Legacy Writers, we're up for the challenge.

Critique?

2008-07-19T22:24:08Z

I'd like to get my legacy, thelangdons critiqued. I know the graphic quality isn't 100% but that's been fixed in future updates, so I guess I'd like some input on my writing style and some ideas on how to make my story sound more interesting and less 'woo-hoo, babies, toddlers, kids, teens....' boring type updates.

Thanks!

Hate you, LJ. Hate.

2008-07-14T03:37:24Z

Could someone give me the link to whatever program or download it is that lets you write out your LJ post and then work it from there? Referred to as a client or so? I just spent like twenty thirty minutes on putting a nice legacy entry in order (one of my really first ones), and after doing the whole copy from PB and copy from the word doc, it amounted to a scrambled post that made no sense and was completely out of whack.

Ugh. Just, ugh.

Critique My Legacy: The Cross Legacy

2008-07-14T00:20:23Z

I was meaning to do this when I first started, but oops. Anyway, I'd very much like to receive constructive crit on shot angles and/or my choice of image editing techniques, but feel free to harp on me for anything else you see that's off. I'm probably breaking all sorts of laws of the English and International chtspk/lolcat/CAPSLOCK! languages, and my commentary skills are somewhat questionable at best. Yes.

Legacy is here. Thank you in advance!

Founder Challenge Collection Post: Week 16

2008-07-13T21:18:00Z

RULES FOR POSTING
* The master list can be found under the cut. If you aren't on it then you aren't part of the challenge..
* Only updates for the Founder Challenge 2 are allowed
* Legacy advertisements are to be made as a comment to this post only
* One teaser picture per update to reduce making the post too image heavy. This does not mean you can make a bunch of separate comments so you can post all your teasers! Just post one teaser, and link all your updates with it.
* If you are unable to post you need to let a mod know or you'll be removed from the challenge!
* You must post some sort of update every 2 weeks.
* The collection post will be up all week. You do not HAVE to post on Sunday. You can do it any time during the week
* you must post the current collection post or it will not count!

erinmblair (WL5) 6, 8, 10, 12, 14

imaginepageant Wilder - 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14

jilybeanrb(WL5) 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14

kingmike1224 Carter - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14

linear_flower (WL4) Spectral - 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14

mindyssims Clark - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15

mjo5oh Danger - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15

pink_rice Prince - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14
priscilla_bean (WL4) Brandt - 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

quinctia Henson - 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14

racetrackd Fernandez - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14

simsforaranya Forest - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15

similly Kurtus - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14
simsofmylife Luffington - 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14

Critique my Legacy: The Cooper Legacy

2008-07-11T19:58:58Z

Hey guys,I would love to get an opinion on my new legacy... my previous one sort of crashed due to some buggy glitches =[ I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the same doom doesn't happen twice!

Any comments or suggestions for improvement are happily accepted! I'm also curious to know what's a good average for the amount of pictures per "chapter" - I'm always second guessing myself if there's too many or too less. =[

The Cooper Legacy

Adding an idea to the last post!

2008-07-10T12:35:03Z

I like the last post about new challenges, it made me think about something similar.

We have done/are busy with the second founder challenge. Maybe it's an idea to add a new challenge to the mix if/when a 3rd founder challenge starts :)

Instead of ONLY choosing a founder everyone has to play with, we could add little challenges to the story for extra points or something. Like: 'Get 20 bouquets of roses dilivered at your house' or 'Get an Alien, Zombie, Werewolf, Plantsim etc etc. (at least one of each) before you reach generation 10' or perhaps an easier one 'Start with a heavy founder and let him/her get to thin/muscle/active (lol I don't know what it's called in English games) before he/she dies'. Something like that. I've seen it happen on another sims-forum a few years ago and it seemed like fun. And it might help us get out of the routine of a legacy
(which bores me a lot sometimes).

Oh and I am back LOL! 8 weeks no internet sucks big time. I noticed I've been kicked out of the founder challenge, that's okay. I understand. :)

It's kind of like birdwatching, but better.

