Precisely. Which begs the question, why are Windkeeper and CycloneSue still there? If those two started a site off somewhere else together, they would never hurt for true donations.

Windkeeper's Helios windows all work for me, but then I have all EPs. The first ones didn't go diagonally.

Mmm. Yes and no. They could afford better lawyers, but they make themselves a bigger (and more financially desirable) target.

I introduce you to your new favorite photo-taking cheats: "plumbbobtoggle" and "showHeadlines off" . These remove the plumbbob and stupid relationship change headlines that never go away until what you want to snap is over  :? .

I have a Gen 11 alphabet challenge family that I'm playing along with two other 'hoods in rotation, and was keeping up on the stories for them quite religiously until about a month ago (check Kari99998 on the official site). I've now stated that I won't be doing stories anymore, but it's a lie. I actually just got really behind writing for the absolute madness that was the H&I generations and am very slow in getting caught up. I mean, the K generation heir is already a kid.

As for challenges...they are meant to be rewritten, IMO. No one cares about some stupid score other than the 12-year-olds on the BBS. So use them as a guide. Mix, match, bastardize to your little heart's content. This Yahoo! Group has a great list of challenges and rules.

Seriously, though, how does any decent creator ever have a GUID conflict? I suck and I still know how to avoid that.

As someone who almost died in a fire years ago, I can assure you that this is not a fun way to go.

So, yeah. Apt punishment. But anyways, it's the BBS. If a thread started there that wasn't full of idiocy, I'd be shocked.

Sparkleplenty, that was an apt substitution. It's on the edge of the state in this tiny little corner. Comfortably far from my relatives still in the Clarksburg/Parkersburg/Morgantown area. I'll sleep better tonight.

I sooooo take offense.

No, not really. For one, I'm not from WV, just both sides of my family are. And we most definitely are not from Appalachia. Urban, thank you (or as urban as WV gets).

True WVans speak English, of course. It's twanged, not quite the cookie-cutter Southern accent, and has quite a few slang terms those from out of the area may not be familiar with, but it is most definitely English and understandable. I'm thinking she's not a native WVan. There is no Godforsaken that I can find, though. Sounds like a fake city name.

I checked yesterday and noticed new subscriber downloads posted on the 26th, 24th, 23rd....oddly none on the 25th. So I'm not sure what you all are referring to with there being no new downloads for subscribers. Now, I haven't tried actually logged in...lemme check...

*runs off*
Yup, Waverly just put up some new single beds. Sims2Sisters is making plain old Echo rug recolors ('cause those are oh so special). Both artists posted today.

XM Sims is the bestest (not that I don't like Nouk's...I do, it's just a volume thing for me).

So, I didn't notice it in the rules, but say I want to post some recolors. The mesh file is on TSR as a pay item, but it's also on the creator's 100% free site, because we all know what asshats TSR is about not relinquishing files. 'Tis ok to link to the creator's freesite file and not mention the evilness, right?

*In this specific instance I'm referring to my own recolors of Echo's 1x1 floormat, which I'll be submitting this week (seriously, can I procrastinate a bit more?), but a general rule is good.

That was the one that made me cry non-stop and have to take a break. I still can't think about it (the seaside). With the two, I suspect it was part of her love of creating symmetry between the generations.

Loving the very very end with the comment made at the station. Trying to get away from the Snape-like predisposition, I take it.

I used to play Puzzle Pirates for about a year and a half, as Zazazu. The first six months were great...largely older adult population, very addictive yet different, very open-ended. Then my crew sort of died the slow death. I quit the game for a few months and came back. In the interim, they'd completely dumbed the game down and started pushing advertising on all these kiddy sites (NeoPets) despite the fact that it's a 13+ game. The populace went to hell and became a bunch of flighty 8-year-olds who did nothing but whine in chatspeak. Tried playing solo, but it's not really enjoyable that way.

So yeah. TSR + Y!PP in its current incarnation = match made in heaven.

Hm. Thing is, we aren't talking about violating the EULA to use the game as shipped. We're talking about something that comes after the game is shipped and is beyond the software capabilities as created by Maxis/EA. One would think the distinction is important.

One also doesn't have a law degree, just likes smacking people, so one is just talking out of her ass.

Just confirming, but I would be completely insane to go to a suburban Chicago bookstore tonight to wait for the midnight distribution, wouldn't I? I can't decide if I want to do that or wait until they open at 9 tomorrow. See, I have this tradition of getting them on the release day, reading them straight until done, and then waiting for everyone else to catch up. Usually not an issue, but my one best friend wants to go out for drinks for her birthday Saturday.

I had a dream that it was only 489 pages and I couldn't decide if I was pissed at the shortness or happy that I'd get it finished before her party-thing.

For clothes, you have to watch her categorization. I've a few she's got set for every single category. The most wrong one is this elaborate reddish dress I have for my grand vampiress. Seeing it under swimsuits is just wrong...

I just saw an awful lot of mentioning that he likes butthurt.  :twisted: