Mac's 'Hood

Nonni wrote:

I am very interested in the careers created by Elsie Luong. Could you share a link, mac?  

Here's the link. This is right to her page. You might have to go to the main site and create an account, etc.  

Really amusing chance cards, results, and job descriptions. Warning, though, the Pharmaceutical Science career is really demanding  

I really like those versions of Harry, Ron and Hermione! I feel another theme neighbor coming on! rut roh! lol

Ok, mac, I have been to the site and gotten the careers. Thanks for the link!   

O my goodness! I've been on such a downloading spree! My poor computer   

Thank you very much for the link to Elsie Luong's creations. She definitely is one wonderfully creative lady :)

Mac wrote:

I have had problems with the careers designed by lientebollemeis on MTS2 ...
The careers by Elsie Luong are fun - and funny - and wrong guesses on the chance cards aren't disabling.

Good to know. Thank you!

Mac wrote:

If you go to MTS\Sims 2\Sims and search for "Harry Potter", you'll get quite a collection.

Love the search option at MTS2!   

Sandy wrote:

I really like those versions of Harry, Ron and Hermione! I feel another theme neighbor coming on! rut roh!

 

Kane Sugah, the son of Lady Sugah and Keanu Reeves is off to college. The bad news   Lady Sugah is at the top of the Sims2Creator career and Keanu is at the top of the Adventurer career - so they're going into retirement. Their offspring, though, Crystal Sugah and Kane Sugah will still be active and I'm sure we'll be seeing Sugah and Keanu as proud and happy grandparents...     


Ari's Miranda Moon is an up-and-coming pirate lass, but I had to find or create a new pirate guy for her. I took Toni's Reef    , gave him pirate-appropriate hair and mustache, and lo and behold! Jean Lafitte - a handsome doggie-woggie of a man if there ever was one!   I've sort of gone off procreating my sims for a while, but I think that these two will make beautiful babies!  But why   are pirates eating 'Mixed Berry Salad'


Finally to the macabre... Alan Rickman, at the top of a Dark Arts career and an evil wizard as well, needed a 'suitable' partner. Then along came Heather (  to Droopsi at MTS2).  Add a lace dress from here, also by Droopsi, make her an evil witch and you'll have a marriage made in heav... er h*ll! Anyway, Alan proposed and Heather accepted!   I shudder to think of their offspring.   

Love Sugah and Keanu's kids names    I always find it kinda sad when the "kids" go off to college!

What a handsome pirate couple. I'll look forward to hearing more about them!

Heather and Alan make a very green couple!! They are adorable at the same time! It will definitely be interesting to see their babies!
I know what you mean about the procreating! I have another neighborhood called Glorietta Bay. All of my founder families just had all of their first born head off to Uni! Most of them had more than one child though lol

Kane turned out to be a handsome lad, just like his dad, didn't he?   
I hope he does well at the university and that his parents enjoy empty nest syndrome for awhile before the grandbabies start arriving.   

What a gorgeous pirate pair! No doubt they WILL make stunning mini pirates!   

Cap'n Mac wrote:

But why are pirates eating 'Mixed Berry Salad'?

Anyway, Alan proposed and Heather accepted! Muahaha I shudder to think of their offspring.

  

Indeed!!!   

Thank you for sharing, Mac. It's been fun, as always, chillin' in your hood with you!   

Why have Maxis choose green as a evil colour?????

I think they are great looking those two GREEN witches.


Kane looks as a very nice boy.

Pirates must have been eating all the stuff they could find on an lonely island...  
Like "mixed berry salad".

Ullwera wrote:

Why have Maxis choose green as a evil colour?????

I don't understand that, either. My entire house is filled with evil, then. Green is my favorite color and it's everywhere.   

Mac, I've enjoyed reading the adventures of your sims, though I confess I haven't read in detail all 50-some pages. You did lead me to the veggie plate and some other foods, and I think you're the one who led me to LaShaya. Thank you!

I think EA was trying to make TS2 witches resemble the witches from The Wizard of Oz and in my option failed. I think Mod the Sims has mods to remove the skins and auras.

Just a quick update with no real story line... Lately maikkij and I have been watching Game of Thrones. Although I gave up on the books, I finally relented and we're just finishing season 1. I've even put three characters into my 'hood: Jon Snow, Catelyn Stark, and Daenerys Targaryen - all by Namiex3 on MTS2. I more or less took them the way they came, with the exception of Daenerys, whom I worked over quite a bit. Anyway, Jon Snow is out of character here (not honoring the celibate vow of the Night's Watch). He and Toni's Angelica     are becoming quite an item. Jon is Knowledge/Scorpio Military(2)/Science. Angelica is Knowledge/Virgo Education(8)/Science.


