Strangetown, Here We Come.

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...why would you do that, EAxis? D:
I've only poked a little at Sims 3, and it does have some nifty things (including some of the easter eggs; have you seen Murder in Pleasantview by Alexander Goth? :P), but killing the woohoo heart?? Just no.

(And as for the teaser in your other post, I have nothing to say except "Oooo, drama llamas. :o" )

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ikichi.livejournal.com

Wait... tell me it's not a work by a sim who hasn't been conceived yet and there's another Alex in the family.

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I haven't exactly played a lot, so there might be another Alex running around, but it does indeed seem to be a book about a place that doesn't exist, by a person who hasn't been born yet.

After hearing about time traveling Don, I'm inclined to think the book is from the ~future~.

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See, EA should totally hire me to write for them. They obviously wouldn't mind my occasional continuity errors, MacGuffins, etc. They LOVE that stuff.

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Well, I mean it really makes a lot of sense if you think about it. You've got these little continuity errors that are so big you'd think they'd be impossible to miss. From all reports you also seem to have canon proof with Don that time travel is possible; it's also worth pointing out that of the people who could have been shot back in time, it was Don. Now, I love him dearly but let's be honest, he's not exactly the sort of sim who's going to be conscientious of not stepping on ants or breaking up couples or otherwise not messing with history.

Clearly strange things are afoot at the Circle K in the Sim-verse, and it seems to me that the only logical conclusion is that someone is trying to break history. That's why you can't possibly play The Sims 3 to properly match the canon established in Sims 2; history has been changed. :P

(You should totally be hired to write for EA. :) )

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Ohnoes, html fail. D: It should read like this:

Clearly strange things are afoot ~~at the Circle K~~ in the Sim-verse, and it seems to me that the only logical conclusion is that someone is trying to break history. That's why you can't possibly play The Sims 3 to properly match the canon established in Sims 2; history has been changed. :P

(You should totally be hired to write for EA. :) )

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I think you've found their "out" for the prequel alternate histories. Well done. :P Don would do something terrible like impregnate his great grandmother without knowing it.

I hope he meets himself. I bet he would think he was an idiot. I'd be hate at first sight.

(Oh, if only... writing for a game would be such a dream job.)

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Don would do something terrible like impregnate his great grandmother without knowing it.
That would be funny except for the part where it's entirely possible, even likely. D: Wouldn't that be the way? The entire space-time continuum destroyed, because one man couldn't keep it in his pants. :P

As much as I would love the idea of Don meeting himself, I don't think there's anyway in which that would work out...I've been under the impression that he's pretty close in age to Cassandra (and he does start TS3 as young adult), and both Bella and Mortimer McGrumpyface are children at the start of the game. So you figure, Don's parents are probably still really young too. He's probably not even a spermy yet. Then again, given the respect EA seems to have for time lines, nothing's impossible I guess. :') He would definitely hate himself, though, I agree. It's definitely a meeting I'd be interested in seeing.

(It really would be. I've wanted to write for RPGs since I was, like, ten and first played Baldur's Gate 2 /*dork*)

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Murder on the dance floor! In Pleasantview!

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kin-thalas.livejournal.com

I love the old woohoo heart. It has the best grin besides the Cheshire Cat XD

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simgarooop.livejournal.com

Pffft!

You're right! I guess EAxis doesn't believe in the "simple is better" motto.

It looks like the woohoo heart ate a hotdog and got the ketchup spilled all over it.

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smjoshsims.livejournal.com

I hate the new one as well. The old one was a million times better. :(

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13066301.livejournal.com

Oh great--of all things you could change, it was that. Great work EAxis, great work.

The new Woohoo icon is so bad it scares me. That is all.

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cindyanne1.livejournal.com

OMG I hadn't seen that yet! D: You're right... that is pretty awful.

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pnkpnthr334.livejournal.com

Um, is it on fire?!?!?!

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They certainly were welcome to change the design but I don't like the way they went about it. If I were them I just would've modified the TS2 design to be the matte style of TS3's icons.

MOAR ~~FIGHT!~~ DEATH MATCH!

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leskuh.livejournal.com

The TS2 woohoo icon is definitely better in terms of... design and simplicity and not looking butt ugly, but the TS3 one cracks me up. It's just SO MUCH and it's HORRIBLE FACE is just... I CAN'T HANDLE IT. XD

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It is rather amusing, I suppose, but I hate when simple designs are messed with like that. The woohoo hearts were so iconic. It was as recognizable as the mushroom or fireflower in Mario games. They were so simmish, you know?

