Well, cool! Thanks for that.

I'm uploading the Law & Order Sims .RARs today. Same address as above.

No Ed Green, because he can be made in 20 seconds via CAS with Maxis defaults. See Law & Order 'family' picture for details. Also, brunette in flashy dress is not a character, but a 'witness'; eventually I'll transmogrify her into an Abby or something. Got bored, alas.

The ones I am still tinkering with aren't available.

Also, I hate playing hide and seek for custom content, so it's in there. It's either all free already (I believe all of it is various free content) or is/was made available in the booty (in case I missed something).

If you're having issues with Norton program removal, on a totally unrelated note, I just went through hell to get the uninstaller, so I uploaded what I finally acquired to the account as well. Norton resists being removed via normal Add / Remove process, and can uninstall incompletely even with Symantec tools, meaning that IF you want a Norton product some time in the future, it won't install because it thinks there's still Norton crap on your PC. This app is supposed to really, truly remove the crap. Feel free to DL the Norton_Removal_Tool.exe (I found it at Major Geeks, after hours of looking) and keep it handy for any future Norton removal issues.

If you want to point and laugh at my custom Sims, they are here: http://britpoptarts.4shared.com/

Clinton Kelly and Stacy London from TLC's What Not To Wear (inspired by all the horrible clothing contest threads) and author Neil Gaiman.

I'll put my Law and Order Sims up once I find where I stashed them.

Duh, they are free, and booty-fied.

With a Pirate Cat, you mean.

Y HELOW THAR, I EATED UR CRAPPIE WEEBZYTE

ME-ARRRRRRR-OW

Incidentally, the only site on that list that looks familiar to me is All For Sims, and maybe Artistic Habitats. Never used any SimsHost sites.

What hosting group is/was Dincer Hepguler's site on? MoonSims or somesuch? I forget. It is/was a similar umbrella of pay-ness, though.

ETA: "SITES HOSTED BY
MOON SIMS

dincer hepguler
thesims site

Hooty Holler

Ikbod's

KILLERSIMS Free

SimLove

Similarity Free

Sim-Sations

SimsDiva "

Some duplications here and with SimsHost. Not interested in parsing who should get credit or blame for being the PayMeister for the group of sites, but I suppose SimsHost would outrank MoonSims, given that they claim they "brought you MoonSims".

If SimsHost is going down, you can perhaps claim a number of Killmarks:

"

SimsHost has had the inestimable privilege of hosting all these wonderful sites:

Sims 2 Sites
These sites have downloads for The Sims 2.
See the SimsHost Chronicle for the latest updates!
Artistic Habitats
ArtSIMz
Candace's Sim Bazaar
Elektrafied Sims
Elemental Sims
Empire Sim
Enchanted Sims Curio Co.
Even More for Sims
Hans Christian Andersim 2
Hullabaloo
It's Simply Similicious
KILLERSIMS
Mocha Sims
My Funny Simentine
Nana's Sims 2
Pompkyn's Sims Boutique
Seasonal Sims 2
Sexpot Sims
Similarity Sims
Simmage
SiMonet
Sunny Side Sims
The House Depot
The Sim Republic
The Sims 2 at SimsHost
The Sims Lady
Troll Sims
Vintage Sims
The Wooden Simolean
Yuppie Sims"

And that's just the sims 2 sites.

The whole list, frshly ganked for your hand-rubbing, "EXcellent!"-muttering, gloating pleasure:

"

The Sims Sites
These sites have things for The Sims 1
Artistic Habitats
ArtSIMz
CanAm Sims
Candace's Sim Bazaar
Clockwork Sims
Dan's Downtowns
Elemental Sims
Empire Sim
En Plain Aire
Even More for Sims
Hans Christian Andersim
Helena's Sim Site
Hullabaloo
It's Simply Similicious
Job Two Sims
KILLERSIMS
Kimbarlou Sims
Lady M Sims
Lemon Sims
Lone Star Sims
Lots of Sims Lots
Mocha Sims
My Funny Simentine
Original Sim Junkies 2
Pompkyn's Sims Boutique
Seasonal Sims
Sim City Community College
Sim Homes & Real Estate
Similarity Sims
Simmage
Sims Festival
Sims Investment Properties
SimsHost Downloads
SimsHost Exchange
Simlicious Sims
Stimusims
Sunny Side Sims
The Pearl
The Sim Republic
The Sims Lady
The Unusual Sim
The Wooden Simolean
Tom's Sim Stuff
Trollops & Johns
Troll Sims
Ultimate Sims List
Vintage Sims
Yuppie Sims

Adobe Atmosphere
Smeddum's Lair

Roller Coaster Tycoon
Roller Coaster Republic

Zoo Tycoon
Bamboo Zoo Shack

Yesterday's Treasures

These sites have not updated in a while and some of them do not plan to be actively updating in the future, although some do post updates for special events such as the treasure hunts. The creators of these sites want to keep the goodies on these sites on line for you to enjoy, so here they are!