2008-07-09T23:55:02Z

      I like pretty sims just as much as the rest, but uniform Sears-catalogue beauty for my sims just doesn't cut it. I love tossing into my otherwise "beautiful" genetic salad--you know, sims with the cute noses and perfectly spaced eyes, no jagged cheeks or elongated chins-- the weirdo goofy looking completely Maxis townies and NPCs. Kennedy will definitely be welcomed in at least one of the generations in my legacy, as well as both of the Ivy Copurs (though I think the black one's pretty anyways), as well as Brandy, Pao Mellon, etc.

     I was just wondering, maybe as a little mini-challenge, nothing serious or official, if anyone else does or would like to do this, what I call my version of "birdwatching"? Have a little (or long, depending on how many original and constant Maxis sims you know of) list, and each time you have one of the sims listed move in, get married to, or at least have a baby with your legacy sim, you check it off.

     If you like competition, a little scoring could be worked out (Pao equals ten points, or that weirdo working pregnant chick, Samantha O., could be like twenty, because you have to wait out her original pregnancy, etc).

     I plan to vaguely stick to this birdwatching of sorts in the legacy I'm going to post soon, so I figured I'd mention it. :)

Founder 2 Challenge Collection Post: Week 15

2008-07-06T04:49:40Z

So I figured since I had to post this tonight anyways I'd also use it to tell you all that I am your new Canadian Mod of DOOOOOOOOM thanks to simnels. So here for your collecting pleasure is the week 15 collection post of founder challenge 2 and my first official act as CMoD XD.

If you haven't posted since week 13 you have to post this week ;).

RULES FOR POSTING
* The master list can be found under the cut. If you aren't on it then you aren't part of the challenge..
* Only updates for the Founder Challenge 2 are allowed
* Legacy advertisements are to be made as a comment to this post only
* One teaser picture per update to reduce making the post too image heavy. This does not mean you can make a bunch of separate comments so you can post all your teasers! Just post one teaser, and link all your updates with it.
* If you are unable to post you need to let a mod know or you'll be removed from the challenge!
* You must post some sort of update every 2 weeks.
* The collection post will be up all week. You do not HAVE to post on Sunday. You can do it any time during the week
* you must post the current collection post or it will not count!

erinmblair (WL5) 6, 8, 10, 12, 14

imaginepageant Wilder - 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14

jilybeanrb(WL5) 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14

kingmike1224 Carter - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14

linear_flower (WL4) Spectral - 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14

mindyssims Clark - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13

mjo5oh Danger - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

pink_rice Prince - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14
priscilla_bean (WL4) Brandt - 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

quinctia Henson - 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14

racetrackd Fernandez - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14

simsforaranya Forest - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14
scarred_id Bean Sidhe - 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13
similly Kurtus - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14
simsofmylife Luffington - 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14

simmytizzy (WL5) 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13

Founder 2 Challenge Collection Post: Week 14

2008-06-29T16:14:02Z

I totally lied! it's ready now! If you aren't on here that means you haven't updated in time. If also if you haven't updated since week 12 you need to do so this week!

RULES FOR POSTING
* The master list can be found under the cut. If you aren't on it then you aren't part of the challenge..
* Only updates for the Founder Challenge 2 are allowed
* Legacy advertisements are to be made as a comment to this post only
* One teaser picture per update to reduce making the post too image heavy. This does not mean you can make a bunch of separate comments so you can post all your teasers! Just post one teaser, and link all your updates with it.
* If you are unable to post you need to let a mod know or you'll be removed from the challenge!
* You must post some sort of update every 2 weeks.
* The collection post will be up all week. You do not HAVE to post on Sunday. You can do it any time during the week
* you must post the current collection post or it will not count!

amandamanet Corleone - 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12

erinmblair (WL5) 6, 8, 10, 12

imaginepageant Wilder - 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12

jilybeanrb(WL5) 6, 8, 9, 11, 12

kingmike1224 Carter - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12

lauriethemuppet Wotcher - 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
linear_flower (WL4) Spectral - 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

mindyssims Clark - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13
mixedllollies Cielle - 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
mjo5oh Danger - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

paperhearts001 Evermore - 1, 3, 5, 7 **?
pink_rice Prince - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12
priscilla_bean (WL4) Brandt - 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

quinctia Henson - 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12

racetrackd Fernandez - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

simsforaranya Forest - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
scarred_id Bean Sidhe - 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13
similly Kurtus - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12
simsofmylife Luffington - 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12

simmytizzy (WL5) 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13

Quirky, irrelevent question.

