#sims 4 is my special interest

[maxistownie]

i love that in the sims fandom is so common and acceptable to just got missing for months at a time. i love our little community.

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Meet The Ortega Family

This is the Ortega family. It may look small and close knit from the outside, but once you take a closer look you get to see all the ups and downs this family has had. That is what I am letting you all do here; take a look at the ups and downs that these sims have gone through. Let me introduce you to the main sims in this legacy!

This is Roxanne Ortega. When she was a kid she was obsessed with guitar. As she got older she realized she could write and release songs. That spiraled into a career and eventually she was able to buy her and her parents a bigger house will all the money her royalties made her. When she got married and started having kids she realized that not only was the house she bought not big enough for her family, but she also no longer had the same passion for music. Her and her husband, Kody, moved out to Copperdale to start their new life.

This is Kody Ortega. He was your stereotypical average kid in school. He didn't participate in any extracurricular activities and got pretty decent grades. Honestly, aside from his sister Lindsay he didn't have many friends either. He was going through life not really trying to make anything of himself, until he met Roxanne. He had an instant connection with her, and it was like his whole life fell into place when they met. They got married fast and he moved in, finding a place easily amongst her family. Becoming a husband and father is the best thing that ever happened to him and he is always excited to make new memories with his family.

Eliana and Henry Ortega are the newest members of the family. Their lives may have just started, but their futures are bright and infinite.

Lastly we come down to Eileen and Nick Ortega, Roxanne's parents. They have always been endlessly supportive of Roxanne. They bought her her first guitar when she was a kid and have loved watching her grow up into the beautiful rockstar that she is today. Though Roxanne, Kody, and the kids no longer live with them, they always visit and are as close as ever.

So that's it! You now know all the close members of the Ortega family. Their are a few other members who I didn't introduce, but they play minor roles in their lives now so their introductions can wait until later. I hope you all enjoy hearing about everything that the Ortega family gets up to!

[aikuza]

my two fav ghouls!! <3

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Hello Everyone!!!

This blog is a place where I will post about all of the things I enjoy and I hope other people will interact with my posts and share the things they enjoy.

I have quite a few interests that will make their way into posts at some point including:

Tornadoes/weather/storms

History (WW1, WW2, natural disasters, other wars)

Video games (the sims 4, roblox)

Reading and writing

Art

Photography

I also want to expand my interests so message me or submit things to the ask box if you want me to share my thoughts on it.

I will mention that a lot of the things I write and draw reference subjects that may be sensetive to some people such as traumatic events and mental illnesses so I will do my best to give warnings when these topics come up.

[themagicfolf]

This is the closest thing you'll get to a face reveal for a long time lol

On a side note I'm getting back into the Sims4, it used to be a special interest of mine until I lost access to my account for a long time. But now I'm back at it, building houses, and killing sims with my own stupidity.

[absurdelephantsims]

Violet and Sunny's outfits using textures from the PC game version of A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Violet's Blouse

Violet's Skirt

Sunny's Dress

[yeehaww-sims]

I know this is gonna be mad annoying and you're probably tired of making these flags but I can't find my flag anywhere at all and if you are still making them I would cry for a placiosexual flag

It's not annoying at all, don't worry! If I were tired of it I'd've closed requests by now sdfkjldsfjkl I also added a flag for the mirror term, Iamvanosexual! Honestly the most annoying part isn't making the swatches, it's waiting an hour-two hours for my game to open. I timed it, making the textures and icons for 6 flags took 4 minutes. You can find your flags in Requests [part 2]!

[SFS] | [MF]

[Original flags post]

List of all requested flags below!

[anendtopursuit]

been playing ts4 for years. i think it may be time to gut my mods n saves folders and start over

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i made a pretty vampire-esque lady (Euphemia "Effie" Foxley) based on a Harry Potter OC of mine and then turned the three sage dudes into Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody (ugh my LOVE!!!), Severus Snape (I will simp for him until I pass away), and Minerva McGonagall. Because of course I did.

Anyways Alastor immediately decided to romance Effie and They're so cute it's almost painful. Legit just. I can't. I'm dying. I'm deceased.

So here's Effie. She's very ✨babygirl✨

and here's ✨these two✨

Just. Aaaa. AAAAA. I'm happy. Pure autistic joy.

[waitaminuteashh]

am I crying over a sociology essay because I'm overreacting or am I crying because I haven't engaged in my special interest (the sims) in almost a month because of a string of sociology essays???🤔

[xautisticsunitex]

Anyone else enjoy the sims 4?

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Roxanne and Kody Ortega: The Wedding

TW: Death

These wedding photos deserve a post of their own, I think they are absolutely beautiful.

Roxanne took some fabulous solo shots before the wedding, because she was looking her best and feeling her best.

