine, you could always throw one back-.. I’m bored. Gael: We’ll go if you tell me-… Brynn: No. Gael: I’ll buy you anything you want? Brynn: [snorts] No! Gael: Come to that stupid gala with me tomorrow and we’ll go, how’s that? Brynn: Deal. Gael: You’ve gotta stay with me instead of wandering off this time though, people kept asking where you’d gone. Brynn: Fine, I stick to you like glue. [Gael sighed; he knew Brynn would keep her word, but she definitely wasn’t happy about it-.. not anymore]

[purecalcium66]

im having what some would call an art block currently and i was struggling to choose a pose for my cool amazing drawing idea i had for about 30 minutes before giving up and just... doodling i guess? Here are mr. John Sims and mr. Martin Blackwood from the Magnus Archives :)))

i've started listening to the Magnus Archives lately and i am enjoying it so far, seems promising