And SimEm's Sabien   is now engaged to Stella Walker (  Anne Langerak at LowiSims) He is Popularity/Gemini CruiseShipIndustry(4)/Dance (  to EliseLuong for the career). Stella is Family/Pisces Veterinarian(7)/Science


Ari's Leaf   and Elle's Blossom   are engaged. She's Pleasure/Pisces and he's Family/Pisces. They're in similar careers - he's NaturalScience(5)/Nature and she's a bit more nautical Oceanography(9)/Science


Although I'm taking a break from breeding my sims - bawling babies and terrible toddlers - I couldn't resist having Toni's Neil   and Jen's Giada   having an offspring. They're both just so beautiful   (Giada's one of the loveliest ever    ) that I'm sure they'll make beautiful babies. Can't really tell yet whether Ginny Jenni will be a knockout or not, have to wait until she's a teenager to be sure. Neil is Family/Scorpio Architecture(10)/Arts and Giada is Knowledge/Virgo Science(10)/Science. Normally I'd retire them, but now they have a daughter to raise. Ginny has uncles Marcello and Nico and cousins Vincent, Guido, and Angelique. Nobody messes with Ginny!   

Precious screenshots, always entertaining, thank you for letting us have these peeks into your game.   

It's been awesome to finally catch up!

Pirate Reef is actually Ari's offering...and my my, isn't he dashing!   

I do love seeing my simmies in game. Angelica looks like she's quite smitten there!  And how lovely for Neil and Giada! Yaaaay babies!!!   

Love reading about the happenings in that exciting hood of yours Mac! Looking forward to the next installment already!   

ilikefishfood wrote:

Pirate Reef is actually Ari's offering...and my my, isn't he dashing!   

Oops! My bad!   But with Reef (aka Jean Lafitte) and Miranda Moon both being Ari's creations, their babies - and I think there gotta be some - will be awesome!  

Speaking of Game of Thrones, I ran across a download the other day of the Stark family. I can't remember where now. It was a themed site for medieval type downloads, like Plumbob Keep or a blog maybe. If you're interested I can try to find them again.

I like the Leaf and Blossom themed names. If they have children, giving them nature themed names could be a lot of fun.

Toni and Kostos Nevis' little boy has grown from a toddler into a child. Nico Genni is helping with the festivities.


And Toni has published several novels. I'm sure that the setting and the view out of the window are an inspiration


In my last post, I showed the start of a romance between Toni's Angelica   and John Snow (by Namiex3 on MTS2). She's Knowledge/Virgo Education(10)/Science and he's Knowledge/Scorpio Military(4)/Science. She invited him over and was putting moves on him even before they got into the house.


Then a romantic dinner


And a torrid but tender "make session"

He's moved in with her now. The recipient of a "Snow Job"?   

Sandy Simmer's self-sim     (Family/Aquarius Education(3)/Games) came home from work with Angelica. They're already good friends. Never underestimate the power of a good backrub!


Remember Germain Depardieu? The child who inherited dad's massive schnozz? Well, he's now grown into a teen. But as a child he became very good friends with Agatha Peel (the daughter of Emma Peel and Hugh Laurie). She's here to cheer him on as he passes an important birthday.


He could jump the gun and go off to college, but... The site overseer (that's me!) decided to have him wait until she's a teen, too! Just too good a romance to pass by. And - you never know - sometimes the little girls who are - beauty challenged - turn out to grow up into really striking women   We'll just have to wait and see. Next cycle 'round, she'll be turning into a teen - and I don't think they'll be dancing like this!

For the moment, I'm forgoing plastic surgery and just letting "nature" take its course.

Aaron wrote:

I think Mod the Sims has mods to remove the skins and auras.

I think you are right, Aaron.
Right before my old desktop went kaput, I believe Elle sent the links to me.
I can not abide the witches' auras, as I find them terribly distracting.   
I need to locate that particular mod again...

Mac wrote:

And Toni has published several novels. I'm sure that the setting and the view out of the window are an inspiration.

I'll say! Niiiiiice!   

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Sandy Simmer's self-sim  (Family/Aquarius Education(3)/Games) came home from work with Angelica.

How cool that you have Sandy's Simself, Mac!   

Jon Snow is one of my fave characters from A Song of Fire and Ice series by George R. R. Martin.   
I like his Simself version. Great find!   

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For the moment, I'm forgoing plastic surgery and just letting "nature" take its course.

A gamblin' man, are ya?   

Thank you for sharing, captain.
I always enjoy catching up in Mac's 'Hood!

Great update Mac! And thanks for including one of my self sim lol!! Hope once you are settled in your new home you will update again!

My game is going through a period of unrest haha...I keep starting neighborhoods over for some reason. I had you and Maikki all settled etc etc and now I'm starting over again :)

SandySimmer wrote:

I had you and Maikki all settled etc etc and now I'm starting over again

Sorry you're having trouble with your 'hood(s). We haven't moved yet - moving date 7/14-7/16. Will probably fly the kitties out a week before!      Some of my simmies now have grandchildren!  