They just had to take some cute photos at the alter.

The parents of course. Always the supportive rock that Roxanne needs.

And of course, Desiree, the maid of honor herself.

Last but not least, the private first dance

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Now that the cutesy photos are out of the way, we can talk about the real drama of the wedding.

Desiree's husband DYING IN THE AISLE. Thankfully it was after the ceremony, but it really put a damper on the day. Especially because not only was he Desiree's husband and father of her soon to be born children, he was also Roxanne's ex boyfriend. Honestly, disrespectful of him to die at her wedding.

[bloodstaineddeer]

it’s funny how now everyone is seeing how shitty ea and sims 4 is but now when everyone pack has glitches and is borderline unplayable and how boring the game is compared to the other sims games

[smilinlemon]

idk how i haven't infected my tumblr with my sims obsession

[transdaughterofthesun]

So I realize that you might not want an actual answer, just shouting into the circus, but let me stand up and pull out my crayon PhD on game design.

TL:DR It feels so strikingly off in the 3D fallout games and feels neutral to good in baldurs gate due to the systems that surround it and what they are trying to accomplish.

With that out of the way let's start with a simple question, why did the original crpgs use this system? Simple answer, it was used to emulate tabletop rpgs. This might be obvious to anyone familiar with tabletop games, but it's always someone's first time learning something so it's important to set up the ground work. The games by no means were meant to replace tabletop games, but were most likely just a means of visualizing campaigns for their players, and serve as an introduction to both dnd and video games. For those into video games but not tabletop, these were the games that would show why people liked tabletop games and the freedom that comes with it. For tabletop players who didn't play video games, this was a great way to be introduced to the medium and ease of use, while still retaining what they appreciated about tabletop.

Personally, and most likely incorrectly, I would liken these games to early immersive sims. A very bare bones version of it. Now I say early but they are trying to be two different things. Let's look at Deus Ex, blessed be thy game, now tho to see where they differ, and yes I'll be referring to this when bringing fallout 3 up later. Deus Ex puts you in the shows of JC Denton. A very customizable JC Denton, enough so that very few Dentons will ever look alike, but it's still just Denton. You will only ever be playing as him, so right away some choices regarding game design are already made based on his personality. Now I have yet to play the game, heresy I know, but Denton will never pilot a helicopter. He can't lug around 10 barrels of oil in his pockets and toss them at enemies. He has a limited skill set. A large one, but limited. But in exchange you get precise control of the skills the games allow you to use. Think shooting and melee. You control your skill level in these, because that is what was deemed as fun.

Now compare that to Baldurs Gate 1. Not only are you not controlling one character, you're controlling up to 6, not including summons, you aren't controlling someone who has been trained in 50 different ways to shoot someone. You have to build up your skills to the point where dice checks are naught but minor annoyances. That's the big difference in my opinion. In games like Deus Ex you are the hero, you are the special in this world. In Crpgs, often times you start as no one, learning to do things, and like in the real world, fucking up while doing those things. Nobody who has ever learned a skill preforms it flawlessly all the time. You are just someone in this world. You could be important, but you could also end up a stain on the world.

So now what does fallout 3 do that makes this feel so wrong. Simply put, it tries to combine the two experiences into one, without understanding that they don't really mix. Essentially what fallout is saying in the story is: "You are the special, you are the key to this world, all the choices are yours, you are more then human." The speech check meanwhile says: "You are no one and you can and will say the wrong thing at times because you are human." Now one or the other systems by themselves? Great. But it creates such a distinct sense of cognitive dissonance when combined that it just stands out.

New Vegas tho fixes this by implementing a system that doesn't say: "You are no one." Instead it says: "Sorry bud you just aren't charismatic." Or: "Congrats special, you made it, here's your reward for being so special!" It celebrates the fact that you are special.

Now I could explain Baldurs Gate 3, but I would just redirect you to the segment for Baldurs Gate 1.

Thanks for reading and sorry for any spelling or grammer shit. I is tired.

Hey remember when Fallout 3 had percentage chances on speech checks and that just meant players would save scum every speech check until they got it and then in Fallout New Vegas they changed it so it not only made it a hard Yes or No based on how high your speech skill was but also added new dialogue options that would only succeed if your character had the right perks and everyone agreed that system was better

Why is it possible for my baldurs gate character who has 16 charisma and a proficiency in deception to fail a deception check

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Okay so I was playing the Sims and my lil sim is a poor English farmer and she got that notification about how a dead relative left her money in their will on the condition that she get married within a week. So I was like, okay, let's make her a hubby I guess. So I did and he proposed and I thought getting a screenshot of his face would be a super sweet moment but UHM

WHY ARE HIS EYES LIKE THAT??? HE LOOKS POSSESSED.