All For Sims
Carrie's Sim Corner
Gimmie Sim
Historic Sim Houses
Nitesims
Object ID
Old Skins by Daboo and Ana
PsiQuest Sims
Portobello Road
Real Simple Magazine
Red Light Sims
Shylo's Attic Dream
Simfully Yours
Simplify
SimSalon
Sim Signs
Sim SpiriT
Sims…to go
Taz's Sims Houses
The Sims Thrift Mart
This 'N That Sim Stuff
Velaria's Simgirls
Wytch's Brew
Zoo Simz "

Hmm.

Re: the first link: I'm not sure the message was understood fully by the board posters. To be fair, he was a wee bit cagey about what side he stood upon, if one is sarcasm-impaired.

See, I can already think of several existing meshes that could be used that would be more accurate. Or as accurate as The Sims 2 can get without borking the game too much. Need to store food? Forget about making a fridge, make a cabinet that stores food. Dishwashers? Why not wash them in a bucket sink? Toilet? Locate it outside, and make it look like a hole in the ground inside an outhouse (or recommend making a small walled room). Love tubs? Why not make it look like a watering hole? Not that there were that many watering holes in ancient Egypt, but we can pretend to a degree. Or, if you want an inside tub, make it one of the recessed types and construct it of bricks. Diving boards? Are you kidding me? But if you must, a cyprus tree trunk. Cookers? They did have pots, and fire, so work with that. Bonfire meshes exist. Telephones? I'd accept some mysticism, such as a magic mirror or a fake NPC scribe taking a letter. Burglar alarm? An incantation or warning painted in hieroglyphics threatening plague and destruction and venegful Gods, instead. Fire alarms? Consider a bell, or a bucket of sand hung on a wall.

I'm just saying, there are ways to make an attempt to stick within your own theme. And I'm no expert on ancient Egypt, and have probably made a LOLable gaffe, but if that was one of my themes, I'd do some basic research into life during that era and adapt to it.

Photobooth? More likely you'd have some poor schmoe carving your likeness into a wall or brushing it onto a papyrus.

If you want to completely disregard the time era the Sims are geared for, perhaps you need to give up some of the modern conveniences that have no counterparts during your time period.

But that's just me. I'm picky like that.

I'd love to do a Victorian hood eventually, and what I've seen thus far done in that theme has been fairly well done, and anachronisms are handled fairly well. But because my DL folder is already exploding with downloads, I'm trying to resist the urge to start DLing Victoriana like crazy.

Luckily I also kinda like the super mod look, and don't mind decorating Victorian houses with it. That's fairly common where I'm from: retrofitting gorgeous old homes with DSL lines and modern furniture with clean lines. It actually works, because plain, simple furniture tends to highlight the architectural details of the house. A modern house with mod furniture, while fun, can be TOO stark and too bare. Not that this stopped me from making several of those, too.

You are a meanie to poke the Atwa with a pointy stick like that.

My biggest WTF was trying to figure out how ancient Egyptians managed to acquire the technology to use photobooths.

I remember, during Sims 1, a clever creator did a whole series of era-appropriate replacements. There were scrolls instead of computers, and NPC replacements.

I'll believe that when Snopes.com confirms it.

It's a bit of a racist / ignorant thing to blindly believe that other cultures are into activities our / Western culture finds horrifying. There have been a number of debunkings of baby eating, including a famous art piece that was actually a picture of someone eating food that was just shaped like a baby, and another art piece that had a staged set of photos featuring baby doll limbs.

The minute I saw that EatUsAFetus thing, I knew the Hypersensitive Humourless would be up in arms about it and that the joke would be completely ruined with religious, political and "I don't know anything about fine art or art history" posts.

Being prepared for the inevitable did not make dealing with "think of the chilllldrun!!!" posts any easier to deal with. Fer Chrissakes, go to another forum for a few hours if you can't handle a joke about pixels in a game.

*frunz go here*

No, instead of going somewhere else or recognizing that not every joke is going to strike you as being tasteful or even funny, why not stay and piss all over the forum because you are SO OFFENDED by the mere concept?

Way to ruin the fun for everyone else with a sense of humour, or the ability to shrug and move on when something isn't your cup of tea.

Sure! Anyone else want something? How about new computers, all the candy in the world, and ponies?

*scribbles away*

It's magikal telepathy! I am astonished!!

Best April Fool jokes ever here: http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool

ಠ_ಠ

Well, gawrsh, let me run to go get my checkbook right NOW!

*shifty eyes here*

ALL RIGHT! I CONFESS!!

I AM ATWA!

I 1337HAXX0r3D UR SITE!

*Montgomery Burns laughter and hand-rubbing here*

I did it all for pix of Scott Stapp making as monkey's heinie out of himself in a Gainesville, Florida Denny's.

And benes.

And a trip to the ophthalmologist, because everything I see is all the same colour. All the time.

:shock::shock::shock:
Say WHAT, now?!

*behold my very angry eyebrows* :x

That is simply NOT ON.

Pardon me while I recoil in my newbieness from what's apparently ancient history.

God, you go get a life minus Sims for a few years and you miss out on all the best crazy shit-storms and lurid gossip. Serves me right for having other interests for a while.