Leta and Yuri

Leta and Yuri Ivanov did not escape my great start over, delete all neighborhoods frenzy. But I missed them, so I put Leta (the only Sim I did not delete out of the library) back in Riverview, and sent her to Yuri's house to meet him. My original accidental meeting and falling in love became a planned assault on my part to put the couple back together. Fortunately, the spark was still there, and it didn't take much to get things back on track to the perfect relationship.

Once the relationship with Leta reached just the right place, I sent Yuri home to tell his wife, Nadine, it was over.

Despite holding his son whom Yuri was crazy about, things did not go well with his wife, obviously. Even with a default skin replacement, this woman is not someone I'd want to go home to every night, and checking out his relationship status with her, Yuri didn't either.

Of course, even though things didn't go well with the ex, he now had something softer and more inviting to go home to. Not to mention a nicer home that does not have that horrid wallpaper.

I dress my Sims according to the weather I'm experiencing. Needless to say, Leta was dressed for the hot weather I was in. The picture just looked strange with the woman bundled for winter when Leta was dressed for summer. Yes, this happened all the time in TS2 as well before Seasons, and I even saw it sometimes after Seasons was installed. But for the most part, TS3 Sims do not wear coats. She was an oddity even for this game.

Oh, and welcome to the ugliest Laundromat. Even in my real-life town the old, dirty, tired out things don't look this bad.

This is a series of pictures of Leta making something from clay. Excuse me? This goes so far beyond ridiculous it's not even funny. Who would ever do anything with this much clay? Please give me back the potter's wheel from TS2.

And we end up with...

An unfired outdoor chair in clay? Who would sit in this? Who would consider this art? And I won't go into the fact she used a hammer and chisel.

Big, bad Lead Guitarist Yuri wanted the tats. He's the only person I've had in the chair that was squeamish.

Well, he might be proud he made it through, but apparently the tattoo artist thought otherwise.

Now these two guys, they were just having the greatest time getting down. Unfortunately, they didn't give him any money, but they were still dancing when I had to stop and send Yuri off to work.

I'm so glad Ambitions added this wonderful piece of clothing to the everyday wear. It just enhances the game.

I love Yuri's expression. He and Leta were getting married in the new neighborhood. Their outfits actually matched.

One thing TS2 can't do better is neighborhood shots. These can be beautiful and very often a pleasant surprise because something is almost always going on in the sky. I try to remember to look up from time to time.

The end of a long night on stage. Yuri came home, fed and changed his daughter and then just sat down to chill with Cassandra.

Later...

(The Sims Wikia.com page for the Ivanov family)

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Been Gone Too Long

This picture is straight from the game. I just happened to look out the window when I was getting Sam Sekemoto up to get ready for school. It's the entire picture of what I've used for the banner.

I haven't been here in quite a while, but I've been playing TS3 quite regularly. I decided that since I see and run across interesting things and have fun with the game, I'd share it with anyone interested in TS3 or just Sims in general.

Unfortunately, I find legacy style storytelling to be boring for me to do and I prefer TS2 and all the hacks and custom content and poseboxes for my storytelling needs, so don't expect to see any real stories here.

But when I just sit down and play, that's when I break out TS3; and that is played without hacks and the only custom content I use is default skin replacements from: TummyZa at Garden of Shadows and Aikea Guinea at Club Crimsyn. I'm looking for a good default eye replacement. I have one I've begun using, but I'm still not 100% happy with it.

I do buy from the TS3 store - that's a bit of an expensive indulgence I just close my eyes and do. I know it's overly expensive and problem-prone (not the content, the site), but recently they've come up with the Daily Deal and I check that every day and pick up things usually at half price. Still expensive? Yeah most likely, especially when there's just the same kind of great custom content out there there's always been for free. But, honestly, for once I want to play without the hassle of cc that doesn't work, isn't compatible, the crazy long load times or whatever else I've faced in the past. This is my fun-time hobby and I keep it as simple as possible. :)

Originally, I was playing one family in a neighborhood because I like the idea of story progression within the NPC's but not with characters I'm playing. But I began to really miss my play characters interacting with each other and with Late Night coming out, I knew I'd hate it more. So recently I figured out that if I play four households on a seven day rotation leaving aging and story progression off for four of those days and turning it on for three, I could get the best of all worlds. So by the time I get back to a family, they have a limited number of days where they can be free to do something stupid. :) With that in mind, I moved my households from Riverview and Timbertown into Sunset Valley were they all live happily, if sometimes strangely, together.