2008-06-27T06:03:47Z

Has anyone else found themselves using a gorgeous custom content hairstyle to better suite their own locks, and I mean, in real life?

Gosh, if I wasn't growing my hair back to hip-length, I'd certainly take a nice hint from some of this CC flowing around. Madradhair files, eat your heart out.

Critique my Legacy: The Parker Legacy

2008-06-26T22:46:49Z

Hi guys =)
I finally got around to posting my legacy!
Any comments would be appreicated!

(HERE!!)

Thank you in advance

Hacks/Mods Question

2008-06-22T17:36:44Z

Most CC works fine in my game, without any problem at all, but whenever I install a hack like Insim, ACR, or any kind of PT replacement my game will crash. I'll be playing all fine and normal and all of a sudden I get an error message that says "Application has crashed. Application will now close." It's extremely frustrating.
So, my question is, am I installing something wrong? Why does everyone else's game work fine with ACR, etc. but mine rejects it? The crashing centers around items like mods/hacks, and custom furniture. Is there anything I can do?

Founder Challenge Collection Post: Week 13

2008-06-22T16:06:39Z

Critique My Legacy: The APPLE Legacy

2008-06-19T20:00:08Z

Hey guys, I was wondering if I could have some feedback on my legacy. I'm not always sure if I'm trying too hard to be funny, or not trying hard enough... so to hear some opinions would just be super. I have tried, in the past, to do legacies and usually end up not finishing them due to creative issues... so any tips would be greatly appreciated!

My legacy is hosted at my journal, so either click my user name or here

Critique My Legacy: The Royal Legacy 1.1

2008-06-18T02:23:46Z

Hey, I'm new to legacy writing and i don't really want to know anything specific just if you enjoy what you're reading. You can find my updates at highshelf and a more specific link is here.

Thanks ahead of time!

Founder 2 Challenge Collection Post: Week 12

2008-06-15T04:19:29Z

RULES FOR POSTING
* The master list can be found under the cut. If you aren't on it then you aren't part of the challenge..
* Only updates for the Founder Challenge 2 are allowed
* Legacy advertisements are to be made as a comment to this post only
* One teaser picture per update to reduce making the post too image heavy. This does not mean you can make a bunch of separate comments so you can post all your teasers! Just post one teaser, and link all your updates with it.
* If you are unable to post you need to let a mod know or you'll be removed from the challenge!
* You must post some sort of update every 2 weeks.
* The collection post will be up all week. You do not HAVE to post on Sunday. You can do it any time during the week
* you must post the current collection post or it will not count!

aijux Lewis - 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
amandamanet Corleone - 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10
abbycat900 (WL4) 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

erinmblair (WL5) 6, 8, 10

iliketoplaygod Walsh - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
imaginepageant Wilder - 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9

jilybeanrb(WL5) 6, 8, 9

kingmike1224 Carter - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10

lauriethemuppet Wotcher - 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
linear_flower (WL4) Spectral - 4, 6, 8, 10

mindyssims Clark - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
mixedllollies Cielle - 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
mjo5oh Danger - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
mirablu (WL4) 5, 7, 9

paperhearts001 Evermore - 1, 3, 5, 7 **?
pink_rice Prince - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
priscilla_bean (WL4) Brandt - 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10

quinctia Henson - 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10

racetrackd Fernandez - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

sawcat (WL3) Emmaline - 3, 5, 7, 9
simsforaranya Forest - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
scarred_id Bean Sidhe - 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9
similly Kurtus - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10
simsofmylife Luffington - 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10
skittlebox Hooker - 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
simmytizzy (WL5) 5, 6, 8, 10

xgrrlx Elliot - 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10

Enable Custom Content...PLEASE?

2008-06-15T00:00:00Z

My sister just recently installed Nightlife to my Sims game, alongside Seasons. Before, when it was just Seasons, I had tried out both ACR and Insimenator, and they both worked lovely-lovely. To be on the safe side, right after she installed NL, I erased those two and downloaded them once again, but just so there wouldn't be any weird glitches. (I wasn't sure which came out first --S or N, so shoot me.)

