Also, this...

[strangetomato]

 

Is nothing sacred?

I guess the orginal was just too clean and simple. It needed to be more complicated and MOAR XTREME.

Ugh. I hate bad design.

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[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

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.

[simsinthecity.livejournal.com]

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.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

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

[simsinthecity.livejournal.com]

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

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

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?

[simsinthecity.livejournal.com]

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

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

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.

[simsinthecity.livejournal.com]

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 ;)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

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.

[simsinthecity.livejournal.com]

I can't say much about SimPE, I have too little patience to have any experience with it.

I have a story regarding breeding Humble. I was doing some SimSperiments in a test hood. I started with four CAS Sims and bred them with any Sim who walked by the lot. Rod ended up being the father of one child in the first batch, and let me tell you, that child was interesting. Not to mention the fact that improper geneticizing gave her green skin, too.

In today's economic climate, he must be very serious to give out new computers and games for free.