Anyway, along the way, I've taken pictures of odd, strange and fun things that I've decided to finally put up. So following is some major picture spamage. I've divided it up into this and two other posts. This one includes a few shots from my longest playing, but fewest pictures family Gage and Meggie Ward. If you're wondering what happened to Sireta, I'm afraid she was deleted in a fit of must start over frenzy.

Following along shortly will be pictures from playing Yuri and Leta's house and then my private eye, Mack Stone, who seems to have a ton of pictures.

Eventually, I'll put up pictures from Leighton and Kiku Sekemoto and their family, but for some reason, I don't have anything from them, and I know they do crazy stuff.

I've also added for download Mack Stone and Kiku.

As you'll see, I've added Ambitions to my game and I will be getting Late Night as soon as it comes out. I don't have the stuff pack, however, and I don't plan to get the next one either. I do hope to be a bit better at keeping this site up and running with the odd picture or download here and there than I have been to date.

Hope you enjoy what I've stuck here and get a chuckle or two. Maybe someday I might even try to tell a small story, but at this point in time, that's doubtful. TS2 takes all my time and imagination for that.

Take care,
Lachesis

Gage Ward is an astronaut who's lifetime desire is to have three visas in all three vacation spots. The beautiful pictures you can get from World Adventures never ceases to amaze me.

The game actually decided that Gage should marry Meggie. While I was off playing Leighton, they apparently became friends and fell in love. I thought a private wedding on the beach would be perfect, and it made for some beautiful pictures.

Gage and his son Hamilton. I pick names by randomly sticking my finger into a name book.

One game benefit I discovered very much by accident with Gage. Early on he was repairing his boss' stereo and he was shocked once, but since he didn't seem to be suffering any serious damage I told him to continue. Well, next thing I knew, the Grim Reaper showed up, and the poor guy was a ghost. I was so shocked and trying to figure out if I should go back or just continue playing I didn't get any pictures, then suddenly Gage was no longer a ghost and a popup came from the Grim Reaper thanking Gage for the flower. WTF? He had no flowers in his inventory. I started looking and that's when I learned about the death flower. Apparently, the seed he'd picked up at the cemetery was a death flower seed, and that was all he needed.

Now, he carries a death flower with him wherever he goes. :)

More later...
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Mack Stone Sim for Download

Since Mack Stone is one of the better looking Sims in my game, I thought I'd share him. This is how he's packaged with EA content. I have both World Adventures and Ambitions and he has a tattoo, so I believe you'd need both expansions to get the content, but I really don't know exactly how that works since I honestly have never downloaded a Sim for TS3.

Mack Stone:

Athletic
Computer Whiz
Charismatic
Perceptive
Genius
Mid-Young Adult

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Below is Mack from my game with hair purchased at The Sims 3 Store and custom default skin from TummyZa at Garden of Shadows.

TOU:
Use Mack however you wish, but please don't claim him as your own or put him on a pay site.

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Kiku Takei Sim for Download

Kiku Takei was her maiden name, but then she married Leighton Sekemoto. Leighton is available as a townie in Sunset Valley.

Kiku is packaged as above. Purple being her favorite color, I recolored EA content. I have World Adventures and Ambitions installed. Kiku's hair is one of the styles available through the styling mirror in Ambitions so it may not show up without the game. :)

Kiku Takei:

• Family-Oriented
• Neat
• Hopeless Romantic
• Frugal
• Artistic
• Young Adult

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Below is Kiku from in game using default replacement skin from Aikea Guinea at Club Crimsyn.


TOU: Use Kiku however you wish, but please don't claim her as your own or put her on a pay site.
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