Here's another update for my 'hood. I've finished winter and am starting a whole new cycle of my simmies. It's spring!   
George Yehsreh (  Tim) and Jen Driann (Self-sim by Jen   We really miss your contributions!  ) and their new twins - Charlie   and Adrianna


Hysterical Paroxysim and Claire Danes adopted Raymond a while ago. Here he becomes a teen. Claire wasn't around, but Delphy came by to help celebrate.


Simone (nee Broadswood-Smythe) and Owen McAfee (promoted from a teenager submitted by Toni  ) and their son Gethin (first grandchild in the 'hood) who's now a child.  


Jessica Biel and Michael J Fox have had a little girl, Citrine. Jessica's now at the top of the NatSci career, came home in her 'Ecological Guru' outfit and immediately was nursing Citrine. "Hmmm, tastes like figs"   


You may remember Fred Weasley, a born-in-game sim (son of Ron and Nisa Weasley) and Toni a born-in-game (daughter of Nerissa and Nathaniel Broadswood-Smythe and sister to Simone above). Here Nisa caught the two teenagers trying out new things...


But they went to college together and became engaged


They're out of college now and Fred's moved in with Toni. Next cycle around we just might see another wedding and Nerissa might have another grandchild - a first child of two born-in-game sims!


Maybe another update from the Boston Area. But then the next update just might come from Minnesota!  

...and Jen Driann (Self-sim by Jen     We really miss your contributions!   )

  

Jen's fabulous Sims and wonderful lots are truly missed here, Mac, especially now that Miss Faery is on a (hopefully, only temporary   ) hiatus from creating.

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...came home in her 'Ecological Guru' outfit and immediately was nursing Citrine. "Hmmm, tastes like figs"   ...

  

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Here Nisa caught the two teenagers trying out new things...

  

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But they went to college together and became engaged...

  

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Maybe another update from the Boston Area. But then the next update just might come from Minnesota!  

Wherever your updates may come from, I remain ever grateful and appreciative to have you here sharing your Sim antics with us, Mac.
You and Maikki are such an important part of this little forum. For your devotion to SP, I remain honored and thankful.  

  

Just had to post this... Do you remember Germain Depardieu (daddy's schnozz and all) being really taken by little Agatha Peel (the daughter of Hugh Laurie and Emma Peel)?


Agatha was no winner in the looks department...   


But then she turned into a teen. I gave her a new hairdo and a touch of makeup - but no plastic surgery! She'll never be a fashion model but has promise as a musician. Anyway, Germain is quite smitten    with her - 2 bolts and probably more to come. He'll almost certainly follow in dad's and mom's (Audrey Tautou) footsteps and be a world famous cook! They'll both be creative - food for the tastebuds and food for the ears!   


And a Mothers' Day salute to his mom (Audrey Tautou) and her mom (Emma Peel)!   (Just in case nobody's noticed - I do become quite enamored of my sims!)

It is always a satisfying treat to have these tours of Mac's 'Hood. They are always entertaining. Thanks so much for sharing here, Mac. (And I am always very curious as to resulting offspring.)

mac wrote:

Jessica's now at the top of the NatSci career, came home in her 'Ecological Guru' outfit and immediately was nursing Citrine. "Hmmm, tastes like figs"

  

I tend to find myself invested in my simmies' lives, too, and find myself really enjoying it when they enjoy themselves. Germain and Agatha dancing together is adorable. I also really like the picture of Nisa standing there with her hands on her hips when she caught the teenagers on the couch. I can only imagine the look on her face!

Nonni, seeing how the offspring turn out is one the things I most love about playing. Even if they're not always movie star attractive, it's fun to see what they inherited from their parents and how the change as they grow up.

Nonni wrote:

And I am always very curious as to resulting offspring.

It seems to me that (and more experienced players help and correct me here) "Celebrity Sims" don't always have the most attractive offspring. Maybe a lot of the creativity and special additions are going into making them look like the celeb in question. In my 'hood, Humphrey Bogart's son was pretty homely, the daughter of Bill Clinton and Lady Gaga needed plastic surgery, Agatha Peel is the daughter of Emma Peel and Hugh Laurie, and Germain Depardieu is the son of Gerard Depardieu and Audrey Tautou.

Sometimes, however, things work out, especially if the child is of the same gender as a non-celeb parent. Penny Connery (daughter of Sean Connery and Ari's Trinity) is lovely! The sims contributed by the creators on this site do seem to have good-looking offspring!

(Ari's Trinity can be found on Hunter's site - we miss you, Hunter!   )

Just a note on Stella Walker and Sabien, above. Ari's Ayleth invited Stella over - they're both veterinarians. They immediately hit it off (3 bolts - Stella was only 2 with Sabien) and Stella moved in with Ayleth and broke off her engagement to Sabien   Funny thing though, Sabien started really hanging out outside Ayleth's house - almost like he was stalking...