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snootcb.livejournal.com

... fire bukkake? Ew.

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*snickers uncontrollably*

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ikichi.livejournal.com

Honestly? I was surprised at how sexualized S2 was- who orgasms during their first kiss? the purple heart was tacky, but I could live with it. The new one just HORRIFIES ME. D:

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hjsnapepm.livejournal.com

Why, EAxis? WHY?! D:

Ew. Just ew.

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hathakleen.livejournal.com

I don't know what was wrong with the nice regular purple woohoo heart. Whoever had that idea was of a completely different frame of mind, I guess.

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meetme2theriver.livejournal.com

MOAR XTREME WooHoo heart is fail. D:

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silentsteel.livejournal.com

WTF EAxis?

Seriously, the original heart is great! It's clean, easy to understand, and is goofy as well as lecherous.

The new design? looks like clip art you'd find on one of those e-postcard sites.

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O_O that thing makes me want to stay abstinent and have any of my sims adopt, seriously if I saw that in my S2 game I would have the whole hood stay virgins. :) lol. It's that bad.

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showercapfrog.livejournal.com

Awww... I only scrolled down far enough so I could see "woohoo death match" and I was vaguely excited until I saw the icons :(.

Sims3 one threw up :(

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Did you know Maxis wasn't the developer for Sims 3? It's my guess why this version feels so strange to put it nicely.

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Yeah, it's all EA now, and I suspect that's why the series is losing its way. They try to keep the same humour and feel as the Maxis stuff, but Sims 3 really showcases how far they've fallen. The compromising of simulation with other game genres is where they've really gone astray for me.

That, and I'll never forgive them for ruining the woohoo icon.

Never.

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A couple days ago my dad showed me an article from the Wall Street Journal about TS3. You can see it here, but I'd like to point out the first paragraph in particular, where it mentions that one Rod Humble "didn't get" the overall concept of the game. It also mentions how he put in his own personal touches — at the expense of things we knew and loved for ten years.

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In many ways, I would argue that he still "doesn't get it."

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As would I, which is why I brought it up. Where'd Will Wright go, anyway?

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Yes, it's true. *nods* Rod Humble has obviously never played with dolls.

I'm not sure. I haven't read anything about him since Spore. Maybe he's off dreaming up something new?

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Apparently, at least according to his Wikipedia article, he left EA nearly two months ago to head his own new think tank, which pretty much means that he won't have much of a say anymore in the Sims franchise.

I cloned Roddy in my game and I plan to use him in my story. You can probably guess what I'll do with him based on what I've said already :P

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Did you clone the exact Rod Humble from the game? I've been searching for that! Can you package him? How did you do it?

Seriously, I posted to wcif_sims about this a while back, but all I found was a recreation on the exchange.

He's going to turn up in my story too. I've already referenced him in my Round Robin Legacy entry as being a door-to-door witness who tells people to prepare themselves for the "third coming" of sims.

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I used the Sim Cloner by christianlov. I found it after simgaroop mentioned the custom skintone selector which is in the same post. Ingame, it'll be in Decorative>Sculptures, at the very front because it's *free*. Get and go to Clone Neighbor and then find Rod Humble (it'll be organized by first name, so finding him migth take a while). I don't know if it messes up the game but I sure hope not.

If Rod goes door-to-door like that in real life, he should seriously consider being a Jehovah's Witness. Ruining peoples' lives with God is better than with this, I think. As long as you don't live anywhere near him, that is. We should both be safe ;)

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Is there a way to make the change genetic? I'd like to clone him in SimPE, if possible, to avoid having to use the Sim Cloner in my main Strangetown hood. It's probably not going to break the game, but I get a little nervous when I read up on it.

There's also breeding him using InSIM... with a couple of quite generations aged up and re-bred with him again, I could end up with a set of pure Humble genetics.

Option 2 sounds like it would be fun too. :P

Yeah, I was definitely compating him to a Jehovah's Witness, or something similar. He drops by to every home, and instead of giving you a pamphlet, he gives you a whole new computer and a smaple of the game. He must be very serious about this new reality he's pushing on people.

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