So of course now, knowing my luck, I am both Safe and quite Sorry. Everytime I load sims, that OMJ CUSTOM CONTENT?!? page rears its ugly head, asking me whether I want to disable or enable it all. I've been clicking Enable for a while, but continuing on with my playing. Just a few minutes ago (after deleting and redownloading yet again, just to make sure) I found I had to quit immediately after clicking Enable. So, I did that, and I still get that page.

At first none of it bothered me so much, but then when I used the Inseminator to knock a sim-chick up with twins, at the moment of the birthing "APPLICATION FAILED. APPLICATION TERMINATED." or something like that popped up, and my game crashed.

NOT COOL.

So, any painfully obvious suggestions of what I'm doing wrong, or what I should be doing instead?

Screen capture quality different for different computers?

2008-06-14T16:46:00Z

So, I recently got a new computer, installed the Sims, copied over all my neighborhoods and whatnot. So I'm taking pictures for my legacy, and I happened to notice that the quality isn't as good as it is on my far inferior laptop. I use ScreenHunter (free), which saves all my pictures as .jpg (png isn't an option). On my laptop, they're clear and crisp and lovely. On my desktop, they're kind of grainy and have the dreaded jpeg artefaction. D:

All the settings on the program are identical, I checked. Any idea what's causing this? I really like ScreenHunter and I'd rather not change...but if I have to, can anyone suggest a program that captures as clear jpegs? I'll do png if I have to, but I sure do enjoy small filesizes.

Thanks in advance!

Critique my legacy?

2008-06-14T06:59:46Z

Hello everyone! I'm new to writing legacies and would appreciate any feedback any of you experienced writers may have for my story. It can be found here: plastickjack
I guess I'm particularly interested in two things:

Whether my vague sense of a storyline keeps your attention, and if the events I'm choosing to focus on are entertaining or the same old legacy milestones. How 'bout the length of my updates? Too long? Too short?
How my images look on other people's computers. I use a really high resolution and so I've been using 550 width images because I like them to be high quality. Recently scaled down to 500 width but I'm still worried this is hogging people's screens.

Thanks in advance for criticism or compliments!

Legacy spares: yay or nay?

2008-06-11T13:20:44Z

Hai guys. Question for y'all.

When reading a legacy, do you like seeing stuff about the spares, or do you feel that it's useless and just gets in the way? And I don't mean post-moving-out spare-centric updates, I mean while they're still in the legacy home, or at college.

I'm horrible and usually ignore spares completely, but with the Wilders I've been focusing on the spares quite a bit since I chose the heir. This is the first time I've been interested in my spares' lives, but it just occurred to me that it might be boring for people who read my legacy since the spares are going to be dropped from the story eventually, anyway.

Thoughts? Opinions?

Tutorial: Irfanview Basics

2008-06-09T15:02:51Z

I recently made a little how to about using Irfanview to take sim pics for a friend, and simnels mentioned that I should post it here, so I shall.

It can be found at my lj here.

For those who use the in-game camera, I will say that Irfanview does improve the quality of pics, and it is simple to use. The transition to using Irfanview was practically painless.

Enjoy!

Week 11 Collection Post Founder 2

2008-06-08T18:34:55Z

RULES FOR POSTING
* The master list can be found under the cut. If you aren't on it then you aren't part of the challenge..
* Only updates for the Founder Challenge 2 are allowed
* Legacy advertisements are to be made as a comment to this post only
* One teaser picture per update to reduce making the post too image heavy. This does not mean you can make a bunch of separate comments so you can post all your teasers! Just post one teaser, and link all your updates with it.
* If you are unable to post you need to let a mod know or you'll be removed from the challenge!
* You must post some sort of update every 2 weeks.
* The collection post will be up all week. You do not HAVE to post on Sunday. You can do it any time during the week
* you must post the current collection post or it will not count!

aijux Lewis - 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
amandamanet Corleone - 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10
abbycat900 (WL4) 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

erinmblair (WL5) 6, 8, 10

iliketoplaygod Walsh - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
imaginepageant Wilder - 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9

jilybeanrb(WL5) 6, 8, 9

kingmike1224 Carter - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10

lauriethemuppet Wotcher - 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
linear_flower (WL4) Spectral - 4, 6, 8, 10

mindyssims Clark - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
mixedllollies Cielle - 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
mjo5oh Danger - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
mirablu (WL4) 5, 7, 9

paperhearts001 Evermore - 1, 3, 5, 7 **?
pink_rice Prince - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
priscilla_bean (WL4) Brandt - 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10

quinctia Henson - 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10

racetrackd Fernandez - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

sawcat (WL3) Emmaline - 3, 5, 7, 9
simsforaranya Forest - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
scarred_id Bean Sidhe - 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9
similly Kurtus - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10
simsofmylife Luffington - 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10
skittlebox Hooker - 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
simmytizzy (WL5) 5, 6, 8, 10

xgrrlx Elliot - 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10

Critique My Legacy: The Legassi Legacy / The LOLgacy

2008-06-05T06:23:00Z

Hey there! I'm new to the community, and also to writing legacies and the Sims in general. I'm having a bit of a problem.

See, I write a Legacy and a LOLgacy (a legacy for my cats, posted separately), which I am able to update pretty much once a week. I enjoy it, although it takes me between 4 and 7 hours every single time I update. However, I'm only about 3 generations in, and I find myself up against two things.

1) I don't see how everyone else can make their generations last so long. Due to a miscalculation, I thought my first gen went on a while, until I found out I was nearly on my 3rd generation already. Each generation lasts maybe two updates. My sims do plenty of stuff, sure, but... I just don't find it worth captioning and posting unless I find it funny. Fortunately for me, all kinds of ridiculous things happen in my legacy. However, I'd like some tips on how to pace/space legacies. I don't read other legacies, partially because of my busy schedule, partially because of my slackerness, and mostly because I don't want my muse or my idea of how a legacy should go to be affected by the way other people write their legacies. I realize that must seem hypocritical, since I'm now asking for advice. But bear with me.

2) I love my LOLgacy, but... there is only so many things cats do. I mean, I can only photograph them doing so many actions. Most of the LOLgacy has to come out of my own brain. I was hoping maybe other people have some ideas or suggestions on where to take the LOLgacy.

Any other criticism (of the constructive nature) is super-welcome.

The LeGassi Legacy: All of It (or you could just click on my username?

edit: as a side note, how many people have the fear that they will lose their spark and their legacy will become boring? I had a dream about it last night. Do you ever worry you'll lose your touch?

Second Beginnings.

2008-06-04T23:59:02Z

I usually make my own little city, stick like one family in there, and let things go from there, but now that I've started playing the given towns, I'd like to refresh my whole game, as in, do whatever that cleans out any "new/custom" city I've made (Yes, I realize there's a delete button), and makes the default towns go back to their original presentation.

   In MY Pleasantville, Don's married and banged Goth-Girl, that other goth girl is smutting up on her sister's boyfriend, and well, things are just crazy-hecic. I've deleted Strangetown (never used to play it that much, but now I want to, just to catch a glimpse of Bella), and Riverblossom's gone as well.

   Do you gurus know how this can be done without messing with 1) the game itself (though obviously with the exception of what I'm asking) 2) my computer and 3)my shitload of custom content? I'm scared of messing shit up, so if you're not totally sure or are second guessing yourself, please TELL me!

EDITED: Wow, wait, was that just a major blonde moment? Do I need to just reinstall kind of thing to do this, but save my CC to another (safe) folder somewhere?

You're going to hate me, but if I do, could anyone just walk my through it ever so briefly? I'm the worst at the simplest of things, I swear.

Founder Challenge 2: Week 10

2008-06-01T04:06:48Z

RULES FOR POSTING
* The master list can be found here. If you aren't on it then you aren't part of the challenge..
* Only updates for the Founder Challenge 2 are allowed
* Legacy advertisements are to be made as a comment to this post only
* One teaser picture per update to reduce making the post too image heavy. This does not mean you can make a bunch of separate comments so you can post all your teasers! Just post one teaser, and link all your updates with it.
* If you are unable to post you need to let a mod know or you'll be removed from the challenge!
* You must post some sort of update every 2 weeks.
* The collection post will be up all week. You do not HAVE to post on Sunday. You can do it any time during the week
* you must post the current collection post or it will not count!